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Named after Hugo Gernsback, and voted by attendees of each year’s Worldcon. Sadly the Hugos have not been as successful as the Nebulas in maintaining a printed anthology of winning stories. More information about Hugo Winners at the Hugo Awards website and the excellent Science Fiction Awards Database on LocusOnline

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The Hugo Award Showcase 2010 Volume. (ed Mary Robinette Kowal, Prime Books 2010).

August 13, 2010December 24, 2010 Mark Watson 3 Comments

If you likes your SF to be SF (and if you’re a guy of a certain age), or if you know one such guy and want to buy him a book, the Hugo Awards would be a great choice.

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The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV, Gregory Benford (ed), Baen Books, 1997

January 1, 2003December 20, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments

With the exception of the Asimov story, the remainder could all be put forward quite happily as being very good examples of short SF and worthy of their status as Hugo Winners.

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The New Hugo Winners, Volume III, Connie Willis (ed), Baen Books, 1994

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

The book contains the winning entry for each category from the 47th Convention in Boston, the 48th Convention in The

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The New Hugo Winners, Volume II, Presented by Isaac Asimov, edited by Martin H Greenberg, Baen Books, 1991

January 1, 2003 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Introduction The book contains the winning entry for each category from the 44th Convention in Atlanta, the 45th Convention in

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The New Hugo Winners, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, 1989

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

US pbk (amazon.com) IntroductionThis volume followed ‘The Hugo Winners’ (1962), and four further volumes (The Hugo Winners Volume 2/3/4/5). As

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The Hugo Winners Volume 5 – 1980-1983, ed Isaac Asimov, 1986

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Published at the same time as Vol 4, this volume contains the nine winning stories from three conventions. In due

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The Hugo Winners Volume 3(Part II) – 1973, ed Isaac Asimov

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

The 1973 Hugos get a whole volume to themselves. The volume contains all four winning stories, and I have cut

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The Hugo Winners Volume 3 (i)1970-1972, ed Isaac Asimov

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

‘Hugo Winners Volume III’ followed (not unsurprisingly) the first two volumes of collected Hugo award-winners, and appeared in a confusing

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The Hugo Winners 1968-1970, ed Isaac Asimov, Sphere, 1973 (orig ‘The Hugo Winners Volume II’ Doubleday 1971)

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Introduction ‘Hugo Winners Volume II’ followed the first collection of award-winners, but was published in two separate volumes in paperback

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The Hugo Winners 1963-1967, ed Isaac Asimov, Sphere, 1973 (orig ‘The Hugo Winners Volume II’ Doubleday 1971)

January 1, 2003February 23, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Introduction Hugo Winners Volume II’ followed the first collection of award-winners, but was published in two separate volumes in paperback

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The Hugo Winners, ed Isaac Asimov, Penguin, 1964 (orig pub Doubleday 1962)

January 1, 2003January 1, 2019 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Introduction Isaac Asimov introduces this first volume of Hugo winners, beginning with the 1955, 13th Convention, in Cleveland, at which

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