Loncon 3 has released the 1939 Retro Hugo voter packet. It is now available for download by Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of the Worldcon. The 1939 Retro Hugos celebrate the science fiction and fantasy that fans at the … Continue reading
Born June 8, 1910: John W. Campbell, Jr. Editor of Astounding/Analog Science Fiction from 1937 until his death in 1971, John W. Campbell, Jr. is among those credited with bringing about the Golden Age of Science Fiction of the 1940s. He … Continue reading
The 2013 Hugo Award base will be designed by Texas-based artist Vincent Villafranca. Vincent is a Chesley Award-winning sculptor who produces futuristic and fantastic bronzes using the traditional lost-wax casting process. In keeping with tradition, the design will not be … Continue reading
For the fifth consecutive year Worldcon members have cast a record-breaking number of Hugo nominating ballots. LoneStarCon 3 received 1,343 valid nominating ballots, exceeding the 1,101 received by Chicon 7 last year. Prior to that, Renovation received 1,006 in 2011, … Continue reading
How the Hugo Awards were created by the Philadelphia Worldcon committee of 1953, skipped by the 1954 committee, then put back on track by Ben Jason and the Cleveland committee of 1955, is an oft-discussed bit of fanhistory. We usually … Continue reading
Robert Briggs, who was present when the Washington Science Fiction Association “formed in a coal cellar”, died February 5 in Sarasota, FL. He was one of seven DC fans who met at the Philadelphia Worldcon in 1947 and decided to … Continue reading
What’s that on Von Braun’s desk? A Hugo, answers G. Patrick Molloy. Through May the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville is presenting “100 Years of Von Braun: His American Journey”. It includes a re-creation of Werhner Von Braun’s … Continue reading
Janice Gelb says she wishes Worldcon GoHs would recuse themselves from the Hugo Awards too: Personally, I wish more authors had this sense of nicety — I think that authors who are GoHs of a worldcon should not accept nominations. … Continue reading
Jamie Todd Rubin had just embarked on reading the issues of Astounding edited by John W. Campbell when it occurred to him to write Campbell a fan letter from the future. Commenting on the first four issues in Campbell’s tenure … Continue reading
The Long List of Hugo Awards site has restored to full Hugo status the 1953 awards given to Forry Ackerman and Willy Ley, the 1956 awards to Ley and Damon Knight, and the 1958 award to Walt Willis. The corrections … Continue reading