Worldcon 76 has released the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards Voter Packet, a collection of finalists for the 1943 Retro-Hugo Awards created to assist Worldcon members in making informed decisions when voting on this year’s Hugo Awards.

All the files are PDFs, and many are simply PDF documents containing links to the works either at the Internet Archive, Fanac.org or eFanzines.com.

As the committee explains:

Not all works shortlisted for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards appear in the Retro-Hugo Voter Packet due to challenges with obtaining rights to distribute them.

Members of Worldcon 76 can access the 1943 Retro-Hugo Award Voter packet and vote on the 1943 Hugo Awards using the PINs emailed them by the committee.

Novel

Six nominees, none in packet

Novella

Six nominees, four in packet

• “Hell is Forever” by Alfred Bester [link to the Internet Archive]
• “Nerves” by Lester del Rey [PDF]
• “The Compleat Werewolf” by Anthony Boucher [PDF]
• “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag” by Robert A. Heinlein [link to the Internet Archive]

 Novelette

Six nominees, one in packet

• “The Star Mouse” by Fredric Brown [PDF]

Short story

Six nominees, three in packet

• “Etaoin Shrdlu” by Fredric Brown [PDF]
• “Proof” by Hal Clement [PDF]
• “The Sunken Land” by Fritz Leiber [link to the Internet Archive]

Dramatic Presentation – Short Form

Six nominees, none in packet

Editor – Short Form

Six nominees, none in packet

Professional Artist

Six nominees, none in packet

Fan writer

All nominees in packet

• Art Widner [links to 13 items at Fanac.org]
• Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker [links to 20 items at Fanac.org]
• Donald A Wollheim [links to 5 items at Fanac.org]
• Forrest J Ackerman [links to 19 items at Fanac.org]
• Harry Warner, Jr. [links to 17 items at Fanac.org]
• Jack Speer [links to 16 items at Fanac.org]

Fanzine

All nominees in packet

• Futurian War Digest [links to 9 issues at eFanzines]
• Inspiration [link to 1 issue at Fanac.org]
• Le Zombie [links to 4 issues at Fanac.org]
• Spaceways [links to 6 issues at Fanac.org]
• The Phantagraph [link to cover of 1 issue at Fanac.org]
• Voice of the Imagination [links to 7 issues at Fanac.org]

[Thanks to Joe H. and Kevin Standlee for the story.]