Hugo Awards 1973
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Torcon II,
Toronto, Canada :
August 31, 1973
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September 3, 1973
Eligibility Year: 1972
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 1972
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov (Galaxy Mar/Apr, May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972; Doubleday)
- The Book of Skulls, Robert Silverberg (Scribner's)
- A Choice of Gods, Clifford D. Simak (Putnam)
- Dying Inside, Robert Silverberg (Galaxy Jul/Aug,Sep/Oct 1972; Scribner's)
- There Will Be Time, Poul Anderson (Signet)
- When Harlie Was One, David Gerrold (Ballantine)
Novella
- Winner: “The Word for World is Forest”, Ursula K. Le Guin (Again, Dangerous Visions)
- “The Fifth Head of Cerberus”, Gene Wolfe (Orbit 10)
- “The Gold at the Starbow's End”, Frederik Pohl (Analog Mar 1972)
- “Hero”, Joe Haldeman (Analog Jun 1972)
- “The Mercenary”, Jerry Pournelle (Analog Jul 1972)
Novelette
- Winner: “Goat Song”, Poul Anderson (F&SF Feb 1972)
- “Basilisk”, Harlan Ellison (F&SF Aug 1972)
- “A Kingdom by the Sea”, Gardner Dozois (Orbit 10)
- “Painwise”, James Tiptree, Jr. (F&SF Feb 1972)
- “Patron of the Arts”, William Rotsler (Universe 2)
Short Story
- Winner (tie): “Eurema's Dam”, R. A. Lafferty (New Dimensions 2)
- Winner (tie): “The Meeting”, Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth (F&SF Nov 1972)
- “And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side”, James Tiptree, Jr. (F&SF Mar 1972)
- “When It Changed”, Joanna Russ (Again, Dangerous Visions)
- “When We Went to See the End of the World”, Robert Silverberg (Universe 2)
Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Slaughterhouse-Five
- “Between Time and Timbuktu”
- “The People”
- Silent Running
Professional Editor
Professional Artist
Amateur Magazine
- Winner: Energumen, Michael Glicksohn & Susan Wood Glicksohn, eds.
- Algol, Andrew Porter, ed.
- Granfalloon, Ron & Linda Bushyager, ed.
- Locus, Charles Brown & Dena Brown, eds.
- SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie, ed.
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
— Associated Awards —
Winner
Special Award
- Winner: Pierre Versins, for L'Encyclopedie de l'Utopie et de la science fiction
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