Where and When:
Worldcon 76,
San Jose, CA :
August 16, 2018
Eligibility Year:
1942
Associated With:
Hugo Awards
Novel
- Winner: “Beyond This Horizon”, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science Fiction Apr,May 1942) (as by Anson MacDonald)
- Darkness and the Light, Olaf Stapledon (Methuen/S.J.R. Saunders)
- “Donovan's Brain”, Curt Siodmak (Black Mask Sep,Oct,Nov 1942)
- Islandia, Austin Tappan Wright (Farrar & Rinehart)
- “Second Stage Lensman”, E. E. "Doc" Smith (Astounding Science Fiction Nov,Dec 1941 - Jan,Feb 1942)
- The Uninvited, Dorothy Macardle (Doubleday; Doran/S.J.R. Saunders)
Novella
- Winner: “Waldo”, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science Fiction Aug 1942) (as by Anson MacDonald)
- “Asylum”, A. E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction May 1942)
- “The Compleat Werewolf”, Anthony Boucher (Unknown Worlds Apr 1942)
- “Hell Is Forever”, Alfred Bester (Unknown Worlds Aug 1942)
- “Nerves”, Lester del Rey (Astounding Science Fiction Sep 1942)
- “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag”, Robert A. Heinlein (Unknown Worlds Oct 1942) (as by John Riverside)
Novelette
- Winner: “Foundation”, Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction May 1942)
- “Bridle and Saddle”, Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction Jun 1942)
- “Goldfish Bowl”, Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science Fiction Mar 1942) (as by Anson MacDonald)
- “The Star-Mouse”, Fredric Brown (Planet Stories Spr 1942)
- “There Shall Be Darkness”, C. L. Moore (Astounding Science Fiction Feb 1942)
- “The Weapon Shop”, A. E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction Dec 1942)
Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Bambi (written by Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, et al., directed by David D. Hand et al. (Walt Disney Productions))
- Cat People (written by DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Jacques Tourneur (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.))
- The Ghost of Frankenstein (written by W. Scott Darling, directed by Erle C. Kenton (Universal Pictures))
- I Married a Witch (written by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly, directed by René Clair (Cinema Guild Productions / Paramount Pictures))
- Invisible Agent (written by Curtis Siodmak, directed by Edwin L. Marin (Frank Lloyd Productions / Universal Pictures))
- Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (written by Laurence Stallings, directed by Zoltan Korda (Alexander Korda Films, Inc. / United Artists))