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Hugo Award For Best Novelette
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of between 7,500 and 17,500 words; awards are also given out in the short story, novella and novel categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing". The Hugo Award for Best Novelette was first awarded in 1955, and was subsequently awarded in 1956 and 1959, lapsing in 1960. The category was reinstated for 1967 through 1969, before lapsing again in 1970; after returning in 1973, it has remained to date. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 in which no awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Kritzer
Naomi Kritzer is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" was a Locus Award for Best Short Story, Locus Award and Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award. Her novel ''Catfishing on CatNet'' won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book. Biography Kritzer has lived in London and Nepal. She attended Wingra School (an independent school) in Madison, Wisconsin (1978 - 1986); Highgate Wood Secondary School in London Borough of Haringey, Haringey, England (1986 - 1987); Madison West High School (1987 - 1991); and Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota (1991 - 1995). As of 2020, she lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and blogs on local elections. Career Since 1999 Kritzer has published a number of short stories and several novels, including two trilogies for Bantam Books, and her Seasteading, Seastead series of short stories for ''The Maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darfsteller
"The Darfsteller" is a 1955 science fiction novelette by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., which won the first Hugo Award for Best Novelette. It was originally published in '' Astounding Science Fiction'' of January 1955. It is the 21st century story of an old stage actor who has become a theater janitor in order to remain near " show biz". The theater has been overtaken by robot actors, made to look like humans, which act out plays under the direction of each venue's central computer. This "Maestro" runs the show, accommodating the kinds of factors which real actors would contend with: audience reactions, failing mechanical actors (when they are broken or one of the tapes that they get their programming from is worn), and other inconstant factors. The old actor dreams up a scheme to get himself back on stage, despite the prejudice Prejudice can be an affect (psychology), affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived In-group and out-group, social group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Castle (novella)
''The Last Castle'' is a science fiction novella by American writer Jack Vance published in 1966. It won the 1966 Nebula Award for Best Novella and the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. It is about a future civilization of wealthy nobles who live in high-tech castles, which are maintained by an enslaved alien race, the Meks. After centuries of slavery, the Meks revolt, destroying the castles and slaughtering their elite inhabitants, until only one castle is left. Plot summary In the far future, a small elite group of humans have returned from Altair (over 16 light years away) to Earth, their mother planet, to live in nine elaborate, high-tech castles as Superfluous man, idle aristocrats. They are primarily concerned with theoretical discussions of aesthetics, past times and questions of honor and etiquette. Their time is spent drinking fine wines, socializing at formal dinners, and striving to rise in their political standing. Various enslaved alien races provide technicians (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1966. Events *February ** The Nottingham-based chain of pharmacy stores Boots UK closes the last of its circulating " Booklovers' Library" branches. ** Managers of the Royal Court Theatre in London are convicted of presenting an unlicenced play, last November's premiere of Edward Bond's '' Saved''. This prosecution is considered influential in the abolition of the Theatres Act 1843 under which it is brought. *February 1 – Chinese playwright Tian Han is attacked for his historical play ''Xie Yaohuan'' (1961), an opening salvo in the Cultural Revolution. *February 10 – Author Jacqueline Susann has her first novel, '' Valley of the Dolls'', published. From a friend she obtains a list of the bookstores on whose sales figures ''The New York Times'' relies for its bestseller list. She then uses her own money to buy large quantities of her book at these stores, causing it to head the list. ''Valley of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If (magazine)
''If'' was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. The magazine was moderately successful, though for most of its run it was not considered to be in the first tier of American science fiction magazines. It achieved its greatest success under editor Frederik Pohl, winning the Hugo Award for best professional magazine three years running from 1966 to 1968. ''If'' published many award-winning stories over its 22 years, including Robert A. Heinlein's novel '' The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' and Harlan Ellison's short story " I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". The most prominent writer to make his first sale to ''If'' was Larry Niven, whose story "The Coldest Place" appeared in the December 1964 issue. ''If'' was merged into ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' after the December 1974 issue, its 175th issue overall. Publication history Although science fiction had been published in the United States before the 1920s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy and science-fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence E. Spivak, Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas had approached Spivak in the mid-1940s about creating a fantasy companion to Spivak's existing mystery title, ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine''. The first issue was titled ''The Magazine of Fantasy'', but the decision was quickly made to include science fiction as well as fantasy, and the title was changed correspondingly with the second issue. ''F&SF'' was quite different in presentation from the existing science-fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in pulp magazine, pulp format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single-column format, which in the opinion of science-fiction historian Mike Ashley (writer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Front Yard
"The Big Front Yard" is a science fiction short story by American writer Clifford D. Simak which won a 1959 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. It was also included in '' The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two'' (1973) after being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965."Introduction", Ben Bova, ''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two'', New York: Doubleday, 1973, pp. ix–xi. Identical in volumes Two A and Two B. Plot summary The story is about the conversion of an ordinary house into an interplanetary portal or stargate by mysterious alien beings who apparently have taken up the task of exploring space for habitable planets and connecting them to each other, thus allowing civilizations to swap ideas easily. In the story, a tinkerer and trader, Hiram Taine, finds out that his house contains peculiar creatures who repair and upgrade things in interesting ways and transform parts of his house to a substance impervious to harm. After unearthing a spaceship buried in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1958. Events *January 7 – Tennessee Williams' one-act plays ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' and ''List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams#Something Unspoken, Something Unspoken'' are premièred off-Broadway. *January 13 – In ''One, Inc. v. Olesen'', the Supreme Court of the United States affirms that homosexual writing is not as such obscene. *March 29 – The stage première of Max Frisch's dark comedy ''The Fire Raisers (play), Biedermann und die Brandstifter'' (known in English as ''The Fire Raisers (play), The Fire Raisers'') takes place at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. *April 28 – The première of Harold Pinter's play ''The Birthday Party (play), The Birthday Party'' is held at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in England, with Richard Pearson (actor), Richard Pearson playing the lead as Stanley. *May 19 – The London début of the production of Pinter's ''The Birthday Party'', starring Richard Pear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Universe
''Fantastic Universe'' was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately successful, outlasting almost all of its competitors. The main editors were Leo Margulies (1954–1956) and Hans Stefan Santesson (1956–1960). The magazine is not highly regarded by science fiction historians, but some well-received stories appeared, including "Who?", by Algis Budrys, which formed the basis for Budrys's novel of that name, and several stories of Robert E. Howard's, rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp to feature Howard's character Conan the Barbarian. Under Santesson's tenure the quality declined somewhat, and the magazine became known for printing much UFO-related material. A collection of stories from the magazine, edited by Santesson, appeared in 1960 from Prenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. Ballantine was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains part of that company. Ballantine's original logo was a pair of mirrored letter Bs back to back, later changing to two Bs stacked to form an elaborate gate. The firm's early editors were Stanley Kauffmann and Bernard Shir-Cliff. History Following Fawcett Publications' controversial 1950 introduction of Gold Medal paperback originals rather than reprints, Lion Books, Avon and Ace also decided to publish originals. In 1952, Ian Ballantine, a founder of Bantam Books, announced that he would "offer trade publishers a plan for simultaneous publishing of original titles in two editions, a hardcover 'regular' edition for bookstore sale, and a paper-cover, 'newsstand' size, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxy Science Fiction
''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L. Gold, who rapidly made ''Galaxy'' the leading science fiction magazine of its time, focusing on stories about social issues rather than technology. Gold published many notable stories during his tenure, including Ray Bradbury's "The Fireman", later expanded as ''Fahrenheit 451''; Robert A. Heinlein's ''The Puppet Masters''; and Alfred Bester's '' The Demolished Man''. In 1952, the magazine was acquired by Robert Guinn, its printer. By the late 1950s, Frederik Pohl was helping Gold with most aspects of the magazine's production. When Gold's health worsened, Pohl took over as editor, starting officially at the end of 1961, though he had been doing the majority of the production work for some time. Under Pohl ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gun For Dinosaur
"A Gun for Dinosaur" is a classic time travel science fiction storyMiller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library", in ''Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction'', v. 71, no. 5, July 1963, p. 90.D'Ammassa, Don. "de CAMP, L. Sprague", in '' Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers'' (3rd ed.), Chicago : St. James Press, c1991, p. 192.Turtledove, Harry. "Introduction," in ''Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp'', Framingham, MA : NESFA Press, 2005, p. 12-13. by American writer L. Sprague de Camp as part of his Rivers of Time series. It tells the story of four men who travel into the past to hunt dinosaurs. It was first published in the magazine ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' for March, 1956, and first appeared in book form in the anthology '' The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other SF Novelets'' (Doubleday, 1959). It has since been reprinted in numerous other anthologies, including '' The Time Curve'' (1968), '' 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
