The Hugo Winners
book series by Isaac Asimov
The Hugo Winners was a series of books which collected science fiction and fantasy stories that won a Hugo Award for Short Story, Novelette or Novella at the World Science Fiction Convention between 1955 and 1982. Each volume was edited by American writer Isaac Asimov, who wrote the introduction and a short essay about each author featured in the book. Through these essays, Asimov shared personal anecdotes, revealing the authors he was jealous of, and how other writers winning awards ahead of him made him angry. Additionally, he discussed his political beliefs (he supported the ending of the Vietnam War, while Poul Anderson didn't), friendships, and his affinity for writers of "hard science fiction". The first two volumes were collected by Doubleday into a single book, which lacks a publishing date and ISBN.
The Hugo Winners was followed by The New Hugo Winners, which collected Hugo Award-winning stories from 1983 to 1994.
Volume 1
It was first published by Doubleday in 1962.
1955: 13th Convention, Cleveland
"The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (novelette)
"Allamagoosa" by Eric Frank Russell (short story)
1956: 14th Convention, New York
"Exploration Team" By Murray Leinster (novelette)
"The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke (short story)
1958: 16th Convention, Los Angeles
"Or All the Seas with Oysters" by Avram Davidson (short story)
1959: 17th Convention, Detroit
"The Big Front Yard" By Clifford D. Simak (novelette)
"That Hell-Bound Train" by Robert Bloch (short story)
1960: 18th Convention, Pittsburgh
"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes (short story)
1961: 19th Convention, Seattle
"The Longest Voyage" by Poul Anderson (short story)
Reception
Floyd C. Gale of Galaxy Science Fiction rated the collection five stars out of five, stating that "This is a sure-fire collection of Can't Misses".
Volume 2
It was first published in 1971 by Doubleday.
1963: 21st Convention, Washington
"The Dragon Masters" by Jack Vance (short story)
1964: 22nd Convention, San Francisco (Oakland)
"No Truce With Kings" by Poul Anderson (short story)
1965: 23rd Convention, London
"Soldier, Ask Not" by Gordon R. Dickson (short story)
1966: 24th Convention, Cleveland
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison (short story)
1967: 25th Convention, New York
"The Last Castle" by Jack Vance (novelette)
"Neutron Star" by Larry Niven (short story)
1968: 26th Convention, San Francisco (Oakland)
"Weyr Search" by Anne McCaffrey (novella)
"Riders of the Purple Wage" by Philip José Farmer (novella)
"Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (novelette)
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison (short story)
1969: 27th Convention, St.
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