Hugo Award Challenge



Hugo Awards

A few years ago, I went mad and decided to take my hobby of reading Science Fiction to the next level. I set myself the challenge of reading all the Hugo Award winning novels that have been published since the award inception in 1953. To complicate things further I decided to write an article on each of the books that I read. At first I was confident that I would easily be able to knock out the 70 or so books in a year or two but somewhere around the deserts of Arrakis (Dune, 1966 Hugo Award Winner) I knew that this wasn’t going to be easy.

To date I have read 35 of the Hugo Award Winner and I might have read or I just don’t remember a further 10. For example, I am sure I have read Fahrenheit 451 in 7th grade but I really don’t remember much from the 7th grade.


Year Author Title Status
1939 (Retro) T. H. White The Sword in the Stone Not Read
1941 (Retro) A. E. van Vogt Slan Not Read
1946 (Retro) Isaac Asimov The Mule Maybe
1951 (Retro) Robert A. Heinlein Farmer in the Sky Not Read
1953 Alfred Bester The Demolished Man Maybe
1954 Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Maybe
1955 Mark Clifton They'd Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine) Not Read
1956 Robert A. Heinlein Double Star Read
1958 Fritz Leiber The Big Time Not Read
1959 James Blish A Case of Conscience Maybe
1960 Robert A. Heinlein Starship Troopers Read
1961 Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz Read
1962 Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land Read
1963 Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle Read
1964 Clifford D. Simak Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station) Not Read
1965 Fritz Leiber The Wanderer Not Read
1966 Frank Herbert Dune Read
1966 Roger Zelazny ...And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal) Not Read
1967 Robert A. Heinlein The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Read
1968 Roger Zelazny Lord of Light Maybe
1969 John Brunner Stand on Zanzibar Maybe
1970 Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness Maybe
1971 Larry Niven Ringworld Read
1972 Philip José Farmer To Your Scattered Bodies Go Not Read
1973 Isaac Asimov The Gods Themselves Read
1974 Arthur C. Clarke Rendezvous with Rama Read
1975 Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed Maybe
1976 Joe Haldeman The Forever War Read
1977 Kate Wilhelm Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Maybe
1978 Frederik Pohl Gateway Read
1979 Vonda N. McIntyre Dreamsnake Not Read
1980 Arthur C. Clarke The Fountains of Paradise Read
1981 Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen Not Read
1982 C. J. Cherryh Downbelow Station Not Read
1983 Isaac Asimov Foundation's Edge Read
1984 David Brin Startide Rising Not Read
1985 William Gibson Neuromancer Read
1986 Orson Scott Card Ender's Game Read
1987 Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead Not Read
1988 David Brin The Uplift War Not Read
1989 C. J. Cherryh Cyteen Not Read
1990 Dan Simmons Hyperion Read
1991 Lois McMaster Bujold The Vor Game Read
1992 Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar Read
1993 Vernor Vinge A Fire Upon the Deep Read
1993 Connie Willis Doomsday Book Not Read
1994 Kim Stanley Robinson Green Mars Read
1995 Lois McMaster Bujold Mirror Dance Read
1996 Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age Read
1997 Kim Stanley Robinson Blue Mars Read
1998 Joe Haldeman Forever Peace Read
1999 Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog Not Read
2000 Vernor Vinge A Deepness in the Sky Read
2001 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Read
2002 Neil Gaiman American Gods Read
2003 Robert J. Sawyer Hominids Not Read
2004 Lois McMaster Bujold Paladin of Souls Not Read
2005 Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Not Read
2006 Robert Charles Wilson Spin Not Read
2007 Vernor Vinge Rainbows End Read
2008 Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union Not Read
2009 Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book Read
2010 Paolo Bacigalupi The Windup Girl Read
2010 China Miéville The City & the City Read
2011 Connie Willis Blackout/All Clear Not Read
2012 Jo Walton Among Others Not Read
2013 John Scalzi Redshirts Read
2014 Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice Read
2015 Cixin Liu The Three-Body Problem Read
2016 N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season Not Read
2017 N. K. Jemisin The Obelisk Gate Not Read

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