1981 Hugo Awards (original) (raw)

Presented at: Denvention Two, Denver, September 3-7, 1981

Toastmaster: Ed Bryant

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Awards Administration: Stephen Larue

Best Novel

• The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge [Dial Press, 1980]
• Lord Valentine’s Castle by Robert Silverberg [F&SF Nov,Dec 1979,Jan,Feb 1980; Harper & Row, 1980]
• The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven [Galileo Jul,Sep,Nov 1979,Jan 1980; Phantasia, 1980]
• Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl [Ballantine Del Rey, 1980]
• Wizard by John Varley [Berkley Putnam, 1980]

Best Novella

• “Lost Dorsai” by Gordon R. Dickson [Destinies v2 #1 Feb/Mar 1980]
• “One-Wing” by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle [Analog Jan,Feb 1980]
• “Nightflyers” by George R. R. Martin [Analog Apr 1980]
• “The Brave Little Toaster” by Thomas M. Disch [F&SF Aug 1980]
• “All the Lies That Are My Life” by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Nov 1980; Underwood-Miller, 1980]

Best Novelette

• “The Cloak and the Staff” by Gordon R. Dickson [Analog Aug 1980]
• “Savage Planet” by Barry B. Longyear [Analog Feb 1980]
• “Beatnik Bayou” by John Varley [New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees, 1980]
• “The Lordly Ones” by Keith Roberts [F&SF Mar 1980]
• “The Autopsy” by Michael Shea [F&SF Dec 1980]
• “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop [Universe 10, 1980; Sci Fiction, scifi.com 2000-05-31]

Best Short Story

• “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak [Analog Apr 1980]
• “Our Lady of the Sauropods” by Robert Silverberg [Omni Sep 1980]
• “Spidersong” by Susan C. Petrey [F&SF Sep 1980]
• “Cold Hands” by Jeff Duntemann [Asimov’s Jun 1980]
• “Guardian” by Jeff Duntemann [Asimov’s Sep 1980]

Best Related Non-Fiction Book

• Cosmos by Carl Sagan [Random House, 1980]
• In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954&endash;1978 by Isaac Asimov [Doubleday, 1980]
• Dream Makers: The Uncommon People Who Write Science Fiction by Charles Platt [Berkley, 1980]
• Di Fate’s Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware by Vincent Di Fate and Ian Summers [Workman, 1980]
• Warhoon 28 (the writings of Walter A. Willis) by Richard Bergeron [Richard Bergeron, 1980]

Best Dramatic Presentation

• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [Lucasfilm] Directed by Irvin Kershner; Screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan; Story by George Lucas
• The Lathe of Heaven (1980) [WNET/PBS] Directed by Fred Barzyk and David R. Loxton; Screenplay by Diane English and Roger Swaybill; based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Cosmos (TV Series) (1981) [KCET/PBS] Written and directed by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
• The Martian Chronicles (1980) [BBC/NBC] Directed by Michael Anderson; Screenplay by Richard Matheson; based on the collection by Ray Bradbury
• Flash Gordon (1980) [20th Century Fox/De Laurentiis] Directed by Mike Hodges; Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple, Jr.; Adaptation by Michael Allin; based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond

Best Professional Editor

• Edward L. Ferman
• George H. Scithers
• James P. Baen
• Terry Carr
• Stanley Schmidt

Best Professional Artist

• Michael Whelan
• Vincent Di Fate
• Stephen Fabian
• Don Maitz
• Paul Lehr

Best Fanzine

• Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown
• Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis
• File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer
• Starship ed. by Andrew I. Porter
• Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter

Best Fan Writer

• Susan Wood
• Richard E. Geis
• Mike Glyer
• Dave Langford
• Arthur D. Hlavaty

Best Fan Artist

• Victoria Poyser
• Alexis Gilliland
• William Rotsler
• Joan Hanke-Woods
• Stu Shiffman