1984 Hugo Awards (original) (raw)

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Presented at: L.A.con II, Anaheim, California, August 30 – September 3, 1984

Toastmaster: Robert Bloch

Base design: Jim Rumph incorporating rat design by Linda Miller

Awards Administration:

Best Novel

• Startide Rising by David Brin [Bantam, 1983]
• Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy [Bantam, 1983]
• Millennium by John Varley [Berkley, 1983]
• Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey [Ballantine Del Rey, 1983]
• The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov [Doubleday, 1983]

Best Novella

• “Cascade Point” by Timothy Zahn [Analog Dec 1983]
• “Hardfought” by Greg Bear [Asimov’s Feb 1983]
• “In the Face of My Enemy” by Joseph H. Delaney [Analog Apr 1983]
• “Seeking” by David R. Palmer [Analog Feb 1983]
• “Hurricane Claude” by Hilbert Schenck [F&SF Apr 1983]

Best Novelette

• “Blood Music” by Greg Bear [Analog Jun 1983]
• “The Monkey Treatment” by George R. R. Martin [F&SF Jul 1983]
• “The Sidon in the Mirror” by Connie Willis [Asimov’s Apr 1983]
• “Slow Birds” by Ian Watson [F&SF Jun 1983]
• “Black Air” by Kim Stanley Robinson [F&SF Mar 1983]

Best Short Story

• “Speech Sounds” by Octavia E. Butler [Asimov’s mid-Dec 1983]
• “Servant of the People” by Frederik Pohl [Analog Feb 1983]
• “The Geometry of Narrative” by Hilbert Schenck [Analog Aug 1983]
• “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois [Asimov’s Aug 1983]
• “Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium” by William F. Wu [Amazing May 1983]

Best Related Non-Fiction Book

• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968, Vol 3: Miscellaneous by Donald H. Tuck [Advent, 1983]
• The High Kings by Joy Chant, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine, George Sharp and David Larkin [Bantam, 1983]
• Dream Makers, Volume II by Charles Platt [Berkley, 1983]
• Staying Alive: A Writer’s Guide by Norman Spinrad [Donning, 1983]
• The Fantastic Art of Rowena by Rowena Morrill [Pocket, 1983]

Best Dramatic Presentation

• Return of the Jedi (1983) [Lucasfilm] Directed by Richard Marquand; Written by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas; Story by George Lucas
• The Right Stuff (1983) [The Ladd Company] Directed by Philip Kaufmann; Screenplay by Philip Kaufmann; based on the book by Tom Wolfe
• WarGames (1983) [MGM] Directed by John Badham; Written by Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes
• Brainstorm (1983) [MGM] Directed by Douglas Trumbull; Screenplay by Philip Frank Messina and Robert Stitzel; Story by Bruce Joel Rubin
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) [Bryna/Disney] Directed by Jack Clayton; Written by Ray Bradbury; based on the novel by Ray Bradbury

Best Professional Editor

• Shawna McCarthy
• David G. Hartwell
• Terry Carr
• Edward L. Ferman
• Stanley Schmidt

Best Professional Artist

• Michael Whelan
• Rowena Morrill
• Don Maitz
• Barclay Shaw
• Val Lakey Lindahn

Best Semiprozine

• Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown
• Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter
• Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis
• Fantasy Newsletter/Fantasy Review ed. by Robert A. Collins
• Whispers ed. by Stuart David Schiff

Best Fanzine

• File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer
• Ansible ed. by Dave Langford
• The Philk Fee-Nom-Ee-Non ed. by Paul J. Willett
• Izzard ed. by Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• Holier Than Thou ed. by Marty Cantor and Robbie Cantor

Best Fan Writer

• Mike Glyer
• Richard E. Geis
• Dave Langford
• Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• Arthur D. Hlavaty

Best Fan Artist

• Alexis Gilliland
• William Rotsler
• Joan Hanke-Woods
• Brad W. Foster
• Stu Shiffman

Video recording of 1984 Hugo Awards Ceremony