This isn’t a review, just a short note to mention that I’ve swapped the “1944 Retro Hugos” page that was in the menu above for a “1945 Retro Hugos” one. This page has a sortable table of stories that are eligible for next year’s (2020) Retro Hugo awards. More importantly, it has links to copies of the stories on the Internet Archive if you want to read them.
1944 (the qualifying year for the 1945 Retro Hugos) features, among other works, Olaf Stapledon’s Sirius, Theodore Sturgeon’s Killdozer, C. L. Moore’s No Woman Born, Fredric Brown’s Arena, a couple of ‘Foundation’ tales from Isaac Asimov, four of Clifford D. Simak’s ‘City’ series (including Huddling Place and Desertion) and many, many stories from Ray Bradbury. Add your favourites in the comments below (as well as anything I haven’t listed*).
* I’m still adding publications but hope to complete it soon (blame the delay on my other job as a part-time butler for two cats).
Didn’t know the awards looked that nice and distinctive.
Different design for every year. Fortunately, my OCD will never have to cope with being a multiple winner.
Thank you for compiling this, it really helps me find eligible stories much more easily.
Glad you are finding it useful.
You can add “Housing Problem” by Kuttner and Moore, from the Oct 1944 issue of Charm, online here:
https://www.you-books.com/book/H-Kuttner/Housing-Problem
Hi Bill, thanks for catching this Unknown Worlds escapee (described by Stefan R. Dziemianowocz as a “breezy fantasy” in his Annotated Guide), I’ll add it to the list.
Bad link for “Old Man in New World” – can be found at https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/37131068183227d.pdf
And I don’t see “The Yehudi Principle” Frederic Brown Astounding March.
Thanks for the Stapledon link, I’ll add it directly (although probably too late for the nominations). If you order the names in alphabetical order (tap at the top of the table) you’ll see the Brown is there.
Thanks – don’t know how I missed that Brown entry but as you say it’s right there.