{"id":9116,"date":"2018-11-15T17:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfmagazines.com\/?page_id=9116"},"modified":"2019-02-03T22:36:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T22:36:50","slug":"1944-retro-hugos-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sfmagazines.com\/?page_id=9116","title":{"rendered":"1944 Retro Hugos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The table below (incomplete, work in progress) contains the 1943 fiction eligible for the 1944 Retro Hugo Awards. If you wish to vote, join the <a href=\"https:\/\/dublin2019.com\">2019 Worldcon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborations appear twice, in first+second contributor name order as published, and in second+first name order (this latter form is asterisked).<\/p>\n<p>The columns are sortable by <strong>Author<\/strong> (first\/surname order), <strong>Title<\/strong>, Story Length (<strong>L<\/strong>), Publication (<strong>P<\/strong>), and Rating (<strong>R<\/strong>) (there are other recommendations below the table).<br \/>\nThere is a search box at the top right of the table and at the bottom of each column.<br \/>\nClick on the story title for a copy (<strong>NL<\/strong>\u00a0indicates no link); click on <strong>SF<\/strong>\u00a0for my review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>n<\/strong>=novel, <strong>na<\/strong>=novella, <strong>nv<\/strong>=novelette, <strong>ss<\/strong>=short story (check the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\">ISFDB<\/a>\u00a0lengths if in doubt).<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMZ<\/strong>=<em>Amazing Stories<\/em>; <strong>ARG<\/strong>=<em>Argosy<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>ASO<\/strong>=<em>Astonishing Stories<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>AST<\/strong>=<em>Astounding Science-Fiction<\/em>; <strong>CAP<\/strong>=<em>Captain Future<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>FAN<\/strong>=<em>Fantastic Adventures<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>FFM<\/strong>, <em>Famous Fantastic Mysteries<\/em>; <strong>FUT<\/strong>=<em>Future Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/em> (see also <strong>SFS<\/strong>=<em>Science Fiction Stories<\/em>);\u00a0<strong>PLA<\/strong>=<em>Planet Stories<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>SFS<\/strong>=<em>Science Fiction Stories<\/em> (see also\u00a0<strong>FUT<\/strong>=<em>Future Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/em>); <strong>SFQ<\/strong>=<em>Science Fiction Quarterly<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>SSS<\/strong>=<em>Super Science Stories<\/em>; <strong>STA<\/strong>=<em>Startling Stories<\/em>; <strong>TWS<\/strong>, <em>Thrilling Wonder Stories<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>UNK<\/strong>=<em>Unknown Worlds<\/em>; <strong>WET<\/strong>=<em>Weird Tales<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpdt-c\">\n    <div class=\"alert alert-danger m-10\" role=\"alert\">\n        <span class=\"wdt-alert-title f-600\">Error<br><\/span>\n        <span class=\"wdt-alert-subtitle\">File &quot;\/home1\/sfmagazi\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1944-Retro-Hugo-Award-Eligible-Fiction-Recommendations3.xlsx&quot; does not exist.<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apart from my ratings column above (which you can order to see what I rate highly), there is one\u00a0\u2018Best of the Year\u2019 volume for 1943, <em>The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5<\/em>, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, 1981), and a list at <a href=\"https:\/\/classicsofsciencefiction.com\">Classics of Science Fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5<\/em> contains the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?132066\">Introduction (The Great SF Stories 5 (1943))<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1981) \u2022 essay by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?509\">Martin H. Greenberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>11 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?46700\">The Cave<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?451\">P. Schuyler Miller<\/a><\/li>\n<li>30 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?41340\">The Halfling<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 [<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pe.cgi?36888\">Earth (Brackett)<\/a>] \u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?334\">Leigh Brackett<\/a><\/li>\n<li>57 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?189840\">Mimsy Were the Borogoves<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?452\">Henry Kuttner<\/a>\u00a0<b>and<\/b>\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?453\">C. L. Moore<\/a>\u00a0[as by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?2390\">Lewis Padgett<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>91 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?46709\">Q. U. R.<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 short story by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?449\">Anthony Boucher<\/a><\/li>\n<li>113 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?189843\">Clash by Night<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 [<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pe.cgi?906\">Keeps<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 1] \u2022 (1943) \u2022 novella by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?452\">Henry Kuttner<\/a>\u00a0<b>and<\/b>\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?453\">C. L. Moore<\/a>\u00a0[as by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?2377\">Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>172 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?41424\">Exile<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 short story by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?249\">Edmond Hamilton<\/a><\/li>\n<li>178 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?41508\">Daymare<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?10\">Fredric Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li>219 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?41472\">Doorway Into Time<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 short story by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?453\">C. L. Moore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>238 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?46736\">The Storm<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 [<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pe.cgi?9567\">Mixed Men<\/a>] \u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?58\">A. E. van Vogt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>271 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?189852\">The Proud Robot<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 [<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pe.cgi?38142\">Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)<\/a>] \u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?452\">Henry Kuttner<\/a>\u00a0[as by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?2390\">Lewis Padgett<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>306 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?46739\">Symbiotica<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 [<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pe.cgi?9540\">Jay Score \/ Marathon<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 3] \u2022 (1943) \u2022 novelette by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?51\">Eric Frank Russell<\/a><\/li>\n<li>352 \u2022\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?189854\">The Iron Standard<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (1943) \u2022 short story by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?452\">Henry Kuttner<\/a>\u00a0<b>and<\/b>\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?453\">C. L. Moore<\/a>\u00a0[as by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/ea.cgi?2390\">Lewis Padgett<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/classicsofsciencefiction.com\">Classics of Science Fiction<\/a> website has a list of classic stories published in a number of reference anthologies or which appear in various polls (the sources are listed <a href=\"https:\/\/classicsofsciencefiction.com\/classics-of-science-fiction-short-stories\/\">here<\/a>). The list gives the following\u00a01943 stories with at least one citation (the number after the year is the number of anthologies or lists the story appears in):<\/p>\n<p>+ &#8220;Backfire&#8221; Ross Rocklynne 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Clash By Night&#8221; Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Daymare&#8221; Fredric Brown 1943 (2)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Doorway Into Time&#8221; C. L. Moore 1943 (2)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Exile&#8221; Edmond Hamilton 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Expedition&#8221; Anthony Boucher 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Flight into Darkness&#8221; J. Francis McComas 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Frontier Planet&#8221; Manly Wade Wellman 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Lost Art&#8221; George O. Smith 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Mimsy Were the Borogoves&#8221; Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore 1943 (10)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Q. U. R.&#8221; Anthony Boucher 1943 (2)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;Symbiotica&#8221; Eric Frank Russell 1943 (2)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Cave&#8221; P. Schuyler Miller 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath&#8221; H. P. Lovecraft 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Halfling&#8221; Leigh Brackett 1943 (2)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Iron Standard&#8221; Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Proud Robot&#8221; Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore 1943 (5)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Search&#8221; A. E. van Vogt 1943 (1)<br \/>\n+ &#8220;The Storm&#8221; A. 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