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Best Novel - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Novella - "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish
Best Novelette - "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish
Best Short Story - "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Related Book - Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley
Best Professional Editor - John W. Campbell, Jr.
Best Professional Artist - Chesley Bonestell
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form - The War of the Worlds
Best Fanzine - Slant, Walter Willis, ed.; James White, art editor
Best Fan Writer - Bob Tucker


We have been waiting 50 years for this moment

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Pavel

http://immersion.raybradbury.ru
 
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GREAT!!!

I wonder if they'll be awarding best novel, novella, and short story for 1957 in three years. That year for some reason they only awarded the mags.

Hmmm...What did Ray have published that year?
 
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And...

That gives Sir James Blish the distinction of winning two Hugos for the same story. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE won for Best Novel a few years later after he expanded it.
 
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Why is nobody excited about this other than elron and I? Ray Bradbury won a 'freakin' HUGO for FAHRENHEIT'freakin'451!

The other nominees were:
MISSION OF GRAVITY by Hal Clement
CHILDHOOD'S END by A.C. Clarke
MORE THAN HUMAN by Theodore Sturgeon
CAVES OF STEEL by Isaac Asimov

What a great year. What great books. What great authors. And our guy won! Where's our enthusiasm? Let's celebrate, congratulate, and even gloat, alot.

"HIP, HIP, HOO-RAY!"
"HIP, HIP, HOO-RAY!"
"HIP, HIP, HOO-RAY!"
"For he's a jolly good fellow"
"For he's a jolly good fellow"
"For he's a jolly good felloOOW"
"Which nobody can deny"
 
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Some of us are speechless with excitement.
 
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I'm very excited about it. I've had a hard time getting into the Resources page sometimes. I had not heard this.

That is the novel that turned me on to everything else. A seminal moment for me.

I loved Sturgeon's "More Than Human" and Asimov's "Childhood's End", also. But without F451 turning me on to reading and thinking, I would never have read them.
 
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