1939 Retro-Hugo Award Finalists

The finalists for the 1939 Retro Hugo Awards were announced on Saturday 19 April 2014.

The shortlist announcement was streamed live from the UK to the web and conventions in the United States. The presentation can be watched again here: www.ustream.tv/hugo-awards. Our thanks go to Satellite 4, the British National Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon), Norwescon 37 and Minicon 49 for their support in making this unique event possible.

233 valid nominating ballots were received and counted from the members of LoneStarCon 3, Loncon 3 and Sasquan. (226 Electronic and 7 Paper.)

BEST NOVEL (208 ballots)

• Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Argosy, February 1938)
• Galactic Patrol by E. E. Smith (Astounding Stories, February 1938)
• The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
• Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
• The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (Collins)

BEST NOVELLA (125 ballots)

• Anthem by Ayn Rand (Cassell)
• “A Matter of Form” by H. L. Gold (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
• “Sleepers of Mars” by John Beynon [John Wyndham] (Tales of Wonder, March 1938)
• “The Time Trap” by Henry Kuttner (Marvel Science Stories, November 1938)
• “Who Goes There?” by Don A Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938)

BEST NOVELETTE (80 ballots)

• “Dead Knowledge” by Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Stories, January 1938)
• “Hollywood on the Moon” by Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1938)
• “Pigeons From Hell” by Robert E. Howard (Weird Tales, May 1938)
• “Rule 18” by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
• “Werewoman” by C. L. Moore (Leaves #2, Winter 1938)

BEST SHORT STORY (108 ballots)

• “The Faithful” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
• “Helen O’Loy” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
• “Hollerbochen’s Dilemma” by Ray Bradbury (Imagination!, January 1938)
• “How We Went to Mars” by Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)
• “Hyperpilosity” by L. Sprague de Camp (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (SHORT FORM) (137 ballots)

• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. Written & directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Written & directed by Orson Welles (The Campbell Playhouse, CBS)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker. Written by Orson Welles and John Houseman, directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)
• R. U. R. by Karel Čapek. Produced by Jan Bussell (BBC)
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Written by Howard Koch & Anne Froelick, directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)

BEST EDITOR - SHORT FORM (99 ballots)

• John W. Campbell
• Walter H. Gillings
• Raymond A. Palmer
• Mort Weisinger
• Farnsworth Wright

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (86 ballots)

• Margaret Brundage
• Virgil Finlay
• Frank R. Paul
• Alex Schomburg
• H. W. Wesso

BEST FANZINE (42 ballots)

• Fantascience Digest edited by Robert A. Madle
• Fantasy News edited by James V. Taurasi
• Imagination! edited by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke
• Novae Terrae edited by Maurice K. Hanson
• Tomorrow edited by Douglas W. F. Mayer

BEST FAN WRITER (50 ballots)

• Forrest J Ackerman
• Ray Bradbury
• Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker
• Harry Warner, Jr.
• Donald A. Wollheim