Sunday, December 31, 1972

1972 Locus Award Nominees

Location: Unknown.

Comments: One of the things I find most interesting about the Locus Awards is that they are supposed to provide suggestions for Hugo Award voters every year, and yet the categories for the Locus Awards bear only a passing resemblance to the categories for the Hugo Awards. One would think that if you were intending to create a poll for guiding the voters of a particular award, you would be fairly conscientious about making sure your voting categories lined up with the targeted award. In a broad sense, the Locus Award does line up with the Hugo Awards - they both have a Best Novel and Best Short Story category. They both have a Best Fan Artist category, and so on. But they diverge almost as much as they align, which seems to me to kind of defeat the intended purpose of the Locus Award.

Best Novel
Winner:
1.   The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

Other Nominees:
2.   To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
3.   A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
4.   Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
5.   Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
6.   The World Inside by Robert Silverberg
7.   The Devil Is Dead by R.A. Lafferty
8.   The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer
9.   Son of Man by Robert Silverberg
10. The Second Trip by Robert Silverberg
11. The World Menders by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
12. The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
13. Furthest by Suzette Haden Elgin
14. Arrive at Easterwine by R.A. Lafferty
15. The Forest of Forever by Thomas Burnett Swann

Best Short Story
Winner:
1.   The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson (reviewed in The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1)

Other Nominees:
2.   (tie) All the Last Wars at Once by George Alec Effinger
      (tie) A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke
4.   Wheels by Robert Thurston
5.   The Autumn Land by Clifford D. Simak
6.   Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn
7.   The Bear with the Knot on His Tail by Stephen Tall
8.   World Abounding by R.A. Lafferty
9.   Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven (reviewed in The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1)
10. Dread Empire by John Brunner
11. A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois
12. The Human Operators by Harlan Ellison and A.E. van Vogt
13. In Entropy's Jaws by Robert Silverberg
14. Vaster than Empires and More Slow by Ursula K. Le Guin
15. All the Way Up, All the Way Down by Robert Silverberg

Best Original Anthology
Winner:
1.   Universe 1 edited by Terry Carr

Other Nominees:
2.   New Dimensions 1 edited by Robert Silverberg
3.   Clarion edited by Robin Scott Wilson
4.   Infinity Two edited by Robert Hoskins
5.   Protostars edited by David Gerrold
6.   Orbit 9 edited by Damon Knight
7.   New Worlds Quarterly #1 edited by Michael Moorcock
8.   Quark/4 edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker
9.   Orbit 8 edited by Damon Knight
10. (tie) New Worlds Quarterly #2 edited by Michael Moorcock
      (tie) Quark/3 edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker
11. Quark/2 edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker

Best Reprint Anthology or Collection
Winner:
1.   World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr

Other Nominees:
2.   The Hugo Winners, Volume 2 edited by Isaac Asimov
3.   Driftglass by Samuel R. Delany
4.   Sturgeon Is Alive and Well . . . by Theodore Sturgeon
5.   New Worlds of Fantasy No. 3 edited by Terry Carr
6.   Alpha Two edited by Robert Silverberg
7.   Partners In Wonder edited by Harlan Ellison
8.   All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven
9.   Down in the Black Gang and Other Stories by Philip José Farmer
10. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1 edited by Robert Silverberg
11. Moderan by David R. Bunch
12. The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: 19th Series edited by Edward L. Ferman
13. Moonferns and Starsongs by Robert Silverberg
14. (tie) Fun with Your New Head by Thomas M. Disch
      (tie) The Ruins of Earth edited by Thomas M. Disch
16. Best SF: 1970 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss

Best Magazine
Winner:
1. Fantasy & Science Fiction

Other Nominees:
2. Amazing Stories
3. Analog
4. Fantastic
5. Galaxy
6. If

Best Fanzine
Winner:
1.   Locus

Other Nominees:
2.   Energumen
3.   Science Fiction Review
4.   Granfalloon
5.   SF Commentary
6.   Outworlds
7.   Yandro
8.   Speculation
9.   Focal Point
10. Potlatch
11. Luna
12. Riverside Quarterly
13. Starling
14. Tomorrow And . . .
15. Phantasmicom
16. Algol

Best Fan Writer
Winner:
1.   Charlie Brown

Other Nominees:
2.   Dick Geis
3.   (tie) Ted Pauls
      (tie) Harry Warner, Jr.
      (tie) Terry Carr
6.   Rosemary Ullyot
7.   Bruce Gillespie
8.   Mike Glicksohn
9.   Paul Walker
10. (tie) Sandra Miesel
      (tie) Ted White
12. Arnie Katz
13. Fred Patten
14. Dena Brown
15. Joyce Katz
16. Susan Glicksohn

Best Book Publisher
Winner:
1.   Ballantine

Other Nominees:
2.   Ace
3.   Doubleday
4.   Berkley
5.   Putnam
6.   Signet (NAL)
7.   Avon
8.   Walker
9.   Lancer
10. Bantam
11. Scribners
12. Beagle
13. Arkham House
14. Sphere
15. Mirage Press

Best Paperback Artist
Winner:
1.   Gene Szafran

Other Nominees:
2.   Jeff Jones
3.   Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
4.   Frank Kelly Freas
5.   Bob Pepper
6.   Dean Ellis
7.   Gervasio Gallardo
8.   Frank Frazetta
9.   Jack Gaughan
10. Vincent Di Fate
11. Paul Lehr
12. Alicia Austin
13. Richard Powers
14. George Barr
15. David M. Johnston

Best Magazine Artist
Winner:
1.   Frank Kelly Freas

Other Nominees:
2.   Jack Gaughan
3.   John Schoenherr
4.   Jeff Jones
5.   Vincent Di Fate
6.   Mike Kaluta
7.   Vaughn Bodé
8.   Mike Hinge
9.   Ron Walotsky
10. Mel Hunter
11. (tie) Gahan Wilson
      (tie) Chesley Bonestell

Best Fan Artist
Winner:
1.   Bill Rotsler

Other Nominees:
2.   Tim Kirk
3.   Alicia Austin
4.   Grant Canfield
5.   George Barr
6.   ATom (aka Arthur Thomson)
7.   Steve Fabian
8.   Jim Shull
9.   Steve Stiles
10. Mike Gilbert
11. Jim McLeod
12. Dany Frolich
13. Vincent Di Fate
14. Jack Gaughan
15. Jay Kinney

Best Convention
Winner:
1. Noreascon

Other Nominees:
2. Disclave
3. Westercon
4. PgHlange
5. Boskone
6. Philcon
7. MidWestCon
8. Lunacon

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1972 Nebula Award Nominees

Location: Unknown.

Comments: The 1972 Nebula Awards were owned by Robert Silverberg and Kate Wilhelm. That Silverberg ad a very good year is fairly obvious: he won both the Best Novel Award for A Time of Changes and the Best Short Story Award for Good News from the Vatican.

The fact that Kate Wilhelm had a dominating year is somewhat less obvious, but in my opinion, no less true. Though she did not win any Nebula Awards, she was nominated four times this year: one for Best Novel, twice for Best Novella, and one more time for Best Novelette. That, by almost any standard, is an outstanding year for a science fiction writer.

Best Novel

Winner:
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg

Other Nominees:
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
The Devil Is Dead by R.A. Lafferty
Half Past Human by T.J. Bass
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm

Best Novella

Winner:
The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean

Other Nominees:
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
The God House by Keith Roberts
The Infinity Box by Kate Wilhelm
The Plastic Abyss by Kate Wilhelm

Best Novelette

Winner:
The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson (reviewed in The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1)

Other Nominees:
The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm
Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn
Poor Man, Beggar Man by Joanna Russ
A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois

Best Short Story

Winner:
Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg

Other Nominees:
Heathen God by George Zebrowski
Horse of Air by Gardner Dozois
The Last Ghost by Stephen Goldin

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1972 Mythopoeic Award Nominees

Location: Unknown

Comments: In 1972, Joy Chant won the Best Adult Fantasy Literature Award, which isn't all that remarkable until one considers the context. The Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards had only recently given awards to female writers. In the same time period, it was nigh impossible for a woman to receive even a nomination for the World Fantasy Award, which would be a male-dominated affair for years to come. And yet, not only did the Mythopoeic Awards give their fiction award to a female novelist for the second year in a row, they also nominated Evangeline Walton, Joan North, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Isidore Haiblum in this year's ballot. When one considers that the Mythopoeic Society was created to honor the Inklings - a group that was exclusively male - their obvious commitment to recognizing the literary contributions of women so soon after their awards were founded is noteworthy.

Best Adult Fantasy Literature

Winner:
Red Moon and Black Mountain by Joy Chant

Other Nominees:
The Children of Llyr by Evangeline Walton
The Corum Trilogy (Knight of Swords, Queen of Swords, and King of Swords) by Michael Moorcock
The Forest of Forever by Thomas Burnett Swann
Grendel by John Gardner
The Light Maze by Joan North
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders by Isidore Haiblum

Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

Winner:
Walter Hooper

Other Nominees:
None

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Monday, September 4, 1972

1972 Hugo Award Nominees

Location: LAcon I in Los Angeles, California.

Comments: In 1972 all of the written fiction awards were won by men who had previously won a Hugo Award. I'm not sure exactly what this means: it could either be a sign that quality writers consistently turn out quality fiction, or a sign that the genre was in danger of becoming an exclusionary inbred club. I'm going to go with the first possibility, because all three of the winning stories from 1972 are excellent fiction.

This year also avoided the embarrassing "No Winner" result in the Best Dramatic Presentation category that afflicted 1971, with the decidedly dystopian A Clockwork Orange taking home the prize, although it did beat out what can only be described as some fairly indifferent competition.

On a side note, although he did not win a Hugo Award this year, Robert Silverberg managed the still impressive feat of having two novels nominated in the Best Novel category.

Best Novel

Winner:
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

Other Finalists:
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
The World Inside by Robert Silverberg

Best Novella

Winner:
The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson (reviewed in The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1)

Other Finalists:
Dread Empire by John Brunner
The Fourth Profession by Larry Niven
A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke
A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois

Best Short Story

Winner:
Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven (reviewed in The Hugo Winners, Volume 3, Book 1)

Other Finalists:
All the Last Wars at Once by George Alec Effinger
The Autumn Land by Clifford D. Simak
The Bear with the Knot on His Tail by Stephen Tall
Sky by R.A. Lafferty
Vaster than Empires and More Slow by Ursula K. Le Guin

Best Dramatic Presentation

Winner:
A Clockwork Orange

Other Finalists:
The Andromeda Strain
I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus (album)
The Name of the Game: LA 2017
THX 1138

Best Professional Magazine

Winner:
Fantasy & Science Fiction edited by Edward L. Ferman

Other Finalists:
Amazing Stories edited by Ted White
Fantastic edited by Ted White
Galaxy edited by Ejler Jakobsson

Best Professional Artist

Winner:
Frank Kelly Freas

Other Finalists:
Vincent Di Fate
Jack Gaughan
Jeff Jones
John Schoenherr

Best Fanzine

Winner:
Locus edited by Charles Brown and Dena Brown

Other Finalists:
Energumen edited by Michael Glicksohn and Susan Glicksohn
Granfalloon edited by Ron and Linda Bushyager
SF Commentary edited by Bruce Gillespie

Best Fan Writer

Winner:
Harry Warner, Jr.

Other Finalists:
Terry Carr
Tom Digby
Susan Glicksohn
Rosemary Ullyot
Bob Vardeman

Best Fan Artist

Winner:
Tim Kirk

Other Finalists:
Alicia Austin
Grant Canfield
Wendy Fletcher
Bill Rotsler

What Are the Hugo Awards?

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