For a more extensive overview of the winners and nominees, Wikipedia has a good entry. And the lack of any entry from 1954 and 1957 is simply due to the fact that no award was made. A Retro Hugo for 1954, voted for in 2004, was awarded to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, but I'll cover Retro Hugos in another column one day. In 1957, the voters chose "no award" in the novel category. It would be interesting to learn what No Award beat for pole position!
1953
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Panther 933, 1959, 189pp.
Penguin 2536, 1966, 191pp, 3/6. Cover: photo by Lester Waldman
----, [xth imp.], 1974, 191pp. Cover by David Pelham
----, [xth imp.], 1979, 191pp.
Millennium 1857-98822-1 (SF Masterworks 14), 1999, 250pp. Cover by Jim Burns
1955
They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (Astounding SF, Aug-Nov 1954)
(no UK paperback; the version shown is Galaxy Novel 35, 1958, cover by Wally Wood)
1956
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
Panther Books 1120, 1960, 158pp.
Panther Books 2502, 1968, 142pp.
----, 1969, 143pp.
Panther Books 0586-02502-2-3, 1974, 143pp. Cover by Tony Roberts
1958
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
Four Square 1267, 1965, 127pp, 3/6.
New English Library 2345, Jan 1969, 127pp, 4/-. Cover by Bruce Pennington
1959
There's an interesting piece here about the enigmatic 1957 Hugos ...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/11/hugo-nominees-1957
Turns out it's all we Brits' fault!
Anyway, this lists a whole load of books that *could* have won. Personally, I'd've given it to Bester.