Jun 9, 2023

The Hugos-1943

As a wonderful look at some of the programming coming to LibertyCon 35 and DeepSouthCon 61 this year, here is a look at the panel The Hugos-1943.

Description: Ben Yalow will host a discussion on fannish history - what was interesting and important that was published in 1943 to include the Hugo Awards 80 years ago and the historical context wherein the works were created.

Not everyone is versed in the science fiction and fantasy writings of eighty years ago though. Thankfully, Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books has provided a list of the novelettes, novellas, and novels that will be discussed during the panel. This way you can look them up, read about them, and in some cases actually get legal e-book versions for free.

Titles in bold are available from Project Gutenberg (www.gutenburg.org) and linked to be available for download. The magazines are linked to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (www.isfdb.org) which gives information about each fiction piece.

This first section is

stories found in John W. Campbell’s magazines Astounding Science-Fiction and Unknown Worlds.

Anthony Boucher

We Print the Truth (hard fantasy)

Novella

Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1943

Fredric Brown

The Angelic Angleworm (typical longer short and incredibly clever)

Novelette

Unknown Worlds, February 1943

Hal Clement

Attitude (one of the early stories that was establishing him as the exemplar of hard science fiction)