1975 Hugo Awards

1975 Hugo Award Trophy Presented at: Aussiecon One, Melbourne, Australia, August 14-17, 1975

Toastmaster: John Bangsund

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Awards Administration: David Grigg


Best Novel

  • The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin [Harper & Row, 1974]
  • Fire Time by Poul Anderson [Doubleday, 1974]
  • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick [Doubleday, 1974]
  • The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle [Simon & Schuster, 1974]
  • Inverted World (alt: The Inverted World) by Christopher Priest [Galaxy Dec 1973,Jan,Feb,Mar 1974; Harper & Row, 1974]

Best Novella

  • “A Song for Lya” by George R. R. Martin [Analog Jun 1974]
  • “Strangers” by Gardner Dozois [New Dimensions IV, 1974]
  • “Born with the Dead” by Robert Silverberg [F&SF Apr 1974]
  • “Riding the Torch” by Norman Spinrad [Threads of Time, 1974]
  • “Assault on a City” by Jack Vance [Universe 4, 1974]

Best Novelette

  • “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans” by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Oct 1974]
  • “&emdash;That Thou Art Mindful of Him!” by Isaac Asimov [F&SF May 1974]
  • “Midnight by the Morphy Watch” by Fritz Leiber [If Aug 1974]
  • “After the Dreamtime” by Richard A. Lupoff [New Dimensions IV, 1974]
  • “Extreme Prejudice” by Jerry Pournelle [Analog Jul 1974]
  • “Nix Olympica” by William Walling [Analog Dec 1974]
  • “A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls” by Kate Wilhelm [Orbit , 1974]

Best Short Story

  • “The Hole Man” by Larry Niven [Analog Jan 1974]
  • “The Four-Hour Fugue” by Alfred Bester [Analog Jun 1974]
  • “Cathadonian Odyssey” by Michael Bishop [F&SF Sep 1974]
  • “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin [Galaxy Aug 1974]
  • “Schwartz Between the Galaxies” by Robert Silverberg [Stellar , 1974]

Best Dramatic Presentation

  • Young Frankenstein (1974) [20th Century Fox] Directed by Mel Brooks; Screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; Screen Story by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; based on the characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Flesh Gordon (1974) [Graffiti Productions] Directed by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm; Written by Michael Benveniste
  • Zardoz (1974) [20th Century Fox] Written and directed by John Boorman
  • Phantom of the Paradise (1974) [Harbor/20th Century Fox] Written and directed by Brian De Palma
  • The Questor Tapes (1974) [Universal] Directed by Richard A. Colla; Screenplay by Gene L. Coon and Gene Roddenberry; Story by Gene Roddenberry

Best Professional Editor

  • Ben Bova
  • James P. Baen
  • Terry Carr
  • Edward L. Ferman
  • Robert Silverberg
  • Ted White

Best Professional Artist

  • Frank Kelly Freas
  • Stephen Fabian
  • Tim Kirk
  • John Schoenherr
  • Rick Sternbach

Best Fanzine

  • The Alien Critic ed. by Richard E. Geis
  • Outworlds ed. by Bill Bowers and Joan Bowers
  • Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
  • SF Commentary ed. by Bruce Gillespie
  • Starling ed. by Hank Lutrell and Lesleigh Lutrell
  • Algol ed. by Andrew I. Porter

Best Fan Writer

  • Richard E. Geis
  • John Bangsund
  • Sandra Miesel
  • Don C. Thompson
  • Susan Wood

Best Fan Artist

  • William Rotsler
  • George Barr
  • Grant Canfield
  • James Shull