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Award "Hugo": description, laureates, best books and interesting facts

Award "Hugo" - a reward that is awarded to the most outstanding works in the genre of fantasy or science fiction. For the first time it was awarded in 1953, since then the ceremony is held annually. What is known about the most famous owners of "Hugo", what fascinating works allowed them to receive this honorable award?

Hugo Award: description

As already mentioned, the tradition to mark the best books in the fantasy and science fiction genre with an honorable award, was born back in 1953. The Hugo Award is a prize awarded at the Worldcon World Convention. The authors whose novels were published in English (or translated into it) in the previous year have the opportunity to take part in the competition. The text of the work should contain from 40 thousand words. The award is a figurine, which is shaped like a rocket.

The Hugo Award is traditionally awarded on the basis of the results of a preferential vote. The registered guests of the World Convention take part in the voting. The newsletter they receive contains the names of five novels that are the most nominated members of the jury this year. The fixed date for the Worldcon convention is absent, mainly the ceremony is held in late August or early September. Meeting fans of fantasy can take place in different cities around the world.

Record-holder

Which author was awarded the Hugo Prize most times? Record-honored was the talented science fiction writer Robert Heinlein - a man who received this award five times. The writer, who left this world in 1988 at the age of 80, is considered the patriarch of American fiction, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of this genre.

Heinlein's works are attractive by the uniqueness of the images, the unpredictability of the plot moves, the brightness and vivacity of the language. From his novels it is impossible to come off, the author is able to keep readers in suspense until the final page. "The Door to Summer" - one of five works for which the writer was awarded the "Hugo" award.

The central character of the novel is the ingenious inventor Daniel Davis, because of his absent-mindedness constantly in trouble. Once a young man becomes a victim of betrayal, a beautiful bride betrays him with a best friend. Daniel is deprived not only of close people, but of all his savings. Realizing that there is nothing to lose, the inventor moves to the near future. In a world where 30 years have already passed, he is trying to build a new life.

The Green Mile (Stephen King)

Outstanding achievements can be boasted by other winners of the Hugo Prize. Stephen King is a man who does not need a presentation. From the pen of this American writer came dozens of fascinating works belonging to different genres. Many of them were successfully filmed. "Hugo" King received for his famous novel "The Green Mile."

Readers get the opportunity to learn from within the prison suicide bomber, in which a terrible atmosphere reigns. Arrestants come here to never return to the world of the living. But are all the defendants in violent crimes the inhabitants of the suicide bomber who are going to die in the electric chair are really guilty?

"451 degrees Fahrenheit" (Ray Bradbury)

Ray Bradbury is a man who, over 92 years of his life, managed to write over 800 literary works related to different genres. His name is invariably mentioned when classics of science fiction are listed. The famous Bradbury made his novel "451 degrees Fahrenheit", other books are known for his fame. Award for "Hugo" writer was honored for just his first "stellar" work.

"451 degrees Fahrenheit" is a novel in which a post-industrial society appears in the face of the reader. In this world there is a special detachment whose task is to burn any written publications. People seen in the possession of books are overtaken by a cruel punishment. The population is deprived of its own will due to the hypnotic impact of interactive television. Dissenters are declared insane and subjected to forced "treatment". Dissidents are pursued by an electric dog.

"Earthsea" (Ursula Le Guin)

The first work, which belongs to the fascinating cycle of "Earthsea", made a star previously unknown to any writer. Ursula Le Guin began to compare with such creators as Lewis, Heinlein and Tolkien, without which there would not have been fantasy and science fiction. Award "Hugo" became a recognition of outstanding achievements of the creator of the wonderful world.

The action of the cycle novels takes place in the fictional kingdom of the Earthsea, in the intricate labyrinths of which it is easy to get lost. The magical world is registered down to the smallest details, turned out to be alive and addictive. Not surprisingly, the number of fans of the cycle is measured in millions.

What else to read

Who else was awarded for the years of its existence the "Hugo" award? The winners, which can not be ignored, are George Martin, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch. George Martin is the author of the famous cycle "The Song of Ice and Fire," whose action takes place in the fictional kingdom of Vasteras. In the fictitious world there is a bloody struggle for power, which participants are not only representatives of the human race belonging to noble families, but also mysterious magical beings. "Hugo" Martin received for one of the best works of the cycle - "The Battle of Kings".

Robert Bloch is a famous science fiction writer who received the award for the novel "Train to Hell". The central character in the story is a young guy named Martin, who once meets a mysterious train. The conductor offers the boy a contract, according to which Martin agrees to travel on this train, and then may demand fulfillment of any of his desires.

Isaac Asimov is another outstanding science fiction writer known all over the world, whose name is mentioned alongside such well-deserved writers as Clark and Heinlein. The "Hugo" award was granted to this man for the work "I, the robot". The main theme of the novel is the relationship of people and machines.

Hugo in our day

For more than 60 years, participants in the World Convention have evaluated the work of science fiction writers and awarded awards. What novels have you received in the last few years? Laureates of the Hugo Award for Years (2010-2014): Paolo Bachigalupi, Connie Willis, Joe Walton, John Scalzi, Ann Leki.

Paolo Bachigalupi brought "Hugo" his novel "Clockwork", belonging to the genre of biopank. The work takes readers to the 23rd century, the action takes place in Thailand. The world is experiencing a crisis that has become the result of global warming, the waters of the world's oceans have hidden most of the land. Salvation is seen by representatives of the human race in the development of biotechnology, but the safety of survivors is threatened by the ever-increasing ambitions of owners of transcontinental corporations.

"Servants of Justice" - a novel with the help of which the writer Anne Leckie declared her existence to the world. The debut turned out to be successful, the product was awarded the "Hugo" award. The action takes place in the distant future, where the world is ruled by the powerful empire Radch, completely subjugated to itself the scattered colonies of planet Earth. Of course, readers expect exciting adventures in space.

Interesting Facts

It is also interesting to what authors the greatest number of times was awarded the "Hugo" prize? Winners (besides the aforementioned Robert Heinlein, the owner of five figurines) are Bujold, Asimov, Vinj, Willis. For example, Lois Bujold has four Hugo awards, and Isaac Azimov has managed to win an honorable award three times.

An interesting innovation, the emergence of which was announced at the World Convention held in 1996: the "Retro-Hugo" prize. The terms state that only those works published many years ago (up to 100) and previously not awarded by Hugo can claim this award. By 2016, it was awarded only four times. Owners of it were such writers as Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Terence White.

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