Hugo Award for Best Related Book

The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine "Amazing Stories", and given in various categories.

Winners of the Hugo Award for best related book (previously best non-fiction). This award category is defined in Article 3.3.5 of the Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society as a work, "which is either non-fiction or, if fictional, is noteworthy primarily for aspects other than the fictional text". Awards given in one year are for works released during the previous calendar year.

Winners and other nominees

*2008:""
by Jeff Prucher
** ""
by Diana Glyer
** "Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium"
by Barry Malzberg
** "Emshwiller: Infinity x Two"
by Luis Ortiz
** "The Arrival" by Shaun Tan

*2007:"James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon"
by Julie Phillips
** "About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews"
Samuel R. Delany
** "Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio"
John Picacio
** "Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles"
Joseph T. Major
** "Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches"
edited by Mike Resnick & Joe Siclari

*2006:"Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop"
by Kate Wilhelm
** "Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970"
by Mike Ashley
** "The SFX Column"
by David Langford
** "Science Fiction Quotations"
by Gary Westfahl
** "Soundings, Reviews 1992-1996"
by Gary K. Wolfe

*2005:"The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction"
by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
** "The Best of Xero"
by Richard A. Lupoff, Pat Lupoff
** "Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn, Volume 3"
by William Tenn
** "Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert"
by Brian Herbert
** "Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars"
by David A. Hardy & Patrick Moore
** "With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom "
by Peter Weston

*2004: "The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective"
by John Grant, Elizabeth L. Humphrey, & Pamela D. Scoville
** "Scores: Reviews 1993–2003" by John Clute
** "Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art"
by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
** "Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert"
by Brian Herbert
** "The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases"
by Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts
** "Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard"
by William J. Widder

*2003: ""
by Judith Merril & Emily Pohl-Weary
** "Dragonhenge" by Bob Eggleton & John Grant
** "Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art"
edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
** "The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction" by Justine Larbalestier
** "Bradbury: An Illustrated Life" by Jerry Weist

* 2002: "The Art of Chesley Bonestell"
by Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III, with Melvin H. Schuetz
** "The Art of Richard Powers" by Jane Frank
** "Meditations on Middle-earth" by Karen Haber
** "I Have This Nifty Idea...Now What Do I Do With It?" by Mike Resnick
** "J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century" by Tom Shippey
** "Being Gardner Dozois" by Michael Swanwick

* 2001: ""
by Bob Eggleton & Nigel Suckling
** "Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature" by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
** "Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion" by James Gifford
** "Concordance to Cordwainer Smith: Third Edition" by Anthony R. Lewis
** "Purse Stories" by Mike Resnick

* 2000: "Science Fiction of the 20th Century" by Frank M. Robinson
** "The Sandman: The Dream Hunters" by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano
** "The Science of Discworld" by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
** "Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide" by Karen Cooper & Bruce Schneier
** "Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art"
edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner

* 1999: "The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World" by Thomas M. Disch
** "Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years" by Everett F. Bleiler
** "The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards" by Howard DeVore
** "Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art"
edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
** "The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide"
by Richard A. Hauptmann

This category replaced the best non-fiction (awarded 1980 to 1998).

The "Retro Hugos"

(awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which World Conventions didn't give awards)

*1954: "Conquest of the Moon" by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley (awarded in 2004)
** "Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future" by Reginald Bretnor
** "Science-Fiction Handbook" by L. Sprague de Camp

External links

* [http://thehugoawards.org/ Hugo Award official site]
* [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Philcon/Philcon2-05.html Original proposal of the award in Philcon II]
*http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html