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What If?, Vol 1: Stories That Should Have Won the Hugo
What If Vol 1 Stories That Should Have Won the Hugo Author:Richard A. Lupoff (Editor) Lupoff's selection of the stories that should have won Hugos, but didn't. Back in the 60s and 70s writer Richard A. Lupoff knew his SF. He knew it so well he put out a book called WHAT IF?. What if some circumstances in real history were different, politics in SF etc, thus the stories enclosed could have won the Hugo award.&n... more »bsp; Lupoff considers only stories from the start of the award period for the Hugos. Within this he describes the state of SF as having started mainly as a pulp magazine genre and the ups and downs and the start and failure of multitudes of SF magazines on through to 1952. He also gives some background on the magazine Astounding Tales and particularly of its editor John Campbell. Here it is, the first volume in the WHAT IF? series, personally introduced by Richard A. Lupoff.
Contents:
Introduction: Earned glory (What If?, Vol 1: Stories That Should Have Won the Hugo) (1980) • essay by Richard A. Lupoff
1952 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • Firewater! (1952) / novella by William Tenn
1953 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • Four in One (1953) / novelette by Damon Knight
1954 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • The Golden Helix (1954) / novella by Theodore Sturgeon
1955 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts (1955) / shortstory by Shirley Jackson
1956 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • The Man Who Came Early (1956) / novelette by Poul Anderson
1957 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • The Mile-Long Spaceship (1957) / shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
1958 • essay by Richard A. Lupoff • Two Dooms (1958) /novella by C. M. Kornbluth