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Stack of sci-fi books (Ready Player One, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Armada)
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One of my favorite things in life is reading Science Fiction and Fantasy books. From pulp to high brow, it's pretty much all good.

Now that I have space in the new house, I've decided to try and collect these things.  The goal is to collect 1st editions (signed where feasible) of all of the books nominated and awarded the Hugo Award.

The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier award in science fiction

This page will track my progress!

Progress to Date

So far I've read and/or acquired first editions of:

1939

Year Author Title Bought Read
1939 T. H. White The Sword in the Stone Yes Yes
1939 Edgar Rice Burroughs Carson of Venus Yes Yes
1939 E. E. Smith Galactic Patrol Yes Yes
1939 Jack Williamson The Legion of Time Yes No
1939 C. S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet Yes Yes

1941

Year Author Title Bought Read
1941 A. E. van Vogt Slan Yes Yes
1941 E. E. Smith Gray Lensman No No
1941 T. H. White The Ill-Made Knight Yes No
1941 Karin Boye Kallocain No No
1941 Jack Williamson The Reign of Wizardry No No

1943

Year Author Title Bought Read
1943 Robert A. Heinlein (as Anson MacDonald) Beyond This Horizon No No
1943 Olaf Stapledon Darkness and the Light No No
1943 Curt Siodmak Donovan's Brain No No
1943 Austin Tappan Wright Islandia No No
1943 E. E. Smith Second Stage Lensmen No No
1943 Dorothy Macardle The Uninvited No No

1944

Year Author Title Bought Read
1944 Fritz Leiber Conjure Wife No No
1944 C. L. Moore / Henry Kuttner Earth's Last Citadel No No
1944 Fritz Leiber Gather, Darkness! No No
1944 Hermann Hesse Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) No No
1944 C. S. Lewis Perelandra No No
1944 A. E. van Vogt The Weapon Makers No No

1946

Year Author Title Bought Read
1946 Isaac Asimov The Mule No No
1946 A. E. van Vogt The World of Null-A No No
1946 C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength (also known as The Tortured Planet) No No
1946 Fritz Leiber Destiny Times Three No No
1946 Edmond Hamilton (as Brett Sterling) Red Sun of Danger (also known as Danger Planet) No No

1951

Year Author Title Bought Read
1951 Robert A. Heinlein Farmer in the Sky No No
1951 Isaac Asimov Pebble in the Sky No No
1951 C. S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe No No
1951 E. E. Smith First Lensman No No
1951 Jack Vance The Dying Earth No No

1953

Year Author Title Bought Read
1953 Alfred Bester The Demolished Man No No

1954

Year Author Title Bought Read
1954 Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 No No
1954 Arthur C. Clarke Childhood's End No No
1954 Hal Clement Mission of Gravity No No
1954 Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel No No
1954 Theodore Sturgeon More Than Human No No

1955

Year Author Title Bought Read
1955 Mark Clifton / Frank Riley They'd Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine) No No

1956

Year Author Title Bought Read
1956 Robert A. Heinlein Double Star No No
1956 Eric Frank Russell Call Him Dead (also known as Three to Conquer) No No
1956 Isaac Asimov The End of Eternity No No
1956 Cyril M. Kornbluth Not This August No No
1956 Leigh Brackett The Long Tomorrow No No

1958

Year Author Title Bought Read
1958 Fritz Leiber The Big Time No No

1959

Year Author Title Bought Read
1959 James Blish A Case of Conscience No No
1959 Poul Anderson We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars) No No
1959 Algis Budrys Who? No No
1959 Robert A. Heinlein Have Space Suit — Will Travel No No
1959 Robert Sheckley Time Killer (also known as Immortality, Inc.) No No

1960

Year Author Title Bought Read
1960 Robert A. Heinlein Starship Troopers No No
1960 Gordon R. Dickson Dorsai! (also known as The Genetic General) No No
1960 Murray Leinster The Pirates of Ersatz (also known as The Pirates of Zan) No No
1960 Mark Phillips That Sweet Little Old Lady (also known as Brain Twister) No No
1960 Kurt Vonnegut The Sirens of Titan No No

1961

Year Author Title Bought Read
1961 Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz No No
1961 Poul Anderson The High Crusade No No
1961 Algis Budrys Rogue Moon No No
1961 Harry Harrison Deathworld No No
1961 Theodore Sturgeon Venus Plus X No No

1962

Year Author Title Bought Read
1962 Robert A. Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land No No
1962 Daniel F. Galouye Dark Universe No No
1962 Harry Harrison Planet of the Damned (also known as Sense of Obligation) No No
1962 Clifford D. Simak The Fisherman (also known as Time is the Simplest Thing) No No
1962 James White Second Ending No No

1963

Year Author Title Bought Read
1963 Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle No No
1963 Marion Zimmer Bradley The Sword of Aldones No No
1963 Arthur C. Clarke A Fall of Moondust No No
1963 H. Beam Piper Little Fuzzy No No
1963 Jean Bruller (French)[a] / Rita Barisse (translator)[a] Sylva No No

1964

Year Author Title Bought Read
1964 Clifford D. Simak Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station) No No
1964 Robert A. Heinlein Glory Road No No
1964 Andre Norton Witch World No No
1964 Frank Herbert Dune World[b] No No
1964 Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle No No

1965

Year Author Title Bought Read
1965 Fritz Leiber The Wanderer No No
1965 John Brunner The Whole Man No No
1965 Edgar Pangborn Davy No No
1965 Cordwainer Smith The Planet Buyer (also known as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth) No No

1966

Year Author Title Bought Read
1966 Frank Herbert Dune No No
1966 Roger Zelazny ...And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal) No No
1966 John Brunner The Squares of the City No No
1966 Robert A. Heinlein The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[c] No No
1966 Edward E. Smith Skylark DuQuesne No No

1967

Year Author Title Bought Read
1967 Robert A. Heinlein The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[c] No No
1967 Samuel R. Delany Babel-17 No No
1967 Randall Garrett Too Many Magicians No No
1967 Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon No No
1967 James H. Schmitz The Witches of Karres No No
1967 Thomas Burnett Swann Day of the Minotaur No No

1968

Year Author Title Bought Read
1968 Roger Zelazny Lord of Light No No
1968 Samuel R. Delany The Einstein Intersection No No
1968 Piers Anthony Chthon No No
1968 Chester Anderson The Butterfly Kid No No
1968 Robert Silverberg Thorns No No

1969

Year Author Title Bought Read
1969 John Brunner Stand on Zanzibar No No
1969 Alexei Panshin Rite of Passage No No
1969 Samuel R. Delany Nova No No
1969 R. A. Lafferty Past Master No No
1969 Clifford D. Simak The Goblin Reservation No No

1970

Year Author Title Bought Read
1970 Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness No No
1970 Robert Silverberg Up the Line No No
1970 Piers Anthony Macroscope No No
1970 Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five No No
1970 Norman Spinrad Bug Jack Barron No No

1971

Year Author Title Bought Read
1971 Larry Niven Ringworld No No
1971 Poul Anderson Tau Zero No No
1971 Robert Silverberg Tower of Glass No No
1971 Wilson Tucker The Year of the Quiet Sun No No
1971 Hal Clement Star Light No No

1972

Year Author Title Bought Read
1972 Philip José Farmer To Your Scattered Bodies Go No No
1972 Ursula K. Le Guin The Lathe of Heaven No No
1972 Anne McCaffrey Dragonquest No No
1972 Roger Zelazny Jack of Shadows No No
1972 Robert Silverberg A Time of Changes No No

1973

Year Author Title Bought Read
1973 Isaac Asimov The Gods Themselves No No
1973 David Gerrold When HARLIE Was One No No
1973 Poul Anderson There Will Be Time No No
1973 Robert Silverberg The Book of Skulls No No
1973 Robert Silverberg Dying Inside No No
1973 Clifford D. Simak A Choice of Gods No No

1974

Year Author Title Bought Read
1974 Arthur C. Clarke Rendezvous with Rama No No
1974 Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love No No
1974 Larry Niven Protector No No
1974 Poul Anderson The People of the Wind No No
1974 David Gerrold The Man Who Folded Himself No No

1975

Year Author Title Bought Read
1975 Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed No No
1975 Poul Anderson Fire Time No No
1975 Philip K. Dick Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said No No
1975 Larry Niven / Jerry Pournelle The Mote in God's Eye No No
1975 Christopher Priest Inverted World No No

1976

Year Author Title Bought Read
1976 Joe Haldeman The Forever War No No
1976 Roger Zelazny Doorways in the Sand No No
1976 Larry Niven / Jerry Pournelle Inferno No No
1976 Alfred Bester The Computer Connection (also known as The Indian Giver) No No
1976 Robert Silverberg The Stochastic Man No No

1977

Year Author Title Bought Read
1977 Kate Wilhelm Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang No No
1977 Joe Haldeman Mindbridge No No
1977 Frank Herbert Children of Dune No No
1977 Frederik Pohl Man Plus No No
1977 Robert Silverberg Shadrach in the Furnace No No

1978

Year Author Title Bought Read
1978 Frederik Pohl Gateway No No
1978 Marion Zimmer Bradley The Forbidden Tower No No
1978 Larry Niven / Jerry Pournelle Lucifer's Hammer No No
1978 Gordon R. Dickson Time Storm No No
1978 George R. R. Martin Dying of the Light No No

1979

Year Author Title Bought Read
1979 Vonda N. McIntyre Dreamsnake No No
1979 Anne McCaffrey The White Dragon No No
1979 C. J. Cherryh The Faded Sun: Kesrith No No
1979 Tom Reamy Blind Voices No No

1980

Year Author Title Bought Read
1980 Arthur C. Clarke The Fountains of Paradise No No
1980 John Varley Titan No No
1980 Frederik Pohl Jem No No
1980 Patricia A. McKillip Harpist in the Wind No No
1980 Thomas Disch On Wings of Song No No

1981

Year Author Title Bought Read
1981 Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen No No
1981 Robert Silverberg Lord Valentine's Castle No No
1981 Larry Niven The Ringworld Engineers No No
1981 Frederik Pohl Beyond the Blue Event Horizon No No
1981 John Varley Wizard No No

1982

Year Author Title Bought Read
1982 C. J. Cherryh Downbelow Station No No
1982 Gene Wolfe The Claw of the Conciliator No No
1982 Julian May The Many-Colored Land No No
1982 Clifford D. Simak Project Pope No No
1982 John Crowley Little, Big No No

1983

Year Author Title Bought Read
1983 Isaac Asimov Foundation's Edge No No
1983 C. J. Cherryh The Pride of Chanur No No
1983 Arthur C. Clarke 2010: Odyssey Two No No
1983 Robert A. Heinlein Friday No No
1983 Donald Kingsbury Courtship Rite No No
1983 Gene Wolfe The Sword of the Lictor No No

1984

Year Author Title Bought Read
1984 David Brin Startide Rising No No
1984 R. A. MacAvoy Tea with the Black Dragon No No
1984 John Varley Millennium No No
1984 Anne McCaffrey Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern No No
1984 Isaac Asimov The Robots of Dawn No No

1985

Year Author Title Bought Read
1985 William Gibson Neuromancer No No
1985 David R. Palmer Emergence No No
1985 Vernor Vinge The Peace War No No
1985 Robert A. Heinlein Job: A Comedy of Justice No No
1985 Larry Niven The Integral Trees No No

1986

Year Author Title Bought Read
1986 Orson Scott Card Ender's Game No No
1986 C. J. Cherryh Cuckoo's Egg No No
1986 David Brin The Postman No No
1986 Larry Niven / Jerry Pournelle Footfall No No
1986 Greg Bear Blood Music No No

1987

Year Author Title Bought Read
1987 Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead No No
1987 Bob Shaw The Ragged Astronauts No No
1987 William Gibson Count Zero No No
1987 Vernor Vinge Marooned in Realtime No No
1987 L. Ron Hubbard Black Genesis No No

1988

Year Author Title Bought Read
1988 David Brin The Uplift War No No
1988 George Alec Effinger When Gravity Fails No No
1988 Orson Scott Card Seventh Son No No
1988 Greg Bear The Forge of God No No
1988 Gene Wolfe The Urth of the New Sun No No

1989

Year Author Title Bought Read
1989 C. J. Cherryh Cyteen No No
1989 Orson Scott Card Red Prophet No No
1989 Lois McMaster Bujold Falling Free No No
1989 Bruce Sterling Islands in the Net No No
1989 William Gibson Mona Lisa Overdrive No No

1990

Year Author Title Bought Read
1990 Dan Simmons Hyperion No No
1990 George Alec Effinger A Fire in the Sun No No
1990 Orson Scott Card Prentice Alvin No No
1990 Poul Anderson The Boat of a Million Years No No
1990 Sheri S. Tepper Grass No No

1991

Year Author Title Bought Read
1991 Lois McMaster Bujold The Vor Game No No
1991 David Brin Earth No No
1991 Dan Simmons The Fall of Hyperion No No
1991 Michael P. Kube-McDowell The Quiet Pools No No
1991 Greg Bear Queen of Angels No No

1992

Year Author Title Bought Read
1992 Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar No No
1992 Emma Bull Bone Dance No No
1992 Anne McCaffrey All the Weyrs of Pern No No
1992 Joan D. Vinge The Summer Queen No No
1992 Orson Scott Card Xenocide No No
1992 Michael Swanwick Stations of the Tide No No

1993

Year Author Title Bought Read
1993 Vernor Vinge A Fire Upon the Deep No No
1993 Connie Willis Doomsday Book No No
1993 Kim Stanley Robinson Red Mars No No
1993 Maureen F. McHugh China Mountain Zhang No No
1993 John Varley Steel Beach No No

1994

Year Author Title Bought Read
1994 Kim Stanley Robinson Green Mars No No
1994 Greg Bear Moving Mars No No
1994 Nancy Kress Beggars in Spain No No
1994 David Brin Glory Season No No
1994 William Gibson Virtual Light No No

1995

Year Author Title Bought Read
1995 Lois McMaster Bujold Mirror Dance No No
1995 John Barnes Mother of Storms No No
1995 Nancy Kress Beggars and Choosers No No
1995 Michael Bishop Brittle Innings No No
1995 James K. Morrow Towing Jehovah No No

1996

Year Author Title Bought Read
1996 Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age No No
1996 Stephen Baxter The Time Ships No No
1996 David Brin Brightness Reef No No
1996 Robert J. Sawyer The Terminal Experiment (also known as Hobson's Choice) No No
1996 Connie Willis Remake No No

1997

Year Author Title Bought Read
1997 Kim Stanley Robinson Blue Mars No No
1997 Lois McMaster Bujold Memory No No
1997 Elizabeth Moon Remnant Population No No
1997 Robert J. Sawyer Starplex No No
1997 Bruce Sterling Holy Fire No No

1998

Year Author Title Bought Read
1998 Joe Haldeman Forever Peace No No
1998 Walter Jon Williams City on Fire No No
1998 Dan Simmons The Rise of Endymion No No
1998 Robert J. Sawyer Frameshift No No
1998 Michael Swanwick Jack Faust No No

1999

Year Author Title Bought Read
1999 Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog No No
1999 Mary Doria Russell Children of God No No
1999 Robert Charles Wilson Darwinia No No
1999 Bruce Sterling Distraction No No
1999 Robert J. Sawyer Factoring Humanity No No

2000

Year Author Title Bought Read
2000 Vernor Vinge A Deepness in the Sky No No
2000 Lois McMaster Bujold A Civil Campaign No No
2000 Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon No No
2000 Greg Bear Darwin's Radio No No
2000 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban No No

2001

Year Author Title Bought Read
2001 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire No No
2001 George R. R. Martin A Storm of Swords No No
2001 Robert J. Sawyer Calculating God No No
2001 Ken MacLeod The Sky Road No No
2001 Nalo Hopkinson Midnight Robber No No

2002

Year Author Title Bought Read
2002 Neil Gaiman American Gods No No
2002 Lois McMaster Bujold The Curse of Chalion No No
2002 Connie Willis Passage No No
2002 China Miéville Perdido Street Station No No
2002 Robert Charles Wilson The Chronoliths No No
2002 Ken MacLeod Cosmonaut Keep No No

2003

Year Author Title Bought Read
2003 Robert J. Sawyer Hominids No No
2003 David Brin Kiln People (also known as Kil'n People) No No
2003 Michael Swanwick Bones of the Earth No No
2003 China Miéville The Scar No No
2003 Kim Stanley Robinson The Years of Rice and Salt No No

2004

Year Author Title Bought Read
2004 Lois McMaster Bujold Paladin of Souls No No
2004 Dan Simmons Ilium No No
2004 Charles Stross Singularity Sky No No
2004 Robert Charles Wilson Blind Lake No No
2004 Robert J. Sawyer Humans No No

2005

Year Author Title Bought Read
2005 Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell No No
2005 Ian McDonald River of Gods No No
2005 Iain M. Banks The Algebraist No No
2005 Charles Stross Iron Sunrise No No
2005 China Miéville Iron Council No No

2006

Year Author Title Bought Read
2006 Robert Charles Wilson Spin No No
2006 Ken MacLeod Learning the World No No
2006 George R. R. Martin A Feast for Crows No No
2006 John Scalzi Old Man's War No No
2006 Charles Stross Accelerando No No

2007

Year Author Title Bought Read
2007 Vernor Vinge Rainbows End No No
2007 Charles Stross Glasshouse No No
2007 Naomi Novik His Majesty's Dragon No No
2007 Michael F. Flynn Eifelheim No No
2007 Peter Watts Blindsight No No

2008

Year Author Title Bought Read
2008 Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union No No
2008 John Scalzi The Last Colony No No
2008 Charles Stross Halting State No No
2008 Robert J. Sawyer Rollback No No
2008 Ian McDonald Brasyl No No

2009

Year Author Title Bought Read
2009 Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book No No
2009 Cory Doctorow Little Brother No No
2009 Neal Stephenson Anathem No No
2009 Charles Stross Saturn's Children No No
2009 John Scalzi Zoe's Tale No No

2010

Year Author Title Bought Read
2010 Paolo Bacigalupi The Windup Girl No No
2010 China Miéville The City & the City No No
2010 Cherie Priest Boneshaker No No
2010 Robert J. Sawyer Wake No No
2010 Catherynne M. Valente Palimpsest No No
2010 Robert Charles Wilson Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America No No

2011

Year Author Title Bought Read
2011 Connie Willis Blackout/All Clear No No
2011 Lois McMaster Bujold Cryoburn No No
2011 Ian McDonald The Dervish House No No
2011 Mira Grant Feed No No
2011 N. K. Jemisin The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms No No

2012

Year Author Title Bought Read
2012 Jo Walton Among Others No No
2012 George R. R. Martin A Dance with Dragons No No
2012 Mira Grant Deadline No No
2012 China Miéville Embassytown No No
2012 James S. A. Corey Leviathan Wakes No No

2013

Year Author Title Bought Read
2013 John Scalzi Redshirts No No
2013 Kim Stanley Robinson 2312 No No
2013 Mira Grant Blackout No No
2013 Lois McMaster Bujold Captain Vorpatril's Alliance No No
2013 Saladin Ahmed Throne of the Crescent Moon No No

2014

Year Author Title Bought Read
2014 Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice No No
2014 Charles Stross Neptune's Brood No No
2014 Mira Grant Parasite No No
2014 Larry Correia Warbound No No
2014 Robert Jordan / Brandon Sanderson The Wheel of Time[d] No No

2015

Year Author Title Bought Read
2015 Cixin Liu (Chinese) / Ken Liu (translator) The Three-Body Problem No Yes
2015 Katherine Addison The Goblin Emperor No No
2015 Kevin J. Anderson The Dark Between the Stars No No
2015 Jim Butcher Skin Game No No
2015 Ann Leckie Ancillary Sword No No

2016

Year Author Title Bought Read
2016 N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season No No
2016 Naomi Novik Uprooted No No
2016 Ann Leckie Ancillary Mercy No No
2016 Neal Stephenson Seveneves No Yes
2016 Jim Butcher The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass No No

2017

Year Author Title Bought Read
2017 N. K. Jemisin The Obelisk Gate No No
2017 Charlie Jane Anders All the Birds in the Sky No No
2017 Becky Chambers A Closed and Common Orbit No No
2017 Cixin Liu (Chinese) / Ken Liu (translator) Death's End No Yes
2017 Yoon Ha Lee Ninefox Gambit No No
2017 Ada Palmer Too Like the Lightning No No

2018

Year Author Title Bought Read
2018 N. K. Jemisin The Stone Sky No No
2018 John Scalzi The Collapsing Empire No No
2018 Kim Stanley Robinson New York 2140 No Yes
2018 Ann Leckie Provenance No No
2018 Yoon Ha Lee Raven Stratagem No No
2018 Mur Lafferty Six Wakes No No

2019

Year Author Title Bought Read
2019 Mary Robinette Kowal The Calculating Stars No No
2019 Becky Chambers Record of a Spaceborn Few No No
2019 Yoon Ha Lee Revenant Gun No No
2019 Naomi Novik Spinning Silver No No
2019 Rebecca Roanhorse Trail of Lightning No No
2019 Catherynne M. Valente Space Opera No No