Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction 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.

The winners of the Hugo Award for best non-fiction book are presented here. (After 1998, the category was retitled best related book.) Awards given in one year are for works released during the previous calendar year.

Winners and nominees

* 1998: "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" edited by John Clute & John Grant
** "Space Travel" by Ben Bova with Anthony R. Lewis
** "Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art"
by Vincent Di Fate
** "Spectrum 4: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art"
edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner with Jim Loehr
** "Science and Other Matters" by Robert Silverberg

* 1997: "" by L. Sprague de Camp
** "Look at the Evidence" by John Clute
** "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland" by Diana Wynne Jones
** "The Silence of the Langford" by Dave Langford
** "The Faces of Fantasy" by Patti Perret

* 1996: "" by John Clute
** "Yours, Isaac Asimov" by Isaac Asimov, edited by Stanley Asimov
** "Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton" by Bob Eggleton
** "Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art"
edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
** "To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction"
by Joanna Russ

* 1995: "" by Isaac Asimov
** "Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics" by Samuel R. Delany
** "Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art"
edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
** "Making Book" by Teresa Nielsen Hayden
** "The Book On The Edge Of Forever" by Christopher Priest

* 1994: "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" edited by John Clute & Peter Nicholls
** "Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography" by Robert Bloch
** "PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies"
by Theodore R. Cogswell
** "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art" by Scott McCloud
** "The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions" by Michael Whelan

* 1993: "A Wealth of Fable: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the 1950s" by Harry Warner, Jr.
** "Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth" by Camille Bacon-Smith
** "The Costumemaker's Art" by Thom Boswell
** "Virgil Finlay's Women of the Ages" by Virgil Finlay
** "Monad Number Two" by Damon Knight
** "Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man" by Dave Langford

* 1992: "The World of Charles Addams" by Charles Addams
** "Science-Fiction: The Early Years" by Everett F. Bleiler
** "The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History: Third Edition" by Jack L. Chalker & Mark Owings
** "The Bakery Men Don't See Cookbook" by Jeanne Gomoll
** "Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden" by Stephen Jones

* 1991: "How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy" by Orson Scott Card
** "Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's" by Brian W. Aldiss
** "Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook" edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith
** "Hollywood Gothic" by David J. Skal
** "Science Fiction in the Real World" by Norman Spinrad

* 1990: "The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence" by Alexei Panshin & Cory Panshin
** "Astounding Days" by Arthur C. Clarke
** "Harlan Ellison's Watching" by Harlan Ellison
** "Grumbles from the Grave" by Robert A. Heinlein
** "Dancing at the Edge of the World" by Ursula K. Le Guin
** "Noreascon Three Souvenir Book" by Greg Thokar

* 1989: "The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965" by Samuel R. Delany
** "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987" by Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento
** "The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" by James Gunn
** "First Maitz" by Don Maitz
** "A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists" by Robert Weinberg

* 1988: "Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder" by Michael Whelan
** "Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Edition" by Neil Barron
** "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986" by Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento
** "Imagination: The Art & Technique of David A. Cherry" by David A. Cherry
** "The Battle of Brazil" by Jack Matthews

* 1987: "Trillion Year Spree" by Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove
** "Science Fiction In Print: 1985" by Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento
** "" by Frank Miller with Klaus Janson & Lynn Varley
** "Industrial Light and Magic: The Art of Special Effects" by Thomas G. Smith
** "Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick" by Paul Williams

* 1986: "Science Made Stupid" by Tom Weller
** "The Pale Shadow of Science" by Brian W. Aldiss
** "Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf" by Algis Budrys
** "The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1" edited by Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr. , Tony Chapdelaine & George Hay
** "An Edge in My Voice" by Harlan Ellison
** "Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror" by Douglas E. Winter

* 1985: "Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction" by Jack Williamson
** "Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed" by Harlan Ellison
** "The Dune Encyclopedia" by Dr. Willis E. McNelly
** "The Faces of Science Fiction" by Patti Perret
** "In the Heart or in the Head: An Essay in Time Travel" by George Turner

* 1984: "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 3" by Donald H. Tuck
** "The High Kings" by Joy Chant
** "The Fantastic Art of Rowena" by Rowena Morrill
** "Dream Makers, Volume II" by Charles Platt
** "Staying Alive: A Writer's Guide" by Norman Spinrad

* 1983: "" by James Gunn
** "A Reader's Guide to Fantasy" by Baird Searles, Beth Meacham & Michael Franklin
** "The World of the Dark Crystal" by J. J. Llewellyn, text; Brian Froud, illustrator
** "The Engines of the Night" by Barry N. Malzberg
** "Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King" edited by Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller

* 1982: "Danse Macabre" by Stephen King
** "Anatomy of Wonder, 2nd Edition" by Neil Barron
** "The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon" by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon, edited by Byron Preiss
** "After Man" by Dougal Dixon
** "The Grand Tour" by Ron Miller & William K. Hartmann

* 1981: "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
** "In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978" by Isaac Asimov
** "Warhoon 28" by Walter A. Willis, edited by Richard Bergeron
** "Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware" by Vincent Di Fate & Ian Summers
** "Dream Makers" by Charles Platt

* 1980: "The Science Fiction Encyclopedia" by Peter Nicholls
** "In Memory Yet Green" by Isaac Asimov
** "Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials" by Wayne Douglas Barlowe & Ian Summers
** "The Language of the Night" by Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Susan Wood Glicksohn
** "Wonderworks" by Michael Whelan

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