Full record for Hugo n.
| Definition | also Hugo award. Any one of several awards presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Convention for the best new science-fiction novel, short story, etc. |
| OED requirements | antedating 1950 |
| Earliest cite | B. Tucker in 'Science Fiction Eye', July |
| Comment | The award is named after Hugo Gernsback.
Bill Mullins submitted a 1953 cite from Fantasy Times #190 (November 1953) Bill Mullins submitted a 1950 cite from "The Big Bloodshot Eye" by Bob Tucker,in Science Fiction Eye, July 1950. Earliest cite in the OED database: 1956 |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
Citations for Hugo n.
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| 1989 Nova Express Spring 12/2 | Brin dropped by for a few short minutes of derision for having the audacity for being a Hugo winner. |
| 1990 Thrust Winter 4/3 | I always enjoy looking over the full Hugo voting data. |
| 1992 Sci. Fiction Age Nov. 6/2 | Haven't we have named the awards given to superior s.f. each year‥the ‘Hugos’ after Hugo Gernsback, founder of the first science fiction magazine? |
| 2001 Sci. Fiction Chron. July 36/2 | If it wasn't for the Hugos I'd be doing something else for a living today. |
| 2001 Locus June 12/4 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch sold‥a novel version of her Hugo-nominated story. |