The Hugo's: My Take

My take on Speculative Fiction's premiere award, by year. I only include the Best Novel category, because that is what I know. My knowledge of shorts is limited, to put it mildly. 2005 Who won: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke Who should have won: The Wizard Knight (A split novel consisting of The Knight and The Wizard) - Gene Wolfe 2004 Who won: Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold Who should have won: Tie: Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan -The Darkness That Comes Before - R. Scott Bakker 2003 Who won: Hominids - Robert J. Sawyer Who should have won: Light - M. John Harrison 2002 Who won: American Gods - Neil Gaiman Who should have won: Perdido Street Station - China Mieville 2001 Who won: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling Who should have won: Tie: A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin -The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon 2000 Who won: A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge Who should have won: A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge 1999 Who won: To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis Who should have won: A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin 1998 Who won: Forever Peace - Joe Haldeman Who should have won: The Physiognomy - Jeffrey Ford 1997 Who won: Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson Who should have won: A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin 1996 Who won: The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson Who should have won: Requiem - Graham Joyce 1995 Who won: Mirror Dance - Lois McMaster Bujold Who should have won: Gun, With Occasional Music - Jonathan Lethem 1994 Who won: Green Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson Who should have won: Anno Dracula - Kim Newman 1993 Who won: Tie: Doomsday Book - Connie Willis -A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge Who should have won: Tie: Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson -A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge 1992 Who won: Barryar - Lois McMaster Bujold Who should have won: Stations of The Tide - Michael Swanwick 1991 Who won: The Vor Game - Lois McMaster Bujold Who should have won: Tie: Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay -Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 1990 Who won: Hyperion - Dan Simmons Who should have won: Hyperion - Dan Simmons 1989 Who won: Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh Who should have won: The Last Coin - James P. Blaylock 1988 Who won: The Uplift War - David Brin Who should have won: Tie: Life During War Time - Lucius Shephard -Dawn - Octavia E. Butler 1987 Who won: Speaker For The Dead - Orson Scott Card Who should have won: The Handmaids Tale - Margaret Atwood 1986 Who won: Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card Who should have won: Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card 1985 Who won: Neuromancer - William Gibson Who should have won: Neuromancer - William Gibson 1984 Who won: Startide Rising - David Brin Who should have won: The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers 1983 Who won: Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov Who should have won: The Dragon Waiting - John M. Ford 1982 Who won: Downbelow Station - C.J. Cherryh Who should have won: Little, Big - John Crowley 1981 Who won: The Snow Queen - Joan D. Vinge Who should have won: Tie: Timescape - Gregory Benford -Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe 1980 Who won: The Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke Who should have won: The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll 1979 Who won: Dreamsnake - Vonda N. McIntyre Who should have won: Glorianna - Michael Moorcock 1978 Who won: Gateway - Frederick Pohl Who should have won: The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 Who won: Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm Who should have won: Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm 1976 Who won: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman Who should have won: Tie: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman -Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany 1975 Who won: The Disposessed - Ursula K. LeGuin Who should have won: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - Philip K. Dick 1974 Who won: Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke Who should have won: Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon 1973 Who won: The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov Who should have won: The Book of Skulls - Robert Silverberg 1972 Who won: To Your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip Jose Farmer Who should have won: To Your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip Jose Farmer 1971 Who won: Ringworld - Larry Niven Who should have won: Ringworld - Larry Niven 1970 Who won: The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin Who should have won: Tie: Slaughter-House Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr -The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin 1969 Who won: Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner Who should have won: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick 1968 Who won: Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny Who should have won: Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny 1967 Who won: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein Who should have won: Tie: Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes -Day of The Minotaur - Thomas Burnett Swann 1966 Who won: Tie: This Immortal - Roger Zelazny -Dune - Frank Herbert Who should have won: Dune - Frank Herbert 1965 Who won: The Wanderer - Fritz Lieber Who should have won: The Wanderer - Fritz Leiber 1964 Who won: Way Station - Clifford D. Simak Who should have won: Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Jr 1963 Who won: The Man in The High Castle - Philip K. Dick Who should have won: The Man in The High Castle - Philip K. Dick 1962 Who won: Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein Who should have won: Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein 1961 Who won: A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr Who should have won: A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr 1960 Who won: Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein Who should have won: Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Who won: A Case of Conscience - James Blish Who should have won: Have Spacesuit -- Will Travel - Robert A. Heinlein 1958 Who won: The Big Time - Fritz Leiber Who should have won: No opinion. 1957 No Award 1956 Who won: Double Star - Robert A. Heinlein Who should have won: No opinion 1955 Who won: They'd Rather Be Right - Mark Clifton & Frank Riley Who should have won: No opinion 1954 No Award 1953 Who won: The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester Who should have won: No opinion