swestrup | A Variation on a Meme -- The Hugos

Some folks, like

drkeys, have posted as part of a meme about the
College Board's 101 Greatest Works of Literature
(bold those you have read, underline those you want to read)

Well, I looked at that list and wasn't impressed. Oh, yeah, some of the works on there are wonderful, but some are incredibly trite, boring and awful. I admit that the same can be said for the list I am using, but I think the ratios are far more favorable here. Anyway, here are the HUGOs, awarded each year for the best SF (as judged by fans) written that year, oh, and just for fun, the ones in bold (that I have read) also have a score from 1-10 of how much I liked it. 1 = Awful, 10 = Wonderful.

1946 The Mule (Isaac Asimov) [6]
1951 Farmer in the Sky (Robert A. Heinlein)
1953 The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
1955 They'd Rather Be Right (Mark Clifton and Frank Riley)
1956 Double Star (Robert A. Heinlein) [6]
1958 The Big Time (Fritz Leiber)
1959 A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
1960 Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
1961 A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr) [10]
1962 A Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein) [9]
1963 The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
1964 Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
1965 The Wanderer (Fritz Leiber)
1966 ...And Call Me Conrad (Roger Zelazny)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
1967 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein) [7]
1968 Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny) [10]
1969 Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner) [3]
1970 The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
1971 Ringworld (Larry Niven) [8]
1972 To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip José Farmer) [7]
1973 The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov) [9]
1974 Rendezvous with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke) [5]
1975 The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
1976 The Forever War (Joe Haldeman) [3]
1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
1978 Gateway (Frederick Pohl) [7]
1979 Dreamsnake (Vonda McIntyre) [2]
1980 The Fountains of Paradise (Arthur C. Clarke)
1982 Downbelow Station (C. J. Cherryh)
1983 Foundation's Edge (Isaac Asimov) [8]
1984 Startide Rising (David Brin) [9]
1985 Neuromancer (William Gibson) [10]
1986 Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) [10]
1987 Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card) [4]
1988 The Uplift War (David Brin) [7]
1989 Cyteen (C. J. Cherryh)
1990 Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
1991 The Vor Game (Lois McMaster Bujold) [8]
1992 Barraya (Lois McMaster Bujold) [8]
1993 A Fire Upon the Deep (Vernon Vinge) [9]
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
1994 Green Mars (Kin Stanley Robinson) [5]
1995 Mirror Dance (Lois McMaster Bujold) [8]
1996 The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson) [8]
1997 Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson) [3]
1998 Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis) [9]
2000 A Deepness in the Sky (Vernon Vinge) [9]
2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling) [6]
2002 American Gods (Neil Gaiman)

And now you know.