Science Fiction Year 1953

Events

The Retro Hugo Awards for 1953 were presented in 2004 .

Retro Hugo Award
Writer / director	Original title	German edition	category
Ray Bradbury	Fahrenheit 451	Fahrenheit 451	Best novel
James Blish	A case of conscience	The case of conscience	Best short novel
James Blish	Earthman, Come Home	The earth is everywhere too: the flying city	Best story
Arthur C. Clarke	The Nine Billion Names of God	Also the nine billion names of God : All names of God	Best short story
Byron Haskin	The War of the Worlds	Battle of the worlds	Best drama presentation

Hugo Award
author	Original title	German edition	category
Alfred Bester	The Demolished Man	Storming the universe too: demolition	Best novel

German title	Year of publication in German	Original title	author	Remarks
Adventure in the realm of the stars	1954	Starman Jones	Robert A. Heinlein	review
The tenth victim	1966	The 10th Victim	Robert Sheckley	review
Departure to the stars		Prelude to Space	Arthur C. Clarke
The great south	1980	Bring the Jubilee	Ward Moore	review
The first of their kind	1970	More than human	Theodore Sturgeon
The golden apples of the sun	1970	The Golden Apples of the Sun	Ray Bradbury
The last generation	1960	Childhood's End	Arthur C. Clarke
Fahrenheit 451	1955	Fahrenheit 451	Ray Bradbury
Insula	1953	-	Paul Eugen victory
Next stop: tomorrow	1972	Assignment in Eternity	Robert A. Heinlein	review
The second variant	1964	Second variety	Philip K. Dick	Template for the film Screamers - Deadly Screams
Banished to the future	1960	Expedition to Earth	Arthur C. Clarke
payday		Paycheck	Philip K. Dick	Template for the film Paycheck - The settlement

German title	Year of publication in German	Original title	Director	Remarks
		Cat-Women of the Moon	Arthur Hilton
Danger from space	1953	It came from Outer Space	Jack Arnold	after The Meteor by Ray Bradbury
Invasion of Mars	1958	Invaders from Mars	William Cameron Menzies
Battle of the worlds	1954	The War of the Worlds	Byron Haskin	based on the novel The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
Panic in New York	1953	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	Eugène Lourié
Robot monster		Robot monster	Phil Tucker
Astro-daffy		Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century	Charles M. Jones
Donovan's brain	1992	Donovan's Brain	Felix A. Feist
		The Lost Planet	Spencer Gordon Bennet	15-part cinema serial
		The Magnetic Monster	Curt Siodmak
		The Maze	William Cameron Menzies
		Mesa of Lost Women	Ron Ormond , Herbert Tevos
		El monstruo resucitado	Chano Urueta
		The Net	Anthony Asquith
		Phantom from Space	W. Lee Wilder
		Port Sinister	Harold Daniels
		Spaceways	Terence Fisher

German title	sent	Original title	Episodes	Seasons
Atom Squad		Atom Squad	5	1
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe		Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe	12	1
Johnny Jupiter	1953-1954	Johnny Jupiter	62	2
Operation Neptune		Operation Neptune	8th	1
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers	1953-1954	Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers	58	2
The Quatermass Experiment	1953	The Quatermass Experiment	6th	1
	1953-1955	The Secret Files of Captain Video	13	1

11th Worldcon , 5th - 7th September, Philadelphia , Chairman: Milton Rothman , Guest of Honor: Willy Ley