Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book

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

[edit] Winners and other 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: Time & Chance: An Autobiography 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: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia 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: I. Asimov: A Memoir 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
  • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 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: Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction 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

Hugo Award
Fiction	Novel - Novella - Novelette - Short Story
Dramatic Presentation	Long Form - Short Form (united until 2002)
Non-Fiction	Non-Fiction Book / Related Book
Fanac	Fanzine - Fan Artist - Fan Writer
Pro's ac	Semiprozine - Professional Artist - Professional Editor

[edit] External links

• Hugo Award official site
• Original proposal of the award in Philcon II
• http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html