The Science Fiction Achievement Award is known by its sobriquet “Hugo” ­ in tribute to the ‘Father of Science Fiction,’ Hugo Gernsback. First awarded in 1953 at the World Science Fiction Convention, the Hugo winners are selected by the fans ­ unlike the Nebula or Philip K. Dick Award selected by professionals. The statue is a rocketship mounted upright on fins. Among the Hugo categories are fiction (novels, novellas, and novelettes), editing, artwork, film and television, fan writing and illustration. Hug-winning writers include Poul Anderson, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny, Arthur C. Clarke and
