1960 Best Novel Hugo

The 1960 Best Novel Hugo was presented September 5 at Pittcon. We do not have a record of the order of finish beyond first (or, sometimes, second) place.

Winner: Starship Troopers (alt: Starship Soldier) by Robert A. Heinlein (F&SF Oct,Nov 1959; Putnam, 1959)

• (second place) Dorsai! (alt: The Genetic General) by Gordon R. Dickson (Astounding May,Jun,Jul 1959)

Runners-up:

• The Pirates of Ersatz (alt: The Pirates of Zan) by Murray Leinster (Astounding Feb,Mar,Apr 1959)
• That Sweet Little Old Lady (alt: Brain Twister) by Mark Phillips (aka: Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer) (Astounding Sep,Oct 1959)
• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Dell, 1959)

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