1978 Best Novel Hugo

The 1978 Best Novel Hugo was presented September 3 at Iguanacon.

Iguanacon only listed the order of finish for the first three places.

• Gateway by Frederik Pohl (Galaxy Nov, Dec 1976, Mar 1977; St. Martin's Press, 1977)
• The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley (DAW, 1977)
• Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Playboy, 1977)
• Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson (St. Martin's Press, 1977)
• Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin (Analog Apr, May, Jun, Jul 1977; Simon & Schuster, 1977)

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Best Novel Hugo, 1978 Hugos

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Some nominations data leaked out (See File 770 6, p. 4.) (This was a time when people imagined that not reporting the details was meritorious.)

• The Forbidden Tower was one of the top three in terms of nominations.
• In the Ocean of Night placed somewhere in 7th-10th place in nominations.
• There was a significant gap between #5 and #6 place in nominations.