Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:16:36 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,<wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com> Subject: [WSFA] Reading the past Hugo winners Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> "At first glance, the fact that Robert Heinlein won four Hugo awards in = the 11 years from 1956 to 1967 suggests a lack of adventure among the = voters. But his victorious novels are all so different, so difficult and = so contrarian, not to mention so very far off the wall, that really the = voters should be commended for their bravery." "Yet, unlike Rand, Heinlein never becomes entirely boring." Sam Jordinson has been reading and reviewing the previous Hugo winners, = the latest installment: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/jul/= 23/robert-heinlein-hugo-winner mjw