The World Science Fiction Society Constitution allows, but does not require, a Worldcon held 50, 75, or 100 years after a Worldcon at which no Hugo Awards were presented to present Retrospective Hugo Awards for works that would have been eligible for that year’s Hugo Awards if they had been held. (Once Retro-Hugos have been presented for a given year, no future Worldcon may present Retro-Hugos for that year.) The 1941 Worldcon did not present Hugo Awards. MidAmeriCon II elect

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers on Tuesday inducted science fiction writer Robert Heinlein to the Hall of Famous Missourians to a cheering crowd of fans who call themselves "Heinlein's children." The Missouri native won science fiction awards for some of his most famous works including "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers," a story about a war against arachnid-like aliens that later was adapted for film. Fans, including a state lawmaker, said his work also insp

Heinlein Prize Trust's Have Space Suit Will Travel program was well represented at the Museum of Science Fiction's Escape Velocity Conference held on July 1st though the 3rd. The convention room floor was buzzing with light saber sounds, engine roars from starships and strange alien sounds emanating from a booth run by a blue skinned woman with white hair holding the skull of a Spinosaurus. But there was something else here. A presence I had not felt for a long time in funct