Stan Schmidt for the Hugo!
Stan's the man!
I received the latest progress report from Denvention, this year's World Science Fiction Convention, today here in Canada, and it contains the Hugo voting ballot. So it's a good time to remind people of all the reasons, back at the nomination stage, that I suggested it's high time Stanley Schmidt got a Hugo.
This year, 2008, is the 30th anniversary of Stanley Schmidt becoming editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Despite Analog being consistently the English-speaking world's #1 best-selling SF magazine for that entire period, Stan has never won a Hugo Award for Best Editor.
Stan's own web page is here. In addition to 2008 being Stan's 30th anniversary as editor of Analog, it's also his 40th anniversary as a published SF writer. Besides actually editing Analog (and in a very hands-on fashion, working diligently with his writers), it should be noted that Stan is the only editor of a major SF magazine to write an editorial for each issue, and his editorials are in themselves worth the cost of the magazine.
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Posted by Rob on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Wow. I did not realize that Stan Schmidt has not yet won an award for his editorialship of Analog. How is that even possible, given the stature of Analog as a science fiction magazine?!
It's a stunning oversight. Stan is very quiet person at cons, and really never had the flamboyant presence of, say Gardner Dozois, but Stan is a damn fine editor who has developed lots of major authors.
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