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Other awards may be presented at Worldcon at the discretion of the individual convention committee. This has often included the national SF awards of the host country, such as the Japanese
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Manfred Kage eventually became Heicon's convention chairman, the last of more than a dozen fans who briefly held the position during the convention's rocky organizational period.
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The World Science Fiction Society administers and presents the
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Science fiction
Heidelberg
West Germany
Worldcon
Heidelberg
E. C. Tubb
Robert Silverberg
Herbert W. Franke
TAFF
John Brunner
Hugo Award
Hugo Awards
fandom
Seiun Awards
Nippon 2007
Prix Aurora Awards
Anticipation
Astounding Award for Best New Writer
Sidewise Award
Chesley Awards
Prometheus Award
Best Novel
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella
Fritz Leiber
Best Short Story
Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones
Samuel R. Delany

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