Which Hugo story finalists don’t have a Wikipedia page
My capacity to generate (rather than just make-up) trivia increases every week. Today I get to tell you which Hugo Finalists in Novel, Novella, Novelette and Short Story do not currently have a Wikipedia page.
Finalist
First Year a Finalist
Anton Lee Baker
1959
J. F. Bone
1959
Rick Raphael
1964
Hayden Howard
1967
William Walling
1975
Jeff Duntemann
1981
Eric Vinicoff
1985
W. R. Thompson
1991
Nicholas A. DiChario
1993
Bridget McKenna
1994
Jan Jensen
2000
Shane Tourtellotte
2002
Pat Forde
2003
Christopher Rowe
2005
Gray Rinehart
2015
Kary English
2015
Rajnar Vajra
2015
Steve Rzasa
2015
Steven Diamond
2015
Charles W. Shao
2016
Cheah Kai Wai
2016
Daniel Polansky
2016
David VanDyke
2016
Juan Tabo
2016
S. Harris
2016
S. R. Algernon
2016
Stix Hiscock
2017
K. M. Szpara
2018
Simone Heller
2019
Nibedita Sen
2020
Siobhan Carroll
2020
Hugo Story Finalists who do not have a Wikipedia Page
Of the 31 authors, ~42% are from the period 2015 to 2017. It’s like something happened during that time but it is to hard to infer what it was from the statistics[1].
17 responses to “Which Hugo story finalists don’t have a Wikipedia page”
Several of these names I recognize and likely read the nomined stories of (Raphael, Dunteman, Tournelle, Rowe for sure). I’m not sure of others. I could (and probably will) check the Hugo listings tomorrow to find out the details for these authors but it would be a helpful addition to list the earliest nomination for each.
I meant “to list the name of the story that was the earliest nomination for each”
Baker: “They’ve Been Working On …”
Bone: “Triggerman”
Raphael: “Code Three”
Howard: “The Eskimo Invasion”
Walling: “Nix Olympica”
Dunteman: “Guardian”
Vinicoff: “The Weigher” (written with Marcia Martin who also doesn’t have a Wiki page, I think)
Thompson: “VRM-547”
Rick Raphael has a German and a Hungarian Wikipedia page, but no English one, which is highly unusual: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Raphael I knew he had to have a Wikipedia page, because I looked him up for Galactic Journey recently, since he was a 1965 Hugo finalist.
Simone Heller doesn’t have a page at the German Wikipedia either. I’m also surprised that K.M. Szpara doesn’t have a page. Nibedita Sen is probably still too new.
I’m also surprised that Jeff Duntemann has no page, since he has been writing since the 1970s
Also, I’ve been reading a lot of obscure authors from the 1940s for my Retro Reviews project recently and there are many, mostly women, some of them prolific, who don’t have a Wikipedia page at all. In some cases, hardly anything is known about the author beyond their name.
Yes, Duntemann is a puppy, but he’s one of the more notable authors among the puppies and unlike the rest of them, he actually came by his Hugo nomination honestly.
Time for a Retro-Hugo Initiative of writing profiles for women authors? Could be launched with help of a Worldcon, with a compilation of authors with missing names and a spreadsheet for people currently working on a page and their draft pages. Then you could help with adding references to their talk page.
The Greek wrestler from Nebraska who also wrote “totally authentic Arabian folktales” for Unknown was certainly an interesting find and certainly deserves a Wikipedia page.
But with many golden age writers, the problem is that almost nothing is known about them except for the titles of their stories. Occasionally, you find stories in other genres or you find their names on genealogy and obituary websites. Not a lot which is useful as a Wikipedia reference.
Trying to find information about the people who wrote letters to golden age pulp magazines is even more difficult. Though I did find out that the writer of a much quoted letter to Weird Tales, wherein he complained about Jirel of Joiry and all those boring women in the magazine and declares his undying love for Conan and Northwest Smith, was all of 14 years old, when I wrote that letter, which puts his words into perspective.
Camestros Felapton 
17 responses to “Which Hugo story finalists don’t have a Wikipedia page”
Several of these names I recognize and likely read the nomined stories of (Raphael, Dunteman, Tournelle, Rowe for sure). I’m not sure of others. I could (and probably will) check the Hugo listings tomorrow to find out the details for these authors but it would be a helpful addition to list the earliest nomination for each.
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The year in the column is the first year they were a finalist
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I meant “to list the name of the story that was the earliest nomination for each”
Baker: “They’ve Been Working On …”
Bone: “Triggerman”
Raphael: “Code Three”
Howard: “The Eskimo Invasion”
Walling: “Nix Olympica”
Dunteman: “Guardian”
Vinicoff: “The Weigher” (written with Marcia Martin who also doesn’t have a Wiki page, I think)
Thompson: “VRM-547”
More later.
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I wrote the one for Sebastien de Castell that was previously missing.
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Cool!
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I’m surprised that some of the names don’t have a page.
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Rick Raphael has a German and a Hungarian Wikipedia page, but no English one, which is highly unusual: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Raphael I knew he had to have a Wikipedia page, because I looked him up for Galactic Journey recently, since he was a 1965 Hugo finalist.
Simone Heller doesn’t have a page at the German Wikipedia either. I’m also surprised that K.M. Szpara doesn’t have a page. Nibedita Sen is probably still too new.
I’m also surprised that Jeff Duntemann has no page, since he has been writing since the 1970s
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Thanks. I was surprised by Jeff Duntemann not having a Wiki page also. There’s a lot of verifiable information about him in several fields
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Cora Buhlert: I’m also surprised that Jeff Duntemann has no page, since he has been writing since the 1970s
Meh, major Puppy, he can enjoy his obscurity with the rest of them. 🙄
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Also, I’ve been reading a lot of obscure authors from the 1940s for my Retro Reviews project recently and there are many, mostly women, some of them prolific, who don’t have a Wikipedia page at all. In some cases, hardly anything is known about the author beyond their name.
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Yes, Duntemann is a puppy, but he’s one of the more notable authors among the puppies and unlike the rest of them, he actually came by his Hugo nomination honestly.
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Time for a Retro-Hugo Initiative of writing profiles for women authors? Could be launched with help of a Worldcon, with a compilation of authors with missing names and a spreadsheet for people currently working on a page and their draft pages. Then you could help with adding references to their talk page.
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Trying to find out about Golden Age writers can lead you down some interesting research rabbit holes. (Model aeroplanes, Greek wrestlers….)
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The Greek wrestler from Nebraska who also wrote “totally authentic Arabian folktales” for Unknown was certainly an interesting find and certainly deserves a Wikipedia page.
But with many golden age writers, the problem is that almost nothing is known about them except for the titles of their stories. Occasionally, you find stories in other genres or you find their names on genealogy and obituary websites. Not a lot which is useful as a Wikipedia reference.
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Trying to find information about the people who wrote letters to golden age pulp magazines is even more difficult. Though I did find out that the writer of a much quoted letter to Weird Tales, wherein he complained about Jirel of Joiry and all those boring women in the magazine and declares his undying love for Conan and Northwest Smith, was all of 14 years old, when I wrote that letter, which puts his words into perspective.
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Jeff Duntemann founded a major fanzine too. I just ran a post about it this week.
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