A couple of examples that come to mind include "Field of Dreams" and "The Sixth
Sense."
Bill
>No, but there have been a few that made the final ballot
>and then lost.
>
>-- Mike
>
>
>>From: John <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: 2001 Hugo Ballot
>>Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:58:26 -0400
>>
>>Mike Resnick wrote:
>> > >
>> > >My husband and I have been perturbed for years now at what gets
>>included
>> > >in the Hugo ballot. But hey, it's the readers' (viewers') choice. Is
>>there
>> > >any provision for not including "real" sf?
>> > >Monica Forbes
>> >
>> > Absolutely none, in film or in fiction. Basically, if
>> > the membership votes for it, by definition it is
>> > imgatinative fiction.
>> >
>> > -- Mike Resnick
>>
>>So if that's the case, are there any Hugo winners that have come from
>>way out of left field? Maybe better put: Any mainstream novels, shorts,
>>movies, etc. that overcame not being originally recognized as part of
>>the SF/F/H genre and went on to win a Hugo or similar award?
>>
>>--John Teehan
>
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