1952 wasn't a bad year for novels:
THE DEMOLISHED MAN, by Alfred Bester (Hugo winner)
CITY, by Clifford D. Simak
THE SPACE MERCHANTS, by Fred Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth
GUNNER CADE, by Judy Merril and Cyril Kornbluth (writing as "Cyril Judd")
THE LONG LOUD SILENCE, by Wilson Tucker
BIG PLANET, by Jack Vance
PLAYER PIANO, by Kurt Vonnegut
JACK OF EAGLES, by Jim Blish
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE, by Isaac Asimov
YOU SHALL KNOWN THEM, by Vercors
There was no 1953 Hugo. The better novels were:
FARENHEIT 451, by Ray Bradbury
MORE THAN HUMAN, by Ted Sturgeon
CHILDHOOD'S END, by Arthur C. Clarke
MISSION OF GRAVITY, by Hal Clement
THE CAVES OF STEEL, by Isaac Asimov
BRING THE JUBILEE, by Ward Moore
THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS, by Fredric Brown
THE SYNDIC, by Cyril Kornbluth
The Hugo came back in 1954:
THEY'D RATHER BE RIGHT, by Clifton & Riley (Hugo winner)
A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS, by Edgar Pangborn
I AM LEGEND, by Richard Matheson
GLADIATOR-AT-LAW, by Pohl & Kornbluth
BRAIN WAVE, by Poul Anderson
WILD TALENT, by Wilson Tucker
MESSIAH, by Gore Vidal
The better novels of 1955 were:
THE END OF ETERNITY, by Isaac Asimov
EARTHMAN COME HOME, by Jim Blish
THE LONG TOMORROW, by Leigh Brackett
HELL'S PAVEMENT, by Damon Knight
SOLAR LOTTERY, by Philip K. Dick
THE BODY SNATCHERS, by Jack Finney
UNDER PRESSURE, by Frank Herbert
The better novels of 1957:
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN, by Poul Anderson and Gordon Dickson
THE DEEP RANGE, by Arthur C. Clarke
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY, by Robert A. Heinlein
THE GREEN ODYSSEY, by Phil Farmer
ON THE BEACH, by Nevil Shute
THE BLACK CLOUD, by Fred Hoyle
WOLFBANE, by Pohl & Kornbluth
EYE IN THE SKY, by Philip K. Dick
THE MIDWITCH CUCKOOS, by John Wyndham
Hope this helps. And remember, the list is incomplete.
-- Mike Resnick
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