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Art Widner's Poll
| Fan Survey | |
|---|---|
| Title: | [none given] |
| Surveyor: | Art Widner |
| Date(s): | 1940-1941 |
| Medium: | |
| Fandom(s): | Science Fiction |
| External Links: | |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
In 1940-1941, fan Art Widner ran a survey of science fiction fans asking them to vote for their favorite pro authors, pro artists, fans and fanzines. Fans were allowed to send in more than one vote. A total of 157 people voted in the pro author poll. According to Bob Tucker, this was the largest-ever number of respondents in a fan-run poll.[1]
An anonymous author took issue with some of the early fan rankings in a 1940 article called Polling a Boner.
Totals
Pro authors
- John W. Campbell, Jr. / "Don A. Stuart" (804)
- Stanley G. Weinbaum (718)
- E.E. Smith (677)
- L. Sprague de Camp (610)
- H.G. Wells (443)
- Jack Williamson (405)
- A. Merritt (400)
- H.P. Lovecraft (381)
- John Taine (265)
- David H. Keller (257)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (229)
- Eando Binder (220)
- C. L. Moore (193)
- Olaf Stapledon (173)
- L. Ron Hubbard (151)
- Stanton A. Coblentz 144
- "Don A. Stuart" (136) [see John W. Campbell)
- Clark Ashton Smith (113)
- Robert Heinlein (104)
- Jules Verne (100)
- Nelson S. Bond (97)
- Murray Leinster (85)
- A. E. van Vogt (82)
- Clifford D. Simak / Nat Schachner (73; tie)
- Henry Kuttner (71)
- Lester del Rey (65)
- Robert E. Howard (63)
- Tom Smith (59)
- Raymond Z. Gallun (56)
(157 total voters; reported in Bob Tucker's Le Zombie #32 pg. 8 (Sept.1940))
Pro Artists
Cover
- Frank R. Paul (324)
- Virgil Finlay (236)
- Hubert Rogers (229)
- H. W. Wesso (127)
- Howard V. Brown (100)
- Edd Cartier (96)
- Hannes Bok (47)
- Julian Krupa (44)
- Charles Schneeman (37)
- Leo Morey (35)
Interior
- Virgil Finlay (341)
- Frank R. Paul (270)
- Hannes Bok (143)
- H. W. Wesso (129)
- Edd Cartier (99)
- Charles Schneeman (85)
- Elliott Dold, Jr. (81)
- Julian Krupa (61)
- Edward L. Ferman (28)
- Hubert Rogers / Robert Fuqua (24; tie)
All-Around
- Virgil Finlay (315)
- Frank R. Paul (308)
- H. W. Wesso (141)
- Edd Cartier (115)
- Hannes Bok (105)
- Charles Schneeman (82)
- Hubert Rogers (71)
- Julian Krupa (53)
- Leo Morey (31)
- Howard V. Brown (30)
- Elliott Dold, Jr. (21)
(108 total voters; reported in Fanfare #6 pg. 25)
Fans
- Forrest J Ackerman (715)
- Bob Tucker (620)
- Sam Moskowitz (482)
- Robert A. W. Lowndes (426)
- Harry Warner, Jr. (415)
- Donald A. Wollheim (333)
- Robert A. Madle (276)
- Joe Fortier (235)
- William S. Sykora (228)
- Art Widner (212)
- Tom Wright (208)
- James V. Taurasi (176)
- Raymond Van Houten (161)
- Morojo (156)
- R.D. Swisher (138)
- Walt Daugherty (134)
- Lew Martin (130)
- John V. Baltadonis (129)
- John B. Michel (118)
- Jack Speer (115)
- Mark Reinsberg (114)
- William L. Hamling (102)
- Jack Agnew (95)
- Olon F. Wiggins (88)
- Bob Studley (87)
- Milton A. Rothman (81)
- Dick Wilson (76)
- Gerry de la Ree (71)
- Jack Chapman Miske / Damon Knight (59; tie)
- Ray Bradbury (43)
- Earl Singleton / Jack Darrow (42)
(148 total voters; reported in Fanfare #6 pg. 25)
References
- ^ Bob Tucker: Art Widner's "Gallup" Dept. Le Zombie #32 pg. 8 (Sept. 1940)