Analog Readers Poll 1986
science fiction awards database
Eligibility Year: 1985
Serial
- Winner: “Spinneret”, Timothy Zahn (Analog Jul 1985)
- “Between the Strokes of Night”, Charles Sheffield (Analog Mar,Apr,May,Jun 1985)
- “The Plague Star”, George R. R. Martin (Analog Jan,Feb 1985)
Novella/novelette
- Winner: “Loaves and Fishes”, George R. R. Martin (Analog Oct 1985)
- “Manna from Heaven”, George R. R. Martin (Analog mid-Dec 1985)
- “World of Crystal, Sky of Fire”, Bob Buckley (Analog Oct 1985)
- “The Road Not Taken”, Harry Turtledove (Analog Nov 1985)
- “Rockabye Baby”, S. C. Sykes (Analog mid-Dec 1985)
Short Story
- Winner: “A Touch Beyond”, Stephen L. Burns (Analog Jan 1985)
- “Gertrude”, P. M. Fergusson (Analog May 1985)
- “Cycles”, Don Sakers (Analog Jan 1985)
- “The R Strain”, Eric G. Iverson (Analog Jun 1985)
- “The Man of Peace”, Stephen L. Burns (Analog mid-Dec 1985)
Fact Article
- Winner: “Just How Dangerous Is the Galaxy?”, David Brin (Analog Jul 1985)
- “The Postdiluvian World”, Stephen L. Ph. D. Gillett (Analog Nov 1985)
- “Russians to Mars?”, James E. Oberg (Analog Sep 1985)
- “The Lost Dimensions of Reality”, John Gribbin (Analog Apr 1985)
- “Hot Rocks and Water”, Richard Patrick Terra (Analog Mar 1985)
Cover
- Winner: David Hardy for “The Postdiluvian World” (Analog Nov 1985)
- David Hardy for “World of Crystal, Sky of Fire” (Analog Oct 1985)
- Vincent Di Fate for “Between the Strokes of Night” (Part 1) by Charles Sheffield (Analog Mar 1985)
- Vincent Di Fate for “Between the Strokes of Night” (Part 4) by Charles Sheffield (Analog Jun 1985)
- Doug Beekman for “Spinneret” (Analog Jul 1985)
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