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science fiction awards database

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2012
World Horror Grandmaster 2013 — winner

2009
Drood • novel • Little, Brown
awards:
• Locus Awards 2010 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
• Phantastik Preis 2010 — foreign novel — 4th place
“The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderoz” • short fiction
awards:
• Seiun Awards 2017 — translated story — nomination
anthologies:
• Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Subterranean Press 2009

2007
The Terror • novel • Little Brown
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
• British Fantasy Awards 2008 — August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
• Shirley Jackson Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
• International Horror Guild Awards 2008 — novel — winner
• SF Site Readers Poll 2008 — sf/fantasy book — 4th place
• Xatafi-Cyberdark 2009 — foreign book — nomination
“Muse of Fire ” • short fiction • The New Space Opera
awards:
• Locus Awards 2008 — novella — 5th place
anthologies:
• The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2007

2005
Olympos • novel • Orion/Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — sf novel — 2nd place
• Seiun Awards 2008 — translated long form — nomination
• SF Site Readers Poll 2006 — sf/fantasy book — 9th place (tie)

2003
Ilium • novel • Eos
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2004 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2004 — sf novel — winner
• Italia Awards 2006 — international novel — nomination
• Seiun Awards 2007 — translated long form — nomination
• SF Site Readers Poll 2004 — sf/fantasy book — winner
citations:
• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 2012: 21st Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

2002
Worlds Enough & Time • collection • Subterranean Press
awards:
• Locus Awards 2003 — collection — 3rd place
A Winter Haunting • novel • HarperCollins/Morrow
awards:
• Locus Awards 2003 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
• International Horror Guild Awards 2003 — novel — winner

2001
“On K2 with Kanakaredes ” • short fiction • Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
awards:
• Locus Awards 2002 — novelette — 3rd place
anthologies:
• Science Fiction: The Best of 2001, ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Pocket/ibooks 2002
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2002

2000
“Madame Bovary, C'est Moi” • short fiction • Nature 14 Sep 2000
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — short story — 23rd place
anthologies:
• Year’s Best SF 6, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperCollins/Eos 2001

1999
“Orphans of the Helix” • short fiction • Far Horizons
awards:
• Locus Awards 2000 — novella — winner
• Seiun Awards 2001 — foreign short story — nomination
anthologies:
• The Space Opera Renaissance, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2006
• Far Horizons, ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos 1999

1997
The Rise of Endymion • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1998 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1998 — sf novel — winner
• Italia Awards 2000 — international novel — 2nd place
• Prix Ozone 1999 — SF novel, foreign — winner
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1998 — novel — winner
• Seiun Awards 2000 — overseas long fiction — nomination
• SF Site Readers Poll 1999 — sf/fantasy book — 6th place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
Hyperion Cantos • series, 1997
citations:
• 2011: Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books, NPR

1996
Endymion • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 1997 — sf novel — 2nd place
• Seiun Awards 2000 — overseas long fiction — nomination
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester

1995
“Looking for Kelly Dahl ” • short fiction • Omni Online Sep 1995; High Fantastic
awards:
• Locus Awards 1996 — novella — 15th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1996

1994
Fires of Eden • novel • Putnam
awards:
• Locus Awards 1995 — dark fantasy/horror novel — winner

1993
Lovedeath • collection • Warner
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 1994 — collection — nomination
• Locus Awards 1994 — collection — 2nd place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
“The Great Lover ” • short fiction
awards:
• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 1996 — Translated Short Story — winner
“Flashback ” • short fiction • Lovedeath
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 1994 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 1994 — novella — 4th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1994
“Dying in Bangkok” • Playboy Jun 1993
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1994; slightly revised
“Death in Bangkok ” • short fiction • Playboy Jun 1993
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1994 — short story — nomination
• Bram Stoker Awards 1994 — novelette — winner
• Locus Awards 1994 — novelette — winner

1992
The Hollow Man • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 1993 — sf novel — 3rd place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
Children of the Night • novel • Putnam
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 1993 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1993 — horror/dark fantasy novel — winner
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
“This Year's Class Picture” • short fiction • Still Dead
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1993 — short story — winner (tie)
• Bram Stoker Awards 1993 — short story — winner
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1993 — winner
• Seiun Awards 1999 — foreign short story — winner
anthologies:
• The Living Dead, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2008
“One Small Step for Max ” • OMNI Best Science Fiction Two
anthologies:
• Omni Best Science Fiction Two, ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni Books 1992

1991
Summer of Night • novel • Putnam
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 1992 — novel — nomination
• British Fantasy Awards 1992 — August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
• Locus Awards 1992 — horror/dark fantasy novel — winner
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
“All Dracula's Children” • short fiction • The Ultimate Dracula
awards:
• Locus Awards 1992 — novelette — winner

1990
The Fall of Hyperion • novel • Doubleday Foundation
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1991 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1991 — novel — nomination
• British SF Association Awards 1992 — novel — winner
• Locus Awards 1991 — sf novel — winner
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1991 — novel — winner
• Seiun Awards 1996 — novel — winner (tie)
citations:
• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
Prayers to Broken Stones • collection • Dark Harvest
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1991 — collection — nomination
• Bram Stoker Awards 1992 — collection — winner
• Bram Stoker Awards 1991 — collection — nomination
• Locus Awards 1991 — collection — 3rd place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
Hyperion Cantos • Headline
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1992 — shortlist
Entropy's Bed at Midnight • short fiction • Lord John Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 1991 — novella/novelette — nomination
• Locus Awards 1991 — novelette — winner
• Readercon Awards 1991 — short work — winner

1989
Phases of Gravity • novel • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 1990 — sf novel — 9th place
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
Hyperion • novel • Doubleday Foundation
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1990 — novel — winner
• British SF Association Awards 1991 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1990 — sf novel — winner
• Ignotus Awards 1991 — novel — winner
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1990 — novel — 3rd place
• Seiun Awards 1995 — foreign novel — winner
citations:
• 2021: 50 essential science fiction books, AbeBooks
• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz
• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project
• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors
• 2012: 20th Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2009: 1000 novels everyone must read, Guardian Newspaper
• 2006: The History of Science Fiction, Adam Roberts
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 2005: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, Gary Westfahl
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 2003: The 100 science fiction books you just have to read!, Keith Olexa
• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 1998: Best All-Time SF Novel, Locus Magazine
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
Carrion Comfort • novel • Dark Harvest
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1990 — novel — nomination
• Bram Stoker Awards 1990 — novel — winner
• British Fantasy Awards 1990 — August Derleth Award (novel) — winner
• Locus Awards 1990 — horror novel — winner
citations:
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
“Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites ” • Masques
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1990

1988
“Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds ” • Omni Apr 1988
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1989
“Metastasis ” • short fiction • Night Visions 5
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1989 — short fiction — nomination

1987
“E-Ticket to Namland ” • Omni Nov 1987
anthologies:
• Omni Visions Two, ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni Books 1994

1985
Song of Kali • novel • Bluejay
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 1986 — novel — winner
• Locus Awards 1986 — first novel — 16th place
• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 1987 — finalist
citations:
• 2019: Fantasy Masterworks, Gollancz
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1988: Horror: 100 Best Books, Stephen Jones & Kim Newman

1983
“Remembering Siri ” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1983
awards:
• Locus Awards 1984 — novelette — 15th place
“Carrion Comfort ” • Omni Sep 1983 (+1)
anthologies:
• Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989
• The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ellen Datlow, Zebra 1985
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Bluejay 1984

1982
“The River Styx Flows Upstream” • short fiction • Twilight Zone Apr 1982
awards:
• Locus Awards 1983 — short story — 26th place
“Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams ” • Omni Sep 1982
anthologies:
• The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ellen Datlow, Zebra 1984



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