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Michael Bishop

science fiction awards database

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2015

“Rattlesnakes and Men” • short fiction • Asimov's Feb 2015

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2016 — novelette — nomination

2012

The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy • collection • Subterranean Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — collection — 21st place

“Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow"” • short fiction • Going Interstellar

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novella — 14th place

anthologies:

• The Final Frontier, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013

2008

“Vinegar Peace, or, The Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 2008

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2010 — novelette — nomination

anthologies:

• The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, Tor 2011

“The Pile” • short fiction • Subterranean Online Winter 2008

awards:

• Shirley Jackson Awards 2009 — short story — winner

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 20, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2009

2006

“Dr. Prida's Dream-Plagued Patient” • Aberrant Dreams Spr 2006

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eighteen, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2007

2005

A Reverie for Mister Ray • nonfiction • PS Publishing

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — non-fiction — 13th place

“Bears Discover Smut” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 26 Oct 2005

awards:

• British SF Association Awards 2006 — short fiction — nomination

• Southeastern SF Achievement Awards 2006 — short fiction — winner

2003

Brighten to Incandescence: 17 Stories • collection • Golden Gryphon Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — collection — 13th place

“The Door Gunner” • short fiction • The Silver Gryphon

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — novelette — 16th place

• Southeastern SF Achievement Awards 2004 — short fiction — winner

2000

Blue Kansas Sky • collection • Golden Gryphon Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2001 — collection — 7th place

“How Beautiful with Banners” • short fiction • Century #6 Spring 2000

awards:

• Locus Awards 2001 — short story — 30th place

“Blue Kansas Sky” • short fiction • Blue Kansas Sky

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 2001 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 2001 — novella — 5th place

1998

“Sequel on Skorpiós” • Interzone Aug 1998

anthologies:

• A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ, ed. Michael Bishop, Thunder's Mouth 2007

“Secrets of the Alien Reliquary” • Time Pieces

anthologies:

• Year’s Best SF 5, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperCollins/Eos 2000

1996

At the City Limits of Fate • collection • Edgewood Press

awards:

• Philip K. Dick Award 1997 — special citation

• Locus Awards 1997 — collection — 12th place

“Among the Handlers” • Dante's Disciples

anthologies:

• The American Fantasy Tradition, ed. Brian M. Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 2002

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s/Griffin 1997

1995

“Simply Indispensible” • Full Spectrum 5

anthologies:

• Full Spectrum 5, ed. Jennifer Hersh, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra 1995

“I, Iscariot” • short fiction • Crank! #5 Summer 1995

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1996 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 1996 — novelette — 8th place

1994

Brittle Innings • novel • Bantam

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1995 — novel — nomination

• World Fantasy Awards 1995 — novel — nomination

• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1995 — second place

• Locus Awards 1995 — fantasy novel — winner

• Mythopoeic Awards 1996 — adult fantasy — nomination

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1995 — novel — winner

citations:

• 2012: Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985 - 2010, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo

• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“Cri de Coeur” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1994

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1995 — novella — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1995 — third place

• Locus Awards 1995 — novella — 4th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1995 — novella — 5th place

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1995 — novella — 3rd place

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1995

1992

Count Geiger's Blues • novel • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 1993 — sf novel — 13th place

citations:

• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

“Herding with the Hadrosaurs” • The Ultimate Dinosaur

anthologies:

• Dinosaurs II, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1995

1991

Nebula Awards 25 • anthology • Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

awards:

• Locus Awards 1992 — anthology — 17th place

“Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats” • short fiction • Omni Sep 1991

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1993 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1992 — novelette — 24th place

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards 28, ed. James Morrow, Harcourt Brace 1994

• Magicats II, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1991

“Extinction” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1991

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1992 — poem — 2nd place

1990

Nebula Awards 24 • anthology • Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

awards:

• Locus Awards 1991 — anthology — 7th place

“Snapshots from the Butterfly Plague” • Omni Dec 1990

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1991

1989

Nebula Awards 23 • anthology • Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

awards:

• Locus Awards 1990 — anthology — 13th place

Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana • novella • Pulphouse/Axolotl Press

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1992 — novella — nomination

• World Fantasy Awards 1990 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1990 — novella — 19th place

“The Ommatidium Miniatures” • short fiction • The Microverse

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1990 — short story — nomination

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards 25, ed. Michael Bishop, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991

“Icicle Music” • short fiction • F&SF Nov 1989

awards:

• Locus Awards 1990 — short story — 26th place (tie)

“Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana”

anthologies:

• Full Spectrum 3, ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation 1991

1988

Unicorn Mountain • novel • Arbor House/Morrow

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — fantasy novel — 4th place

• Lambda Award 1989 — gay men's sf/fantasy — nomination

• Mythopoeic Awards 1989 — fantasy — winner

citations:

• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron

Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas • novel • Grafton

awards:

• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1989 — shortlist

“The Calling of Paisley Coldpony” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 1988

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — novelette — 19th place

anthologies:

• Unicorns II, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1992

1987

The Secret Ascension • novel • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — sf novel — 15th place

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

“For Thus Do I Remember Carthage” • short fiction • The Universe

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — short story — 19th place

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1988

1986

Close Encounters with the Deity • collection • Peachtree

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — 13th place

citations:

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

“Voices” • short fiction • Heroic Visions II

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — novelette — 25th place

“Close Encounter with the Deity” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 1986

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1987 — short story — 5th place (tie)

“Alien Graffiti” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1986

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — short story — 6th place

1985

Ancient of Days • novel • Arbor House

awards:

• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1988 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 1986 — sf novel — 21st place

citations:

• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1996: Age of Wonders, David G. Hartwell

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“The Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd.” • short fiction • Interzone #12 Summer 1985

awards:

• Locus Awards 1986 — short story — 27th place

anthologies:

• The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery, Norton 1993

“A Gift from the GrayLanders” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1985

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1986 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1986 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1986 — novelette — 8th place

anthologies:

• Future on Fire, ed. Orson Scott Card, Tor 1991

• Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction of the Year #15, ed. Terry Carr, Tor 1986

1984

Who Made Stevie Crye? • novel • Arkham House

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — fantasy novel — 14th place

citations:

• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron

• 1988: Horror: 100 Best Books, Stephen Jones & Kim Newman

• 1988: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, David Pringle

One Winter in Eden • collection • Arkham House

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — collection — 5th place

Light Years and Dark • anthology • Berkley

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — anthology — winner

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

“With a Little Help from Her Friends” • short fiction • F&SF Feb 1984

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — novelette — 5th place

“Dogs' Lives” • The Missouri Review v7 #2 1984

anthologies:

• Dogtales!, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1988

• Nebula Awards 20, ed. George Zebrowski, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985

1983

Changes (MB & Ian Watson, eds.) • anthology • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1984 — anthology — 8th place

“The Monkey's Bride” • short fiction • Heroic Visions

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 1984 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1984 — novelette — 11th place

“The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis” • short fiction • Asimov's Nov 1983

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1984 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1984 — novella — 7th place

“Her Habiline Husband” • short fiction • Universe 13

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1984 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1984 — novella — winner

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1984 — novella — winner

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13, ed. Terry Carr, Baen 1984

• Universe 13, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1983

“And the Marlin Spoke” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1983

awards:

• Locus Awards 1984 — novelette — 14th place

1982

No Enemy But Time • novel • Timescape

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1983 — novel — winner

• British SF Association Awards 1983 — novel — nomination

• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1983 — second place

• Locus Awards 1983 — sf novel — 14th place

• Ditmar Awards 1983 — international fiction — nomination

• Seiun Awards 2022 — translated novel — nomination

citations:

• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz

• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak

• 1996: Age of Wonders, David G. Hartwell

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

• 1985: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, David Pringle

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

Blooded on Arachne • collection • Arkham House

awards:

• Locus Awards 1983 — single author collection — 6th place

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

1981

“Vox Olympica” • short fiction • Omni Dec 1981

awards:

• Locus Awards 1982 — novelette — 14th place

anthologies:

• The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ellen Datlow, Zebra 1984

“The Quickening” • short fiction • Universe 11

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1982 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1982 — novelette — winner

• Locus Awards 1982 — novelette — 10th place

anthologies:

• A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1996

• Nebula Award Stories 17, ed. Joe W. Haldeman, Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1983

• Fantasy Annual V, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1982

• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 8, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1982

• Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1981

“Murder on Lupozny Station” (by MB & Gerald W. Page) • short fiction • F&SF Apr 1981

awards:

• Locus Awards 1982 — novelette — 7th place

1980

Eyes of Fire • novel • Pocket

awards:

• Locus Awards 1981 — sf novel — 18th place

“Saving Face” • short fiction • Universe 10

awards:

• Locus Awards 1981 — novelette — 8th place

anthologies:

• Universe 10, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1980

1979

Transfigurations • novel • Berkley Putnam

awards:

• British SF Association Awards 1981 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1980 — sf novel — 12th place

citations:

• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz

• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

Catacomb Years • novel • Berkley Putnam

awards:

• Locus Awards 1980 — sf novel — 16th place

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

Balrog Awards 1980 — professional achievement — nomination

1978

“Within the Walls of Tyre” • short fiction • Weirdbook #13 1978

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 1979 — short fiction — nomination

• Locus Awards 1979 — novelette — 16th place

anthologies:

• The Dark Descent, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1987

• A Treasury of Modern Fantasy, ed. Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Avon 1981

• The Year’s Finest Fantasy Volume 2, ed. Terry Carr, Berkley 1979

• The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW 1978

“Vernalfest Morning” • short fiction • Chrysalis 3

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1980 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1980 — short story — 15th place

anthologies:

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton 1980

“Three Dream Woman” (by MB & Craig Strete) • New Dimensions 8

anthologies:

• New Dimensions 8, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row 1978

“Old Folks at Home” • short fiction • Universe 8

awards:

• Locus Awards 1979 — novella — 4th place

anthologies:

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton 1979

• The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1979

• Universe 8, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1978

“For the Lady of a Physicist” • short fiction • Black Holes

awards:

• Rhysling Awards 1979 — long poem — winner

“Collaborating” • Rooms of Paradise

anthologies:

• Top Fantasy, ed. Josh Pachter, Dent 1985

• Fantasy Annual III, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1981

• The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW 1979

1977

Stolen Faces • novel • Harper & Row, 1977

citations:

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

A Little Knowledge • novel • Berkley Putnam

awards:

• Locus Awards 1978 — sf novel — 22nd place

“The House of Compassionate Sharers” • short fiction • Cosmos #1 May 1977

awards:

• Locus Awards 1978 — short fiction — 12th place

• Ditmar Awards 1978 — international fiction — nomination

anthologies:

• The Big Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Random House/Vintage 2016

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 7, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1978

• The 1978 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1978

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton 1978

Phoenix Award 1977 — winner

1976

And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees • Harper & Row 1976

anthologies:

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

“The Samurai and the Willows” • short fiction • F&SF Feb 1976

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1977 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1977 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1977 — novella — winner

anthologies:

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton 1977

1975

A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire • novel • Ballantine

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1976 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1976 — novel — 14th place

“Rogue Tomato” • short fiction • New Dimensions 5

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1976 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1976 — short story — 7th place

anthologies:

• Welcome To Reality: The Nightmares of Philip K. Dick, ed. Uwe Anton, Broken Mirrors Press 1991

• The Road to Science Fiction #4, ed. James E. Gunn, Mentor 1982

• New Dimensions 5, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row 1975

“Blooded on Arachne” • short fiction • Epoch

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1976 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1976 — novelette — 15th place

anthologies:

• Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley 1975

“Allegiances” • short fiction • Galaxy Feb 1975

awards:

• Locus Awards 1976 — novella — 8th place

anthologies:

• The Best from Galaxy, Volume IV, ed. James Baen, Award 1976

• The 1976 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1976

1974

“On the Street of the Serpents” • short fiction • Science Fiction Emphasis I

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1975 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1975 — novella — 8th place

“In the Lilliputian Asylum: A Story in Eight Poems & an Introduction” • Orbit 15

anthologies:

• Orbit 15, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1974

“Cathadonian Odyssey” • short fiction • F&SF Sep 1974

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1975 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1975 — short story — 7th place

anthologies:

• Top Science Fiction, ed. Josh Pachter, Dent 1984

• The 1975 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1975

1973

“The Windows in Dante's Hell” • Orbit 12

anthologies:

• Best SF: 1973, ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, G.P. Putnam’s 1974

• Orbit 12, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s 1973

“The White Otters of Childhood” • short fiction • F&SF Jul 1973

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1974 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1974 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1974 — novella — 2nd place

“Death and Designation Among the Asadi” • short fiction • If Feb 1973

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1974 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1974 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1974 — novella — 7th place

anthologies:

• The 1974 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1974

• The Best from If, Volume II, ed. Editors of If, Award 1974

“The Contributors to Plenum Four” • New Dimensions 5

anthologies:

• New Dimensions 5, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row 1975

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