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Octavia E. Butler

science fiction awards database

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2022

Forry Award 2022 — winner

SFWA Awards 2023 — Infinity Award — winner

2020

Parable of the Sower (by OEB, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings) • Abrams

awards:

• Ignyte Awards 2021 — comics team — winner

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (by OEB, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings) • Abrams ComicArts

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2021 — graphic story or comic — winner

2017

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (by Damian Duffy & OEB) • Abrams

awards:

• Bram Stoker Awards 2018 — graphic novel — winner

2014

“Childfinder” • short fiction • Unexpected Stories

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2015 — finalist

2011

SFWA Awards 2012 — Solstice Award — winner

2009

Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2010 — winner

2005

Fledgling • novel • Seven Stories Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — fantasy novel — 9th place

• Carl Brandon Awards 2006 — Kindred Award shortlist

• Carl Brandon Awards 2006 — Parallax Award shortlist

• Endeavour Award 2006 — finalist

• Lambda Award 2006 — sf/fantasy/horror — nomination

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

2003

“The Book of Martha” • Sci Fiction website May 21 2003

anthologies:

• Year’s Best Fantasy 4, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2004

“Amnesty” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 22 Jan 2003

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — novelette — 17th place

anthologies:

• Year’s Best SF 9, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2004

1998

Parable of the Talents • novel • Seven Stories Press

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2000 — novel — winner

• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2001 — shortlist

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1999 — short list

• Locus Awards 1999 — sf novel — 8th place

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

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

• 2007: The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Ultimate Reading List, Shelley Mosley & et al.

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

1995

Bloodchild and Other Stories • collection • Four Walls Eight Windows

awards:

• Locus Awards 1996 — collection — 3rd place

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

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

1993

Parable of the Sower • novel • Four Walls Eight Windows

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1995 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 2nd place

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

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

• 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

1989

Xenogenesis • omnibus • SFBC, 1989

citations:

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

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

Imago • novel • Warner

awards:

• Locus Awards 1990 — sf novel — 11th place

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

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

1988

Adulthood Rites • novel • Warner

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — sf novel — 12th place

citations:

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

1987

Dawn • novel • Warner

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — sf novel — 17th place

• Ditmar Awards 1989 — international fiction — nomination

citations:

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

• 2006: The History of Science Fiction, Adam Roberts

• 2005: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, Gary Westfahl

• 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

• 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

“The Evening and the Morning and the Night” • short fiction • Omni May 1987

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1988 — novelette — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1988 — second place (tie)

• Locus Awards 1988 — novelette — 7th place

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1988 — novelette — winner

anthologies:

• Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, PM Press 2015

• Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect 2000

• Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women, ed. A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones, Viking UK 1995

• Omni Visions One, ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni Books 1993

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

1984

Patternist • series, 1984

citations:

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

Clay's Ark • novel • St. Martin's

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — sf novel — 14th place

citations:

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

“Bloodchild” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1984

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1985 — novelette — winner

• Nebula Awards 1985 — novelette — winner

• Locus Awards 1985 — novelette — winner

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1985 — novelette — winner

anthologies:

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

• The Weird, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Tor 2012

• Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman, Wildside 2011

• Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masari, St. Martin's/Bedford 2009

• The Locus Awards, ed. Charles N. Brown & Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos 2004

• The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts, Prentice-Hall 2001

• Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years, ed. Pamela Sargent, Harcourt Brace 1995

• Invaders!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1993

• Foundations of Fear, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1992

• The New Hugo Winners, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Wynwood 1989

• The Best of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1988

• Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology, ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row 1988

• The 1985 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1985

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

• Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction of the Year #14, ed. Terry Carr, Tor 1985

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Bluejay 1985

1983

“Speech Sounds” • short fiction • Asimov's mid-Dec 1983

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1984 — short story — winner

• Locus Awards 1984 — short story — 5th place

anthologies:

• The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, Arthur B. Evans et al, Wesleyan 2010

• Wastelands, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2007

• Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 30th Anniversary Anthology, ed. Sheila Williams, Tachyon Publications 2007

• A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures By and About Women, ed. Connie Willis & Sheila Williams, Warner Aspect 2001

• Future on Ice, ed. Orson Scott Card, Tor 1998

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

• The New Hugo Winners, ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg, Wynwood 1989

1980

Wild Seed • novel • Doubleday

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1996 — retrospective Tiptree short list

• Locus Awards 1981 — sf novel — 12th place

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

• 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

• 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

1979

Kindred • novel • Doubleday

awards:

• Locus Awards 1980 — fantasy novel — 13th place

citations:

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors

• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

• 2009: 1000 novels everyone must read, Guardian Newspaper

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

• 2005: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, Gary Westfahl

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

• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

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

1978

Survivor • novel • Doubleday, 1978

citations:

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

1977

Mind of My Mind • novel • Doubleday, 1977

citations:

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

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

1976

Patternmaster • novel • Doubleday, 1976

citations:

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

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

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