Paul J. McAuley


science fiction awards database

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2022
Beyond the Burn Line • novel • Orion UK/Gollancz
awards:
• The Kitschies 2023 — Red Tentacle (novel) — nomination

2020
War of the Maps • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 2021 — sf novel — 10th place

2018
“Nothing Ever Happens on Oberon”
anthologies:
• Infinity's End, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2018

2017
Austral • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2018 — finalist

2016
Into Everywhere • novel • Orion/Gollancz
awards:
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2017 — finalist
“Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2017 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2017
“Elves of Antarctica”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2017
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017
• Drowned Worlds, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2016

2015
“Wild Honey”
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume One, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2016
“Planet of Fear” • Old Venus
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2016
• Old Venus, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2015

2013
Evening's Empires • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 2014 — novel — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2014 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2014 — sf novel — 16th place
A Very British History: The Best of Paul McAuley • collection • PS Publishing
awards:
• Locus Awards 2014 — collection — 13th place
“Transitional Forms” • Twelve Tomorrows
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-first Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2014

2012
In the Mouth of the Whale • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — sf novel — 26th place
“The Man” • Arc 1.2
anthologies:
• More Human than Human, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013
“Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden” • short fiction • Edge of Infinity
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 29th place
anthologies:
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2013
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2013
• Edge of Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2012
“Bruce Springsteen” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 14th place
“Antarctica Starts Here” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2012
awards:
• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 21st place
anthologies:
• Year's Best SF 18, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 2013

2011
“The Choice” • short fiction • Asimov's Feb 2011
awards:
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2012 — winner
• Locus Awards 2012 — novelette — 6th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2012 — novella — 5th place
anthologies:
• Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2012
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2012
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2012

2009
Gardens of the Sun • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2010 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2010 — sf novel — 8th place
• SF Site Readers Poll 2010 — sf/fantasy book — 10th place (tie)
“Crimes and Glory” • short fiction • Subterranean Spr 2009
awards:
• Locus Awards 2010 — novella — 12th place
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2010
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2010

2008
The Quiet War • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009 — shortlist
• Locus Awards 2009 — sf novel — 11th place
• SF Site Readers Poll 2010 — sf/fantasy book — 6th place (tie)
“The Thought War” • short fiction • Postscripts Sum 2008
awards:
• Locus Awards 2009 — short story — 12th place
anthologies:
• The Living Dead 2, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2010
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2009
“Prisoners of the Action”
anthologies:
• The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, Ballantine Del Rey 2008
“Little Lost Robot” • short fiction • Interzone #217 Aug 2008
awards:
• British SF Association Awards 2009 — short fiction — nomination
• Interzone Readers Poll 2009 — story — 7th place
“Incomers” • The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 2009
• The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking 2008
“City of the Dead”
anthologies:
• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 2009
“A Brief Guide to Other Histories” • short fiction • Postscripts #15
awards:
• Sidewise Awards 2009 — short form — nomination
anthologies:
• Other Worlds Than These, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books 2012

2007
“Winning Peace” • The New Space Opera
anthologies:
• Galactic Empires, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017
• The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2007

2006
“Dead Men Walking” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2006
awards:
• Locus Awards 2007 — novelette — 25th place
anthologies:
• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2007
• Year’s Best SF 12, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2007

2005
Mind's Eye • novel • Simon & Schuster UK
awards:
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2006 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2006 — sf novel — 22nd place
Little Machines • collection • PS Publishing
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — collection — 28th place
“Rats of the System” • short fiction • Constellations
awards:
• Locus Awards 2006 — novelette — 27th place
anthologies:
• War and Space: Recent Combat, ed. Rich Horton & Sean Wallace, Prime Books 2012
• Year’s Best SF 11, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2006
“Prix Victor Hugo Script” (by Kim Newman & PJM) • short fiction • 2005 Hugo Award ceremony speech
awards:
• Sidewise Awards 2006 — short form — nomination

2004
White Devils • novel • Simon & Schuster UK
awards:
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2005 — finalist
• Locus Awards 2005 — sf novel — 23rd place

2003
“Child of the Stones” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 12 Nov 2003
awards:
• Locus Awards 2004 — novelette — 25th place (tie)
anthologies:
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fifteen, ed. Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf 2004
As Judge — Arthur C. Clarke Award 2003

2002
“The Passenger” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2002
awards:
• Locus Awards 2003 — novelette — 25th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2003
“Dr. Pretorius and the Lost Temple”
anthologies:
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2003
“Doctor Pretorius and the Lost Temple” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 11 Sep 2002
awards:
• Locus Awards 2003 — novella — 26th place

2001
Whole Wide World • novel • HarperCollins/Voyager
awards:
• Locus Awards 2002 — sf novel — 28th place
The Secret of Life • novel • HarperCollins/Voyager
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 2002 — shortlist
• British SF Association Awards 2002 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 2002 — sf novel — 15th place
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
“The Two Dicks” • short fiction • F&SF Aug 2001
awards:
• Locus Awards 2002 — novelette — 24th place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2002
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Thirteen, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2002

2000
Making History • novella • PS Publishing
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — novella — 11th place
“The Rift” • short fiction • Vanishing Acts
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — novelette — 9th place
anthologies:
• Vanishing Acts, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor 2000
“Reef” • short fiction • Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science
awards:
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2001 — shortlist
• Locus Awards 2001 — novelette — 27th place
anthologies:
• Beyond Flesh, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2002
• The Hard SF Renaissance, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2002
• Year’s Best SF 6, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperCollins/Eos 2001
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001
“Interstitial” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 2000
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — short story — 7th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2001 — short story — 8th place
“Bone Orchards” • The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Volume 2
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Twelve, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2001
“A Very British History” • short fiction • Interzone #157 Jul 2000
awards:
• Sidewise Awards 2001 — short form — nomination

1999
Shrine of Stars • novel • Orion/Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 2001 — sf novel — 17th place
“Naming the Dead” • short fiction • Interzone #149 Nov 1999
awards:
• World Fantasy Awards 2000 — short fiction — nomination
• Interzone Readers Poll 2000 — fiction — 2nd place
anthologies:
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eleven, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2000
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000
“How We Lost the Moon. A True Story by Frank W. Allen” • Moon Shots
anthologies:
• The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2019
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000
“Before the Flood” • short fiction • Interzone #143 May 1999
awards:
• Interzone Readers Poll 2000 — fiction — 10th place (tie)
“Alien TV” • short fiction • Interzone #142 Apr 1999
awards:
• Locus Awards 2000 — short story — 21st place

1998
Ancients of Days • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 2000 — sf novel — 20th place
“The Secret of My Success” • short fiction • Interzone #131 May 1998
awards:
• Interzone Readers Poll 1999 — fiction — 7th place (tie)
“The Gardens of Saturn” • short fiction • Interzone #137 Nov 1998
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — novelette — 23rd place
anthologies:
• Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2002
• Space Soldiers, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2001
“Sea Change, with Monsters” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1998
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — novella — 15th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — novella — 3rd place
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999
“17” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1998
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — short story — 10th place
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — short story — 9th place

1997
Child of the River • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 1999 — sf novel — 18th place
citations:
• 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
“Second Skin” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1997
awards:
• Locus Awards 1998 — novelette — 14th place
anthologies:
• The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2005
• Future War, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1999
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1998
“Residuals” (by PJM & Kim Newman) • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1997
awards:
• Locus Awards 1998 — novelette — 25th place
anthologies:
• Aliens Among Us, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2000
• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin’s 1998
“All Tomorrow's Parties” • Interzone May 1997
anthologies:
• Beyond Singularity, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2005
• The Good New Stuff, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

1996
The Invisible Country • collection • Gollancz
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 1999 — finalist
• Locus Awards 1997 — collection — 19th place
• Locus Awards 1999 — collection — 14th place

1995
Fairyland • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1996 — winner
• British SF Association Awards 1996 — novel — nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1997 — winner
• Locus Awards 1997 — sf novel — 9th place
• Locus Awards 1996 — sf novel — 13th place
citations:
• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz
• 2017: Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, Third Edition, Paul Di Filippo
• 2006: The History of Science Fiction, Adam Roberts
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 2005: Essential SF: A Concise Guide, Jonathan Cowie & Tony Chester
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
“The True History of Doctor Pretorius” • short fiction • Interzone #98 Aug 1995
awards:
• Interzone Readers Poll 1996 — fiction — 8th place (tie)
anthologies:
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson/Raven Books 1996
“Recording Angel” • short fiction • New Legends
awards:
• Locus Awards 1996 — novelette — 18th place
anthologies:
• The Space Opera Renaissance, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2006
• The Furthest Horizon, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1996

1994
Pasquale's Angel • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1995 — shortlist
• British Fantasy Awards 1995 — August Derleth Award (novel) — nomination
• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 29th place
• Sidewise Awards 1996 — long form — winner
citations:
• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute
“The Temptation of Dr Stein” • short fiction • The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein
awards:
• British Fantasy Awards 1995 — short story — winner
anthologies:
• Best New Horror 6, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 1995

1993
Red Dust • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Locus Awards 1994 — sf novel — 21st place
citations:
• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 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: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
“Dr. Luther's Assistant” • Interzone Feb 1993
anthologies:
• The Ultimate Cyberpunk, ed. Pat Cadigan, Pocket/ibooks 2002

1992
In Dreams (PJM & Kim Newman, eds.) • anthology • Gollancz, 1992
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“Prison Dreams” • short fiction • F&SF Apr 1992
awards:
• Locus Awards 1993 — novelette — 18th place

1991
The King of the Hill • collection • Gollancz, 1991
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
Eternal Light • novel • Gollancz
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1992 — runner-up
• British SF Association Awards 1992 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1992 — sf novel — 21st place
citations:
• 2012: Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985 - 2010, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo
• 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: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“The Invisible Country” • When the Music's Over
anthologies:
• Genometry, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2001
“Gene Wars” • Interzone Jun 1991
anthologies:
• The Hard SF Renaissance, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2002
• Hackers, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1996
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1992
“Crossroads” • short fiction • Interzone #46 Apr 1991
awards:
• Interzone Readers Poll 1992 — fiction — 4th place (tie)

1989
Of the Fall • novel • Ballantine Del Rey, 1989
citations:
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

1988
Four Hundred Billion Stars • novel • Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
• Philip K. Dick Award 1989 — winner (tie)
• Locus Awards 1989 — first novel — 9th 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
“Karl and the Ogre” • Interzone #23 1988
anthologies:
• The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, ed. Tom Shippey, Oxford University Press 1992
• Interzone: The 3rd Anthology, ed. John Clute, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, Simon & Schuster UK 1988

1987
“The Temporary King” • F&SF Jan 1987
anthologies:
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1988

1985
“The King of the Hill” • short fiction • Interzone #14 Winter 1985/1986
awards:
• Interzone Readers Poll 1987 — fiction — 4th place
anthologies:
• Interzone: The 2nd Anthology, ed. John Clute, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, Simon & Schuster UK 1987
“Little Ilya and Spider and Box” • short fiction • Interzone #12 Summer 1995
awards:
• Interzone Readers Poll 1986 — fiction — 4th place (tie)



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