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2025 | |
| novel | In the Belly of the Whale, Michael Flynn |
| hall of fame | Orion Shall Rise, Poul Anderson |
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2024 | |
| novel | Critical Mass, Daniel Suarez |
| hall of fame | The Truth, Terry Pratchett |
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2023 | |
| novel | Cloud-Castles, Dave Freer |
| hall of fame | “Free Men”, Robert A. Heinlein |
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2022 | |
| novel | Rich Man's Sky, Wil McCarthy |
| hall of fame | Citizen of the Galaxy, Robert A. Heinlein |
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2021 | |
| novel | The War Whisperer, Book 5: The Hook, Barry B. Longyear |
| hall of fame | “Lipidleggin”, F. Paul Wilson |
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2020 | |
| novel | Alliance Rising, C. J. Cherryh & Jane S. Fancher |
| hall of fame | “Sam Hall”, Poul Anderson |
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2019 | |
| novel | Causes of Separation, Travis Corcoran |
| hall of fame | “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut |
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2018 | |
| novel | The Powers of the Earth, Travis J I Corcoran |
| hall of fame | “With Folded Hands…”, Jack Williamson |
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2017 | |
| novel | The Core of the Sun, Johanna Sinisalo |
| hall of fame | “Coventry”, Robert A. Heinlein |
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2016 | |
| novel | Seveneves, Neal Stephenson |
| hall of fame | Courtship Rite, Donald Kingsbury |
| special award | Alex + Ada, Jonathan Luna & Sarah Vaughn |
| lifetime achievement | L. Neil Smith |
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2015 | |
| novel | Influx, Daniel Suarez |
| hall of fame | “'Repent, Harlequin!' said the Ticktockman”, Harlan Ellison |
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2014 | |
| novel | (tie) Homeland, Cory Doctorow |
| novel | (tie) Nexus, Ramez Naam |
| hall of fame | Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold |
| special award | Leslie Fish, for for combination of 2013 novella "Tower of Horses" with filk song "The Horsetaker's Daughter" |
| lifetime achievement | Vernor Vinge |
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2013 | |
| novel | Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow |
| hall of fame | Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson |
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2012 | |
| novel | (tie) The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman |
| novel | (tie) Ready Player One, Ernest Cline |
| hall of fame | “The Machine Stops”, E. M. Forster |
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2011 | |
| novel | Darkship Thieves, Sarah A. Hoyt |
| hall of fame | Animal Farm, George Orwell |
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2010 | |
| novel | The Unincorporated Man, Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin |
| hall of fame | “No Truce with Kings”, Poul Anderson |
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2009 | |
| novel | Little Brother, Cory Doctorow |
| hall of fame | The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien |
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2008 | |
| novel | (tie) Ha'Penny, Jo Walton |
| novel | (tie) The Gladiator, Harry Turtledove |
| hall of fame | A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess |
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2007 | |
| novel | Glasshouse, Charles Stross |
| hall of fame | (tie) It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis |
| hall of fame | (tie) “True Names”, Vernor Vinge |
| special award | V for Vendetta |
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2006 | |
| novel | Learning the World, Ken MacLeod |
| hall of fame | V for Vendetta, Alan Moore & David Lloyd |
| special award | Serenity, Joss Whedon |
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2005 | |
| novel | The System of the World, Neal Stephenson |
| hall of fame | The Weapon Shops of Isher, A. E. van Vogt |
| special award | Visions of Liberty, Mark Tier & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. |
| special award | Give Me Liberty, Mark Tier & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. |
| special award | The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel, L. Neil Smith, illustrated by Scott Bieser |
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2004 | |
| novel | Sims, F. Paul Wilson |
| hall of fame | “The Ungoverned”, Vernor Vinge |
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2003 | |
| novel | Night Watch, Terry Pratchett |
| hall of fame | “Requiem”, Robert A. Heinlein |
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2002 | |
| novel | Psychohistorical Crisis, Donald Kingsbury |
| hall of fame | The Prisoner, Patrick McGoohan, writer and producer |
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2001 | |
| novel | Forge of the Elders, L. Neil Smith |
| hall of fame | The Survival of Freedom, Jerry Pournelle & John F. Carr, eds. |
| lifetime achievement | Poul Anderson |
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2000 | |
| novel | A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge |
| hall of fame | “The Emperor's New Clothes”, Hans Christian Andersen |
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1999 | |
| novel | The Golden Globe, John Varley |
| hall of fame | A Planet for Texans (serial title “Lonestar Planet“), H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire |
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1998 | |
| novel | The Stone Canal, Ken MacLeod |
| hall of fame | Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein |
| special award | Free Space, Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer, eds. |
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1997 | |
| novel | Kings of the High Frontier, Victor Koman |
| hall of fame | Methuselah's Children, Robert A. Heinlein |
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1996 | |
| novel | The Star Fraction, Ken MacLeod |
| hall of fame | Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein |
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1995 | |
| novel | The Stars Are Also Fire, Poul Anderson |
| hall of fame | The Star Fox, Poul Anderson |
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1994 | |
| novel | Pallas, L. Neil Smith |
| hall of fame | We, Yevgeny Zamyatin |
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1993 | |
| novel | The Multiplex Man, James P. Hogan |
| hall of fame | The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin |
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1992 | |
| novel | Fallen Angels, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn |
| hall of fame | This Perfect Day, Ira Levin |
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1991 | |
| novel | In the Country of the Blind, Michael F. Flynn |
| hall of fame | An Enemy of the State, F. Paul Wilson |
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1990 | |
| novel | Solomon's Knife, Victor Koman |
| hall of fame | Healer, F. Paul Wilson |
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1989 | |
| novel | Moon of Ice, Brad Linaweaver |
| hall of fame | Alongside Night, J. Neil Schulman |
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1988 | |
| novel | The Jehovah Contract, Victor Koman |
| hall of fame | The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester |
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1987 | |
| novel | Marooned in Realtime, Vernor Vinge |
| hall of fame | Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein |
| hall of fame | Anthem, Ayn Rand |
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1986 | |
| novel | The Cybernetic Samurai, Victor Milán |
| hall of fame | The Syndic, C. M. Kornbluth |
| hall of fame | The Illuminatus Trilogy, Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson |
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1985 | |
| novel | no award |
| hall of fame | The Great Explosion, Eric Frank Russell |
| hall of fame | Trader to the Stars, Poul Anderson |
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1984 | |
| novel | The Rainbow Cadenza, J. Neil Schulman |
| hall of fame | Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury |
| hall of fame | Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell |
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1983 | |
| novel | Voyage from Yesteryear, James P. Hogan |
| hall of fame | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein |
| hall of fame | Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand |
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1982 | |
| novel | The Probability Broach, L. Neil Smith |
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1979 | |
| novel | Wheels Within Wheels, F. Paul Wilson |