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John Varley

science fiction awards database

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2018

Irontown Blues • novel • Ace

awards:

• Endeavour Award 2019 — finalist

2014

Dark Lightning • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — sf novel — 17th place

2013

Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories • collection • Subterranean

awards:

• Locus Awards 2014 — collection — 21st place

2012

Slow Apocalypse • novel • Ace

awards:

• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2013 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2013 — sf novel — 9th place

2008

Rolling Thunder • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2009 — sf novel — 8th place

Robert A. Heinlein Award 2009 — winner

2005

Mammoth • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — sf novel — 10th place

2004

The John Varley Reader • collection • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 2005 — collection — winner

2003

Red Thunder • novel • Ace

awards:

• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2004 — finalist

• Endeavour Award 2004 — winner

“The Bellman” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2003

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — novelette — 14th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — novelette — winner

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-first Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2004

“In Fading Suns and Dying Moons ” • short fiction • Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — short story — 13th place

anthologies:

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

1998

The Golden Globe • novel • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1999 — sf novel — 5th place

• Endeavour Award 1999 — finalist

• Prometheus Awards 1999 — novel — winner

citations:

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

“The Flying Dutchman ” • short fiction • Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny

awards:

• Locus Awards 1999 — novelette — 19th place

anthologies:

• Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos 1998

1992

Steel Beach • novel • Ace/Putnam

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1993 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1993 — sf novel — 5th place

• Prometheus Awards 1993 — novel — nomination

• Seiun Awards 1995 — foreign novel — nomination

citations:

• 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

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

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

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“Her Girl Friday” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1992

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1993 — novella — 6th place

“Good Intentions ” • short fiction • Playboy Nov 1992

awards:

• Locus Awards 1993 — short story — 15th place

1991

As Judge — Writers and Illustrators of the Future 1991

1990

As Judge — Writers and Illustrators of the Future 1990

1989

“Just Another Perfect Day ” • short fiction • Twilight Zone Jun 1989

awards:

• Locus Awards 1990 — novelette — 12th place

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1990

As Judge — Writers and Illustrators of the Future 1989

1986

Blue Champagne • collection • Dark Harvest

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — winner

“Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo ” • short fiction • Blue Champagne

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — novella — 3rd place

• Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award 1991 — foreign short story — winner

• Seiun Awards 1992 — foreign short fiction — winner

anthologies:

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

• Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16, ed. Terry Carr, Tor 1987

1984

Demon • novel • Putnam

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — sf novel — 2nd place

“PRESS ENTER[]” • short fiction • Asimov's May 1984

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1985 — novella — winner

• Nebula Awards 1985 — novella — winner

• Locus Awards 1985 — novella — winner

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1985 — novella — winner

• Seiun Awards 1987 — foreign short fiction — winner

anthologies:

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

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

• 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

• 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

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

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

1983

Millennium • novel • Berkley

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1984 — novel — nomination

• Philip K. Dick Award 1984 — finalist

• Locus Awards 1984 — sf novel — 3rd place

citations:

• 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

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

1981

“The Pusher ” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1981

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1982 — short story — winner

• Nebula Awards 1982 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1982 — short story — winner

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1982 — short story — winner

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2013

• The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982, ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday 1986

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

• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 24th Series, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1982

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1982

• The 1982 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1982

“Blue Champagne ” • short fiction • New Voices 4

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1982 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1982 — novella — winner

1980

Wizard • novel • Berkley-Putnam

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1981 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1981 — sf novel — 4th place

The Barbie Murders • collection • Berkley

awards:

• Locus Awards 1981 — single author collection — winner

citations:

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“Beatnik Bayou ” • short fiction • New Voices III

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1981 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1981 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1981 — novelette — 2nd place

anthologies:

• The 1981 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1981

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1981

1979

Titan • novel • Berkley-Putnam

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1980 — novel — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1980 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1980 — sf novel — winner

• Analog Readers Poll 1980 — serial — winner

• Ditmar Awards 1980 — international fiction — nomination

citations:

• 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

• 2000: The Essential SF Library, Claude Lalumi�re

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

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“Options ” • short fiction • Universe 9

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1980 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1980 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1980 — novelette — 2nd place

anthologies:

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

• The Best from Universe, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1984

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 9, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1980

• The 1980 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1980

• Universe 9, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1979

1978

The Persistence of Vision • collection • The Dial Press/James Wade

awards:

• Locus Awards 1979 — single author collection — winner

• Prix Apollo 1980 — winner

• The American Book Awards 1980 — sf paperback — nomination

citations:

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

• 1998: Best All-Time Collection, Locus Online

• 1996: Age of Wonders, David G. Hartwell

• 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

“The Persistence of Vision ” • short fiction • F&SF Mar 1978

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1979 — novella — winner

• Nebula Awards 1979 — novella — winner

• Locus Awards 1979 — novella — winner

• Ditmar Awards 1979 — international fiction — nomination

anthologies:

• 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 Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s, ed. Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf 1992

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

• The Best of the Nebulas, ed. Ben Bova, Tor 1989

• The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979, ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday 1985

• Nebula Winners 14, ed. Frederik Pohl, Harper & Row 1980

• 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

• The 1979 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1979

“The Barbie Murders” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan/Feb 1978

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1979 — novelette — nomination

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

• Locus Awards 1979 — novelette — winner

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 8, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1979

1977

The Ophiuchi Hotline • novel • The Dial Press/James Wade

awards:

• Locus Awards 1978 — sf novel — 3rd place

citations:

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

• 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

• 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

“Lollipop and the Tar Baby ” • Orbit 19

anthologies:

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

• Worlds Apart, ed. Camilla Decarnin, Eric Garber & Lyn Paleo, Alyson 1986

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

• Orbit 19, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1977

“In the Hall of the Martian Kings ” • short fiction • F&SF Feb 1977

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1978 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1978 — novella — 6th place

• Ditmar Awards 1978 — international fiction — nomination

• Jupiter Awards 1978 — novella — winner

anthologies:

• Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 23rd Series, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1980

• 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

“Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe ” • short fiction • Asimov's Spring 1977

awards:

• Locus Awards 1978 — short fiction — 16th place

anthologies:

• The Good New Stuff, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999

“Equinoctial ” • short fiction • Ascents of Wonder

awards:

• Locus Awards 1978 — novella — 12th place

anthologies:

• The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1980

“Air Raid” (as by Herb Boehm) • short fiction • Asimov's Spring 1977

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1978 — short story — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1978 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1978 — short fiction — 3rd place

anthologies:

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

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

• Timegates, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1997

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

• The Future I, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Fawcett 1981

• Nebula Winners 13, ed. Samuel R. Delany, Harper & Row 1980

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

1976

“The Phantom of Kansas ” • short fiction • Galaxy Feb 1976

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1977 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1977 — novelette — 4th place

anthologies:

• Clones, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1998

• The World Treasury of Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell, Little, Brown 1989

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 6, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1977

“The M&M Seen as a Low-Yield Thermonuclear Device ” • Orbit 18

anthologies:

• Orbit 18, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1976

“Overdrawn at the Memory Bank ” • short fiction • Galaxy May 1976

awards:

• Locus Awards 1977 — novelette — 10th place

anthologies:

• Visions of Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf, Tor 1996

• Galaxy, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Playboy 1980

• The 1977 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1977

“Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance ” • short fiction • Galaxy Jul 1976

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1977 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1977 — novelette — 3rd place

“Bagatelle” • short fiction • Galaxy Oct 1976

awards:

• Locus Awards 1977 — novelette — 9th place

1975

“The Black Hole Passes ” • short fiction • F&SF Jun 1975

awards:

• Locus Awards 1976 — novelette — 9th place

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2009

“Retrograde Summer ” • short fiction • F&SF Feb 1975

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1976 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1976 — novelette — 4th place

anthologies:

• Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2001

• The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Lists, ed. Mike Ashley, Cornerstone 1983

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 5, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1976

“In the Bowl ” • short fiction • F&SF Dec 1975

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1977 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1976 — novelette — 7th place

anthologies:

• The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1980

• Nebula Winners 12, ed. Gordon R. Dickson, Harper & Row 1978

• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22nd Series, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1977

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 5, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1976

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 1976 — finalist

1974

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 1975 — finalist

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