Samuel R. Delany


science fiction awards database

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2021
World Fantasy Awards 2022 — life achievement — winner

2017
In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 1, 1957-1969 • nonfiction • Wesleyan University Press
awards:
• Locus Awards 2018 — non-fiction — 5th place
“The Hermit of Houston” • short fiction • F&SF Sep/Oct 2017
awards:
• Locus Awards 2018 — novelette — winner
anthologies:
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, ed. N. K. Jemisin & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2018
• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2018 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2018
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 12, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2018

2013
SFWA Grand Master Award 2014 — winner

2009
Eaton Award 2010 — lifetime achievement in science fiction — winner

2006
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews • nonfiction • Wesleyan University Press
awards:
• Hugo Awards 2007 — related book — nomination
• Locus Awards 2007 — non-fiction — 2nd place

2004
Lambda Award 2005 — Pioneer Award — winner

2003
Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories • collection • Vintage
awards:
• Locus Awards 2004 — collection — 9th 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

2001
Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2002 — Living Inductee — winner

2000
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2001 — special achievement — winner

1996
“The Splendor and the Misery of Bodies, of Cities (excerpt)” • short fiction • The Review of Contemporary Fiction Fall 1996
awards:
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1997 — long list

1995
Atlantis: Three Tales • collection • Incunabula
awards:
• Lambda Award 1996 — sf/fantasy — nomination

1994
Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics • nonfiction • Wesleyan University Press
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1995 — nonfiction book — nomination
• Locus Awards 1995 — nonfiction — 2nd place

1993
Driftglass/Starshards • collection • Grafton
awards:
• Locus Awards 1994 — collection — 20th place

1992
Lambda Award 1993 — lifetime award — winner

1988
The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 • nonfiction • Arbor House/Morrow
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1989 — nonfiction book — winner
• Locus Awards 1989 — related nonfiction — 2nd place
“Among the Blobs” • New Moon
anthologies:
• Storming the Reality Studio, ed. Larry McCaffery, Duke University Press 1991
Interzone Readers Poll 1989 — all-time best sf author — 24th place

1987
The Bridge of Lost Desire • story-cycle • Arbor House
awards:
• Locus Awards 1988 — collection — 13th place
“The Tale of Rumor and Desire” • short fiction • The Bridge of Lost Desire
awards:
• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1988 — novella — 3rd place

1986
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction • collection • Bantam Spectra
awards:
• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — 20th place

1985
Flight from Nevèrÿon • story-cycle • Bantam
awards:
• Locus Awards 1986 — collection — 14th place
Pilgrim Award 1985 — winner

1984
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand • novel • Bantam
awards:
• Arthur C. Clarke Award 1987 — shortlist
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 2005 — special mention
• Locus Awards 1985 — sf novel — 4th 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
• 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
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
Starboard Wine • nonfiction • Dragon Press
awards:
• Locus Awards 1985 — nonfiction/reference — 10th place

1983
Neveryóna • novel • Bantam
awards:
• Locus Awards 1984 — fantasy novel — 10th place
citations:
• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

1981
Distant Stars • collection • Bantam
awards:
• Locus Awards 1982 — single author collection — 11th place

1980
Nebula Winners Thirteen • anthology • Harper & Row
awards:
• Locus Awards 1981 — anthology — 16th place

1979
Tales of Nevèrÿon • story-cycle • Bantam
awards:
• Locus Awards 1980 — fantasy novel — 3rd place
• Prometheus Awards 1982 — novel — nomination
• The American Book Awards 1980 — sf paperback — nomination
citations:
• 2012: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
• 2009: 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, Neil Barron
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove
“The Tale of Gorgik” • short fiction • Asimov's SF Adventure Summer 1979
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1980 — novella — nomination
• Locus Awards 1980 — novella — 6th place
“The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers” • Tales of Neveryon
anthologies:
• Swords Against Darkness, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017
• Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment, ed. David G. Hartwell, SFBC 1988

1978
The American Shore • nonfiction • Dragon Press
awards:
• Locus Awards 1979 — reference book — 10th place
Empire (by SRD, illustrated by Howard Chaykin) • Berkley
awards:
• Locus Awards 1979 — art or illustrated book — 8th place

1977
“Prismatica” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1977
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1978 — novelette — nomination
• Locus Awards 1978 — short fiction — 15th place
anthologies:
• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 23rd Series, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1980

1976
Triton • novel • Bantam
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1977 — novel — nomination
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1996 — retrospective Tiptree short list
• Locus Awards 1977 — novel — 14th 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
• 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
• 2003: The 100 science fiction books you just have to read!, Keith Olexa
• 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: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

1975
Dhalgren • novel • Bantam
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1976 — novel — nomination
• Locus Awards 1976 — novel — 5th place
• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2002 — hall of fame — winner
• Seiun Awards 2012 — translated novel — nomination
citations:
• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz
• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project
• 2015: 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon Editors
• 2012: 20th Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 2006: The History of Science Fiction, Adam Roberts
• 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
• 2003: Top 50 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books, Science Fiction Book Club
• 2003: The 100 science fiction books you just have to read!, Keith Olexa
• 1998: Best All-Time SF Novel, Locus Magazine
• 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
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
• 1987: Best All-Time SF Novels, Locus Magazine
• 1979: A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction, Baird Searles & Martin Last, Beth Meacham, Michael Franklin
• 1976: The World of Science Fiction: 1925-1976, Lester del Rey

1971
QUARK/4 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) • anthology • Paperback Library
awards:
• Locus Awards 1972 — original anthology — 8th place
QUARK/3 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) • anthology • Paperback Library
awards:
• Locus Awards 1972 — original anthology — 10th place (tie)
QUARK/2 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) • anthology • Paperback Library
awards:
• Locus Awards 1972 — original anthology — 12th place
Driftglass • collection • Nelson Doubleday/SFBC
awards:
• Locus Awards 1972 — reprint anth/collection — 3rd place
citations:
• 1998: Best All-Time Collection, Locus Online
• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
“Dog in a Fisherman's Net” • Quark
anthologies:
• Quark #3, ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library 1971

1970
QUARK/1 (SRD & Marilyn Hacker, eds.) • anthology • Paperback Library
awards:
• Locus Awards 1971 — anthology/collection — 6th place

1968
Nova • novel • Doubleday
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1969 — novel — nomination
citations:
• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz
• 2018: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List, James Mustich
• 2012: 20th Century SF Novel, Locus Online
• 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: Age of Wonders, David G. Hartwell
• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
• 1985: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, David Pringle
• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove
“We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line” • F&SF May 1968
anthologies:
• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991
• Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader, ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor 1973
“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” • short fiction • World's Best Science Fiction: 1969; New Worlds Dec 1968
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1970 — short story — winner
• Nebula Awards 1970 — novelette — winner
anthologies:
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2015, ed. Greg Bear, Pyr 2015
• The Best of the Nebulas, ed. Ben Bova, Tor 1989
• Worlds Apart, ed. Camilla Decarnin, Eric Garber & Lyn Paleo, Alyson 1986
• In Dreams Awake, ed. Leslie A. Fiedler, Dell 1975
• The Hugo Winners, Volume 2, ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday 1971
• Best SF Stories from New Worlds 7, ed. Michael Moorcock, Panther 1971
• Nebula Award Stories 5, ed. James Blish, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1970
• The World’s Best Science Fiction: 1969, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, Ace 1969
“Lines of Power” • short fiction • F&SF May 1968
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1969 — novella — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1969 — novella — nomination
“High Weir” • If Oct 1968
anthologies:
• The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery, Norton 1993
Ditmar Awards 1969 — contemporary writer — nomination

1967
The Einstein Intersection • novel • Ace
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1968 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1968 — novel — winner
• Seiun Awards 1997 — overseas novel — nomination
citations:
• 2009: The Science Fiction Handbook, M. Keith Booker & Anne-Marie Thomas
• 2009: 1000 novels everyone must read, Guardian Newspaper
• 2006: The History of Science Fiction, Adam Roberts
• 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
• 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
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
“The Star Pit” • short fiction • Worlds of Tomorrow Feb 1967
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1968 — novella — nomination
anthologies:
• What If? Volume 3, ed. Richard A. Lupoff, Ramble House 2013
• Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1994
• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991
• The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1980
• Alpha 5, ed. Robert Silverberg, Ballantine 1974
• SF12, ed. Judith Merril, Delacorte 1968
“Driftglass” • short fiction • If Jun 1967
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1968 — short story — nomination
anthologies:
• Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep by Paula Guran, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015
• 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 Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts, Prentice-Hall 2001
• Modern Classics of Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 1992
• Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology, ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row 1988
• Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Bluejay 1986
• Mermaids!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1986
• Survival Printout, ed. Total Effect, Vintage 1973
• A Day in the Life, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Harper & Row 1972
• The World’s Best Science Fiction: 1968, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, Ace 1968
“Corona” • F&SF Oct 1967
anthologies:
• Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect 2004
• Looking Ahead, ed. Dick Allen & Lori Allen, HBJ 1975
• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 17, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1968
“Aye, and Gomorrah...” • short fiction • Dangerous Visions
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1968 — short story — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1968 — short story — winner
anthologies:
• The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison, ed. Preston Grassmann, PS Publishing 2019
• The Big Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Random House/Vintage 2016
• The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, Arthur B. Evans et al, Wesleyan 2010
• Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2002
• Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect 2000
• Off-Limits, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin’s 1996
• The World Treasury of Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell, Little, Brown 1989
• The Best of the Nebulas, ed. Ben Bova, Tor 1989
• The Road to Science Fiction #3, ed. James E. Gunn, Mentor 1979
• Modern Science Fiction, ed. Norman Spinrad, Anchor Press 1974
• Nebula Award Stories No. 3, ed. Roger Zelazny, Doubleday 1968
• Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1967

1966
Empire Star • novel • Ace Double, 1966
citations:
• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project
• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle
anthologies:
• The Space Opera Renaissance, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2006
Babel-17 • novel • Ace
awards:
• Hugo Awards 1967 — novel — nomination
• Nebula Awards 1967 — novel — winner (tie)
• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1996 — retrospective Tiptree short list
citations:
• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz
• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project
• 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
• 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
• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn
• 1975: 1975 Locus All-Time Poll, Locus Magazine

1965
The Ballad of Beta-2 • novel • Ace Double
awards:
• Nebula Awards 1966 — novella — nomination
citations:
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

1962
The Jewels of Aptor • novel • Ace Double, 1962
citations:
• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison
• 1999: Fantasy and Horror, 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



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