This page came about as part of my investigations into creating a literary canon for the science fiction genre. Science fiction has four major awards: the Hugo, the Nebula, the John W. Campbell award and the Arthur C. Clarke award. The latter two are only awarded for novels, the former have multiple categories; for now, I'll concentrate on the novel categories. The Hugo is voted upon by fans, the Nebula by writers and the Campbell and Clarke award are jury voted awards; they all have slightly different perspectives on what's a good sf novel.
The Hugo Awards are voted on by the members of the Worldcon. As such they tend to be more of a popularity contest then the other awards and may be awarded more because of whom the author is then on the strength of the book itself.
2007 | Rainbows End | Vernor Vinge |
2006 | Spin | Robert Charles Wilson |
2005 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell | Susanna Clarke |
2004 | Paladin of Souls | Lois McMaster Bujold | 2003 | Hominids | Robert Sawyer |
2002 | American Gods | Neil Gaiman |
2001 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rowling |
2000 | A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
1999 | To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis |
1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
1997 | Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1996 | The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson |
1995 | Mirror Dance | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1994 | Green Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1993 | A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge |
1993 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
1992 | Barrayar | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1991 | The Vor Game | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1990 | Hyperion | Dan Simmons |
1989 | Cyteen | C.J. Cherryh |
1988 | The Uplift War | David Brin |
1987 | Speaker For the Dead | Orson Scott Card |
1986 | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
1985 | Neuromancer | William Gibson |
1984 | Startide Rising | David Brin |
1983 | Foundation's Edge | Isaac Asimov |
1982 | Downbelow Station | C.J. Cherryh |
1981 | The Snow Queen | Joan D. Vinge |
1980 | The Fountains of Paradise | Arthur C. Clarke |
1979 | Dreamsnake | Vonda McIntyre |
1978 | Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
1977 | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | Kate Wilhelm |
1976 | The Forever War | Joe Haldeman |
1975 | The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1974 | Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
1973 | The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov |
1972 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Philip Jose Farmer |
1971 | Ringworld | Larry Niven |
1970 | The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1969 | Stand on Zanzibar | John Brunner |
1968 | Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny |
1967 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein |
1966 | This Immortal | Roger Zelazny |
1966 | Dune | Frank Herbert |
1965 | The Wanderer | Fritz Leiber |
1964 | Way Station | Clifford Simak |
1963 | The Man in the High Castle | Philip K. Dick |
1962 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A. Heinlein |
1961 | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1960 | Starship Troopers | Robert A. Heinlein |
1959 | A Case of Conscience | James Blish |
1958 | The Big Time | Fritz Leiber |
1956 | Double Star | Robert A. Heinlein |
1955 | They'd Rather be Right | Mark Clifton and Frank Riley |
1953 | The Demolished Man | Alfred Bester |
The Nebula is voted upon by the SFWA: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The award tend to skew more towards literary books then the Hugo, tending to reward more "writers' books".
2006 | Seeker | Jack McDevitt |
2005 | Camouflage | Joe Haldeman |
2004 | Paladin of Souls | Lois McMaster Bujold |
2003 | Speed of Dark | Elizabeth Moon |
2002 | American Gods | Neil Gaiman |
2001 | Quantum Roses | Catherine Asaro |
2000 | Darwin's Radios | Greg Bear |
1999 | Parable of the Talents | Octavia Butler |
1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
1997 | Moon and the Sun | Vonda N. McIntyre |
1996 | Slow River | Nicola Griffith |
1995 | Hobson's Choice (also known as Terminal Experiment) |
Robert J Sawyer |
1994 | Moving Mars | Greg Bear |
1993 | Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1992 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
1991 | Stations of the Tide | Michael Swanwick |
1990 | Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1989 | Healer's War | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough |
1988 | Falling Free | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1987 | Falling Woman | Pat Murphy |
1986 | Speaker For The Dead | Orson Scott Card |
1985 | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
1984 | Neuromancer | William Gibson |
1983 | Startide Rising | David Brin |
1982 | No Enemy But Time | Michael Bishop |
1981 | Claw of the Conciliator | Gene Wolfe |
1980 | Timescape | Gregory Benford |
1979 | Fountains of Paradise | Arthur C. Clarke |
1978 | Dreamsnake | Vonda N. McIntyre |
1977 | Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
1976 | Man Plus | Frederik Pohl |
1975 | Forever War | Joe Haldeman |
1974 | Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1973 | Rendezvous With Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
1972 | The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov |
1971 | Time of Changes | Robert Silverberg |
1970 | Ringworld | Larry Niven |
1969 | Left Hand Of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1968 | Rite of Passage | Alexei Panshin |
1967 | Einstein Intersection | Samuel R. Delany |
1966 | Babel-17 | Samuel R. Delany |
1966 | Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes |
1965 | Dune | Frank Herbert |
The Arthur C. Clarke award is awarded each year for best new sf novel published in the UK the previous year. It's funded by a grant from Arthur C. Clarke, administered by the science fiction foundation, of which Clarke is a patron, the BSFA and the International Science Policy Foundation. The winner is selected by a yearly changing jury to which each of the aforemented institutions contributes two members.
2007 | Nova Swing | M. John Harrison |
2006 | Air | Geoff Ryman |
2005 | Iron Council | China Miéville |
2004 | Quicksilver | Neal Stephenson |
2003 | The Separation | Christopher Priest |
2002 | Bold as Love | Gwyneth Jones |
2001 | Perdido Street Station | China Mieville |
2000 | Distraction | Bruce Sterling |
1999 | Dreaming in Smoke | by Tricia Sullivan |
1998 | The Sparrow | by Mary Doria Russell |
1997 | The Calcutta Chromosome | by Amitav Ghosh |
1996 | Fairyland | by Paul J McAuley |
1995 | Fools | by Pat Cadigan |
1994 | Vurt | by Jeff Noon |
1993 | Body of Glass (published as He, She and It in the U.S.) |
by Marge Piercy |
1992 | Synners | by Pat Cadigan |
1991 | Take Back Plenty | by Colin Greenland |
1990 | The Child Garden | by Geoff Ryman |
1989 | Unquenchable Fire | by Rachel Pollack |
1988 | Drowning Towers (also know as The Sea and Summer) |
by George Turner |
1987 | The Handmaid's Tale | by Margaret Atwood |
Not to be confused by the John W. Campbell Award, this award is given to the best sf novel published in English in the previous year, as selected by a committee of sf writers and critics.
2007 | Titan | Ben Bova |
2006 | Mindscan | Robert J. Sawyer |
2005 | Market Forces | Richard Morgan |
2004 | Omega | Jack McDevitt |
2003 | Probability Space | Nancy Kress |
2002 | Terraforming Earth & The Chronoliths (tie) | Jack Williamson / Robert Charles Wilson |
2001 | Genesis | Poul Anderson |
2000 | A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
1999 | Brute Orbits | George Zebrowski |
1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
1997 | Fairyland | Paul J. McAuley |
1996 | The Time Ships | Stephen Baxter |
1995 | Permutation City | Greg Egan |
1994 | (No Award) | |
1993 | Brother to Dragons | by Charles Sheffield |
1992 | Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede | by Bradley Denton |
1991 | Pacific Edge | by Kim Stanley Robinson |
1990 | The Child Garden | by Geoff Ryman |
1989 | Islands in the Net | by Bruce Sterling |
1988 | Lincoln's Dreams | by Connie Willis |
1987 | A Door Into Ocean | by Joan Slonczewski |
1986 | The Postman | by David Brin |
1985 | The Years of the City | by Frederik Pohl |
1984 | Citadel of the Autarch | by Gene Wolfe |
1983 | Helliconia Spring | by Brian W. Aldiss |
1982 | Ridley Walker | by Russell Hoban |
1981 | Timescape | by Gregory Benford |
1980 | On Wings of Song | by Thomas M. Disch |
1979 | Gloriana | by Michael Moorcock |
1978 | Gateway | by Frederick Pohl |
1977 | The Alternation | by Kingsley Amis |
1976 | The Year of the Quiet Sun | by Wilson Tucker |
1975 | Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said | by Philip K. Dick |
1974 | Rendezvous with Rama | by Arthur C. Clarke |
1974 | Malevil | by Robert Merle |
1973 | Beyond Apollo | by Barry N. Malzberg |