Philip K. Dick Award

Philip K. Dick Award
Awarded for The best science fiction paperback novel published in the United States in the previous calendar year
Country United States
Presented by Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, Philip K. Dick Trust, Northwest Science Fiction Society
First awarded 1983
Currently held by Meg Elison (The Book of the Unnamed Midwife)
Official website philipkdickaward.org

The Philip K. Dick Award is a science fiction award given annually at Norwescon sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) supported by the Philip K. Dick Trust, and named after science fiction and fantasy writer Philip K. Dick. It has been awarded since 1983, the year after Dick's death. Works that have received the award are identified on their covers as Best Original SF Paperback. They are awarded to the best original paperback published each year in the US.[1]

The award was founded by Thomas Disch with assistance from David G. Hartwell, Paul S. Williams, and Charles N. Brown. It is currently administered by David G. Hartwell & Gordon Van Gelder. Past administrators include Algis J. Budrys and David Alexander Smith.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold.
Authors of special citation entries are listed in italics. The year in the table below indicates the year the book was published – winners are announced the following year.

AuthorTitle

1982
Rudy RuckerSoftware
Ray NelsonThe Prometheus Man
J. M. CoetzeeWaiting for the Barbarians
R. A. LaffertyAurelia
John SladekRoderick
Steve Rasnic TemThe Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry

1983
Tim PowersThe Anubis Gates
R. A. MacAvoyTea with the Black Dragon
Barrington J. BayleyThe Zen Gun
Zoe FairbairnsBenefits
M. John HarrisonThe Floating Gods
John VarleyMillennium

1984
William GibsonNeuromancer
Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Wild Shore
C. J. CherryhVoyager in Night
Geary GravelThe Alchemists
David R. PalmerEmergence
Lucius ShepardGreen Eyes
Lewis ShinerFrontera
Howard WaldropThem Bones

1985
Tim PowersDinner at Deviant's Palace
Richard GrantSaraband of Lost Time
Russell GriffinThe Timeservers
Michael P. Kube-McDowellEmprise
Barry N. MalzbergThe Remaking of Sigmund Freud
Scott Russell SandersTerrarium
Walter Jon WilliamsKnight Moves

1986
James P. BlaylockHomunculus
Jack McDevittThe Hercules Text
Karen Joy FowlerArtificial Things
Robert Charles WilsonA Hidden Place

1987
Patricia GearyStrange Toys
Mike McQuayMemories
Richard BowkerDover Beach
Pat CadiganMindplayers
K. W. JeterDark Seeker
Rebecca OreBecoming Alien
Lucius ShepardLife During Wartime

1988
Paul J. McAuley (tie)Four Hundred Billion Stars
Rudy Rucker (tie)Wetware
Roger MacBride AllenOrphan of Creation
Marc LaidlawNeon Lotus
David Alexander SmithRendezvous

1989
Richard Paul RussoSubterranean Gallery
Dave WolvertonOn My Way to Paradise
Barry B. LongyearInfinity Hold
James LucenoA Fearful Symmetry
Rebecca OreBeing Alien
Susan ShwartzHeritage of Flight

1990
Pat MurphyPoints of Departure
Raymond HarrisThe Schizogenic Man
Gregory FeeleyThe Oxygen Barons
Elizabeth HandWinterlong
Allen M. SteeleClarke County, Space

1991
Ian McDonaldKing of Morning, Queen of Day
Emma BullBone Dance
Douglas BellMojo and the Pickle Jar
Kathe KojaThe Cipher
Robert Charles WilsonBridge of Years

1992
Richard GrantThrough the Heart
Élisabeth VonarburgIn the Mothers' Land
Colin GreenlandTake Back Plenty
Elizabeth HandAestival Tide
R. A. LaffertyIron Tears

1993
John M. Ford (tie)Growing Up Weightless
Jack Womack (tie)Elvissey
Wilhelmina BairdCrash Course
David R. BunchBunch!
Elizabeth HandIcarus Descending

1994
Robert Charles WilsonMysterium
Jack CadyInagehi
Alexander BesherRim: A Novel of Virtual Reality
Ian McDonaldScissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
Lisa MasonSummer of Love
Lance OlsenTonguing the Zeitgeist

1995
Bruce BethkeHeadcrash
Richard Paul RussoCarlucci's Edge
Shale AaronVirtual Death
Greg EganPermutation City
Amy ThomsonThe Color of Distance
Élisabeth VonarburgReluctant Voyagers

1996
Stephen BaxterThe Time Ships
Michael BishopAt the City Limits of Fate
William BartonThe Transmigration of Souls
George FoyThe Shift
Sarah ZettelReclamation

1997
Stepan ChapmanThe Troika
William BartonActs of Conscience
Susan R. MatthewsAn Exchange of Hostages
Richard Paul RussoCarlucci's Heart
Denise VitolaOpalite Moon
Catherine WellsMother Grimm

1998
Geoff Ryman253: The Print Remix
Paul Di FilippoLost Pages
Nalo HopkinsonBrown Girl in the Ring
Steve AylettSlaughtermatic
Paul J. McAuleyThe Invisible Country

1999
Stephen BaxterVacuum Diagrams
Jamil NasirTower of Dreams
Kristine SmithCode of Conduct
Constance Ash, ed.Not of Woman Born
Toni AnzettiTyphon's Children
William BartonWhen We Were Real

2000
Michael Marshall SmithOnly Forward
Scott WesterfeldEvolution's Darling
Stephen L. BurnsCall from a Distant Shore
Nalo HopkinsonMidnight Robber
Maggy ThomasBroken Time
Janine Ellen YoungThe Bridge

2001
Richard Paul RussoShip of Fools
Ken WhartonDivine Intervention
Julie E. CzernedaIn the Company of Others
Mark W. TiedemannCompass Reach
Ray VukcevichMeet Me in the Moon Room
Liz WilliamsThe Ghost Sister

2002
Carol EmshwillerThe Mount
China MiévilleThe Scar
Carol EmshwillerReport to the Men’s Club
Kay KenyonMaximum Ice
Karin LowacheeWarchild
Liz WilliamsEmpire of Bones
Jeff VanderMeer, Forrest Aguirre (eds.)Leviathan Three

2003
Richard K. MorganAltered Carbon
Jane JensenDante's Equation
M. M. BucknerHyperthought
Mark BudzClade
Chris MoriartySpin State
Ann Tonsor ZeddiesSteel Helix

2004
Gwyneth JonesLife
Lyda Morehouse Apocalypse Array
Geoff Ryman Air
Liz Williams Banner of Souls
Karen Traviss City of Pearl
Minister Faust The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad
Eileen Gunn Stable Strategies and Others

2005
M. M. BucknerWar Surf
Justina Robson Natural History
Neal Asher Cowl
Karin Lowachee Cagebird
Justina Robson Silver Screen
Wil McCarthy To Crush the Moon

2006
Chris Moriarty Spin Control
Elizabeth Bear Carnival
Andrea Hairston Mindscape
Nina Kiriki Hoffman Catalyst: A Novel of Alien Contact
Tony Ballantyne Recursion
Mark Budz Idolon
Justina Robson Living Next Door to the God of Love

2007
M. John Harrison Nova Swing
Minister Faust From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
Jon Armstrong Grey
Elizabeth Bear Undertow
Adam Roberts Gradisil
Karen Traviss Ally
Sean Williams Saturn Returns

2008
Adam-Troy Castro (tie) Emissaries from The Dead
David Walton (tie) Terminal Mind
Lou Anders Fast Forward 2
Karen Traviss Judge
Jeff Carlson Plague War
K. A. Bedford Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait

2009
C. L. Anderson Bitter Angels
Ian McDonald Cyberabad Days
Carlos J. Cortes The Prisoner
Eric Garcia The Repossession Mambo
Daryl Gregory The Devil's Alphabet
Rebecca Ore Centuries Ago and Very Fast
S. Andrew Swann Prophets

2010
Mark Hodder The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack
Project Itoh (trans. Alexander O. Smith) Harmony
Jon Armstrong Yarn
Elizabeth Bear Chill
Alden Bell The Reapers are the Angels
Sara Creasy Song of Scarabaeus
James Knapp State of Decay

2011
Simon Morden The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy
Robert Jackson Bennett The Company Man
Jean Johnson A Soldier's Duty
Maureen F. McHugh After the Apocalypse
Mira Grant Deadline
Matthew Hughes The Other
Drew Magary The Postmortal

2012
Brian Francis Slattery Lost Everything[2]
Andri Snær Magnason LoveStar
Ryan Boudinot Blueprints of the Afterlife
Keith Brooke Harmony
Eric Brown Helix Wars
Moira Crone the not yet
Nancy Kress Fountain of Age: Stories

2013[3]
Ben H. Winters Countdown City[4]
Toh EnJoe Self-Reference Engine
Anne Charnock A Calculated Life
Cassandra Rose Clarke The Mad Scientist’s Daughter
Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice
Jack Skillingstead Life on the Preservation
Ian Whates (ed.) Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Books of Science Fiction

2014[5]
Meg Elison The Book of the Unnamed Midwife[6]
Jennifer Marie Brissett Elysium
Rod Duncan The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter
Emmi Itäranta Memory of Water
Cherie Priest Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches
Jonathan Strahan (ed.) Reach for Infinity

2015[7]
Ramez Naam Apex[8]
Brenda Cooper Edge of Dark
Douglas Lain After the Saucers Landed
PJ Manney (R)evolution
Adam Rakunas Windswept
Marguerite Reed Archangel

References

  1. ↑ "Locus index to SF Awards".
  2. ↑ DeNardo, John (March 30, 2013). "WINNER: 2013 Philip K. Dick Award". SF Signal. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2013 Philip K. Dick Nominees Announced". Locus. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "2014 Philip K. Dick Award Announced". Philip K. Dick Award press release. April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2014 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced". Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced". April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "2016 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ "2016 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced". March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

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