Locus Awards 1996
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
ConDiablo, the 1996 Westercon,
El Paso TX :
July 5, 1996
Eligibility Year: 1995
Eligibility Year: 1995
Sf Novel
- Winner: The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson (Bantam Spectra)
- Brightness Reef, David Brin (Bantam Spectra)
- Invader, C. J. Cherryh (DAW)
- Legacy, Greg Bear (Tor)
- The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins UK; HarperPrism)
- Sailing Bright Eternity, Gregory Benford (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
- Chaga (US title: Evolution's Shore), Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
- Metropolitan, Walter Jon Williams (HarperPrism)
- Worldwar: Tilting the Balance, Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Slow River, Nicola Griffith (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Amnesia Moon, Jonathan Lethem (Harcourt Brace)
- Kaleidoscope Century, John Barnes (Tor)
- Fairyland, Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz)
- The Ganymede Club, Charles Sheffield (Tor)
- The Killing Star, Charles Pellegrino & George Zebrowski (Morrow AvoNova)
- Gaia's Toys, Rebecca Ore (Tor)
- The Stone Garden, Mary Rosenblum (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Testament, Valerie J. Freireich (Roc)
- The Golden Nineties, Lisa Mason (Bantam Spectra)
- Shadow Man, Melissa Scott (Tor)
- The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer (HarperPrism)
- An Exaltation of Larks, Robert Reed (Tor)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: Alvin Journeyman, Orson Scott Card (Tor)
- Waking the Moon (revised), Elizabeth Hand (HarperPrism)
- Fortress in the Eye of Time, C. J. Cherryh (HarperPrism)
- The Lions of Al-Rassan, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; HarperPrism)
- Resurrection Man, Sean Stewart (Ace)
- The Silent Strength of Stones, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (AvoNova)
- The Book of Atrix Wolfe, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
- Blood, Michael Moorcock (Millennium; Morrow AvoNova)
- Storm Rising, Mercedes Lackey (DAW)
- City of Bones, Martha Wells (Tor)
- Crown of Shadows, C. S. Friedman (DAW)
- Maskerade, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz)
- Zod Wallop, William Browning Spencer (St. Martin's)
- Assassin's Apprentice, Robin Hobb (Bantam Spectra)
- Stone of Tears, Terry Goodkind (Millennium; Tor)
- The Tower of Beowulf, Parke Godwin (Morrow)
- A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, Elizabeth Willey (Tor)
- World Without End, Sean Russell (DAW)
- Harp of Winds, Maggie Furey (Legend; Bantam Spectra)
Horror/dark Fantasy Novel
- Winner: Expiration Date, Tim Powers (HarperCollins UK; Tor)
- Travelling with the Dead (US title: Traveling with the Dead), Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins UK; Ballantine Del Rey)
- Rose Madder, Stephen King (Viking)
- The Bloody Red Baron, Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf)
- Paint it Black (US title: Midnight Blue), Nancy A. Collins (NEL; White Wolf)
- All the Bells on Earth, James P. Blaylock (Ace)
- The Off Season, Jack Cady (St. Martin's)
- Memnoch the Devil, Anne Rice (Knopf)
- Vanitas, S. P. Somtow (Transylvania Press Canada; Tor)
- Desmodus, Melanie Tem (Headline; Dell)
- Vivia, Tanith Lee (Little, Brown UK)
- Night Magic, Tom Tryon (Simon & Schuster)
First Novel
- Winner: The Bohr Maker, Linda Nagata (Bantam Spectra)
- The Shape-Changer's Wife, Sharon Shinn (Ace)
- Lethe, Tricia Sullivan (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
- Dead Girls, Richard Calder (HarperCollins UK; St. Martin's)
- Door Number Three, Patrick O'Leary (Tor)
- The Baker's Boy, J. V. Jones (Warner Aspect)
- Quasar, Jamil Nasir (Bantam Spectra)
- Humility Garden, Felicity Savage (Roc)
- Genellan: Planetfall, Scott G. Gier (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Primary Inversion, Catherine Asaro (Tor)
- Legacies, Alison Sinclair (Millennium)
- The Printer's Devil, Chico Kidd (Baen)
Novella
- Winner: Remake, Connie Willis (Mark V. Ziesing; Bantam Spectra)
- “A Man of the People”, Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's Apr 1995)
- “A Woman's Liberation”, Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's Jul 1995)
- “Fault Lines”, Nancy Kress (Asimov's Aug 1995)
- Harvest the Fire, Poul Anderson (Tor)
- “The Death of Captain Future”, Allen Steele (Asimov's Oct 1995)
- “The Ziggurat”, Gene Wolfe (Full Spectrum 5)
- “Mortimer Gray's History of Death”, Brian Stableford (Asimov's Apr 1995)
- “Hottentots”, Paul Di Filippo (The Steampunk Trilogy)
- “Bibi”, Mike Resnick & Susan Shwartz (Asimov's mid-Dec 1995)
- “We Were Out of Our Minds With Joy”, David Marusek (Asimov's Nov 1995)
- “Human History”, Lucius Shepard (21st Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book)
- “At the Eschaton”, Charles Sheffield (Far Futures)
- “Hot Times in Magma City”, Robert Silverberg (Omni Online Jun 1995; Asimov's mid-Dec 1995)
- “Looking for Kelly Dahl”, Dan Simmons (Omni Online Sep 1995; High Fantastic)
- “Inherit the Earth”, Brian Stableford (Analog Jul 1995)
- “The City of God”, Gardner Dozois & Michael Swanwick (Omni Online Dec 1995)
- “Death in the Promised Land”, Pat Cadigan (Omni Online Mar 1995; Asimov's Nov 1995)
- “Hypocaust & Bathysphere”, Rebecca Ore (Asimov's Jan 1995)
- “De Secretis Mulierum”, L. Timmel Duchamp (F&SF May 1995)
- “The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires”, Brian Stableford (Interzone #91 Jan 1995,#92 Feb 1995)
- “You Could Go Home Again”, Howard Waldrop (Omni Online May 1995)
- “In Forests Afloat Upon the Sea”, Daniel Hatch (Analog Jan 1995)
Novelette
- Winner: “When the Old Gods Die”, Mike Resnick (Asimov's Apr 1995)
- “Ether OR”, Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's Nov 1995)
- “Think Like a Dinosaur”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's Jun 1995)
- “Wang's Carpets”, Greg Egan (New Legends)
- “Evolution”, Nancy Kress (Asimov's Nov 1995)
- “Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen”, Ursula K. Le Guin (New Legends)
- “For White Hill”, Joe Haldeman (Far Futures)
- “I, Iscariot”, Michael Bishop (Crank! #5 Summer 1995)
- “The Good Rat”, Allen Steele (Analog mid-Dec 1995)
- “A Worm in the Well”, Gregory Benford (Analog Nov 1995)
- “The Ant-Men of Tibet”, Stephen Baxter (Interzone #95 May 1995)
- “Luminous”, Greg Egan (Asimov's Sep 1995)
- “Must and Shall”, Harry Turtledove (Asimov's Nov 1995)
- “Judgment Engine”, Greg Bear (Far Futures)
- “Lunch at the Gotham Café”, Stephen King (Dark Love)
- “TAP”, Greg Egan (Asimov's Nov 1995)
- “Starship Day”, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Jul 1995)
- “Recording Angel”, Paul J. McAuley (New Legends)
- “Gone to Glory”, R. Garcia y Robertson (F&SF Jul 1995)
- “Silver Fire”, Greg Egan (Interzone #102 Dec 1995)
- “Waging Good”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Jan 1995)
- “The Red Blaze is the Morning”, Robert Silverberg (New Legends)
Short Story
- Winner: “The Lincoln Train”, Maureen F. McHugh (F&SF Apr 1995)
- “Gossamer”, Stephen Baxter (Science Fiction Age Nov 1995)
- “High Abyss”, Gregory Benford (New Legends)
- “A Birthday”, Esther M. Friesner (F&SF Aug 1995)
- “The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker”, Roger Zelazny (F&SF Jul 1995)
- “Walking Out”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 1995)
- “Life on the Moon”, Tony Daniel (Asimov's Apr 1995)
- “The Lens of Time”, James Gunn (Analog Oct 1995)
- “There Are No Dead”, Terry Bisson (Omni Jan 1995)
- “Olders”, Ursula K. Le Guin (Omni Winter 1995)
- “The Day the Aliens Came”, Robert Sheckley (New Legends)
- “The Age of Innocence”, Brian Stableford (Asimov's Jun 1995)
- “Into the Tunnel!”, Brian W. Aldiss (Asimov's Apr 1995)
- “Home”, Geoff Ryman (Interzone #93 Mar 1995)
- “Alice's Asteroid”, G. David Nordley (Asimov's Oct 1995)
- “The Beautiful, the Damned”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (F&SF Feb 1995)
- “The Promise of God”, Michael F. Flynn (F&SF Mar 1995)
Collection
- Winner: Four Ways to Forgiveness, Ursula K. Le Guin (HarperPrism)
- Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson, Zenna Henderson (NESFA Press)
- Bloodchild and Other Stories, Octavia E. Butler (Four Walls Eight Windows)
- The Ultimate Egoist: Volume I: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Theodore Sturgeon, edited by Paul Williams (North Atlantic Books)
- The Steampunk Trilogy, Paul Di Filippo (Four Walls Eight Windows)
- Axiomatic, Greg Egan (Millennium)
- The Ivory and the Horn, Charles de Lint (Tor)
- Georgia on My Mind and Other Places, Charles Sheffield (Tor)
- Strange Highways, Dean Koontz (Headline; Warner)
- The Panic Hand, Jonathan Carroll (HarperCollins UK)
- Our Lady of Chernobyl, Greg Egan (MirrorDanse Books)
- Tales of Zothique, Clark Ashton Smith (Necronomicon Press)
- A Flush of Shadows, Kate Wilhelm (St. Martin's)
- Lunching with the Antichrist, Michael Moorcock (Mark V. Ziesing)
- The Secret of This Book (US title: Common Clay), Brian W. Aldiss (HarperCollins UK; St. Martin's)
- Fabulous Harbours, Michael Moorcock (Millennium)
- Blue Shifting, Eric Brown (Pan)
Anthology
- Winner: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)
- New Legends, Greg Bear, ed. (Legend; Tor)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (St. Martin's)
- Far Futures, Gregory Benford, ed. (Tor)
- Full Spectrum 5, Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, eds. (Bantam Spectra)
- Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Morrow AvoNova)
- Women of Wonder: The Classic Years, Pamela Sargent, ed. (Harcourt Brace)
- Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle & Janet Berliner, eds. (HarperPrism)
- Dark Love, Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. (Roc)
- Nebula Awards 29, Pamela Sargent, ed. (Harcourt Brace)
- The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, Terri Windling, ed. (Tor)
- Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years, Pamela Sargent, ed. (Harcourt Brace)
- Tombs, Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, eds. (White Wolf)
- How To Save the World, Charles Sheffield, ed. (Tor)
- Killing Me Softly, Gardner Dozois, ed. (HarperPrism)
- Xanadu 3, Jane Yolen, ed. (Tor)
- Best New Horror 6, Stephen Jones, ed. (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
- Peter Straub's Ghosts, Peter Straub, ed. (Pocket Star)
- Chicks in Chainmail, Esther M. Friesner, ed. (Baen)
Nonfiction
- Winner: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute (Dorling Kindersley)
- Anatomy of Wonder 4, Neil Barron, ed. (R.R. Bowker)
- The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, Second Edition, David Pringle (Scholar Press)
- The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings, Lawrence Sutin, ed. (Pantheon)
- The Detached Retina, Brian W. Aldiss (Liverpool University Press; Syracuse University Press)
- St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers: 4th Edition, Jay P. Pederson & Robert Reginald, eds. (St. James Press)
- To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction, Joanna Russ (Indiana University Press)
- Our Vampires, Ourselves, Nina Auerbach (University of Chicago Press)
- Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century—An Anthology, H. Bruce Franklin, ed. (Rutgers University Press)
Art Book
- Winner: Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
- Dinotopia: The World Beneath, James Gurney (Turner)
- Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton, Bob Eggleton (Paper Tiger)
- The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe, Wayne Barlowe (Morpheus International)
- A Hannes Bok Showcase, Stephen D. Korshak ed; artist Hannes Bok (Charles F. Miller)
- Electric Dreams: The Art of Barclay Shaw, Barclay Shaw (Paper Tiger)
- Stephen E. Fabian's Women & Wonders, Stephen E. Fabian (Charles F. Miller)
Editor
Magazine
- Winner: Asimov's
- F&SF
- Analog
- Science Fiction Age
- Interzone
- Realms of Fantasy
- Century
- Science Fiction Chronicle
- Omni
- The New York Review of Science Fiction
- Crank!
- Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine
- Tomorrow Speculative Fiction
Book Publisher
- Winner: Tor/St. Martin's
- Bantam/Doubleday/Dell
- Ballantine/Del Rey/Random House
- HarperCollins US
- DAW
- Putnam/Berkley/Ace
- Baen
- Avon/Morrow
- Gollancz
- White Wolf
- Mark V. Ziesing
- Penguin/Roc/Viking
- Warner Aspect
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