Location: Unknown.
Comments: 1977 seems to have been the year for
Best of collections. This year saw the publication of
The Best of John W. Campbell,
The Best of Damon Knight,
The Best of Frederic Brown,
The Best of Poul Anderson,
The Best of Robert Silverberg,
The Best of C.M. Kornbluth, and
The Best of Jack Vance. If you were a science fiction fan in 1977 and wanted to peruse the best short fiction produced by any of these authors, this was your year to celebrate.
The other notable developments in the 1977 Locus Awards is the elimination of the Best Associational Item category, and the merger of Best Hardback Publisher and Best Paperback Publisher into the single category of Best Publisher. The Associational Item category had appeared for the first time in 1976, and there is no indication why the category was dropped. It seems to me to be almost inexplicable that such a category would be eliminated when it seems clear that many books that fit into it were being published, but it would return in 1979. The merger of the two publisher categories, on the other hand, was a good idea. The distinction between "Best Paperback Publisher" and "Best Hardback Publisher" is one that I am certain is important in industry circles, but is probably almost irrelevant to the concerns of the bulk of the Locus voters.
Best Novel
Winner:
1.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by
Kate Wilhelm
Other Nominees:
2.
Mindbridge by
Joe Haldeman
3.
Man Plus by
Frederik Pohl
4.
Children of Dune by
Frank Herbert
5.
A World Out of Time by
Larry Niven
6.
Shadrach in the Furnace by
Robert Silverberg
7.
Imperial Earth by
Arthur C. Clarke
8.
Millennium by
Ben Bova
9.
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny
10.
Brothers of Earth by C.J. Cherryh
11.
The Shattered Chain by Marion Zimmer Bradley
12.
Maske: Thaery by
Jack Vance
13.
Michaelmas by Algis Budrys
14.
Triton by
Samuel R. Delany
15.
The Clewiston Test by
Kate Wilhelm
16.
Dragonsong by
Anne McCaffrey
17.
Inferno by
Larry Niven and
Jerry Pournelle
18.
The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson
19.
Cloned Lives by
Pamela Sargent
20.
The End of All Songs by Michael Moorcock
21.
Floating Worlds by Cecelia Holland
22.
Time of the Fourth Horseman by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Best Novella
Winner:
1.
The Samurai and the Willows by
Michael Bishop
Other Nominees:
2. Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Richard Cowper
3.
Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by
James Tiptree, Jr.
4.
The Anvil of Jove by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
5.
The Eyeflash Miracles by Gene Wolfe
6.
Weather War by William E. Cochrane
7.
Media Man by Joan D. Vinge
8.
Birthdays by Fred Saberhagen
9.
By Any Other Name by
Spider Robinson
10.
The Greenhouse Effect by andrew j. offutt
11.
A Thrust of Greatness by
Stanley Schmidt
12.
Plutonium by Arsen Darnay
13.
The Crystal Ship by Joan D. Vinge
Best Novelette
Winner:
Other Nominees:
2.
The Diary of the Rose by
Ursula K. Le Guin
3.
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance by
John Varley
4.
The Phantom of Kansas by
John Varley
5.
The Hertford Manuscript by Richard Cowper
6.
The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats by
James Tiptree, Jr.
7.
Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
8.
Meathouse Man by
George R.R. Martin
9.
Bagatelle by
John Varley
10.
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank by
John Varley
11.
Woman Waiting by Lisa Tuttle
Best Short Story
Winner:
Other Nominees:
3.
Custom Fitting by James White
4.
The Death of Princes by
Fritz Leiber
5.
A Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant
6.
Seeing by
Harlan Ellison
7.
Paradise Beach by Richard Cowper
8.
This Tower of Ashes by
George R.R. Martin
9.
Mary Margaret Road-Grader by Howard Waldrop
10.
Appearance of Life by Brian W. Aldiss
11.
From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet by
Harlan Ellison
12.
The Never Ending Western Movie by Robert Sheckley
13.
Stone Circle by Lisa Tuttle
14.
An Infinite Summer by Christopher Priest
15.
Con Artist by P.J. Plauger
Best Author Collection
Winner:
1.
A Song for Lya and Other Stories by
George R.R. Martin
Other Nominees:
2.
Star Light, Star Bright by
Alfred Bester
3.
The Worlds of Fritz Leiber by
Fritz Leiber
4.
The Light Fantastic by
Alfred Bester
5.
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories by
Isaac Asimov
6.
The Best of Damon Knight by
Damon Knight
7.
The Best of Robert Silverberg by
Robert Silverberg
8.
The Best of Jack Vance by
Jack Vance
9.
Alyx by Joanna Russ
10.
Capricorn Games by
Robert Silverberg
11.
The Best of C.M. Kornbluth by
Cyril M. Kornbluth, edited by
Frederik Pohl
12.
The Best of John W. Campbell by
John W. Campbell, Jr., edited by
Lester del Rey
13.
The Best of Poul Anderson by
Poul Anderson
14.
The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown, edited by
Robert Bloch
15.
The Custodians and Other Stories by Richard Cowper
Best Anthology
Winner:
1.
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 edited by Terry Carr
Other Nominees:
2.
Stellar #2 edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey
3.
Future Power edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
4.
Universe 6 edited by Terry Carr
5.
Orbit 18 edited by
Damon Knight
6.
New Dimensions 6 edited by
Robert Silverberg
7. The 1976 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim with Arthur W. Saha
8.
The Crystal Ship edited by
Robert Silverberg
9.
Science Fiction Discoveries edited by Carol Pohl and
Frederik Pohl
10.
Nebula Award Stories 11 edited by
Ursula K. Le Guin
11.
Frights edited by Kirby McCauley
12.
Andromeda 1 edited by Peter Weston
13.
More Women of Wonder edited by
Pamela Sargent
14.
Aurora: Beyond Equality edited by Vonda N. McIntyre and Susan Anderson
15.
Analog Annual edited by
Ben Bova
16.
Bio-futures edited by
Pamela Sargent
Best Magazine
Winner:
1.
Fantasy & Science Fiction edited by Edward L. Ferman
Other Nominees:
2.
Analog edited by
Ben Bova
3.
Galaxy edited by James Baen
4.
Amazing Stories edited by Ted White
5.
Fantastic edited by Ted White
6.
Universe edited by Terry Carr
7.
Galileo edited by Charles G. Ryan
8.
Orbit edited by
Damon Knight
9.
New Dimensions edited by
Robert Silverberg
Best Fanzine
Winner:
1.
Locus edited by Charles Brown and Dena Brown
Other Nominees:
2.
Science Fiction Review edited by Richard E. Geis
3.
Algol edited by Andrew Porter
4.
Outworlds edited by Bill Bowers
5.
Delap's F&SF Review edited by Richard Delap
6.
SF Commentary edited by Bruce Gillespie
7.
Whispers edited by Stuart David Schiff
8.
Mythologies edited by
Don D'Ammassa
9.
Don-O-Saur edited by Don Thompson
10.
Scintillation edited by Carl Bennett
11.
Rune edited by Fred Haskell
12.
Karass edited by Linda Bushyater
13.
Maya edited by Rob Jackson
Best Critic
Winner:
1.
Spider Robinson
Other Nominees:
2.
Lester del Rey
3. Algis Budrys
4. Richard E. Geis
5. Richard Lupoff
6. Charles N. Brown
7. Baird Searles
8. Richard Delap
9. Joanna Russ
10. Susan Wood
11. Fred Patten
12. Darrell Schweitzer
Best Publisher
Winner:
1. Ballantine
Other Nominees:
2. DAW
3. Science Fiction Book Club
4. Doubleday
5. Ace
6. Berkley/Putnam
7. Harper & Row
8. Pocket
9. Bantam
10. St. Martin's
11. Pyramid
12. Avon
Best Artist
Winner:
1. Rick Sternbach
Other Nominees:
2. Steve Fabian
3. Frank Kelly Freas
4. Vincent Di Fate
5. George Barr
6. Tim Kirk
7. Frank Frazetta
8. Jack Gaughan
9. John Schoenherr
10. Boris Vallejo
11. Michael Whelan
12. Darrell Sweet
13. Mike Hinge
14. Richard Corben
15. Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
16. The Brothers Hildebrandt
17. Jeff Jones
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