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Comments: In 1988, David Brin won the Locus Awards' Best Science Fiction Novel category with The Uplift War, his sequel to the Locus Award winning novel
Startide Rising. This was the first time a novel and its direct sequel had won the Locus Award, and as such, this was quite a feather in Brin's cap. This was also the third time overall that Brin had won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction novel, which is also an impressive accomplishment. What this highlights is that Brin was one of the defining authors of the science fiction genre in the 1980s. And what is so interesting about this is how clearly his fiction was reacting against the dominant American political paradigm of the era. In a decade defined by Reagan's outsize personality, Brin's writing tackled themes like environmentalism and evolution as well as condemning ideas such as jingoism, colonialism, and the notion that humanity holds a special place in the universe. And in doing so, Brin was doing one of the things that science fiction does best, which is to point out where the
status quo is problematic in one way or another.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Winner:
1.
The Uplift War by
David Brin
Other Nominees:
2.
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
3.
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
4.
The Forge of God by
Greg Bear
5.
Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard
6.
The Annals of the Heechee by
Frederik Pohl
7.
Vacuum Flowers by
Michael Swanwick
8.
The Smoke Ring by
Larry Niven
9.
Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
10.
2061: Odyssey Three by
Arthur C. Clarke
11.
The Legacy of Heorot by
Larry Niven,
Jerry Pournelle, and
Steven Barnes
12.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset by
Robert A. Heinlein
13.
Memories by Mike McQuay
14.
Fool's Run by Patricia A. McKillip
15.
The Secret Ascension by
Michael Bishop
16.
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
17.
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
18.
Intervention by Julian May
19.
After Long Silence by Sheri S. Tepper
20.
Code Blue — Emergency! by James White
21.
Way of the Pilgrim by Gordon R. Dickson
22.
Araminta Station by
Jack Vance
23.
Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams
24.
The Awakeners: Northshore; Southshore by Sheri S. Tepper
25.
Still River by Hal Clement
26.
Dover Beach by Richard Bowker
27.
Rumors of Spring by Richard Grant
28.
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz
29.
In Conquest Born by C.S. Friedman
30.
Little Heroes by
Norman Spinrad
31.
Replay by Ken Grimwood
32.
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
33.
A Mask for the General by Lisa Goldstein
Best Fantasy Novel
Winner:
1.
Seventh Son by
Orson Scott Card
Other Nominees:
2.
On Stranger Tides by
Tim Powers
3.
Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
4.
Weaveworld by Clive Barker
5.
Lincoln's Dreams by
Connie Willis
6.
Ægypt by John Crowley
7.
The Witches of Wenshar by Barbara Hambly
8.
The Grey Horse by R.A. MacAvoy
9.
Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter
10.
Guardians of the West by David Eddings
11.
A Man Rides Through by Stephen R. Donaldson
12.
Being a Green Mother by Piers Anthony
13.
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
14.
Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll
15.
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
16.
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
17.
Land of Dreams by James P. Blaylock
18.
Strange Toys by Patricia Geary
19.
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
20.
The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
21.
Never the Twain by Kirk Mitchell
22.
Darkspell by Katharine Kerr
23.
Equal Rites by
Terry Pratchett
24.
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Best First Novel
Winner:
1.
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Other Nominees:
2.
Mindplayers by
Pat Cadigan
3.
In Conquest Born by C.S. Friedman
4.
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz
5.
The Net by Loren J. MacGregor
6.
Arrows of the Queen by
Mercedes Lackey
7.
Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
8.
After the Zap by
Michael A. Armstrong
9.
Reindeer Moon by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
10.
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
11.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint
12.
Napoleon Disentimed by Hayford Peirce
13.
A Death of Honor by Joe Clifford Faust
14.
The American Book of the Dead by Stephen Billias
15.
The Architects of Hyperspace by Thomas R. McDonough
16.
The Shadow of His Wings by Bruce Fergusson
17.
Pennterra by Judith Moffett
18.
The Leeshore by
Robert Reed
19.
A Rose-Red City by Dave Duncan
20.
The Movement of Mountains by Michael Blumlein
21.
Station Gehenna by Andrew Weiner
22.
Soldiers of Paradise by Paul Park
23.
Teot's War by Heather Gladney
24.
Soulstring by Midori Snyder
25.
Frame of Reference by
Jerry Oltion
Best Novella
Winner:
1.
The Secret Sharer by
Robert Silverberg
Other Nominees:
3.
Eye for Eye by
Orson Scott Card
4.
Mother Goddess of the World by
Kim Stanley Robinson
5.
Superwine by
Harry Turtledove
6.
Glass Cloud by
James Patrick Kelly
7.
The Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold
8.
Love Sickness by Geoff Ryman
9.
The Forest of Time by
Michael F. Flynn
10.
Saving Time by Russell Griffin
11. (tie)
Displaced Person by Ian Stewart
(tie)
Fugue State by John M. Ford
Best Novelette
Winner:
1.
Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy
Other Nominees:
2.
Shades by Lucius Shepard
3.
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.
Flowers of Edo by Bruce Sterling
5.
Dream Baby by Bruce McAllister
6.
America by
Orson Scott Card (reviewed in
The Folk of the Fringe)
7.
The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Octavia E. Butler
8.
On the Border by Lucius Shepard
9.
He-We-Await by Howard Waldrop
10.
Winter's Tale by
Connie Willis
11.
Dinosaurs by Walter Jon Williams
12.
Runaway by
Orson Scott Card
13.
Yanqui Doodle by
James Tiptree, Jr.
14.
A Hole in the Sun by Roger MacBride Allen
15.
The Moon and Michelangelo by Ian Watson
16.
Perpetuity Blues by Neal Barrett, Jr.
17.
The Sun Spider by Lucius Shepard
18.
The Pear-Shaped Man by
George R.R. Martin
19.
The Return from Rainbow Bridge by
Kim Stanley Robinson
20.
Cage 37 by Wayne Wightman
21.
Adeste Fideles by
Frederik Pohl
22.
Skylab Done It by George Alec Effinger
23.
Second Going by
James Tiptree, Jr.
24.
Mandikini by Gregory Benford
25.
Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair by Charles de Lint
26.
My Life as a Born Again Pig by
Frederik Pohl
27.
At the Cross-Time Jaunter's Ball by Alexander Jablokov
28.
Extras by Robert Charles Wilson
29.
Dutchman by Jack McDevitt
Best Short Story
Winner:
Other Nominees:
2. The Faithful Companion at Forty by Karen Joy Fowler
3.
Delta Sly Honey by Lucius Shepard
4.
In Midst of Life by
James Tiptree, Jr.
5.
The Glassblower's Dragon by Lucius Shepard
6.
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers by
Lawrence Watt-Evans
7.
Cassandra's Photographs by Lisa Goldstein
8.
Forever Yours, Anna by
Kate Wilhelm
9.
Night of the Cooters by Howard Waldrop
10.
Glass by Nancy Kress
11.
To Hell with the Stars by Jack McDevitt
12.
The Ghost Lemurs of Madagascar by William S. Burroughs
13.
The Pardoner's Tale by
Robert Silverberg
14.
The Little Magic Shop by Bruce Sterling
15.
Highbrow by Neal Barrett, Jr.
16.
Schwarzschild Radius by
Connie Willis
17.
Diner by Neal Barrett, Jr.
18.
The Circular Library of Stones by Carol Emshwiller
19.
For Thus Do I Remember Carthage by
Michael Bishop
20.
Dæmon by
James Patrick Kelly
21.
The Iron Star by
Robert Silverberg
22.
The World Next Door by Brad Ferguson
23.
Friend's Best Man by Jonathan Carroll
24.
Lapidary Nights by Marta Randall
25.
What Bleak Land by Robert F. Young
26.
Crying in the Rain by
Tanith Lee
27.
Heroics by
James Patrick Kelly
28.
The Alien in the Lake by Andrew Weiner
Best Collection
Winner:
1. The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard
Other Nominees:
2.
The Essential Ellison by
Harlan Ellison
3.
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vols I-V by Philip K. Dick
4.
And the Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown
5.
All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop
6.
Portraits of His Children by
George R.R. Martin
7.
Cardography by
Orson Scott Card
8.
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by
Ursula K. Le Guin
9.
Night's Sorceries by
Tanith Lee
10.
Polyphemus by Michael Shea
11.
True Names. . .and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
12.
A Touch of Sturgeon by
Theodore Sturgeon
13.
The Bridge of Lost Desire by
Samuel R. Delany
14.
The Best of Pamela Sargent by
Pamela Sargent
15.
Why Not You and I? by Karl Edward Wagner
16.
Getting Home by F.M. Busby
17.
Evil Water by Ian Watson
18.
Scared Stiff, Tales of Sex and Death by Ramsey Campbell
19.
Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate by Nancy Springer
Best Anthology
Winner:
1. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
Other Nominees:
2. In the Field of Fire edited by Jeanne Van Buren Dann and Jack Dann
3.
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16 edited by Terry Carr
4.
Universe 17 edited by Terry Carr
5.
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder edited by
Robert Silverberg
6.
The Dark Descent edited by David G. Hartwell
7. The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim with Arthur W. Saha
8.
The Universe edited by Byron Preiss
9.
Tales of the Witch World edited by
Andre Norton
10.
Other Edens edited by Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock
11.
Free Lancers edited by Elizabeth Mitchell
12.
Sword and Sorceress IV edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14.
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume III edited by Algis Budrys
15. Interzone: The 2nd Anthology edited by John Clute, David Pringle, and Simon Ounsley
16.
Vampires edited by Alan Ryan
17.
New Destinies, Volume II, Fall 1987 edited by Jim Baen
18.
Whispers VI edited by Stuart David Schiff
19.
Shadows 10 edited by Charles L. Grant
20.
Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 1 edited by George Zebrowski
21.
The Year's Best Horror Stories: XV edited by Karl Edward Wagner
22.
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 edited by Arthur W. Saha
23. The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Brian W. Aldiss and Sam J. Lundwall
24.
Masques II edited by J.N. Williamson
25.
The Architecture of Fear edited by Kathryn Cramer and Peter D. Pautz
26.
Tales from the Forbidden Planet edited by Roz Kaveney
Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Book
Winner:
1. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Other Nominees:
2. Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder by Michael Whelan
3.
Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Edition edited by Neil Barron
4.
Cvltvre Made Stvpid by Tom Weller
5.
Wizardry and Wild Romance by Michael Moorcock
6. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 by Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento
7. How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction edited by J.N. Williamson
8.
The Battle of Brazil by Jack Matthews
9.
Mind in Motion, the Fiction of Philip K. Dick by Patricia S. Warrick
10.
The Tale that Wags the God by James Blish
11.
Foundations of Science Fiction by John J. Pierce
12.
Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life of James Blish by David Ketterer
13.
The Maker of Dune: Insights of a Master of Science Fiction by
Frank Herbert
14.
Robert Heinlein by Leon Stover
15.
A Closer Look by Patrick Woodroffe
16.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, Vols I and II edited by Hal W. Hall
Best Magazine or Fanzine
Winner:
1.
Asimov's
Other Nominees:
2.
Fantasy & Science Fiction
3.
Analog
4.
Omni
5.
Amazing Stories
6.
Twilight Zone
7.
Aboriginal SF
8.
Interzone
9.
Science Fiction Chronicle
10.
Starlog
11.
File 770
12.
Thrust
13.
Science Fiction Eye
Best Publisher
Winner:
1. Tor
Other Nominees:
2. Ballantine/Del Rey
3. Bantam Spectra
4. Putnam/Berkley/Ace
5. DAW
6. Arbor House
7. Baen
8. Underwood-Miller
9. St. Martin's
10. Warner/Popular Library
11. Arkham House
12. Doubleday
13. Phantasia
14. Donald M. Grant
15. Avon
16. Simon & Schuster/Pocket
17. Gollancz
18. NAL/Signet
19. Dark Harvest
20. Science Fiction Book Club
Best Artist
Winner:
1. Michael Whelan
Other Nominees:
2. Jim Burns
3. J.K. Potter
4. Frank Kelly Freas
5. Boris Vallejo
6. Rowena Morrill
7. Don Maitz
8. David A. Cherry
9. Darrell K. Sweet
10. Tom Canty
11. Vincent Di Fate
12. Frank Frazetta
13. Bob Eggleton
14. David Mattingly
15. Carl Lundgren
16. W.J. Hodgson
17. Barclay Shaw
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