Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Annual Awards
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. was founded in 1965 by SF author and editor Damon Knight. It was originally known as the Science Fiction Writers of America and the acronym SFWA was kept when the name changed, so the single "F" does double duty.
The organization's first secretary-treasurer, Lloyd Biggle, Jr. suggested an annual anthology be published, and this idea became the basis for the Nebula Awards, first given for the year 1965, when Frank Herbert's Dune won as best novel.
Nebula Awards 1970s Table of Contents
- Who Votes & What Is Eligible
- 1979 Winner: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
- 1979 Nominees
- 1978 Winner: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
- 1978 Nominees
- 1977 Winner: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
- 1977 Nominees
- 1976 Winner: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
- 1976 Nominees
- 1975 Winner: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- 1975 Nominees
- 1975 Nominees
- 1975 Nominees
- 1975 Nominees
- 1974 Winner: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
- 1974 Nominees
- 1973 Winner: Rendezous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- 1973 Nominees
- 1972 Winner: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
- 1972 Nominees
- 1972 Nominees
- 1971 Winner: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
- 1971 Nominees
- 1970 Winner: Ringworld by Larry Niven
- 1970 Nominees
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Who Votes & What Is Eligible
A work's eligibility was previously considered on a rolling basis. It was eligible for one year from the date of publication, so a work could have been nominated in either the calendar year of publication or the following calendar year. It could only be nominated once. In 2008 the eligibility rules were changed and eligibility now goes by the calendar year of publication.
For more detailed information about eligibility and rules, see the link to the Nebula Awards site at the bottom of this page.
In the following list, books are listed in their year of eligibility, therefore, Nebulas for 1976 were presented at the awards banquet in 19777.
1979 Winner: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
The Fountains of Paradise
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Arthur C. Clarke was the first person to propose geostationary communications satellites - in 1945, twelve years before Sputnik was launched. In "The Fountains of Paradise" he proposed the idea of a space elevator or orbital tower where capsules of people and cargo would travel up and down super-strong cables to a spaceport in geosynchronous orbit. Clarke's base station is located in the fictional country of Taprobane, which resembles Sri Lanka moved to the Equator. This book was published the same year that Charles Sheffield's "The Web Between the Worlds," which also proposed a space elevator, was published.
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1979 Nominees
On Wings of Song
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THE ROAD TO CORLAY
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1978 Winner: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
Dreamsnake
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In a post-apocalyptic world, healers use snakes, suitably drugged, in place of hypodermic needles. An alien species, the dreamsnake, is used for its analgesic and anesthetic effects. When a healer loses her dreamsnake, she must go on a journey to find a replacement. Chapter 1 of this book first appeared in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact in October 1973 titled "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand."
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1978 Nominees
The Faded Sun: Kesrith (Alliance-Union Universe)
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Kalki (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
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Strangers
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1977 Winner: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Gateway (Heechee Saga)
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This is the first book of the four-volume Heechee saga. The Heechee, a long vanished race, left behind the Gateway with nearly a thousand small starships. Once people figure out how to operate them, they travel to the pre-programmed destinations, which may or may not be useful. Robinette "Bob" Broadhead travels to the Gateway and makes three journeys. He becomes fantastically rich after the third because he is the only survivor, although the other crewmembers may not be dead yet.
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1977 Nominees
In the Ocean of Night (Galactic Center, Volume 1)
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Moonstar Odyssey
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Sword of the Demon
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1976 Winner: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Man Plus (SF Masterworks) (S.F.Masterworks)
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Roger Torraway was turned into a monster through biological engineering by the Man Plus Program. It made him able to survive on Mars, which is seen as humankind's only hope of avoiding extinction. He may look like a monster, but he still has a human's ability to suffer.
One of Frederik Pohl's best novels -- and my personal favourite. Complex people in tough situations on a marvelous and gritty world -- who could ask for more from any novel? Greg Bear
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1976 Nominees
Shadrach in the Furnace (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
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Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel
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1975 Winner: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Forever War
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William Mandella, a physics student, is drafted and sent off to fight the alien Taurans. Because of the relativistic effects of space travel, when he returns after a year by his time, 27 years have passed on Earth. Unable to adjust, he re-enlists and finds himself fighting battle after battle as the centuries pass on Earth.
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1975 Nominees
Autumn Angels
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The Computer Connection
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Dhalgren
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1975 Nominees
The Embedding (Gollancz SF Collectors' Edition)
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The Exile Waiting, A Science Fiction Novel
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The Female Man (Bluestreak)
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A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
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The Heritage of Hastur (A Darkover Novel)
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Invisible Cities
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A Midsummer Tempest
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The Mote in God's Eye
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STOCHASTIC MAN
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1974 Winner: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Dispossessed
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The fifth novel in LeGuin's Hainish series, the book is set chronologically earlier than the others, at the time of the invention of the ansible, a device for instant communications over interstellar distances. The setting is the two inhabitable worlds around Tau Ceti, Urras and Annares. Urras has several governments, with the two largest being rivals much like the United States and the Soviet Union. Annares, a moon of Urras, had been settled 200 years before by anarcho-syndicalists in order to forestall a revolution on Annares. Shevek, a physicist on Annares, encounters obstacles in his research and travels to Urras. The novel covers his struggles on both worlds.
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1974 Nominees
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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The Godwhale
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1973 Winner: Rendezous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Rendezvous with Rama
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Rama is a huge extraterrestrial craft making a passage through the solar system. A team of astronauts is sent to investigate the craft. Inside the hollow cylinder, they attempt to understand its mysteries, such as, where are the Ramans and why have they come? In addition to the Hugo, the book also won the Nebula, the John W. Campbell Award, and a Jupiter award.
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Gravity's Rainbow
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The Man Who Folded Himself
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People of the Wind
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Time Enough for Love
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1972 Winner: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
The Gods Themselves
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In 2100, the invention of the Inter-Universe Electron Pump has made abundant and cheap energy possible, but its use threatens the rate of hydrogen fusion in the Sun, which could lead to a huge explosion that would destroy Earth. An outcast scientist from Earth, a rebellious alien from a dying planet in a parallel universe, and a human intuitionist from the lunar colony know of this, and race to get others to believe and prevent the disaster.
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1972 Nominees
The Book of Skulls
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Dying Inside
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The Iron Dream
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The Sheep Look Up
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What Entropy Means to Me
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When Harlie Was One : Release 2.0
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1971 Winner: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
1971 Nominees
The Devil is Dead
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The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel
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1970 Winner: Ringworld by Larry Niven
Ringworld
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Two-hundred-year-old Luis Wu, bored and seeking a challenge, is recruited by Nessus, of the puppeteer race that has abandoned a vast commercial empire to flee the explosion of the galactic core, which won't affect Known Space for another 20,000 years. Also recruited are the Kzin known as Speaker-to-Animals, and Teela Brown, a young woman of no known talents except she has all the luck anyone could ever use. Together they head out to explore the Ringworld, a million-mile-wide loop around a star with a diameter equal to Earth's orbit around the sun. They didn't count on the crash landing.
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1970 Nominees
The Steel Crocodile
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Nebula Awards Links
- SFWA Nebula Awards(R) Information
- Information about the Nebula Awards(R) process.
- Locus Index to SF Awards - Nebulas
- The linked page gives a briefer overview of the Nebulas than the official SFWA site. Links on the page can take you to more detailed info by year, by category, and once you dig into those, you can find more information about authors such as how many awards of all kinds they've received and when and where the works were published.
- Locus Online
- Locus publishes news of the Science Fiction publishing field with extensive reviews and listings of new science fiction books and magazines. (from the website)
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- drifter0658 drifter0658 Feb 26, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
- This one took me back. I read a good portion of these books in the 1970's. A very golden decade. 'Flow My Tears' and 'Forever Wars' will always be 2 of my favorite books from this era.
Thanks for this stroll backwards.
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- PaulHassing PaulHassing Feb 12, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
- This looks like the work of a dedicated fan! What a great resource. Very well put together! :)
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