Reading the Campbells

Along with the Hugo and Nebula, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award is considered in some circles as one of the triumvirate of important SF awards. Since I'm tracking my Hugo and Nebula tallies, I figure I should add the Campbell to the list. Here, then, is the list of Campbell nominated works to date; the ones I've read are noted in bold.

1973
Beyond Apollo, Barry N. Malzberg
The Listeners, James E. Gunn
Darkening Island, Christopher Priest

1974 (two winners)
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Malevil, Robert Merle
The Embedding, Ian Watson
The Green Gene, Peter Dickinson

1975
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, Philip K. Dick
The Dispossesed, Ursula K. LeGuin

1976 (no winner; special award presented to The Year of the Quiet Sun, Wilson Tucker)
The Stochastic Man, Robert Silverberg
Orbitsville, Bob Shaw

1977
The Alteration, Kingsley Amis
Man Plus, Frederik Pohl
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Katherine Wilhelm

1978
Gateway, Frederik Pohl
Roadside Picnic and Tale of the Troika, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
A Scanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick

1979
Goriana, Michael Moorcock
Altered States, Paddy Chayefsky
And Having Writ..., Donald R. Bensen

1980
On Wings of Song, Thomas M. Disch
Engine Summer, John Crowley
The Unlimited Dream Company, J. G. Ballard

1981
Timescape, Gregory Benford
The Dreaming Dragons, Damien Broderick
The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe

1982
Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban

1983
Helliconia Spring, Brian W. Aldiss
No Enemy But Time, Michael Bishop

1984
The Citadel of the Autarch, Gene Wolfe
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica, John Batchelor
Tik-Tok, John Thomas Sladek

1985
The Years of the City, Frederick Pohl
Green Eyes, Lucius Shepherd
Neuromancer, William Gibson

1986
The Postman, David Brin
Galapagos, Kurt Vonnegut
Blood Music, Greg Bear
Kiteworld, Keith Roberts

1987
A Door into Ocean, Joan Slonczewski
The is the Way the World Ends, James K. Morrow
Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card

1988
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
The Sea and Summer, George Turner
The Unconquered Country, Geoff Ryman

1989
Islands in the Net, Bruce Sterling
The Gold Coast, Kim Stanley Robinson
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey

1990
The Child Garden, Geoff Ryman
Farewell Horizontal, K.W. Jeter
Good News from Outer Space, John Kessel

1991
Pacific Edge, Kim Stanley Robinson
Queen of Angels, Greg Bear
Only Begotten Daughter, James K. Morrow

1992
Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede, Bradley Denton
The Difference Engine, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
The Silicon Man, Charles Platt
Stations of the Tide, Michael Swanwick

1993
Brother to Dragons, Charles Sheffield
Sideshow, Sherri S. Tepper
A Fire Upon the Deep, Vernor Vinge

1994 (no award)
Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress
Moving Mars, Greg Bear

1995
Permutation City, Greg Egan
Brittle Innings, Michael Bishop

1996
The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
Chaga, Ian McDonald

1997
Fairyland, Paul J. McAuley
Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell

1998
Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman
Slant, Greg Bear
Secret Passages, Paul Preuss

1999
Brute Orbits, George Zebrowski
Starfarers, Poul Anderson
Distraction, Bruce Sterling

2000
A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge
Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear
Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad
The Silicon Dagger, Jack Williamson
Starfish, Peter Watts

2001
Genesis, Poul Anderson
Ash: A Secret History, Mary Gentle
Calculating God, Robert J. Sawyer
Infinity Beach, Jack McDevitt
The Fresco, Sherri S. Tepper

2002 (two winners)
The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson
Terraforming Earth, Jack Williamson
Probability Sun, Nancy Kress
Dark Light, Ken MacLeod
Deepsix, Jack McDevitt
Fallen Dragon, Peter F. Hamilton
Hammerfall, C.J. Cherryh
The House of Dust, Paul Johnston
The Meek, Scott Mackay
Nekropolis, Maureen F. McHugh
Pashazade: The First Arabesk, Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Passage, Connie Willis

2003
Probability Space, Nancy Kress
Kiln People, David Brin
Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer
Bones of the Earth, Michael Swanwick
Dark Ararat, Brian Stableford
The Golden Age, John C. Wright
Lion's Blood, Steven Barnes
The Separation, Christopher Priest
The Visitor, Sherri S. Tepper
Vitals, Greg Bear

2004
Omega, Jack McDevitt
Natural History, Justina Robson
The X President, Philip Baruth
The Braided World, Kay Kenyon
The Changeling Plague, Syne Mitchell
The Companions, Sherri S. Tepper
Darwin's Children, Greg Bear
Jennifer Government, Max Barry
Memory, Linda Nagata
Red Thunder, John Varley
Sister Alice, Robert Reed
Star Dragon, Mike Brotherton
Storyteller, Amy Thomson
Untied Kingdom, James Lovegrove
The Wreck of the River of Stars, Michael F. Flynn

2005
Market Forces, Richard Morgan
Air, Geoff Ryman
The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
The Boy Who Would Live Forever, Frederick Pohl
The Child Goddess, Louise Marley
City of Pearl, Karen Traviss
Gaudeamus, John Barnes
Newton's Wake, Ken MacLeod
The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
The Rebel, Jack Dann
The Well of Stars, Robert Reed
White Devils, Paul J. McAuley

2006
Mindscan, Robert J. Sawyer
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson
The Summer Isles, Ian R. MacLeod
Accelerando, Charles Stross
Child of Earth, David Gerrold
Counting Heads, David Marusek
Learning the World, Ken MacLeod
The Meq, Steve Cash
Mind's Eye, Paul J. McAuley
Seeker, Jack McDevitt
Transcendent, Stephen Baxter
The World Before, Karen Traviss

2007
Titan, Ben Bova
The Last Witchfinder, James K. Morrow
Blindsight, Peter Watts
Farthing, Jo Walton
Dry, Barbara Sapergia
Glasshouse, Charles Stross
Infoquake, David Louis Edelman
Living Next Door to the God of Love, Justina Robson
Nova Swing, M. John Harrison
Odyssey, Jack McDevitt
Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge
A Small and Remarkable Life, Nick DeChario
Sun of Suns, Karl Schroeder

2008
In War Times, Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon
The Execution Channel, Ken MacLeod
Axis, Robert Charles Wilson
Bad Monkeys, Matt Ruff
Brasyl, Ian McDonald
Deadstock, Jeffrey Thomas
HARM, Brian W. Aldiss
Mainspring, Jay Lake
The Margarets, Sherri S. Tepper
The New Moon's Arms, Nalo Hopkinson
Rollback, Robert J. Sawyer
Time's Child, Rebecca Ore
Zig Zag, Jose Carlos Somoza

2009 (two winners)
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
Song of Time, Ian R. MacLeod
The Philosopher's Apprentice, James K. Morrow
Anathem, Neal Stephenson
City at the End of Time, Greg Bear
Valley of Day-Glo, Nick DiChario

2010
The Windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd Century America, Robert Charles Wilson
The City & the City, China Mieville
The Caryatids, Bruce Sterling
Galileo's Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson
Gardens of the Sun, Paul J. McAuley
Makers, Cory Doctorow
Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress
Transition, Ian M. Banks
Wake, Robert J. Sawyer
The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood
Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts

2011
The Dervish House, Ian McDonald
How to Live Safety in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu
The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi
Anthill, E.O. Wilson
Aurorarama, Jean-Chrisophe Valtat
Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis
C, Tom McCarthy
Hull Zero Three, Greg Bear
New Model Army, Adam Roberts
Veteran, Gavin Smith
The Waters Rising, Sherri S. Tepper
Yarn, Jon Armstrong
Zero History, William Gibson

2012 (two winners)
The Islanders, Christopher Priest
The Highest Frontier, John Slonczewski
Embassytown, China Mieville
Osama, Lavie Tidhar
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
This Shared Dream, Kathleen Ann Goonan
Soft Apocalypse, Will McIntosh
Dancing with Bears, Michael Swanwick
Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson
Home Fires, Gene Wolfe
Seed, Rob Ziegler

2013
Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer, Adam Roberts
The Hydrogen Sonata, Ian M. Banks
Any Day Now, Terry Bisson
Existence, David Brin
The Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
Empty Space, M. John Harrison
Intrusion, Ken MacLeod
Railsea, China Mieville
The Fractal Prince, Hannu Rajaniemi
Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson
Slow Apocalypse, John Varley
Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson

2014
Strange Bodies, Marcel Theroux
Lexicon, Max Barry
Proxima, Stephen Baxter
The Circle, Dave Eggers
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler
Hild, Nicola Griffith
The Cusanus Game, Wolfgang Jeschke
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
The Disestablishment of Paradise, Phillip Mann
Evening's Empires, Paul J. McAuley
The Red: First Light, Linda Nagata
The Adjacent, Christopher Priest
On the Steel Breeze, Alastair Reynolds
Shaman, Kim Stanley Robinson
Neptune's Brood, Charles Stross

2015
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Claire North
The Race, Nina Allan
A Darkling Sea, James L. Cambias
The Peripheral, William Gibson
Afterparty, Daryl Gregory
Europe in Autumn, Dave Hutchinson
Wolves, Simon Ings
The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
Defenders, Will McIntosh
The Bees, Laline Paull
Bete, Adam Roberts
Lock In, John Scalzi
The Martian, Andy Weir
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer
Echopraxia, Peter Watts

To date, I have read 82 of 261 Campbell winners and nominees. That amounts to about 32 percent of the list. 

The Campbell lists seem a little more eclectic to me than the Hugos or the Nebulas, and while there is some overlap with the other major awards, on the whole the Campbells have a more cosmopolitan flavour, with what seems to me a good balance between popular, literate and weird choices - not that any of those are mutually exclusive. Perhaps that's because the Campbells are judged by a select group of jurors, rather than by fan vote (the Hugos) or the wider membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (the Nebulas). 

Aside from recognizing good work, the chief benefit of literary awards is their ability to provide curious readers with lists of new books to read. Certainly in putting together this list I find myself curious about a number of writers that are new to me. These lists are also handy for carrying with you at used bookstores! 

Brittle 10th Innings

I just finished Michael Bishop's 1994 Hugo-nominated novel Brittle Innings, the story of a teenager's experiences as a minor league ballplayer during World War II. Oh, and one of his teammates happens to be Frankenstein's monster.

It's a beautiful book, full of bittersweet pathos, pain and occasional moments of joy. So I hope I'm not inadvertently downplaying its many virtues by wondering what other sports famous monsters might play.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon seems limited to aquatic sports such as water polo, but I imagine he'd be the top player of all time.

The Wolf Man probably wouldn't have much luck in sports, for he's at his fastest and strongest only on a full moon. I don't know much about sports, but I know they're not often played by nightfall, and probably not only on full moons.

Dracula shares this weakness; he can't play in the daytime, lest he burn up. He might be limited to indoor volleyball matches, where his supernatural strength and speed would give him a considerable edge. Wrestling would also be a viable career for Dracula; he could sink his fangs into his opponents and bleed them dry, or turn himself into mist to escape choke holds.

The Invisible Man would have to play naked for his ability to confer any advantage. Hockey is out, for his stick and skates would betray him. Football is also out, for running with the ball would reveal his position, and in any case how would the quarterback know where to throw?

The Phantom of the Opera has no special skills other than murder and being hideous; perhaps he could be an MMA fighter? 

Reading the Hugo Nominees

Second in prestige in the science fiction and fantasy community only to the Nebulas, the Hugo Awards have been handed out every year by the World Science Fiction Society at Worldcon. Unlike the Nebula, Hugo awards are voted on by members at that convention. For the first few years, only the winners were announced; after the late 50s, winners and nominees were revealed. Winners are listed first, but three years ended in a tie: 1966, 1993 and 2010. There are a couple of other weird anomalies: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress appears twice because it was published in magazines over the course of two years, and Dune World, also appearing in magazine form, was re-nominated as Dune when it appeared as a standalone novel. In the late 90s the society started awarding Retro Hugos at significant anniversaries.

Winners and nominees I’ve read are highlighted in bold. Of the 293 total nominees, I’ve read 117, or about 40 percent of them. I’ve definitely read more Hugo nominees than Nebula nominees, although it should be noted there is some crossover between the awards so reading certain titles allows you to come closer to completing both lists.Thanks to Jeff for reminding me that I have indeed read The Left Hand of Darkness; hence, it's marked as read here.

Hugo Award for Best Novel

1946 (Retro Hugos)

The Mule, Isaac Asimov

The World of Null-A, A.E. van Vogt

That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis

Destiny Times Three, Fritz Leiber

Red Sun of Danger, Edmond Hamilton

1951 (Retro Hugos)

Farmer in the Sky, Robert A. Heinlein

Pebble in the Sky, Isaac Asimov

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis

First Lensman, E.E. “Doc” Smith

The Dying Earth, Jack Vance

1953

The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester

1954 (Retro Hugos)

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke

Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement

The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov

More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon

1955

They’d Rather Be Right (AKA The Forever Machine), Mark Clifton and Frank Riley

1956

Double Star, Robert A. Heinlein

1958

The Big Time, Fritz Leiber

1959

A Case of Conscience, James Blish

We Have Fed Our Sea, Poul Anderson

Who?, Algis Budrys

Have Space Suit – Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein

Time Killer, Robert Sheckley

1960

Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein

Dorsai!, Gordon R. Dickson

The Pirates of Ersatz, Murray Leinster

That Sweet Little Old Lady, Mark Phillips

The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut

1961

A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller Jr.

The High Crusade, Poul Anderson

Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys

Deathworld, Harry Harrison

Venus Plus X, Theodore Sturgeon

1962

Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein

Dark Universe, Daniel F. Galouye

Sense of Obligation, Harry Harrison

The Fisherman, Clifford D. Simak

Second Ending, James White

1963

The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick

The Sword of Aldones, Marion Zimmer Bradley

A Fall of Moondust, Arthur C. Clarke

Little Fuzzy, H. Beam Piper

Sylva, Jean Bruller

1964

Way Station, Clifford D. Simak

Glory Road, Robert A. Heinlein

Witch World, Andre Norton

Dune World, Frank Herbert

Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut

1965

The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber

The Whole Man, John Brunner

Davy, Edgar Pangborn

The Planet Buyer, Cordwainer Smith

1966

Dune, Frank Herbert

…And Call Me Conrad (AKA This Immortal), Roger Zelazny

The Squares of the City, John Brunner

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein

Skylark DuQuesne, E.E. “Doc” Smith

1967

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein

Babel-17, Samuel R. Delany

Too Many Magicians, Randall Garrett

Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes

The Witches of Karres, James H. Schmitz

Day of the Minotaur, Thomas Burnett Swann

1968

Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny

The Einstein Intersection, Samuel R. Delany

Chthon, Piers Anthony

The Butterfly Kid, Chester Anderson

Thorns, Robert Silverberg

1969

Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner

Rite of Passage, Alexi Panshin

Nova, Samuel R. Delany

Past Master, R.A. Lafferty

The Goblin Reservation, Clifford D. Simak

1970

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin

Up the Line, Robert Silverberg

Macroscope, Piers Anthony

Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

Bug Jack Barron, Norman Spinrad

1971

Ringworld, Larry Niven

Tau Zero, Poul Anderson

Tower of Glass, Robert Silverberg

The Year of the Quiet Sun, Wilson Tucker

Star Light, Hal Clement

1972

To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. LeGuin

Dragonquest, Anne McCaffrey

Jack of Shadows, Roger Zelazny

A Time of Changes, Robert Silverberg

1973

The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov

When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One, David Gerrold

There Will Be Time, Poul Anderson

The Book of Skulls, Robert Silverberg

Dying Inside, Robert Silverberg

A Choice of Gods, Clifford D. Simak

1974

Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke

Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein

Protector, Larry Niven

The People of the Wind, Poul Anderson

The Man Who Folded Himself, David Gerrold

1975

The Dispossessed, Ursula K. LeGuin

Fire Time, Poul Anderson

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, Philip K. Dick

The Mote in God’s Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The Inverted World, Christopher Priest

1976

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

Doorways in the Sand, Roger Zelazny

Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The Computer Connection, Alfred Bester

The Stochastic Man, Robert Silverberg

1977

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Kate Wilhelm

Mindbridge, Joe Haldeman

Children of Dune, Frank Herbert

Man Plus, Frederik Pohl

Shadrach in the Furnace, Robert Silverberg

1978

Gateway, Frederik Pohl

The Forbidden Tower, Marion Zimmer Bradley

Lucifer’s Hammer, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Time Storm, Gordon R. Dickson

Dying of the Light, George R.R. Martin

1979

Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre

The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey

The Faded Sun: Kesrith, C.J. Cherryh

Blind Voices, Tom Reamy

1980

The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke

Titan, John Varley

Jem, Frederik Pohl

Harpist in the Wind, Patricia A. McKillip

On Wings of Song, Thomas M. Disch

1981

The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge

Lord Valentine’s Castle, Robert Silverberg

The Ringworld Engineers, Larry Niven

Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, Frederik Pohl

Wizard, John Varley

1982

Downbelow Station, C.J. Cherryh

The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe

The Many Colored Land, Julian May

Project Pope, Clifford D. Simak

Little, Big, John Crowley

1983

Foundation’s Edge, Isaac Asimov

The Pride of Chanur, C.J. Cherryh

2010: Odyssey Two, Arthur C. Clarke

Friday, Robert A. Heinlein

Courtship Rite, Donald Kingsbury

The Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe

1984

Startide Rising, David Brin

Tea with the Black Dragon, R.A. MacAvoy

Millennium, John Varley

Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, Anne McCaffrey

The Robots of Dawn, Isaac Asimov

1985

Neuromancer, William Gibson

Emergence, David R. Palmer

The Peace War, Vernor Vinge

Job: A Comedy of Justice, Robert A. Heinlein

The Integral Trees, Larry Niven

1986

Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card

Cuckoo’s Egg, C.J. Cherryh

The Postman, David Brin

Footfall, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Blood Music, Greg Bear

1987

Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card

The Ragged Astronauts, Bob Shaw

Count Zero, William Gibson

Marooned in Realtime, Vernor Vinge

Black Genesis, L. Ron Hubbard

1988

The Uplift War, David Brin

When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger

Seventh Son, Orson Scott Card

The Forge of God, Greg Bear

The Urth of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe

1989

Cyteen, C.J. Cherryh

Red Prophet, Orson Scott Card

Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold

Islands in the Net, Bruce Sterling

Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson

1990

Hyperion, Dan Simmons

A Fire in the Sun, George Alec Effinger

Prentice Alvin, Orson Scott Card

The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson

Grass, Sheri S. Tepper

1991

The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold

Earth, David Brin

The Fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons

The Quiet Pools, Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Queen of Angels, Greg Bear

1992

Barrayar, Lois McMaster Bujold

Bone Dance, Emma Bull

All the Weyrs of Pern, Anne McCaffrey

The Summer Queen, Joan D. Vinge

Xenocide, Orson Scott Card

Stations of the Tide, Michael Swanwick

1993

A Fire Upon the Deep, Vernor Vinge

Doomsday Book, Connie Willis

Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh

Steel Beach, John Varley

1994

Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

Moving Mars, Greg Bear

Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress

Glory Season, David Brin

Virtual Light, William Gibson

1995

Mirror Dance, Lois McMaster Bujold

Mother of Storms, John Barnes

Beggars and Choosers, Nancy Kress

Brittle Innings, Michael Bishop

Towing Jehovah, James Morrow

1996

The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson

The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter

Brightness Reef, David Brin

The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer

Remake, Connie Willis

1997

Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

Memory, Lois McMaster Bujold

Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon

Starplex, Robert J. Sawyer

Holy Fire, Bruce Sterling

1998

Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman

City on Fire, Walter Jon Williams

The Rise of Endymion, Dan Simmons

Frameshift, Robert J. Sawyer

Jack Faust, Michael Swanwick

1999

To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis

Children of God, Mary Doria Russell

Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson

Distraction, Bruce Sterling

Factoring Humanity, Robert J. Sawyer

2000

A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge

A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold

Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson

Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.J. Rowling

2001

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin

Calculating God, Robert J. Sawyer

The Sky Road, Ken MacLeod

Midnight Robber, Nalo Hopkinson

2002

American Gods, Neil Gaiman

The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold

Passage, Connie Willis

Perdido Street Station, China Mieville

The Chronoliths, Robert J. Wilson

Cosmonaut Keep, Ken MacLeod

2003

Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer

Kiln People, David Brin

Bones of the Earth, Michael Swanwick

The Scar, China Mieville

The Years of Rice and Salt, Kim Stanley Robinson

2004

Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold

Ilium, Dan Simmons

Singularity Sky, Charles Stross

Blind Lake, Robert Charles Wilson

Humans, Robert J. Sawyer

2005

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke

River of Gods, Ian McDonald

The Algebraist, Iain M. Banks

Iron Sunrise, Charles Stross

Iron Council, China Mieville

2006

Spin, Robert Charles Wilson

Learning the World, Ken MacLeod

A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin

Old Man’s War, John Scalzi

Accelerando, Charles Stross

2007

Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge

Glasshouse, Charles Stross

His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik

Eifelheim, Michael F. Flynn

Blindsight, Peter Watts

2008

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, Michael Chabon

The Last Colony, John Scalzi

Halting State, Charles Stross

Rollback, Robert J. Sawyer

Brasyl, Ian McDonald

2009

The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

Little Brother, Cory Doctorow

Anathem, Neal Stephenson

Saturn’s Children, Charles Stross

Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi

2010

The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi

The City & The City, China Mieville

Boneshaker, Cherie Priest

Wake, Robert J. Sawyer

Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente

Julian Comstock: A Story of 22^nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson

2011

Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis

Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold

The Dervish House, Ian McDonald

Feed, Mira Grant

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin

2012

Among Others, Jo Walton

A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin

Deadline, Mira Grant

Embassytown, China Mieville

Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey