Philip K. Dick Award

The Philip K. Dick Award is an American science fiction award given annually at Norwescon and sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) the Philip K. Dick Trust. Named after science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, it has been awarded since 1983, the year after his death. It is awarded to the best original paperback published each year in the US.[1]

Philip K. Dick Award
Awarded forThe best science fiction paperback novel published in the United States in the previous calendar year
CountryUnited States
Presented byPhiladelphia Science Fiction Society, Philip K. Dick Trust, Northwest Science Fiction Society
First awarded1983
Websitephilipkdickaward.org

The award was founded by Thomas Disch with assistance from David G. Hartwell, Paul S. Williams, and Charles N. Brown. As of 2016, it is administered by Pat LoBrutto, John Silbersack, and Gordon Van Gelder. Past administrators include Algis Budrys, David G. Hartwell, and David Alexander Smith.

Winners and nominees edit

Winners are listed in bold.

Authors of special citation entries are listed in italics.

The year in the table below indicates the year the book was published; winners are announced the following year.

Key
Winner
Special Citation
AuthorTitleRef
1982Rudy RuckerSoftware
Ray NelsonThe Prometheus Man
J. M. CoetzeeWaiting for the Barbarians
R. A. LaffertyAurelia
John SladekRoderick
Steve Rasnic TemThe Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry
1983Tim PowersThe Anubis Gates
R. A. MacAvoyTea with the Black Dragon
Barrington J. BayleyThe Zen Gun
Zoe FairbairnsBenefits
M. John HarrisonThe Floating Gods
John VarleyMillennium
1984William GibsonNeuromancer
Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Wild Shore
C. J. CherryhVoyager in Night
Geary GravelThe Alchemists
David R. PalmerEmergence
Lucius ShepardGreen Eyes
Lewis ShinerFrontera
Howard WaldropThem Bones
1985Tim PowersDinner at Deviant's Palace
Richard GrantSaraband of Lost Time
Russell GriffinThe Timeservers
Michael P. Kube-McDowellEmprise
Barry N. MalzbergThe Remaking of Sigmund Freud
Scott Russell SandersTerrarium
Walter Jon WilliamsKnight Moves
1986James P. BlaylockHomunculus
Jack McDevittThe Hercules Text
Karen Joy FowlerArtificial Things
Robert Charles WilsonA Hidden Place
1987Patricia GearyStrange Toys
Mike McQuayMemories
Richard BowkerDover Beach
Pat CadiganMindplayers
K. W. JeterDark Seeker
Rebecca OreBecoming Alien
Lucius ShepardLife During Wartime
1988Paul J. McAuley (tie)Four Hundred Billion Stars
Rudy Rucker (tie)Wetware
Roger MacBride AllenOrphan of Creation
Marc LaidlawNeon Lotus
David Alexander SmithRendezvous
1989Richard Paul RussoSubterranean Gallery
Dave WolvertonOn My Way to Paradise
Barry B. LongyearInfinity Hold
James LucenoA Fearful Symmetry
Rebecca OreBeing Alien
Susan ShwartzHeritage of Flight
1990Pat MurphyPoints of Departure
Raymond HarrisThe Schizogenic Man
Gregory FeeleyThe Oxygen Barons
Elizabeth HandWinterlong
Allen SteeleClarke County, Space
1991Ian McDonaldKing of Morning, Queen of Day
Emma BullBone Dance
Douglas BellMojo and the Pickle Jar
Kathe KojaThe Cipher
Robert Charles WilsonBridge of Years
1992Richard GrantThrough the Heart
Élisabeth VonarburgIn the Mothers' Land
Colin GreenlandTake Back Plenty
Elizabeth HandAestival Tide
R. A. LaffertyIron Tears
1993John M. Ford (tie)Growing Up Weightless
Jack Womack (tie)Elvissey
Wilhelmina BairdCrash Course
David R. BunchBunch!
Elizabeth HandIcarus Descending
1994Robert Charles WilsonMysterium
Jack CadyInagehi
Alexander BesherRim: A Novel of Virtual Reality
Lisa MasonSummer of Love
Ian McDonaldScissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
Lance OlsenTonguing the Zeitgeist
1995Bruce BethkeHeadcrash
Richard Paul RussoCarlucci's Edge
Shale AaronVirtual Death
Greg EganPermutation City
Amy ThomsonThe Color of Distance
Élisabeth VonarburgReluctant Voyagers
1996Stephen BaxterThe Time Ships
Michael BishopAt the City Limits of Fate
William BartonThe Transmigration of Souls
George FoyThe Shift
Sarah ZettelReclamation
1997Stepan ChapmanThe Troika
William BartonActs of Conscience
Susan R. MatthewsAn Exchange of Hostages
Richard Paul RussoCarlucci's Heart
Denise VitolaOpalite Moon
Catherine WellsMother Grimm
1998Geoff Ryman253: The Print Remix
Paul Di FilippoLost Pages
Steve AylettSlaughtermatic
Nalo HopkinsonBrown Girl in the Ring
Paul J. McAuleyThe Invisible Country
1999Stephen BaxterVacuum Diagrams
Jamil NasirTower of Dreams
Toni AnzettiTyphon's Children
Constance Ash, ed.Not of Woman Born
William BartonWhen We Were Real
Kristine SmithCode of Conduct
2000Michael Marshall SmithOnly Forward
Scott WesterfeldEvolution's Darling
Stephen L. BurnsCall from a Distant Shore
Nalo HopkinsonMidnight Robber
Maggy ThomasBroken Time
Janine Ellen YoungThe Bridge
2001Richard Paul RussoShip of Fools
Ken WhartonDivine Intervention
Julie E. CzernedaIn the Company of Others
Mark W. TiedemannCompass Reach
Ray VukcevichMeet Me in the Moon Room
Liz WilliamsThe Ghost Sister
2002Carol EmshwillerThe Mount
China MiévilleThe Scar
Carol EmshwillerReport to the Men’s Club
Kay KenyonMaximum Ice
Karin LowacheeWarchild
Liz WilliamsEmpire of Bones
Forrest Aguirre, Jeff VanderMeer (eds.)Leviathan Three
2003Richard K. MorganAltered Carbon
Jane JensenDante's Equation
M. M. BucknerHyperthought
Mark BudzClade
Chris MoriartySpin State
Ann Tonsor ZeddiesSteel Helix
2004Gwyneth JonesLife
Lyda MorehouseApocalypse Array
Geoff RymanAir
Liz WilliamsBanner of Souls
Karen TravissCity of Pearl
Minister FaustThe Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad
Eileen GunnStable Strategies and Others
2005M. M. BucknerWar Surf
Justina RobsonNatural History
Neal AsherCowl
Karin LowacheeCagebird
Justina RobsonSilver Screen
Wil McCarthyTo Crush the Moon
2006Chris MoriartySpin Control
Elizabeth BearCarnival
Tony BallantyneRecursion
Mark BudzIdolon
Andrea HairstonMindscape
Nina Kiriki HoffmanCatalyst: A Novel of Alien Contact
Justina RobsonLiving Next Door to the God of Love
2007M. John HarrisonNova Swing
Minister FaustFrom the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
Jon ArmstrongGrey
Elizabeth BearUndertow
Adam RobertsGradisil
Karen TravissAlly
Sean WilliamsSaturn Returns
2008Adam-Troy Castro (tie)Emissaries from The Dead[2]
David Walton (tie)Terminal Mind[2]
Lou AndersFast Forward 2[2]
K. A. BedfordTime Machines Repaired While-U-Wait[2]
Jeff CarlsonPlague War[2]
Karen TravissJudge[2]
2009C. L. AndersonBitter Angels
Ian McDonaldCyberabad Days
Carlos J. CortesThe Prisoner
Eric GarciaThe Repossession Mambo
Daryl GregoryThe Devil's Alphabet
Rebecca OreCenturies Ago and Very Fast
S. Andrew SwannProphets
2010Mark HodderThe Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack
Project Itoh (trans. Alexander O. Smith)Harmony
Jon ArmstrongYarn
Elizabeth BearChill
Alden BellThe Reapers are the Angels
Sara CreasySong of Scarabaeus
James KnappState of Decay
2011Simon MordenThe Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy
Robert Jackson BennettThe Company Man
Mira GrantDeadline
Matthew HughesThe Other
Jean JohnsonA Soldier's Duty
Drew MagaryThe Postmortal
Maureen F. McHughAfter the Apocalypse
2012Brian Francis SlatteryLost Everything[3]
Andri Snær MagnasonLoveStar
Ryan BoudinotBlueprints of the Afterlife
Keith BrookeHarmony
Eric BrownHelix Wars
Moira CroneThe Not Yet
Nancy KressFountain of Age: Stories
2013Ben H. WintersCountdown City[4]
Toh EnJoeSelf-Reference Engine[4]
Anne CharnockA Calculated Life[5]
Cassandra Rose ClarkeThe Mad Scientist’s Daughter
Ann LeckieAncillary Justice
Jack SkillingsteadLife on the Preservation
Ian Whates (ed.)Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Books of Science Fiction
2014Meg ElisonThe Book of the Unnamed Midwife[6]
Jennifer Marie BrissettElysium[6]
Rod DuncanThe Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter[7]
Emmi ItärantaMemory of Water
Cherie PriestMaplecroft: The Borden Dispatches
Jonathan Strahan (ed.)Reach for Infinity
2015Ramez NaamApex[8]
Marguerite ReedArchangel[8]
Brenda CooperEdge of Dark[9]
Douglas LainAfter the Saucers Landed
PJ Manney(R)evolution
Adam RakunasWindswept
2016Claudia CasperThe Mercy Journals[10]
Susan diRendeUnpronounceable[10]
Kristy AcevedoConsider[11]
Eleanor ArnasonHwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens
Matt HillGraft
YossSuper Extra Grande
2017Carrie VaughnBannerless
Deji Bryce OlukotunAfter the Flare
Meg ElisonThe Book of Etta[12]
Mur LaffertySix Wakes
Tim PrattThe Wrong Stars
Alastair ReynoldsRevenger
Martha WellsAll Systems Red
2018Audrey SchulmanTheory of Bastards
Claire North84K
Ian McDonaldTime Was[13]
Jeff NoonThe Body Library
Abbey Mei OtisAlien Virus Love Disaster: Stories
Vandana SinghAmbiguity Machines and Other Stories
2019Sarah PinskerSooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea[14]
Sarah TolmieThe Little Animals[14]
Ada HoffmannThe Outside[15]
Megan E. O'KeefeVelocity Weapon
Susan PalwickAll Worlds Are Real: Short Fictions
Tade ThompsonThe Rosewater Redemption
2020Alison StineRoad Out of Winter[16]
M. R. CareyThe Book of Koli[16]
Christopher BrownFailed State[17]
Elwin CotmanDance on Saturday
Alastair ReynoldsBone Silence
Adrian TchaikovskyThe Doors of Eden
2021Kali WallaceDead Space[18]
Lavie TidharThe Escapement[18]
Nino CipriDefekt[19]
Jason SanfordPlague Birds
Giacomo SartoriBug
Tade ThompsonFar from the Light of Heaven
2022Kimberly UngerThe Extractionist[20]
Tade ThompsonThe Legacy of Molly Southbourne[20]
Rebecca CampbellArboreality[21]
C.J. CareyWidowland
Rich LarsonYmir
Rachel SwirskyJanuary Fifteenth
2023Bethany JacobsThese Burning Stars[22]
Rebekah BergmanThe Museum of Human History[22]
Eugen BaconDanged Black Thing[23]
M. R. CareyInfinity Gate
S. L. ConeyWild Spaces
Dilman DilaWhere Rivers Go to Die

References edit

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