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Locus Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards

The Locus Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards are determined each year by the readers of Locus magazine. Each February Locus publishes a reading list of books published the previous year and sends out ballots. Readers vote for five books or works in each category. The top vote-getter in each category is announced at a banquet in Seattle in July.

Our interest is mainly in the Locus Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards and in the Best First Novel Awards.

Here are lists of the winners from the late '70s and early '80s.

Locus Award - Best Science Fiction Novel:

Year	Author	Book
2010	Cherie Priest	Boneshaker
2009	Neal Stephenson	Anathem
2008	Michael Chabon	The Yiddish Policemen's Union
2007	Vernor Vinge	Rainbows End
2006	Charles Stross	Accelerando
2005	Neal Stephenson	The Confusion; The System of the World
2004	Dan Simmons	Ilium
2003	Kim Stanley Robinson	The Years of Rice and Salt
2002	Connie Willis	Passage
2001	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Telling
2000	Neal Stephenson	Cryptonomicon
1999	Connie Willis	To Say Nothing of the Dog
1998	Dan Simmons	The Rise of Endymion
1997	Kim Stanley Robinson	Blue Mars
1996	Neal Stephenson	The Diamond Age
1995	Lois McMaster Bujold	Mirror Dance
1994	Kim Stanley Robinson	Green Mars
1993	Connie Willis	Doomsday Book
1992	Lois McMaster Bujold	Barrayar
1991	Dan Simmons	The Fall of Hyperion
1990	Dan Simmons	Hyperion
1989	C. J. Cherryh	Cyteen
1988	David Brin	The Uplift War
1987	Orson Scott Card	Speaker for the Dead
1986	David Brin	The Postman
1985	Larry Niven	The Integral Trees
1984	David Brin	Startide Rising
1983	Isaac Asimov	Foundation's Edge
1982	Julian May	The Many Coloured Land
1981	Joan D. Vinge	The Snow Queen
1980	John Varley	Titan

Locus award - Best First Novel:

Year	Author	Book
2010	Paolo Bacigalupi	The Windup Girl
2009	Paul Melko	Singularity's Ring
2008	Joe Hill	Heart-Shaped Box
2007	Naomi Novik	Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon
2006	Elizabeth Bear	Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired
2005	Susanna Clarke	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2004	Cory Doctorow	Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
2003	Alexander C. Irvine	A Scattering of Jades
2002	Jacqueline Carey	Kushiel's Dart
2001	Geoffrey A. Landis	Mars Crossing
2000	Paul Levinson	The Silk Code
1999	Nalo Hopkinson	Brown Girl in the Ring
1998	Ian R. MacLeod	The Great Wheel
1997	Sarah Zettel	Reclamation
(tie)	Sage Walker	Whiteout
1996	Linda Nagata	The Bohr Maker
1995	Jonathan Lethem	Gun, With Occasional Music
1994	Patricia Anthony	Cold Allies
1993	Maureen F. McHugh	China Mountain Zhang
1992	Kathe Koja	The Cipher
1991	Michael F. Flynn	In the Country of the Blind
1990	Allen Steele	Orbital Decay
1989	Ian McDonald	Desolation Road
1988	Emma Bull	War for the Oaks
1987	Jack McDevitt	The Hercules Text
1986	Carl Sagan	Contact
1985	Kim Stanley Robinson	The Wild Shore
1984	R. A. MacAvoy	Tea with the Black Dragon
1983	Donald Kingsbury	Courtship Rite
1982	Somtow Sucharitkul	Starship & Haiku
1981	Robert L. Forward	Dragon's Egg

Locus award - Best Fantasy Novel:

Year	Author	Book
2010	China Miéville	The City and The City
2009	Ursula K. Le Guin	Lavinia
2008	Terry Pratchett	Making Money
2007	Ellen Kushner	The Privilege of the Sword
2006	Neil Gaiman	Anansi Boys
2005	China Miéville	Iron Council
2004	Lois McMaster Bujold	Paladin of Souls
2003	China Mieville	The Scar
2002	Neil Gaiman	American Gods
2001	George R. R. Martin	A Storm of Swords
2000	J. K. Rowling	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
1999	George R. R. Martin	A Clash of Kings
1998	Tim Powers	Earthquake Weather
1997	George R. R. Martin	A Game of Thrones
1996	Orson Scott Card	Alvin Journeyman
1995	Michael Bishop	Brittle Innings
1994	Peter S. Beagle	The Innkeeper's Song
1993	Tim Powers	Last Call
1992	Sheri S. Tepper	Beauty
1991	Ursula K. Le Guin	Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
1990	Orson Scott Card	Prentice Alvin
1989	Orson Scott Card	Red Prophet
1988	Orson Scott Card	Seventh Son
1987	Gene Wolfe	Soldier of the Mist
1986	Roger Zelazny	Trumps of Doom
1985	Robert A. Heinlein	Job: A Comedy of Justice
1984	Marion Zimmer Bradley	The Mists of Avalon
1983	Gene Wolfe	The Sword of the Lictor
1982	Gene Wolfe	The Claw of the Conciliator
1981	Robert Silverberg	Lord Valentine's Castle
1980	Patricia A. McKillip	Harpist in the Wind
1978	J. R. R. Tolkien	The Silmarillion

Locus Science Fiction Magazine is published each month and contains a large number of book reviews, author interviews, publishing news and discussions of the best science fiction and fantasy books.

I recommend Locus Science Fiction magazine highly as a source of information on collectable science fiction books.

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