The Nebula Awards: best novel winner – 1966 – present

The Nebula Awards ® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,500 members, among them many of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.

The 2009 winner of the best novel category was The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.

The next Nebula Awards Weekend will be held 2-5 June, 2011. The venue is the Hamilton Crowne Plaza in Washington. For more information, visit http://www.nebulaawards.com/.

The winners of the best novel have been:

  • 1965 – Dune by Frank Herbert
  • 1966 – Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes / Babel-17 by Samuel Delany
  • 1967 – The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
  • 1968 – Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
  • 1969 – The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 1970 – Ringworld by Larry Niven
  • 1971 – A Time Of Changes by Robert Silverberg
  • 1972 – The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
  • 1973 – Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 1974 – The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 1975 – The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
  • 1976 – Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
  • 1977 – Gateway  by Frederik Pohl
  • 1978 – Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • 1979 – The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 1980 – Timescape by Gregory Benford
  • 1981 – Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
  • 1982 – No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
  • 1983 – Startide Rising by David Brin
  • 1984 – Neuromancer by William Gibson
  • 1985 – Ender’s Game  by Orson Scott Card
  • 1986 – Speaker for the Dead  by Orson Scott Card
  • 1987 – The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
  • 1988 – Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 1989 – Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • 1990 – Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 1991 – Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
  • 1992 – Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
  • 1993 – Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • 1994 – Moving Mars: A Novel by Greg Bear
  • 1995 – The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
  • 1996 – Slow River, by Nicola Griffith
  • 1997 – The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • 1998 – Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
  • 1999 – Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
  • 2000 – Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
  • 2001 – The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
  • 2002 – American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
  • 2003 – The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
  • 2004 – Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2005 – Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
  • 2006 – Seeker by Jack McDevitt
  • 2007 – The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
  • 2008 – Powers by Ursula Le Guin
  • 2009 – The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted: August 30th, 2008
Author: Lee

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