Awards & Winners

1981 Locus Award

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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Joan D. Vinge

Honored for : The Snow Queen

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Frederik Pohl Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
City Come A-Walkin'
Marta Randall Dangerous Games
Robert L. Forward Dragon's Egg
Michael Bishop Eyes of Fire
Stephen King Firestarter
Jacqueline Lichtenberg First Channel
Jean Lorrah First Channel
Alfred Bester Golem100
Walter Tevis Mockingbird
Keith Roberts Molly Zero
C. J. Cherryh Serpent's Reach
Orson Scott Card Songmaster
Norman Spinrad Songs from the Stars
Ian Watson The Gardens of Delight
Philip José Farmer The Magic Labyrinth
Robert A. Heinlein The Number of the Beast
Larry Niven The Ringworld Engineers
Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen
James P. Hogan Thrice Upon a Time
Gregory Benford Timescape
Marion Zimmer Bradley Two to Conquer
M. A. Foster Waves
Octavia E. Butler Wild Seed
John Varley Wizard
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Robert Silverberg

Honored for : Lord Valentine's Castle

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Nominee Nominated Work
M. John Harrison A Storm of Wings
Manly Wade Wellman After dark
Glen Cook All Darkness Met
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Ariosto
Roger Zelazny Changeling
William Horwood Duncton Wood
Parke Godwin Firelord
Tanith Lee Kill the Dead
Robert Silverberg Lord Valentine's Castle
Lyndon Hardy Master of the Five Magics
Basil Copper Necropolis
Tanith Lee Sabella or The Blood Stone
Peter Straub Shadowland
Piers Anthony Split Infinity
Ursula K. Le Guin The Beginning Place
Stephen King The Mist
Elizabeth A. Lynn The northern girl
Robert Stallman The Orphan
Gene Wolfe The Shadow of the Torturer
Suzy McKee Charnas The Vampire Tapestry
Stephen R. Donaldson The Wounded Land
Fred Saberhagen Thorn
Locus Award for Best First Novel

Robert L. Forward

Honored for : Dragon's Egg

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Nominee Nominated Work
Justin Leiber Beyond Rejection
Robert L. Forward Dragon's Egg
Gillian Bradshaw Hawk of May
Lyndon Hardy Master of the Five Magics
Tim Huntley One on Me
David J. Skal Scavengers
Joan Slonczewski Still Forms on Foxfield
David Brin Sundiver
Paul Preuss The gates of heaven
Dennis R. Caro The Man in the Darksuit
Robert Stallman The Orphan
John M. Ford Web of Angels
Rudy Rucker White Light
Paul Hazel Yearwood
Dale Estey A Lost Tale
Locus Award for Best Short Story

Clifford D. Simak

Honored for : Grotto of the Dancing Deer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Craig Strete A Sunday Visit with Great-Grandfather
Michael P. Kube-McDowell Antithesis
Lisa Tuttle Bug House
P. C. Hodgell Child of Darkness
Philip K. Dick Frozen Journey
Clifford D. Simak Grotto of the Dancing Deer
Joe Haldeman Lindsay and the Red City Blues
David Drake Men Like Us
Robert Silverberg Our Lady of the Sauropods
Edward Bryant Prairie Sun
Norman Spinrad Prime Time
Philip K. Dick Rautavaara's Case
Orson Scott Card Saint Amy's Tale
Charles L. Grant Secrets of the Heart
François Camoin Some of My Best Friends
Susan C. Petrey Spidersong
Mary Pangborn The Confession of Hamo
Gene Wolfe The Detective of Dreams
James Patrick Kelly The Fear that Men Call Courage
Isaac Asimov The Last Answer
Ian Watson The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080
Gene Wolfe The War Beneath the Tree
Bob Leman Window
Locus Award for Best Anthology

Edward L. Ferman

Honored for : The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ellen Kushner Basilisk
Gardner Dozois Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection
Kirby McCauley Dark Forces
Orson Scott Card Dragons of Light
Frederik Pohl Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction
Joseph D. Olander Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction
Martin H. Greenberg Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction
Ursula K. Le Guin Interfaces
Virginia Kidd Interfaces
Frederik Pohl Nebula Winners 14
Samuel R. Delany Nebula Winners Thirteen
Marta Randall New Dimensions 11
Robert Silverberg New Dimensions 11
George R. R. Martin New Voices III
Damon Knight Orbit 21
Judy-Lynn del Rey Stellar Sci Fi Stry #5
Robert Asprin Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn
Donald A. Wollheim The 1980 Annual World's Best SF
Arthur W. Saha The 1980 Annual World's Best SF
Martin H. Greenberg The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels
Robert Silverberg The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels
Martin H. Greenberg The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction
Robert Silverberg The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction
Spider Robinson The Best of All Possible Worlds
Terry Carr The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective
Anonymous Their Immortal Hearts
Terry Carr Universe 10
Richard A. Lupoff What If? Vol. 1