Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

{{Short description|Literary award by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus}}

The Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Science Fiction Novel was first presented in 1980, and is among the awards still presented ({{As of|2022|lc=yes}}). Previously, there had simply been an award for Best Novel. A similar award for Best Fantasy Novel was introduced in 1978. The Locus Awards have been described as a prestigious prize in science fiction, fantasy and horror literature.

Winners

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Nominated Work !Author !Ref.
1980 \| Titan \|John Varley \|
1981 \| {{Sort\|Snow Queen\|The Snow Queen}} \|Joan D. Vinge \|
1982 \| {{Sort\|Many-Colored Land\|The Many-Colored Land}} \|Julian May \|
1983 \| Foundation's Edge \|Isaac Asimov \|
1984 \| Startide Rising \|David Brin \|
1985 \| {{Sort\|Integral Trees\|The Integral Trees}} \|Larry Niven \|
1986 \| {{Sort\|Postman\|The Postman}} \|David Brin \|
1987 \| Speaker for the Dead \|Orson Scott Card \|
1988 \| {{Sort\|Uplift War\|The Uplift War}} \|David Brin \|
1989 \| Cyteen \|C. J. Cherryh \|
1990 \| Hyperion \|Dan Simmons \|
1991 \| {{Sort\|Fall of Hyperion\|The Fall of Hyperion}} \|Dan Simmons \|
1992 \| Barrayar \|Lois McMaster Bujold \|
1993 \| Doomsday Book \|Connie Willis \|
1994 \| Green Mars \|Kim Stanley Robinson \|
1995 \| Mirror Dance \|Lois McMaster Bujold \|
1996 \| {{Sort\|Diamond Age\|The Diamond Age}} \|Neal Stephenson \|
1997 \| Blue Mars \|Kim Stanley Robinson \|
1998 \| {{Sort\|Rise of Endymion\|The Rise of Endymion}} \|Dan Simmons \|
1999 \| To Say Nothing of the Dog \|Connie Willis \|
2000 \| Cryptonomicon \|Neal Stephenson \|
2001 \| {{Sort\|Telling\|The Telling}} \|Ursula K. Le Guin \|
2002 \| Passage \|Connie Willis \|
2003 \| {{Sort\|Years of Rice and Salt\|The Years of Rice and Salt}} \|Kim Stanley Robinson \|
2004 \| Ilium \|Dan Simmons \|
2005 \| {{Sort\|Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World)\|The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World)}} \|Neal Stephenson \|
2006 \| Accelerando \|Charles Stross \|
2007 \| Rainbows End \|Vernor Vinge \|
2008 \| {{Sort\|Yiddish Policemen's Union\|The Yiddish Policemen's Union}} \|Michael Chabon \|
2009 \| Anathem \|Neal Stephenson \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2009-06-30 \|title=Awards: Locus; John W. Campbell; Frank O'Connor Shortlist \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=954 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002003512/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=954 \|archive-date=2017-10-02 \|access-date=2024-04-17 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
2010 \| Boneshaker \|Cherie Priest \|{{Cite web \|date=2010-06-28 \|title=Awards: Trillium Book Awards; Locus Awards \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1219 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002205556/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1219 \|archive-date=2017-10-02 \|access-date=2024-04-17 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
2011 \| Blackout/All Clear \|Connie Willis \|{{Cite web \|date=2011-06-27 \|title=Awards: Locus Winners \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1494 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203073449/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1494 \|archive-date=2023-02-03 \|access-date=2024-04-17 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
2012 \| Embassytown \|China Miéville \|
2013 \| Redshirts \|John Scalzi \|
2014 \| Abaddon's Gate \|James S. A. Corey \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2014-06-30 \|title=Awards: Locus Winners; Guardian Children's Fiction \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2286 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320005142/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2286 \|archive-date=2023-03-20 \|access-date=2024-04-17 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
2015 \| Ancillary Sword \|Ann Leckie \|
2016 \|Ancillary Mercy \|Ann Leckie \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2016-06-28 \|title=Awards: Locus; Guardian & 4th Estate BAME \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2784 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815103910/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2784 \|archive-date=2022-08-15 \|access-date=2024-04-17 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
2017 \|Death's End \|Liu Cixin \|
2018 \| {{Sort\|Collapsing Empire\|The Collapsing Empire}} \|John Scalzi \|
2019 \| {{Sort\|Calculating Stars\|The Calculating Stars}} \|Mary Robinette Kowal \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2019-07-02 \|title=Awards: Locus Winners; Branford Boase Winner \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3528 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419183231/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3528 \|archive-date=2021-04-19 \|access-date=2024-04-17 \|website=Shelf Awareness}}
2020 \| {{Sort\|City in the Middle of the Night\|The City in the Middle of the Night}} \|Charlie Jane Anders \|
2021 \| Network Effect \|Martha Wells \|
2022 \|{{Sort\|Desolation Called Peace\|A Desolation Called Peace}} \|Arkady Martine \|
2023 \|{{Sort\|Kaiju Preservation Society\|The Kaiju Preservation Society}} \|John Scalzi \|
2024 \|{{Sort\|System Collapse\|System Collapse}} \|Martha Wells \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Nominated Work

!Author

!Ref.

1980

| Titan

|John Varley

1981

| {{Sort|Snow Queen|The Snow Queen}}

|Joan D. Vinge

1982

| {{Sort|Many-Colored Land|The Many-Colored Land}}

|Julian May

1983

| Foundation's Edge

| Startide Rising

| {{Sort|Integral Trees|The Integral Trees}}

|Larry Niven

1986

| {{Sort|Postman|The Postman}}

|David Brin

1987

| Speaker for the Dead

|Orson Scott Card

1988

| {{Sort|Uplift War|The Uplift War}}

| Cyteen

| Hyperion

| {{Sort|Fall of Hyperion|The Fall of Hyperion}}

|Dan Simmons

1992

| Barrayar

|Lois McMaster Bujold

1993

| Doomsday Book

|Connie Willis

1994

| Green Mars

|Kim Stanley Robinson

1995

| Mirror Dance

|Lois McMaster Bujold

1996

| {{Sort|Diamond Age|The Diamond Age}}

|Neal Stephenson

1997

| Blue Mars

|Kim Stanley Robinson

1998

| {{Sort|Rise of Endymion|The Rise of Endymion}}

|Dan Simmons

1999

| To Say Nothing of the Dog

| Cryptonomicon

| {{Sort|Telling|The Telling}}

| Passage

| {{Sort|Years of Rice and Salt|The Years of Rice and Salt}}

|Kim Stanley Robinson

2004

| Ilium

|Dan Simmons

2005

| {{Sort|Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World)|The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World)}}

| Accelerando

| Rainbows End

| {{Sort|Yiddish Policemen's Union|The Yiddish Policemen's Union}}

|Michael Chabon

2009

| Anathem

|Neal Stephenson

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-06-30 |title=Awards: Locus; John W. Campbell; Frank O'Connor Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=954 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002003512/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=954 |archive-date=2017-10-02 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

2010

| Boneshaker

|Cherie Priest

|{{Cite web |date=2010-06-28 |title=Awards: Trillium Book Awards; Locus Awards |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1219 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002205556/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1219 |archive-date=2017-10-02 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

2011

| Blackout/All Clear

|Connie Willis

|{{Cite web |date=2011-06-27 |title=Awards: Locus Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1494 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203073449/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1494 |archive-date=2023-02-03 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

| Embassytown

| Redshirts

| Abaddon's Gate

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-06-30 |title=Awards: Locus Winners; Guardian Children's Fiction |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2286 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320005142/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2286 |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

| Ancillary Sword

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-06-28 |title=Awards: Locus; Guardian & 4th Estate BAME |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2784 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815103910/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2784 |archive-date=2022-08-15 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

2017

|Death's End

|Liu Cixin

2018

| {{Sort|Collapsing Empire|The Collapsing Empire}}

|John Scalzi

2019

| {{Sort|Calculating Stars|The Calculating Stars}}

|Mary Robinette Kowal

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-07-02 |title=Awards: Locus Winners; Branford Boase Winner |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3528 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419183231/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3528 |archive-date=2021-04-19 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

2020

| {{Sort|City in the Middle of the Night|The City in the Middle of the Night}}

| Network Effect

|{{Sort|Desolation Called Peace|A Desolation Called Peace}}

|Arkady Martine

2023

|{{Sort|Kaiju Preservation Society|The Kaiju Preservation Society}}

|John Scalzi

2024

|{{Sort|System Collapse|System Collapse}}

|Martha Wells

References

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{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/locus_award |title=Locus Award |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |edition=4th |last=Langford |first=David |author-link=David Langford |editor1-last=Clute |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Clute |editor2-last=Langford |editor2-first=David |date=June 27, 2022 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-locus-awards-20180626-story.html |title=Locus Award winners include N.K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle and John Scalzi |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=June 26, 2018 |work=The Los Angeles Times}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/27/locus-awards-go-to-ann-leckie-naomi-novik-terry-pratchett-neil-gaiman-george-rr-martin |title=Locus awards go to Ann Leckie, Naomi Novik and other stars |last=Flood |first=Allison |date=June 27, 2016 |work=The Guardian}}

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External links

{{Official website|http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_Winners_By_Year}}

Science Fiction Novel

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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Winners

See also

References

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