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This list comes from Locus Magazine and "A History of the Hugo, Nebula and International Fantasy Awards" by Donald Franson and Howard DeVore. It is updated each year by the moderator of SF-LOVERS.

Nominees are in alphabetical order within year. Where Nebula awards had two ballots, only the final ballot is listed.

The Grand Masters

1974 Robert A. Heinlein 1975 Jack Williamson 1976 Clifford D. Simak 1978 L. Sprague de Camp 1981 Fritz Leiber 1983 Andre Norton 1985 Arthur C. Clarke

Nebula Novels: 1965 All Flesh is Grass Clifford D. Simak The Clone Theodore Thomas & Kate Wilhelm Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick * Dune Frank Herbert The Escape Orbit James White The Genocides Thomas M. Disch Nova Express William Burroughs A Plague of Pythons Keith Laumer Rogue Dragon Avram Davidson The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream G. C. Edmonson The Star Fox Poul Anderson The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1966 * Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany (tie) * Flowers For Algernon Daniel Keyes The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 1967 Chthon Piers Anthony * Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany The Eskimo Invasion Hayden Howard Lord of Light Roger Zelazny Thorns Robert Silverberg 1968 Black Easter James Blish Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick The Masks of Time Robert Silverberg Past Master R. A. Lafferty Picnic on Paradise Joanna Russ * Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 1969 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad Isle of the Dead Roger Zelazny The Jagged Orbit John Brunner * The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. LeGuin Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Up the Line Robert Silverberg 1970 And Chaos Died Joanna Russ Fourth Mansions R. A. Lafferty * Ringworld Larry Niven The Steel Crocodile D. G. Compton The Tower of Glass Robert Silverberg The Year of the Quiet Sun Wilson (Bob) Tucker 1971 The Byworlder Poul Anderson The Devil is Dead R. A. Lafferty Half Past Human T. J. Bass The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. LeGuin Margaret and I Kate Wilhelm * A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg 1972 The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg Dying Inside Robert Silverberg * The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov The Iron Dream Norman Spinrad The Sheep Look Up John Brunner What Entropy Means to Me George Alec Effinger When Harlie Was One David Gerrold 1973 Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon The Man Who Folded Himself David Gerrold The People of the Wind Poul Anderson * Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C. Clarke Time Enough For Love Robert A. Heinlein 1974 334 Thomas M Disch * The Dispossessed Ursula K. LeGuin Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said Philip K. Dick The Godwhale T. J. Bass 1975 Autumn Angels Arthur Byron The Birthgrave Tanith Lee The Computer Connection Alfred Bester (also titled: The Indian Giver) Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany Doorways in the Sand Roger Zelazny The Embedding Ian Watson The Exile Waiting Vonda N. Mcintyre The Female Man Joanna Russ * The Forever War Joe Haldeman A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire Michael Bishop Guernica Night Barry N. Malzberg The Heritage of Hastur Marion Zimmer Bradley Invisible Cities Italo Calvino A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson The Missing Man Katherine MacLean The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Ragtime E. L. Doctorow The Stochastic Man Robert Silverberg 1976 Inferno Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Islands Marta Randall * Man Plus Frederik Pohl Shadrach in the Furnace Robert Silverberg Triton Samuel R. Delany Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 1977 Cirque Terry Carr * Gateway Fred Pohl In the Ocean of Night Greg Benford Moonstart Odyssey David Gerrold Sword of Demon Richard Lupoff 1978 Blind Voices Tom Reamy * Dreamsnake Vonda McIntyre The Faded Sun C. J. Cherryh Kalki Gore Vidal Strangers Gardner Dozois 1979 * The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke Jem Frederik Pohl Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm On Wings of Song Thomas M. Disch The Road to Corlay Richard Cowper Titan John Varley 1980 Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Frederik Pohl Mockingbird Walter Tevis The Orphan Robert Stallman The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge * Timescape Gregory Benford 1981 * The Claw of the Conciliator Gene Wolfe Little, Big John Crowley The Many-Colored Land Julian May Radix A. A. Attanasio Riddley Walker Russell Hoban The Vampire Tapestry Suzy McKee Charnas 1982 Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov Friday Robert A. Heinlein Helliconia Spring Brian Aldiss * No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe The Transmigration of Timothy Archer Philip K. Dick 1983 Against Infinity Gregory Benford The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe Lyonesse Jack Vance *Startide Rising David Brin Tea With the Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy The Void Captain's Tale Norman Spinrad

1984 Frontera Lewis Shiner Job:A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein *Neuromancer William Gibson The Integral Trees Larry Niven The Man Who Melted Jack Dann The Wild Shore Kim Stanley Robinson

1985 Blood Music Greg Bear Dinner at Deviant's Palace Tim Powers *Ender's Game Orson Scott Card Helliconia Winter Brian W. Aldiss Schismatrix Bruce Sterling The Postman David Brin The Remaking of Sigmund Freud Barry N. Malzberg

Nebula Shorter Works:

1965 <Novella> The Ballad of Beta-2 Samuel R. Delany * He Who Shapes Roger Zelazny The Mercurymen C. C. MacApp On the Storm Planet Cordwainer Smith Research Alpha A. E. van Vogt & James Schmitz Rogue Dragon Avram Davidson (tie) * The Saliva Tree Brian W. Aldiss Under Two Moons Frederik Pohl <Novelette> The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial Mack Reynolds At the Institute Norman Kagan The Decision Makers Joseph Green * The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth Roger Zelazny The Earth Merchants Norman Kagan Four Ghosts in Hamlet Fritz Leiber Goblin Night James Schmitz Half a Loaf R. C. Fitzpatrick Laugh Along With Franz Norman Kagan The Life of Your Time Michael Karageorge Maiden Voyage J. W. Schutz The Masculinist Revolt William Tenn Masque of the Red Shift Fred Saberhagen 102 H-Bombs Thomas M. Disch Planet of Forgetting James Schmitz Shall We Have a Little Talk? Robert Scheckley The Shipwrecked Hotel James Blish & Norman L. Knight Small One Clayton McCarty Vanishing Point Jonathan Brand <Short Story> Balanced Ecology James Schmitz Becalmed in Hell Larry Niven A Better Mousehole Edgar Pangborn Better Than Ever Alex Kris Calling Dr. Clockwork Ron Goulart Come to Venus Melancholy Thomas M. Disch Computers Don't Argue Gordon R. Dickson Cyclops Fritz Leiber Devil Car Roger Zelazny The Eight Billion Richard Wilson Eyes Do More Than See Isaac Asimov A Few Kindred Spirits John Christopher Founding Father Isaac Asimov Games Donald Barthelme The Good New Days Fritz Leiber The House the Blakeneys Built Avram Davidson In Our Block R. A. Lafferty Inside Man H. L. Gold Keep Them Happy Robert Rohrer A Leader for Yesterday Mack Reynolds Lord Moon Jand Beauclerk The Mischief Maker Richard Olin Of One Mind James Durham Over the River and Through the Trees Clifford D. Simak The Peacock King Ted White & L. McCombs * "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Harlan Ellison Slow Tuesday Night R. A. Lafferty Souvenir J. G. Ballard Though a Sparrow Fall Scott Nichols Uncollected Works Lin Carter Wrong-Way Street Larry Niven 1966 <Novella> * The Last Castle Jack Vance The Alchemist Charles L. Harness Clash of Star Kings Avram Davidson <Novelette> Apology to Inky Robert M. Green An Ornament to His Profession Charles L. Harness * Call Him Lord Gordon R. Dickson The Eskimo Invasion Hayden Howard The Moment of the Storm Roger Zelazny <Short Story> Light of Other Days Bob Shaw Man In His Time Brian W. Aldiss * The Secret Place Richard McKenna 1967 <Novella> * Behold the Man Michael Moorcock Weyr Search Anne McCaffrey Hawksbill Station Robert Silverberg Riders of the Purple Wage Philip Jose Farmer If All Men Were Brothers Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? Theodore Sturgeon <Novelette> * Gonna Roll the Bones Fritz Leiber The Keys to December Roger Zelazny Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes Harlan Ellison Flatlander Larry Niven The Mortal Mountain Roger Zelazny <Short Story> Answering Service Fritz Leiber * Aye, and Gomorrah Samuel R. Delany Baby, You Were Great Kate Wilhelm The Doctor Theodore Thomas Driftglass Samuel R. Delany Earthwoman Reginald Bretnor 1968 <Novella> The Day Beyond Forever Keith Laumer * Dragonrider Anne McCaffrey Hawk Among the Sparrows Dean McLaughlin Lines of Power Samuel R. Delany Nightwings Robert Silverberg <Novelette> Final War K. M. O'Donnell The Guerilla Trees H. H. Hollis The Listeners James E. Gunn * Mother to the World Richard Wilson Once There Was a Giant Keith Laumer The Sharing of Flesh Poul Anderson Total Environment Brian W. Aldiss <Short Story> The Dance of the Changer and the Three Terry Carr Idiot's Mate Robert Taylor Kyrie Poul Anderson Masks Damon Knight * The Planners Kate Wilhelm Sword Game H. H. Hollis 1969 <Novella> A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison Dramatic Mission Anne McCaffrey Probable Cause Charles L. Harness Ship of Shadows Fritz Leiber To Jorslem Robert Silverberg <Novelette> The Big Flash Norman Spinrad Deeper Than the Darkness Gregory Benford Nine Lives Ursula K. LeGuin * Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones Samuel R. Delany <Short Story> The Last Flight of Dr. Ain James Tiptree, Jr. The Man Who Learned Loving Theodore Sturgeon Not Long Before the End Larry Niven * Passengers Robert Silverberg Shattered Like a Glass Goblin Harlan Ellison 1970 <Novella> April Fool's Day Forever Kate Wilhelm the Fatal Fulfillment Poul Anderson * Ill Met in Lankhmar Fritz Leiber The Region Between Harlan Ellison The Thing in the Stone Clifford D. Simak <Novelette> Asian Shores Thomas M. Disch Continued on Next Rock R. A. Lafferty Dear Aunt Annie Gordon Eklund The Second Inquisition Joanna Russ Shaker Revival Gerald Jonas * Slow Sculpture Theodore Sturgeon <Short Story> By the Falls Harry Harrison A Cold Night Dark With Snow Kate Wilhelm The Creation of Bennie Good James Sallis A Dream at Noonday Gardner Dozios Entire and Perfect Chrysolite R. A. Lafferty In the Queue Keith Laumer The Island of Dr. Death Gene Wolfe * >> No Award (The Island of Dr. Death Came in 2nd on the ballot.) 1971 <Novella> Being There Jerry Kosinski The God House Keith Roberts The Infinity Box Kate Wilhelm * The Missing Man Katherine MacLean The Plastic Abyss Kate Wilhelm <Novelette> The Encounter Kate Wilhelm Mount Charity Edgar Pangborn Poor Man, Beggar Man Joanna Russ * The Queen of Air and Darkness Poul Anderson A Special Kind Of Morning Gardner Dozois <Short Story> Good News From the Vatican Robert Silverberg Heathen God George Zebrowski Horse of Air Gardner Dozois The Last Ghost Stephen Goldin 1972 <Novella> The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe The Gold at Starbow's End Frederik Pohl * A Meeting With Medusa Arthur C. Clarke Son of the Morning Phyllis Gottlieb With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama -- Richard A. Lupoff The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. LeGuin <Novelette> The Animal Fair Alfred Bester Basilisk Harlan Ellison The Funeral Kate Wilhelm * Goat Song Poul Anderson In the Deadlands David Gerrold A Kingdom By the Sea Gardner Dozois Patron of the Arts Bill Rotsler <Short Story> Against the Lafayette Escadrille Gene Wolfe And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side -- James Tiptree, Jr. On the Downhill Side Harlan Ellison Shaffery Among the Immortals Frederik Pohl * When It Changed Joanna Russ 1973 <Novella> Chains of the Sea Gardner Dozois Death and Designation Among the Asadi Michael Bishop * The Death of Doctor Island Gene Wolfe Junction Jack Dann The White Otters of Childhood Michael Bishop <Novelette> Case and the Dreamer Theodore Sturgeon The Deathbird Harlan Ellison The Girl Who Was Plugged In James Tiptree, Jr. * Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand Vonda McIntyre <Short Story> How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion Gene Wolfe * Love Is the Plan, the Plan is Death James Tiptree, Jr. Shark Edward Bryant A Thing of Beauty Norman Spinrad Wings Vonda McIntyre With Morning Comes Mistfall George R. R. Martin 1974 <Novella> * Born With the Dead Robert Silverberg On the Street of the Serpents Michael Bishop A Song For Lya George R. R. Martin <Novelette> * If the Stars Are Gods Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford The Rest Is Silence C. L. Grant Twilla Tom Reamy <Short Story> After King Kong Fell Philip Jose Farmer * The Day Before the Revolution Ursula K. LeGuin The Engine At HeartSpring's Center Roger Zelazny 1975 <Novella> * Home Is the Hangman Roger Zelazny A Momentary Taste of Being James Tiptree, Jr. The Storms of Windhaven Lisa Tuttle & George R. R. Martin Sunrise West William K. Carlson <Novelette> The Bleeding Man Craig Strete Blooded on Arachne Michael Bishop The Custodians Richard Cowper The Dybbuk Dolls Jack Dann The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill Randall Garrett A Galaxy Called Tome Barry N. Malzberg The New Atlantis Ursula K. LeGuin Polly Charms, The Sleeping Woman Avram Davidson * San Diego Lightfoot Sue Tom Reamy Retrograde Summer John Varley The Warlord of Saturn's Moons Eleanor Arnason <Short Story> Attachment Phyllis Eisenstein * Catch That Zeppelin Fritz Leiber Child of All Ages P. J. Plauger Doing Lennon Gregory Benford Find the Lady Nicholas Fisk Growing Up in Edge City Frederik Pohl A Scraping of the Bones Algis Budrys Shatterday Harlan Ellison Sail the Tide of Mourning Richard A. Lupoff Time Deer Craig Strete Utopia of a Tired Man Jorge Luis Borges White Creatures Gregory Benford White Wolf Calling C. L. Grant 1976 <Novella> The Eyeflash Miracles Gene Wolfe * Houston, Houston, Do You Read? James Tiptree, Jr. Piper at the Gates of Dawn Richard Cowper The Samurai and the Willows Michael Bishop <Novelette> * The Bicentennial Man Isaac Asimov Custer's Last Jump Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop The Diary of the Rose Ursula K. LeGuin His Hour Upon the Stage Grant Carrington <Short Story> Back to the Stone Age Jake Saunders Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep Thomas F. Monteleone * A Crowd of Shadows C. L. Grant Mary Margaret Road-Grader Howard Waldrop Stone Circle Lisa Tuttle Tricentennial Joe Haldeman 1977 <Novella> Aztecs Vonda N. McIntyre * Stardance Spider & Jeanne Robinson <Novelette> The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs -- Carter Scholz Particle Theory Edward Bryant A Rite of Spring Fritz Leiber * The Screwfly Solution Racoona Sheldon The Stone City George R. R. Martin <Short Story> Air Raid John Varley Camera Obscura Thomas F. Monteleone The Hibakusha Gallery Edward Bryant * Jeffty is Five Harlan Ellison Tin Woodsman Dennis Bailey & David Bischoff 1978 <Novella> * The Persistence of Vision John Varley Seven American Nights Gene Wolfe <Novelette> Devil You Don't Know Dean Ing * A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye C. V. Grant Mikal's Songbird Orson Scott Card <Short Story> Cassandra C. J. Cherryh A Quiet Revolution Jack Dann * Stone Edward Bryant 1979 <Novella> The Battle of Abaco Reefs Hilbert Schenck * Enemy Mine Barry Longyear Fireship Joan D. Vinge Mars Masked Frederik Pohl The Story Writer Richard Wilson The Tale of Gorkin Samuel R. Delany <Novelette> The Angel of Death Michael Shea Camps Jack Dann Options John Varley The Pathways of Desire Ursula K. LeGuin * Sandkings George R. R. Martin The Ways of Love Poul Anderson <Short Story> The Extraordinary Voyages of Ame'lie Bertrand Joanna Russ * giANTS Edward Bryant Red as Blood Tanith Lee Unaccompanied Sonata Orson Scott Card Vernalfest Morning Michael Bishop The Way of Cross and Dragon George R. R. Martin 1980 <Novella> The Autopsy Michael Shea The Brave Little Toaster Thomas M. Disch Dangerous Games Marta Randall Lost Dorsai Gordon R. Dickson There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me -- Avram Davidson * Unicorn Tapestry Suzy McKee Charnas <Novelette> Beatnik Bayou John Varley The Feast of St. Janis Michael Swanwick Ginungagap Michael Swanwick Strata Edward Bryant * The Ugly Chickens Howard Waldrop The Way Station Stephen King <Short Story> * Grotto of the Dancing Deer Clifford D. Simak Secrets of the Heart Charles L. Grant A Sunday Visit to Great-Grandfather Craig Strete The War Beneath the Tree Gene Wolfe Window Bob Leman 1981 <Novella> Amnesia Jack Dann In the Western Tradition Phyllis Eisenstein * The Saturn Game Poul Anderson Swarmer Gregory Benford True Names Vernor Vinge The Winter Beach Kate Wilhelm <Novelette> The Fire When It Comes Parke Godwin Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo James Tiptree, Jr. Mummer Kiss Michael Swanwick * The Quickening Michael Bishop Sea Changeling Mildred Downey Broxon The Thermals of August Edward Bryant <Short Story> * The Bone Flute Lisa Tuttle Disciples Gardner Dozois Going Under Jack Dann Johnny Mnemonic William Gibson The Pusher John Varley The Quiet George Florance-Guthridge Venice Drowned Kim Stanley Robinson Zeke Timothy R. Sullivan 1982 <Novella> * Another Orphan John Kessel Horrible Imaginings Fritz Leiber Moon of Ice Brad Linaweaver Souls Joanna Russ Unsound Variations George R. R. Martin <Novelette> Burning Chrome William Gibson * Fire Watch Connie Willis The Mystery of the Young Gentleman Joanna Russ Myths of the Near Future J. G. Ballard Swarm Bruce Sterling Understanding Human Behavior Thomas M. Disch <Short Story> Corridors Barry N. Malzberg God's Hooks Howard Waldrop High Steel Jack C. Haldeman * A Letter From the Clearys Connie Willis Petra Greg Bear The Pope of the Chimps Robert Silverberg 1983 <Novella> Esterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention Michael Bishop The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis Michael Bishop * Hardfought Greg Bear Her Habiline Husband Michael Bishop Homefaring Robert Silverberg Transit Vonda N. McIntyre <Novelette> Black Air Kim Stanley Robinson Blind Shemmy Jack Dann * Blood Music Greg Bear Cicada Queen Bruce STerling The Monkey Treatment George R. R. Martin The Sidon In the Mirror Connie Willis Slow Birds Ian Watson <Short Story> Cryptic Jack McDevitt The Geometry of Narrative Hilbert Schenck Ghost Town Chad Oliver Her Furry Face Leigh Kennedy * The Peacemaker Gardner Dozois Wong's Lost and Found Emporium William F. Wu 1984 <Novella> A Traveler's Tale Lucius Shepard Marrow Death Michael Swanwick *Press Enter. John Varley The Greening of Bed-Stuy Fredrick Pohl Trinity Nancy Kress Young Doctor Esterhazy Avram Davidson <Novelette> Bad Medicine Jack Dann *Blood Child Octavia Butler Saint Theresa of the Aliens James Patrick Kelly The Lucky Strike Kim Stanley Robinson The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard Trojan Horse Michael Swanwick <Short Story> A Cabin on the Coast Gene Wolfe *Morning Child Gardner Dozois Salvador Lucius Shepard Sunken Gardens Bruce Sterling The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything George Alec Effinger The Eichmann Variations George Zebrowski 1985 <Novella> 24 Views of Mount Fuji Roger Zelazny Green Days in Brunei Bruce Sterling Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson *Sailing to Byzantium Robert Silverberg The Gorgon Field Kate Wilhelm The Only Neat Thing To Do James Tiptree, Jr. <Novellette> Dogfight Michael Swanwick and William Gibson Paladin of the Lost Hour Harlan Ellison *Portraits of His Children George R.R. Martin Rockabye Baby S.C. Sykes The Fringe Orson Scott Card The Gift of the Graylanders Michael Bishop The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard <Short Story> Flying Saucer Rock and Roll Howard Waldrop Heirs of the Perisphere Howard Waldrop Hong's Bluff William F. Wu More Than the Sum of His Parts Joe Haldeman *Out of All Them Bright Stars Nancy Kress Paper Dragons James P. Blaylock Snow John Crowley The Gods of Mars Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick