Philip K. Dick Award
The Philip K. Dick Award is an American literary prize for contemporary science fiction literature. It is one of the most important science fiction awards after the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.
Table of Contents
· 1 awardee
o 1.1 1982–1990
o 1.2 1991–2000
o 1.3 2001–2010
o 1.4 2011–2018
· 2 Special mention
o 2.1 1982–1990
o 2.2 1991–2000
o 2.3 2001–2010
o 2.4 2011–2018
· 3 Other nominees
o 3.1 1982–1990
o 3.2 1991–2000
o 3.3 2001–2010
o 3.4 2011–2018
· 4 Literature
· 5 Web links
· 6 Individual references
The award was established by Thomas M. Disch at the 1982 Northwest Regional Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Norwescon) in memory of Philip K. Dick, who died that same year. It is awarded with the support of the "Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States" and funded by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society (PSFS). It was administered in its early years by Thomas M. Disch and then by Algis Budrys. He was succeeded by David G. Hartwell, who shares the task with Gordon Van Gelder.
Five judges decide on a shortlist, which is published in January. From this list, they later select the winner, who is announced at Norwescon in late March or early April. Afterwards, they choose their successors. Only writers and scientists are eligible.
The prize has been awarded annually at Norwescon since 1983. The award is given to the best science fiction publication of the previous year whose first publication in the USA was in paperback. Simultaneous hardcover publications are not eligible for consideration. As a result, the winners rarely match other science fiction awards.
One reason for limiting the award to paperbacks is that the works of Philip K. Dick, who gave the award its name, were predominantly first published in paperback. Furthermore, the distribution of paperbacks is to be promoted.
In addition to the winner, one work is selected by the judges from the list of nominees to receive a special mention. For each of the years 1988, 1993 and 2008 there were two prize winners and no special mention.
Following are the Philip K. Dick Award and Special Mention winning works and authors, as well as the other nominees. The years refer to the year of publication and not to the year of the award.
Laureate
1982–1990
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 1982 | Rudy Rucker | Software | Software |
| 1983 | Tim Powers | The Anubis Gates | The gates to Anubis' realm |
| 1984 | William Gibson | Neuromancer | Neuromancer |
| 1985 | Tim Powers | Dinner at Deviant's Palace | At Table in Deviant's Palace |
| 1986 | James P. Blaylock | Homunculus | Homunculus |
| 1987 | Patricia Geary | Strange Toys | - – |
| 1988 | Paul J. McAuley (*) | 400 Billion Stars | Four hundred billion stars |
| Rudy Rucker (*) | Wetware | Wetware | |
| 1989 | Richard Paul Russo | Subterranean Gallery | The underground gallery |
| 1990 | Pat Murphy | Points of Departure | - – |
(*) Joint awardees
1991–2000
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 1991 | Ian McDonald | King of Morning, Queen of Day | King of the twilight, queen of the light |
| 1992 | Richard Grant | Through the Heart | - – |
| 1993 | John M. Ford (*) | Growing up Weightless | - – |
| Jack Womack (*) | Elvissey | Elvissey | |
| 1994 | Robert Charles Wilson | Mysterium | - – |
| 1995 | Bruce Bethke | Headcrash | - – |
| 1996 | Stephen Baxter | The Time Ships | Time Ships |
| 1997 | Stepan Chapman | The Troika | - – |
| 1998 | Geoff Ryman | 253: The Print Remix | 253 - The Subway Novel |
| 1999 | Stephen Baxter | Vacuum Diagrams | Vacuum diagrams |
| 2000 | Michael Marshall Smith | Only Forward | Stark, the dream detective |
(*) Joint awardees
2001–2010
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 2001 | Richard Paul Russo | Ship of Fools | - – |
| 2002 | Carol Emshwiller | The Mount | - – |
| 2003 | Richard Morgan | Altered Carbon | The immortality program |
| 2004 | Gwyneth Jones | Life | - – |
| 2005 | M. M. Buckner | War Surf | - – |
| 2006 | Chris Moriarty | Spin Control | Light Hunting |
| 2007 | M. John Harrison | Nova Swing | Nova |
| 2008 | Adam Troy Castro (*) | Emissaries From The Dead | Semi-Spirit |
| David Walton (*) | Terminal Mind | - – | |
| 2009 | C. L. Anderson | Bitter Angels | - – |
| 2010 | Mark Hodder | The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack | The Curious Case of Spring Heeled Jack |
(*) Joint awardees
2011–2018
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 2011 | Simon Morden | The Samuil Petrovich Trilogy | - – |
| 2012 | Brian Francis Slattery | The Lost Everything | - – |
| 2013 | Ben H. Winters | Countdown City | - – |
| 2014 | Meg Elison | The Book of the Unnamed Midwife | - – |
| 2015 | Ramez Naam | Apex | Apex |
| 2016 | Claudia Casper | The Mercy Journals | - – |
| 2017 | Carrie Vaughn | Bannerless | The banners of Haven |
| 2018 | Audrey Schulman | Theory of Bastards | - – |
Special mention
1982–1990
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 1982 | Ray Faraday Nelson | The Prometheus Man | - – |
| 1983 | R. A. MacAvoy | Tea with the Black Dragon | rendezvous with the black dragon |
| 1984 | Kim Stanley Robinson | The Wild Shore | The wild shore |
| 1985 | Richard Grant | Saraband of Lost Time | - – |
| 1986 | Jack McDevitt | The Hercules Lyrics | First contact |
| 1987 | Mike McQuay | Memories | - – |
| 1988 | - – | - – | - – |
| 1989 | Dave Wolverton | On My Way to Paradise | - – |
| 1990 | Raymond Harris | The Schizogenic Man | - – |
1991–2000
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 1991 | Emma Bull | bone dance | - – |
| 1992 | Élisabeth Vonarburg | In the Mothers' Land | - – |
| 1993 | - – | - – | - – |
| 1994 | Jack Cady | Inagehi | - – |
| 1995 | Richard Paul Russo | Carlucci's Edge | - – |
| 1996 | Michael Bishop | At the City Limits of Fate | - – |
| 1997 | William Barton | acts of conscience | - – |
| 1998 | Paul Di Filippo | lost pages | - – |
| 1999 | Jamil Nasir | Tower of Dreams | - – |
| 2000 | Scott Westerfeld | Evolution's Darling | - – |
2001–2010
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 2001 | Ken Wharton | divine intervention | - – |
| 2002 | China Miéville | The Scar | The Scar and Leviathan (*) |
| 2003 | Jane Jensen | Dante's equation | - – |
| 2004 | Lyda Morehouse | Apocalypse Array | - – |
| 2005 | Justina Robson | natural history | The merger |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Bear | Carnival | - – |
| 2007 | Minister Fist | From the notebooks of Dr. Brain | - – |
| 2008 | - – | - – | - – |
| 2009 | Ian McDonald | Cyberabad Days | - – |
| 2010 | Project Itoh | Harmony | - – |
(*) The novel was published in two volumes in the German edition.
2011–2018
| Year | Author / Authoress | English title | German title |
| 2011 | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Company Man | - – |
| 2012 | Andri Snær Magnason | LoveStar | LoveStar |
| 2013 | Toh EnJoe | self-reference engine | - – |
| 2014 | Jennifer Marie Brissett | Elysium | - – |
| 2015 | Marguerite Reed | Archangel | - – |
| 2016 | Susan diRende | Unpronounceable | - – |
| 2017 | Deji Bryce Olukotun | After the Flare | - – |
| 2018 | Claire North | 84K | - – |
