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1984 Best Novel Awards
Booker Prize
According to Mark by Penelope Lively
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner (winner)
In Custody by Anita Desai
Small World by David Lodge
According to Mark by Penelope Lively
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner (winner)
In Custody by Anita Desai
Small World by David Lodge
Edgar Awards
La Brava by Elmore Leonard (winner)
The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carré
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney
Texas Station by Christopher Leach
La Brava by Elmore Leonard (winner)
The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carré
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney
Texas Station by Christopher Leach
Hugo
Millennium by John Varley
Moreta by Anne McCaffrey
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Startide Rising by David Brin (winner)
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
Millennium by John Varley
Moreta by Anne McCaffrey
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Startide Rising by David Brin (winner)
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
John W Campbell Memorial Award
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica by John Calvin Batchelor
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe (winner)
Tik-Tok by John Sladek
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica by John Calvin Batchelor
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe (winner)
Tik-Tok by John Sladek
Nebula Awards
Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
Startide Rising by David Brin (winner)
Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
Startide Rising by David Brin (winner)
Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
Newbery Medal
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (winner)
The Sign Of The Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (winner)
The Sign Of The Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
Prometheus Award
Double Crossing by Erika Holzer
The Nagasaki Vector by L Neil Smith
Orion Shall Rise by Poul Anderson
Thendara House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Double Crossing by Erika Holzer
The Nagasaki Vector by L Neil Smith
Orion Shall Rise by Poul Anderson
Thendara House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rita Awards
The Clergyman's Daughter by Julia Jeffries (winner)
Destiny's Sweet Errand by Deirdre Mardon (winner)
Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
Julie's Magic Moment by Barbara Bartholomew (winner)
Memory and Desire by Eileen Bryan (winner)
This Magic Moment by Nora Roberts (winner)
Untamed by Nora Roberts (winner)
The Clergyman's Daughter by Julia Jeffries (winner)
Destiny's Sweet Errand by Deirdre Mardon (winner)
Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
Julie's Magic Moment by Barbara Bartholomew (winner)
Memory and Desire by Eileen Bryan (winner)
This Magic Moment by Nora Roberts (winner)
Untamed by Nora Roberts (winner)
World Fantasy
The Armageddon Rag by George R R Martin
The Dragon Waiting by John M Ford (winner)
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Láinez
The Armageddon Rag by George R R Martin
The Dragon Waiting by John M Ford (winner)
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Láinez
1984 Best First Novel Awards
Betty Trask Award
The Devil's Looking-Glass by Simon Rees
A Parish of Rich Women by James Buchan
Winter Journey by Ronald Frame (winner)
The Devil's Looking-Glass by Simon Rees
A Parish of Rich Women by James Buchan
Winter Journey by Ronald Frame (winner)
1984 Best Short Story Awards
Hugo
The Geometry of Narrative by Hilbert Schenck
The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois
Servant of the People by Frederik Pohl
Speech Sounds by Octavia E Butler (winner)
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium [short story] by William F Wu
The Geometry of Narrative by Hilbert Schenck
The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois
Servant of the People by Frederik Pohl
Speech Sounds by Octavia E Butler (winner)
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium [short story] by William F Wu
Nebula Awards
Cryptic [short story] by Jack McDevitt
The Geometry of Narrative by Hilbert Schenck
Ghost Town by Chad Oliver
The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois (winner)
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium [short story] by William F Wu
Cryptic [short story] by Jack McDevitt
The Geometry of Narrative by Hilbert Schenck
Ghost Town by Chad Oliver
The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois (winner)
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium [short story] by William F Wu
World Fantasy
Elle est Trois (La Mort) by Tanith Lee (winner)
The Hundred-Year Christmas [short story] by David Morrell
Into Whose Hands by Karl Edward Wagner
The Silent Cradle by Leigh Kennedy
Solitario's Eyes by Lucius Shepard
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium [short story] by William F Wu
Elle est Trois (La Mort) by Tanith Lee (winner)
The Hundred-Year Christmas [short story] by David Morrell
Into Whose Hands by Karl Edward Wagner
The Silent Cradle by Leigh Kennedy
Solitario's Eyes by Lucius Shepard
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium [short story] by William F Wu
1984 Best Novellette Awards
Hugo
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blood Music [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
The Monkey Treatment by George R R Martin
The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
Slow Birds [short story] by Ian Watson
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blood Music [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
The Monkey Treatment by George R R Martin
The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
Slow Birds [short story] by Ian Watson
Nebula Awards
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann
Blood Music [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling
The Monkey Treatment by George R R Martin
The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
Slow Birds [short story] by Ian Watson
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann
Blood Music [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling
The Monkey Treatment by George R R Martin
The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
Slow Birds [short story] by Ian Watson
1984 Best Novella Awards
Hugo
Cascade Point [short story] by Timothy Zahn (winner)
Hardfought [short story] by Greg Bear
Hurricane Claude by Hilbert Schenck
In the Face of My Enemy [short story] by Joseph H Delaney
Seeking by David R Palmer
Cascade Point [short story] by Timothy Zahn (winner)
Hardfought [short story] by Greg Bear
Hurricane Claude by Hilbert Schenck
In the Face of My Enemy [short story] by Joseph H Delaney
Seeking by David R Palmer
Nebula Awards
Esterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention by Michael Bishop
The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis by Michael Bishop
Hardfought [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
Her Habiline Husband by Michael Bishop
Homefaring by Robert Silverberg
Transit by Vonda N McIntyre
Esterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention by Michael Bishop
The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis by Michael Bishop
Hardfought [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
Her Habiline Husband by Michael Bishop
Homefaring by Robert Silverberg
Transit by Vonda N McIntyre
World Fantasy
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson (winner)
The Lurking Duck by Scott Baker
The Monkey's Bride by Michael Bishop
Nunc Dimittis by Tanith Lee
The Red Hawk [short story] by Elizabeth A Lynn
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson (winner)
The Lurking Duck by Scott Baker
The Monkey's Bride by Michael Bishop
Nunc Dimittis by Tanith Lee
The Red Hawk [short story] by Elizabeth A Lynn
1984 Best Collection Awards
1984 Best Book Awards
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard (winner)
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (winner)
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard (winner)
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (winner)
John W. Campbell
Flexing the Warp by Warren C Norwood
An Image of Voices by Warren C Norwood
In the Face of My Enemy by Joseph H Delaney
King's Blood Four by Sheri S Tepper
The Red Magician by Lisa Goldstein
The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg (winner)
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy (winner)
Flexing the Warp by Warren C Norwood
An Image of Voices by Warren C Norwood
In the Face of My Enemy by Joseph H Delaney
King's Blood Four by Sheri S Tepper
The Red Magician by Lisa Goldstein
The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg (winner)
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy (winner)
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid
The Cannibal Galaxy by Cynthia Ozick
Ironweed by William Kennedy
The Stories of Bernard Malamud by Bernard Malamud
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid
The Cannibal Galaxy by Cynthia Ozick
Ironweed by William Kennedy
The Stories of Bernard Malamud by Bernard Malamud
Philip K Dick Award
The Alchemists by Geary Gravel
Emergence by David R Palmer
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
Them Bones by Howard Waldrop
Voyager in Night by C J Cherryh
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Alchemists by Geary Gravel
Emergence by David R Palmer
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
Them Bones by Howard Waldrop
Voyager in Night by C J Cherryh
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Cathedral by Raymond Carver
The Feud by Thomas Berger
Ironweed by William Kennedy (winner)
Cathedral by Raymond Carver
The Feud by Thomas Berger
Ironweed by William Kennedy (winner)
1984 Lifetime Achievement Awards
World Fantasy
L Sprague de Camp (winner)
Richard Matheson (winner)
E Hoffmann Price (winner)
Jack Vance (winner)
Donald Wandrei (winner)
L Sprague de Camp (winner)
Richard Matheson (winner)
E Hoffmann Price (winner)
Jack Vance (winner)
Donald Wandrei (winner)
1984 Best New Writer Awards
Authors born in 1984
Evan Angler
Luke Arnold
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Sara Baume
Robert Jackson Bennett
Anne-Sophie Brasme
Rachel Carter
Jordan Crouch
Susan Dennard
Lauren DeStefano
Lindsay Ellis
Jaymin Eve
Elise Faber
Sara Farizan
Helga Flatland
Tom Fletcher
A C Gaughen
Olga Grjasnowa
Rachel Higginson
M T Hill
Amanda Hocking
Nadiya Hussain
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Sebastian Ives
Caitlin Kittredge
Marie Lu
Hannah Lynn
Nick McDonell
Karan Mahajan
Marissa Meyer
Kass Morgan
Helen Oyeyemi
Jackson Pearce
Simon Rich
Jaap Robben
Simon Stålenhag
Melissa Storm
Sam Sykes
Benedict Wells
Iain Rob Wright
Luke Arnold
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Sara Baume
Robert Jackson Bennett
Anne-Sophie Brasme
Rachel Carter
Jordan Crouch
Susan Dennard
Lauren DeStefano
Lindsay Ellis
Jaymin Eve
Elise Faber
Sara Farizan
Helga Flatland
Tom Fletcher
A C Gaughen
Olga Grjasnowa
Rachel Higginson
M T Hill
Amanda Hocking
Nadiya Hussain
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Sebastian Ives
Caitlin Kittredge
Marie Lu
Hannah Lynn
Nick McDonell
Karan Mahajan
Marissa Meyer
Kass Morgan
Helen Oyeyemi
Jackson Pearce
Simon Rich
Jaap Robben
Simon Stålenhag
Melissa Storm
Sam Sykes
Benedict Wells
Iain Rob Wright
Authors who died in 1984
Denys Val Baker
Will R Bird
Ursula Bloom
Helen Dore Boylston
Richard Brautigan
Peter Brent
Sheila Burnford
Truman Capote
A Bertram Chandler
Julio Cortázar
George Harmon Coxe
Ursula Curtiss
Neville Dawes
Margaret Erskine
Charles G Finney
Franz Fühmann
Elizabeth Goudge
Xavier Herbert
Chester Himes
Harry Homewood
Norah Hoult
Pierre Kast
Kathleen Moore Knight
Joan Lindsay
Edward Llewellyn
Julian Mayfield
Eric Morecambe
Douglas Orgill
Ethel Johnston Phelps
Peter de Polnay
J B Priestley
Ellen Raskin
Wilson Rawls
Jane Roberts
Joel Townsley Rogers
John Rowland
Irwin Shaw
Viktor Shklovsky
Mikhail Sholokhov
Vladimir Tendryakov
Walter Tevis
Ernest Tidyman
Alexander Trocchi
Philip van Doren Stern
Thomas Walsh
Jessamyn West
Will R Bird
Ursula Bloom
Helen Dore Boylston
Richard Brautigan
Peter Brent
Sheila Burnford
Truman Capote
A Bertram Chandler
Julio Cortázar
George Harmon Coxe
Ursula Curtiss
Neville Dawes
Margaret Erskine
Charles G Finney
Franz Fühmann
Elizabeth Goudge
Xavier Herbert
Chester Himes
Harry Homewood
Norah Hoult
Pierre Kast
Kathleen Moore Knight
Joan Lindsay
Edward Llewellyn
Julian Mayfield
Eric Morecambe
Douglas Orgill
Ethel Johnston Phelps
Peter de Polnay
J B Priestley
Ellen Raskin
Wilson Rawls
Jane Roberts
Joel Townsley Rogers
John Rowland
Irwin Shaw
Viktor Shklovsky
Mikhail Sholokhov
Vladimir Tendryakov
Walter Tevis
Ernest Tidyman
Alexander Trocchi
Philip van Doren Stern
Thomas Walsh
Jessamyn West