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1985 Best Novel Awards
Booker Prize
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J L Carr
The Bone People by Keri Hulme (winner)
The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch
The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
Illywhacker by Peter Carey
Last Letters from Hav by Jan Morris
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J L Carr
The Bone People by Keri Hulme (winner)
The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch
The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
Illywhacker by Peter Carey
Last Letters from Hav by Jan Morris
Edgar Awards
The Black Seraphim by Michael Gilbert
Briarpatch by Ross Thomas (winner)
Chessplayer by William Pearson
Emily Dickinson Is Dead by Jane Langton
The Twelfth Juror by B M Gill
The Black Seraphim by Michael Gilbert
Briarpatch by Ross Thomas (winner)
Chessplayer by William Pearson
Emily Dickinson Is Dead by Jane Langton
The Twelfth Juror by B M Gill
Hugo
Emergence by David R Palmer
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Job by Robert Heinlein
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
Emergence by David R Palmer
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Job by Robert Heinlein
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
John W Campbell Memorial Award
Aztechs by Lucius Shepard
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Years of the City by Frederik Pohl (winner)
Aztechs by Lucius Shepard
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Years of the City by Frederik Pohl (winner)
Nebula Awards
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Job by Robert Heinlein
The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Job by Robert Heinlein
The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
Newbery Medal
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (winner)
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
One-eyed Cat by Paula Fox
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (winner)
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
One-eyed Cat by Paula Fox
Prometheus Award
The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R Dickson
Manna by Lee Correy (G Harry Stine)
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge (winner)
Tom Paine Maru by L Neil Smith
The Tomb by F Paul Wilson
The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R Dickson
Manna by Lee Correy (G Harry Stine)
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge (winner)
Tom Paine Maru by L Neil Smith
The Tomb by F Paul Wilson
Rita Awards
After All These Years by Kathleen Gilles Seidel (winner)
For the Love of Mike by Charlotte Nichols (winner)
The Frog Princess by Cheryl Zach (winner)
The Karas Cup by Brittany Young (winner)
The Lurid Lady Lockport by Kasey Michaels (winner)
A Matter of Choice by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opposites Attract by Nora Roberts (winner)
Twice Loved by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
After All These Years by Kathleen Gilles Seidel (winner)
For the Love of Mike by Charlotte Nichols (winner)
The Frog Princess by Cheryl Zach (winner)
The Karas Cup by Brittany Young (winner)
The Lurid Lady Lockport by Kasey Michaels (winner)
A Matter of Choice by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opposites Attract by Nora Roberts (winner)
Twice Loved by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
World Fantasy
Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (winner)
The Ceremonies by T E D Klein
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (winner)
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (winner)
The Ceremonies by T E D Klein
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (winner)
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
1985 Best First Novel Awards
Betty Trask Award
Legacy by Susan Kay (winner)
The Standing Hills by Caroline Stickland
A Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside
Legacy by Susan Kay (winner)
The Standing Hills by Caroline Stickland
A Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside
1985 Best Short Story Awards
Hugo
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything by George Alec Effinger
The Crystal Spheres by David Brin (winner)
Ridge Running by Kim Stanley Robinson
Rory by Steven Gould
Salvador by Lucius Shepard
Symphony for a Lost Traveler by Lee Killough
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything by George Alec Effinger
The Crystal Spheres by David Brin (winner)
Ridge Running by Kim Stanley Robinson
Rory by Steven Gould
Salvador by Lucius Shepard
Symphony for a Lost Traveler by Lee Killough
Nebula Awards
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything by George Alec Effinger
A Cabin on the Coast by Gene Wolfe
The Eichmann Variations by George Zebrowski
Morning Child by Gardner Dozois (winner)
Salvador by Lucius Shepard
Sunken Gardens by Bruce Sterling
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything by George Alec Effinger
A Cabin on the Coast by Gene Wolfe
The Eichmann Variations by George Zebrowski
Morning Child by Gardner Dozois (winner)
Salvador by Lucius Shepard
Sunken Gardens by Bruce Sterling
World Fantasy
Bad Medicine [short story] by Jack Dann
The Bones Wizard by Alan Ryan (winner)
Nightcrawlers [short story] by Robert R McCammon
Still Life with Scorpion by Scott Baker (winner)
Bad Medicine [short story] by Jack Dann
The Bones Wizard by Alan Ryan (winner)
Nightcrawlers [short story] by Robert R McCammon
Still Life with Scorpion by Scott Baker (winner)
1985 Best Novellette Awards
Hugo
Bloodchild [short story] by Octavia E Butler (winner)
Blued Moon by Connie Willis
The Lucky Strike [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
Return to the Fold by Timothy Zahn
Silicon Muse by Hilbert Schenck
The Weigher by Marcia Martin and Eric Vinicoff
Bloodchild [short story] by Octavia E Butler (winner)
Blued Moon by Connie Willis
The Lucky Strike [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
Return to the Fold by Timothy Zahn
Silicon Muse by Hilbert Schenck
The Weigher by Marcia Martin and Eric Vinicoff
Nebula Awards
Bad Medicine [short story] by Jack Dann
Blood Child by Octavia E Butler (winner)
The Lucky Strike [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
Saint Theresa of the Aliens by James Patrick Kelly
Trojan Horse by Michael Swanwick
Bad Medicine [short story] by Jack Dann
Blood Child by Octavia E Butler (winner)
The Lucky Strike [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
Saint Theresa of the Aliens by James Patrick Kelly
Trojan Horse by Michael Swanwick
1985 Best Novella Awards
Hugo
Cyclops by David Brin
Elemental by Geoffrey A Landis
PRESS ENTER [] by John Varley (winner)
Summer Solstice by Charles Harness
Valentina [short story] by Joseph H Delaney and Marc Stiegler
Cyclops by David Brin
Elemental by Geoffrey A Landis
PRESS ENTER [] by John Varley (winner)
Summer Solstice by Charles Harness
Valentina [short story] by Joseph H Delaney and Marc Stiegler
Nebula Awards
The Greening of Bed-Stuy by Frederik Pohl
Marrow Death by Michael Swanwick
PRESS ENTER [] by John Varley (winner)
A Traveler's Tale by Lucius Shepard
Trinity [short story] by Nancy Kress
Young Doctor Esterhazy by Avram Davidson
The Greening of Bed-Stuy by Frederik Pohl
Marrow Death by Michael Swanwick
PRESS ENTER [] by John Varley (winner)
A Traveler's Tale by Lucius Shepard
Trinity [short story] by Nancy Kress
Young Doctor Esterhazy by Avram Davidson
World Fantasy
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet by Stephen King
In the Sumerian Marshes by Gerald Pearce
Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament by Clive Barker
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
The Unconquered Country [short story] by Geoff Ryman (winner)
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet by Stephen King
In the Sumerian Marshes by Gerald Pearce
Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament by Clive Barker
The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
The Unconquered Country [short story] by Geoff Ryman (winner)
1985 Best Collection Awards
World Fantasy
Books of Blood Volume 1 by Clive Barker (winner)
The Fire When It Comes by Parke Godwin
The Songbirds of Pain by Garry Kilworth
Viriconium Nights by M John Harrison
Books of Blood Volume 1 by Clive Barker (winner)
The Fire When It Comes by Parke Godwin
The Songbirds of Pain by Garry Kilworth
Viriconium Nights by M John Harrison
1985 Best Book Awards
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen (winner)
Damiano by R A MacAvoy
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Moonheart by Charles de Lint
Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen (winner)
Damiano by R A MacAvoy
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Moonheart by Charles de Lint
National Book Award for Fiction
Always Coming Home by Ursula K Le Guin
The Tree of Life by Hugh Nissenson
White Noise by Don DeLillo (winner)
Always Coming Home by Ursula K Le Guin
The Tree of Life by Hugh Nissenson
White Noise by Don DeLillo (winner)
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
The Dixie Association by Donald Hays
Family Dancing by David Leavitt
On Glory's Course by James Purdy
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
The Dixie Association by Donald Hays
Family Dancing by David Leavitt
On Glory's Course by James Purdy
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
Philip K Dick Award
Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers (winner)
Emprise by Michael P Kube-McDowell
Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams
The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N Malzberg
Saraband of Lost Time by Richard Grant
Terrarium by Scott Russell Sanders
The Timeservers by Russell M Griffin
Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers (winner)
Emprise by Michael P Kube-McDowell
Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams
The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N Malzberg
Saraband of Lost Time by Richard Grant
Terrarium by Scott Russell Sanders
The Timeservers by Russell M Griffin
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (winner)
I Wish This War Were Over by Diana O'Hehir
Leaving the Land by Douglas Unger
Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (winner)
I Wish This War Were Over by Diana O'Hehir
Leaving the Land by Douglas Unger
1985 Best Paperback original Awards
1985 Lifetime Achievement Awards
1985 Best New Writer Awards
Authors born in 1985
James Aitcheson
Chase Austin
Ned Beauman
Drew Bowling
Erica Cameron
Eleanor Catton
Nino Cipri
Emma Clapperton
James Clarke
Joël Dicker
Michael Donkor
Giovanna Fletcher
Tom Fletcher
Emma Healey
Hannah Kent
Karsten Knight
Blanka Lipińska
Kopano Matlwa
Benjamin Medrano
Chris Morphew
Helen Mort
Julie Murphy
B T Narro
Téa Obreht
Louise O'Neill
Lisa Owens
Madeleine Roux
Rebecca Serle
Alex T Smith
Sarah Smith
Shannon Stoker
Susan Stokes-Chapman
Kate Tempest
David Whitley
Takis Würger
Chase Austin
Ned Beauman
Drew Bowling
Erica Cameron
Eleanor Catton
Nino Cipri
Emma Clapperton
James Clarke
Joël Dicker
Michael Donkor
Giovanna Fletcher
Tom Fletcher
Emma Healey
Hannah Kent
Karsten Knight
Blanka Lipińska
Kopano Matlwa
Benjamin Medrano
Chris Morphew
Helen Mort
Julie Murphy
B T Narro
Téa Obreht
Louise O'Neill
Lisa Owens
Madeleine Roux
Rebecca Serle
Alex T Smith
Sarah Smith
Shannon Stoker
Susan Stokes-Chapman
Kate Tempest
David Whitley
Takis Würger
Authors who died in 1985
William Ashbless
Anna Banti
René Barjavel
David Bingley
Charles Birkin
Wyatt Blassingame
Heinrich Böll
Kyril Bonfiglioli
W E Bowman
Carter Brown
Taylor Caldwell
Italo Calvino
Rebecca Caudill
James Hadley Chase
Eleanor Dark
Marian Engel
Paul Ernst
Norrey Ford
Maxwell Grant
Robert Graves
Leonard Gribble
James Hanley
Richard W Hatch
Alfred Hayes
Maud Johnson
Stephen Knight
Philip Larkin
Gu Long
Helen MacInnes
Elsa Morante
Shiva Naipaul
Gulshan Nanda
Robert Nathan
Virginia Rich
Don Rico
Denise Robins
Fran Ross
Wylly Folk St John
T L Sherred
Aaron Marc Stein
Theodore Sturgeon
Martin Thomas
Fred Uhlman
E B White
Lionel White
Bernard Wolfe
Janusz A Zajdel
Anna Banti
René Barjavel
David Bingley
Charles Birkin
Wyatt Blassingame
Heinrich Böll
Kyril Bonfiglioli
W E Bowman
Carter Brown
Taylor Caldwell
Italo Calvino
Rebecca Caudill
James Hadley Chase
Eleanor Dark
Marian Engel
Paul Ernst
Norrey Ford
Maxwell Grant
Robert Graves
Leonard Gribble
James Hanley
Richard W Hatch
Alfred Hayes
Maud Johnson
Stephen Knight
Philip Larkin
Gu Long
Helen MacInnes
Elsa Morante
Shiva Naipaul
Gulshan Nanda
Robert Nathan
Virginia Rich
Don Rico
Denise Robins
Fran Ross
Wylly Folk St John
T L Sherred
Aaron Marc Stein
Theodore Sturgeon
Martin Thomas
Fred Uhlman
E B White
Lionel White
Bernard Wolfe
Janusz A Zajdel