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1987 Best Novel Awards
Booker Prize
Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch
Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd
Circles of Deceit by Nina Bawden
The Colour of Blood by Brian Moore
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (winner)
Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch
Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd
Circles of Deceit by Nina Bawden
The Colour of Blood by Brian Moore
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (winner)
Edgar Awards
Charlie Muffin and Russian Rose by Brian Freemantle
Come Morning by Joe Gores
A Dark Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (winner)
The Straight Man by Roger L Simon
A Taste for Death by P D James
Charlie Muffin and Russian Rose by Brian Freemantle
Come Morning by Joe Gores
A Dark Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (winner)
The Straight Man by Roger L Simon
A Taste for Death by P D James
Hugo
Black Genesis by L Ron Hubbard
Count Zero by William Gibson
Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (winner)
Black Genesis by L Ron Hubbard
Count Zero by William Gibson
Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (winner)
John W Campbell Memorial Award
A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski (winner)
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski (winner)
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
Nebula Awards
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (winner)
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (winner)
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
Newbery Medal
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (winner)
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (winner)
Prometheus Award
Circuit by Melinda M Snodgrass
The Crystal Empire by L Neil Smith
A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski
Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge (winner)
Circuit by Melinda M Snodgrass
The Crystal Empire by L Neil Smith
A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski
Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge (winner)
Rita Awards
By Right of Arms by Robyn Carr (winner)
Lord Abberley's Nemesis by Amanda Scott (winner)
One Summer by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opal Fire by Sandy Dengler (winner)
Still Waters by Kathleen Creighton (winner)
Sunshine and Shadow by Sharon and Tom Curtis (winner)
Video Fever by Kathleen Garvey (winner)
By Right of Arms by Robyn Carr (winner)
Lord Abberley's Nemesis by Amanda Scott (winner)
One Summer by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opal Fire by Sandy Dengler (winner)
Still Waters by Kathleen Creighton (winner)
Sunshine and Shadow by Sharon and Tom Curtis (winner)
Video Fever by Kathleen Garvey (winner)
World Fantasy
It by Stephen King
Perfume by Patrick Süskind (winner)
The Pet by Charles L Grant
The Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
Strangers by Dean Koontz
Talking Man by Terry Bisson
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
It by Stephen King
Perfume by Patrick Süskind (winner)
The Pet by Charles L Grant
The Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
Strangers by Dean Koontz
Talking Man by Terry Bisson
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
1987 Best First Novel Awards
Betty Trask Award
Hard Luck by James Maw (winner)
The Levels by Peter Benson
Lost Time by Catherine Arnold
The Pink Stallion by Lucy Pinney
Hard Luck by James Maw (winner)
The Levels by Peter Benson
Lost Time by Catherine Arnold
The Pink Stallion by Lucy Pinney
1987 Best Short Story Awards
Hugo
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams [short story] by Isaac Asimov
StillLife by David S Garnett
Tangents [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams [short story] by Isaac Asimov
StillLife by David S Garnett
Tangents [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
Nebula Awards
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop
Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams [short story] by Isaac Asimov
Tangents [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop
Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams [short story] by Isaac Asimov
Tangents [short story] by Greg Bear (winner)
World Fantasy
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Brains of Rats [short story] by Michael Blumlein
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King
Pain by Whitley Strieber
Red Light by David J Schow (winner)
The Rise and Fall of Father Alex by Amyas Naegele
They're Coming for You by Les Daniels
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back by Joe R Lansdale
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Brains of Rats [short story] by Michael Blumlein
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King
Pain by Whitley Strieber
Red Light by David J Schow (winner)
The Rise and Fall of Father Alex by Amyas Naegele
They're Coming for You by Les Daniels
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back by Joe R Lansdale
1987 Best Novellette Awards
Hugo
The Barbarian Princess by Vernor Vinge
Hatrack River [short story] by Orson Scott Card
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny (winner)
Thor Meets Captain America by David Brin
The Winter Market by William Gibson
The Barbarian Princess by Vernor Vinge
Hatrack River [short story] by Orson Scott Card
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny (winner)
Thor Meets Captain America by David Brin
The Winter Market by William Gibson
Nebula Awards
Aymara by Lucius Shepard
The Girl Who Fell into the Sky [short story] by Kate Wilhelm (winner)
Hatrack River [short story] by Orson Scott Card
Listening to Brahms [short story] by Suzy McKee Charnas
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
Surviving by Judith Moffett
The Winter Market by William Gibson
Aymara by Lucius Shepard
The Girl Who Fell into the Sky [short story] by Kate Wilhelm (winner)
Hatrack River [short story] by Orson Scott Card
Listening to Brahms [short story] by Suzy McKee Charnas
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
Surviving by Judith Moffett
The Winter Market by William Gibson
1987 Best Novella Awards
Hugo
Eifelheim [short story] by Michael Flynn
Escape from Kathmandu [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg (winner)
R&R by Lucius Shepard
The Scapegoat by C J Cherryh
Spice Pogrom by Connie Willis
Eifelheim [short story] by Michael Flynn
Escape from Kathmandu [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg (winner)
R&R by Lucius Shepard
The Scapegoat by C J Cherryh
Spice Pogrom by Connie Willis
Nebula Awards
Dydeetown Girl by F Paul Wilson
Escape from Kathmandu [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg
Newton Sleep by Gregory Benford
R&R by Lucius Shepard (winner)
Dydeetown Girl by F Paul Wilson
Escape from Kathmandu [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg
Newton Sleep by Gregory Benford
R&R by Lucius Shepard (winner)
World Fantasy
Chance by Connie Willis
Hatrack River [short story] by Orson Scott Card (winner)
The Hellbound Heart [short story] by Clive Barker
Night Moves [short story] by Tim Powers
The Night Seasons [short story] by J N Williamson
Chance by Connie Willis
Hatrack River [short story] by Orson Scott Card (winner)
The Hellbound Heart [short story] by Clive Barker
Night Moves [short story] by Tim Powers
The Night Seasons [short story] by J N Williamson
1987 Best Collection Awards
World Fantasy
Dreams of Dark and Light by Tanith Lee
Merlin's Booke by Jane Yolen
Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr
Dreams of Dark and Light by Tanith Lee
Merlin's Booke by Jane Yolen
Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr
1987 Best Book Awards
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Aztechs by Lucius Shepard
Eon by Greg Bear
Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
The Memory of Whiteness by Kim Stanley Robinson
Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R Delany
Aztechs by Lucius Shepard
Eon by Greg Bear
Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
The Memory of Whiteness by Kim Stanley Robinson
Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R Delany
John W. Campbell
The Cross-Time Engineer by Leo Frankowski
Fire Sanctuary by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Cross-Time Engineer by Leo Frankowski
Fire Sanctuary by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Folk of the Air by Peter S Beagle
Merlin's Booke by Jane Yolen
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Folk of the Air by Peter S Beagle
Merlin's Booke by Jane Yolen
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
National Book Award for Fiction
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Counterlife by Philip Roth
The Northern Lights by Howard Norman
Paco's Story by Larry Heinemann (winner)
That Night by Alice McDermott
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Counterlife by Philip Roth
The Northern Lights by Howard Norman
Paco's Story by Larry Heinemann (winner)
That Night by Alice McDermott
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Collaborators by Janet Kauffman
Expensive Habits by Maureen Howard
Soldiers in Hiding by Richard Wiley (winner)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Charles Johnson
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Collaborators by Janet Kauffman
Expensive Habits by Maureen Howard
Soldiers in Hiding by Richard Wiley (winner)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Charles Johnson
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Philip K Dick Award
Dark Seeker by K W Jeter
Dover Beach by Richard Bowker
Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard
Memories by Mike McQuay
Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
Strange Toys by Patricia Geary (winner)
Dark Seeker by K W Jeter
Dover Beach by Richard Bowker
Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard
Memories by Mike McQuay
Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
Strange Toys by Patricia Geary (winner)
1987 Best Paperback original Awards
1987 Lifetime Achievement Awards
1987 Best New Writer Awards
Authors born in 1987
Alexandra Bracken
Jessica Burkhart
Will Carver
Luke Chmilenko
Matthew Crow
Durjoy Datta
Hilary Duff
Akwaeke Emezi
Lani Forbes
Ben Galley
Lisa Helen Gray
Nicholas Irving
Chen Jiatong
Wesley King
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Tara Lee
Anna Metcalfe
Miranda Popkey
Zan Romanoff
Katherine Rundell
Victoria Schwab
Catherine Steadman
Anton Tekshin
Beth Underdown
Kaavya Viswanathan
Jessica Burkhart
Will Carver
Luke Chmilenko
Matthew Crow
Durjoy Datta
Hilary Duff
Akwaeke Emezi
Lani Forbes
Ben Galley
Lisa Helen Gray
Nicholas Irving
Chen Jiatong
Wesley King
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Tara Lee
Anna Metcalfe
Miranda Popkey
Zan Romanoff
Katherine Rundell
Victoria Schwab
Catherine Steadman
Anton Tekshin
Beth Underdown
Kaavya Viswanathan
Authors who died in 1987
Tawfiq al-Hakim
Delano Ames
Marguerite De Angeli
Peggy Bacon
James Baldwin
Franklin Bandy
Josephine Bell
Alfred Bester
William Vivian Butler
Erskine Caldwell
Daniel Carney
Terry Carr
Vera Caspary
Clyde B Clason
Theodore R Cogswell
Kenneth Cook
L Cortesi
Leonard Daventry
Douglas Enefer
Jörg Fauser
Randall Garrett
Roger Lancelyn Green
Hugh Greene
Dorothy K Haynes
Timothy Holme
Bernhardt J Hurwood
Leigh Franklin James
Herbert Kastle
John Oliver Killens
Margaret Laurence
Elsie Lee
Primo Levi
Alistair MacLean
Dambudzo Marechera
Dan J Marlowe
C L Moore
Arch Oboler
Richard Ben Sapir
Harold Morrow Sherman
J F Straker
Dariel Telfer
James Tiptree Jr
Lucy Walker
Donald Wandrei
Richard Wilson
Roy Winsor
Marguerite Yourcenar
Delano Ames
Marguerite De Angeli
Peggy Bacon
James Baldwin
Franklin Bandy
Josephine Bell
Alfred Bester
William Vivian Butler
Erskine Caldwell
Daniel Carney
Terry Carr
Vera Caspary
Clyde B Clason
Theodore R Cogswell
Kenneth Cook
L Cortesi
Leonard Daventry
Douglas Enefer
Jörg Fauser
Randall Garrett
Roger Lancelyn Green
Hugh Greene
Dorothy K Haynes
Timothy Holme
Bernhardt J Hurwood
Leigh Franklin James
Herbert Kastle
John Oliver Killens
Margaret Laurence
Elsie Lee
Primo Levi
Alistair MacLean
Dambudzo Marechera
Dan J Marlowe
C L Moore
Arch Oboler
Richard Ben Sapir
Harold Morrow Sherman
J F Straker
Dariel Telfer
James Tiptree Jr
Lucy Walker
Donald Wandrei
Richard Wilson
Roy Winsor
Marguerite Yourcenar