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1991 Best Novel Awards
Agatha Award
The Christie Caper by Carolyn Hart
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard (winner)
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
Make No Bones by Aaron Elkins
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod
The Christie Caper by Carolyn Hart
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard (winner)
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
Make No Bones by Aaron Elkins
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod
Booker Prize
The Famished Road by Ben Okri (winner)
Reading Turgenev by William Trevor
The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo
Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
The Van by Roddy Doyle
The Famished Road by Ben Okri (winner)
Reading Turgenev by William Trevor
The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo
Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
The Van by Roddy Doyle
Bram Stoker
Funland by Richard Laymon
Mine by Robert R McCammon (winner)
Reign by Chet Williamson
Savage Season by Joe R Lansdale
Funland by Richard Laymon
Mine by Robert R McCammon (winner)
Reign by Chet Williamson
Savage Season by Joe R Lansdale
Edgar Awards
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
Deadfall in Berlin by R D Zimmerman
Fade The Heat by Jay Brandon
New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith (winner)
Whiskey River by Loren D Estleman
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
Deadfall in Berlin by R D Zimmerman
Fade The Heat by Jay Brandon
New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith (winner)
Whiskey River by Loren D Estleman
Hugo
Earth by David Brin
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
The Quiet Pools by Michael P Kube-McDowell
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
Earth by David Brin
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
The Quiet Pools by Michael P Kube-McDowell
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
John W Campbell Memorial Award
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson (winner)
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson (winner)
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
Nebula Awards
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Redshift Rendezvous by John E Stith
Tehanu by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
White Jenna by Jane Yolen
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Redshift Rendezvous by John E Stith
Tehanu by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
White Jenna by Jane Yolen
Prometheus Award
The Cybernetic Shogun by Victor Milán
In the Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn (winner)
The Infinity Gambit by James P Hogan
Under the Yoke by S M Stirling
The Cybernetic Shogun by Victor Milán
In the Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn (winner)
The Infinity Gambit by James P Hogan
Under the Yoke by S M Stirling
Rita Awards
Black Horse Island by Dee Holmes (winner)
Night Spice by Karen Keast (winner)
Patrick Gallagher's Widow by Cheryl Reavis (winner)
The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale (winner)
The Sandalwood Princess by Loretta Chase (winner)
Song of the Lorelei by Lucy Gordon (winner)
Step into My Parlor by Jan Hudson (winner)
Where Love Dwells by Elizabeth Stuart (winner)
A Wild Yearning by Penelope Williamson (winner)
Black Horse Island by Dee Holmes (winner)
Night Spice by Karen Keast (winner)
Patrick Gallagher's Widow by Cheryl Reavis (winner)
The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale (winner)
The Sandalwood Princess by Loretta Chase (winner)
Song of the Lorelei by Lucy Gordon (winner)
Step into My Parlor by Jan Hudson (winner)
Where Love Dwells by Elizabeth Stuart (winner)
A Wild Yearning by Penelope Williamson (winner)
Shamus Awards
The Desert Look by Bernard Schopen
G Is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton (winner)
Polo's Wild Card by Jerry Kennealy
Poor Butterfly by Stuart M Kaminsky
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block
The Desert Look by Bernard Schopen
G Is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton (winner)
Polo's Wild Card by Jerry Kennealy
Poor Butterfly by Stuart M Kaminsky
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block
World Fantasy
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow (winner)
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (winner)
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow (winner)
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (winner)
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
1991 Best First Novel Awards
Betty Trask Award
The Great English Nude by Simon Mason
Honour Thy Father by Lesley Glaister
Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci
Quite Contrary by Suzannah Dunn
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri (winner)
Teaching Little Fang by Mark Swallow
The Great English Nude by Simon Mason
Honour Thy Father by Lesley Glaister
Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci
Quite Contrary by Suzannah Dunn
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri (winner)
Teaching Little Fang by Mark Swallow
Bram Stoker
Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers
Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli
Nightblood by T Chris Martindale
The Revelation by Bentley Little (winner)
Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers
Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli
Nightblood by T Chris Martindale
The Revelation by Bentley Little (winner)
1991 Best Short Story Awards
Bram Stoker
Back Windows by Steve Rasnic Tem
But You'll Never Follow Me by Karl Edward Wagner
The Calling by David B Silva (winner)
From the Papers of Helmut Hecker by Chet Williamson
The Loneliest Number by Edward Bryant
Back Windows by Steve Rasnic Tem
But You'll Never Follow Me by Karl Edward Wagner
The Calling by David B Silva (winner)
From the Papers of Helmut Hecker by Chet Williamson
The Loneliest Number by Edward Bryant
Hugo
Bears Discover Fire [short story] by Terry Bisson (winner)
Cibola [short story] by Connie Willis
Godspeed [short story] by Charles Sheffield
The Utility Man by Robert Reed
VRM-547 by W R Thompson
Bears Discover Fire [short story] by Terry Bisson (winner)
Cibola [short story] by Connie Willis
Godspeed [short story] by Charles Sheffield
The Utility Man by Robert Reed
VRM-547 by W R Thompson
Nebula Awards
Bears Discover Fire [short story] by Terry Bisson (winner)
Before I Wake by Kim Stanley Robinson
Lieserl by Karen Joy Fowler
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy
The Power and the Passion by Pat Cadigan
Story Child by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Bears Discover Fire [short story] by Terry Bisson (winner)
Before I Wake by Kim Stanley Robinson
Lieserl by Karen Joy Fowler
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy
The Power and the Passion by Pat Cadigan
Story Child by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
World Fantasy
Bears Discover Fire [short story] by Terry Bisson
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (winner)
Stephen [short story] by Elizabeth Massie
Bears Discover Fire [short story] by Terry Bisson
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (winner)
Stephen [short story] by Elizabeth Massie
1991 Best Novellette Awards
Bram Stoker
Bestseller by Michael Blumlein
Entropy's Bed at Midnight [short story] by Dan Simmons
The Langoliers [short story] by Stephen King
Pelts by F Paul Wilson
Stephen [short story] by Elizabeth Massie (winner)
Bestseller by Michael Blumlein
Entropy's Bed at Midnight [short story] by Dan Simmons
The Langoliers [short story] by Stephen King
Pelts by F Paul Wilson
Stephen [short story] by Elizabeth Massie (winner)
Hugo
A Braver Thing by Charles Sheffield
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick (winner)
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
A Braver Thing by Charles Sheffield
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick (winner)
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
Nebula Awards
1/72nd Scale by Ian R MacLeod
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Shobies Story by Ursula K Le Guin
A Time For Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang (winner)
1/72nd Scale by Ian R MacLeod
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Shobies Story by Ursula K Le Guin
A Time For Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang (winner)
1991 Best Novella Awards
Hugo
Bones by Pat Murphy
Bully! [short story] by Mike Resnick
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
The Hemingway Hoax [short story] by Joe Haldeman (winner)
A Short, Sharp Shock [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
Bones by Pat Murphy
Bully! [short story] by Mike Resnick
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
The Hemingway Hoax [short story] by Joe Haldeman (winner)
A Short, Sharp Shock [short story] by Kim Stanley Robinson
Nebula Awards
Bones by Pat Murphy
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
The Hemingway Hoax [short story] by Joe Haldeman (winner)
Mr Boy by James Patrick Kelly
Bones by Pat Murphy
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
The Hemingway Hoax [short story] by Joe Haldeman (winner)
Mr Boy by James Patrick Kelly
World Fantasy
The Barrens [short story] by F Paul Wilson
Black Cocktail [short story] by Jonathan Carroll
Bones by Pat Murphy (winner)
The Hemingway Hoax [short story] by Joe Haldeman
The Barrens [short story] by F Paul Wilson
Black Cocktail [short story] by Jonathan Carroll
Bones by Pat Murphy (winner)
The Hemingway Hoax [short story] by Joe Haldeman
1991 Best Collection Awards
Bram Stoker
The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (winner)
Houses without Doors by Peter Straub
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (winner)
Houses without Doors by Peter Straub
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
World Fantasy
The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein
Houses without Doors by Peter Straub
The Leiber Chronicles by Fritz Leiber
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein
Houses without Doors by Peter Straub
The Leiber Chronicles by Fritz Leiber
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
1991 Best Book Awards
Arthur C. Clarke Award
The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Farewell Horizontal by K W Jeter
Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle
Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland (winner)
Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Farewell Horizontal by K W Jeter
Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle
Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland (winner)
Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
White Queen by Gwyneth Jones (winner)
A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason (winner)
White Queen by Gwyneth Jones (winner)
A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason (winner)
John W. Campbell
In Between Dragons by Michael Kandel
The Kobayashi Maru by Julia Ecklar (winner)
Strange Invasion by Michael Kandel
Sunglasses after Dark by Nancy A Collins
Twistor by John Cramer
In Between Dragons by Michael Kandel
The Kobayashi Maru by Julia Ecklar (winner)
Strange Invasion by Michael Kandel
Sunglasses after Dark by Nancy A Collins
Twistor by John Cramer
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen
Tehanu by Ursula K Le Guin
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (winner)
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen
Tehanu by Ursula K Le Guin
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (winner)
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
National Book Award for Fiction
Beyond Deserving by Sandra Scofield
Frog by Stephen Dixon
The MacGuffin by Stanley Elkin
Mating by Norman Rush (winner)
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
Beyond Deserving by Sandra Scofield
Frog by Stephen Dixon
The MacGuffin by Stanley Elkin
Mating by Norman Rush (winner)
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
Philip K Dick Award
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
A Bridge of Years by Robert Charles Wilson
The Cipher by Kathe Koja
King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald (winner)
Mojo and the Pickle Jar by Douglas Bell
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
A Bridge of Years by Robert Charles Wilson
The Cipher by Kathe Koja
King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald (winner)
Mojo and the Pickle Jar by Douglas Bell
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
Rabbit at Rest by John Updike (winner)
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
Rabbit at Rest by John Updike (winner)
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
1991 Best Paperback original Awards
Anthony Awards
Grave Undertaking by James McCahery (winner)
Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Krich (winner)
Grave Undertaking by James McCahery (winner)
Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Krich (winner)
1991 Lifetime Achievement Awards
1991 Best New Writer Awards
Authors born in 1991
James Bailey
Ines Bayard
L A Casey
Paddy Crewe
Jonas Eika
Allison Gatta
Jack Henseleit
Sam Hurcom
Kody Keplinger
Shannon Messenger
Fatima Farheen Mirza
A M Myers
Andrew Ridker
Sally Rooney
Samantha Shannon
Nikita Singh
Andrew Stanek
Joe Sugg
Ines Bayard
L A Casey
Paddy Crewe
Jonas Eika
Allison Gatta
Jack Henseleit
Sam Hurcom
Kody Keplinger
Shannon Messenger
Fatima Farheen Mirza
A M Myers
Andrew Ridker
Sally Rooney
Samantha Shannon
Nikita Singh
Andrew Stanek
Joe Sugg
Authors who died in 1991
Chester Anderson
Philip Atlee
Sharon Baker
Patricia Beatty
John Bellairs
Paul Brickhill
Niven Busch
Frank Capra
Daniel Da Cruz
Gerry Davis
Josephine Edgar
Elizabeth Eliot
Sumner Locke Elliott
Al Fray
Max Frisch
Ernest K Gann
Eve Garnett
Heinrich Gerlach
Natalia Ginzburg
Graham Greene
Joyce Ballou Gregorian
A B Guthrie Jr
Barbara Hanrahan
Michael Hardwick
Michael Harrison
Mark Hebden
William Heinesen
Will Henry
Lorna Hill
Janet Hobhouse
Arturo Islas
Douglas Kiker
Jerzy Kosinski
Maria Lang
Coral Lansbury
Clare Mallory
Seán O'Faoláin
Lenore Glen Offord
Clarence Paget
Heinz Rein
Gene Roddenberry
Jack Schaefer
Mabel Seeley
Dr Seuss
Margery Sharp
Mary Francis Shura
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Florence Stevenson
Jack Trevor Story
Arkady Strugatsky
Robert Traver
Thomas Tryon
Diana Tutton
Vercors
Frances Vernon
Angus Wilson
Frank Yerby
Philip Atlee
Sharon Baker
Patricia Beatty
John Bellairs
Paul Brickhill
Niven Busch
Frank Capra
Daniel Da Cruz
Gerry Davis
Josephine Edgar
Elizabeth Eliot
Sumner Locke Elliott
Al Fray
Max Frisch
Ernest K Gann
Eve Garnett
Heinrich Gerlach
Natalia Ginzburg
Graham Greene
Joyce Ballou Gregorian
A B Guthrie Jr
Barbara Hanrahan
Michael Hardwick
Michael Harrison
Mark Hebden
William Heinesen
Will Henry
Lorna Hill
Janet Hobhouse
Arturo Islas
Douglas Kiker
Jerzy Kosinski
Maria Lang
Coral Lansbury
Clare Mallory
Seán O'Faoláin
Lenore Glen Offord
Clarence Paget
Heinz Rein
Gene Roddenberry
Jack Schaefer
Mabel Seeley
Dr Seuss
Margery Sharp
Mary Francis Shura
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Florence Stevenson
Jack Trevor Story
Arkady Strugatsky
Robert Traver
Thomas Tryon
Diana Tutton
Vercors
Frances Vernon
Angus Wilson
Frank Yerby