Winners of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel. Do not confuse with the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer which is given by a different organzation.
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Beyond Apollo by Barry N. Malzberg
1981 : the first manned expedition to Venus has returned to earth and a space program on the verge of …
Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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Emmanuel Comte is a school headmaster turned rancher in the rural village of Malejac, France. He uses his unexpected inheritance …
Phil in SF says: 1974 winner
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
5 stars
Jason Taverner wakes up one morning to find that no one remembers him. Some shock for a man familiar to …
Phil in SF says: 1975 winner
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The Alteration by Kingsley Amis
5 stars
It is 1976, but things are not the same. Due to a slight alteration in history involving Catherine of Aragon, …
Phil in SF says: 1977 winner
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Gateway by Frederik Pohl (Heechee, #1)
4 stars
Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out …
Phil in SF says: 1978 winner
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Gloriana, or, The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock
1 star
Gloriana rules an Albion whose empire embraces America and most of Asia — and which is experiencing a Golden Age …
Phil in SF says: 1979 winner
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On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
Here is a haunting vision of America of the future in the fine tradition of Delaney and Bradbury: the story …
Phil in SF says: 1980 winner
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In the year 1998, a group of scientists works desperately to communicate with the scientists of 1962, warning of an …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
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Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
5 stars
The remarkable originality of Riddley Walker will be no surprise to readers of Russell Hoban's earlier novels, The Lion of …
Phil in SF says: 1982 winner
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Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss (Helliconia, #1)
This is the first volume of the Helliconia trilogy — a monumental saga which goes beyond anything yet created by …
Phil in SF says: 1983 winner
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The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun, #4)
"Here I pause, having carried you, reader, from fortress to fortress — from the walled city of Thrax, dominating the …
Phil in SF says: 1984 winner
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The Years of the City by Frederik Pohl
From the classic The Space Merchants to the contemporary masterpieces, Man Plus, Jem and Gateway (all winners of major awards), …
Phil in SF says: 1985 winner
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5 stars
Winner of the highest honors for his bestselling second novel, STARTIDE RISING, David Brin has rapidly established himself as one …
Phil in SF says: 1986 winner
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A Door into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski (Elysium Cycle, #1)
4 stars
Joan Slonczewski's first novel, Still Forms on Foxfield, made the Locus list of distinguished first novels and was a …
Phil in SF says: 1987 winner
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Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis
2 stars
Connie Willis, winner of two Nebula Awards and one Hugo Award, has here created a wondrous, rhapsodic work. Marvelously multilayered, …
Phil in SF says: 1988 winner
