Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Year listed is per the official Nebula web site, and reflects the award eligibility period, rather than the year it was announced. For example, the "1965 winner" reflects that the award was for novels published in 1965.
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The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which …
Phil in SF says: 1979 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: 1980 winner
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The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (Book of the New Sun, #2)
5 stars
The torturer Severian continues his journey of exile to the city Thrax, carrying with him the ancient executioner’s sword and …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
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No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop
John Monegal, a.k.a. Joshua Kampa, is torn between two worlds—the Early Pleistocene Africa of his dreams and the twentieth-century reality …
Phil in SF says: 1982 winner
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Startide Rising by David Brin (Uplift, #2)
4 stars
A crippled spaceship crewed by genetically engineered dolphins, a few humans, and a genetically engineered chimp hides on a mysterious …
Phil in SF says: 1983 winner
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Neuromancer by William Gibson (Sprawl Trilogy, #1)
3 stars
The first of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and …
Phil in SF says: 1984 winner
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, #1)
3 stars
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …
Phil in SF says: 1985 winner
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Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, #2)
5 stars
Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his …
Phil in SF says: 1986 winner
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The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Elizabeth Waters is an archeologist who can see 'shadows' of the past, something she keeps a secret and that's both …
Phil in SF says: 1987 winner
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Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (Quaddies, #1)
4 stars
From the back cover: Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong …
Phil in SF says: 1988 winner
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The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
3 stars
No one could have told Lieutenant Kitty McCulley that this was what it meant to be a war nurse. No …
Phil in SF says: 1989 winner
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Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #4)
5 stars
When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with …
Phil in SF says: 1990 winner
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Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow …
Phil in SF says: 1991 winner
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Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
5 stars
Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning …
Phil in SF says: 1992 winner
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Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind …
Phil in SF says: 1993 winner
