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As a corollary to the other thread I started--Do You Study Your Genre?--I thought I'd repost these lists. Again, how many of you have consciously made the effor to work your way through these novels?
Just wondering.
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Startide Rising by David Brin
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Ringworld by Larry Niven
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dune by Frank Herbert
Hugo Award Winners
2003 - Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
2002 - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2001 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
2000 - A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
1999 - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
1998 - Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
1997 - Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1996 - The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
1995 - Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
1994 - Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1993 - A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernon Vinge and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (tie)
1992 - Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
1991 - The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
1990 - Hyperion by Dan Simmons
1989 - Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
1988 - The Uplift War by David Brin
1987 - Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1986 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1985 - Neuromancer by William Gibson
1984 - Startide Rising by David Brin
1983 - Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
1982 - Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
1981 - The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
1980 - The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
1979 - Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
1978 - Gateway by Frederik Pohl
1977 - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
1976 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1975 - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1974 - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1973 - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
1972 - To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José †armer
1971 - Ringworld by Larry Niven
1970 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
1969 - Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
1968 - Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
1967 - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
1966 - And Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny and Dune by Frank Herbert (tie)
1965 - The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
1964 - Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
1963 - The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
1962 - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
1961 - A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
1960 - Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
1959 - A Case of Conscience by James Blish
1956 - Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
1955 - They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
1953 - The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
1951 - Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
1946 - The Mule by Isaac Asimov
Nebula Award Winners
2003 - Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
2002 - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2001 - The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
2000 - Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
1999 - Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
1998 - Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
1997 - The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
1996 - Slow River by Nicola Griffith
1995 - The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
1994 - Moving Mars by Greg Bear
1993 - Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1992 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
1991 - Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
1990 - Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
1989 - The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
1988 - Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
1987 - The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
1986 - Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1985 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1984 - Neuromancer by William Gibson
1983 - Startide Rising by David Brin
1982 - No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
1981 - The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
1980 - Timescape by Gregory Benford
1979 - The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
1978 - Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
1977 - Gateway by Frederik Pohl
1976 - Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
1975 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1974 - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1973 - Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1972 - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
1971 - A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
1970 - Ringworld by Larry Niven
1969 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
1968 - Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
1967 - The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
1966 - Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes (tie)
1965 - Dune by Frank Herbert
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Conscious effort? I've read one book from those lists because of trying to broaden my knowledge of the genre by reading award-winning novels. I tried to read another, and couldn't get past the first chapter. I've bought a third, but haven't started it yet.
However, that doesn't mean I've only read one of the books on the lists.
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I've read seven of them, six of which appear on the "both awards" list. I've also read the original Foundation Trilogy, which won a special Hugo and is not listed.
It's surprising that Ringworld won both awards but The Mote in God's Eye won neither. I love Niven's work, Ringworld was a disappointment. The Mote in God's Eye (co-written by Jerry Pournell) is vastly superior, both in its science and in its storytelling.
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Interesting thing I just found out: The 1946 Hugo for The Mule is actually a "Retro" Hugo, which was awarded in 1996. The 1951 Hugo for Farmer in the Sky is also a Retro Hugo, awarded in 1951. The Hugos themselves didn't begin until 1953.
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Let me see. I'll look at these in chronological rather than reverse-chronological order, so as to get any that are in series in the right order
Of those that have won both, I have read:
* Dune by Frank Herbert - didn't know it had won the awards when I read it* * Ringworld by Larry Niven - purchased because of the awards. Incidentally, am I the only one here who enjoyed it? Got to agree about 'mote', though, it is much better. * Rendezvous with Rama - another didn't know * The Fountains of Paradise - on my bookshelf, waiting for me to get to it. I would have bought it anyway (I tend to buy most Clarke books I see available 2nd hand), but has made its way up the list faster than it otherwise would have done * Neuromancer - read it because of the awards; don't otherwise like the subgenre * Ender's Game - read it because of the awards * Speaker for the Dead - read it because of how much I enjoyed Ender's Game
Of the others: * various Foundation stories - read because I read anything by Asimov whenever I can get my hands on it. * Stranger in a Strange Land - read because of critical acclaim, not directly due to the awards, but probably related * A Canticle for Leibowitz - read because the short story version was in an anthology I was reading
So, of the 75 (?) I have read 11, of which 5 were influenced by the awards, or general praise which probably is influenced indirectly by the awards.
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I bought and read American Gods because of the awards, and thought it was Lame (note capital "L"). I've shied away from lists since then. Now I'm concentrating on first novels from new authors. Kind of more telling, I think, for those of us trying to get into the field.
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I just put down AMERICAN GODS, around page 90, because the story just fizzled out for me. This hasn't kept me away from lists, however. As David Hartwell points out, unless your reading tastes are particularly catholic you probably won't enjoy all of the books on any list. But I do think its important to at least try all of these novels--espeically the most recent winners--since it's an easy way to trace the movement within the genre.
And I certainly agree with you, Rahl, reading first-time novels is a rather important endeavor to undertake. Doesn't both the Hugo and Nebula give awards to best first-time novels. If one were to read those--along with those that were nominated--you'd probably read between 8 and 10 of the most important first-time novels a year.
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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber won the Hugo in 1958.
I've read: 15 on the Both list, 37 on the Hugo list (39 counting the retros), 20 on the Nebula list.
Forever Peace is on the floor in my room. The Big Time is on a shelf. I haven't read either, though I started both, and can't say I had a good reason for stopping. Just got distracted.
In general, I find I'm more likely to like a Hugo winner than a Nebula winner, although at the same time I think the Hugos vary more widely. Probably because they're voted on by a constantly changing group of people (and in recent years, the number of voters has continued to drop). The Locus awards actually get a lot more voter input than the Hugos.
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If you want to keep up with the field, then yes, you should read either Locus or SF Chronicle. Subscribe or borrow, it doesn't matter. Locus has more in depth book reviews written by more people, SF Chronicle has more readable font and some other advantages. Locus is probably more complete. But if you're interested in publishing anything, you ought to find out who else is, and what agents are doing, and so forth. All that stuff is in those mags.
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