The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel has been awarded every year since 1973, except in 1994. Unlike other major science fiction awards, such as the Hugo and the Nebula, recipients are selected by a panel. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. ... The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction stories published in the United States during the two previous years. ...

In 1976, the panel felt that no truly outstanding novels had been published the previous year, and so the award was given retrospectively to a novel published in 1970.

In 1994, no award was given; this was due to a breakdown in the nomination process, not because no novel was judged worthy.

The award ceremony has been held in a number of places over the years, but since 1979 has been held at the University of Kansas, where it has become the focus of a weekend-long conference that also includes discussions of the writing, illustration, publishing, teaching, and criticism of science fiction. The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ...

Recipients

• 1973 - Beyond Apollo, Barry N. Malzberg
• 1974 (tie) - Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke; Malevil, Robert Merle
• 1975 - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, Philip K. Dick
• 1976 - The Year of the Quiet Sun, Wilson Tucker (special retroactive award)
• 1977 - The Alteration, Kingsley Amis
• 1978 - Gateway, Frederik Pohl
• 1979 - Gloriana, Michael Moorcock
• 1980 - On Wings of Song, Thomas M. Disch
• 1981 - Timescape, Gregory Benford
• 1982 - Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban
• 1983 - Helliconia Spring, Brian W. Aldiss
• 1984 - The Citadel of the Autarch, Gene Wolfe
• 1985 - The Years of the City, Frederik Pohl
• 1986 - The Postman, David Brin
• 1987 - A Door into Ocean, Joan Slonczewski
• 1988 - Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
• 1989 - Islands in the Net, Bruce Sterling
• 1990 - The Child Garden, Geoff Ryman
• 1991 - Pacific Edge, Kim Stanley Robinson
• 1992 - Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, Bradley Denton
• 1993 - Brother to Dragons, Charles Sheffield
• 1994 - No award
• 1995 - Permutation City, Greg Egan
• 1996 - The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter
• 1997 - Fairyland, Paul McAuley
• 1998 - Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman
• 1999 - Brute Orbits, George Zebrowski
• 2000 - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge
• 2001 - Genesis, Poul Anderson
• 2002 (tie) - Transforming Earth, Jack Williamson; The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson
• 2003 - Probability Space, Nancy Kress
• 2004 - Omega, Jack McDevitt
• 2005 - Market Forces, Richard Morgan

Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939) is a writer and editor, most often of science fiction and fantasy; initially in his post-graduate work he sought to establish himself as a playwright as well as prose-fiction writer. ... Rendezvous with Rama is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke first published in 1972. ... Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, probably most famous for his science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Robert Merle (August 28, 1908 - March 28, 2004) was a French novelist. ... Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said is a Philip K. Dick novel in which Jason Taverner, who is a Six (a genetically improved superhuman) as well as a singer and television star, lives in a future American police state. ... Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), often known by his initials PKD, or by the pen name Richard Phillips, was an American science fiction writer and novelist who changed the genre profoundly. ... Wilson Tucker (born 1914) is an American science fiction writer and fan. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... This article is about the writer and editor. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939) is a prolific British writer of both science fiction and science fantasy. ... Thomas M. Disch (February 2, 1940 - ) is an American science fiction author. ... Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is a science fiction author and physicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. ... Russell Conwell Hoban (born February 4, 1925) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magic realism, poetry, and childrens books. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ... Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... This article is about the writer and editor. ... Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is a well known American author of science fiction. ... Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945) is an American science fiction writer. ... Bruce Sterling at the Ars Electronica Festival Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre. ... Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. ... Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars Trilogy. ... Bradley Clayton Denton (born 1958, Towanda, Kansas) is an award-winning American science fiction author. ... Charles Sheffield (June 25, 1935–November 2, 2002), was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author. ... Permutation City is a science fiction novel (ISBN 1-85798-218-5) by Greg Egan that explores various philosophical aspects of artificial life and simulations of intelligence. ... Greg Egan (born August 20, 1961) is an Australian (Perth-based) computer programmer and science fiction author. ... The Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. ... Stephen Baxter (born in Liverpool, November 13, 1957) is a British hard science fiction author. ... Paul McAuley (born April 23, 1955), a British botanist, award-winning author, and self-described science junkie. ... Joe Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. ... George Zebrowski (born December 28, 1945) is a science fiction author who has written Macrolife (1979) and The Omega Point Trilogy (1983). ... Vernor Steffen Vinge (pronounced VIN-jee, rhyming with stingy) (born February 10, 1944) is a mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author who is best known for his Hugo award-winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep, and for his 1993 essay The Technological Singularity, in which he argues that... Poul Anderson (November 25, 1926 - July 31, 2001) was a prolific science fiction author of the Golden Age; some of his short stories were first published using the pseudonyms A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, and Winston P. Sanders. Poul Anderson also wrote fantasy books, such as the King of Ys... John Stewart Williamson (born April 29, 1908), who writes as Jack Williamson but has occasionally used the pseudonym Will Stewart, is considered the Dean of Science fiction. Williamson spent his early childhood in western Texas. ... Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) is a science fiction author. ... Nancy Kress (born Nancy Anne Koningisor in Buffalo, New York on January 20, 1948) is a science fiction writer. ... Jack McDevitt (1935-) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races and archaeology. ... Richard Morgan (b. ...

External Links

• John W. Campbell Award official website
• List of the most honored Campbell Award honorees