Roger Zelazny

U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)

Roger Zelazny

Zelazny in 1988

Born| Roger Joseph Zelazny
(1937-05-13)May 13, 1937
Euclid, Ohio, US
Died| June 14, 1995(1995-06-14) (aged 58)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Pen name| Harrison Denmark[1]
Occupation| Writer
Education| Western Reserve University (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Genre| Fantasy, science-fiction
Literary movement| New Wave (although he denounced the term himself)
Notable works| Lord of Light, The Chronicles of Amber, Isle of the Dead, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories, Doorways in the Sand, Eye of Cat, Unicorn Variations, A Night in the Lonesome October

Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995)[2] was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967).[3]

## Biography

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Zelazny was born in Euclid, Ohio, the only child of Polish immigrant Joseph Frank Żelazny and Irish-American Josephine Flora Sweet. In high school, he became the editor of the school newspaper and joined the Creative Writing Club.[4] In the fall of 1955, he began attending Western Reserve University and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1959.[4] He was accepted to Columbia University in New York, and he specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, graduating with an M.A. in 1962.[4] His dissertation was titled Two Traditions and Cyril Tourneur: an Examination of Morality and Humor Comedy Conventions in "The Revenger's Tragedy".

Between 1962 and 1969, he worked for the US Social Security Administration in Cleveland, Ohio, and then in Baltimore, Maryland, spending his evenings writing science fiction.[4][5] He deliberately progressed from short-shorts to novelettes to novellas and finally to novel-length works by 1965.[4] On May 1, 1969, he quit his job to become a full-time writer, and thereafter he concentrated on writing novels in order to maintain his income.[5] During this period, he was an active and vocal member of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, whose members included the writer Jack L. Chalker, in addition to Joe and Jack Haldeman, among others.

His first appearance in a fanzine was with part one of the story "Conditional Benefit" (Thurban 1 #3, 1953); his first professional publication and sale was the fantasy short story "Mr. Fuller's Revolt" (Literary Calvalcade, 1954).[4] As a professional writer, his debut works were the simultaneous publication of "Passion Play" (Amazing, August 1962) and "Horseman!" (Fantastic, August 1962).[4] "Passion Play" was written and sold first.[4] His first story to attract major attention was "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, with cover art by Hannes Bok.

Roger Zelazny was also a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of heroic fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies.

## Personal life and death

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Zelazny was married twice—first to Sharon Steberl in 1964 (divorced, no children), and then to Judith Alene Callahan in 1966. Before this period, he was engaged to folk singer Hedy West for six months from 1961 to 1962.[4] Roger and Judith had two sons, Devin and Trent (who was an author of crime fiction, deceased), and a daughter, Shannon. At the time of his death, Roger and Judith were separated, and he was living with author Jane Lindskold.[6]

Raised as a Catholic by his parents,[4] Zelazny later declared himself a lapsed Catholic and remained that way for the rest of his life.[5] "I did have a strong Catholic background, but I am not a Catholic. Somewhere in the past, I believe I answered in the affirmative once for strange and complicated reasons. But I am not a member of any organized religion."[5]

Zelazny died, aged 58, in Santa Fe on June 16, 1995, of kidney failure secondary to colorectal cancer.[6] At the time of his death, he had been a resident of Santa Fe for twenty years.[7]

## Themes

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In his stories, Zelazny frequently portrayed characters from myth, depicted in the modern or a future world. Mythological traditions that his fiction borrowed from include the following:

* Chinese mythology, in Lord Demon (with Jane Lindskold)
* Egyptian mythology, in Creatures of Light and Darkness
* Greek mythology, in ...And Call Me Conrad
* Hindu mythology, in Lord of Light
* Navajo mythology, in Eye of Cat
* Norse mythology, in The Mask of Loki
* Psychoanalysis, Arthurian mythos, Norse mythology and Kabbalah, in The Dream Master

Additionally, elements from Norse, Japanese and Irish mythology, Arthurian legend, and real history appear in The Chronicles of Amber series. The novel A Night in the Lonesome October involves the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared fictional universe based on the work of H. P. Lovecraft.

Another recurring motif of Zelazny's is the "absent father" (or father-figure). Again, this motif occurs most notably in the Amber novels: in the first Amber series, the protagonist Corwin searches for his lost, god-like father Oberon; in the second series, which focuses on Corwin's son Merlin (not to be confused with the Arthurian Merlin), Corwin himself is strangely missing. This somewhat Freudian theme runs through almost every Zelazny novel to some degree. The novels Roadmarks, Doorways in the Sand, Changeling, Madwand, and A Dark Traveling; the short stories "Dismal Light", "Godson", and "The Keys to December"; and the Alien Speedway series all feature main characters who are either searching for or have lost their fathers. Zelazny's father, Joseph, died unexpectedly in 1962 and never knew of his son's successes as a writer.[8]

Two other personal characteristics that influenced Zelazny's fiction were his expertise in martial arts and his addiction to tobacco. Zelazny became an expert with the épée in college; he thereby began a lifelong study of several martial arts, including judo, aikido (which he later taught as well, having gained a black belt), tai chi, and baguazhang. In turn, many of his characters ably and knowledgeably use similar skills while dispatching their opponents. Zelazny was also a passionate cigarette and pipe smoker (until he quit in the early 1980s)—so much so that he made many of his protagonists heavy smokers as well. However, he quit in order to improve his cardiovascular fitness for the martial arts; once he had quit, characters in his later novels and short stories stopped smoking also.[5]

Zelazny also often experimented with form in his stories. The novel Doorways in the Sand practices a flashback technique in which most chapters open with a scene, typically involving peril, not implied by the end of the previous chapter. Once this scene is established, the narrator backtracks to the events leading up to it, and then he follows through to the end of the chapter, whereupon the next chapter jumps ahead to another dramatic non-sequitur.

In Roadmarks, a novel about a road system that links all possible times, places and histories, the chapters that feature the protagonist are all titled "One". Other chapters, titled "Two", feature secondary characters, including original characters, pulp heroes, and real historical figures. The "One" storyline is fairly linear, whereas the "Two" storyline jumps around in time and sequence. After finishing the manuscript, Zelazny shuffled the "Two" chapters randomly among the "One" chapters in order to emphasize their non-linear nature relative to the storyline.[9]

The novel Creatures of Light and Darkness, featuring characters in the personas of Egyptian gods, uses a narrative voice entirely in the present tense; the final chapter is structured as a play, and several chapters take the form of long poems.

Another common stylistic approach in Zelazny's novels is the use of mixed genres, whereby elements of each are combined freely and interchangeably. The novels Jack of Shadows and Changeling, for example, revolve around the tensions between the two worlds of magic and technology. The novel Lord of Light, perhaps one of his most famous works, is written in the classic style of a mythic fantasy, while it is established early in the book that the story itself takes place on a colonized planet.[10]

## Legacy

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Zelazny's stories inspired other authors in his generation including Samuel R. Delany, whose novel Nova and many of his short stories were written "partly in response to Zelazny’s eruption into the field."[11] In 1967, Algis Budrys listed Zelazny, Delany, J. G. Ballard, and Brian Aldiss as "an earthshaking new kind of" writer, and leaders of the New Wave.[12] Neil Gaiman said that Zelazny was the author who influenced him most,[13] with this influence particularly seen in Gaiman's literary style and subjects.[11] Andrzej Sapkowski considered Zelazny to be his spiritual teacher, whose work inspired him to write his first novel.[14]

The anthology Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and released in 1998, featured essays and stories in honor of Zelazny by Walter Jon Williams, Jack Williamson, John Varley, Gaiman, Gregory Benford, and many other authors.[15]

The anthology Shadows & Reflections: A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology, edited by Trent Zelazny and Warren Lapine, was released in 2017; it featured two essays and fifteen stories set in universes that Zelazny created. Contributors included Zelazny, George R.R. Martin, Shannon Zelazny, Warren Lapine, Steven Brust, Kelly McCullough, Jane Lindskold, Steve Perry, Gerald Hausman, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Michael H. Hanson, Mark Rich, Gio Clairval, Edward J. McFadden III, Theodore Krulik, Shariann Lewitt, and Jay O'Connell.[16]

## Awards

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Zelazny won at least 16 awards for specific works of fiction: six Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards, two Locus Awards, one Prix Tour-Apollo Award, two Seiun Awards, and two Balrog Awards. Often Zelazny's works competed with each other for the same award.[3]

* ...And Call Me Conrad (published in book form as This Immortal) won the 1966 Hugo Award (novel), a tie with Dune by Frank Herbert.[17]
* "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" won the 1966 Nebula Award (novelette).
* "He Who Shapes" tied for the 1966 Nebula Award (novella).
* Lord of Light won the 1968 Hugo Award (novel).[18]
* Isle of the Dead won the 1972 Prix Tour-Apollo Award (novel).
* This Immortal won the 1976 Seiun Award (foreign novel).
* "Home Is the Hangman" won both the 1976 Hugo Award and the 1976 Nebula Award (novella).
* "The Last Defender of Camelot" won the 1980 Balrog Award (short fiction).
* "Unicorn Variation" won the 1982 Hugo Award (novelette) and the 1984 Seiun Award (foreign short fiction).
* Unicorn Variations won the 1984 Locus Award (collection) and the 1984 Balrog Award (collection/anthology).
* "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" won the 1986 Hugo Award (novella).
* Trumps of Doom won the 1986 Locus Award (fantasy novel).[19]
* "Permafrost" won the 1987 Hugo Award (novelette).

In addition, Zelazny was the Guest of Honor at the Worldcon convention in Washington, D.C., in 1974 (also known as Discon II); he won an Inkpot Award for lifetime achievement at the San Diego Comic-Con convention in 1993. "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" was included in Visions of Mars: First Library on Mars, a DVD taken on board the Phoenix Mars Lander in 2008.[6]

## Tributes

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The ostracod (class of crustaceans) Sclerocypris zelaznyi was named after Zelazny.[20]

## Bibliography

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Main article: Roger Zelazny bibliography

## References

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1. ^ Roger Zelazny at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2. ^ David Pringle (21 June 1995). "Obituary: Roger Zelazny". The Independent.
3. ^ a b "Zelazny, Roger" Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees. Locus Publications. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 1, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 1: Threshold, NESFA Press, 2009.
5. ^ a b c d e "'...And Call Me Roger': The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny", Part 3, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 3: This Mortal Mountain, NESFA Press, 2009.
6. ^ a b c Kovacs, Christopher S. (2009). "'...And Call Me Roger': The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6". In Grubbs, David G.; Kovacs, Christopher S.; Crimmins, Ann (eds.). The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 6: The Road to Amber. NESFA Press.
7. ^ "Science Fiction Luminary Roger Zelazny Dies at 58". Washington Post. Associated Press. June 16, 1995.
8. ^ "...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 5, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 5: Nine Black Doves, NESFA Press, 2009.
9. ^ "...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 4, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 4: Last Exit to Babylon, NESFA Press, 2009.
10. ^ "...And Call Me Roger"": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 2, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 2: Power & Light, NESFA Press, 2009.
11. ^ a b "Something Else Like ... Roger Zelazny" by Jo Walton, Tor.com, November 11, 2012.
12. ^ Budrys, Algis (October 1967). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 188–194.
13. ^ "Of Meetings and Partings" by Neil Gaiman, introduction to This Mortal Mountain: Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, edited by David G. Grubbs, Christopher S. Kovacs, and Ann Crimmins, 2009, page 12.
14. ^ Andrzej Sapkowski: "I had to find my own channel. And I found it... " / / Star Road. — 2003. — № 7—8.
15. ^ Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos, 1998.
16. ^ Shadows & Reflections: A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology edited by Trent Zelazny & Warren Lapine, Positronic Publishing, 2017.
17. ^ "1966 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
18. ^ "1968 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
19. ^ "1986 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
20. ^ Martens, Koen (May 1988). "Seven new species and two new subspecies of Sclerocypris SARS, 1924 from Africa, with new records of some other Megalocypridinids (Crustacea, Ostracoda)". Hydrobiologia. 162 (3). Springer Netherlands: 243–273\. doi:10.1007/BF00016672. S2CID 11073671.

## Further reading

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* Yoke, Carl (1979). Roger Zelazny: Starmont Reader's Guide 2. West Linn, Oregon: Starmont House.
* Republished as Yoke, Carl B. (2007). Roger Zelazny. Borgo Press. ISBN 978-0916732134.

### Biographies and literary critiques

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* Kovacs, Christopher S. (February 2009). "'...And Call Me Roger': The Early Literary Life of Roger Zelazny". The New York Review of Science Fiction #246. 21 (6): 1, 8–19. Essay-length excerpt of full biography published in Collected Stories (next entry).
* Kovacs, Christopher S. (2009). "'...And Call Me Roger': The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny". The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny. Vol. 1–6\. Boston: NESFA Press.
* Krulik, Theodore (1986). Roger Zelazny. New York: Ungar Publishing.
* Lindskold, Jane M. (1993). Roger Zelazny. Twayne's United States Authors Series. New York: Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0805739534.
* Yoke, Carl (1979). Roger Zelazny and Andre Norton: Proponents of Individualism. Ohio Authors. Columbus, Ohio: State University of Ohio.

### Bibliographies

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* Kovacs, Christopher S. (2010). The Ides of Octember: A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny. The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny. Boston: NESFA Press. ISBN 978-1886778924.
* Kovacs, Christopher S. (2015). The Ides of Octember: A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny. The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny (2nd revised ed.). Boston: NESFA Press. ISBN 978-1-61037-309-8.
* Levack, Daniel J. H. (1983). Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography. San Francisco: Greenwood. ISBN 0313276781.
* Sanders, Joseph (1980). Roger Zelazny: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co. ISBN 0816180814.
* Stephens, Christopher P. (1991). A Checklist of Roger Zelazny. New York: Ultramarine Press. ISBN 0893662208.
* Stephensen-Payne, Phil (1993). Roger Zelazny, Master of Amber: A Working Bibliography. Galactic Central Bibliographies Series #38. Borgo Press. ISBN 0809547368.

## External links

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Bibliography

* Roger Zelazny at the Internet Book List
* Roger Zelazny at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Other

* Zelazny obituary at The Washington Post
* Roger Zelazny at the Locus Index to SF Awards
* Roger Zelazny at IMDb
* Roger Zelazny discography at Discogs
* The Annotated Amber—explanations of some allusions
* Finding aid to the Roger Zelazny papers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County library

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Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber

The Corwin Cycle|

* Nine Princes in Amber
* The Guns of Avalon
* Sign of the Unicorn
* The Hand of Oberon
* The Courts of Chaos

The Merlin Cycle|

* Trumps of Doom
* Blood of Amber
* Sign of Chaos
* Knight of Shadows
* Prince of Chaos

Amber short stories|

* Prologue to Trumps of Doom
* The Salesman's Tale
* Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains
* The Shroudling and the Guisel
* Coming to a Cord
* Hall of Mirrors

Characters|

* Corwin

Other|

* The Pattern and the Logrus
* Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
* AmberMUSH
* Nine Princes in Amber
* Lost Souls
* Zangband
* Zelazny bibliography

* v
* t
* e

Inkpot Award (1990s)

1990|

* Karen Berger
* Bob Burden
* Tom DeFalco
* William Gaines
* Jim Henson
* Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier
* Grant Morrison
* Bob Overstreet
* Mary Reynante
* Bob Schreck
* Ken Steacy
* Rick Sternbach
* Charles Vess

1991|

* Alicia Austin
* Clive Barker
* Dan Barry
* Dan DeCarlo
* Creig Flessel
* Neil Gaiman
* Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
* Keith Giffen
* George Gladir
* Joe Haldeman
* Lynn Johnston
* Carol Kalish
* Don Maitz
* Sheldon Moldoff
* Steve Oliff
* Julie Roloff
* Stan Sakai

1992|

* Carina Burns-Chenelle
* Bob Chapman
* Francis Ford Coppola
* Robin Doig
* Alan Grant
* Bill Griffith
* Ray Harryhausen
* Marc Hempel
* Jim Lee
* Milo Manara
* Scott McCloud
* Todd McFarlane
* Rowena Morrill
* Diane Noomin
* Louise Simonson
* Dick Sprang
* Vernor Vinge
* Mark Wheatley

1993|

* Jim Aparo
* Gary Carter
* Phil Foglio
* Robert Goodwin
* Ferd Johnson
* Don Martin
* Dave McKean
* Clydene Nee
* Paul Norris
* Paul Power
* P. Craig Russell
* Mark Schultz
* Vincent Sullivan
* Michael Whelan
* Roger Zelazny

1994|

* Mike Carlin
* Paul Chadwick
* Al Feldstein
* Stan Goldberg
* Roberta Gregory
* Chad Grothkopf
* Jerry Ordway
* Bud Plant
* Mike Richardson
* John Romita, Jr.
* Richard Rowell
* Lucius Shepard
* Mickey Spillane
* J. Michael Straczynski
* Rumiko Takahashi

1995|

* Roger Corman
* Greg Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
* Tim Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
* Ryoichi Ikegami
* Irv Novick
* Joe Sinnott

1996|

* Donna Barr
* Mort Drucker
* Joe Giella
* Jim Mooney
* Kurt Schaffenberger
* François Schuiten
* David Siegel

1997|

* Dick Ayers
* Steve Bissette
* Terry Brooks
* Bob Haney
* Russ Heath
* Carol Lay
* Michael Moorcock
* Janice Tobias
* George Tuska

1998|

* John Broome
* Eddie Campbell
* Nick Cardy
* David Glanzer
* Fred Guardineer
* Lorenzo Mattotti
* Paul S. Newman
* John Severin
* Joe Simon
* Naoko Takeuchi
* Mark Yturralde

1999|

* Tom Batiuk
* Chuck Cuidera
* Samuel R. Delany
* Arnold Drake
* Sam Glanzman
* Larry Gonick
* Irwin Hasen
* Sue Lord

* Complete list
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s

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* t
* e

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Retro|

* The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (1939)
* Slan by A. E. van Vogt (1941)
* Beyond This Horizon by Anson MacDonald (1943)
* Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (1944)
* Shadow Over Mars by Leigh Brackett (1945)
* The Mule by Isaac Asimov (1946)
* Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (1951)
* Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1954)

1950s|

* The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (1953)
* They'd Rather Be Right (aka: The Forever Machine) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (1955)
* Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein (1956)
* The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (1958)
* A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1959)

1960s|

* Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1960)
* A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1961)
* Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1962)
* The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1963)
* Here Gather the Stars (aka: Way Station) by Clifford D. Simak (1964)
* The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber (1965)
* Dune by Frank Herbert / ...And Call Me Conrad (aka: This Immortal) by Roger Zelazny (1966)
* The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (1967)
* Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (1968)
* Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (1969)

1970s|

* The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970)
* Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971)
* To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (1972)
* The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973)
* Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974)
* The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975)
* The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976)
* Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (1977)
* Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978)
* Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979)

1980s|

* The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980)
* The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (1981)
* Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh (1982)
* Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov (1983)
* Startide Rising by David Brin (1984)
* Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985)
* Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1986)
* Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987)
* The Uplift War by David Brin (1988)
* Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh (1989)

1990s|

* Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)
* The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (1991)
* Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (1992)
* A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge / Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993)
* Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994)
* Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (1995)
* The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (1996)
* Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1997)
* Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1998)
* To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1999)

2000s|

* A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (2000)
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (2001)
* American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002)
* Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2003)
* Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004)
* Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005)
* Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (2006)
* Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2007)
* The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008)
* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009)

2010s|

* The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi / The City & the City by China Miéville (2010)
* Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011)
* Among Others by Jo Walton (2012)
* Redshirts by John Scalzi (2013)
* Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014)
* The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (2015)
* The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (2016)
* The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (2017)
* The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018)
* The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019)

2020s|

* A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (2020)
* Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021)
* A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (2022)
* Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (2023)
* Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Retro Hugos|

* "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak (1939)
* "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein (1941)
* "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov (1943)
* "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett (1944)
* "First Contact" by Murray Leinster (1946)
* "The Little Black Bag" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1951)
* "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish (1954)

1955–1960|

* "The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1955)
* "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster (1956)
* "The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber (1958)
* "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak (1959)

1967–1980|

* "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance (1967)
* "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1968)
* "The Sharing of Flesh" by Poul Anderson (1969)
* "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1973)
* "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison (1974)
* "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" by Harlan Ellison (1975)
* "The Borderland of Sol" by Larry Niven (1976)
* "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1977)
* "Eyes of Amber" by Joan D. Vinge (1978)
* "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson (1979)
* "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1980)

1981–1990|

* "The Cloak and the Staff" by Gordon R. Dickson (1981)
* "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny (1982)
* "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1983)
* "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1984)
* "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (1985)
* "Paladin of the Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison (1986)
* "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny (1987)
* "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1988)
* "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1989)
* "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" by Robert Silverberg (1990)

1991–2000|

* "The Manamouki" by Mike Resnick (1991)
* "Gold" by Isaac Asimov (1992)
* "The Nutcracker Coup" by Janet Kagan (1993)
* "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1994)
* "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1995)
* "Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly (1996)
* "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling (1997)
* "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson (1998)
* "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling (1999)
* "1016 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly (2000)

2001–2010|

* "Millennium Babies" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (2001)
* "Hell Is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2002)
* "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick (2003)
* "Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick (2004)
* "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2005)
* "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2006)
* "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (2007)
* "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008)
* "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (2009)
* "The Island" by Peter Watts (2010)

2011–2020|

* "The Emperor of Mars" by Allen Steele (2011)
* "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (2012)
* "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan (2013)
* "The Lady Astronaut of Mars", by Mary Robinette Kowal (2014)
* "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt (2015)
* "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (2016)
* "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon (2017)
* "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer (2018)
* "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" by Zen Cho (2019)
* "Emergency Skin" by N. K. Jemisin (2020)

2021–present|

* "Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2021)
* "Bots of the Lost Ark" by Suzanne Palmer (2022)
* "The Space-Time Painter" by Hai Ya (2023)
* "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer (2024)

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1965–1979|

* "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny (1965)
* "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson (1966)
* "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1967)
* "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson (1968)
* "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany (1969)
* "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon (1970)
* "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson (1971)
* "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1972)
* "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre (1973)
* "If the Stars Are Gods", by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford (1974)
* "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy (1975)
* "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1976)
* "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon (1977)
* "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye" by Charles L. Grant (1978)
* "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1979)

1980–1999|

* "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1980)
* "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop (1981)
* "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1982)
* "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1983)
* "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1984)
* "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin (1985)
* "The Girl who Fell into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm (1986)
* "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy (1987)
* "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1988)
* "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis (1989)
* "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang (1990)
* "Guide Dog" by Michael Conner (1991)
* "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent (1992)
* "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1993)
* "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1994)
* "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1995)
* "Lifeboat on a Burning Sea" by Bruce Holland Rogers (1996)
* "The Flowers of Adult Prison" by Nancy Kress (1997)
* "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen (1998)
* "'Mars is No Place for Children", by Mary Turzillo (1999)

2000–2019|

* "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams (2000)
* "Louise's Ghost" by Kelly Link (2001)
* "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2002)
* "The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford (2003)
* "Basement Magic" by Ellen Klages (2004)
* "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2005)
* "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2006)
* "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2007)
* "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (2008)
* "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster (2009)
* "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (2010)
* "What We Found" by Geoff Ryman (2011)
* "Close Encounters" by Andy Duncan (2012)
* "The Waiting Stars" by Aliette de Bodard (2013)
* "A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i" by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2014)
* "Our Lady of the Open Road" by Sarah Pinsker (2015)
* "The Long Fall Up" by William Ledbetter (2016)
* "A Human Stain" by Kelly Robson (2017)
* "The Only Harmless Great Thing" by Brooke Bolander (2018)
* "Carpe Glitter" by Cat Rambo (2019)

2020–present|

* "Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2020)
* "O2 Arena" by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (2021)
* "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" by John Chu (2022)
* "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer (2023)
* "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being" by A. W. Prihandita (2024)

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