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1971 Hugo Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1971 Hugo Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.

Hugo recognition reflects voting by eligible Worldcon members. This library includes science fiction from the selected novel and novella categories, including labeled crossovers. It does not include every Hugo category or every fantasy finalist. Official award site ↗

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Ringworld by Larry Niven, book cover

Ringworld

by Larry Niven

Novel · 1970

Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner

The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a sun.

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson, book cover

Tau Zero

by Poul Anderson

Novel · 1970

Hugo recognition

Poul Anderson's Tau Zero is an outstanding work of science fiction, in part because it combines two qualities that are often at odds in this genre: an interest in the emotional lives of its characters and a fascination with all things technological and scientific.

The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker, book cover

The Year of the Quiet Sun

by Wilson Tucker

Novel · 1970

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

Unavoidably, David Cheney becomes part of the future, in which a nuclear war has weakened both East and West, and in which America is torn by a race war. Yet among this desolate world, he discovers reasons for living.

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