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1983 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1983 Locus Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.

Voted on by readers of Locus magazine, the Locus Award is a reliable guide to books readers loved. We include its science fiction novel and novella winners and finalists, plus labeled poll favorites from earlier years. Official award site ↗

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Souls by Joanna Russ, book cover

Souls

by Joanna Russ

Novella · 1982

Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition

"Souls" is a 1982 science fiction novella by Joanna Russ. It was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in January 1982, and subsequently republished in Terry Carr's The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12, in Russ's 1984 collection Extra(ordinary) People, as well as in the first volume of the Isaac…

2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke, book cover

2010: Odyssey Two

by Arthur C. Clarke

Novel · 1982

Hugo recognitionLocus recognition

When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. Since then, its fame has grown steadily among the multitudes who have read the novel or seen the film based on it.

Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury, book cover

Courtship Rite

by Donald Kingsbury

Novel · 1982

Hugo recognitionLocus recognition

Courtship Rite is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer Donald Kingsbury, originally serialized in Analog magazine in 1982. The book is set in the same universe as some of Kingsbury's other stories, such as "Shipwright" (1978) and the unpublished The Finger Pointing Solward.

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