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1984 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1984 Locus Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.

Locus recognition brings a reader perspective to the library. Formal winners and finalists are distinguished from historical poll top five selections. Those selections are not silently presented as formal finalists. Only the selected science fiction categories and eligible works are included. Official award site ↗

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Startide Rising by David Brin, book cover

Startide Rising

by David Brin

Novel · 1983

Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner

David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about the first Galactic race, which existed billions of yeas ago.

Hardfought by Greg Bear, book cover

Hardfought

by Greg Bear

Novella · 1983

Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition

The Nebula award-winning short story by master SF writer Greg Bear. Humans are engaged in a long war against an advanced alien race, the Senexi, but the possibility for peace may exist thanks to a young girl who learns the enemy's larger role and humanity's…

Millennium by John Varley, book cover

Millennium

by John Varley

Novel · 1983

Hugo recognitionLocus recognition

Millennium is a 1983 time travel science fiction novel by John Varley. Varley later turned this novel into the script for the 1989 film Millennium, both of which are based on Varley's short story "Air Raid", which was published in 1977. The book was nominated for several science fiction awards.

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