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1987 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1987 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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R&R

by Lucius Shepard

Novella · 1986

Locus winnerNebula winnerHugo recognition

A soldier seeks rest. The war follows him into his mind.

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Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

Novel · 1986

Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner

Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.

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CollisionJames Tiptree Jr.

Collision

by James Tiptree Jr.

Novella · 1986

Locus recognition

An expedition crosses the stars. First contact risks becoming conflict.

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Count Zero

by William Gibson

Novel · 1986

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: Maas-Neotek's chief of R&D is defecting.

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Foundation and Earth

by Isaac Asimov

Novel · 1986

Locus recognition

Foundation and Earth is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation series and chronologically the last in the series. It was published in 1986, four years after the first sequel to the Foundation trilogy, which is titled Foundation's Edge.

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Heart of the Comet

by David Brin & Gregory Benford

Novel · 1986

Locus recognition

From inside front cover: EXILES from a world devastated by fear and political strife. HEROES who first must conquer their own conflicts before the greater goal can be won.

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Tango Charlie and Foxtrot RomeoJohn Varley