Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1973 Nebula Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.
The Nebulas are selected by eligible members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Award records here retain SFADB ceremony years, which can differ from eligibility years on the official Nebula site. The library focuses on science fiction novels and novellas. Official award site ↗

A Meeting with Medusa
by Arthur C. Clarke
Novella · 1971
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
A Meeting with Medusa is a science fiction novella by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1971 and has since been included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight as well as several collections of Clarke's writings.
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The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1972
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
The year is 2100 A.D.… And Man no longer stands alone in the universe. Now there are other worlds, other living beings. Alien beings who mate in threes and live on pure energy.
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Dying Inside
by Robert Silverberg
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
David Selig is outwardly unimpressive. His early promise as a student and scholar is unrealised. He has no proper job, he has no girlfriend.
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Son of the Morning
by Phyllis Gotlieb
Novella · 1972
Nebula recognition
A 1972 science fiction novella by Phyllis Gotlieb. Nebula recognition.
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The Book of Skulls
by Robert Silverberg
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
The Book of Skulls is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1972. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
by Gene Wolfe
Novella · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Bien loin de la Terre, deux planètes soeurs, Sainte-Anne et Sainte-Croix, ont été colonisées par des Français qui ont détruit la population indigène de la…
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The Gold at the Starbow's End
by Frederik Pohl
Novella · 1972
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT... ... the eight young astronauts, men and women, who were sent off to colonize a non-existent planet near Alpha Centauri while Washington disintegrated with revolution?
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The Iron Dream
by Norman Spinrad
Novel · 1972
Nebula recognition
The Iron Dream is a metafictional 1972 alternate history novel by American author Norman Spinrad. The book has a nested narrative that tells a story within a story. On the surface, the novel presents a post-apocalyptic adventure tale entitled Lord of the Swastika, written by an alternate-history Adolf Hitler shortly before his death in 1953.
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
Novel · 1972
Nebula recognition
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice.
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The Word for World is Forest
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella · 1972
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet whose small, green-furred, big-eyed inhabitants have a culture centered on lucid dreaming. Terran greed spirals around native innocence & wisdom, overturning the ancient society.
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What Entropy Means to Me
by George Alec Effinger
Novel · 1972
Nebula recognition
Doctor, watch out! As Dore stood by, he saw the Doctor backing slowly into the corner where he would meet his fate. Initially defending himself with a torch, the Doctor searched frantically for a new method of defense.
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When Harlie Was One
by David Gerrold
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A stunning first novel that grapples with the definition of consciousness and what it is to be human.
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With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama
by Richard A. Lupoff
Novella · 1972
Nebula recognition
A 1972 science fiction novella by Richard A. Lupoff. Nebula recognition.
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