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1983 Nebula Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1983 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 ↗

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No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop, book cover

No Enemy But Time

by Michael Bishop

Novel · 1982

Nebula winner

No Enemy But Time is a 1982 science fiction novel by Michael Bishop. It won the 1982 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was also nominated for the 1983 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It was included in David Pringle's book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.

Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov, book cover

Foundation's Edge

by Isaac Asimov

Novel · 1982

Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition

After the defeat of the Mule by the Second Foundation, Terminus enjoys a period of prosperity and stability which is publicly attributed to the Seldon Plan, but which some feel is the work of the Second Foundation.

Friday by Robert A. Heinlein, book cover

Friday

by Robert A. Heinlein

Novel · 1982

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns.

Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss, book cover

Helliconia Spring

by Brian W. Aldiss

Novel · 1982

Nebula recognition

Imagine a world in a system of twin stars, where Winter is 600 ice-locked years and every Spring is the first remembered. Imagine a People finding ruined cities beneath the melting snows. Never dreaming they had built them. And would again...

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…

The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe, book cover

The Sword of the Lictor

by Gene Wolfe

Novel · 1981 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

The Sword of the Lictor is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe. First released in 1982, it is the third volume in the four-volume series The Book of the New Sun.

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