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Delany </div>  <br clear="all">  <div class="floatleft"><div class="leftpane"> <br> science fiction awards database <br> <br> <a href="Matthew_B_J_Delaney"><</a>     <a href="Names_De">↑</a>     <a href="Richard_Delap">></a> <br> <a href="Lester_del_Rey"><b><</b></a>           <a href="Bradley_Denton"><b>></b></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+About+Writing:+Seven+Essays,+Four+Letters,+and+Five+Interviews&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/2006/covers/delanyaw_93x140.jpg" width="93" height="140" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+Aye,+and+Gomorrah:+Stories&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/2003/covers/delanycln_89x140.jpg" width="89" height="140" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+Babel-17&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/covers/1966delanyb17_88x135.jpg" width="88" height="135" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+Dhalgren&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/covers/1975delanydhalgren_79x135.jpg" width="79" height="135" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+The+Einstein+Intersection&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/covers/1967delanytei_88x135.jpg" width="88" height="135" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+In+Search+of+Silence:+The+Journals+of+Samuel+R.+Delany,+Volume+1,+1957-1969&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/2017/covers/delanyisos_149x225.jpg" width="149" height="225" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+Nova&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/covers/1968delanynova_94x140.jpg" width="94" height="140" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+Stars+In+My+Pocket+Like+Grains+of+Sand&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/covers/1984delanysimplgos_95x142.jpg" width="95" height="142" border="0"></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=Delany+Triton&index=books&linkCode=qs&tag=sciefictaward-20"><img src="http://www.locusmag.com/covers/1976delanytriton_81x135.jpg" width="81" height="135" border="0"></a> <br><br> </div>  </div>  <div class="floatright"><div class="pagemain"> <ul id="namepagetabs" class="namepagetabs"> <li class="awards"><a href="#" class="selected">Awards</a></li> <li class="citations"><a href="Samuel_R_Delany_Citations">Citations</a></li> <li class="titles"><a href="Samuel_R_Delany_Titles">Titles</a></li> <li class="chrono"><a href="Samuel_R_Delany_Chronology">Chronology</a></li> </ul> <div class="contentblock"> <div class="summarybox"> </div> <div class="summarybox"> <h2>Awards Summary</h2> <p>Career and Special Awards: 7</p> <p>Major Awards: 6</p> <p>Locus Awards: 1</p> <p>Other Awards: 2</p> <p>Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 70</p> </div> <div class="awardlistingsectionheader"> Career and Special Awards  </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame">Science Fiction Hall of Fame</a>  <i>selected by <a href="http://www.empsfm.org/">Science Fiction Museum</a> and advisors</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame_2002">2002</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  Living Inductee  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="SFWA_Grand_Master_Award">SFWA Grand Master Award</a>  <i>chosen by SF & Fantasy Writers of America officers</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="SFWA_Grand_Master_Award_2014">2014</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="World_Fantasy_Awards">World Fantasy Awards</a>  <i>for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="World_Fantasy_Awards_2022">2022</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  life achievement  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Eaton_Award">Eaton Award</a>  <i>for best critical book, to 2001; since 2008, for lifetime achievement, juried</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Eaton_Award_2010">2010</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  lifetime achievement in science fiction  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Gaylactic_Spectrum_Awards">Gaylactic Spectrum Awards</a>  <i>for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Gaylactic_Spectrum_Awards_2001">2001</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  special achievement  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Lambda_Award">Lambda Award</a>  <i>for gay and lesbian literature, juried</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Lambda_Award_1993">1993</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  lifetime award  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Pilgrim_Award">Pilgrim Award</a>  <i>for lifetime contribution to SF and fantasy scholarship</i></div> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Pilgrim_Award_1985">1985</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="awardlistingsectionheader"> Major Awards  </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Hugo_Awards">Hugo Awards</a>  <i>for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (11 nominations; 2 wins)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_2007">2007</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews</b> (Wesleyan University Press)  related book  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1995">1995</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics</b> (University Press of New England/Wesleyan)  nonfiction book  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1989">1989</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965</b> (Arbor House/Morrow)  nonfiction book  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1978">1978</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Prismatica” (<i>F&SF</i> Oct 1977)  novelette  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1970">1970</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” (<b>World's Best Science Fiction: 1969</b>; <i>New Worlds</i> Dec 1968)  short story  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1969">1969</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Nova</b> (Doubleday)  novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1969">1969</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Lines of Power” (<i>F&SF</i> May 1968)  novella  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1968">1968</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Einstein Intersection</b> (Ace)  novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1968">1968</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“The Star Pit” (<i>Worlds of Tomorrow</i> Feb 1967)  novella  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1968">1968</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Aye, and Gomorrah...” (<b>Dangerous Visions</b>)  short story  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Hugo_Awards_1967">1967</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Babel-17</b> (Ace)  novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Nebula_Awards">Nebula Awards</a>  <i>for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (10 nominations; 4 wins)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1980">1980</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“The Tale of Gorgik” (<i>Asimov's SF Adventure</i> Summer 1979)  novella  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1977">1977</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Triton</b> (Bantam)  novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1976">1976</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Dhalgren</b> (Bantam)  novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1970">1970</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” (<b>World's Best Science Fiction: 1969</b>)  novelette  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1969">1969</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Lines of Power” (<i>F&SF</i> May 1968)  novella  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1968">1968</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Einstein Intersection</b> (Ace)  novel  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1968">1968</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Aye, and Gomorrah...” (<b>Dangerous Visions</b>)  short story  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1968">1968</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Driftglass” (<i>If</i> Jun 1967)  short story  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1967">1967</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Babel-17</b> (Ace)  novel  <span class="win">winner</span> (tie)</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Nebula_Awards_1966">1966</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Ballad of Beta-2</b> (Ace)  novella  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Arthur_C_Clarke_Award">Arthur C. Clarke Award</a>  <i>for SF novel published in the UK; juried</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (1 nomination)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Arthur_C_Clarke_Award_1987">1987</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand</b> (Grafton)  shortlist</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="James_Tiptree_Jr_Memorial_Award">James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award</a>  <i> (renamed the <a href="http://www.sfadb.com/Otherwise_Award">Otherwise Award</a> in 2020)</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (4 nominations)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="James_Tiptree_Jr_Memorial_Award_2005">2005</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand</b> (Wesleyan University Press)  special mention</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="James_Tiptree_Jr_Memorial_Award_1997">1997</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“The Splendor and the Misery of Bodies, of Cities (excerpt)” (<i>The Review of Contemporary Fiction</i> Fall 1996)  long list</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="James_Tiptree_Jr_Memorial_Award_1996">1996</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Babel-17</b> (Ace)  retrospective Tiptree short list</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="James_Tiptree_Jr_Memorial_Award_1996">1996</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Triton</b> (Bantam)  retrospective Tiptree short list</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="awardlistingsectionheader"> Locus Awards and Poll  </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Locus_Awards">Locus Awards</a>  <i>for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (27 nominations; 1 win)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_2018">2018</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“The Hermit of Houston” (<i>F&SF</i> Sep/Oct 2017)  novelette  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_2018">2018</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 1, 1957-1969</b> (Wesleyan University Press)  non-fiction  5th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_2007">2007</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews</b> (Wesleyan)  non-fiction  2nd place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_2004">2004</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories</b> (Vintage)  collection  9th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1995">1995</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics</b> (University Press of New England/Wesleyan)  nonfiction  2nd place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1994">1994</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Driftglass/Starshards</b> (Grafton)  collection  20th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1989">1989</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Motion of Light In Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965</b> (Arbor House/Morrow)  related nonfiction  2nd place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1988">1988</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Bridge of Lost Desire</b> (Arbor House)  collection  13th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1987">1987</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction</b> (Bantam Spectra)  collection  20th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1986">1986</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Flight from Nevèrÿon</b> (Bantam)  collection  14th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1985">1985</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand</b> (Bantam)  sf novel  4th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1985">1985</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Starboard Wine</b> (Dragon Press)  nonfiction/reference  10th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1984">1984</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Neveryóna</b> (Bantam)  fantasy novel  10th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1982">1982</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Distant Stars</b> (Bantam)  single author collection  11th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1981">1981</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Nebula Winners Thirteen</b> (Harper & Row)  anthology  16th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1980">1980</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Tales of Nevèrÿon</b> (Bantam)  fantasy novel  3rd place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1980">1980</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“The Tale of Gorgik” (<i>Asimov's SF Adventure</i> Summer 1979)  novella  6th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1979">1979</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The American Shore</b> (Dragon Press)  reference book  10th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1979">1979</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Empire</b> (by SRD, illustrated by <a href="Howard_Chaykin">Howard Chaykin</a>) (Berkley)  art or illustrated book  8th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1978">1978</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“Prismatica” (<i>F&SF</i> Oct 1977)  short fiction  15th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1977">1977</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Triton</b> (Bantam)  novel  14th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1976">1976</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Dhalgren</b> (Bantam)  novel  5th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1972">1972</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>QUARK/2</b> (SRD & <a href="Marilyn_Hacker">Marilyn Hacker</a>, eds.) (Paperback Library)  original anthology  12th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1972">1972</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>QUARK/3</b> (SRD & <a href="Marilyn_Hacker">Marilyn Hacker</a>, eds.) (Paperback Library)  original anthology  10th place (tie)</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1972">1972</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>QUARK/4</b> (SRD & <a href="Marilyn_Hacker">Marilyn Hacker</a>, eds.) (Paperback Library)  original anthology  8th place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1972">1972</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Driftglass</b> (Science Fiction Book Club; Signet)  reprint anth/collection  3rd place</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Locus_Awards_1971">1971</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>QUARK/1</b> (SRD & <a href="Marilyn_Hacker">Marilyn Hacker</a>, eds.) (Paperback Library)  anthology/collection  6th place</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="awardlistingsectionheader"> Other Awards  </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Ditmar_Awards">Ditmar Awards</a>  <i>for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (1 nomination)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Ditmar_Awards_1969">1969</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  contemporary writer  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Gaylactic_Spectrum_Awards">Gaylactic Spectrum Awards</a>  <i>for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (2 nominations; 2 wins)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Gaylactic_Spectrum_Awards_2002">2002</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Dhalgren</b>  hall of fame  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Interzone_Readers_Poll">Interzone Readers Poll</a>  <i>for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (1 nomination)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Interzone_Readers_Poll_1989">1989</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  all-time best sf author  24th place</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Lambda_Award">Lambda Award</a>  <i>for gay and lesbian literature, juried</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (3 nominations; 2 wins)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Lambda_Award_2005">2005</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">  Pioneer Award  <span class="win">winner</span></div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Lambda_Award_1996">1996</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Atlantis: Three Tales</b> (Incunabula; Wesleyan University Press)  sf/fantasy  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Prometheus_Awards">Prometheus Awards</a>  <i>for SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (1 nomination)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Prometheus_Awards_1982">1982</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Tales of Nevèrÿon</b>  novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Science_Fiction_Chronicle_Readers_Poll">Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll</a>  <i>for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (1 nomination)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Science_Fiction_Chronicle_Readers_Poll_1988">1988</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid">“The Tale of Rumor and Desire” (<b>The Bridge of Lost Desire</b>)  novella  3rd place</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="Seiun_Awards">Seiun Awards</a>  <i>for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (2 nominations)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Seiun_Awards_2012">2012</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Dhalgren</b>  translated novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="Seiun_Awards_1997">1997</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>The Einstein Intersection</b>  overseas novel  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div> <div class="entryblock2"><div class="titleleft"><a href="The_American_Book_Awards">The American Book Awards</a>  <i>for books in various categories, including paperback</i></div> <div class="winnomtotalsindent"> (1 nomination)</div><br> <div class="dateleftindent"><a href="The_American_Book_Awards_1980">1980</a>: </div> <div class="titlemid"><b>Tales of Nevèrÿon</b> (Bantam)  sf paperback  nomination</div><br clear="all"> </div><br clear="all"> </div>  </div>  </div>  <br clear="all"> <div class="copyrightblock"> Copyright 2012 - 2025 by Mark R. 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