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class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Published in</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Asimov%27s_Science_Fiction" title="Asimov's Science Fiction">Asimov's Science Fiction</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magazine" title="Magazine">Magazine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">August 1998</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>"Oceanic"</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> <a href="/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> by Australian writer <a href="/wiki/Greg_Egan" title="Greg Egan">Greg Egan</a>, published in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novella" title="Hugo Award for Best Novella">Hugo Award for Best Novella</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oceanic_(novella)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Oceanic" was first published in the August 1998 edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Asimov%27s_Science_Fiction" title="Asimov's Science Fiction">Asimov's Science Fiction</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dell_Magazines" title="Dell Magazines">Dell Magazines</a>. Editor <a href="/wiki/Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a> republished it in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Year%27s_Best_Science_Fiction:_Sixteenth_Annual_Collection" title="The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection">The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection</a></i> (1999) and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Best_of_the_Best_Volume_2:_20_Years_of_the_Best_Short_Science_Fiction_Novels&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels (page does not exist)">The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels</a></i> (2007). It was again republished in Greg Egan's collection <i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Integers_and_Other_Stories" title="Dark Integers and Other Stories">Dark Integers and Other Stories</a></i> (2008) and in Egan's collections <i><a href="/wiki/Oceanic_(book)" title="Oceanic (book)">Oceanic</a></i> (2009)<sup id="cite_ref-ISFDB_O_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISFDB_O-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Greg_Egan" title="The Best of Greg Egan">The Best of Greg Egan</a></i> (2019). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oceanic_(novella)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reviews">Reviews</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oceanic_(novella)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell Letson, writing in the <a href="/wiki/Locus_(magazine)" title="Locus (magazine)"><i>Locus Magazine</i></a>, says that the novella "edges into extreme post-human and/or far-future territory, but that story’s armature is a kind of <i>bildungsroman</i>" and "is a whole novel’s worth of material that remains background."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oceanic_(novella)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, "Oceanic" won the <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novella" title="Hugo Award for Best Novella">Hugo Award for Best Novella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus Award</a> best novella, and Asimov's Reader Poll for best novella.<sup id="cite_ref-LO_1999HA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_1999HA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LO_1999LA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_1999LA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LO_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also won two foreign short story awards: the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Hayakawa_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Hayakawa Award">Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award</a> and the 2001 <a href="/wiki/Seiun_Award" title="Seiun Award">Seiun Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LO_2000HAY_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_2000HAY-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LO_2001SA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_2001SA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Oceanic" was also a finalist in the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Aurealis_Award_for_best_science_fiction_short_story" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story">Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story</a>, a long list nominee for the 1999 <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr_Memorial_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award">James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award</a>, and a short-list nominee for the 1999 HOMer Award for best novella.<sup id="cite_ref-LO_1999AA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_1999AA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LO_1999TA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_1999TA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LO_1999HOMAr_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LO_1999HOMAr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oceanic_(novella)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story follows Martin, a Freelander living on the oceans of Covenant. As a boy he has a religious experience that shapes his life for years to come. As he grows into manhood his experiences and studies begin to conflict with his deep rooted faith. Eventually he joins a small circle of scholars studying the effects of one of Covenant’s most abundant microbes as his views of life change dramatically. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oceanic_(novella)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?82545">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Oceanic" by Greg Egan"</a>. 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(1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Planck_Dive" title="The Planck Dive">The Planck Dive</a>" (1998)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oceanic</a>" (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Border_Guards_(novelette)" title="Border Guards (novelette)">Border Guards</a>" (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Singleton_(short_story)" title="Singleton (short story)">Singleton</a>" (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Riding_the_Crocodile" title="Riding the Crocodile">Riding the Crocodile</a>" (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Glory_(novelette)" title="Glory (novelette)">Glory</a>" (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_Integers" title="Dark Integers">Dark Integers</a>" (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lost_Continent_(short_story)" title="Lost Continent (short story)">Lost Continent</a>" (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crystal_Nights_(short_story)" title="Crystal Nights (short story)">Crystal Nights</a>" (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zero_for_Conduct_(novelette)" title="Zero for Conduct (novelette)">Zero for Conduct</a>" (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_Not_the_Way_Home_(short_story)" title="This Is Not the Way Home (short story)">This Is Not the Way Home</a>" (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Slipway" title="The Slipway">The Slipway</a>" (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_Factory_(short_story)" title="Dream Factory (short story)">Dream Factory</a>" (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/After_Zero" title="After Zero">After Zero</a>" (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crisis_Actors_(short_story)" title="Crisis Actors (short story)">Crisis Actors</a>" (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Didicosm" title="Didicosm">Didicosm</a>" (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novella" style="padding:3px"><table 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Campbell">Don A. Stuart</a> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_This_Goes_On%E2%80%94" class="mw-redirect" title="If This Goes On—">If This Goes On—</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waldo_(short_story)" title="Waldo (short story)">Waldo</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Prince" title="The Little Prince">The Little Prince</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry" title="Antoine de Saint-Exupéry">Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</a> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Killdozer!_(short_story)" title="Killdozer! 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Heinlein</a> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Case_of_Conscience" title="A Case of Conscience">A Case of Conscience</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a> (1954)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1968–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Riders_of_the_Purple_Wage" title="Riders of the Purple Wage">Riders of the Purple Wage</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer" title="Philip José Farmer">Philip José Farmer</a> /<i><a href="/wiki/Dragonflight_(novel)" title="Dragonflight (novel)">Weyr Search</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey" title="Anne McCaffrey">Anne McCaffrey</a> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nightwings_(novella)" title="Nightwings (novella)">Nightwings</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1969)</li> <li><i>Ship of Shadows</i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ill_Met_in_Lankhmar" title="Ill Met in Lankhmar">Ill Met in Lankhmar</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Queen_of_Air_and_Darkness_(novella)" title="The Queen of Air and Darkness (novella)">The Queen of Air and Darkness</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Word_for_World_Is_Forest" title="The Word for World Is Forest">The Word for World Is Forest</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Was_Plugged_In" title="The Girl Who Was Plugged In">The Girl Who Was Plugged In</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr." title="James Tiptree Jr.">James Tiptree Jr.</a> (1974)</li> <li><i>A Song for Lya</i> by <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Name_Is_Legion_(Zelazny_stories)" class="mw-redirect" title="My Name Is Legion (Zelazny stories)">Home Is the Hangman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1976)</li> <li><i>By Any Other Name</i> by <a href="/wiki/Spider_Robinson" title="Spider Robinson">Spider Robinson</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Houston,_Do_You_Read%3F" title="Houston, Houston, Do You Read?">Houston, Houston, Do You Read?</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr." title="James Tiptree Jr.">James Tiptree Jr.</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stardance" title="Stardance">Stardance</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Spider_Robinson" title="Spider Robinson">Spider Robinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Robinson" title="Jeanne Robinson">Jeanne Robinson</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Vision_(short_story)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Persistence of Vision (short story)">The Persistence of Vision</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enemy_Mine_(novella)" title="Enemy Mine (novella)">Enemy Mine</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Barry_B._Longyear" title="Barry B. Longyear">Barry B. Longyear</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Dorsai" title="Lost Dorsai">Lost Dorsai</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._Dickson" title="Gordon R. Dickson">Gordon R. Dickson</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saturn_Game" title="The Saturn Game">The Saturn Game</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Souls_(story)" title="Souls (story)">Souls</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Russ" title="Joanna Russ">Joanna Russ</a> (1983)</li> <li><i>Cascade Point</i> by <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Zahn" title="Timothy Zahn">Timothy Zahn</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Press_Enter" title="Press Enter">Press Enter</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/24_Views_of_Mt._Fuji,_by_Hokusai" title="24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai">24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh_in_the_Outback" title="Gilgamesh in the Outback">Gilgamesh in the Outback</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eye_for_Eye" title="Eye for Eye">Eye for Eye</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Winnebagos" title="The Last of the Winnebagos">The Last of the Winnebagos</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga" title="Vorkosigan Saga">The Mountains of Mourning</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hemingway_Hoax" title="The Hemingway Hoax">The Hemingway Hoax</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beggars_in_Spain" title="Beggars in Spain">Beggars in Spain</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kress" title="Nancy Kress">Nancy Kress</a> (1992)</li> <li><i>Barnacle Bill the Spacer</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Down_in_the_Bottomlands" title="Down in the Bottomlands">Down in the Bottomlands</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Turtledove" title="Harry Turtledove">Harry Turtledove</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Views_of_Olduvai_Gorge" title="Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge">Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Future#"The_Death_of_Captain_Future"" title="Captain Future">The Death of Captain Future</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Steele" title="Allen Steele">Allen Steele</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_of_the_Dragon_(novella)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood of the Dragon (novella)">Blood of the Dragon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a> (1997)</li> <li><i>...Where Angels Fear to Tread</i> by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Steele" title="Allen Steele">Allen Steele</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oceanic</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Egan" title="Greg Egan">Greg Egan</a> (1999)</li> <li><i>The Winds of Marble Arch</i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>The Ultimate Earth</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Williamson" title="Jack Williamson">Jack Williamson</a> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Collected_Stories_of_Vernor_Vinge#"Fast_Times_at_Fairmont_High"" title="The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge">Fast Times at Fairmont High</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coraline" title="Coraline">Coraline</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cookie_Monster_(novella)" title="The Cookie Monster (novella)">The Cookie Monster</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Atrocity_Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="The Atrocity Archives">The Concrete Jungle</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stross" title="Charles Stross">Charles Stross</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Job_(novella)" title="Inside Job (novella)">Inside Job</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (2006)</li> <li><i>A Billion Eves</i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reed_(author)" title="Robert Reed (author)">Robert Reed</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Seated_on_the_Ground" title="All Seated on the Ground">All Seated on the Ground</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (2008)</li> <li><i>The Erdmann Nexus</i> by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kress" title="Nancy Kress">Nancy Kress</a> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Palimpsest_(novella)" title="Palimpsest (novella)">Palimpsest</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stross" title="Charles Stross">Charles Stross</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lifecycle_of_Software_Objects" title="The Lifecycle of Software Objects">The Lifecycle of Software Objects</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Bridged_the_Mist" title="The Man Who Bridged the Mist">The Man Who Bridged the Mist</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kij_Johnson" title="Kij Johnson">Kij Johnson</a> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_Soul" title="The Emperor's Soul">The Emperor's Soul</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson" title="Brandon Sanderson">Brandon Sanderson</a> (2013)</li> <li><i>Equoid</i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stross" title="Charles Stross">Charles Stross</a> (2014)</li> <li>(No award given) (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Binti_(novella)" title="Binti (novella)">Binti</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nnedi_Okorafor" title="Nnedi Okorafor">Nnedi Okorafor</a> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Heart_a_Doorway" title="Every Heart a Doorway">Every Heart a Doorway</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Seanan_McGuire" title="Seanan McGuire">Seanan McGuire</a> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Systems_Red" title="All Systems Red">All Systems Red</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Wells" title="Martha Wells">Martha Wells</a> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murderbot_Diaries" title="The Murderbot Diaries">Artificial Condition</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Wells" title="Martha Wells">Martha Wells</a> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_How_You_Lose_the_Time_War" title="This Is How You Lose the Time War">This Is How You Lose the Time War</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Amal_El-Mohtar" title="Amal El-Mohtar">Amal El-Mohtar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Max_Gladstone" title="Max Gladstone">Max Gladstone</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empress_of_Salt_and_Fortune" title="The Empress of Salt and Fortune">The Empress of Salt and Fortune</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nghi_Vo" title="Nghi Vo">Nghi Vo</a> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Psalm_for_the_Wild-Built" title="A Psalm for the Wild-Built">A Psalm for the Wild-Built</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Becky_Chambers" title="Becky Chambers">Becky Chambers</a> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_the_Drowned_Girls_Go" title="Where the Drowned Girls Go">Where the Drowned Girls Go</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Seanan_McGuire" title="Seanan McGuire">Seanan McGuire</a> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thornhedge" title="Thornhedge">Thornhedge</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Vernon" title="Ursula Vernon">T. Kingfisher</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Locus_Award_for_Best_Novella" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Locus_Award_Best_Novella" title="Template:Locus Award Best Novella"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Locus_Award_Best_Novella" title="Template talk:Locus Award Best Novella"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Locus_Award_Best_Novella" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Locus Award Best Novella"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Locus_Award_for_Best_Novella" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award_for_Best_Novella" title="Locus Award for Best Novella">Best Novella</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gold_at_the_Starbow%27s_End" title="The Gold at the Starbow's End">The Gold at the Starbow's End</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Pohl" title="Frederik Pohl">Frederik Pohl</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Doctor_Island" title="The Death of Doctor Island">The Death of Doctor Island</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Wolfe" title="Gene Wolfe">Gene Wolfe</a> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Born_with_the_Dead" title="Born with the Dead">Born with the Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Windhaven" title="Windhaven">The Storms of Windhaven</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Tuttle" title="Lisa Tuttle">Lisa Tuttle</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_R.R._Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="George R.R. Martin">George R.R. Martin</a> (1976)</li> <li><i>The Samurai and the Willows</i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bishop_(author)" title="Michael Bishop (author)">Michael Bishop</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stardance" title="Stardance">Stardance</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Spider_Robinson" title="Spider Robinson">Spider Robinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Robinson" title="Jeanne Robinson">Jeanne Robinson</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Vision_(novella)" title="The Persistence of Vision (novella)">The Persistence of Vision</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enemy_Mine_(novella)" title="Enemy Mine (novella)">Enemy Mine</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Barry_B._Longyear" title="Barry B. Longyear">Barry B. Longyear</a> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nightflyers" title="Nightflyers">Nightflyers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a> (1981)</li> <li><i>Blue Champagne</i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Souls_(story)" title="Souls (story)">Souls</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Russ" title="Joanna Russ">Joanna Russ</a> (1983)</li> <li><i>Her Habilene Husband</i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bishop_(author)" title="Michael Bishop (author)">Michael Bishop</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Press_Enter" title="Press Enter">Press Enter</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Only_Neat_Thing_To_Do" class="mw-redirect" title="The Only Neat Thing To Do">The Only Neat Thing To Do</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr." title="James Tiptree Jr.">James Tiptree Jr.</a> (1986)</li> <li><i>R&R</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (1987)</li> <li><i>The Secret Sharer</i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1988)</li> <li><i>The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>The Father of Stones</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (1990)</li> <li><i>A Short, Sharp Shock</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> (1991)</li> <li><i>The Gallery of His Dreams</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Kathryn_Rusch" title="Kristine Kathryn Rusch">Kristine Kathryn Rusch</a> (1992)</li> <li><i>Barnacle Bill the Spacer</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (1993)</li> <li><i>Mefisto in Onyx</i> by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1994)</li> <li><i>Forgiveness Day</i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1995)</li> <li><i>Remake</i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1996)</li> <li><i>Bellwether</i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1997)</li> <li><i>Where Angels Fear to Tread</i> by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Steele" title="Allen Steele">Allen Steele</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oceanic</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Egan" title="Greg Egan">Greg Egan</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Orphans of the Helix</i> by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Dan Simmons</a> (2000)</li> <li><i>Radiant Green Star</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (2001)</li> <li><i>The Finder</i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (2002)</li> <li><i>The Tain</i> by <a href="/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville" title="China Miéville">China Miéville</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cookie_Monster_(novella)" title="The Cookie Monster (novella)">The Cookie Monster</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> (2004)</li> <li><i>Golden City Far</i> by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Wolfe" title="Gene Wolfe">Gene Wolfe</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_for_Beginners_(novella)" title="Magic for Beginners (novella)">Magic for Beginners</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Link" title="Kelly Link">Kelly Link</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Missile_Gap" title="Missile Gap">Missile Gap</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stross" title="Charles Stross">Charles Stross</a> (2007)</li> <li><i>After the Siege</i> by <a href="/wiki/Cory_Doctorow" title="Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a> (2008)</li> <li><i>Pretty Monsters</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Link" title="Kelly Link">Kelly Link</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>The Women of Neill Gwynne's</i> by <a href="/wiki/Kage_Baker" title="Kage Baker">Kage Baker</a> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lifecycle_of_Software_Objects" title="The Lifecycle of Software Objects">The Lifecycle of Software Objects</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2011)</li> <li><i>Silently and Very Fast</i> by <a href="/wiki/Catherynne_M._Valente" title="Catherynne M. Valente">Catherynne M. Valente</a> (2012)</li> <li><i>After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall</i> by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kress" title="Nancy Kress">Nancy Kress</a> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Six-Gun_Snow_White" title="Six-Gun Snow White">Six-Gun Snow White</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Catherynne_M._Valente" title="Catherynne M. Valente">Catherynne M. 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