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Philip K. Dick Memorial Award

The Philip K. Dick Memorial Award is a science fiction award sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. It has been awarded since 1982. Works that have received the award are identified on their covers as Best Original SF Paperback.

Winners and nominees of the Philip K. Dick Award

Winning authors are listed in bold.
Authors of special citation entries are listed in italics.

AuthorTitle
1982
Rudy RuckerSoftware
Ray NelsonThe Prometheus Man


1983
Tim PowersThe Anubis Gates
R. A. MacAvoyTea with the Black Dragon


1984
William GibsonNeuromancer
Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Wild Shore
C. J. CherryhVoyager in the Night
Geary GravelThe Alchemists
David R. PalmerEmergence
Lucius ShepardGreen Eyes
Lewis ShinerFrontera
Howard WaldropThem Bones


1985
Tim PowersDinner at Deviant's Palace
Richard GrantSaraband of Lost Time
Russell GriffinThe Timeservers
Michael Kube-McDowellEmprise
Barry N. MalzbergThe Remaking of Sigmund Freud
Scott Russell SandersTerrarium
Walter Jon WilliamsKnight Moves


1986
James P. Blaylock''Homunculus
Jack McDevittThe Hercules Text
Karen Joy FowlerArtificial Things
Robert Charles WilsonA Hidden Place


1987
Patricia GearyStrange Toys
Mike McQuayMemories
Richard BowkerDover Beach
Pat CadiganMindplayers
K. W. JeterDark Seeker
Rebecca OreBecoming Alien
Lucius ShepardLife During Wartime


1988
Paul J. McAuley (tie)Four Hundred Billion Stars
Rudy Rucker (tie)Wetware
Roger MacBride AllenOrphan of Creation
Marc LaidlawNeon Lotus
David Alexander SmithRendezvous


1989
Richard Paul RussoSubterranean Gallery
Dave WolvertonOn My Way to Paradise
Barry B. LongyearInfinity Hold
James LucenoA Fearful Symmetry
Rebecca OreBeing Alien
Susan ShwartzHeritage of Flight


1990
Pat MurphyPoints of Departure
Raymond HarrisThe Schizogenic Man
Gregory FeeleyThe Oxygen Barons
Elizabeth HandWinterlong
Allen M. SteeleClarke County, Space


1991
Ian McDonald (tie)King of Morning, Queen of Day
Holly Lisle (tie)Fire in the Mist
Emma BullBone Dance
Douglas BellMojo and the Pickle Jar
Kathe KojaThe Cipher
Robert Charles WilsonBridge of Years


1992
Richard GrantThrough the Heart
Elisabeth VonarburgIn the Mothers' Land
Colin GreenlandTake Back Plenty
Elizabeth HandAestival Tide
R. A. LaffertyIron Tears


1993
John M. FordGrowing Up Weightless
Jack WomackElvissey
Wilhelmina BairdCrash Course
David R. BunchBunch
Elizabeth HandIcarus Descending


1994
Robert Charles WilsonMysterium
Jack CadyInagehi
Alexander BesherRim: A Novel of Virtual Reality
Ian McDonald''Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
Lisa MasonSummer of Love
Lance OlsenTonguing the Zeitgeist


1995
Bruce BethkeHeadcrash
Richard Paul RussoCarlucci's Edge
Shale AaronVirtual Death
Greg EganPermutation City
Amy ThomsonThe Color of Distance
Élisabeth VonarburgReluctant Voyagers


1996
Stephen BaxterThe Time Ships
Michael BishopAt the City Limits of Fate
William BartonThe Transmigration of Souls
George FoyThe Shift
Sarah ZettelReclamation


1997
Stepan ChapmanThe Troika
William BartonActs of Conscience
Susan R. MatthewsAn Exchange of Hostages
Richard Paul RussoCarlucci's Heart
Denise VitolaOpalite Moon
Catherine WellsMother Grimm


1998
Geoff Ryman253: The Print Remix
Paul Di FilippoLost Pages
Nalo HopkinsonBrown Girl in the Ring
Steve AylettSlaughtermatic
Paul J. McAuleyThe Invisible Country


1999
Stephen BaxterVacuum Diagrams
Jamil NasirTower of Dreams
Kirstine SmithCode of Conduct
Constance Ash, ed.Not of Woman Born
Toni AnzettiTyphon's Children
William BartonWhen We Were Real


2000
Michael Marshall SmithOnly Forward
Scott WesterfeldEvolution's Darling
Stephen L. BurnsCall from a Distant Shore
Nalo HopkinsonMidnight Robber
Maggy ThomasBroken Time
Janine Ellen YoungThe Bridge


2001


2002


2003
M. M. BucknerHyperthought
Mark BudzClade
Jane JensenDante's Equation
Richard K. MorganAltered Carbon
Chris MoriartySpin State
Ann Tonsor ZeddiesSteel Helix

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