Philip K. Dick Award facts for kids
The Philip K. Dick Award is a special prize given to amazing science fiction books. It's named after a famous science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick. This award celebrates the best original paperback science fiction book published in the US each year. It has been given out since 1983, just one year after Philip K. Dick passed away.
What is the Philip K. Dick Award?
The Philip K. Dick Award is one of the top science fiction awards. It honors books that are first published as paperbacks in the United States. This means the book comes out in a softcover version first, not a hardcover.
The award is presented every year at a big science fiction event called Norwescon. The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society helps to organize and support this award. Since 2005, the Philip K. Dick Trust has also helped to support it. If a book wins this award, it often has "Best Original SF Paperback" printed on its cover. SF stands for science fiction!
How the Award Started
The idea for the Philip K. Dick Award came from a writer named Thomas Disch. He got help from other important people in the science fiction world. These included David G. Hartwell, Paul S. Williams, and Charles N. Brown.
Today, David G. Hartwell and Gordon Van Gelder are in charge of managing the award. Other people who have helped run the award in the past include Algis Budrys and David Alexander Smith.
Past Winners of the Award
The Philip K. Dick Award celebrates new and exciting voices in science fiction. Many famous authors have won this award. The books that win are often very creative and make readers think.
Here are some of the books that have won the Philip K. Dick Award. The year listed is when the book was published. The award was given the next year.
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
1982 |
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| Rudy Rucker | Software |
1983 |
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| Tim Powers | The Anubis Gates |
1984 |
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| William Gibson | Neuromancer |
1985 |
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| Tim Powers | Dinner at Deviant's Palace |
1986 |
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| James P. Blaylock | Homunculus |
1987 |
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| Patricia Geary | Strange Toys |
1988 |
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| Paul J. McAuley (tie) | Four Hundred Billion Stars |
| Rudy Rucker (tie) | Wetware |
1989 |
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| Richard Paul Russo | Subterranean Gallery |
1990 |
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| Pat Murphy | Points of Departure |
1991 |
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| Ian McDonald | King of Morning, Queen of Day |
1992 |
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| Richard Grant | Through the Heart |
1993 |
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| John M. Ford | Growing Up Weightless |
| Jack Womack | Elvissey |
1994 |
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| Robert Charles Wilson | Mysterium |
1995 |
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| Bruce Bethke | Headcrash |
1996 |
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| Stephen Baxter | The Time Ships |
1997 |
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| Stepan Chapman | The Troika |
1998 |
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| Geoff Ryman | ' |
1999 |
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| Stephen Baxter | Vacuum Diagrams |
2000 |
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| Michael Marshall Smith | Only Forward |
2001 |
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| Richard Paul Russo | Ship of Fools |
2002 |
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| Carol Emshwiller | The Mount |
2003 |
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| Richard K. Morgan | Altered Carbon |
2004 |
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| Gwyneth Jones | Life |
2005 |
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| M. M. Buckner | War Surf |
2006 |
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| Chris Moriarty | Spin Control |
2007 |
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| M. John Harrison | Nova Swing |
2008 |
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| Adam-Troy Castro (tie) | Emissaries from The Dead |
| David Walton (tie) | Terminal Mind |
2009 |
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| C. L. Anderson | Bitter Angels |
2010 |
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| Mark Hodder | The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack |
2011 |
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| Simon Morden | The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy |
2012 |
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| Brian Francis Slattery | Lost Everything |
See also
In Spanish: Premio Philip K. Dick para niños
