Annal:1973 John W. Campbell Award
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Results of the John W. Campbell Award in the year 1973. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- John W. Campbell Award
- Science Fiction books
- Science Fiction authors
- Speculative Fiction books
- Speculative Fiction authors.
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- John W. Campbell Award
- 1974–>
- 1973 Campbell 1st
- Score: 10.23
A two-man mission to Venus fails and is aborted; when it returns, the Captain is missing and the other astronaut, Harry M. Evans, is unable to explain what has happened. Or, conversely, he has too many explications; his journal of the expedition—compiled in the mental institution to which NASA has embarrassedly committed him—offers contradictory stories: he murdered the Captain, mad Venusian invaders murdered the Captain, the Captain vanished, no one was murdered and the Captain has returned in Evans’ guise…as the explanations pyramid and as the supervising…
- 1973 Campbell 2nd
- Score: 8.23
After fifty-one long years of patient waiting, the message has finally arrived. They have dedicated their lives to trying to decipher the eerie silence that resounds from space and now there is finally a sound after decades of quiet. In the beginning there is a hail of celebration, the Project has finally produced results, but then the questions begin. What does the message mean? Could it be ‘we come in peace’ or ‘get ready for world domination’? The message baffles Earth.
Only one man has the power to make the decision and it could mean intergalactic warfare…
