Annal:1991 John W. Campbell Award
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Results of the John W. Campbell Award in the year 1991. 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.
Pacific Edge: Book 3 of the Three Californias trilogy
- 1991 Campbell 1st
- Score: 10.41
2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in the making. Kevin Claiborne, a young builder who has grown up in this “green” world, now finds himself caught up in the struggle to preserve his community’s idyllic way of life from the resurgent forces of greed and exploitation.
- 1991 Campbell 2nd
- 1991 Hugo-Novel nominee
- Score: 14.41
In a society enjoying peace, prosperity and technologically engineered mental health, Emanuel Goldsmith, a famous poet, commits gruesome murder. Three people investigate the crime—one a therapist who will enter Goldsmith’s mind to search for answers. A mesmerizing work set in a tomorrow that is less than a century away.
- 1991 WFA–Novel winner
- 1991 Campbell 3rd
- 1991 Mythopoeic-Adult finalist
- 1990 Nebula nominee
- Score: 28.41
Morrow explores the difficulties facing God’s twentieth-century offspring, complete with virgin birth. Julie Katz is a New Jersey girl—the miracle child of a celibate Jewish recluse whose sperm sample, donated to an Atlantic City baby bank, spontaneously gestates.
