Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award

The Science Fiction Chronicle [Reader] Awards, sponsored by the magazine Science Fiction Chronicle and its editor, long-time fan Andrew Porter, were determined by a poll of the magazine's readers.

The magazine was founded in 1978 as a department in Porter's earlier fanzine Algol, and became a separate publication in 1979. The first Chronicle Awards were given in 1982 for works published in 1981. Typically, the vote totals for Chronicle Awards were very large.

Some authorities have argued that the Locus and Chronicle Awards are more representative of the best work in the field than the more celebrated Hugos and Nebulas, drawing as they do upon larger vote totals. In fact, however, in any given year, the two awards rarely went to the same nominees.

The Science Fiction Chronicle Awards were given in a variety of categories. The first Chronicle Award for Best Novel was given in 1982 to Gene Wolfe for his The Claw of the Conciliator.

Year	Author	Book
1982	Gene Wolfe	The Claw of the Conciliator
1983	Gene Wolfe	The Sword of the Lictor
1984	Tim Powers	The Anubis Gates
1985	William Gibson	/Neuromancer
1986	Orson Scott Card	Ender's Game
1987	Orson Scott Card	Speaker for the Dead
1988	Gene Wolfe	The Urth of the New Sun
1989	C. J. Cherryh	Cyteen
1990	George Alec Effinger	A Fire in the Sun
1991	Dan Simmons	The Fall of Hyperion
1992	Michael Swanwick	Stations of the Tide
1993	Vernor Vinge	A Fire Upon the Deep
1994	Greg Bear	Moving Mars
1995	Michael Bishop	Brittle Innings
1996	Neal Stephenson	The Diamond Age
1997	Bruce Sterling	Holy Fire
1998	Dan Simmons	The Rise of Endymion

After 1998 the awards were discontinued.

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