Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 3
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 40
Phoenix Award —
for lifetime achievement, presented by DeepSouthCon
winner
Hugo Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(7 nominations; 1 win)
A Fire In The Sun (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — nomination
“Everything but Honor ” (Asimov's Feb 1989; What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
— novelette — nomination
“Schr�dinger's Kitten” (Omni Sep 1988)
— novelette — winner
When Gravity Fails (Arbor House; Bantam Spectra)
— novel — nomination
“The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything ” (F&SF Oct 1984)
— short story — nomination
“The City on the Sand” (F&SF Apr 1973)
— novelette — nomination
“All the Last Wars at Once ” (Universe 1)
— short story — nomination
Nebula Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(5 nominations; 1 win)
“Mar�d Changes His Mind” (Asimov's May 1989)
— novella — nomination
“Schr�dinger's Kitten” (Omni Sep 1988)
— novelette — winner
When Gravity Fails (Arbor House)
— novel — nomination
“The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything ” (F&SF Oct 1984)
— short story — nomination
What Entropy Means to Me (Doubleday)
— novel — nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Schr�dinger's Kitten” (Omni Sep 1988)
— winner
Locus Awards —
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(18 nominations)
George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth (Golden Gryphon)
— collection — 20th place
Budayeen Nights (Golden Gryphon)
— collection — 7th place
Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories (Swan Press)
— collection — 9th place
A Fire In The Sun (Doubleday Foundation)
— sf novel — 5th place
“Mar�d Changes His Mind” (Asimov's May 1989)
— novella — 14th place
“Everything but Honor ” (Asimov's Feb 1989; What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
— novelette — 9th place
Author's Choice Monthly Issue 1: The Old Funny Stuff (Pulphouse)
— collection — 17th place
“Schr�dinger's Kitten” (Omni Sep 1988)
— novelette — 5th place
“Slow, Slow Burn” (Playboy May 1988)
— short story — 15th place
When Gravity Fails (Arbor House)
— sf novel — 2nd place
“Skylab Done It ” (F&SF Mar 1987)
— novelette — 22nd place
When Gravity Fails (Arbor House)
— sf novel — 12th place
“Unferno ” (Asimov's Jul 1985)
— novelette — 23rd place
“The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything ” (F&SF Oct 1984)
— short story — 3rd place
“The Man Outside” (F&SF Apr 1983)
— short story — 21st place
Relatives (Harper & Row)
— novel — 11th place
What Entropy Means to Me (Doubleday)
— novel — 12th place
“All the Last Wars at Once ” (Universe 1)
— short fiction — 2nd place (tie)
HOMer Awards —
for SF/F works, voted by members of SF/F forum on CompuServe
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Beast ” (Confederacy of the Dead)
— novelette — winner
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
A Fire In The Sun (Doubleday Foundation)
— novel — winner
“Everything but Honor ” (Asimov's Feb 1989)
— novelette — 3rd place
“Schr�dinger's Kitten” (Omni Sep 1988)
— novelette — winner
When Gravity Fails (Arbor House)
— novel — 3rd place
“The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything ” (F&SF Oct 1984)
— short story — 3rd place
Seiun Awards —
for SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con
(1 nomination; 1 win)
“Schr�dinger's Kitten”
— foreign short fiction — winner