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2005 Locus Award
Collection – The John Varley Reader
2004 Asimov’s Science Fiction’s Readers’ Award
Novelette – “The Bellman”
2004 Endeavour Award / Oregon SFConventions, Inc.
Novel – Red Thunder
2004 Prix du Cafard cosmique
Best SF Novel – Le systEme Valentine (The Golden Globe)
1999 Prometheus Award
Novel – The Golden Globe
1992 Seiun Award
Foreign Short Story – “Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo”
1991 Hayakawa’s SF Magazine Reader’s Award
Foreign Short Story – “Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo”
1987 Locus Award
Collection – Blue Champagne
1987 Seiun Award
Foreign Short Fiction – “Press Enter ■”
1985 Hugo Award
Novella – “Press Enter ■”
1985 Nebula Award
Novella – “Press Enter ■”
1985 Locus Award
Novella – “Press Enter ■”
1985 Science Fiction Chronicle Poll
Novella – “Press Enter ■”
1982 Hugo Award
Short Story – “The Pusher”
1982 Locus Award
Novella – “Blue Champagne”
Short Story – “The Pusher”
1982 Science Fiction Chronicle Poll
Short Story – “The Pusher”
1981 Locus Award
Single Author Collection – The Barbie Murders
1980 Analog Analytical Laboratory
Serial – “Titan”
1980 Locus Award
SF Novel – Titan
1980 Prix Apollo
Single Author Collection – The Persistence of Vision
1979 Hugo Award
Novella – “The Persistence of Vision”
1979 Locus Award
Novella – “The Persistence of Vision”
Novelette – “The Barbie Murders”
Single Author Collection – The Persistence of Vision
1978 Jupiter Award
Novella – “In the Hall of the Martian Kings”
1976 Special Locus Award – 4 Novelettes in Top 10
“Bagatelle”
“Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance”
“Overdrawn at the Memory Bank”
“The Phantom of Kansas”

Near Awards

1993 Hugo Nominee
Best Novel – Steel Beach
1984 Hugo Nominee
Best Novel – Millennium
1982 Nebula Nominee
Best Short Story – “The Pusher”
1982 Hugo Nominee
Best Novella – “Blue Champagne”
1981 Hugo Nominee
Best Novelette – “Beatnik Bayou”
1981 Nebula Nominee
Best Novelette – “Beatnik Bayou”
1981 Hugo Nominee
Best Novel – Wizard
1980 Hugo Nominee
Best Novelette – “Options”
1980 Nebula Nominee
Best Novelette – “Options”
1980 Hugo Nominee
Best Novel – Titan
1980 Nebula Nominee
Best Novel – Titan
1979 Hugo Nominee
Best Novelette – “The Barbie Murders”
1978 Hugo Nominee
Best Short Story – “Air Raid”
1978 Nebula Nominee
Best Short Story – “Air Raid”
1978 Hugo Nominee
Best Novella – “In the Hall of the Martian Kings”
1977 Hugo Nominee
Best Novelette – “The Phantom of Kansas”
1977 Hugo Nominee
Best Novelette – “Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance”
1976 Nebula Nominee
Best Novelette – “Retrograde Summer”