This ten-year plan is an idea I stole borrowed from Scott Lynch, with his permission. Scott set himself a five-year goal of reading every Hugo, Nebula, Dick, Clarke, Stoker, and Fantasy award winning novel. I modified Scott’s plan as follows: I eliminated the Stoker and Fantasy novels, because fantasy is not my cup of tea. That leaves the more traditional science fiction. I also gave myself ten years instead of five. I needed my goal to be reachable.

I also borrowed the HTML code from Scott, although I have modified it to suit my plan and to color-code the novels I have read. The text in The Plan below is also Scott’s, with slight modifications for my slightly different Plan.

Updates on my progress are at the bottom of this page.

–JT

The Plan

Noble Intention: To own one copy of, and have read, each and every single novel that has ever won a Hugo, Nebula, Philip K.Dick, or Arthur C. Clarke award by the end of ten years from the commencement of this exercise in January 2006.

Why? To get a sense of perspective on the speculative fiction field, back to the 1950s, and to give myself an excuse to build more nice bookshelves.

Keeping Track of My Progress: (Or lack thereof) On the tables below, books that I’ve never so much as set my dirty paws on are left a cold and melancholy white.

Books that I own but have not read are marked in anticipatory yellow.

Books that I have read but do not currently own are marked in reproachful blue.

Books that I own and have read are marked in friendly, happy green.

The greener the board, the nearer I am to world domination, or a visit with the eye doctor. Fear my elite speculative fiction intake skills, mortals.

The Hugo Awards

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Voted on by the membership of the World Science Fiction Society (ie, members of that year’s Worldcon) for achievement in science fiction and fantasy writing. [ Link ]

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1953 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester	1955 They’d Rather Be Right Mark Clifton	1956 Double Star Robert Heinlein	1958 The Big Time Fritz Leiber	1959 A Case of Conscience James Blish
1960 Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein	1961 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter Miller, Jr.	1962 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein	1963 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	1964 Way Station Clifford Simak
1965 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber	1966 (Tie) …And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny	1966 (Tie) Dune Frank Herbert	1967 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert Heinlein	1968 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny
1969 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner	1970 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. LeGuin	1971 Ringworld Larry Niven	1972 To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip Jose Farmer	1973 The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov
1974 Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C. Clarke	1975 The Dispossessed Ursula K. LeGuin	1976 The Forever War Joe Haldeman	1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm	1978 Gateway Frederik Pohl
1979 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre	1980 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke	1981 The Snow Queen Joan Vinge	1982 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh	1983 Foundation’s Edge Isaac Asimov
1984 Startide Rising David Brin	1985 Neuromancer William Gibson	1986 Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card	1987 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card	1988 The Uplift War David Brin
1989 Cyteen C.J. Cherryh	1990 Hyperion Dan Simmons	1991 The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold	1992 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold	1993 (Tie) Doomsday Book Connie Willis
1993 (Tie) A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge	1994 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	1995 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold	1996 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson	1997 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
1998 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman	1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis	2000 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge	2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling	2002 American Gods Neil Gaiman
2003 Hominids Robert J. Sawyer	2004 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold	2005 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke

The Nebula Awards

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Voted on and presented by the membership of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to “acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.” [ Link ]

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1965 Dune Frank Herbert	1966 (Tie) Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes	1966 (Tie) Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany	1967 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany	1968 Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin
1969 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. LeGuin	1970 Ringworld Larry Niven	1971 A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg	1972 The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov	1973 Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C. Clarke
1974 The Dispossessed Ursula K. LeGuin	1975 The Forever War Joe Haldeman	1976 Man Plus Frederik Pohl	1977 Gateway Frederik Pohl	1978 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre
1979 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke	1980 Timescape Gregory Benford	1981 The Claw of the Conciliator Gene Wolfe	1982 No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop	1983 Startide Rising David Brin
1984 Neuromancer William Gibson	1985 Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card	1986 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card	1987 The Falling Woman Pat Murphy	1988 Falling Free Lois McMaster Bujold
1989 The Healer’s War Elizabeth Ann Scarborough	1990 Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea Ursula K. LeGuin	1991 Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick	1992 Doomsday Book Connie Willis	1993 Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
1994 Moving Mars Greg Bear	1995 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer	1996 Slow River Nicola Griffith	1997 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre	1998 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman
1999 Parable of the Talents Octavia Butler	2000 Darwin’s Radio Greg Bear	2001 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro	2002 American Gods Neil Gaiman	2003 Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon
2004 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold	2005 Camouflage Joe Haldeman

The Philip K. Dick Awards

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A juried award “…presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.” [ Link ]

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1982 Software Rudy Rucker	1983 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers	1984 Neuromancer William Gibson	1985 Dinner at Deviant’s Palace Tim Powers	1986 Homunculus James P. Blaylock
1987 Strange Toys Patricia Geary	1988 Wetware Rudy Rucker	1989 Subterranean Gallery Richard Paul Russo	1990 Points of Departure Pat Murphy	1991 King of Morning, Queen of Day Ian McDonald
1992 Through the Heart Richard Grant	1993 (Tie) Elvissey Jack Womack	1993 (Tie) Growing Up Weightless John M. Ford	1994 Mysterium Robert Charles Wilson	1995 Headcrash Bruce Bethke
1996 The Time Ships Stephen Baxter	1997 The Troika Stepan Chapman	1998 253: The Print Remix Geoff Ryman	1999 Vacuum Diagrams: Stories of the Xeelee Sequence Stephen Baxter	2000 Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith
2001 Ship of Fools Richard Paul Russo	2002 The Mount Carol Emshwiller	2003 Altered Carbon Richard K. Morgan	2004 Life Gwyneth Jones	2005 War Surf M. M. Buckner

The Arthur C. Clarke Awards

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A juried award for “…the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year.” [ Link ]

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1987 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood	1988 The Sea and Summer George Turner	1989 Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack	1990 The Child Garden Geoff Ryman	1991 Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland
1992 Synners Pat Cadigan	1993 Body of Glass Marge Piercy	1994 Vurt Jeff Noon	1995 Fools Pat Cadigan	1996 Fairyland Paul J. McAuley
1997 The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh	1998 The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell	1999 Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan	2000 Distraction Bruce Sterling	2001 Perdido Street Station China Mieville
2002 Bold as Love Gwyneth Jones	2003 The Separation Christopher Priest	2004 Quicksilver Neal Stephenson	2005 Iron Council China Mieville

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Updates

2007.03: Neil Gaiman, American Gods   
2006.10: Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars   
2006.10: Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars   
2006.09: Catherine Asaro, The Quantum Rose   
2006.08: Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace   
2006.08: Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness   
2006.08: Joe Haldeman, Camouflage   
2006.08: Joe Haldeman, The Forever War   
2006.08: Neal Stephenson, The System of the World (thus finally completing the 2700 pages of the Baroque Cycle)
2006.08: Philip K Dick, The Man in the High Castle   
2006.07: Robert Heinlein, Double Star   
2006.07: Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog   
2006.07: Philip K Dick, A Scanner Darkly   
2006.07: Greg Bear, Darwin’s Radio   
2006.07: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls   
2006.06: Neal Stephenson, The Confusion
2006.04: Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver