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1974 Awards

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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1974 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1974 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerMonsieur: Or the Prince of DarknessLawrence DurrellFrom the olive trees of southern France to Gnostic cults in Egypt, a man and his lovers are invented and reinvented in this first volume of a great literary adventure. For British doctor Bruce Drexel, a return to Provence is bittersweet. Here, at a rustic ...Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

1974 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

1974 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerRendezvous with RamaArthur C. ClarkeA science-fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is one of Arthur C. Clarke's best novels and a winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards....Amazon1974 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistProtectorLarry NivenAmazonThe Man Who Folded HimselfDavid GerroldAmazonThe People of the WindPoul AndersonAmazonTime Enough for LoveRobert A. HeinleinAmazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1974 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1974 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe DivinersMargaret LaurenceMorag Gunn grows up in a small town on the Canadian prairie, escapes from an unhappy marriage, and returns to rural Canada in hopes of coming to terms with the past...Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1974 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1974 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Siren YearsCharles RitchieCharles Ritchie, one of Canadas most distinguished diplomats, was a born diarist, a man whose daily record of his life is so well written that it leaps from the page. In wartime England, Ritchie, as Second Secretary at the Canadian High Commission, served...Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Costa Book Award, Costa Book Award - Novel

1974 Costa Book Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

1974 Costa Book Award - Novel WinnerThe Sacred & Profane Love MachineIris MurdochMontague Small, an obsessive writer of detective thrillers, mourns his lately dead wife, who may or may not have been unfaithful to him. His attempts at meditation are a failure. He detests his fictional detective. His interest in his neighbour's difficult...Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, August Derleth Award - Horror Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Fantasy Awards

1974 British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel Winner and Nominees

1974 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerHrolf Kraki's SagaPoul AndersonA saga that predates the stories of King Arthur and his knights and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, while echoing the Oedipus and Beowulf myths, the Norse legend of Hrolf Kraki takes on a new and breathtaking richness in this classic novel the ......Amazon
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