Wednesday, December 18

1985 Awards

1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

1985 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1985 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerLove MedicineLouise ErdrichThe first of Louise Erdrich’s polysymphonic novels set in North Dakota – a fictional landscape that, in Erdrich’s hands, has become iconic – Love Medicine is the story of three generations of Ojibwe families. Set against the tumultuous politics of the rese...Amazon1985 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistAnnie JohnJamaica KincaidAmazonEmpire of the SunJ.G. BallardAmazonHotel du LacAnita BrooknerAmazonSlow DancingElizabeth BenedictAmazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1985 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerWaiting for SaskatchewanFred Wah...Amazon1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistA Manual for Lying DownRichard LushAmazonInstarAnne SzumigalskiAmazonThe Garden Going on Without UsLorna CrozierAmazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1985 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English CanadaRamsay CookA crisis of faith confronted many Canadian Protestants in the late nineteenth century. With their religious beliefs challenged by the new biological sciences and historical criticism of the Bible, they turned from personal salvation to the dire social prob...Amazon1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistCanada 1922-1939: Decades of DiscordJohn Herd ThompsonAmazonPrelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalismMichael D. BehielsAmazonThe Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime MinisterP.B. WaiteAmazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1985 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood...Amazon1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistForeign AffairsKeath FraserAmazonQueen of the HeadachesSharon ButalaAmazonRoad to the Stilt HouseDavid Adams RichardsAmazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1985 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerCriminals in LoveGeorge F. Walker...Amazon1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistGone the Burning SunKen MitchellAmazonSalt-water MoonDavid FrenchAmazonWar Babies (in Willful Acts: Five Plays)Margaret HollingsworthAmazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

1985 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

1985 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerNeuromancerWilliam GibsonCase, a burned-out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system, in a new edition of the influential Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Award winner....Amazon1985 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistEmergenceDavid R. PalmerAmazonJob: A Comedy of JusticeRobert A. HeinleinAmazonThe Integral TreesLarry NivenAmazonThe Peace WarVernor VingeAmazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography

1985 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

1985 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerJonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed, A Critical BiographyDavid NokesDepicts the life and personality of Jonathan Swift, analyzes his writings, and discusses his activities as a churchman, satirist, and politician...Amazon
1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

1985 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

1985 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerJob: A Comedy of JusticeRobert A. HeinleinOn vacation in Polynesia, Alex Hergensheimer experiences a series of world-changes, all of which point to Armageddon and reveal him to be a pawn in the ancient feud between God and Lucifer....Amazon1985 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistBearing an HourglassPiers AnthonyAmazonCastle of WizardryDavid EddingsAmazonCrewel Lye: A Caustic YarnPiers AnthonyAmazonDamiano's LuteR. A. MacAvoyAmazonEnchanter's End GameDavid EddingsAmazonGilgamesh the KingRobert SilverbergAmazonMythago WoodRobert HoldstockAmazonRaphaelR. A. MacAvoyAmazonThe BusinessmanThomas M. DischAmazonThe Infinity ConcertoGreg BearAmazonThe Ladies of MandrigynBarbara HamblyAmazonThe TalismanStephen King & Peter StraubAmazonVampire JunctionS. P. SomtowAmazonWho...