Philip K. Dick Award Winning Novels

Here is a complete list of official Philip K. Dick Award winners for Best Novel.

Spin Control

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2006
cover of Spin Controlauthor: Chris Moriarty
asin: 0553586254
binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Call Arkady a clone with a conscience. Or call him a traitor. A member of the space-faring Syndicates, Arkady has defected to Israel with a hot commodity: a genetic weapon powerful enough to wipe out humanity. But Israel’s not buying it. They’re selling it–and Arkady–to the highest bidder.

War Surf

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2005
cover of War Surfauthor: M. M. Buckner
asin: 0441013201
binding: Paperback
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In the 23rd century, Nasir Deepra finds fun by dropping into minor wars. High-tech gear fully protects him, but nothing can protect him from a woman named Sheeba--and her voracious lust for danger.

Life

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2004
cover of Lifeauthor: Gwyneth A. Jones
asin: 0974655929
binding: Paperback
list price: $19.00 USD
amazon price: $14.82 USD


"Life" is a richly textured fictional biography of the brilliant Anna Senoz, a scientist who makes a momentous discovery about the X and Y chromosomes. Anna's discovery provokes widespread sexual rage and impacts cruelly on her career, her marriage, and her child. Ultimately, Anna faces a challenge that the practice of science alone cannot meet.

Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2003
cover of Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)author: Richard K. Morgan
asin: 0345457692
binding: Mass Market Paperback
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In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself.

The Mount

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2002
cover of The Mountauthor: Carol Emshwiller
asin: 0142403024
binding: Paperback
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Charley is an athlete. He wants to be painted crossing the finish line, in his racing silks, with a medal around his neck. But Charley isn't a runner. He is a human mount, the property of one of the alien invaders called Hoots. Charley hasn't seen his mother in years, and his father is hiding out in the mountains with the other Free Humans. The Hoots own the world, but the humans want it back.

Ship of Fools

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2001
cover of Ship of Foolsauthor: Richard Paul Russo
asin: 0441008933
binding: Paperback
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Home to generations of humans, the starship Argonos has wandered aimlessly throughout the galaxy for hundreds of years, desperately searching for other signs of life. Now an unidentified transmission lures them toward a nearby planet-and into the dark heart of an alien mystery.

Only Forward

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
2000
cover of Only Forwardauthor: Michael Marshall Smith
asin: 0553579703
binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Only a handful of authors write with such startling originality that the uniqueness of their vision has become synonymous with their name. In Spares and One of Us, Michael Marshall Smith has earned that distinction. In this unsettling, suspenseful, and wildly imaginative novel he's written a tale that from page one hurtles us....

Only Forward

Vacuum Diagrams

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
1999
cover of Vacuum Diagramsauthor: Stephen Baxter
asin: 0061059048
binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Ironically, you'll probably appreciate Vacuum Diagrams most after you've put it down. The prolific and acclaimed Stephen Baxter has always been praised for his imaginative and conscientious use of science, and Vacuum Diagrams is no exception.

253 The Print Remix

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
1998
no imageauthor: Geoff Ryman
asin: B000OTEL16
binding: Paperback

The Troika

Philip K. Dick Award Winner: 
1997
cover of The Troikaauthor: Stepan Chapman
asin: 1890464023
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.99 USD
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Under the glare of three suns, three beings travel across an endless desert. They argue, whine, wheedle and needle each other. Sometimes they switch identities when the sandstorms roar in. As The Troika rolls on, we learn more about Alex, who started out as a man, then became cyborg, then jeep.