Jupiter Award (science fiction award)

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The Jupiters were annual awards presented to science fiction writing annually for the preceding year during 1974 - 1978. There were awards for the best novel, novella, novelette and short story. They were presented by the Instructors of Science Fiction in Higher Education. [1]

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Winners

YearNovelNovellaNoveletteShort Story
1974 [1] Rendezvous with Rama , by Arthur C. Clarke The Feast of St. Dionysus , by Robert Silverberg The Deathbird , by Harlan Ellison A Supplicant in Space , by Robert Sheckley
1975 [1] The Dispossessed , by Ursula K. Le Guin Riding the Torch , by Norman Spinrad The Seventeen Virgins , by Jack Vance The Day Before the Revolution , by Ursula K. Le Guin
1977 [1] Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang , by Kate Wilhelm Houston, Houston, Do You Read? , by James Tiptree, Jr. The Diary of the Rose , by Ursula K. Le Guin I See You , by Damon Knight
1978 [1] A Heritage of Stars , by Clifford D. Simak In the Hall of the Martian Kings , by John Varley Time Storm , by Gordon R. Dickson Jeffty Is Five , by Harlan Ellison

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