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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 5

Major Awards: 6

Locus Awards: 4

Other Awards: 9

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 106

Times Served as Judge: 16

Forry Awardfor lifetime achievement, presented by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society

— winner

Robert A. Heinlein Awardfor hard SF inspiring space exploration, presented by the Heinlein Society

— winner

Skylark Awardfor contribution to SF in the spirit of E.E. "Doc" Smith; presented by NESFA

— winner

— lifetime achievement — winner

Hugo Awardsfor SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention

(19 nominations; 5 wins)

“The Return of William Proxmire” (What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires) — short story — nomination

Footfall (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

The Ringworld Engineers (Galileo Jul,Sep,Nov 1979, Jan 1980; Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston) — novel — nomination

“The Locusts” (by LN & Steve Barnes) (Analog Jun 1979) — novelette — nomination

Lucifer's Hammer (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Playboy) — novel — nomination

Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975) — novel — nomination

“ARM” (Epoch) — novella — nomination

“The Borderland of Sol” (Analog Jan 1975) — novelette — winner

The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster) — novel — nomination

“The Hole Man” (Analog Jan 1974) — short story — winner

Protector (Ballantine) — novel — nomination

“The Fourth Profession” (Quark/4) — novella — nomination

“Inconstant Moon” (All the Myriad Ways) — short story — winner

Ringworld (Ballantine) — novel — winner

“Not Long Before the End” (F&SF Apr 1969) — short story — nomination

“All the Myriad Ways” (Galaxy Oct 1968) — short story — nomination

“The Jigsaw Man” (Dangerous Visions) — short story — nomination

“Neutron Star” (If Oct 1966) — short story — winner

Nebula Awardsfor SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership

(8 nominations; 1 win)

The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — nomination

Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket) — novel — nomination

The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster) — novel — nomination

Ringworld (Ballantine) — novel — winner

“Not Long Before the End” (F&SF Apr 1969) — short story — nomination

“Flatlander” (If Mar 1967) — novelette — nomination

“Becalmed in Hell” (F&SF Jul 1965) — short story — nomination

“Wrong-Way Street” (Galaxy Apr 1965) — short story — nomination

World Fantasy Awardsfor Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members

(1 nomination)

The Magic Goes Away (Ace) — short fiction — nomination

Locus Awardsfor SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine

(50 nominations; 4 wins)

Shipstar (by Gregory Benford & LN) (Tor) — sf novel — 14th place

Bowl of Heaven (by Gregory Benford & LN) (Tor) — sf novel — 13th place

Fate of Worlds (by LN & Edward M. Lerner) (Tor) — sf novel — 22nd place

The Best of Larry Niven (Subterranean) — collection — 7th place

“Fly-By-Night” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000) — novella — 7th place

“The Missing Mass” (Analog Dec 2000) — short story — winner

Rainbow Mars (Tor) — collection — 6th place (tie)

Destiny's Road (Tor) — sf novel — 14th place

The Ringworld Throne (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 14th place

Crashlander (Ballantine Del Rey) — collection — 4th place

The Gripping Hand (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket) — sf novel — 22nd place

Playgrounds of the Mind (Tor) — collection — 2nd place

Man-Kzin Wars IV (Baen) — anthology — 6th place

N-Space (Tor) — collection — 4th place

The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen) — anthology — 4th place

The Legacy of Heorot (by LN, Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes) (Gollancz; Simon & Schuster) — sf novel — 11th place

The Smoke Ring (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 8th place

Footfall (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — 3rd place

Limits (Ballantine Del Rey) — collection — 3rd place

The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey) — sf novel — winner

More Magic (Berkley) — anthology — 13th place

The Descent of Anansi (by LN & Steven Barnes) (Tor) — sf novel — 16th place

“Flare Time” (Amazing Stories Nov 1982) — novelette — 9th place

Dream Park (by LN & Steven Barnes) (Phantasia; Ace) — sf novel — 4th place

Oath of Fealty (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Phantasia; Timescape) — sf novel — 9th place

The Magic May Return (Ace) — anthology — 10th place

The Ringworld Engineers (Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston) — sf novel — 3rd place

The Patchwork Girl (Ace) — novella — 2nd place

The Ringworld Engineers (Phantasia) — sf novel — 24th place

“Spirals” (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3, April-June '79) — novella — 13th place

“The Locusts” (by LN & Steve Barnes) (Analog Jun 1979) — novelette — 16th place

Convergent Series (Ballantine Del Rey) — single author collection — winner

The Magic Goes Away (by LN, illustrated by Esteban Maroto) (Ace) — art or illustrated book — 3rd place

Lucifer's Hammer (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Playboy) — sf novel — 8th place

Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Pocket) — novel — 17th place

A World Out of Time (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) — novel — 5th place

Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975) — novel — 12th place

“ARM” (Epoch) — novella — 5th place

“The Borderland of Sol” (Analog Jan 1975) — novella — 3rd place

Tales of Known Space (Ballantine) — single author collection — 4th place

The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster) — novel — 2nd place

“The Hole Man” (Analog Jan 1974) — short story — 2nd place

A Hole in Space (Ballantine) — single author collection — 2nd place

Protector (Ballantine) — novel — 4th place

“The Defenseless Dead” (Ten Tomorrows) — novella — 6th place

The Flight of the Horse (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 14th place (tie)

“What Good Is a Glass Dagger?” (F&SF Sep 1972) — novella — 11th place

“Inconstant Moon” (All the Myriad Ways) — short fiction — 9th place

All the Myriad Ways (Ballantine) — reprint anth/collection — 8th place

Ringworld (Ballantine) — novel — winner

Analog Readers Pollfor stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers

(3 nominations; 1 win)

“Sacred Cow” (by LN & Steven Barnes) (Analog Nov/Dec 2022) — short story — winner (tie)

“Big Smart Objects” (by Gregory Benford & LN) (Analog Nov/Dec 2020) — fact article — 3rd place

“The Locusts” (by LN & Steve Barnes) (Analog Jun 1979) — novelette — 2nd place

Asimov's Reader Pollfor stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers

(3 nominations)

“Free Floaters” (by Brenda Cooper & LN) (Asimov's Aug 2002) — novelette — 9th place

“Ice and Mirrors” (by Brenda Cooper & LN) (Asimov's Feb 2001) — novelette — 7th place (tie)

“Fly-By-Night” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000) — novella — 3rd place

Ditmar Awardsfor Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention

(4 nominations; 2 wins)

A World Out of Time — international sf — nomination

Inferno (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Galaxy Aug,Sep,Oct 1975) — international sf — nomination

Protector (Ballantine) — international sf — winner

Ringworld (Ballantine) — international sf — winner

(1 nomination)

— all-time best sf author — 8th place

Jupiter Awardsfor SF novels and stories, voted by instructors of SF courses in higher education

(2 nominations)

The Mote in God's Eye (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) (Simon & Schuster) — novel — nomination

“Flash Crowd” (Three Trips in Time and Space) — novelette — nomination

Prometheus Awardsfor SF works on libertarian themes, voted by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society

(4 nominations; 1 win)

Fleet of Worlds (by LN & Edward M. Lerner) (Tor) — novel — nomination

Oath of Fealty (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) — hall of fame — nomination

Oath of Fealty (by LN & Jerry Pournelle) — novel — nomination

(1 nomination)

The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey) — novel — 3rd place

Seiun Awardsfor SF/F works published in Japan, voted by members of annual Japanese SF Con

(5 nominations; 5 wins)

“A Relic of Empire” — foreign short fiction — winner

Ringworld — foreign novel — winner

“Inconstant Moon” — foreign short fiction — winner

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