The Hugo Award winners for Best Novel of the 1980s
The top 3 according to 120 votes from people: The Snow Queen — Joan D. Vinge · Ender's Game — Orson Scott Card · Speaker for the Dead — Orson Scott Card. (Updated Oct 7, 2025.)
The ten science fiction novels that won the Hugo for Best Novel from 1980 to 1989, from Clarke to Orson Scott Card.
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Top 10
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The Snow Queen — Joan D. Vinge
1981. A space-age version of Andersen's tale.
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2
Ender's Game — Orson Scott Card
1986. A child genius at Battle School.
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3
Speaker for the Dead — Orson Scott Card
1987. The sequel to Ender's Game; Card won two years running.
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Downbelow Station — C. J. Cherryh
1982. A space station in the middle of a war.
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5
The Fountains of Paradise — Arthur C. Clarke
1980. The building of a space elevator.
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Startide Rising — David Brin
1984. Dolphins and humans crew a starship.
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Cyteen — C. J. Cherryh
1989. Cloning and power on a laboratory planet.
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Foundation's Edge — Isaac Asimov
1983. Asimov returns to the saga thirty years later.
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9
Neuromancer — William Gibson
1985. The birth of cyberpunk.
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The Uplift War — David Brin
1988. An alien species invades a planet colonised by humans and chimpanzees.
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Comments (2)
El juego de Ender y La voz de los muertos seguidos, el doblete de Card.
Neuromante cambió la ciencia ficción para siempre.