Author · 1943–2026
Ian Watson
Ian Watson was a British science fiction writer (born 1943). Born in St Albans.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Ian Watson, mostly alternate history and historical fantasy. They span 1977 to 2010. The most-read is The Martian Inca (1977).
Books by Ian Watson
The Martian Inca
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The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
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Mockymen
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Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 1984 — Best Novelette, Slow Birds (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1979 — Best Short Story, The Very Slow Time Machine (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1984 — Best Novelette, Slow Birds (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1976 — Best Novel, The Embedding (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2003 — Best Novella, A Speaker for the Wooden Sea (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1995 — Best Collection, The Coming of Vertumnus and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1990 — Best Collection, Salvage Rites and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1990 — Best Novella, Nanoware Time (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1989 — Best Novella, The Flies of Memory (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best Collection, Evil Water and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best Novelette, The Moon and Michelangelo (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Anthology, Afterlives (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, Windows (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, Cold Light (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1986 — Best Collection, Slow Birds and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1986 — Best Collection, The Book of Ian Watson (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1985 — Best Novelette, We Remember Babylon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1984 — Best Anthology, Changes (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1984 — Best Novelette, Slow Birds (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1984 — Best Novelette, The Black Current (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1982 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Deathhunter (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1981 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Gardens of Delight (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1981 — Best Short Story, The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1980 — Best Collection, The Very Slow Time Machine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1980 — Best Short Story, The Rooms of Paradise (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1979 — Best Short Story, The Very Slow Time Machine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1978 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Martian Inca (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 1989 — Overall, Whores of Babylon (nominee)
- 🏆BSFA Awards 2009 — Best Short Fiction, The Beloved Time of Their Lives (winner)
- ✦BSFA Awards 1992 — Best Short Fiction, The Coming of Vertumnus (nominee)