Balrog Award Winners

The Balrog Awards were a set of awards given annually from 1979 to 1985 for the best works and achievements of speculative fiction in the previous yea ...more

Winners

	Daughter of Regals and Other Tales by Stephen R. Donaldson 3.79 avg rating — 2,525 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection/Anthology (1985)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faery! by Terri Windling (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 169 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction for "A Troll and Two Roses" (1985)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Practice Effect by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 3,622 ratings Balrog Award for Best Novel (1985)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1983 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #387) by Edward L. Ferman (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction for "Wizard Goes A-Courtin'" (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Armageddon Rag by George R.R. Martin 3.58 avg rating — 4,084 ratings Balrog Award for Best Novel (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unicorn Variations by Roger Zelazny 4.02 avg rating — 1,835 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm Season (Thieves' World, #4) by Robert Lynn Asprin (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 3,526 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection/Anthology (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All of Us Are Dying and Other Stories by George Clayton Johnson 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction for "All of Us Are Dying" (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The One Tree (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #2) by Stephen R. Donaldson 3.99 avg rating — 18,433 ratings Balrog Award for Best Novel (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows of Sanctuary (Thieves' World, #3) by Robert Lynn Asprin (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 2,881 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection/Anthology (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demons and Daggers by Lin Carter (Editor) 3.64 avg rating — 112 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction for "A Thief in Korianth" (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camber the Heretic (The Legends of Camber of Culdi, #3) by Katherine Kurtz 4.03 avg rating — 5,707 ratings Balrog Award for Best Novel (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien 3.99 avg rating — 37,112 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection/Anthology (1981)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Web of the Magi, and Other Stories by Richard Cowper 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction for "The Web of the Magi" (1981)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wounded Land (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #1) by Stephen R. Donaldson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,776 ratings Balrog Award for Best Novel (1981)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction (1980)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3) by Anne McCaffrey 4.09 avg rating — 34,669 ratings Balrog Award for Best Novel (1980)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Shift by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 169,878 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection/Anthology (1980)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Langsame Apokalypse by Wolfgang Jeschke (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Balrog Award for Best Short Fiction for "Death from Exposure" (1979)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Voices by Tom Reamy 3.90 avg rating — 289 ratings Balrog Award for Novel (1979)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born to Exile by Phyllis Eisenstein 3.74 avg rating — 314 ratings Balrog Award for Best Collection/Anthology (1979)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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	The Last Incantation by Clark Ashton Smith 4.07 avg rating — 85 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Collection/Anthology (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows 5 by Charles L. Grant (Editor/Introduction) 3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Collection/Anthology (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elsewhere (Elsewhere, #2) by Terri Windling (Editor) 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Collection/Anthology (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The General's Wife by Peter Straub 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Short Fiction (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Watch by Connie Willis 3.85 avg rating — 4,243 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Short Fiction for "Fire Watch" (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hecate's Cauldron by Susan Shwartz (Editor) 3.49 avg rating — 39 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Short Fiction for "An Act of Faith" and Nominee for Best Collection/Anthology (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Pattern of Silver Strings by Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Short Fiction (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warlock Unlocked (Warlock, #3) by Christopher Stasheff 3.90 avg rating — 1,862 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe 4.19 avg rating — 9,685 ratings Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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