What's won what

ccowie · 08-12-2010, 01:29 PM

I've recently added a new column in Calibre to identify which of my ebooks have won awards. I generally know if books I'm adding to my library have won awards, but I'm wondering about many that I've had for quite some time.

Does anyone know of a website where one can input a book title and immediately see if it has won any awards?

neilmarr · 08-13-2010, 03:32 AM

I'm afraid, Ccowie, that I have always found this to be a matter of individually researching the relevant title and/or the author or by going to a specific award's archives for the possible year/s of a book's win date. It's a chore, but made all the easier with internet. If there is a website such as that you describe, I've never come across it -- but would love to. Good luck and best wishes. Neil

travger · 08-13-2010, 05:35 AM

http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/index.html
is one that lists awards for SF

neilmarr · 08-13-2010, 05:58 AM

Many thanks for the link Travger. It certainly narrows down the search options, at least in one genre. Best wishes. Neil

FlorenceArt · 08-13-2010, 06:16 AM

I could have sworn that librarything had that info, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case. I think you can usually find it through tags, but they may not be 100% reliable...

travger · 08-13-2010, 07:14 AM

I switched off the tag dl. I collected almost more tags than books (well, I'm only starting, so the book count in the library is yet low). But I do not want to search 'Hugo' and 'Science Fiction' among 60-odd unnessessary (like 'contemporary', 'SF-Fantasy', 'SF-somethingelse') tags.

travger · 08-13-2010, 07:39 AM

Special coloumn is nice, but is there a way to see all the awards for specific author at a glance? I probably never will have all of Poul Anderson (for example). He has:

Career Awards: SFWA Grand Master, SF Hall of Fame Living Inductee, Prometheus lifetime achievement, Skylark
Winner of 7 Hugos, 3 Nebulas, 1 Campbell Memorial Award, 1 Locus Award, 1 British Fantasy Award, 1 Seiun, 1 Mythopoeic, 4 Prometheus Awards, 1 Gandalf
+ nominations - 15xHugo, 12xNebula...

It would be nice if I could see it without much scrolling.
Probably have to stick it into comments area; summary goes farther and farther...

poohbear_nc · 08-13-2010, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travger

Special coloumn is nice, but is there a way to see all the awards for specific author at a glance? I probably never will have all of Poul Anderson (for example). He has:

Career Awards: SFWA Grand Master, SF Hall of Fame Living Inductee, Prometheus lifetime achievement, Skylark
Winner of 7 Hugos, 3 Nebulas, 1 Campbell Memorial Award, 1 Locus Award, 1 British Fantasy Award, 1 Seiun, 1 Mythopoeic, 4 Prometheus Awards, 1 Gandalf
+ nominations - 15xHugo, 12xNebula...

It would be nice if I could see it without much scrolling.
Probably have to stick it into comments area; summary goes farther and farther...

Fantastic Fiction lists the awards won by the author at the end of their listing - see this link for Poul Anderson and scroll to the bottom: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/poul-anderson/

ccowie · 08-13-2010, 08:52 AM

For some reason the easiest awards to get listings of Sci Fi and Fantasy. That's somewhat helpful to me because I do have a lot of Sci Fi.
The Giller prize (I'm Canadian) has a good site as well and so do others like Man Booker, Governor General, Pulitzer, etc. But I still fantasize about one site that would try to list as many prizes and indicate winners and nominees for each year and category. Being able to search by author would also be real nice.
Perhaps there is a public Library site out there that's attempting it. Let me know if anyone happens upon such a find.

08-12-2010, 01:29 PM	#1
ccowie Hiding with an ereader Posts: 391 Karma: 3987376 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kitchener Ontario Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS 950, Ipad 2, PRS 350	What's won what I've recently added a new column in Calibre to identify which of my ebooks have won awards. I generally know if books I'm adding to my library have won awards, but I'm wondering about many that I've had for quite some time. Does anyone know of a website where one can input a book title and immediately see if it has won any awards?

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08-13-2010, 03:32 AM	#2
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	I'm afraid, Ccowie, that I have always found this to be a matter of individually researching the relevant title and/or the author or by going to a specific award's archives for the possible year/s of a book's win date. It's a chore, but made all the easier with internet. If there is a website such as that you describe, I've never come across it -- but would love to. Good luck and best wishes. Neil

08-13-2010, 05:35 AM	#3
travger Evangelist Posts: 480 Karma: 270594 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: palm tx, Windows7, Galaxy A5	http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/index.html is one that lists awards for SF

08-13-2010, 05:58 AM	#4
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Many thanks for the link Travger. It certainly narrows down the search options, at least in one genre. Best wishes. Neil

08-13-2010, 06:16 AM	#5
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I could have sworn that librarything had that info, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case. I think you can usually find it through tags, but they may not be 100% reliable...

08-13-2010, 07:14 AM	#6
travger Evangelist Posts: 480 Karma: 270594 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: palm tx, Windows7, Galaxy A5	I switched off the tag dl. I collected almost more tags than books (well, I'm only starting, so the book count in the library is yet low). But I do not want to search 'Hugo' and 'Science Fiction' among 60-odd unnessessary (like 'contemporary', 'SF-Fantasy', 'SF-somethingelse') tags.

08-13-2010, 07:39 AM	#7
travger Evangelist Posts: 480 Karma: 270594 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: palm tx, Windows7, Galaxy A5	Special coloumn is nice, but is there a way to see all the awards for specific author at a glance? I probably never will have all of Poul Anderson (for example). He has: Career Awards: SFWA Grand Master, SF Hall of Fame Living Inductee, Prometheus lifetime achievement, Skylark Winner of 7 Hugos, 3 Nebulas, 1 Campbell Memorial Award, 1 Locus Award, 1 British Fantasy Award, 1 Seiun, 1 Mythopoeic, 4 Prometheus Awards, 1 Gandalf + nominations - 15xHugo, 12xNebula... It would be nice if I could see it without much scrolling. Probably have to stick it into comments area; summary goes farther and farther...

08-13-2010, 08:52 AM	#9
ccowie Hiding with an ereader Posts: 391 Karma: 3987376 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kitchener Ontario Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS 950, Ipad 2, PRS 350	For some reason the easiest awards to get listings of Sci Fi and Fantasy. That's somewhat helpful to me because I do have a lot of Sci Fi. The Giller prize (I'm Canadian) has a good site as well and so do others like Man Booker, Governor General, Pulitzer, etc. But I still fantasize about one site that would try to list as many prizes and indicate winners and nominees for each year and category. Being able to search by author would also be real nice. Perhaps there is a public Library site out there that's attempting it. Let me know if anyone happens upon such a find.