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Philip K. Dick Award 2025

The 2025 Philip K. Dick Award went to Time's Agent by Brenda Peynado. 1 book received a special citation and 5 books were nominated.

Winner

  1. Time's Agent by Brenda Peynadosource (opens in a new tab)

Special Citation

  1. Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovskysource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

  1. City of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbellsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatarsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Triangulum by Subodhana Wijeyeratnesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hursource (opens in a new tab)

About the Philip K. Dick Award

Distinguished original science fiction paperback published in the US: nominees, special citation, and winner. philipkdickaward.org keeps no per-year archive, so rows cite sfadb.com (Locus Science Fiction Foundation). 2009 had two winners and no special citation.

Organization: Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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