Hugo Nominees, 1985

Novel Category:

• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• Job by Robert Heinlein
• The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
• Emergence by David Palmer
• The Peace War by Vernor Vinge

Novella Category:

• "Cyclops" by David Brin
• "Valentina" by Joseph H. Delaney & Marc Stiegler
• "Summer Solstice" by Charles Harness
• "Elemental" by Geoffrey Landis
• "Press Enter []" by John Varley

Novelette Category:

• "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler
• "Lucky Strike" by Kim Stanley Robinson
• "Silicon Muse" by Hilbert Schenck
• "Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule" by Lucius Shepard
• "Weigher" by Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin
• "Blued Moon" by Connie Willis
• "Return to the Fold" by Timothy Zahn

Short Story Category:

• "Crystal Spheres" by David Brin
• "The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" by George Alec Effinger
• "Rory" by Steven C. Gould
• "Symphony for a Lost Traveller" by Lee Killough
• "Ridge Running" by Kim Stanley Robinson
• "Salvador" by Lucius Shepard

Non-Fiction Book Category:

• Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed by Harlan Ellison
• Dune Encyclopaedia by Willis McNelly
• Faces of SF by Patty Perret
• In the Heart or In the Head by George Turner
• Wonder's Child by Jack Williamson

Dramatic Presentation Category:

• Dune
• Ghostbusters
• The Last Starfighter
• Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
• 2010