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Revision as of 13:50, 22 December 2019
The J. Lloyd Eaton Memorial Award is given each year to honor the memory of the late Dr. J. Lloyd Eaton, a San Francisco physician and SF fan.
His SF collection forms the basis of the largest publicly-accessible library of genre literature, housed at the Rivera Library, University of California, Riverside.
The Eaton Award, chosen by a panel of judges consisting of members of the annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. From 1979 to 2001 it recognized the "best critical book of each year" and starting in 2008 it became a lifetime achievement award, in full the J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction, recognizing "contributions of lasting significance to the field."
Beginning in 1988, occasional special lifetime achievement awards were also given.
| Year | Winner | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 1976-77 | Paul A. Carter | The Creation of Tomorrow |
| 1994 | Edward James | Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century |
| 2012 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Lifetime achievement |
| Hal W. Hall |
| Award | Website | 1976— |
| This is an award page. If you know something about it, such as who awarded it, who the winners were, what the criteria were, and when it was awarded, please add it! See Standards for Awards. |
