- 1985 – Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (winner)[79]
- 1986 – Booker Prize (nominated)[80]
- 1986 – Nebula Award (nominated)[81]
- 1986 – Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (winner)[82]
- 1987 – Arthur C. Clarke Award (winner)[83][a]
- 1987 – Prometheus Award (nominated)[84][b]
- 1987 – Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book (winner of the Canada and the Caribbean region)[85]
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