Awards and Honors
- Pulitzer Prize (1999) for Annals of the Former World
- Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1977)
- finalist, National Book Award (science) for The Curve of Binding Energy
- nominated, National Book Award (science) for Encounters with the Archdruid
- Wallace Stegner Award (2011) for "sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or an understanding of the West."
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