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1988 Hugo Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1988 Hugo Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.

Hugo recognition reflects voting by eligible Worldcon members. This library includes science fiction from the selected novel and novella categories, including labeled crossovers. It does not include every Hugo category or every fantasy finalist. Official award site ↗

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The Uplift War by David Brin, book cover

The Uplift War

by David Brin

Novel · 1987

Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition

David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War--a New York Times bestseller--together make up one of the most beloved sagas of all time.

The Forge of God by Greg Bear, book cover

The Forge of God

by Greg Bear

Novel · 1987

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

A vanished moon of Jupiter, a 500-foot -high cinder cone in Death Valley never before seen, and an enormous granite mountain in Australia also never seen before all point the way to an alien invasion of planet Earth.

The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, book cover

The Urth of the New Sun

by Gene Wolfe

Novel · 1987 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

The Urth of the New Sun is a 1987 science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe that serves as a coda to his four-volume Book of the New Sun series. Like Book of the New Sun, it is of the Dying Earth subgenre.

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