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by Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven
Novel · 1974
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as the "crazy eddy point".
Novella · 1989
The Mountains of Mourning is a science fiction novella by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. It is part of her Vorkosigan Saga, chronologically taking place between the novels The Warrior's Apprentice and The Vor Game. It won the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 1989.
Novel · 2016 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
""Intricate and extraordinary."--New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015) The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin. THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ...
Novella · 1985
A 1985 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2021
The Past Is Red is a 2021 fantasy novella by Catherynne M. Valente. It includes two parts; Part I, The Future Is Blue, was previously published as a novelette, winning the Theodore Sturgeon Award in 2017. Part II is an original work entitled The Past Is Red.
by Vernor Vinge
Novel · 1984
First in a quintessential hard-science fiction adventure, Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge's The Peace War follows a scientist determined to put an end to the militarization of his greatest invention--and of the government behind it.
Novel · 1973
The People of the Wind is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1973. It was a 1974 nominee of the Nebula Award for Science Fiction. The novel is the last book in Anderson’s Polesotechnic League series.
by John Varley
Novella · 1978
"The Persistence of Vision" is a novella by American writer John Varley. It was included in the anthology of the same name and in The John Varley Reader.
Novel · 1959
The Pirates of Zan is a science fiction novel by Murray Leinster, originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1959 as "The Pirates of Ersatz". It was nominated for the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Novel · 1964
A 1964 science fiction novel by Cordwainer Smith. Hugo recognition.
Novella · 2014
A 2014 science fiction novella by John C. Wright. Hugo recognition.
Novella · 2002
"The Political Officer" is a science fiction novella by Charles Coleman Finlay. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, in April 2002.
Novella · 2008
A 2008 science fiction novella by Charles Coleman Finlay. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
by David Brin
Novel · 1985
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.
by David Brin
Novella · 1982
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.
Novella · 2024
A 2024 science fiction novella by Sofia Samatar. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1981
A 1981 science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Novella · 1971
"The Queen of Air and Darkness" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson, set in his History of Rustum fictional universe.
Novel · 1990
A 1990 science fiction novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. Hugo recognition.
by Bob Shaw
Novel · 1986
The Ragged Astronauts is a science fiction novel by British writer Bob Shaw, published in 1986 by Gollancz. It is the first book in the series Land and Overland. It won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
Novella · 1970 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A 1970 science fiction novella by Harlan Ellison. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2020
It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by the Meteor is becoming more and more clear, but tensions are rising, and the IAC's goal of getting humanity off Earth is threatened.
Novella · 2000
A 2000 science fiction novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Hugo recognition.
by Larry Niven
Novel · 1979
The Ringworld Engineers is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven. It is the first sequel to Niven's Ringworld and was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1981.
by Dan Simmons
Novel · 1997
After a prolonged decline, the Catholic Church receives a new lease of life when it discovers a way to resurrect the dead. Final volume in a multifaceted series on the far future.
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1983
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.
Novella · 1976
A 1976 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1981
"The Saturn Game" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson, originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in February 1981.
Novella · 1985
"The Scapegoat" is a science fiction novella by American writer C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. It deals with a war in which the two opposing species can not communicate with one another and do not know how to stop the conflict.
Novel · 2002 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality.
Novella · 1987
A 1987 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
by Algis Budrys
Novella · 1975
A 1975 science fiction novella by Algis Budrys. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Novel · 1959
"His best book," Esquire wrote of Kurt Vonnegut's 1959 novel The Sirens of Titan, adding, "he dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it."
by Ken MacLeod
Novel · 1999
Centuries after the catastrophic Deliverance, humanity is again reaching into space. And Clovis, a young scholar working in the spaceship-construction yard, could make the difference between success and failure.
Novel · 1980
The Snow Queen is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Joan D. Vinge. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1981, and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981.
Novel · 2022
The Spare Man is a 2022 science fiction murder mystery novel by Mary Robinette Kowal. The novel was a finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the 2023 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
by John Brunner
Novel · 1965
The Squares of the City is a science fiction novel by British writer John Brunner, first published in 1965 (ISBN 0-345-27739-2). It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1966.
Novella · 1967
A 1967 science fiction novella by Samuel R. Delany. Hugo recognition.
by Jay Lake
Novella · 2012
A 2012 science fiction novella by Jay Lake. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1975
A 1975 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2017 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row. The Moon will soon return.
by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
Novella · 1975
A 1975 science fiction novella by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2010
A 2010 science fiction novella by Geoffrey A. Landis. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1998
A 1998 science fiction novella by Ian R. MacLeod. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Novel · 1991
MOON DAWNTREADER is Lady of Tiamat, pledged to forever end offworld exploitation and save the mers, whose blood gives immortality. But hostile Summer tribes and treacherous Winters plot to subvert...
Novel · 1962
The Sword of Aldones is a sword and planet novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her Darkover series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with her other novel The Planet Savers. Bradley revised and rewrote the novel publishing it as Sharra's Exile in 1981.
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1981 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
The Sword of the Lictor is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe. First released in 1982, it is the third volume in the four-volume series The Book of the New Sun.
Novella · 2018
Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled human scholars and powerful families, and held together by living mindships who carry people and freight between the stars.
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