Stars Seen Through StoneLucius Shepard
Stars Seen Through Stone
Novella · 2007
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A singer shows promise. Strange lights disturb his producer.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
Hugo Award science fiction books
Explore science fiction novels and novellas recognized by the Hugo Awards. Compare winners and finalists, then open a book to see its exact award history.
Voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), the Hugo is the genre’s best-known fan award. We include its Best Novel and Best Novella winners and finalists. Official award site ↗
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Starship Troopers
Novel · 1959
Hugo winner
Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids (referred to as "The Bugs") of Klendathu.
Starter Villain
by John Scalzi
Novel · 2023
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Starter Villain is a science fiction novel written by American author John Scalzi. It was first published in hardcover and ebook by Tor Books, and audiobook by Audible Studios, on September 19, 2023; British hardcover and ebook editions were released by Tor UK on September 21, 2023.
Startide Rising
by David Brin
Novel · 1983
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about the first Galactic race, which existed billions of yeas ago.
Stations of the Tide
Novel · 1991
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionClarke recognition
The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow of dangerous technologies, to the planet Miranda to search for a fugitive in possession of forbidden technological knowledge.
Stealing Alabama
by Allen Steele
Novella · 2001
Hugo recognition
A starship promises escape. Its captain plans a theft.
Steel Beach
by John Varley
Novel · 1992
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Steel Beach is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer John Varley. The novel was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards for Best Novel.
Stopping at Slowyear
Novella · 1991
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Stopping at Slowyear is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl.
Story of Your Life
by Ted Chiang
Novella · 1998
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in Starlight 2 in 1998, and later in 2002 in Chiang's collection of short stories, Stories of Your Life and Others. Some of the story's major themes include linguistics determinism.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Novel · 1961
Hugo winner
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians.
Strangers
Novella · 1974
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Strangers is a science fiction novel by American author Gardner Dozois, published in 1978.
Summer SolsticeCharles L. Harness
Summer Solstice
Novella · 1984
Hugo recognition
An astronomer measures Earth. An alien complicates the assignment.
Surfacing
Novella · 1987
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A researcher communicates through whales. Another human challenges his isolation.
Tau Zero
Novel · 1970
Hugo recognition
Poul Anderson's Tau Zero is an outstanding work of science fiction, in part because it combines two qualities that are often at odds in this genre: an interest in the emotional lives of its characters and a fascination with all things technological and scientific.
The Algebraist
Novel · 2004
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.
The Astronaut from Wyoming
by Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion
Novella · 1999
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A boy dreams of spaceflight. Strangers see an alien instead.
The Battle of the Abaco ReefsHilbert Schenck
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs
Novella · 1979
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
An island community faces conflict. Science offers an uncertain defense.
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
Novel · 1958
Hugo winner
The Big Time is a short science fiction novel by American writer Fritz Leiber. Awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel or Novelette in 1958, The Big Time was published originally in two parts in Galaxy Magazine's March and April 1958 issues, illustrated by Virgil Finlay. It was subsequently reprinted in book form several times.
The Black God's Drums
Novella · 2018 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognitionNebula recognitionHugo recognition
Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans.
The Blind Geometer
Novella · 1986
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
"The Blind Geometer" is a 1986 science fiction story by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson. It was published by Asimov's Science Fiction.
The Boat of a Million Years
Novel · 1989
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
The Boat of a Million Years is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1989 and nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel that same year. It was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Prometheus Award in 1990.
The Book of Skulls
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
The Book of Skulls is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1972. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.
The Butterfly Kid
Novel · 1967
Hugo recognition
The Butterfly Kid is a science fiction novel by Chester Anderson originally released in 1967. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1968. The novel is the first part of the Greenwich Village Trilogy, with Michael Kurland writing the second book and the third volume written by T.A. Waters.
The Calculating Stars
Novel · 2018
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Earth needs an escape plan. A gifted pilot needs a seat at the table.
The Chaplain's Legacy
Novella · 2013
Hugo recognition
An interstellar truce begins to fail. An assistant must bridge beliefs.
The Chief DesignerAndy Duncan
The Chief Designer
by Andy Duncan
Novella · 2001
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"The Chief Designer" is a science fiction novella by American writer Andy Duncan, originally published in the June 2001 issue of the Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. It won the 2002 Sturgeon Award and was nominated for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novella.
The Chronoliths
Novel · 2001
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Chronoliths is a 2001 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer Robert Charles Wilson. It was nominated for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel and tied for the 2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
The City & the City
Novel · 2009 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Clarke winnerHugo winnerNebula recognition
Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Besźel.
The City in the Middle of the Night
Novel · 2018
Locus winnerClarke recognitionHugo recognition
Would you give up everything to change the world? Humanity clings to life on January – a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other.
The Claw of the Conciliator
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1981 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
The Claw of the Conciliator is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe, first released in 1981.
The Collapsing Empire
by John Scalzi
Novel · 2017
Locus winnerHugo recognition
The Collapsing Empire is a space opera novel by American writer John Scalzi. The book was published by Tor Books on March 21, 2017. It is the first book in The Interdependency series, although it was originally intended to be a two book series.
The Computer Connection
Novel · 1975
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Alfred Bester's first science fiction novel since The Stars My Destination was a major event--a fast-moving adventure story set in Earth's future. A band of immortals--as charming a bunch of eccentrics as you'll ever come across--recruit a new member, the brilliant Cherokee physicist Sequoya Guess.
The Concrete Jungle
Novella · 2004 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo winnerLocus recognition
One extra concrete cow. One very dangerous surveillance problem.
The Cookie Monster
by Vernor Vinge
Novella · 2003
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
The Cookie Monster is a science fiction novella by American writer Vernor Vinge. It was first published in the October 2003 issue of Analog.
The Cost to Be WiseMaureen F. McHugh
The Cost to Be Wise
Novella · 1996
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
Anthropologists study an isolated settlement. Armed outsiders change the encounter.
The CustodiansRichard Cowper
The Custodians
Novella · 1976
Hugo recognition
A monastery conceals tomorrow. A visitor questions the price of knowing.
The Dark Between the Stars
Novel · 2014
Hugo recognition
Old rivals rebuild their worlds. Something darker begins to spread.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Novel · 2022
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a 2022 novel by Mexican-Canadian writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It is loosely based on H. G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896). The novel received mixed reviews, with critics noting its exploration of feminism and colonialism.
The Death of Captain Future
by Allen Steele
Novella · 1995
Hugo winnerNebula recognition
His captain lives for fictional heroics. The distress call is real.
The Death of Doctor Island
by Gene Wolfe
Novella · 1973
Locus winnerNebula winnerHugo recognition
The Death of Doctor Island is a science fiction novella by American writer Gene Wolfe first published as The Death of Dr. Island in Universe 3 (Editor Terry Carr, Random House, 1973).
The Demolished Man
Novel · 1951
Hugo winner
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, driven man determined to murder a rival.
The Dervish House
by Ian McDonald
Novel · 2010
Clarke recognitionHugo recognitionLocus recognition
Seven days, six characters, three interconnected story strands, one central common core--the eponymous dervish house, a character in itself--that pins all these players together in a weave of intrigue, conflict, drama and a ticking clock of a thriller.
The Diamond Age
Novel · 1995
Hugo winnerLocus winnerClarke recognitionNebula recognition
The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device.
The Diamond Pit
by Jack Dann
Novella · 2001 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
"The Diamond Pit" is a 2001 fantasy science fiction novella by American writer Jack Dann.
The Dispossessed
Novel · 1974
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Two worlds, opposing ideals, and a physicist trying to build a bridge.
The Einstein Intersection
Novel · 1967
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967.
The Empress of Mars
by Kage Baker
Novella · 2003
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"The Empress of Mars" is a science fiction novella by American writer Kage Baker, published in 2003. It won the 2004 Theodore Sturgeon Award and was nominated for the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Novella as well as the 2004 Nebula Award for Best Novella. The novella was expanded into a novel published in 2009.
The End of Eternity
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1955
Hugo recognition
The story of temporal engineers who meta-regulate the history of humanity through the centuries, eliminating risk, adventure, and space travel in the process.
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