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1988 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

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

Locus recognition brings a reader perspective to the library. Formal winners and finalists are distinguished from historical poll top five selections. Those selections are not silently presented as formal finalists. Only the selected science fiction categories and eligible works are included. Official award site ↗

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The Secret Sharer by Robert Silverberg, book cover

The Secret Sharer

by Robert Silverberg

Novella

Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition

A science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.

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.

Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard, book cover

Life During Wartime

by Lucius Shepard

Novel · 1987

Locus recognitionClarke recognition

Life during Wartime is a science fantasy novel written by American author Lucius Shepard. His second novel, it was published by Bantam Books in 1987, in which year it was nominated for the Philip K Dick Award. In 1990, it won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Foreign Work.

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.

When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger, book cover

When Gravity Fails

by George Alec Effinger

Novel · 1987

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audran has kept his independence and his identity the hard way. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he is available ...for a price.

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