Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1989 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 ↗

Cyteen
by C. J. Cherryh
Novel · 1988
Hugo winnerLocus winner
ARIANE EMORY IS DEAD. BUT NOT FOR LONG. WHERE IS ARIANE? For fifty years, Dr. Ariane Emory has dominated politics on Cyteen Station. Because Dr. Emory controls Reseune, a city-sized factory that creates the one item essential to the planet's wealth.
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Islands in the Net
by Bruce Sterling
Novel · 1988
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Laura Webster's on the fast track to success. A bright young star in a multinational conglomerate, she's living well in a post-millennial age of peace, prosperity, and profit. In an age of advanced technology, information is the world's most precious commodity. Information is power.
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Journals of the Plague Years
by Norman Spinrad
Novella · 1988
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1988 science fiction novella by Norman Spinrad. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
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Mona Lisa Overdrive
by William Gibson
Novel · 1987 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy. Living in the vast computer landscape of cyberspace, young Mona taps into the mind of world-famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell who deciphers cyperspace plans, including those devised by Japanese underworld.
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Prelude to Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1988
Locus recognition
Prelude to Foundation is a novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1988. It is one of two prequels to the Foundation series. For the first time, Asimov chronicles the fictional life of Hari Seldon, the man who invented psychohistory and the intellectual hero of the series.
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Surfacing
by Walter Jon Williams
Novella · 1987
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1987 science fiction novella by Walter Jon Williams. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
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✳The Color of Neanderthal EyesJames Tiptree Jr.
The Color of Neanderthal Eyes
by James Tiptree Jr.
Novella · 1989
Locus recognition
A 1989 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus recognition.
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The Gold Coast
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novel · 1988
Locus recognition
2027: Southern California is a developer's dream gone mad, an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls. Jim McPherson, the affluent son of a defense contractor, is a young man lost in a world of fast cars, casual sex, and designer drugs.
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The Last of the Winnebagos
by Connie Willis
Novella · 1988
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
"The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by American writer Connie Willis. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1988, and reprinted in the short story collections Impossible Things (1994) and The Best of Connie Willis (2013).
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