Get started ↓Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1996 Locus Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.
Voted on by readers of Locus magazine, the Locus Award is a reliable guide to books readers loved. We include its science fiction novel and novella winners and finalists, plus labeled poll favorites from earlier years. Official award site ↗
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Novel · 1994
Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996. The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation.
Novel · 1995
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.
Novella · 1995
A village boy seeks knowledge. Wider worlds challenge inherited loyalties.
Novella · 1995
An enslaved woman seeks freedom. Liberation demands more than escape.
by David Brin
Novel · 1995
Six species share a refuge. A starship breaks their isolation.
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 1995
A former policeman investigates suspicious deaths. His own grief follows.
Novella · 1995
A poet seeks independence. An old lover offers dangerous purpose.
Novel · 1995
SECOND CONTACT Nearly two centuries after the starship Phoenix disappeared into the heavens, leaving an isolated colony of humans on the world of the atevi , it unexpectedly returns to orbit overhead, threatening the stability of both atevi and human governments.
by Greg Bear
Novel · 1995
In this sequel to EON, Greg Bear continues to explore the possibilities presented by the asteroid Thistledown, a remnant of a lost human civilization.
Novel · 1995
The Time Ships is a 1995 hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A canonical sequel to the 1895 novella The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. The Time Ships won critical acclaim.
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