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2001 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2001 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 Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin, book cover

The Telling

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Novel · 2000

Locus winner

Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth will discover a group of outcasts who still practice its lost religion-the Telling.

Seventy-Two Letters by Ted Chiang, book cover

Seventy-Two Letters

by Ted Chiang

Novella · 2000 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover

Hugo recognitionLocus recognition

"Seventy-Two Letters" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, published in June 2000 in the Ellen Datlow's anthology Vanishing Acts. The novella can also be found in the anthologies Year's Best SF 6 (2001), edited by David G. Hartwell and Steampunk (2008), edited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer.

The Coming by Joe Haldeman, book cover

The Coming

by Joe Haldeman

Novel · 2000

Locus recognition

The Arrival Is Imminent Joe Haldeman's novel The Comingis a tightly constructed near future thriller which begins by recapitulating a classic science fictional motif: the moment of first contact with an alien intelligence. The story begins on October 1, 2054.

Zeitgeist by Bruce Sterling, book cover

Zeitgeist

by Bruce Sterling

Novel · 2000

Locus recognition

It's 1999 in Cyprus, an ancient island bejeweled with blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers and littered with rusting land mines, corroding barbed wire, and illegal sewage dumps.

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