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2015 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2015 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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Ancillary Sword

by Ann Leckie

Novel · 2014

Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition

Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship. Once a weapon of conquest controlling thousands of minds, now she has only a single body and serves the emperor.

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Yesterday's Kin

by Nancy Kress

Novella · 2014

Locus winnerNebula winner

Marianne Jenner, a geneticist and mother of three, has 10 months to try to avert a disaster and keep her family intact after aliens land in New York. "Aliens have landed in New York.

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Annihilation/Authority/Acceptance

by Jeff VanderMeer

Novel · 2014

Locus recognition

An expedition enters Area X. The border conceals a changing world.

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Lock In

by John Scalzi

Novel · 2014

Locus recognition

Lock In is a science fiction police procedural novel by American writer John Scalzi. The book was published by Tor Books on August 26, 2014. The audiobook of the novel was released in two versions, one narrated by Wil Wheaton and the other by Amber Benson.

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The Man Who Sold the Moon

by Cory Doctorow

Novella · 2014

Locus recognition

Desert makers build a robot. Their ambitions reach the Moon.

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The Peripheral

by William Gibson

Novel · 2014

Locus recognition

Depending on her veteran brother's benefits in a city where jobs outside the drug trade are rare, Flynne assists her brother's latest beta-test tech assignment only to uncover an elaborate murder scheme.

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