Network Effect
by Martha Wells
Novel · 2020
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Murderbot has inconvenient feelings and a much bigger problem.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
2021 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists
Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2021 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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Agency
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
Agency is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, released on January 21, 2020. It is a 'sequel and a prequel' to his previous novel The Peripheral (2014), reusing the technology from the novel to explore an alternative 2017 where Hillary Clinton won the 2016 Presidential Election.
Attack Surface
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
Cory Doctorow's Attack Surface is a standalone novel set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland . Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side.
Finna
by Nino Cipri
Novella · 2020 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store ― but not that one ― slips through a portal to another dimension, it’s up to two minimum-wage employees to track her across the multiverse and protect their company’s bottom line.
Interlibrary Loan
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
A sequel to "A Borrowed Man" is set in a future world of artificial intelligence where a clone is loaned out to a little girl before discovering that his original self, a mystery writer, is still alive.
Machine
Novel · 2018
Locus recognition
Two ships carry a mystery. A hospital inherits the danger.
Riot Baby
Novella · 2020 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world.
Seven of Infinities
Novella · 2020
Locus recognition
Vân is a scholar from a poor background, eking out a living in the orbitals of the Scattered Pearls Belt as a tutor to a rich family, while hiding the illegal artificial mem-implant she manufactured as a student.
The Last Emperox
by John Scalzi
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
The Last Emperox is a space opera novel by American writer John Scalzi. The book was published by Tor Books on April 14, 2020. Audible released an audio book version narrated by Wil Wheaton. It is the final volume in The Interdependency trilogy series and a sequel to The Consuming Fire.
The Ministry for the Future
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us.
The Relentless Moon
Novel · 2020
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by the Meteor is becoming more and more clear, but tensions are rising, and the IAC's goal of getting humanity off Earth is threatened.
Unconquerable Sun
by Kate Elliott
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
A princess wins a battle. Her inheritance remains under siege.
Upright Women Wanted
by Sarah Gailey
Novella · 2020
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway.
War of the Maps
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
A peacekeeper hunts a criminal. His government stands against him.
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