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Novel · 2002
Charley is an athlete. He wants to be painted crossing the finish line, in his racing silks, with a medal around his neck. But Charley isn't a runner. He is a human mount, the property of one of the alien invaders called Hoots.
by Ray Nayler
Novel · 2022
An unfamiliar intelligence may be closer than the stars.
Novella · 1989
The Mountains of Mourning is a science fiction novella by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. It is part of her Vorkosigan Saga, chronologically taking place between the novels The Warrior's Apprentice and The Vor Game. It won the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 1989.
Novella · 2021
Plagued by the creeping loss of her memory, diplomat Bréone Hemmerli continues to negotiate peace in an increasingly climate-devastated world, ensconced in the UN-owned estate Irislands alongside her longtime friend and companion Delphine.
Novella · 2015
A 2015 science fiction novella by Eugene Fischer. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2016 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
""Intricate and extraordinary."--New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015) The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin. THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ...
Novella · 1985
A 1985 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1980
THE BEAST PROWLED IN THE NIGHT, a wild-eyed, five clawed creature with a taste for blood. But the strange ways of destiny changed his form.
Novel · 1973
The People of the Wind is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1973. It was a 1974 nominee of the Nebula Award for Science Fiction. The novel is the last book in Anderson’s Polesotechnic League series.
by John Varley
Novella · 1978
"The Persistence of Vision" is a novella by American writer John Varley. It was included in the anthology of the same name and in The John Varley Reader.
by Kate Wilhelm
Novella · 1971
A 1971 science fiction novella by Kate Wilhelm. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2002
"The Political Officer" is a science fiction novella by Charles Coleman Finlay. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, in April 2002.
Novella · 2008
A 2008 science fiction novella by Charles Coleman Finlay. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
by David Brin
Novel · 1985
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.
Novella · 2002
A 2002 science fiction novella by Eleanor Arnason. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2024
A 2024 science fiction novella by Sofia Samatar. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2000
The Quantum Rose is a science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro which tells the story of Kamoj Argali and Skolian Prince Havyrl Valdoria. The book is situated within Asaro's Saga of the Skolian Empire series.
by Linda Nagata
Novel · 2013
A 2013 science fiction novel by Linda Nagata. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1970 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A 1970 science fiction novella by Harlan Ellison. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
by Ken Liu
Novella · 2014
A 2014 science fiction novella by Ken Liu. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1985
A 1985 science fiction novel by Barry N. Malzberg. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1978 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A 1978 science fiction novel by Richard Cowper. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1966
"The Saliva Tree" is a science fiction novella by British writer Brian W. Aldiss first published in the September 1965 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It won the 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novella (which it shared with "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny in a tie).
Novella · 1976
A 1976 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1981
"The Saturn Game" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson, originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in February 1981.
Novel · 1987
Francis Conway is Swill - one of the millions in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state.
Novella · 1987
A 1987 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1980 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun.
by John Brunner
Novel · 1972
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice.
Novel · 1965
The special research vessel ALICE was the oddest ship that ever flew the ensign of the United States Navy; small, wooden-hulled and sail-powered, she would have been less out of place in the Navy of a hundred years ago - if it weren't for the…
Novel · 1980
The Snow Queen is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Joan D. Vinge. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1981, and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981.
Novella · 2008
A 2008 science fiction novella by Catherine Asaro. Nebula Award winner.
Novel · 2002
In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made.
Novel · 1965
The Star Fox is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, first published in 1965. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.
by Jay Lake
Novella · 2012
A 2012 science fiction novella by Jay Lake. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1970
A 1970 science fiction novel by D. G. Compton. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1975
A 1975 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2017 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row. The Moon will soon return.
by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
Novella · 1975
A 1975 science fiction novella by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1979
A 1979 science fiction novella by Richard Wilson. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2017 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past.
Novella · 2010
A 2010 science fiction novella by Geoffrey A. Landis. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1981 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
The Sword of the Lictor is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe. First released in 1982, it is the third volume in the four-volume series The Book of the New Sun.
Novella · 2003
A 2003 science fiction novella by Adam-Troy Castro. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2018
Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled human scholars and powerful families, and held together by living mindships who carry people and freight between the stars.
Novel · 1995
Dr. Peter Hobson invents a machine that detects a brain pattern that leaves the body after death, a pattern many believe is a soul.
Novel · 2023
The Terraformers is a science fiction novel by Annalee Newitz, published on January 31, 2023. Environmentalism is a major theme.
Novella · 1970
A 1970 science fiction novella by Clifford D. Simak. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
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