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Novel · 2006
Odyssey is a 2006 science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt. It is set in the 23rd century and "explores the immorality of big business and the short-sightedness of the American government in minimizing support for space travel." Odyssey was nominated for a 2007 Nebula Award.
Novella · 2022
Ogres is a 2022 novella by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It is the third entry in his Terrible Worlds: Revolutions series. It was a finalist for several science fiction and fantasy awards, including the Hugo Award and Locus Award.
by Lydia Millet
Novel · 2005
A 2005 science fiction novel by Lydia Millet. Clarke recognition.
Novella · 1978
A 1978 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Locus recognition.
by John Scalzi
Novel · 2005
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in an interstellar war against more advanced species.
Novella · 1999
"Old Music and the Slave Women" is a science fiction story by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in the 1999 collection Far Horizons, edited by Robert Silverberg, and anthologized multiple times in collections of Le Guin's works.
by Dan Simmons
Novel · 2005
Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative.
Novel · 2004
Omega is a book by Jack McDevitt that won the John W. Campbell Award, and was nominated for the Nebula Award in 2004. The mystery surrounding the destructive "Omega Clouds" (which are introduced in The Engines of God) is left unexplored until Omega.
Novella · 2012
For generations Prosper Station has thrived under the guidance of its Honoured Ancestress: born of a human womb, the station’s artificial intelligence has offered guidance and protection to its human relatives. But war has come to the Dai Viet Empire.
Novella · 1965
A 1965 science fiction novella by Cordwainer Smith. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1974
A 1974 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1979
On Wings of Song is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Thomas M. Disch. It was first published as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in three installments in February to April 1979.
by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
Novella · 1980
A 1980 science fiction novella by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle. Hugo recognition.
by Greg Egan
Novella · 2000
A 2000 science fiction novella by Greg Egan. Hugo and Locus recognition.
by John Barnes
Novel · 1991
Orbital Resonance is a science fiction novel by John Barnes. It is the first of four books comprising the Century Next Door series, followed by Kaleidoscope Century, Candle, and The Sky So Big and Black.
Novel · 2005 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A tale about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who begin to discover that they may not be human beings. The students at the school do not age, while the world around them does.
by Dan Simmons
Novella · 1999
"Orphans of the Helix" is a 46-page science fiction short story by American writer Dan Simmons, set in his Hyperion Cantos fictional universe (one of three, the others being "Remembering Siri", a story which is also a chapter of Hyperion, and "The Death of a Centaur", which deals with an early and allegorical version of…
Novella · 1989
A 1989 science fiction novella by Orson Scott Card. Locus recognition.
Novella · 1979
A 1979 science fiction novella by Christopher Priest. Locus recognition.
Novella · 2009
Palimpsest is a 2009 science fiction novella by Charles Stross, exploring the conjunction of time travel and deep time. Originally published in Stross's 2009 collection Wireless, it won the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella. Subterranean Press announced they would reprint the novella separately in 2011.
Novel · 1993
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Novel · 1998
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government.
Novella · 2002
Paradises Lost is a science fiction novella by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in 2002 as part of the collection The Birthday of the World. It is set during a multigenerational voyage from Earth to a potentially habitable planet.
by Mira Grant
Novel · 2013
Parasite is a 2013 science fiction novel written by Seanan McGuire under the pseudonym Mira Grant. Published by Orbit Books, it is the first volume of the Parasitology trilogy. It was followed by Symbiont (2014) and Chimera (2015).
Novel · 2001
A 2001 science fiction novel by Jon Courtenay Grimwood. Clarke recognition.
Novel · 1994
Pasquale's Angel is an alternate history novel by Paul J. McAuley, published in 1994. Set in early 16th-century Florence, the novel depicts a world where Leonardo da Vinci has abandoned art for engineering, triggering an industrial revolution during the Italian Renaissance.
Novel · 2001
One of those rare, unforgettable novels that are as chilling as they are insightful, as thought-provoking as they are terrifying, award-winning author Connie Willis's Passage is an astonishing blend of relentless suspense and cutting-edge science unlike anything you've ever read before.
Novel · 1968
Past Master is a science fiction novel by American writer R. A. Lafferty, first published in 1968. The novel follows the attempt of a future Utopian society in preventing its decline, by bringing Sir Thomas More to the year 2535.
Novel · 2000 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia.
Novella · 2015
A 2015 science fiction novella by Brandon Sanderson. Hugo recognition.
Novella · 2019
A 2019 science fiction novella by Alastair Reynolds. Locus recognition.
Novel · 2017
Persepolis Rising is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the seventh book in their series The Expanse. The title of the novel was announced in September 2016 and the cover was revealed on December 12, 2016.
Novel · 1988
It is 1982. The United States has a permanent Moonbase. Richard M. Nixon is in the fourth term of the "imperial presidency." And an eccentric novelist named Philip K. Dick has just died in California. Or has he?
Novel · 2025
A 2025 science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow. Locus recognition.
by Joanna Russ
Novel · 1968
A 1968 science fiction novel by Joanna Russ. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2002
Journeys into a strange world, created by deliberately tearing apart the fabric of space-time, that is one million-millionth the size of the universe.
Novella · 1976 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A 1976 science fiction novella by Richard Cowper. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2016
Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea.
Novel · 2021 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A 2021 science fiction novel by Jason Sanford. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1962
Planet of the Damned is a 1962 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison. It was serialised in 1961 under the title Sense of Obligation and published under that name in 1967. It was nominated for the Hugo Award.
by Lucy Kissick
Novel · 2022
A 2022 science fiction novel by Lucy Kissick. Clarke recognition.
Novel · 2004
Polaris is a science fiction mystery novel by American writer Jack McDevitt. It is the second book of his Alex Benedict series. Antiquities dealer Alex Benedict and his employee, Chase Kolpath, become involved in a mystery involving the disappearance of the passengers and crew of an interstellar yacht from 60 years earlier.
by Robert Reed
Novella · 2013
A 2013 science fiction novella by Robert Reed. Locus recognition.
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1988
Prelude to Foundation is a novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1988. It is one of two prequels to the Foundation series. For the first time, Asimov chronicles the fictional life of Hari Seldon, the man who invented psychohistory and the intellectual hero of the series.
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by John Varley
Novella · 1984
A 1984 science fiction novella by John Varley. Hugo and Locus and Nebula Award winner.
by Bud Sparhawk
Novella · 1996
A 1996 science fiction novella by Bud Sparhawk. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2024
A 2024 science fiction novel by Julia Armfield. Clarke recognition.
Novella · 1968
A 1968 science fiction novella by Charles L. Harness. Nebula recognition.
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