The Man Who Sold the Moon
Novella · 2014
Locus recognition
A 2014 science fiction novella by Cory Doctorow. Locus recognition.
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Browse award recognized science fiction books
Browse the complete public library of science fiction novels and novellas recognized by Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Clarke. Every title links to its own award history, sources and reading list options.
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The Many-Colored Land
by Julian May
Novel · 1981
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
When a one-way time tunnel to Earth's distant past, specifically six million B.C., was discovered by folks on the Galactic Milieu, every misfit for light-years around hurried to pass through it. Each sought his own brand of happiness.
The Margarets
Novel · 2007
Clarke recognition
The Margarets marks the long-awaited return of one of the most respected authors in the sf community; a writer who has earned accolades and the admiration of every true aficionado of bold, brilliant, risk-taking speculative fiction.
The Mars Girl
by Joe Haldeman
Novella · 2006
Locus recognition
A 2006 science fiction novella by Joe Haldeman. Locus recognition.
The Mars ShipRobert Thurston
The Mars Ship
Novella · 1977
Locus recognition
A 1977 science fiction novella by Robert Thurston. Locus recognition.
The Masks of Time
Novel · 1968
Nebula recognition
Vornan-19 fell from the sky, naked, and landed on the Spanish steps in Rome on Christmas afternoon toward the end of the Millennium. And for Leo Garfield things would never be the same.
The Medusa Chronicles
by Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds
Novel · 2016
Locus recognition
Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's award-winning novella A Meeting With Medusa, this is a novel of the unfolding rivalry between Mankind and Machines, spanning centuries and the spaces of the solar system and leading to a future neither could have envisaged.
The Memory of Whiteness
Novel · 1985
Clarke recognition
In 3229 A.D., human civilization is scattered among the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. Billions of lives depend on the technology derived from the breakthroughs of the greatest physicist of the age, Arthur Holywelkin.
The Mercenary
Novella · 1972
Hugo recognition
Why Has John Christian Falkenberg Thrown Millions of People on Dozens of Planets into Turmoil? Because he's given up the brilliant military career he's known since age fifteen to fight on his own.
The Mercurymen
by C. C. MacApp
Novella · 1965
Nebula recognition
A 1965 science fiction novella by C. C. MacApp. Nebula recognition.
The Mercy of Gods
Novel · 2024
Locus recognition
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end. The Carryx – part empire, part hive – have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy.
The Mimicking of Known Successes
by Malka Older
Novella · 2023
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
On a remote outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony's erudite university, and Mossa's former girlfriend
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 Ministry of Time
Novel · 2024
Clarke recognitionHugo recognition
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on.
The Missing Man
Novella · 1971
Nebula winner
A 1971 science fiction novella by Katherine MacLean. Nebula Award winner.
The Moon Goddess and the Son
Novella · 1979
Hugo recognition
Diana's ambition to get a job on the moon started the same day she learned from a child's book of mythology that her namesake was the moon goddess. The time is the late 1980s.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Novel · 1965
Hugo winnerNebula recognition
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison.
The Mote In God's Eye
by Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven
Novel · 1974
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as the "crazy eddy point".
The Mount
Novel · 2002
Nebula recognition
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.
The Mountain in the Sea
by Ray Nayler
Novel · 2022
Nebula recognitionClarke recognition
An unfamiliar intelligence may be closer than the stars.
The Mountains of Mourning
Novella · 1989
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
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.
The Necessity of Stars
Novella · 2021
Nebula recognition
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.
The New Mother
Novella · 2015
Nebula recognition
A 2015 science fiction novella by Eugene Fischer. Nebula recognition.
The Obelisk Gate
Novel · 2016 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo winnerNebula recognition
""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 ...
The Old Drift
Novel · 2019
Clarke winner
On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift.
The Only Neat Thing to DoJames Tiptree Jr.
The Only Neat Thing to Do
Novella · 1985
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1985 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Ophiuchi Hotline
by John Varley
Novel · 1977
Locus recognition
Earth has been taken over by bizarre beings, and Man has made a new life on other planets, a strange life made possible by information provided by beings from Ophiuchi.
The Orphan
Novel · 1980
Nebula recognition
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.
The Past Is Red
Novella · 2021
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Past Is Red is a 2021 fantasy novella by Catherynne M. Valente. It includes two parts; Part I, The Future Is Blue, was previously published as a novelette, winning the Theodore Sturgeon Award in 2017. Part II is an original work entitled The Past Is Red.
The Patchwork Girl
by Larry Niven
Novella · 1980
Locus recognition
The Patchwork Girl is a science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven. Part of his Known Space series, it is the fourth of five Gil Hamilton detective stories and the first to be published as a stand-alone novel in 1980.
The Peace War
by Vernor Vinge
Novel · 1984
Hugo recognition
First in a quintessential hard-science fiction adventure, Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge's The Peace War follows a scientist determined to put an end to the militarization of his greatest invention--and of the government behind it.
The People of the Wind
Novel · 1973
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
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.
The Peripheral
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.
The Persistence of Vision
by John Varley
Novella · 1978
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
"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.
The Pirates of Ersatz
Novel · 1959
Hugo recognition
The Pirates of Zan is a science fiction novel by Murray Leinster, originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1959 as "The Pirates of Ersatz". It was nominated for the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
The Plague Star
Novella · 1985
Locus recognition
A 1985 science fiction novella by George R. R. Martin. Locus recognition.
The Planet Buyer
Novel · 1964
Hugo recognition
A 1964 science fiction novel by Cordwainer Smith. Hugo recognition.
The Plastic AbyssKate Wilhelm
The Plastic Abyss
by Kate Wilhelm
Novella · 1971
Nebula recognition
A 1971 science fiction novella by Kate Wilhelm. Nebula recognition.
The Plural of Helen of TroyJohn C. Wright
The Plural of Helen of Troy
Novella · 2014
Hugo recognition
A 2014 science fiction novella by John C. Wright. Hugo recognition.
The Political Officer
Novella · 2002
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
"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.
The Political Prisoner
Novella · 2008
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 2008 science fiction novella by Charles Coleman Finlay. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Postman
by David Brin
Novel · 1985
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.
The Postman
by David Brin
Novella · 1982
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.
The Potter of Bones
Novella · 2002
Nebula recognition
A 2002 science fiction novella by Eleanor Arnason. Nebula recognition.
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Novella · 2024
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2024 science fiction novella by Sofia Samatar. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Prestige
Novel · 1995 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Clarke recognition
Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later.
The Pride of Chanur
Novel · 1981
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1981 science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh. Hugo and Locus recognition.
The Quantum Rose
Novel · 2000
Nebula winner
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.
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