Trial of the CenturyLawrence M. Schoen
Trial of the Century
Novella · 2013
Nebula recognition
A 2013 science fiction novella by Lawrence M. Schoen. Nebula recognition.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
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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Trinity
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 1984
Nebula recognition
A 1984 science fiction novella by Nancy Kress. Nebula recognition.
Triton
Novel · 1976
Nebula recognition
Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia (1976) is a science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany. It was nominated for the 1976 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1995. It was originally published under the shorter title Triton.
Troika
Novella · 2011
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 2011 science fiction novella by Alastair Reynolds. Hugo and Locus recognition.
True Names
by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow
Novella · 2008
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
"True Names" is a 2008 science fiction story by Cory Doctorow and Benjamin Rosenbaum. It was first published in the anthology Fast Forward 2.
True Names
by Vernor Vinge
Novella · 1981
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
"A marvellous mixture of hard-science SF and sword-and-sorcery imagery.... You wish the author were present so you could applaud." - Analog
TruthRobert Reed
Truth
by Robert Reed
Novella · 2008
Hugo recognition
A 2008 science fiction novella by Robert Reed. Hugo recognition.
Umbernight
Novella · 2018
Locus recognition
A 2018 science fiction novella by Carolyn Ives Gilman. Locus recognition.
Unconquerable Sun
by Kate Elliott
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
A 2020 science fiction novel by Kate Elliott. Locus recognition.
Under Two Moons
Novella · 1965
Nebula recognition
A 1965 science fiction novella by Frederik Pohl. Nebula recognition.
Unholy Land
by Lavie Tidhar
Novel · 2018
Locus recognition
Lior Tirosh is a semi-successful author of pulp fiction, an inadvertent time traveler, and an ongoing source of disappointment to his father. Tirosh has returned to his homeland in East Africa. But Palestina--a Jewish state founded in the early 20th century--has grown dangerous.
Unicorn Tapestry
Novella · 1980
Nebula winner
A 1980 science fiction novella by Suzy McKee Charnas. Nebula Award winner.
Unquenchable Fire
Novel · 1989
Clarke winner
In an America where the miraculous is par for the course, where magic and myths are as real as shopping malls and television game shows, Jennifer Mazdan listens to the modern storytellers recite the tales of the Founders.
Unsound VariationsGeorge R. R. Martin
Unsound Variations
Novella · 1982
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"Unsound Variations" is a 1982 science fiction short story by George R. R. Martin, about chess. It was first published in Amazing Stories.
Up the Line
Novel · 1969
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
Being a Time Courier was one of the best jobs Judson Daniel Elliott III ever had. It was tricky, though, taking group after group of tourists back to the same historic event, without meeting yourself coming or going.
Up the Walls of the World
Novel · 1978
Hugo recognition
Human telepaths receive calls for help from an endangered world. However, the interstellar being threatening them, may be trying to help.
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.
Use of Weapons
Novel · 1990
Clarke recognition
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
Vagabonds
by Hao Jingfang
Novel · 2020
Clarke recognition
A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the two worlds, unable to reconcile the beauty and culture of Mars with their experiences on…
Valentina
by Joseph H. Delaney & Marc Stiegler
Novella · 1984
Hugo recognition
A 1984 science fiction novella by Joseph H. Delaney & Marc Stiegler. Hugo recognition.
Venomous Lumpsucker
by Ned Beauman
Novel · 2022
Clarke winner
Venomous Lumpsucker is a 2022 novel by Ned Beauman. It won the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The novel tells the story of Karin Resaint, a scientist researching the titular species of fish.
Venus Plus X
Novel · 1960
Hugo recognition
Venus Plus X is a 1960 science fiction novel by American writer Theodore Sturgeon. First published by Pyramid Books in New York, it follows Charlie Johns, who is brought to Ledom, an isolated technologically advanced society whose inhabitants possess both male and female reproductive capacities and are not assigned fixed sex roles.
Via Roma
Novella · 1994
Locus recognition
A 1994 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus recognition.
Viator
Novella · 2004 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognition
A 2004 science fiction novella by Lucius Shepard. Locus recognition.
Virtual Light
Novel · 1993
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
California, the not so distant future. Berry, ex-cop/private security, looking to just make ends meet. Chevette, a young bicycle messanger. A murder, a secret missing, and a murderer closing in on Chevette. Berry is the only thing standing between him and Chevette.
Vishnu at the Cat Circus
by Ian McDonald
Novella · 2009
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 2009 science fiction novella by Ian McDonald. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Visitor
Novel · 2016
Locus recognition
It's been a year of upheaval, since Bren Cameron's return from space - a year since he and the aiji-dowager, one of his most powerful atevi allies, returned home from their two-year interstellar mission to find the government overthrown and their world in chaos.
Voyage
Novel · 1996
Clarke recognition
In a parallel world where JFK survived the assassination attempt in Dallas, as the Apollo programme reaches its triumphant goal the former President encourages NASA to build on this success and send men to Mars.
Voyage to the Red Planet
by Terry Bisson
Novel · 1990
Locus recognition
A 1990 science fiction novel by Terry Bisson. Locus recognition.
Vurt
by Jeff Noon
Novel · 1993
Clarke winner
Take a trip in a stranger’s head. Travel rain-shot streets with a gang of hip malcontents, hooked on the most powerful drug you can imagine. Yet Vurt feathers are not for the weak. As the mysterious Game Cat says, ‘Be careful, be very careful’.
Walk in SilenceCatherine Asaro
Walk in Silence
Novella · 2003
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 2003 science fiction novella by Catherine Asaro. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Walkaway
Novel · 2017
Locus recognition
Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis Espinoza―known to his friends as Hubert, Etc―was too old to be at that Communist party.
Wall, Stone, Craft
Novella · 1993
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1993 science fiction novella by Walter Jon Williams. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Wanderers
by Chuck Wendig
Novel · 2019
Locus recognition
A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope.
War of the Maps
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
A 2020 science fiction novel by Paul J. McAuley. Locus recognition.
Way Down Dark
by J. P. Smythe
Novel · 2016
Clarke recognition
A 2016 science fiction novel by J. P. Smythe. Clarke recognition.
Way Station
Novel · 1963
Hugo winner
Way Station is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, originally published as Here Gather the Stars in two parts in Galaxy Magazine in June and August 1963. Way Station won the 1964 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
We All Die NakedJames Blish
We All Die Naked
by James Blish
Novella · 1969
Hugo recognition
A 1969 science fiction novella by James Blish. Hugo recognition.
We Are Satellites
Novel · 2021
Locus recognition
A 2021 science fiction novel by Sarah Pinsker. Locus recognition.
We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line
Novella · 1968
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1968 science fiction novella by Samuel R. Delany. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Weatherman
Novella · 1990
Nebula recognition
A 1990 science fiction novella by Lois McMaster Bujold. Nebula recognition.
Wergen: The Alien Love War
Novel · 2021
Clarke recognition
A 2021 science fiction novel by Mercurio D. Rivera. Clarke recognition.
Weyr Search
Novella · 1967
Hugo winnerNebula recognition
A 1967 science fiction novella by Anne McCaffrey. Hugo Award winner; Nebula recognition.
What Entropy Means to Me
Novel · 1972
Nebula recognition
Doctor, watch out! As Dore stood by, he saw the Doctor backing slowly into the corner where he would meet his fate. Initially defending himself with a torch, the Doctor searched frantically for a new method of defense.
What Moves the Dead
Novella · 2022 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognition
When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruravia.
When Gravity Fails
Novel · 1987
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audran has kept his independence and his identity the hard way. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he is available ...for a price.
When Harlie Was One
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A stunning first novel that grapples with the definition of consciousness and what it is to be human.
When There Are Wolves Again
by E. J. Swift
Novel · 2025
Clarke winner
The extraordinary speculative novel of past, present and future, by the Clarke Award-shortlisted author of THE CORAL BONES. Decades from now, two women sit around a fire on Beltane, May Eve, and reflect on their life stories.
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