Borne
Novel · 2017
Clarke recognitionLocus recognition
In a ruined city, Rachel, a scavenger, finds a small creature named "Borne" tangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic bear made by a biotech firm.
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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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Brain Twister
by Randall Garrett & Laurence M. Janifer
Novel · 1959
Hugo recognition
A 1959 science fiction novel by Randall Garrett & Laurence M. Janifer. Hugo recognition.
BrainchildJoseph H. Delaney
Brainchild
Novella · 1982
Hugo recognition
A 1982 science fiction novella by Joseph H. Delaney. Hugo recognition.
Brasyl
by Ian McDonald
Novel · 2007
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Think Bladerunner in the tropics ... Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world's greatest and strangest nations.
Breathmoss
Novella · 2002
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 2002 science fiction novella by Ian R. MacLeod. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Brightness Reef
by David Brin
Novel · 1995
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1995 science fiction novel by David Brin. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Brittle Innings
Novel · 1994 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognition
Brittle Innings is a 1994 science fiction/fantasy novel by American author Michael Bishop.
Brontë's Egg
Novella · 2002
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
A 2002 science fiction novella by Richard Chwedyk. Nebula Award winner; Hugo recognition.
Bug Jack Barron
Novel · 1969
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
Bug Jack Barron is a 1969 science fiction novel written by Norman Spinrad, and was a 1970 Hugo award nominee.
Bully!Mike Resnick
Bully!
by Mike Resnick
Novella · 1990
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1990 science fiction novella by Mike Resnick. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Burn
Novella · 2005
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
"Burn" is a science fiction novella published in 2005 by James Patrick Kelly. It won the 2007 Nebula Award for Best Novella.
By Any Other Name
Novella · 1976
Hugo winner
Stranded time travelers--including a partially disembodied Brooklynite searching for the rest of himself and a craps player from 1930 New York--collide headlong with cosmic warriors, hallucination-eating monsters, blind starship pilots, and other zany characters.
Cage of Souls
Novel · 2019
Clarke recognition
A 2019 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Clarke recognition.
Calculating God
Novel · 2000
Hugo recognition
Calculating God is the new near-future SF thriller from the popular and award-winning Robert J. Sawyer. An alien shuttle craft lands outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. A six-legged, two-armed alien emerges, who says, in perfect English, "Take me to a paleontologist."
Caldé of the Long Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1994
Nebula recognition
A 1994 science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe. Nebula recognition.
Calendrical Regression
Novella · 2014
Nebula recognition
In December of 2012, the Mayan calendar reached the end of its 13th baktun, completing the Long Count and signaling the end of the world... metaphorically. That was the day of Galactic First Contact, and the beginning of a new age for humans and aliens.
Caliban's War
Novel · 2012
Locus recognition
Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves the polities Earth, Mars, the Asteroid Belt and the outer planets, and a powerful extraterrestrial biological von Neumann probe.
Camouflage
by Joe Haldeman
Novel · 2004
Nebula winner
An unidentified artifact, found seven miles below the surface of the sea, stumps the scientists examining it but calls out to the two immortal creatures who have wandered the Earth for centuries, never crossing paths until now.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
Novel · 2012
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, part of the Vorkosigan Saga. The action centers on Miles Vorkosigan's cousin Ivan Vorpatril, now a captain, and a Jackson's Whole refugee called Tej.
Carnival
Novel · 2006
Locus recognition
Carnival is a 2006 science fiction novel by Elizabeth Bear, published in the US by Bantam Spectra. It was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award, a Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and a Lambda Literary Award.
Cascade Point
by Timothy Zahn
Novella · 1983
Hugo winnerLocus recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Timothy Zahn. Hugo Award winner; Locus recognition.
Cat's Cradle
Novel · 1963
Hugo recognition
Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness.
Cauldron
Novel · 2007
Nebula recognition
The year is 2255. The academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran star pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins spends her retirement supporting fund-raising efforts for The Prometheus Foundation, a privately funded organization devoted to deep space exploration.But when a young physicist unveils an…
Cavalcade
Novel · 1998
Clarke recognition
A 1998 science fiction novel by Alison Sinclair. Clarke recognition.
Celestis
by Paul Park
Novel · 1993
Nebula recognition
A 1993 science fiction novel by Paul Park. Nebula recognition.
Central Station
by Lavie Tidhar
Novel · 2016
Clarke recognitionLocus recognition
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper.
Cetaganda
Novel · 1996
Locus recognition
The hero, Miles Vorkosigan, is sent to represent his planet at the funeral of the empress of the planet Cetaganda. While there he becomes involved in a power struggle for the control of software used by Cetaganda's rulers to genetically engineer an entire people.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Novel · 2022
Clarke recognition
She felt their eyes, all those executioners… Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry.
Chains of the Sea
Novella · 1973
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Chains of the Sea is a 1973 anthology of three science-fiction novellas edited and with an introduction by Robert Silverberg. It is best known for its title story, authored by Gardner Dozois.
Chanur's Venture
Novel · 1984
Locus recognition
A 1984 science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh. Locus recognition.
Children of Dune
Novel · 1976
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune.
Children of God
Novel · 1998
Hugo recognition
The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the Society of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to Alpha Centauri.
Children of Time
Novel · 2015
Clarke winner
Humanity’s last hope has a civilization of its own.
Chilling Effect
Novel · 2019
Clarke recognition
A 2019 science fiction novel by Valerie Valdes. Clarke recognition.
China Mountain Zhang
Novel · 1992
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
China Mountain Zhang is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Maureen F. McHugh. The novel is made up of several stories loosely intertwined. The novel was nominated for multiple major awards, including the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
Chindi
Novel · 2002
Nebula recognition
The universe has been explored--and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race?
Chrysalis
by Robert Reed
Novella · 1996
Nebula recognition
A 1996 science fiction novella by Robert Reed. Nebula recognition.
Chthon
Novel · 1967
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
It was a new word for Hell. An escape-proof prison mine, where the worst criminals in the Universe were condemned to perpetual suffering in the ruby darkness. Aton had committed the unpardonable crime.
CirqueTerry Carr
Cirque
by Terry Carr
Novel · 1977
Nebula recognition
A 1977 science fiction novel by Terry Carr. Nebula recognition.
City at the End of Time
by Greg Bear
Novel · 2008
Locus recognition
Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction's most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work.
City of Truth
by James Morrow
Novella · 1992
Nebula winner
A 1992 science fiction novella by James Morrow. Nebula Award winner.
City on Fire
Novel · 1998
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
City on Fire is a fantasy novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams, first published in 1997 and nominated for the Nebula Award (for Best Novel) in 1997 and the Hugo Award (for Best Novel) in 1998. It is the sequel to 1995's Metropolitan.
Clash of Star-Kings
Novella · 1966
Nebula recognition
A 1966 science fiction novella by Avram Davidson. Nebula recognition.
Clay's PrideBud Sparhawk
Clay's Pride
by Bud Sparhawk
Novella · 2004
Nebula recognition
A 2004 science fiction novella by Bud Sparhawk. Nebula recognition.
Cleon the Emperor
by Isaac Asimov
Novella · 1992
Locus recognition
A 1992 science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov. Locus recognition.
Cloud Atlas
Novel · 2004
Clarke recognitionNebula recognition
From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists 2003” issue, comes his highly anticipated third novel, a work of mind-bending imagination and scope.
Coalescent
Novel · 2003
Clarke recognition
Stephen Baxter possesses one of the most brilliant minds in modern science fiction. His vivid storytelling skills have earned him comparison to the giants of the past: Clarke, Asimov, Stapledon.
CollisionJames Tiptree Jr.
Collision
Novella · 1986
Locus recognition
A 1986 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus recognition.
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