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by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1984
A group of four down-on-their-luck strangers respond to a classified ad offering a strange bargain: live free of charge in an old man's house, and help him to prevent the city from having the building demolished.
Novel · 1982
Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns.
Novel · 2005 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Greek gods are posing as humans and pulling humanity's strings in this mosaic novel about time travel, alternate worlds, and the making of a president.
by Lewis Shiner
Novel · 1984
A 1984 science fiction novel by Lewis Shiner. Nebula recognition.
by Martha Wells
Novella · 2021
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
by John M. Ford
Novella · 1987
A 1987 science fiction novella by John M. Ford. Nebula recognition.
by Kate Elliott
Novel · 2022
A 2022 science fiction novel by Kate Elliott. Locus recognition.
Novel · 2009
In a novel of stunning dimensions, the acclaimed author of the Mars trilogy brings us the story of the incredible life – and death – of Galileo, the First Scientist.
Novella · 1996
A 1996 science fiction novella by Mary Rosenblum. Hugo recognition.
Novel · 1977
Gateway is a 1977 science-fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. It is the opening novel in the Heechee saga, with four sequels that followed.
Novel · 2017
A 2017 science fiction novel by Jennie Melemed. Clarke recognition.
Novel · 2009
Generosity: An Enhancement is the tenth novel by American author Richard Powers. Like other Powers novels it is idea-driven, strongly focusing on social alienation and scientific progress. The novel employs metafiction, including real-time intrusions by the narrator who explicitly sets the novel in a "parallel" Chicago.
by Terry Bisson
Novella · 1998
A 1998 science fiction novella by Terry Bisson. Hugo recognition.
by Paul Park
Novella · 2010
A 2010 science fiction novella by Paul Park. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1996
A wave of fundamentalism is sweeping across the globe as the millennium approaches, and a power-hungry presidential candidate sees his ticket to success in making an example out of a teenage girl who abandoned her infant in a Dumpster.
by Tamsyn Muir
Novel · 2019 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers.
Novel · 2006
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him.
Novel · 1997
A 1997 science fiction novel by Elizabeth Hand. Clarke recognition.
Novel · 1963 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Science-Fantasy novel by Robert Heinlein, famous American writer known for 'hard' Sci-Fi.
by David Brin
Novel · 1993
Maia and her twin sister must leave their home to seek their fortunes. On their journey they endure hardship, hunger, imprisonment, bloody battles with pirates and separation. Maia meets a traveler who threatens the delicate balance of their society.
Novel · 2011
On a ravaged, contaminated world, a centuries-old holy war rages, fought by a bloody mix of mercenaries, magicians, and conscripted soldiers.
by Linda Nagata
Novella · 2000
A 2000 science fiction novella by Linda Nagata. Nebula Award winner.
by Kelly Robson
Novella · 2018
A 2018 science fiction novella by Kelly Robson. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 2022
Goliath is a 2022 science fiction novel by Nigerian American writer Tochi Onyebuchi. It is his first adult science fiction novel and it was first published in New York on January 25, 2022, by Tor Books.
by John Kessel
Novel · 1989
George Eberhart is dead. Or was. The newsnet he works for has illegally revived him. But he finds himself examining the sensationalist stories he has been reporting on - for evidence that there are Aliens among us.
by Adam Roberts
Novel · 2006
Gradisil is a science fiction novel by British author Adam Roberts.
Novel · 1987
Gráinne is a novel by British writee Keith Roberts, published in 1987.
Novella · 2014
A 2014 science fiction novella by Rachel Swirsky. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1989
Generations ago, humans fled to the cosmic anomaly known as Grass. But before humanity arrived, another species had already claimed Grass for its own. It too had developed a culture......
Novel · 1973
Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.
Novel · 1987
Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machines that dominate the universe, only a few hundred humans survive.
by John Crowley
Novella · 1989
"Great Work of Time" is a science fiction novella by American writer John Crowley, originally published in Crowley's 1989 book collection Novelty. A story involving time travel, it concerns a secret society whose aim is to avert World War I to preserve and expand the British Empire.
Novella · 1985
A 1985 science fiction novella by Bruce Sterling. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1984
Green Eyes is a novel by Lucius Shepard published in 1984.
Novel · 1993
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars, Now the Hugo Award winning Green Mars continues the thrilling and timeless tale of humanity's struggle to survive at its farthest frontier.Nearly a generation…
Novella · 1985
"Green Mars" is a science fiction novella by the American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in September 1985, eight years before his novel of the same name.
Novella · 1992
A 1992 science fiction novella by Michael Swanwick. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1974
A 1974 science fiction novel by Barry N. Malzberg. Nebula recognition.
Novel · 1994
Gun, with Occasional Music is a 1994 novel by American writer Jonathan Lethem that blends science fiction and hardboiled detective fiction. The novel won Lethem the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1995.
by T. J. Bass
Novel · 1971
Half Past Human is a fixup science fiction novel by American author T. J. Bass, published in 1971. Two short stories were combined and fleshed out to form this novel: "Half Past Human", first published in Galaxy Science Fiction in December 1969, and "G.I.T.A.R.", first published in If in November and December 1970.
Novel · 2007
In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates, a dot-com startup company that's just been floated on the London stock exchange. The suspects are
Novel · 1994
A 1994 science fiction novel by Patricia Anthony. Clarke recognition.
by Algis Budrys
Novel · 1993
A 1993 science fiction novel by Algis Budrys. Nebula recognition.
by Greg Bear
Novella · 1983
The Nebula award-winning short story by master SF writer Greg Bear. Humans are engaged in a long war against an advanced alien race, the Senexi, but the possibility for peace may exist thanks to a young girl who learns the enemy's larger role and humanity's…
by Tamsyn Muir
Novel · 2020 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash.
Novella · 1995
A 1995 science fiction novella by Poul Anderson. Locus recognition.
by Jan Morris
Novel · 2006
Hav gives us Jan Morris. The city it describes is a magical place, but behind its arcane splendours are darker implications.
Novel · 1958
A science fiction novel for young readers by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (August, September, October 1958) and published by Scribner's in hardcover in 1958. It is the last of the Heinlein juveniles.
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