Hawk Among the Sparrows
Novella · 1968
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
"Hawk Among the Sparrows" is a science fiction short story by Dean McLaughlin. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction in July 1968.
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Hawksbill Station
Novella · 1968
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
In the mid-21st century, time travel is used to send political prisoners to Hawksbill Station, a prison camp in the late Cambrian Era.
He Who Shapes
Novella · 1965
Nebula winner
A 1965 science fiction novella by Roger Zelazny. Nebula Award winner.
Heads
by Greg Bear
Novella · 1990
Locus recognition
A 1990 science fiction novella by Greg Bear. Locus recognition.
Heart of the Comet
by David Brin & Gregory Benford
Novel · 1986
Locus recognition
From inside front cover: EXILES from a world devastated by fear and political strife. HEROES who first must conquer their own conflicts before the greater goal can be won.
Heechee Rendezvous
Novel · 1984
Locus recognition
Heechee Rendezvous is a science fiction novel by the American writer Frederik Pohl, published in 1984 by the Del Rey imprint of Ballantine Books. It is a sequel to Gateway (1977) and Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (1981) and is set about three decades after Gateway.
Helliconia Spring
Novel · 1982
Nebula recognition
Imagine a world in a system of twin stars, where Winter is 600 ice-locked years and every Spring is the first remembered. Imagine a People finding ruined cities beneath the melting snows. Never dreaming they had built them. And would again...
Helliconia Summer
Novel · 1983
Locus recognition
Imagine a world a thousand light years from Earth, where each season lasts for generations, and each generation knows only one season. Where twin suns warm the icy winds of the Sibornal, the forests blaze and kingdoms turn into ashes... once every 2500 years.
Helliconia Winter
Novel · 1985 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
Image Helliconia -- a world at the end of a reign that has lasted nearly two thousand years. The glorious civilization that blossomed during spring and summer has faded, and the dismal wasteland of winter is rapidly destroying the human race.
Her Habiline HusbandMichael Bishop
Her Habiline Husband
Novella · 1983
Locus winnerNebula recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Locus Award winner; Nebula recognition.
Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water
by Vylar Kaftan
Novella · 2019
Nebula recognition
A 2019 science fiction novella by Vylar Kaftan. Nebula recognition.
HeroJoe Haldeman
Hero
by Joe Haldeman
Novella · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1972 science fiction novella by Joe Haldeman. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Holy Fire
Novel · 1996
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Holy Fire is a 1996 science fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling. It was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award in 1996, and for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1997.
Home Is the Hangman
Novella · 1975
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
A 1975 science fiction novella by Roger Zelazny. Hugo and Nebula Award winner; Locus recognition.
HomefaringRobert Silverberg
Homefaring
Novella · 1983
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Hominids
Novel · 2002
Hugo winner
Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence.
House of Suns
Novel · 2008
Clarke recognition
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. She sent them out into the galaxy to observe and document the rise and fall of countless human empires.
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
Novella · 1976
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
After a solar flare damages their ship, three astronauts are rescued by survivors of an Earth that has undergone dramatic change.
How Few Remain
Novel · 1997
Nebula recognition
From the master of alternate history comes an epic of the Second Civil War. It was an epoch of glory and success, of disaster and despair. Twenty years after the South won the Civil War, America writhed once more in the bloody throes of battle.
Hull Zero Three
by Greg Bear
Novel · 2010
Clarke recognition
Hull Zero Three is a science fiction novel by American author Greg Bear. It was published on November 22, 2010. It is set on a generation ship that has lost its way under mysterious circumstances. Opening moments of bliss quickly give way to fear and confusion.
Human History
Novella · 1995
Locus recognition
A 1995 science fiction novella by Lucius Shepard. Locus recognition.
Human Readable
Novella · 2005
Locus recognition
A 2005 science fiction novella by Cory Doctorow. Locus recognition.
Humans
Novel · 2003
Hugo recognition
A 2003 science fiction novel by Robert J. Sawyer. Hugo recognition.
Hummingbird Salamander
Novel · 2021
Locus recognition
Hummingbird Salamander is a 2021 novel by American author Jeff VanderMeer. It is set in a near-future dystopia affected by climate change, and narrated by a corporate security consultant, "Jane Smith," who is drawn into a mystery incited by her receipt of a taxidermied hummingbird from an extinct species.
Hunting the SnarkMike Resnick
Hunting the Snark
by Mike Resnick
Novella · 1999
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1999 science fiction novella by Mike Resnick. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Hurricane ClaudeHilbert Schenck
Hurricane Claude
Novella · 1983
Hugo recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Hilbert Schenck. Hugo recognition.
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
Novel · 1989
Hugo winnerLocus winner
Seven pilgrims. Seven stories. One destination beyond explanation.
Identity TheftRobert J. Sawyer
Identity Theft
Novella · 2005
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 2005 science fiction novella by Robert J. Sawyer. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?
Novella · 1967
Nebula recognition
"If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" is a science fiction short story by American writer Theodore Sturgeon. It first appeared in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions in 1967.
If Tomorrow Comes
by Nancy Kress
Novel · 2018
Locus recognition
Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendship, to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected.
Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon
Novella · 2020 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon is a fantasy novella by Nigerian speculative fiction writer Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki. It was first published Selene Quarterly in August 2019, and republished in Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora anthology which was published by Aurelia Leo in 2020. The novella received critical reviews.
Ilium
by Dan Simmons
Novel · 2003
Locus winnerHugo recognition
Ilium is a science fiction novel by American writer Dan Simmons, the first part of the Ilium/Olympos cycle, concerning the re-creation of the events in the Iliad on Earth and Mars. These events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods.
Immersion
Novella · 1996
Hugo recognition
A 1996 science fiction novella by Gregory Benford. Hugo recognition.
Immortality, Inc.
Novel · 1959
Hugo recognition
Immortality, Inc. is a 1959 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Sheckley, originally published in a shorter form in 1958 as Immortality Delivered. It was Sheckley's first novel and remains one of his most popular and critically acclaimed.
In Ascension
Novel · 2023
Clarke winner
In Ascension is a 2023 science fiction novel by British writer Martin MacInnes, published in the UK by Atlantic Books and in the US by Grove Atlantic. It is published or forthcoming in ten languages.
In Green's Jungles
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 2000
Locus recognition
Horn's physique is slowly changing, causing his friends and family to wonder who he really is, so to prove his identity, he reminisces about his many space adventures.
In SpiritPat Forde
In Spirit
by Pat Forde
Novella · 2002
Hugo recognition
A 2002 science fiction novella by Pat Forde. Hugo recognition.
In the Face of My EnemyJoseph H. Delaney
In the Face of My Enemy
Novella · 1983
Hugo recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Joseph H. Delaney. Hugo recognition.
In the Hall of the Martian Kings
by John Varley
Novella · 1978
Hugo recognition
A 1978 science fiction novella by John Varley. Hugo recognition.
In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns
Novella · 2012
Locus recognition
A 2012 science fiction novella by Elizabeth Bear. Locus recognition.
In the Ocean of Night
Novel · 1977
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
In the Western Tradition
Novella · 1981
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"In the Western Tradition" is a science fiction short story by Phyllis Eisenstein. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, in March 1981.
Inclination
Novella · 2006
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
"Inclination" is a science fiction novella by American writer William Shunn. It appeared in the April/May 2006 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. It was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards in 2007. The story concerns a young stevedore named Jude who lives on a giant space station in the far future.
Infinity Beach
Novel · 2000
Nebula recognition
When "something" is brought back from a space exploration expedition, "something" now threatens them all. A gripping "first contact" thriller from one of science fiction's brightest talents, the acclaimed author of "Moonfall" and "Ancient Shores."
Inside Job
Novella · 2005
Hugo winnerLocus recognition
Inside Job is a tale of spiritualists, seances, skeptics, and a love that just might be able to rise about it all.
Interlibrary Loan
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
A sequel to "A Borrowed Man" is set in a future world of artificial intelligence where a clone is loaned out to a little girl before discovering that his original self, a mystery writer, is still alive.
Into the Miranda RiftG. David Nordley
Into the Miranda Rift
Novella · 1993
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1993 science fiction novella by G. David Nordley. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Intrusion
by Ken MacLeod
Novel · 2012
Clarke recognition
Imagine a near-future city, say London, where medical science has advanced beyond our own and a single-dose pill has been developed that, taken when pregnant, eradicates many common genetic defects from an unborn child.
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