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Award recognized science fiction novellas

Want a shorter science fiction read? Explore novellas recognized by Hugo, Nebula and Locus, including winners, finalists and labeled historical poll selections.

A novella offers a shorter reading experience than a typical novel. The catalog preserves the source award category when organizations classify a work differently. Some novellas are sold inside a collection or magazine, so check the named purchase edition. A later expanded novel can be a different edition or even a different work.

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Nightwings by Robert Silverberg, book cover

Nightwings

by Robert Silverberg

Novella · 1969

Hugo winnerNebula recognition

It was Avluela the Flier's scarlet and ebony wings that led the Watcher to the seven hills of the ancient city, leaving the skies and deep space unguarded. And so the invaders came and conquered and Avluela became lost in the turmoil.

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Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky, book cover

Ogres

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Novella · 2022

Hugo recognitionLocus recognition

Ogres is a 2022 novella by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It is the third entry in his Terrible Worlds: Revolutions series. It was a finalist for several science fiction and fantasy awards, including the Hugo Award and Locus Award.

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Palimpsest by Charles Stross, book cover

Palimpsest

by Charles Stross

Novella · 2009

Hugo winnerLocus recognition

Palimpsest is a 2009 science fiction novella by Charles Stross, exploring the conjunction of time travel and deep time. Originally published in Stross's 2009 collection Wireless, it won the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella. Subterranean Press announced they would reprint the novella separately in 2011.

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Pirate Utopia by Bruce Sterling, book cover

Pirate Utopia

by Bruce Sterling

Novella · 2016

Locus recognition

Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea.

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Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip José Farmer, book cover

Riders of the Purple Wage

by Philip José Farmer

Novella · 1967

Hugo winnerNebula recognition

"Riders of the Purple Wage" (1967) is a science fiction novella by American writer Philip José Farmer. It appeared in Dangerous Visions, the New Wave science fiction anthology compiled by Harlan Ellison and won the Hugo Award for best novella in 1968, jointly with Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey.

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Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi, book cover

Riot Baby

by Tochi Onyebuchi

Novella · 2020 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world.

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Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells, book cover

Rogue Protocol

by Martha Wells

Novella · 2018

Locus recognition

"Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayChris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good."

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