| 2022-02-03 |
NOVEL |
English |
The This |
Adam Roberts |
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gestalt (1), hive mind (1), terraforming Venus (1), venus (1), murder (1), suicide (1), loneliness (1), Mental Health (1), multiple time periods (1), social media (1), london (1), near future (1), science fiction (1), gig economy (1), sexbots (1), female robot (1), humaniform robot (1), humanoid robot (1), humanoid robots (1)
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| 2021-03-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Desolation Called Peace |
Arkady Martine |
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science fiction (2), lesbian (1), aliens (1), war between humans and aliens (1), war with aliens (1), ambassador (1), space empire (1), politics (1), political intrigue (1), brain implant (1), military sf (1), space opera (1), Alien Communication (1), group mind (1), group consciousness (1)
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| 2021-02-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
A History of What Comes Next |
Sylvain Neuvel |
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science fiction (2), lesbian (1), first person point of view (1), first person (1), Germany (1), present tense (1), russia (1), WW2 (1), WWII (1), World War 2 (1), world war ii (1), cold war (1), space program (1), mother and daughter (1), Mothers and daughters (1), Wernher von Braun (1), Sergei Korolev (1), clone (1), Clones (1), rockets (1), carbon dioxide increase (1), global warming (1)
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| 2021-01-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bear Head |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
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near future (1), science fiction (1), Mars colonization (1), Mars colony (1), mars (1), bear (1), bears (1), intelligent bear (1), intelligent dog (1), brain implant (1), brain uploading (1), bees (1), genetic modification (1), political intrigue (1), global government (1)
|
| 2021-11-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beyond the Hallowed Sky |
Ken MacLeod |
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interstellar colonies (1), defection (1), cold war politics (1), message from the future (1), faster than light travel (1), FTL spacecraft (1), FTL travel (1), FTL (1), alien intelligence (1), aliens (1), Venus exploration (1), venus (1), submarines (1), submarine (1), scotland (1), artificial intelligence (1), AI (1), robot protagonist (1), robot (1), humanoid robot (1), humaniform robot (1), near future (1), science fiction (1), interstellar colonization (1), surveillance (1), computerized surveillance (1), surveillance state (1)
|
| 2021-10-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
Far from the Light of Heaven |
Tade Thompson |
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science fiction (2), suspended animation (1), horror (1), father and daughter (1), alien child (1), aliens (1), space colony (1), colony ship (1), detective mystery (1), detective (1), murder mystery (1), artificial intelligence (1), android (1), wormhole (1), wormholes (1)
|
| 2021-10-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
Galaxias |
Stephen Baxter |
|
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airship (1), eclipse (1), Kuiper Belt (1), Mercury (1), politics (1), China (1), Naples (1), Gateshead (1), near future (1), science fiction (1), climate change (1), UK (1), hard sf (1), moon (1), sun (1), dark energy (1), self-replicating machines (1), mother and son (1), government (1), cosmic disaster (1)
|
| 2021-07-20 |
NOVEL |
English |
Notes from the Burning Age |
Catherine Webb |
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escape from enemies (1), chased by the enemy (1), war (1), istanbul (1), wind power (1), Solar power (1), post-collapse (1), politics (1), espionage (1), climate change (1), Vienna (1), first person (1), first person point of view (1), science fiction (1), Bucharest (1), Budapest (1), Europe (1), bicycle (1), mole hunt (1)
|
| 2021-11-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
Termination Shock |
Neal Stephenson |
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climate change (2), geoengineering (2), science fiction (2), near future (2), enhanced senses (1), China (1), drones (1), Albania (1), Venice (1), Saudi Arabia (1), border dispute (1), sea level rise (1), Netherlands (1), Texas (1), Houston (1), Sikhism (1), india (1), feral hogs (1), European royalty (1), rising sea level (1), rising seas (1), Punjab (1), martial arts (1), politics (1), disinformation (1), social media (1), Papua New Guinea (1), billionaire (1)
|
| 2020-05-12 |
NOVEL |
English |
Firewalkers |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
|
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solar energy (1), Solar power (1), africa (1), space elevator (1), climate change (1), West Africa (1), Gabon (1), science fiction (1), holograms (1), artificial intelligence (1), giant insects (1), global warming (1)
|
| 2020-04-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ghost Species |
James Bradley |
|
|
ecological collapse (1), societal collapse (1), unusual children (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), climate change (1), Tasmania (1), scientists (1), present tense (1), extinct animals (1), Neanderthal (1), Neanderthals (1), secret breeding program (1)
|
| 2020-03-17 |
NOVEL |
English |
Liquid Crystal Nightingale |
Ee Leen Lee |
|
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science fiction (2), asteroid mining (1), space colony (1), detective (1), detective mystery (1), future detective mystery (1), cybernetics (1), martial arts (1), family secrets (1), attack by aliens (1), mysterious aliens (1), students (1), sisters (1)
|
| 2020-02-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Last Day |
Andrew Hunter Murray |
|
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near future (2), dystopia (1), science fiction (1), tidal locking (1), mystery (1), Great Britain (1), london (1), cosmic disaster (1)
|
| 2020-10-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Saints of Salvation |
Peter F. Hamilton |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (2), wormholes (1), london (1), London, England (1), interplanetary portal (1), portal-gates (1), aliens (1), war with aliens (1), attack by aliens (1), alien invasion (1), slow time (1), time accelerated (1), time control (1), message from the future (1), religious aliens (1), gestalt entity (1)
|
| 2020-07-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
Two Tribes |
Chris Beckett |
|
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privileged class (1), class conflict (1), socioeconomic class (1), social class (1), surveillance state (1), surveillance (1), climate change (1), Norfolk (1), london (1), historian (1), culture clash (1), science fiction (1), dystopia (1), UK (1), Great Britain (1), Brexit (1), politics (1)
|
| 2019-07-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Aftershocks |
Marko Kloos |
|
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military sf (1), science fiction (1), space opera (1)
|
| 2019-04-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cage of Souls |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
|
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far future (1), psy powers (1), psychic powers (1), prisoners (1), prison (1), hostile fauna (1), science fiction (1), dying earth (1), first person (1), last city (1)
|
| 2019-04-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Delta-v |
Daniel Suarez |
|
|
near future (2), asteroids (2), technothriller (1), science fiction (1), asteroid (1), asteroid mining (1), astronaut (1), astronaut training (1), privately funded spaceflight (1), secret space mission (1), 162173 Ryugu (1)
|
| 2019-04-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
Edges |
Linda Nagata |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (1), nanotech (1), nanotechnology (1), far future (1), virtual existence (1)
|
| 2019-04-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Emily Eternal |
Mark Wheaton |
|
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artificial intelligence (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), augmented reality (1), Solar apocalypse (1)
|
| 2019-03-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
Infinite Detail |
Tim Maughan |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), cosy catastrophe (1), augmented reality (1), New York (1), Bristol (1), UK (1), internet (1), societal collapse (1), surveillance state (1), computerized surveillance (1)
|
| 2019-04-18 |
NOVEL |
English |
Machines Like Me |
Ian McEwan |
|
|
androids (1), london (1), alternate history (1), science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), 1980s (1), Alan Turing (1)
|
| 2019-10-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
Salvation Lost |
Peter F. Hamilton |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (2), alien invasion (1), attack by aliens (1), war with aliens (1), aliens (1), portal-gates (1), interplanetary portal (1), London, England (1), criminals (1), criminal gang (1), london (1), wormholes (1)
|
| 2019-04-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Crying Machine |
Greg Chivers |
|
|
science fiction (1), antikythera mechanism (1), Jerusalem (1), heists (1), cyborgs (1)
|
| 2019-07-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Last Astronaut |
David Wellington |
|
|
horror (2), science fiction (2), first contact (1), privately funded spaceflight (1), Big Dumb Object (1), astronomer (1), astronaut (1), NASA (1), near future (1), Oumuamua (1), first Mars voyage (1), mars (1)
|
| 2019-03-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Light Brigade |
Kameron Hurley |
|
|
military sf (2), science fiction (2), space opera (1), mars (1), time travel (1), Corporations (1), corporate war (1), corporate dystopia (1), teleportation (1)
|
| 2019-08-08 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
To Be Taught, If Fortunate |
Becky Chambers |
|
|
science fiction (2), crowdfunding (1), interstellar exploration (1), space exploration (1), planetary exploration (1), interplanetary exploration (1), extrasolar planet (1), genetic manipulation (1), genetically enhanced humans (1), privately funded spaceflight (1), water world (1), tidal locking (1)
|
| 2019-06-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
Velocity Weapon |
Megan E. O'Keefe |
|
|
space opera (1), artificial intelligence (1), siblings (1), science fiction (1), alternating chapter structure (1), amputee (1), space war (1), stargates (1), brain implant (1), sentient spaceship (1), political intrigue (1)
|
| 2019-05-28 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Walking to Aldebaran |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
|
|
strange physics (1), interplanetary portal (1), science fiction (1), astronaut (1), Big Dumb Object (1), Beyond Pluto expedition (1), alien artifact (1), first person (1), alternating chapter structure (1)
|
| 2018-08-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
By the Pricking of Her Thumb |
Adam Roberts |
|
|
near future (1), futuristic mystery (1), science fiction (1), murder mystery (1), virtual reality (1), Great Britain (1), money (1)
|
| 2018-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Embers of War |
Gareth L. Powell |
|
|
military sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2018-07-24 |
NOVEL |
English |
Record of a Spaceborn Few |
Becky Chambers |
|
|
science fiction (4), space opera (3), generation starships (2), far future (2), AI (1), soft sf (1), biological engineering (1), taboos (1), technology (1), humour (1), sex (1), spaceships (1), series (1), aliens (1), antigravity (1), economics (1), wornholes (1), generation starship (1), generation ships (1), generation ship (1), diaspora (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1)
|
| 2018-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Salvation |
Peter F. Hamilton |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (1), wormholes (1), war with aliens (1)
|
| 2017-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Series of Steaks |
Vina Jie-Min Prasad |
|
|
science fiction (2), synthetic food (2), Artificial meat (2), near future (1), present tense (1), China (1), farming (1), bioprinting (1), 3d printing (1), artificial food (1), food synthesis (1)
|
| 2017-11-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
America City |
Chris Beckett |
|
|
dystopia (1), science fiction (1), climate change (1), politics (1)
|
| 2017-09-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
Autonomous |
Annalee Newitz |
|
|
science fiction (4), robots (2), slavery (2), cyberpunk (2), drugs (2), near future (1), sex (1), feminism (1), LBGTQ (1), Capitalism (1), Societal Exploitation (1), smuggling (1), Piracy (1), Pharmaceutical Industry (1), Monopoly (1), Medical Ethics (1), hard science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), child abuse (1), Business Immorality (1), Big Business (1), Exploitation (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1)
|
| 2017-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Eminence |
Karl Schroeder |
|
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science fiction (1), near future (1), Canada (1), blockchain (1), cryptocurrency (1), native americans (1), augmented reality (1), financial crash (1), economic collapse (1), surveillance (1), economics (1)
|
| 2017-11-07 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Ironclads |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
|
|
military sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2017-07-27 |
NOVEL |
English |
Noumenon |
Marina J. Lostetter |
|
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generation ship (2), science fiction (2), artificial intelligence (1), cloning (1), clone (1), generation ships (1), Big Dumb Object (1)
|
| 2017-09-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sea of Rust |
C. Robert Cargill |
|
|
post apocalypse (2), robots (2), artificial intelligence (2), robot (1), robot civilization (1), killer robots (1), intelligent robots (1), humanoid robots (1), robot rebellion (1), war with robots (1), AI protagonist (1), robot protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), first person narrative (1), first person (1), Ohio (1), science fiction (1), supercomputers (1)
|
| 2017-06-17 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Last Good Man |
Linda Nagata |
|
|
military sf (1), near future (1), robots (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2017-08-24 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Real-Town Murders |
Adam Roberts |
|
|
near future (1), dystopia (1), thriller (1), virtual reality (1), science fiction (1), Hitchcockian (1), UK (1), mystery (1), futuristic mystery (1)
|
| 2017-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wind Will Rove |
Sarah Pinsker |
|
|
science fiction (2), generation ship (1), generation starship (1), first person point of view (1), teacher (1), folk music (1), music (1), musicians (1), Earth history (1), history (1), culture (1), shared culture (1), computer virus (1)
|
| 2016-09-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
Revenger |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
science fiction (2), far future (2), sisters (1), space pirates (1), solar system travel (1)
|
| 2016-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea |
Sarah Pinsker |
|
|
science fiction (1), societal collapse (1), post-collapse (1), lesbian (1)
|
| 2016-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Medusa Chronicles |
Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
science fiction (2), terrorism (1), alternate history (1), giant submarine (1), submarine (1), space mining (1), cyborg (1), Kuiper Belt (1), sentient machine (1), emergence of machine sentience (1), Jupiter (1), Mercury (1), war with machines (1), saturn (1), Io (1)
|
| 2015-11-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
Europe at Midnight |
Dave Hutchinson |
|
|
near future (1), thriller (1), pandemic (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2015-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Memento Mori |
Madeline Ashby |
|
|
science fiction (1), rejuvenation (1), Rejuvenation technology (1), polyamory (1), marriage (1), altered body (1), body swap (1), Body modification (1)
|
| 2015-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Our Lady of the Open Road |
Sarah Pinsker |
|
|
musicians (2), music (2), science fiction (2), near future (2), lesbian (1), music business (1), musical group (1), punk music (1), rock music (1)
|
| 2015-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Remembery Day |
Sarah Pinsker |
|
|
science fiction (2), War veterans (2), military veteran (1), veteran (1), Veterans (1), PTSD (1), disability (1), disabled (1), mother and daughter (1), memory erasure (1), memory loss (1), memory wiping (1)
|
| 2015-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Something Coming Through |
Paul J. McAuley |
|
|
science fiction (2), aliens (1), near future (1), alternating chapter structure (1), london (1), Great Britain (1)
|
| 2014-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide |
Sarah Pinsker |
|
|
science fiction (2), science fantasy (1), Prosthetic limbs (1), prosthetics (1)
|
| 2014-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In Babelsberg |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
science fiction (1), first person point of view (1), first person (1), robot (1), robot protagonist (1), solar system exploration (1), spacecraft accident (1), Germany (1), dinosaur (1)
|
| 2014-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lock In |
John Scalzi |
|
|
near future (1), virtual reality (1), science fiction (1), mystery (1), futuristic mystery (1)
|
| 2013-10-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ancillary Justice |
Ann Leckie |
|
|
space opera (3), artificial intelligence (3), science fiction (3), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1), gender (1), imperialism (1), space empire (1), first person (1), multiple selfs (1), 恐怖 (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1)
|
| 2013-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling |
Ted Chiang |
|
|
science fiction (1), memory enhancement (1), memory recording (1), parenting (1), africa (1), missionary (1), tribal culture (1), tribes (1), alternating chapter structure (1), literacy (1)
|
| 2011-08-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel |
Yoon Ha Lee |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), space war (1)
|
| 2011-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
After the Apocalypse |
Maureen F. McHugh |
|
|
science fiction (2), dirty bomb (1), post apocalypse (1), mother and child (1), mother and daughter (1), economic collapse (1), societal collapse (1), social collapse (1), present tense (1), near future (1), scavenging (1)
|
| 2011-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dolly |
Elizabeth Bear |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), murder (1), murder mystery (1), detective mystery (1), detective (1), homicide detective (1), police detective (1), police (1), robot (1), female robot (1), humanoid robots (1), humaniform robot (1), killer robots (1)
|
| 2011-10-25 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three |
Ken MacLeod |
|
|
science fiction (1), near future (1), Paris (1), first person point of view (1), first person (1), first person narrative (1), revolution (1), France (1), writer (1), writers (1), expatriates (1), antigravity (1), anti-gravity (1)
|
| 2010-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lifecycle of Software Objects |
Ted Chiang |
|
|
science fiction (1), artificial life (1), virtual existance (1), technological advances (1), obsolescence (1), avatars (1), artificial intelligence (1), learning machines (1)
|
| 2009-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Windup Girl |
Paolo Bacigalupi |
|
|
Bangkok (2), Thailand (2), 3-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), elephants (1), Refugees (1), biopunk (1), expatriates (1), environmental issues (1), alternative energy (1), genetic engineering (1), science fiction (1), virus (1), present tense (1)
|
| 2008-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Evil Robot Monkey |
Mary Robinette Kowal |
|
|
science fiction (2), chimps (1), intelligent chimps (1), Animal intelligence (1), enhanced animals (1), intelligent animals (1), brain implant (1)
|
| 2008-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ironclads |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
|
|
military sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Finisterra |
David Moles |
|
|
science fiction (2), linguistics (1), space whales (1), hunters (1), hunting (1), engineer (1), societal expectations (1), aviation (1), balloons (1)
|
| 2006-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Every Hole Is Outlined |
John Barnes |
|
|
science fiction (1), far future (1), freight hauling (1), relativistic time dilation (1), slavery (1), Slave trade (1), ghosts (1), ship's captain (1)
|
| 2004-07-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Synthetic Serendipity |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
dinosaurs (1), augmented reality (1), adult education (1), education (1), california (1), science fiction (1), wearable technology (1)
|
| 2004-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ocean of the Blind |
James L. Cambias |
|
|
science fiction (1), hard sf (1), aliens (1), aquatic aliens (1), aquatic expedition (1), underwater (1), scientists (1), alien contact (1), contact with aliens (1), first contact (1), undersea (1)
|
| 2003-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Singularity Sky |
Charles Stross |
|
|
space opera (3), science fiction (3), singularity (2), nanotechnology (2), military sf (1), space navy (1), secret agent (1), interplanetary diplomacy (1), causality (1), revolution (1), revolutionaries (1), social impact of technology (1)
|
| 2002-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In Paradise |
Bruce Sterling |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), Iran (1), surveillance (1), immigration (1), immigration enforcement (1), muslim (1), romance (1)
|
| 2001-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Chronoliths |
Robert Charles Wilson |
|
|
science fiction (3), time travel (3), Thailand (2), Jerusalem (1), mexico (1), Wyoming (1), near future (1), academic mentor (1), first person (1)
|
| 2000-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Salt |
Adam Roberts |
|
|
anarchism (1), terrorism (1), asymmetric warfare (1), science fiction (1), colonization of other worlds (1), colony planet (1), extrasolar colonies (1), human colonization of extrasolar planets (1), interplanetary colonization (1), interstellar colonization (1), planetary colonization (1), cryosleep (1), guerrilla war (1), desert (1)
|
| 1999-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Everywhere |
Geoff Ryman |
|
|
science fiction (2), near future (2), england (1), northern England (1), northeast England (1), grandfather (1), death (1), dolphin (1), dolphins (1), first person (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1999-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Exchange Rate |
Hal Clement |
|
|
science fiction (2), hard sf (2), far future (1), first contact (1), hostile environment (1), trade with aliens (1), mysterious aliens (1), earthquakes (1), organic technology (1), high gravity (1)
|
| 1999-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Suicide Coast |
M. John Harrison |
|
|
near future (2), science fiction (2), virtual reality (1), london (1), extreme sports (1), first person (1), first person narrative (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1996-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starplex |
Robert J. Sawyer |
|
|
science fiction (1)
|
| 1995-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Slow River |
Nicola Griffith |
|
|
science fiction (2), strong female characters (1), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), lesbian (1), Hull (1), Kingston upon Hull (1), UK (1), Britain (1), Great Britain (1)
|
| 1995-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The War Memorial |
Allen Steele |
|
|
science fiction (1), military sf (1), the moon (1), war on the Moon (1), present tense (1), power armour (1), power armor (1), powered armor (1), powered armour (1), fighting suits (1)
|
| 1991-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beggars in Spain |
Nancy Kress |
|
|
science fiction (2), genetic engineering (2), near future (1), alcoholism (1), hard sf (1), alcoholic (1), stepmother (1), twins (1), twin sisters (1), sisters (1), unusual children (1), billionaire (1), Lawyers (1), lawyer (1), Harvard (1), Chicago (1), doctors (1)
|
| 1991-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Griffin's Egg |
Michael Swanwick |
|
|
moon (2), science fiction (2), hard sf (1), insanity (1), bioweapon (1), global war (1), the moon (1), solar flare (1), lunar industry (1), moon base (1), moonbase (1), Moon colony (1), lunar colony (1)
|
| 1991-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Raft |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
high gravity (2), science fiction (2), hard sf (1), strange physics (1), dystopian (1), gravity (1), altered laws of physics (1), nebula (1), alternate universe (1), revolution (1), space mining (1), space whales (1)
|
| 1990-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mr. Boy |
James Patrick Kelly |
|
|
science fiction (2), cyberpunk (1), first person point of view (1), first person (1), rich and poor (1), poor and rich (1), rich kids (1), genetic manipulation (1), genetic modification (1), genetic engineering (1), mother and son (1), age regression (1), prolonging youth (1), dinosaur (1), AI assistant (1)
|
| 1987-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dawn |
Octavia E. Butler |
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science fiction (2), first contact (1), hard sf (1), human-alien hybrids (1), aliens (1), post apocalypse (1), alien spaceship (1), Living spaceship (1), Non-binary gender (1), post-apocalypse (1), captives (1), genetic modification (1), jungle (1), suspended animation (1), tentacles (1), Last survivors (1), Grey alien (1)
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| 1987-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Life During Wartime |
Lucius Shepard |
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Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), Guatemala (1), military sf (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1982-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foundation's Edge |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), computers (1), antigravity (1), mental power (1), psychic ability (1), group mind (1), smell (1), world city (1), microfilm (1), language (1), virtual reality (1), telepathy (1), tachyons (1), evolution (1), courtroom drama (1), faster than light drive (1), Earth (1), interstellar travel (1), galactic empire (1), library (1), encyclopedia (1), weather control (1), politicians (1), historians (1), mind shield (1), mind control (1), distant future (1), psychohistory (1), higher intelligence (1), male bonding (1), radioactivity (1), fashion (1), time travel (1), robots (1), multiverse (1)
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| 1981-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pusher |
John Varley |
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dilatation (1), science fiction (1), time dilation (1), relativistic time dilation (1)
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| 1981-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Songs of Distant Earth |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (1), nova (1), supernova (1), after the destruction of Earth (1), Earth destroyed (1), colony ship (1), suspended animation (1)
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| 1980-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mockingbird |
Walter Tevis |
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dystopia (1), decline of humanity (1), android (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1979-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Juniper Time |
Kate Wilhelm |
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science fiction (2), Oregon (2), space station (2), native americans (2), linguistics (2), desert (2), drought (2), climate change (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), strong female characters (1), alien artifacts (1), Washington, DC (1), boston (1), holism (1), decryption (1), academia (1), cold war (1), cold war politics (1), translation (1), space program (1), near future (1), astronauts (1), translating machine (1)
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| 1979-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fountains of Paradise |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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space elevator (2), science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), Sri Lanka (1), engineering (1), first contact (1)
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| 1979-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
Douglas Adams |
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dolphin (1), comedy (1), philosophical quest (1), into-tv (1), cult fiction (1), from-radio (1), mega-engineering (1), england (1), interstellar travel (1), space drive (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), philosophy (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), into-video game (1)
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| 1977-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Scanner Darkly |
Philip K. Dick |
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science fiction (2), drugs (2), california (2), into-movie (1), addiction (1), espionage (1), police (1), rehabilitation (1), drug abuse (1), drug addiction (1), drug use (1), illegal drugs (1), undercover operations (1)
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| 1976-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mindbridge |
Joe Haldeman |
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telepathy (2), science fiction (2), space opera (1), hard sf (1), explorers (1), interplanetary exploration (1), interstellar exploration (1), planetary exploration (1), Alien Communication (1), communication (1), interspecies communication (1), thought communication (1), dangerous missions (1), suicide (1)
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| 1976-03-00 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
The Word for World Is Forest |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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Young Adult (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1976-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang |
Kate Wilhelm |
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Clones (2), cloning (2), 2-award-winner (1), post-apocalyptic (1), female protagonist (1), Virginia (1), breeding program (1), collapse of civilzation (1), societal collapse (1), social collapse (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1975-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Missing Man |
Katherine MacLean |
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terrorism (1), police (1), New York City (1), New York (1), criminal gang (1), telepathy (1), telepathic (1), telepath (1), first person point of view (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), underwater city (1)
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| 1975-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Female Man |
Joanna Russ |
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SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), alternate history (1), science fiction (1), world without men/women (1)
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| 1973-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
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science fiction (2), spiders (1), aliens (1), cannibalism (1), alien protagonist (1), first person (1), first person narrative (1), first person point of view (1), life cycle (1), unusual life cycle (1), reproductive imperative (1), alien reproduction (1)
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| 1973-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rendezvous with Rama |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (3), first contact (3), near future (1), alien artifact (1), mega-starship (1), sub-light speed (1), hard science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 5-award-winner (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), hard sf (1), genetic engineering (1), space travel (1), robots (1), exploration (1), into-radio (1), into-video game (1), Big Dumb Object (1)
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| 1973-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Embedding |
Ian Watson |
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linguistics (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), Brazil (1), Nevada (1), first contact (1), Amazon jungle (1), unethical research (1), drug (1), drug use (1)
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