| 2022-01-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Paradise |
Hanya Yanagihara |
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|
epilepsy (1), food (1), HIV (1), euthanasia (1), correspondence (1), loss (1), flood (1), tsunami (1), extinction (1), set in 1890s (1), set in 1990s (1), sea level rise (1), climate change (1), pandemic (1), set in 2090s (1), New York City (1), science fiction (1), hawaii (1), dystopia (1), biologists (1), LGBTQ+ (1), alternate history (1), waste (1), coming of age (1), hospital (1), blindness (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 2007-07-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
J. K. Rowling |
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|
hidden society (1), orphan (1), magic school (1), young-adult fantasy (1), fantasy (1), modern fantasy (1), Young Adult (1), into-movie (1), coming of age (1), england (1), into-video game (1)
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| 2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Disunited States of America |
Harry Turtledove |
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alternate history (1), time travel (1), coins (1), racial conflict (1), thermobaric weapons (1), biological warfare (1), alternate worlds (1), california (1), Ohio (1), Virginia (1), Young Adult (1), coming of age (1), romance (1)
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| 2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Voices |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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|
young-adult fantasy (1), young-adult (1), Young Adult (1), coming of age (1), religion (1), cultural dominance (1)
|
| 2004-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gifts |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
young-adult (1), Young Adult (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), coming of age (1), slavery (1)
|
| 2002-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Sky So Big and Black |
John Barnes |
|
|
mars (2), science fiction (1), set in 2090s (1), psychiatrist (1), artificial intelligence (1), coming of age (1), terraforming (1), solar flare (1)
|
| 1997-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Destiny's Road |
Larry Niven |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), potassium (1), ecology (1), terraforming (1), colonization (1), science fiction (1), volcanoes (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Night Lamp |
Jack Vance |
|
|
space travel (1), coming of age (1), genetic engineering (1), science fiction (1), adoption (1)
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| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
One for the Morning Glory |
John Barnes |
|
|
fantasy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), humor (1), coming of age (1), wordplay (1)
|
| 1995-05-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Coming of Age in Karhide |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (1), androgyny (1), coming of age (1), cold (1), sexuality (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Many Waters |
Madeleine L'Engle |
|
|
young-adult time-travel (1), young-adult fantasy (1), new england (1), unicorns (1), time travel (1), twins (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1985-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All My Darling Daughters |
Connie Willis |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), rape (1)
|
| 1982-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Valley of Horses |
Jean M. Auel |
|
|
Pleistocene (1), female protagonist (1), science fiction (1), horses (1), romance (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1976-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Maske: Thaery |
Jack Vance |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), religion (1)
|
| 1975-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Marune: Alastor 933 |
Jack Vance |
|
|
smell (1), food (1), science fiction (1), amnesia (1), sex (1), multiple star system (1), coming of age (1), murder (1)
|
| 1975-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Birthgrave |
Tanith Lee |
|
|
masks (1), science fiction (1), psychic ability (1), volcanoes (1), coming of age (1), strong female character (1), slavery (1), epidemic (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1973-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Anome |
Jack Vance |
|
|
science fiction (1), music (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1970-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Tombs of Atuan |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), fantasy (1), into-tv (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Across a Billion Years |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
dyson sphere (1), young-adult sf (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1), archaeology (1), telepathy (1), first person point of view (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1968-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Wizard of Earthsea |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), fantasy (1), into-tv (1), quest (1), jealousy (1), ocean (1), archipelago (1), dragons (1), magic (1), wizards (1), students (1), magic school (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), coming of age (1), shipwreck (1), into-radio (1), into-movie (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1)
|
| 1967-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Weyr Search |
Anne McCaffrey |
|
|
science fiction (1), strong female character (1), telepathy (1), dragons (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1966-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Empire Star |
Samuel R. Delany |
|
|
space travel (1), machine intelligence (1), time travel (1), far future (1), novel within novella range (1), time loop (1), education (1), aliens (1), slavery (1), Tau Ceti (1), shipwreck (1), coming of age (1), Eta Aurigae (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), Earth (1), Oscar Wilde (1), sadness (1), filth (1), spaceport (1), New York City (1), cats (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Secret Place |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
revenge (1), romance (1), education (1), coming of age (1), prospecting (1), uranium (1), Geology (1), science fiction (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1964-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Whole Man |
John Brunner |
|
|
science fiction (2), telepath (1), england (1), child prodigy (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1963-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hunter, Come Home |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
Merril09 (1), science fiction (1), rejuvenation (1), planetary organism (1), hunting (1), romance (1), mega-flora (1), higher intelligence (1), coming of age (1), ecology (1), toxins (1), scientists (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Clockwork Orange |
Anthony Burgess |
|
|
dystopia (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), British dystopia (1), into-movie (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), disowned by its author (1), england (1), drugs (1), violence (1), music (1), behavior modification (1), bullying (1), coming of age (1), neologisms (1), into-play (1), science fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), rape (1), theft (1), library (1), suicide (1), hospital (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Life for the Stars |
James Blish |
|
|
New York City (1), sleep learning (1), ansible (1), coming of age (1), tobacco (1), computers (1), education (1), science fiction (1), flying city (1), Pennsylvania (1), antigravity (1), longevity (1), drugs (1), interstellar travel (1), kidnapping (1), thorium (1), germanium (1), powered armor (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeleine L'Engle |
|
|
into-movie (2), young-adult sf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), juvenile sf (1), into-opera (1), into-play (1), kidnapping (1), coming of age (1), aliens (1), female protagonist (1), good and evil (1), tesseract (1), child prodigy (1)
|
| 1962-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Novice |
James H. Schmitz |
|
|
Law (1), coming of age (1), telepathy (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger in a Strange Land |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
new religion (1), religion (1), mars (1), foundling (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cult fiction (1), group marriage (1), commune (1), time distortion (1), meditation (1), taxis (1), interplanetary travel (1), martyr (1), nudity (1), science fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), sleep (1), astrology (1), out-of-body experience (1), televangelists (1), euthanasia (1), diplomacy (1), telekinesis (1), snakes (1), language (1), gambling (1), cats (1), smell (1), perfume (1), sculpture (1), alcohol (1), afterlife (1), United States (1), circus (1), Earth (1), neologisms (1), water (1), teleportation (1), telepathy (1), paranormal powers (1), sex (1), Martians (1), birth control (1), Maryland (1), Pennsylvania (1), tattoos (1), waterbed (1), Physicians (1), nurses (1), Lawyers (1), journalists (1), politicians (1), eidetic memory (1), heaven (1), alien perspective (1), cannibalism (1), first contact (1), kidnapping (1), murder (1), world government (1), angels (1), zoo (1), San Francisco (1), Las Vegas (1), exhibitionism (1), homophobia (1), discussion of pornography (1), near future (1), Florida (1), suicide (1), Clairvoyance (1), genocide (1), coming of age (1), water ritual (1)
|
| 1960-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mine Own Ways |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
evolution (1), language (1), ritual (1), coming of age (1), hominids (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1959-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starship Troopers |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
military sf (4), science fiction (2), into-movie (2), young-adult sf (1), power armor (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), space opera (1), into-tv (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), coming of age (1), punishment (1), war with aliens (1), world government (1), into-video game (1), into-board game (1)
|
| 1959-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The People Maker |
Damon Knight |
|
|
Clones (1), slavery (1), invention (1), science fiction (1), human duplication (1), matter duplicator (1), Pennsylvania (1), coming of age (1), duel (1), dystopia (1), social collapse (1)
|
| 1959-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
When the People Fell |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
coming of age (1), Venusians (1), China (1), colonization (1), venus (1), science fiction (1), reporter (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Languages of Pao |
Jack Vance |
|
|
science fiction (1), language (1), interstellar war (1), education (1), coming of age (1), artificial language (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wayward Cravat |
Gertrude Friedberg |
|
|
coming of age (1), mathematics (1), child prodigy (1)
|
| 1957-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Citizen of the Galaxy |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
science fiction (1), young-adult sf (1), orphan (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), juvenile sf (1), slavery (1), interstellar travel (1), Wyoming (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1957-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Profession |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
coming of age (1), education (1), science fiction (1), San Francisco (1), Books (1), genius (1), examinations (1), creativity (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The City and the Stars |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
far future (2), science fiction (2), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), city life (1), coming of age (1), artificial intelligence (1), higher intelligence (1), incorporeal beings (1), subways (1), robots (1), interstellar travel (1), exploration (1), Utopia (1), sealed city (1), last city (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Revolt on Alpha C |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
young-adult sf (1), juvenile sf (1), interstellar travel (1), distant future (1), cadets (1), Alpha Centauri (1), dinosaurs (1), revolution (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Chrysalids |
John Wyndham |
|
|
dystopia (2), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), mutants (1), post apocalypse (1), cosy catastrophe (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), C1 Nanzan 117 (1), first person point of view (1), Canada (1), unusual children (1), coming of age (1), into-radio (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Tunnel in the Sky |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
survival (1), young-adult sf (1), portal-gates (1), juvenile sf (1), overpopulation (1), teleportation (1), education (1), caves (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1953-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Against the Fall of Night |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
far future (1), science fiction (1), incorporeal beings (1), higher intelligence (1), robots (1), artificial intelligence (1), coming of age (1), interstellar travel (1), religion (1), urban life (1), Utopia (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Second Foundation |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (2), psychohistory (1), galactic empire (1), hard sf (1), empathy (1), psychic ability (1), mutant (1), female protagonist (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), mind control (1), psychology (1), calendar (1), space war (1), stutter (1), stowaway (1), navigation (1), librarians (1), coming of age (1), strong female character (1), spaceport (1)
|
| 1951-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
"If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth ..." |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
postapocalyptic (1), moon (1), science fiction (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1939-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Misfit |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), mathematics (1), asteroid belt (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
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