| 2011-01-18 |
NOVEL |
English |
Among Others |
Jo Walton |
|
|
fantasy (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), recursive sf (1), Wales (1)
|
| 2010-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
All Clear |
Connie Willis |
|
|
time travel (1), 3-award-winner (1), strong female characters (1), world war ii (1), science fiction (1), historian (1), england (1)
|
| 2010-01-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Blackout |
Connie Willis |
|
|
time travel (1), 3-award-winner (1), strong female characters (1), world war ii (1), science fiction (1), historian (1), england (1)
|
| 2009-05-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
The City & The City |
|
|
|
5-award-winner (2), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), into-tv (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)
|
| 2008-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Graveyard Book |
Neil Gaiman |
|
|
Young Adult (1), 2-award-winner (1), ghosts (1), vampires (1), Destiny (1), love (1), graveyard (1), evil cabal (1), witch (1), episodic (1), Suspense (1), growing up (1), werewolf (1)
|
| 2007-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
Michael Chabon |
|
|
alternate history (2), mystery (1), fantasy (1), science fiction (1), 3-award-winner (1)
|
| 2006-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rainbows End |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
science fiction (1), ai bootstrap (1), near future (1), artificial intelligence (1), nanotechnology (1), 2-award-winner (1), augmented reality (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 2005-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Spin |
Robert Charles Wilson |
|
|
science fiction (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 2004-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
Susanna Clarke |
|
|
fantasy (2), alternate history (1), historical fantasy (1), napoleonic (1), elves (1), 3-award-winner (1), into-tv (1)
|
| 2003-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Paladin of Souls |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
|
|
fantasy (1), 3-award-winner (1)
|
| 2002-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hominids |
Robert J. Sawyer |
|
|
hominins (1), science fiction (1), Ontario (1), first contact (1), Neanderthals (1), parallel world (1), physicists (1), rape (1), LGBTQ+ (1), smell (1), pheromones (1), population control (1), reproduction (1), Utopia (1), eugenics (1), surveillance (1), wolves (1), intelligence (1), magnetic pole reversal (1), language (1), surgery (1), religion (1)
|
| 2001-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
American Gods |
Neil Gaiman |
|
|
into-tv (1), fantasy (1), superheroes (1)
|
| 2000-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
J. K. Rowling |
|
|
into-movie (1), fantasy (1), young-adult fantasy (1), magic school (1), orphan (1), hidden society (1), modern fantasy (1), media satire (1), england (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1999-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Deepness in the Sky |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
space opera (2), nanotechnology (2), alien perspective (1), transhuman (1), first contact (1), 3-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1998-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last |
Connie Willis |
|
|
2-award-winner (1), time travel (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), fire (1), historian (1), romance (1), strong female characters (1), victorian (1), england (1), dogs (1), boats (1), churches (1), science fiction (1), humorous (1)
|
| 1997-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Forever Peace |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
nanotechnology (2), 3-award-winner (1), drugs (1), racial conflict (1), virtual reality (1), Jupiter (1), empathy (1), mecha (1), weapons (1), future war (1), technology (1), military sf (1), science fiction (1), sex (1), robots (1), scientists (1), cosmology (1), memory edit (1), pessimism (1), hive mind (1), cults (1), technothriller (1), jacking in (1), mixed first and third person point of view (1), big bang (1)
|
| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Blue Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
science fiction (3), mars (3), terraforming (2), space elevator (2), nanotechnology (1), colonization (1), near future (1), climate control (1), climate change (1), Mercury (1), Titania (1), longevity (1), revolution (1), genetic engineering (1), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), asteroid belt (1), immigration (1), Corporations (1), memory loss (1)
|
| 1995-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Diamond Age |
Neal Stephenson |
|
|
nanotechnology (4), steampunk (3), cyberpunk (2), near future (2), science fiction (2), neo-victorian (1), postcyberpunk (1), 3-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), sociology (1), education (1), post-cyberpunk (1), matter duplication (1), computers (1), artificial intelligence (1)
|
| 1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Green Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
science fiction (3), mars (3), terraforming (2), colonization (2), space elevator (2), nanotechnology (1), near future (1), Mars colonization (1), genetic engineering (1), revolution (1), longevity (1), economics (1), politics (1), 2-award-winner (1), Seiun Award for best foreign language novel nominee (1), hard sf (1), sea level rise (1), underground city (1), orbital mirrors (1), coup (1)
|
| 1992-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Fire Upon the Deep |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
space opera (3), nanotechnology (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), transhuman (1), galactic culture (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), war with machines (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1992-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Doomsday Book |
Connie Willis |
|
|
3-award-winner (1), time travel (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), historian (1), epidemic (1), science fiction (1), strong female character (1), england (1), medieval (1), near future (1)
|
| 1991-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Barrayar |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
|
|
3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1990-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Vor Game |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
|
|
science fiction (1)
|
| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hyperion |
Dan Simmons |
|
|
space opera (4), nanotechnology (2), mega-flora (1), storytelling (1), AI (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), science fiction (1), far future (1), space warfare (1), artificial intelligence (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
|
| 1988-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cyteen |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
cloning (1), psychology (1), 3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1987-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Uplift War |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), uplift (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), ecological collapse (1), aliens (1), dolphins (1), apes (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1986-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Speaker for the Dead |
Orson Scott Card |
|
|
space opera (1), interstellar travel (1), artificial intelligence (1), far future (1), space colony (1), science fiction (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), symbiosis (1), epidemic (1), forests (1), aliens (1), relativistic time dilation (1), religion (1)
|
| 1985-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ender's Game |
Orson Scott Card |
|
|
space opera (3), science fiction (3), military sf (2), into-movie (2), first contact (1), from-short (1), child protagonist (1), 3-award-winner (1), aliens (1), asteroids (1), antigravity (1), genocide (1), ansible (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), games (1)
|
| 1984-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Neuromancer |
William Gibson |
|
|
artificial intelligence (3), cyberpunk (3), science fiction (2), virtual reality (2), dystopia (2), near future (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), Japan (1), poison (1), uploaded personalities (1), United States (1), istanbul (1), cryogenics (1), drugs (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), uplift (1), aquatic (1), 3-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), apes (1), alien artifacts (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), tsunami (1), Poetry (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), ancient library (1), trojan horse (1), ancient aliens (1), water world (1), strong female characters (1), dolphins (1), dolphin point of view (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1), war in space (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), genetic monsters (1)
|
| 1982-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foundation's Edge |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
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)
|
| 1981-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Downbelow Station |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (3), military sf (2), science fiction (1), space pirates (1), into-board game (1), pirates (1), hard sf (1), Tau Ceti (1)
|
| 1980-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Snow Queen |
Joan D. Vinge |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), cloning (1), female leaders (1), The Snow Queen (1)
|
| 1979-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fountains of Paradise |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
space elevator (2), science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), Sri Lanka (1), engineering (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1978-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dreamsnake |
Vonda N. McIntyre |
|
|
3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gateway |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
5-award-winner (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), survivor guilt (1), time dilation (1), black holes (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1976-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
|
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)
|
| 1975-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forever War |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
military sf (4), space opera (3), science fiction (2), into-board game (1), sub-light speed (1), war with aliens (1), power armor (1), dilatation (1), time travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1974-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (2), ambiguous utopia (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), love (1), celibacy (1), LGBTQ+ (1), alternating chapter structure (1), music (1), art (1), leather (1), food (1), into-radio (1), drought (1), anarchism (1), Utopia (1), mathematics (1), ansible (1), artificial language (1), physicists (1), university (1), double planet (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), Tau Ceti (1), philosophy (1), Albert Einstein (1), childbirth (1), trains (1), architecture (1), education (1), artificial languages (1), famine (1), Time (1), revolution (1), desert (1)
|
| 1973-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rendezvous with Rama |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
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)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gods Themselves |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (2), first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), parallel universe (1), translation (1), Moon colony (1), Solar apocalypse (1), advanced aliens (1), academia (1), rivalry (1), alternative energy (1), Etruscan (1), journalist (1), radioactivity (1), set in 22nd century (1), set in 2070s (1), intuition (1), lunar city (1), global Earth government (1), argon (1), tourism (1), power source (1), pions (1), gymnastics (1), nudity (1), immigration (1), plutonium (1), tungsten (1), food (1), genetic engineering (1), water (1), quasars (1), moon (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), sex (1)
|
| 1971-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Your Scattered Bodies Go |
Philip José Farmer |
|
|
historical characters (1), mind cloning (1), cloning (1), afterlife (1), mega-engineering (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), rivers (1), longevity (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1970-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
|
|
exploration (2), natural disaster (1), mega-engineering (1), asteroid (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), science fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), hard sf (1), into-video game (1), into-game (1), superconductivity (1), longevity (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), luck (1), time stasis (1), breeding program (1), faster than light travel (1), teleportation (1)
|
| 1969-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (2), cold (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 3-award-winner (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), alien point of view (1), first person (1), gender bending (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), social criticism (1), politics (1), multiple points of view (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), ice planet (1), philosophy (1), sociology (1), alternating chapter structure (1), androgyny (1)
|
| 1968-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stand on Zanzibar |
John Brunner |
|
|
overpopulation (2), near future (1), revolution (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), fictional Asian countries (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), neologisms (1), terrorism (1), africa (1), Indonesia (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lord of Light |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
colony (1), hindu-mythos (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), fantasy (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), apotheosis (1), rebellion (1), murder (1)
|
| 1966-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
artificial intelligence (3), moon (1), revolution (1), ai bootstrap (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), science fiction (1), electromagnetic catapults (1), polyandry (1), libertarianism (1), polyamory (1)
|
| 1966-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
This Immortal |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
immortal (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), mutation (1), aliens (1), first person point of view (1), tourism (1), pyramids (1), rebellion (1)
|
| 1965-12-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
|
|
space opera (3), galactic empire (3), precognition (3), religion (2), ecology (2), into-movie (2), into-tv (2), science fiction (2), secret breeding program (1), superman (1), revolution (1), mega-fauna (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 2-award-winner (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), cult fiction (1), ornithopters (1), force fields (1), drugs (1), space fantasy (1), desert (1), interstellar empire (1), space empire (1), specialized human breeding (1), prophecy (1), interstellar travel (1), eugenics (1), alien ecology (1), assassination (1), feud (1), strong female characters (1), into-board game (1)
|
| 1964-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wanderer |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), moon (1), extrasolar planet (1), aliens (1), tsunami (1), england (1), Florida (1), New York City (1), Atlantic Ocean (1)
|
| 1963-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Way Station |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
first contact (2), aliens (1), alien artifact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), butterflies (1), deafness (1), interstellar politics (1), US government surveillance (1), life extension (1), solitude (1), love (1), interstellar travel (1), rural (1), Wisconsin (1), Civil War veteran (1), contemporary (1), alien autopsy (1), grave desecration (1), longevity (1), muteness (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man in the High Castle |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
alternate history (6), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), nazis (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), into-tv (1), Hitler Wins (1), I Ching (1), jewelry (1), Japan (1), slavery (1), racism (1), San Francisco (1), story within a story (1), creativity (1), evil (1), America (1), resistance (1), Yin and Yang (1), international politics (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)
|
| 1959-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
|
|
religion (3), post apocalypse (2), post-apocalyptic (2), The 5-Parsec Shelf (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Physicians (1), interstellar travel (1), set in 3700s (1), Texas (1), set in 3100s (1), cannibalism (1), set in 2500s (1), Utah (1), into-radio (1), euthanasia (1), United States (1), Renaissance (1), mutants (1), Wandering Jew (1), monastery (1), nuclear war (1), science fiction (1), mexico (1), holy relics (1), historical perspective (1), warlords (1), Theology (1), Catholicism (1), illuminated manuscripts (1), canonizatioin (1), world war (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)
|
| 1958-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Case of Conscience |
James Blish |
|
|
first contact (1), religion (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Big Time |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
Librivox (1), time travel (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Hitler Wins (1), science fiction (1), locked room mystery (1)
|
| 1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
They'd Rather Be Right |
Mark Clifton and Frank Riley |
|
|
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Double Star |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), first person point of view (1), kidnapping (1), impersonation (1), interplanetary travel (1), mars (1), actors (1), moon (1)
|
| 1952-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Demolished Man |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
telepathy (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), New York City (1), science fiction (1), detective (1), earworm (1), time distortion (1), punishment (1), murder (1)
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