| 1990-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Phule's Company |
Robert Asprin |
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humorous (1), science fiction (1), wealth (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), space foreign legion (1), dysfunctional military (1), leadership (1), strong female characters (1), episodic (1), butler (1)
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| 1989-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sword-Maker |
Jennifer Roberson |
|
|
fantasy (2), strong female characters (2), sword and sorcery (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sword-Singer |
Jennifer Roberson |
|
|
fantasy (2), strong female characters (2), sword and sorcery (1)
|
| 1986-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Aliens |
Alan Dean Foster |
|
|
movie novelization (1), novelization (1), science fiction (1), horror (1), android (1), strong female characters (1), female main character (1), first contact (1), military sf (1), aliens (1)
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| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sword-Dancer |
Jennifer Roberson |
|
|
fantasy (2), strong female characters (2), sword and sorcery (1), desert (1), swords (1)
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| 1985-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Sun in the Attic |
Mary Gentle |
|
|
steampunk (1), social commentary (1), progress (1), feudalism (1), matriarchy (1), strong female characters (1), polyandry (1), telescope (1), collapse of civilization (1)
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| 1985-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Warrior Woman |
Marion Zimmer Bradley |
|
|
female main character (1), strong female characters (1), female leaders (1), lesbian (1)
|
| 1984-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Demon |
John Varley |
|
|
mega-fauna (1), alien ecology (1), genetic engineering (1), centaurs (1), uploaded personalities (1), strong female characters (1), zombies (1), rebellion (1), nuclear war (1), surveillance (1), Titan (1)
|
| 1984-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Heretics of Dune |
Frank Herbert |
|
|
weather control (1), longevity (1), lasers (1), assassination (1), surveillance (1), diplomacy (1), pheromones (1), sadomasochism (1), prostitution (1), torture (1), psychic probe (1), desert (1), smell (1), loyalty (1), honor (1), computers (1), distant future (1), arcology (1), antigravity (1), diaspora (1), education (1), space opera (1), interstellar travel (1), sex (1), love (1), politics (1), Clones (1), drugs (1), punishment (1), eugenics (1), science fiction (1), Secrecy (1), art (1), precognition (1), genetic engineering (1), indeterminacy (1), strong female characters (1), vengeance (1), memory (1), religion (1)
|
| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), alien perspective (1), genetic monsters (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), war in space (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), dolphin point of view (1), dolphins (1), strong female characters (1), water world (1), ancient aliens (1), trojan horse (1), ancient library (1), artificial intelligence (1), Poetry (1), tsunami (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), apes (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 3-award-winner (1), aquatic (1), uplift (1)
|
| 1983-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Worlds Apart |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
science fiction (1), generation ships (1), multiple points of view (1), biological warfare (1), strong female characters (1), polyamory (1), space station (1), near future (1), post apocalyptic (1), only fatal to adults virus (1), death cult (1), mutants (1), Zaire (1), Florida (1), New York (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1982-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Helliconia Spring |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
2-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), cold (1), xenobiology (1), strong female characters (1), afterlife (1), aliens (1), seasons (1), interstellar travel (1), far future (1), climate change (1), neologisms (1)
|
| 1982-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Merchanter's Luck |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (2), strong female characters (1), science fiction (1), space pirates (1), trading (1), pirates (1), operating on the fringes of the law (1), intrigue (1), PTSD (1), shame (1), loyalty (1), family (1), romance (1), interstellar travel (1), family spaceship (1)
|
| 1982-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fall of the Shell |
Paul O. Williams |
|
|
science fiction (1), strong female characters (1), United States (1)
|
| 1982-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Pride of Chanur |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
trading (1), space opera (1), alien culture (1), science fiction (1), strong female characters (1)
|
| 1981-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Creation |
Gore Vidal |
|
|
99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), China (1), india (1), Greece (1), Persia (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), strong female characters (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1981-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Breaking of Northwall |
Paul O. Williams |
|
|
strong female characters (1), United States (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1981-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dome in the Forest |
Paul O. Williams |
|
|
science fiction (1), postapocalyptic (1), strong female characters (1)
|
| 1980-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dangerous Games |
Marta Randall |
|
|
oppressed worker class (1), corrupt government (1), romance (1), strong female characters (1), interstellar travel (1), xenophobia (1), bioengineered humans (1), corporate crime (1), political intrigue (1), spaceship repair (1)
|
| 1980-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wild Seed |
Octavia E. Butler |
|
|
only Earth (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), telepathy (1), telekinesis (1), strong female characters (1), spiritual (1), shapechangers (1), secret breeding program (1), only humans (1), fantasy (1), mutant (1), immortal (1), human experiment (1), genetic engineering (1), female main character (1), female leaders (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1980-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wizard |
John Varley |
|
|
mega-fauna (1), alien ecology (1), alcohol (1), strong female characters (1), aliens (1), music (1), longevity (1), sex (1), Titan (1)
|
| 1979-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Juniper Time |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
|
science fiction (2), Oregon (2), space station (2), native americans (2), linguistics (2), desert (2), drought (2), climate change (2), decryption (1), translating machine (1), astronauts (1), near future (1), space program (1), translation (1), cold war politics (1), cold war (1), academia (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), holism (1), boston (1), Washington, DC (1), alien artifacts (1), strong female characters (1)
|
| 1979-06-00 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
The Book of Morgaine |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
parallel worlds (1), time-travel romance (1), war with aliens (1), lost race (1), strong female characters (1), trust (1), betrayal (1), service (1), redemption (1), honor (1), revenge (1)
|
| 1979-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Titan |
John Varley |
|
|
alien ecology (2), first contact (1), mega-fauna (1), saturn-titan (1), Titan (1), strong female characters (1), science fiction (1), space travel (1), lesbian (1), centaurs (1), music (1), Living spaceship (1)
|
| 1972-03-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
When It Changed |
Joanna Russ |
|
|
strong female characters (1), science fiction (1), parthenogenesis (1), dueling (1), matriarchy (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Witches of Karres |
James H. Schmitz |
|
|
strong female characters (1), paranormal powers (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (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), desert (1), cult fiction (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), space fantasy (1), drugs (1), force fields (1), ornithopters (1), secret breeding program (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 2-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), mega-fauna (1), revolution (1), superman (1)
|
| 1964-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Earth's Last Citadel |
Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore |
|
|
The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), time travel (1), post apocalypse (1), strong female characters (1), 1944 retro hugo nominee candidate (1), world war ii (1), Tunisia (1)
|
| 1963-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Putnam Tradition |
Sonya Dorman |
|
|
Librivox (1), strong female characters (1), paranormal abilities (1), contemporary (1), family (1), modern magic (1), classical magic (1), maternal heritage (1), paternal heritage (1)
|
| 1960-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Something Bright |
Zenna Henderson |
|
|
poverty (1), children (1), strong female characters (1), Great Depression (1), parallel universe (1), old age (1)
|
| 1929-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Out of the Void |
Leslie F. Stone |
|
|
telepathy (2), ninth Solar planet (1), small sun (1), science fiction (1), space travel (1), strong female characters (1), sf romance (1)
|
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