| 2022-08-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution |
R. F. Kuang |
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fantasy (1), academia (1), silver (1), language (1), colonialism (1)
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| 2015-01-07 |
NOVEL |
French |
Soumission |
Michel Houellebecq |
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satire (1), near future (1), politics (1), France (1), only humans (1), islam (1), academia (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 2009-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Calculus Plague |
Marissa Lingen |
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academia (1), science fiction (1), Medical Ethics (1), memory (1)
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| 2000-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Millennium Babies |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
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science fiction (1), near future (1), academia (1), history (1), Nature (1), nurture (1), parenthood (1)
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| 2000-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Coming |
Joe Haldeman |
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science fiction (1), dystopia (1), social commentary (1), politics (1), near future (1), academia (1), alien visitation (1), hard sf (1), climate change (1)
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| 1999-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Reality Check |
Michael A. Burstein |
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wormhole (1), parallel universe (1), marriage (1), academia (1), Judaism (1), physicists (1), physics (1), science fiction (1), near future (1)
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| 1998-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Time Gypsy |
Ellen Klages |
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science fiction (1), time travel (1), physics (1), San Francisco (1), homosexuality (1), lesbianism (1), academia (1), physicists (1)
|
| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb |
Esther M. Friesner |
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mistaken identity (1), professor (1), academia (1), Jabba the Hutt (1), star wars (1), Salacious Crumb (1)
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| 1994-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Standard Candles |
Jack McDevitt |
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science fiction (1), astronomy (1), astronomers (1), marriage (1), character study (1), academia (1)
|
| 1991-12-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In the Late Cretaceous |
Connie Willis |
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science fiction (1), satire (1), humor (1), academia (1), paleontology (1)
|
| 1990-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hemingway Hoax |
Joe Haldeman |
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science fiction (1), academia (1), forgery (1), branching universe (1), parallel universe (1), love triangle (1), con man (1), con game (1)
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| 1990-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pronounced Effect |
John Brunner |
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contemporary (1), academia (1), Miskatonic University (1), academic dispute (1), insecure protagonist (1), curse (1), romantic hero (1)
|
| 1989-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
At the Rialto |
Connie Willis |
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|
science fiction (1), quantum mechanics (1), academia (1), humor (1)
|
| 1989-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Time Out |
Connie Willis |
|
|
science fiction (1), academia (1), humor (1), time-travel (1), time loop (1), deja vu (1)
|
| 1987-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Temple to a Minor Goddess |
Susan Shwartz |
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science fiction (1), goddess (1), greek mythology (1), ancient rome (1), ancient Greece (1), classics (1), academia (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1986-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Escape from Kathmandu |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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nepal (1), Kathmandu (1), science fiction (1), discovered manuscript (1), cryptids (1), yeti (1), Abominable Snowman (1), academia (1), biology (1), zoology (1), zoologists (1), himalayas (1)
|
| 1986-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Surviving |
Judith Moffett |
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science fiction (1), feral child (1), interspecies sex (1), academia (1), psychology (1), great apes (1), chimps (1)
|
| 1984-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Elemental |
Geoffrey A. Landis |
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science fiction (1), academia (1), cell phone fixes the plot (1), antimatter (1), volcanoes (1), elementals (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), love triangle (1)
|
| 1984-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Silicon Muse |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), academia (1), metafiction (1), nested stories (1)
|
| 1982-02-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fire Watch |
Connie Willis |
|
|
time travel (3), world war ii (2), london (2), fire (1), historian (1), terrorism (1), churches (1), first person narrative (1), first person (1), academia (1), World War 2 (1), UK (1), england (1), cathedral (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1982-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Offer of Immortality |
Robertson Davies |
|
|
academia (1), first person (1), fantasy (1), immortality (1)
|
| 1981-06-08 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Woman the Unicorn Loved |
Gene Wolfe |
|
|
science fiction (1), mythology (1), genetic engineering (1), academia (1), myth (1), unicorns (1)
|
| 1980-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Timescape |
Gregory Benford |
|
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time travel (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), scientists (1), academia (1), ecological collapse (1), tachyons (1), california (1), england (1), epidemic (1)
|
| 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), 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)
|
| 1972-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dying Inside |
Robert Silverberg |
|
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Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), academia (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), New York City (1), drugs (1), sex (1), fish (1), chickens (1), aging (1), alienation (1)
|
| 1972-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mirror Image |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), detective (1), mystery (1), academia (1), robots (1), android (1), psychology (1), logic (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gods Themselves |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (2), genetic engineering (1), tourism (1), power source (1), pions (1), gymnastics (1), nudity (1), immigration (1), plutonium (1), tungsten (1), food (1), global Earth government (1), water (1), quasars (1), moon (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), sex (1), nonbinary gender (1), alternative energy (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), argon (1), Etruscan (1), journalist (1), radioactivity (1), set in 22nd century (1), set in 2070s (1), intuition (1), lunar city (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1971-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Book of Skulls |
Robert Silverberg |
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sacrifice (1), linguistics (1), sex (1), gay (1), longevity (1), monks (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), Arizona (1), academia (1), first person point of view (1), horror (1)
|
| 1968-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Goblin Reservation |
Clifford D. Simak |
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cyborgs (1), William Shakespeare (1), cats (1), cannibalism (1), Jurassic (1), interstellar travel (1), matter transmission (1), magic (1), body duplication (1), Neanderthals (1), tavern (1), alcohol (1), brewing (1), aliens (1), Earth (1), academia (1), mechanical translation (1), fairies (1), dragons (1), hive mind (1), Wisconsin (1), artificial planet (1), art (1), Big Crunch (1), big bang (1), library (1), museum (1), party (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), goblins (1), banshees (1), trolls (1), ghosts (1), hominins (1)
|
| 1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Time Out |
David Ely |
|
|
nuclear disaster (1), academia (1), satire (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Magnetosphere |
Fred Hoyle |
|
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science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), incorporeal beings (1), academia (1)
|
| 1965-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ballad of Beta-2 |
Samuel R. Delany |
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generation ship (1), orgasm (1), time stasis (1), court trial (1), mutants (1), computers (1), feet (1), academia (1), telepathy (1), anthropology (1), interstellar travel (1), novel within novella range (1), music (1), paranormal powers (1), teleportation (1), eugenics (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), interspecies sex (1), human-alien hybrid (1), mesons (1), higher intelligence (1)
|
| 1964-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Star King |
Jack Vance |
|
|
space opera (1), tavern (1), science fiction (1), crime (1), revenge (1), space travel (1), academia (1), torture (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1962-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
April in Paris |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
magic (1), time travel (1), fantasy (1), academia (1)
|
| 1957-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Galley Slave |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
Merril03 (1), science fiction (1), courtroom drama (1), robots (1), academia (1)
|
| 1956-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dead Past |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
Merril02 (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), academia (1), research (1), time viewing (1), government regulation (1), into-tv (1), espionage (1), Carthage (1), grief (1), science fiction (1), past time viewer (1)
|
| 1954-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Let's Not |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
nuclear warfare (1), mars (1), science fiction (1), academia (1), suicide (1), loss (1)
|
| 1954-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Special Delivery |
Damon Knight |
|
|
science fiction (1), child prodigy (1), writing (1), academia (1)
|
| 1954-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Immortal Bard |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), time travel (1), Shakespeare (1), academia (1)
|
| 1942-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hazing |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
meteors (1), aliens (1), neuronic whips (1), academia (1), science fiction (1), psychohistory (1), Arcturus (1)
|
| 1726-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gulliver's Travels |
Jonathan Swift |
|
|
academia (1), talking animals (1), Utopia (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), [NESFA Core Reading List] (1), flying city (1), shipwreck (1), horses (1), astronomers (1), Librivox (1), giants (1), little people (1), science fiction (1), travel (1), misanthropy (1), Gulliver (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
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