| 2021-11-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beyond the Hallowed Sky |
Ken MacLeod |
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science fiction (2), submarines (1), Scotland outside the UK (1), 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), surveillance state (1), submarine (1), scotland (1), artificial intelligence (1), AI (1), robot protagonist (1), robot (1), humanoid robot (1), humaniform robot (1), near future (1), interstellar colonization (1), surveillance (1), computerized surveillance (1)
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| 2018-08-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
Primordial Threat |
M. A. Rothman |
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space warp (1), apocalypse (1), techno-terrorism (1), secret organizations (1), black holes (1), faster than light travel (1), hard science fiction (1)
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| 2015-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Chinese |
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迟卉 |
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Big Dumb Object (1), faster than light travel (1), FTL travel (1), Precursors (1), science fiction (1)
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| 2009-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Collision |
Gwyneth Jones |
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science fiction (1), virtual reality (1), faster than light travel (1)
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| 2006-09-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
Variable Star |
Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson |
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generation ship (1), faster than light travel (1), twins (1), telepathy (1), drugs (1), sex (1), nova (1), interstellar travel (1), colonization (1)
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| 2005-06-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Scardown |
Elizabeth Bear |
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Hartford, CT (1), science fiction (1), military (1), first contact (1), asteroid strike (1), female protagonist (1), strong female characters (1), first person point of view (1), multiple points of view (1), alien technology (1), Canada (1), family (1), faster than light travel (1), generation ships (1), China (1), nanobots (1), artificial personalities (1), enhanced biology (1), post atomic war (1), ecological collapse (1), near future (1)
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| 1998-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Heaven's Reach |
David Brin |
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space opera (1), dyson sphere (1), science fiction (1), apes (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1)
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| 1994-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Another Story |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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time travel (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1)
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| 1994-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Federation |
Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens |
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nanotechnology (1), fascism (1), Captain Picard (1), Captain Kirk (1), black hole (1), faster than light travel (1), Zefram Cochrane (1), warp drive (1), cyborg (1), FTL travel (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1994-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order |
Stephen R. Donaldson |
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faster than light travel (1), asteroid swarm (1), intrigue (1), war with aliens (1), interstellar war (1), multiple points of view (1), strong female characters (1), battles in space (1), mutation (1), cyborg (1), space pirates (1), space opera (1), space police (1), Psychopaths (1), brain control implants (1), sexual abuse (1), treachery (1), clone (1), siblings (1), parent and child (1), memory cloning (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1993-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dancing to Ganam |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), music (1), exploration (1), perception of reality (1)
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| 1993-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gripping Hand |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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reproduction (1), genetic engineering (1), diplomacy (1), protostar (1), espionage (1), interstellar travel (1), set in 3000s (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1990-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inconstant Star |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), black holes (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1)
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| 1990-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Shobies' Story |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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interstellar travel (1), imagination (1), consensus (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), relativistic time dilation (1), cultural dominance (1), perception of reality (1)
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| 1989-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Angel Station |
Walter Jon Williams |
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science fiction (1), cyberpunk (1), faster than light travel (1), first contact (1), paranormal powers (1)
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| 1989-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Nemesis |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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science fiction (1), swarm intelligence (1), colonization (1), faster than light travel (1), multiple protagonists (1), female protagonist (1), young adult protagonist (1), orbital habitats (1), FTL travel (1), telepathy (1)
|
| 1981-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starworld |
Harry Harrison |
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Britain (1), Israel (1), treachery (1), rebellion (1), only humans (1), space battles (1), space opera (1), 25th century (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar colonies (1), insurrection (1), espionage (1)
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| 1981-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wheelworld |
Harry Harrison |
|
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rabble-rouser (1), reactionary politics (1), colonized planet (1), faster than light travel (1), 25th century (1), hellish climate (1), monumental engineering (1), epic voyage (1), resisting oppression (1)
|
| 1979-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All |
Cordwainer Smith |
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science fiction (1), hospital (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1976-00-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
Faster Than Light |
Jack Dann and George Zebrowski |
|
|
original anthology (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1975-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Warriors of Dawn |
M. A. Foster |
|
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science fiction (1), barbarian horde (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), aliens (1), romance (1), interstellar war (1), faster than light travel (1), preternatural abilities (1), unusual family structure (1), engineered humans (1)
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| 1974-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mote in God's Eye |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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first contact (2), space opera (2), force fields (1), set in 3000s (1), coffee (1), collapse of civilization (1), asteroids (1), life cycle (1), interstellar war (1), alcohol (1), Chocolate (1), computers (1), solar sails (1), evolution (1), cyborgs (1), archaeology (1), reproduction (1), diplomacy (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), concentration camp (1), military sf (1), holography (1), biologists (1), astronomers (1), genetic engineering (1), insanity (1), fatalism (1), lost colony (1), lasers (1), rebellion (1), art (1), museum (1), aliens (1), zoo (1), scientists (1), religion (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
La machination |
Christian Grenier |
|
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faster than light travel (1), politics (1), FTL travel (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1973-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lodestar |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
faster than light travel (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), space traders (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
|
| 1971-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
... And All the Stars a Stage |
James Blish |
|
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science fiction (1), colonization ships (1), ancient aliens (1), matriarchy (1), interstellar travel (1), Sun goes nova (1), alien ecology (1), engineered animals (1), automated planetary defenses (1), embryonic gender selection (1), epidemic (1), gender relations (1), surplus of males (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1970-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
|
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exploration (2), teleportation (1), natural disaster (1), faster than light travel (1), breeding program (1), time stasis (1), luck (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), longevity (1), superconductivity (1), into-game (1), into-video game (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), asteroid (1), mega-engineering (1)
|
| 1969-04-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Working in the Spaceship Yards |
Brian W. Aldiss |
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human condition (1), robots (1), androids (1), faster than light travel (1), first person point of view (1), tongue in cheek (1)
|
| 1967-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
This Mortal Mountain |
Roger Zelazny |
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cryosleep (1), visions (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), mountain climbing (1), first person point of view (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1966-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
At the Core |
Larry Niven |
|
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hyperspace (1), hard sf (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
|
| 1966-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Solarians |
Norman Spinrad |
|
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suspended animation (1), alien invasion (1), paranormal romance (1), space opera (1), genocide (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar war (1), telepathy (1), faster than light travel (1), computers (1), uniforms (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Witches of Karres |
James H. Schmitz |
|
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strong female characters (1), paranormal powers (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1965-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One Face |
Larry Niven |
|
|
far future (1), Earth (1), tidal locking (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), time stasis (1), white dwarfs (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
|
B. R. Bruss |
|
|
science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1962-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Star Light |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
computers (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), navigation (1), murder (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Great Explosion |
Eric Frank Russell |
|
|
anarchy (1), nudity (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), penal colony (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Collision Course |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
first contact (2), science fiction (1), distant future (1), interstellar travel (1), teleportation (1), faster than light travel (1), slower than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar empire (1)
|
| 1960-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bow Down to Nul |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
alien occupation of Earth (1), alien empire (1), alien point of view (1), interpreter (1), rebels (1), interstellar travel (1), faster than light travel (1), corrupt governor (1), politics (1), intra-species conflicts (1), alien occupation (1)
|
| 1960-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Wasn't Home |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
|
|
interstellar travel (1), adoption (1), child abduction (1), interstellar empire (1), faster than light travel (1), government corruption (1), coverups (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Methuselah's Children |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
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science fiction (2), group mind (1), interstellar travel (1), longevity (1), breeding (1), faster than light travel (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starman's Quest |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
Librivox (1), faster than light travel (1), Earth (1), distant future (1), relativistic time dilation (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1957-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Chalice of Death |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
far future (1), forgotten earth (1), intergalactic empire (1), palace intrigue (1), suspended animation (1), faster than light travel (1), quest (1)
|
| 1956-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Each an Explorer |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
Sentient plants (1), science fiction (1), exploration (1), faster than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), mind control (1), symbiosis (1)
|
| 1955-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Risk |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), robots (1), faster than light travel (1), asteroid (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Star Bridge |
James E. Gunn and Jack Williamson |
|
|
science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), Canopus (1), shape-changers (1)
|
| 1952-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Captive of the Centaurianess |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
mathematician (1), invention (1), aliens (1), mars (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), Ganymede (1), Alpha Centauri (1), science fiction (1), amazons (1), tobacco (1), fascism (1)
|
| 1947-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Little Lost Robot |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
robots (2), into-tv (1), science fiction (1), asteroid belt (1), faster than light travel (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1945-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Escape! |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
robots (2), faster than light travel (1), computers (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1944-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Far Centaurus |
A. E. van Vogt |
|
|
interstellar flight (1), Alpha Centauri (1), first person point of view (1), suspended animation (1), slower than light travel (1), faster than light travel (1), Centauri system (1), mental breakdown (1), future humans (1), new science (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), time travel (1), black hole (1)
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