| 2020-10-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ministry for the Future |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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drones (1), terrorism (1), near future (1), hard sf (1), politics (1), geoengineering (1), drought (1), assassination (1), education (1), economics (1), heat wave (1), Los Angeles (1), flood (1), social media (1), Lucknow (1), PTSD (1), ecosabotage (1), airships (1), Hong Kong (1), San Francisco (1), Montana (1), ecology (1), dying (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Namibia (1), mining (1), sea level rise (1), Zurich (1), california (1), science fiction (1), Refugees (1), surveillance (1), slavery (1), black ops (1), climate change (1), antarctica (1), switzerland (1), india (1)
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| 2019-10-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Girl with No Face |
M. H. Boroson |
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historical fantasy (1), Chinatown (1), San Francisco (1), America (1), chinese culture (1), Daoism (1), fantasy (1), historical (1), horror (1), magic (1), martial arts (1), mythology (1), paranormal (1), Taoism (1), urban fantasy (1)
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| 2018-05-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Queen and the Tower |
Shannon Page |
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urban fantasy (1), witches (1), San Francisco (1), golems (1)
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| 2017-01-24 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Passing Strange |
Ellen Klages |
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lesbian (1), historical fantasy (1), San Francisco (1), tavern (1)
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| 2013-09-17 |
NOVEL |
English |
Delia's Shadow |
Jaime Lee Moyer |
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historical fantasy (1), ghosts (1), San Francisco (1)
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| 2013-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Salvage and Demolition |
Tim Powers |
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recursive sf (1), San Francisco (1)
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| 2010-01-13 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Starship Mechanic |
Jay Lake and Ken Scholes |
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San Francisco (1), recursive sf (1), bookstores (1)
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| 2008-04-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
Little Brother |
Cory Doctorow |
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young-adult sf (1), near future (1), Young Adult (1), dystopia (1), San Francisco (1), surveillance (1), Cory Doctorow (1), open access (1), science fiction (1)
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| 2007-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Voices from the Street |
Philip K. Dick |
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marriage (1), religion (1), health food cafe (1), San Francisco (1), racism (1), antisemitism (1), depression (1), madness (1), Nazism (1), radio-electronics store (1), adultery (1), socialists (1), meaning of life (1), American realism (1), Studebaker (1)
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| 2004-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Curious Notions |
Harry Turtledove |
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Young Adult (1), San Francisco (1), alternate worlds (1), science fiction (1), strong female character (1), alternate history (1)
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| 2002-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Altered Carbon |
Richard Morgan |
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cloning (2), action-adventure (2), noir (2), science fiction (2), mind cloning (1), sleeve (1), envoy (1), into-tv (1), hard sf (1), cyberpunk (1), brain implant (1), San Francisco (1)
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| 2002-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Brown Glass Windows |
Devorah Major |
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magical realism (1), San Francisco (1)
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| 1999-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dark Cities Underground |
Lisa Goldstein |
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urban fantasy (1), fantasy (1), San Francisco (1), london (1), egyptian mythology (1), Fisher King (1), Arthuriana (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)
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| 1997-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Carlucci's Heart |
Richard Paul Russo |
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San Francisco (1)
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| 1996-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Branch Point |
Mona A. Clee |
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time travel (1), alternate history (1), russia (1), postapocalyptic (1), Moscow (1), San Francisco (1), nuclear war (1)
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| 1995-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Carlucci's Edge |
Richard Paul Russo |
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San Francisco (1)
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| 1995-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Memnoch the Devil |
Anne Rice |
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vampires (3), religion (1), Satan (1), ghosts (1), televangelists (1), vision (1), new orleans (1), angels (1), demons (1), horror (1), New York City (1), San Francisco (1), jesus (1), Constantinople (1), Crucifixion (1), first person point of view (1), Hell (1), story within a story (1), homoeroticism (1), art (1), antiques (1), sculpture (1), murder (1), tavern (1), Books (1), heaven (1), creation (1), music (1), Jerusalem (1), sex (1), afterlife (1), evolution (1)
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| 1994-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gun, with Occasional Music |
Jonathan Lethem |
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noir (1), San Francisco (1), music (1), science fiction (1), Oakland (1), drugs (1), mystery (1)
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| 1992-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Destroying Angel |
Richard Paul Russo |
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San Francisco (1)
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| 1990-06-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Skinner's Room |
William Gibson |
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cyberpunk (1), San Francisco (1), anarchy (1)
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| 1989-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The City, Not Long After |
Pat Murphy |
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cosy catastrophe (1), San Francisco (1), epidemic (1)
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| 1988-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Queen of the Damned |
Anne Rice |
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vampires (2), Florida (1), Greece (1), california (1), london (1), Pompeii (1), Rome (1), Athens (1), San Francisco (1), flying (1), Clairvoyance (1), telekinesis (1), genealogy (1), ghosts (1), tapestry (1), twins (1), reincarnation (1), genocide (1), witches (1), cannibalism (1), into-movie (1), afterlife (1), horror (1), first person point of view (1), mummies (1), rape (1), smell (1), homoeroticism (1), Saint Louis (1), murder (1), dreams (1), music (1), longevity (1), out-of-body experience (1), new orleans (1), Miami (1), Chicago (1), New York City (1), pyrokinesis (1), telepathy (1)
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| 1987-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forge of God |
Greg Bear |
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aliens (1), Seattle (1), robots (1), Geology (1), geologists (1), mind control (1), Fermi paradox (1), terraforming (1), alien invasion (1), San Francisco (1), end of the world (1), Earth (1), plate tectonics (1), neutronium (1), antimatter (1), Australia (1), california (1), first contact (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), nuclear weapons (1), von Neumann probes (1), Pacific Ocean (1), space war (1), set in 1990s (1), Washington, DC (1), politicians (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), mars (1), nanotechnology (1), space opera (1)
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| 1985-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Vampire Lestat |
Anne Rice |
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vampires (3), enhanced sensation (1), first person point of view (1), unreliable narrator (1), longevity (1), homoeroticism (1), tuberculosis (1), depression (1), music (1), telekinesis (1), pyrokenesis (1), Paris (1), death (1), religion (1), Roman Empire (1), set in 1700s (1), set in 1800s (1), set in 1900s (1), smell (1), horses (1), Alexandria (1), aristocrats (1), horror (1), story within a story (1), suicide (1), Venice (1), Rome (1), loneliness (1), alcohol (1), quest (1), theater (1), new orleans (1), hunting (1), wolves (1), France (1), humanism (1), philosophy (1), telepathy (1), San Francisco (1), egypt (1)
|
| 1976-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Shadrach in the Furnace |
Robert Silverberg |
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San Francisco (3), science fiction (2), Mongolia (2), organ transplants (2), doctor (2), Karakorum (2), Jerusalem (2), Nairobi (2), dictatorship (1), 2012 (1), medical doctor (1), doctor protagonist (1), african american protagonist (1), african-american protagonist (1), black protagonist (1), surveillance (1), suicide (1), mind transfer (1), mind transferring (1), implants (1), Quito (1), Ecuador (1), Kenya (1), world dictator (1), dictator (1), Ulan Bator (1), present tense (1), disease (1), virus (1), volcano (1), supervolcano (1), istanbul (1), Ulaanbaatar (1), dreams (1), Medical Ethics (1), immortality (1), biological warfare (1), revolution (1)
|
| 1969-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
How It Was When the Past Went Away |
Robert Silverberg |
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water (1), psychologist (1), sculpture (1), memory (1), San Francisco (1), set in 2003 (1), science fiction (1), drugs (1), terrorism (1)
|
| 1968-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? |
Philip K. Dick |
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androids (2), Oregon (1), into-comics (1), set in 1990s (1), into-video game (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), animals (1), into-play (1), into-radio (1), robots (1), genetic engineering (1), pets (1), San Francisco (1), postapocalyptic (1), premonition (1), science fiction (1), bounty hunter (1), dystopia (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), population collapse (1), psychology (1), social commentary (1), interplanetary travel (1), ecological decline (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), what human is (1), into-movie (1)
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| 1962-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dog Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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interplanetary travel (1), love (1), loss (1), earthquakes (1), dogs (1), astronomers (1), moon (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), science fiction (1), dreams (1), memory (1)
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| 1962-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man in the High Castle |
Philip K. Dick |
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alternate history (6), racism (1), set in 1960s (1), international politics (1), Yin and Yang (1), resistance (1), America (1), evil (1), creativity (1), jewelry (1), Japan (1), slavery (1), San Francisco (1), story within a story (1), I Ching (1), Hitler Wins (1), into-tv (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), nazis (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
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| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger in a Strange Land |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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waterbed (1), cannibalism (1), alien perspective (1), heaven (1), eidetic memory (1), politicians (1), journalists (1), Lawyers (1), nurses (1), Physicians (1), first contact (1), tattoos (1), Pennsylvania (1), Maryland (1), birth control (1), Martians (1), sex (1), paranormal powers (1), telepathy (1), homophobia (1), water ritual (1), coming of age (1), genocide (1), Clairvoyance (1), suicide (1), Florida (1), near future (1), discussion of pornography (1), teleportation (1), exhibitionism (1), Las Vegas (1), San Francisco (1), zoo (1), angels (1), world government (1), murder (1), kidnapping (1), meditation (1), out-of-body experience (1), astrology (1), sleep (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), science fiction (1), nudity (1), martyr (1), interplanetary travel (1), taxis (1), televangelists (1), time distortion (1), commune (1), group marriage (1), cult fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), foundling (1), mars (1), religion (1), perfume (1), water (1), neologisms (1), Earth (1), circus (1), United States (1), afterlife (1), alcohol (1), sculpture (1), new religion (1), smell (1), cats (1), gambling (1), language (1), snakes (1), telekinesis (1), diplomacy (1), euthanasia (1)
|
| 1957-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Profession |
Isaac Asimov |
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coming of age (1), education (1), science fiction (1), San Francisco (1), Books (1), genius (1), examinations (1), creativity (1)
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| 1955-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
It's Such a Beautiful Day |
Isaac Asimov |
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teleportation (1), San Francisco (1), science fiction (1), computers (1), robots (1), children (1), psychiatrists (1), walking (1), psychic probe (1), Nature (1)
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| 1907-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beyond the Wall |
Ambrose Bierce |
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Librivox (1), regret (1), classism (1), infatuation (1), neighbor (1), San Francisco (1), story within a story (1), first person point of view (1), guilt (1)
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