| 2022-01-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Paradise |
Hanya Yanagihara |
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pandemic (1), first person point of view (1), blindness (1), hospital (1), coming of age (1), waste (1), alternate history (1), LGBTQ+ (1), biologists (1), dystopia (1), hawaii (1), science fiction (1), New York City (1), set in 2090s (1), epilepsy (1), climate change (1), sea level rise (1), set in 1990s (1), set in 1890s (1), extinction (1), tsunami (1), flood (1), loss (1), correspondence (1), euthanasia (1), HIV (1), food (1)
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| 2007-07-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
J. K. Rowling |
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hidden society (1), orphan (1), magic school (1), young-adult fantasy (1), fantasy (1), modern fantasy (1), Young Adult (1), into-movie (1), coming of age (1), england (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Disunited States of America |
Harry Turtledove |
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alternate history (1), time travel (1), coins (1), racial conflict (1), thermobaric weapons (1), biological warfare (1), alternate worlds (1), california (1), Ohio (1), Virginia (1), Young Adult (1), coming of age (1), romance (1)
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| 2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Voices |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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young-adult fantasy (1), young-adult (1), Young Adult (1), coming of age (1), religion (1), cultural dominance (1)
|
| 2004-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gifts |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
young-adult (1), Young Adult (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), coming of age (1), slavery (1)
|
| 2002-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Sky So Big and Black |
John Barnes |
|
|
mars (2), science fiction (1), set in 2090s (1), psychiatrist (1), artificial intelligence (1), coming of age (1), terraforming (1), solar flare (1)
|
| 1997-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Destiny's Road |
Larry Niven |
|
|
nanotechnology (1), potassium (1), ecology (1), terraforming (1), colonization (1), science fiction (1), volcanoes (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Night Lamp |
Jack Vance |
|
|
space travel (1), coming of age (1), genetic engineering (1), science fiction (1), adoption (1)
|
| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
One for the Morning Glory |
John Barnes |
|
|
fantasy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), humor (1), coming of age (1), wordplay (1)
|
| 1995-05-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Coming of Age in Karhide |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (1), androgyny (1), coming of age (1), cold (1), sexuality (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Many Waters |
Madeleine L'Engle |
|
|
young-adult time-travel (1), young-adult fantasy (1), new england (1), unicorns (1), time travel (1), twins (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1985-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All My Darling Daughters |
Connie Willis |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), rape (1)
|
| 1982-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Valley of Horses |
Jean M. Auel |
|
|
Pleistocene (1), female protagonist (1), science fiction (1), horses (1), romance (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1976-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Maske: Thaery |
Jack Vance |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), religion (1)
|
| 1975-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Marune: Alastor 933 |
Jack Vance |
|
|
smell (1), food (1), science fiction (1), amnesia (1), sex (1), multiple star system (1), coming of age (1), murder (1)
|
| 1975-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Birthgrave |
Tanith Lee |
|
|
masks (1), science fiction (1), psychic ability (1), volcanoes (1), coming of age (1), strong female character (1), slavery (1), epidemic (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1973-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Anome |
Jack Vance |
|
|
science fiction (1), music (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1970-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Tombs of Atuan |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), fantasy (1), into-tv (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Across a Billion Years |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
dyson sphere (1), young-adult sf (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), science fiction (1), archaeology (1), telepathy (1), first person point of view (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1968-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Wizard of Earthsea |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
wizards (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), into-movie (1), into-radio (1), shipwreck (1), coming of age (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), magic school (1), students (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), magic (1), dragons (1), archipelago (1), ocean (1), jealousy (1), quest (1), into-tv (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1967-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Weyr Search |
Anne McCaffrey |
|
|
science fiction (1), strong female character (1), telepathy (1), dragons (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1966-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Empire Star |
Samuel R. Delany |
|
|
coming of age (1), cats (1), New York City (1), spaceport (1), filth (1), sadness (1), Oscar Wilde (1), Earth (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), Eta Aurigae (1), space travel (1), shipwreck (1), Tau Ceti (1), slavery (1), aliens (1), education (1), time loop (1), novel within novella range (1), far future (1), time travel (1), machine intelligence (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Secret Place |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
revenge (1), romance (1), education (1), coming of age (1), prospecting (1), uranium (1), Geology (1), science fiction (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1964-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Whole Man |
John Brunner |
|
|
science fiction (2), telepath (1), england (1), child prodigy (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1963-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hunter, Come Home |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
Merril09 (1), science fiction (1), rejuvenation (1), planetary organism (1), hunting (1), romance (1), mega-flora (1), higher intelligence (1), coming of age (1), ecology (1), toxins (1), scientists (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Clockwork Orange |
Anthony Burgess |
|
|
bullying (1), hospital (1), suicide (1), library (1), theft (1), rape (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), science fiction (1), into-play (1), neologisms (1), coming of age (1), dystopia (1), behavior modification (1), music (1), violence (1), drugs (1), england (1), disowned by its author (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), into-movie (1), British dystopia (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Life for the Stars |
James Blish |
|
|
Pennsylvania (1), powered armor (1), germanium (1), thorium (1), kidnapping (1), interstellar travel (1), drugs (1), longevity (1), antigravity (1), New York City (1), flying city (1), science fiction (1), education (1), computers (1), tobacco (1), coming of age (1), ansible (1), sleep learning (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeleine L'Engle |
|
|
into-movie (2), young-adult sf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), juvenile sf (1), into-opera (1), into-play (1), kidnapping (1), coming of age (1), aliens (1), female protagonist (1), good and evil (1), tesseract (1), child prodigy (1)
|
| 1962-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Novice |
James H. Schmitz |
|
|
Law (1), coming of age (1), telepathy (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger in a Strange Land |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
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)
|
| 1960-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mine Own Ways |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
evolution (1), language (1), ritual (1), coming of age (1), hominids (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (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)
|
| 1959-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The People Maker |
Damon Knight |
|
|
Clones (1), slavery (1), invention (1), science fiction (1), human duplication (1), matter duplicator (1), Pennsylvania (1), coming of age (1), duel (1), dystopia (1), social collapse (1)
|
| 1959-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
When the People Fell |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
coming of age (1), Venusians (1), China (1), colonization (1), venus (1), science fiction (1), reporter (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Languages of Pao |
Jack Vance |
|
|
science fiction (1), language (1), interstellar war (1), education (1), coming of age (1), artificial language (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wayward Cravat |
Gertrude Friedberg |
|
|
coming of age (1), mathematics (1), child prodigy (1)
|
| 1957-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Citizen of the Galaxy |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
science fiction (1), young-adult sf (1), orphan (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), juvenile sf (1), slavery (1), interstellar travel (1), Wyoming (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1957-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Profession |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
coming of age (1), education (1), science fiction (1), San Francisco (1), Books (1), genius (1), examinations (1), creativity (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The City and the Stars |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
far future (2), science fiction (2), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), city life (1), coming of age (1), artificial intelligence (1), higher intelligence (1), incorporeal beings (1), subways (1), robots (1), interstellar travel (1), exploration (1), Utopia (1), sealed city (1), last city (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Revolt on Alpha C |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
young-adult sf (1), juvenile sf (1), interstellar travel (1), distant future (1), cadets (1), Alpha Centauri (1), dinosaurs (1), revolution (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Chrysalids |
John Wyndham |
|
|
dystopia (2), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), mutants (1), post apocalypse (1), cosy catastrophe (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), C1 Nanzan 117 (1), first person point of view (1), Canada (1), unusual children (1), coming of age (1), into-radio (1)
|
| 1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Tunnel in the Sky |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
survival (1), young-adult sf (1), portal-gates (1), juvenile sf (1), overpopulation (1), teleportation (1), education (1), caves (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1953-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Against the Fall of Night |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
far future (1), science fiction (1), incorporeal beings (1), higher intelligence (1), robots (1), artificial intelligence (1), coming of age (1), interstellar travel (1), religion (1), urban life (1), Utopia (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Second Foundation |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (2), spaceport (1), psychohistory (1), strong female character (1), coming of age (1), librarians (1), navigation (1), stowaway (1), stutter (1), space war (1), calendar (1), psychology (1), mind control (1), interstellar travel (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), female protagonist (1), mutant (1), psychic ability (1), empathy (1), hard sf (1), galactic empire (1)
|
| 1951-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
"If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth ..." |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
postapocalyptic (1), moon (1), science fiction (1), coming of age (1)
|
| 1939-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Misfit |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
science fiction (1), coming of age (1), mathematics (1), asteroid belt (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
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