| unpublished |
NOVEL |
Spanish |
Paladas de sombra contra la oscuridad |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2025-08-19 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Devil's Children |
Sarah Langan |
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horror (1), metafiction (1), medical experimentation (1), immunity (1)
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| 2025-08-19 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Unfortunate Convalescence of the SuperLawyer |
Nat Cassidy |
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horror (1), pandemic (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2025-08-19 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Walk on Gilded Splinters |
David J. Schow |
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horror (1), pandemic (1), post-apocalyptic (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2023-01-00 |
NOVEL |
German |
Die geflohene Geschichte |
Kate Kowalski |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2022-06-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Mirror Mended |
Alix E. Harrow |
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fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2022-10-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Narrowing Valley |
Jonathan Lethem |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2021-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Die Finger verbrennen, den Geist entfachen |
Christian Endres |
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library (1), book burning (1), dystopia (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2020-03-00 |
NOVEL |
German |
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Holly-Jane Rahlens |
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doppelgänger (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2019-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Selbstorganisation |
Michael Ziegelwagner |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2018-05-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ostracons of Inclusion |
Rhys Hughes |
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fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2018-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Unnecessary Parts of the Story |
Adam-Troy Castro |
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science fiction (1), first person point of view (1), alien point of view (1), alien infection (1), self-reflexivity (1), metafiction (1), tropes (1), interstellar travel (1), cliche (1), epidemic (1), evolution (1)
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| 2018-05-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Variations on a Theme from Turandot |
Ada Hoffmann |
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fantasy (1), metafiction (1), Turandot (1), Opera performance (1)
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| 2017-06-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dear Cyborgs |
Eugene Lim |
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metafiction (1), superhero (1), novel within novella range (1)
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| 2017-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Im Keller des Uhrmachers |
Christopher Ecker |
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fairy tale (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2017-07-28 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Knitter |
Christopher Coake |
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metafiction (1), existential fear (1), fantasy (1)
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| 2017-10-03 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lost in the Dark |
John Langan |
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metafiction (1), filmmaking (1), horror (1), folklore (1)
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| 2017-02-07 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Something About Birds |
Paul Tremblay |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2017-11-13 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Page-Turners |
DeAnna Knippling |
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alternate realities (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2017-06-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Refrigerator Monologues |
Catherynne M. Valente |
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superhero (1), novel within novella range (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2016-10-18 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Familiaris |
Genevieve Valentine |
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fairy tale (1), metafiction (1), retold fairy tales (1)
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| 2015-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Arabic |
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Amir Tag Elsir |
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African speculative fiction (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2015-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Week Without Tuesday |
Heather Rose and Danielle Wood |
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juvenile fantasy (1), middle grades contemporary fantasy (1), metafiction (1), middle grades fantasy (1)
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| 2015-06-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
Book of Numbers |
Joshua Cohen |
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metafiction (1), internet (1)
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| 2015-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cat Pictures Please |
Naomi Kritzer |
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science fiction (1), cat pictures (1), Hugo winner (1), altruism (1), machine consciousness (1), consciousness (1), metafiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 2015-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Given the Advantage of the Blade |
Genevieve Valentine |
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fairy tale (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2013-05-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Finding Serendipity |
Heather Rose and Danielle Wood |
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juvenile fantasy (1), middle grades contemporary fantasy (1), middle grades fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2013-04-00 |
NOVEL |
Spanish |
Malabares |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2012-07-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
The House of Rumour |
Jake Arnott |
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secret history (1), metafiction (1), recursive sf (1)
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| 2012-02-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wind Through the Keyhole |
Stephen King |
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horror (1), quest (1), fantasy (1), Dark Tower world (1), dragons (1), parallel world (1), weird west (1), modern fantasy (1), fantasy western (1), alternate universes (1), metafiction (1), shape shifters (1), gunslinger (1), magic (1), tale within a tale (1)
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| 2011-02-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing |
Jasper Fforde |
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humorous (1), fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2010-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance |
Paul Park |
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dystopia (1), near future (1), grandparents (1), Ancestors (1), fictional documents (1), fantasy (1), memory (1), haunted house (1), metafiction (1), unreliable narrator (1), ambiguous ending (1)
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| 2010-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Revel |
John Langan |
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werewolf (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2009-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said |
Richard Bowes |
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horror (1), metafiction (1), ghosts (1), gay (1), homosexuality (1), Dreaming (1), dreams (1), hospitals (1), New York (1), hallucination (1), Delusion (1)
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| 2009-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Ich ist ein anderer |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2009-01-00 |
COLLECTION |
German |
Ruhm |
Daniel Kehlmann |
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doppelgänger (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2008-11-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I Remember the Future |
Michael A. Burstein |
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science fiction (1), metafiction (1), writers (1), writing (1), parallel universes (1), quantum mechanics (1), many-worlds interpretation (1), quantum theory (1)
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| 2007-08-00 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Eight Episodes |
Robert Reed |
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near future (1), Drake Equation (1), Fermi paradox (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), television (1), misdirection (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2007-07-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
First Among Sequels |
Jasper Fforde |
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humorous fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2006-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Eight Episodes |
Robert Reed |
|
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near future (1), Drake Equation (1), Fermi paradox (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), television (1), misdirection (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2004-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Biographical Notes to "A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes" by Benjamin Rosenbaum |
Benjamin Rosenbaum |
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causality (1), causation (1), zeppelins (1), airships (1), steampunk (1), alternate history (1), metafiction (1), science fiction (1), Judaism (1)
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| 2004-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire |
Neil Gaiman |
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pastiche (1), gothic novel (1), horror (1), country house (1), frame story (1), writers (1), writing (1), metafiction (1)
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| 2004-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Something Rotten |
Jasper Fforde |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2003-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paying It Forward |
Michael A. Burstein |
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recursive sf (NESFA index) (1), science fiction (1), metafiction (1), writers (1), writing (1), many-worlds interpretation (1), quantum mechanics (1), quantum theory (1), parallel universes (1)
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| 2003-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Well of Lost Plots |
Jasper Fforde |
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metafiction (1)
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| 2003-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wolves of the Calla |
Stephen King |
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fantasy (2), multiple personalities (1), robots (1), fantasy western (1), alternate universes (1), quest (1), metafiction (1), fate (1)
|
| 2002-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Year in the Linear City |
Paul Di Filippo |
|
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writing (1), writers (1), death (1), urban fantasy (1), metafiction (1), cities (1)
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| 2002-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lost in a Good Book |
Jasper Fforde |
|
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fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 2001-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Eyre Affair |
Jasper Fforde |
|
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alternate history (1), science fiction (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 2000-03-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
House of Leaves |
Mark Z. Danielewski |
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Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), postmodern (1), haunted house (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), horror (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 2000-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant |
Jeffrey Ford |
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fantasy (1), sword and sorcery (1), satire (1), conan (1), writers (1), writing (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 1999-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Life's Lottery |
Kim Newman |
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your own story (1), gamebook (1), choose your own adventure (1), life (1), choice (1), metafiction (1)
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| 1998-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cosmic Corkscrew |
Michael A. Burstein |
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recursive sf (NESFA index) (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), time loops (1), grandfather paradox (1), Isaac Asimov (1), fandom (1), john w. campbell (1), writers (1), writing (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 1998-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Divided by Infinity |
Robert Charles Wilson |
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science fiction (1), apocalypse (1), plot twist (1), aliens (1), many-worlds interpretation (1), grief (1), bookstores (1), metafiction (1), depression (1), suicide (1), immortality (1), near future (1), gamma ray bursts (1)
|
| 1998-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Good Intentions |
Jack McDevitt and Stanley Schmidt |
|
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science fiction (1), simulations (1), metafiction (1), fandom (1), mars (1)
|
| 1996-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print |
John M. Ford |
|
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science fiction (1), metafiction (1), plays (1), theater (1), Shakespeare (1), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1), concentration camps (1), prison camps (1), drugs (1), memory loss (1), amnesia (1), drama therapy (1), re-education camps (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Story So Far |
Martha Soukup |
|
|
science fiction (1), fantasy (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 1991-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gold |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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science fiction (1), near future (1), recursive sf (NESFA index) (1), writing (1), nonbinary gender (1), metafiction (1), drama (1), The Gods Themselves (1)
|
| 1991-11-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Schicksale |
Petra Wolf |
|
|
metafiction (1)
|
| 1990-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Invaders |
John Kessel |
|
|
time travel (1), multiple narratives (1), drugs (1), cocaine (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), Pizarro (1), Incas (1), Inca (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 1989-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dori Bangs |
Bruce Sterling |
|
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science fiction (1), Lester Bangs (1), rock music (1), music criticism (1), alternate history (1), metafiction (1), love (1), marriage (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Famous Monsters |
Kim Newman |
|
|
recursive sf (1), movies (1), hollywood (1), Old Hollywood (1), world wars (1), aliens (1), alternate history (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 1988-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fort Moxie Branch |
Jack McDevitt |
|
|
science fiction (1), fantasy (1), metafiction (1), writing (1)
|
| 1987-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Faithful Companion at Forty |
Karen Joy Fowler |
|
|
metafiction (1), Lone Ranger (1), native americans (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1987-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
To Hell with the Stars |
Jack McDevitt |
|
|
science fiction (1), exploration (1), metafiction (1), inspiration (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Polish |
|
|
|
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fantasy (1), humor (1), metafiction (1), Poetry (1)
|
| 1985-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Portraits of His Children |
George R. R. Martin |
|
|
fantasy (1), horror (1), metafiction (1), authors (1), writers (1)
|
| 1984-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Silicon Muse |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), academia (1), metafiction (1), nested stories (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hyperspace |
Edward Packard |
|
|
metafiction (1), hyperspace (1)
|
| 1983-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Geometry of Narrative |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
science fiction (1), academia (1), literary theory (1), metafiction (1), literature (1), post-modernism (1), geometry (1), topology (1)
|
| 1982-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Another Orphan |
John Kessel |
|
|
science fiction (1), Moby Dick (1), whaling (1), metafiction (1)
|
| 1982-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Corridors |
Barry N. Malzberg |
|
|
science fiction (1), metafiction (1), writing (1), writers (1)
|
| 1982-04-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In the Wings |
George Alec Effinger |
|
|
metafiction (1)
|
| 1980-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All the Lies That Are My Life |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
science fiction (1), speculative fiction (1), metafiction (1), writers (1)
|
| 1979-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Story Writer |
Richard Wilson |
|
|
science fiction (1), parallel dimension (1), writer (1), writing (1), metafiction (1), aliens (1), pulp fiction (1)
|
| 1978-10-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Purpur/Schwarz |
Manfred Borchard |
|
|
metafiction (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Further Confessions |
Joyce Carol Oates |
|
|
metafiction (1), Thomas Mann (1)
|
| 1973-05-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Breakfast of Champions |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
free will (2), racism (2), into-movie (2), social criticism (2), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2), insanity (1), metafiction (1), poioumenon (1), environmentalism (1), satire (1), mental illness (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Princess Bride |
William Goldman |
|
|
fantasy (1), fairy tale inspiration (1), into-movie (1), metafiction (1), humor (1), satire (1), adventure (1), true love (1)
|
| 1970-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories |
Gene Wolfe |
|
|
science fiction (1), nostalgia (1), metafiction (1), drug addiction (1), story within a story (1)
|
| 1969-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars |
A. Bertram Chandler |
|
|
autobiography (1), magic (1), metafiction (1), science fiction (1), tongue in cheek (1), recursive sf (NESFA index) (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
German |
Der Kopf |
Ernst Augustin |
|
|
metafiction (1)
|
| 1962-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Pale Fire |
Vladimir Nabokov |
|
|
99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), metafiction (1), invented language (1), poioumenon (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
| 1943-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Exile |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
|
metafiction (1), authors (1), twist ending (1), parallel universe (1)
|
| 1895-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
Paludes |
|
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literary fantasy (1), satire (1), metafiction (1)
|