| 2021-10-12 |
NOVEL |
English |
Truth of the Divine |
Lindsay Ellis |
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science fiction (1), post-traumatic stress disorder (1), empathy (1), Earth (1), alien perspective (1), aliens (1), set in 2000s (decade) (1), panic attacks (1), telekinesis (1), suicide (1), Los Angeles (1), california (1), cyborgs (1), courtroom drama (1), civil rights (1)
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| 2020-08-22 |
NOVEL |
German |
Erdbebenwetter |
Zaia Alexander |
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magical realism (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 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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| 2018-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fiddler at the Heart of the World |
Samantha Henderson |
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fantasy (1), gods (1), contemporary fantasy (1), magical healing (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 2016-05-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Runtime |
S. B. Divya |
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cyborg (1), cyberpunk (1), science fiction (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 2014-09-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
Station Eleven |
Emily St. John Mandel |
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surgery (1), loss (1), scavenging (1), journalists (1), correspondence (1), graphic novels (1), religion (1), suicide (1), death (1), disability (1), theater (1), actors (1), nonsequential text (1), museum (1), set in 21st century (1), near future (1), education (1), Virginia (1), Malaysia (1), British Columbia (1), Los Angeles (1), Toronto (1), pandemic (1), Beethoven (1), Michigan (1), music (1), Shakespeare (1), tattoos (1), cosy catastrophe (1), post apocalypse (1)
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| 2014-03-27 |
NOVEL |
English |
Zero Sum Game |
S. L. Huang |
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telepathy (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 2012-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Slow Apocalypse |
John Varley |
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post apocalypse (1), thriller (1), Los Angeles (1), Petroleum (1), science fiction (1), bacteria (1)
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| 2012-07-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Teleportation Accident |
Ned Beauman |
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humorous (1), Berlin (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 2008-07-08 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Valley-Westside War |
Harry Turtledove |
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science fiction (1), alternate history (1), multiple time tracks (1), Los Angeles (1), satire (1), postapocalyptic (1), Young Adult (1)
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| 2006-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Osteomancer's Son |
Greg van Eekhout |
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fantasy (1), Los Angeles (1), basis for forthcoming novel (1), bones (1)
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| 2000-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Into the Cold Fire |
Lynne Ewing |
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mind reading (1), supernatural (1), Los Angeles (1), moon goddess (1), female protagonist (1), gods (1)
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| 1999-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Household Gods |
Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove |
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dentists (1), sculpture (1), nudity (1), divorce (1), justice (1), cruelty (1), prostitution (1), funeral (1), childbirth (1), parasites (1), sex (1), barbarian invasion (1), alcohol (1), food (1), epidemic (1), time travel (1), Physicians (1), religion (1), Roman Empire (1), rape (1), out-of-body experience (1), Los Angeles (1), Austria (1), feminism (1), smell (1), tavern (1), gods (1), slavery (1), strong female character (1)
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| 1992-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Murder Mysteries |
Neil Gaiman |
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angels (2), theodicy (1), into-comics (1), frame story (1), retribution (1), Lucifer (1), unreliable narrator (1), serial killer (1), memory (1), god (1), love (1), death (1), justice (1), Los Angeles (1), heaven (1), mystery (1), murder (1), murder mystery (1), detective (1), jealousy (1), creation (1)
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| 1986-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Against Babylon |
Robert Silverberg |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), california (1), Los Angeles (1), fire (1), alien abduction (1), marriage (1)
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| 1984-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
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John Varley |
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suicide (1), PTSD (1), vietnam (1), science fiction (1), computers (1), Los Angeles (1), hacking (1), AI monster, thriller (1), rate (1)
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| 1983-12-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Speech Sounds |
Octavia E. Butler |
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science fiction (1), california (1), Los Angeles (1), muteness (1), aphasia (1), insanity (1), dementia (1), post-apocalyptic (1)
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| 1982-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Earthbound |
Richard Matheson |
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horror (1), ghosts (1), Los Angeles (1), New York State (1)
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| 1982-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gianni |
Robert Silverberg |
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science fiction (1), time travel (1), music (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 1981-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Oath of Fealty |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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dystopia (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), arcology (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 1977-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Detweiler Boy |
Tom Reamy |
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SF (1), contemporary (1), detective (1), vampire (1), Los Angeles (1), fantasy (1)
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| 1971-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inconstant Moon |
Larry Niven |
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into-tv (1), climate change (1), nova (1), science fiction (1), Los Angeles (1), Outer Limits (1)
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| 1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Shattered Like a Glass Goblin |
Harlan Ellison |
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drugs (2), Los Angeles (1), Vietnam veteran (1), fantasy (1), hippies (1), horror (1)
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| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cattle Trucks |
Fred Hoyle |
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Los Angeles (1), fantasy (1), greek mythology (1), farce (1), airplanes (1)
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| 1967-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Land of the Great Horses |
R. A. Lafferty |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), Romany (1), Los Angeles (1), diaspora (1)
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| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Riders of the Purple Wage |
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science fiction (1), economics (1), arcology (1), art (1), sex (1), LGBTQ+ (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Martians |
Fred Hoyle |
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interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), machine intelligence (1), Utopia (1), sex (1), alien invasion (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), Earth (1), Los Angeles (1), Martians (1), first contact (1)
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| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Welcome to Slippage City |
Fred Hoyle |
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fantasy (1), devil (1), bet (1), Los Angeles (1), sex (1)
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| 1966-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
October the First Is Too Late |
Fred Hoyle |
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time travel (1), russia (1), musicians (1), physicist (1), london (1), music (1), mexico (1), Greece (1), scotland (1), hawaii (1), science fiction (1), overpopulation (1), higher intelligence (1), far future (1), radio astronomy (1), World War I (1), first person narrative (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 1954-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
I Am Legend |
Richard Matheson |
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vampires (3), horror (1), into-movie (1), zombies (1), post apocalypse (1), Horror: 100 Best Books (1), epidemic (1), bacteria (1), contemporary (1), last man on Earth (1), into-radio (1), Los Angeles (1), music (1), loneliness (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1952-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Year of the Jackpot |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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end of the world (1), science fiction (1), statistics (1), LGBTQ+ (1), nudity (1), Los Angeles (1), earthquake (1), nuclear warfare (1), nova (1), mass hysteria (1), apocalypse (1)
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| 1951-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
McWhinney's Jaunt |
Robert Lawson |
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juvenile sf (1), invention (1), Los Angeles (1)
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| 1950-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Peacebringer |
Ward Moore |
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peace (1), Los Angeles (1), invention (1), science fiction (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1950-05-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Will Come Soft Rains |
Ray Bradbury |
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X Minus 1 (2), into-movie (1), Dimension X (1), into-comics (1), fire (1), dogs (1), robots (1), Los Angeles (1), housework (1), into-radio (1), science fiction (1), post apocalypse (1), near future (1), smart house (1), postapocalyptic (1), only Earth (1), nuclear war (1)
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| 1947-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
E for Effort |
T. L. Sherred |
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science fiction (1), secret history (1), movies (1), nuclear war (1), time viewer (1), Los Angeles (1), Chicago (1), invention (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), viewing the past (1)
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| 1941-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
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Robert A. Heinlein |
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tesseract (2), science fiction (1), architecture (1), humor (1), california (1), Laurel Canyon (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), fourth dimension (1), topology (1), earthquake (1), escape (1), mathematics (1), Los Angeles (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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| 1938-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Teakwood Box |
Johns Harrington |
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fantasy (1), magical box (1), Shanghai (1), thief (1), contemporary (1), Los Angeles (1), widow (1), curse (1)
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