| 2021-03-02 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Desolation Called Peace |
Arkady Martine |
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science fiction (3), lesbian (1), aliens (1), war between humans and aliens (1), war with aliens (1), ambassador (1), space empire (1), politics (1), political intrigue (1), brain implant (1), military sf (1), space opera (1), Alien Communication (1), group mind (1), group consciousness (1)
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| 2021-01-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bear Head |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
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near future (1), science fiction (1), Mars colonization (1), Mars colony (1), mars (1), bear (1), bears (1), intelligent bear (1), intelligent dog (1), brain implant (1), brain uploading (1), bees (1), genetic modification (1), political intrigue (1), global government (1)
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| 2020-03-24 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Empress of Salt and Fortune |
Nghi Vo |
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fantasy (1), royalty (1), talking animals (1), fortune-telling (1), political intrigue (1)
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| 2019-03-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Memory Called Empire |
Arkady Martine |
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science fiction (1), space opera (1), brain implant (1), politics (1), space empire (1), ambassador (1), political intrigue (1)
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| 2019-06-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
Velocity Weapon |
Megan E. O'Keefe |
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space opera (1), artificial intelligence (1), siblings (1), science fiction (1), alternating chapter structure (1), amputee (1), space war (1), stargates (1), brain implant (1), sentient spaceship (1), political intrigue (1)
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| 2018-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Persistence of Blood |
Juliette Wade |
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science fantasy (1), fantasy (1), political intrigue (1), feminism (1), death in childbirth (1), caste society (1)
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| 2010-07-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sleeping Dogs |
Joe Haldeman |
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rare earth metals (1), science fiction (1), Confederacion (1), mining (1), political intrigue (1), post-traumatic stress (1), PTSD (1), imperialism (1), Exploitation (1), memory (1), amnesia (1)
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| 2004-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Clay's Pride |
Bud Sparhawk |
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science fiction (1), space war (1), space navy (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), political intrigue (1), double-cross (1), mustache-twirling villain (1)
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| 1999-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fossil Games |
Tom Purdom |
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genetic enhancement (1), human enhancement (1), generation ship (1), science fiction (1), post-humanity (1), terraforming (1), evolution (1), political intrigue (1), archaeology (1)
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| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Bicycle Repairman |
Bruce Sterling |
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hard sf (1), science fiction (1), bicycle (1), cyberpunk (1), arcology (1), political intrigue (1), anarchism (1)
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| 1995-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Must and Shall |
Harry Turtledove |
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science fiction (1), alternate history (1), lost cause (1), civil war (1), reconstruction (1), world war ii (1), political intrigue (1), new orleans (1)
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| 1994-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Forgiveness Day |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), gender relations (1), political intrigue (1), Hainish cycle (1), hostages (1), kidnapping (1), slavery (1), Insurgency (1)
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| 1992-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Barnacle Bill the Spacer |
Lucius Shepard |
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science fiction (1), hard sf (1), space station (1), alien animals (1), terrorism (1), political intrigue (1), mental retardation (1), colonization (1), exploration (1)
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| 1992-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cleon the Emperor |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (1), psychohistory (1), political intrigue (1), assassination (1), prostitution (1)
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| 1992-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Crisis on Doona |
Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye |
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interstellar travel (1), cat-man aliens (1), human-alien cooperation (1), strong female characters (1), romance (1), agricultural planet (1), matter teleportation (1), mystery (1), frame-up (1), political intrigue (1)
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| 1985-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Politician |
Piers Anthony |
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space opera (1), corruption (1), brainwashing (1), amnesia (1), imprisonment (1), political career (1), election (1), political intrigue (1), family (1), planetary governments (1), interplanetary travel (1), first person point of view (1), cryptography (1), space navy veteran (1)
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| 1985-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Pots |
C. J. Cherryh |
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political intrigue (1), Voyager mission (1), dead Earth (1), Clones (1), dead civilization (1), dead world (1), cold sleep (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), archaeology (1), myth (1)
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| 1985-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Curse of Kings |
Connie Willis |
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science fiction (1), journalism (1), reporter (1), journalist (1), archaeology (1), aliens (1), alien conquest (1), political intrigue (1), poison (1), body horror (1), in medias res (1)
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| 1980-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dangerous Games |
Marta Randall |
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oppressed worker class (1), corrupt government (1), romance (1), strong female characters (1), interstellar travel (1), xenophobia (1), bioengineered humans (1), corporate crime (1), political intrigue (1), spaceship repair (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1979-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hangman |
David Drake |
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science fiction (1), military (1), political intrigue (1), tanks (1)
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| 1979-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs |
Hilbert Schenck |
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science fiction (1), near future (1), dystopia (1), Bahamas (1), Fidel Castro (1), Warfare (1), future war (1), Israel (1), political intrigue (1)
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| 1975-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Night of the Vampyres |
George R. R. Martin |
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air warfare (1), political intrigue (1), fascism (1), near future (1), science fiction (1), nuclear weapons (1)
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| 1969-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune Messiah |
Frank Herbert |
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Clones (1), drugs (1), mind control (1), atomic weapons (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar empire (1), force fields (1), lasers (1), genocide (1), eugenics (1), distant future (1), antigravity (1), desert (1), murder (1), science fiction (1), religion (1), political intrigue (1), court intrigue (1), resurrection (1), precognition (1), space fantasy (1), tarot (1), poison (1), memory (1), architecture (1), Poetry (1), blindness (1), into-tv (1), space opera (1)
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| 1965-12-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
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space opera (4), galactic empire (3), precognition (3), religion (2), ecology (2), into-movie (2), into-tv (2), science fiction (2), space empire (1), force fields (1), specialized human breeding (1), prophecy (1), interstellar travel (1), eugenics (1), alien ecology (1), assassination (1), feud (1), strong female characters (1), into-board game (1), into-comics (1), sand (1), political intrigue (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), interstellar empire (1), desert (1), space fantasy (1), drugs (1), secret breeding program (1), ornithopters (1), cult fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 2-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), mega-fauna (1), revolution (1), superman (1)
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