| 2011-01-18 |
NOVEL |
English |
Among Others |
Jo Walton |
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fantasy (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), recursive sf (1), Wales (1)
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| 2010-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
All Clear |
Connie Willis |
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time travel (1), 3-award-winner (1), strong female characters (1), world war ii (1), science fiction (1), historian (1), england (1)
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| 2010-01-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Blackout |
Connie Willis |
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time travel (1), 3-award-winner (1), strong female characters (1), world war ii (1), science fiction (1), historian (1), england (1)
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| 2009-05-26 |
NOVEL |
English |
The City & The City |
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5-award-winner (2), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), into-tv (1)
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| 2009-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Windup Girl |
Paolo Bacigalupi |
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Bangkok (2), Thailand (2), corporate espionage (1), 3-award-winner (1), sexual assault (1), bioengineered humans (1), engineered humans (1), present tense (1), virus (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), alternative energy (1), environmental issues (1), expatriates (1), biopunk (1), Refugees (1), elephants (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1)
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| 2008-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Graveyard Book |
Neil Gaiman |
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Young Adult (1), 2-award-winner (1), ghosts (1), vampires (1), Destiny (1), love (1), graveyard (1), evil cabal (1), witch (1), episodic (1), Suspense (1), growing up (1), werewolf (1)
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| 2007-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
Michael Chabon |
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alternate history (2), mystery (1), fantasy (1), science fiction (1), 3-award-winner (1)
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| 2006-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rainbows End |
Vernor Vinge |
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science fiction (1), ai bootstrap (1), near future (1), artificial intelligence (1), nanotechnology (1), 2-award-winner (1), augmented reality (1), hard sf (1)
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| 2005-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Spin |
Robert Charles Wilson |
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science fiction (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), hard sf (1)
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| 2004-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
Susanna Clarke |
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fantasy (2), alternate history (1), historical fantasy (1), napoleonic (1), elves (1), 3-award-winner (1), into-tv (1)
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| 2003-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Paladin of Souls |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
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fantasy (1), 3-award-winner (1)
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| 2002-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hominids |
Robert J. Sawyer |
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population control (1), religion (1), surgery (1), language (1), magnetic pole reversal (1), intelligence (1), wolves (1), surveillance (1), eugenics (1), Utopia (1), reproduction (1), hominins (1), pheromones (1), smell (1), LGBTQ+ (1), rape (1), physicists (1), parallel world (1), Neanderthals (1), first contact (1), Ontario (1), science fiction (1)
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| 2001-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
American Gods |
Neil Gaiman |
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fantasy (2), into-tv (1), superheroes (1)
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| 2000-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
J. K. Rowling |
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into-movie (1), fantasy (1), young-adult fantasy (1), magic school (1), orphan (1), hidden society (1), modern fantasy (1), media satire (1), england (1), into-video game (1)
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| 1999-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Deepness in the Sky |
Vernor Vinge |
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space opera (2), nanotechnology (2), alien perspective (1), transhuman (1), first contact (1), 3-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1998-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last |
Connie Willis |
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2-award-winner (1), time travel (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), fire (1), historian (1), romance (1), strong female characters (1), victorian (1), england (1), dogs (1), boats (1), churches (1), science fiction (1), humorous (1)
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| 1997-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Forever Peace |
Joe Haldeman |
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nanotechnology (2), science fiction (1), big bang (1), mixed first and third person point of view (1), jacking in (1), technothriller (1), cults (1), hive mind (1), pessimism (1), memory edit (1), cosmology (1), scientists (1), robots (1), sex (1), military sf (1), technology (1), future war (1), weapons (1), mecha (1), empathy (1), Jupiter (1), virtual reality (1), racial conflict (1), drugs (1), 3-award-winner (1)
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| 1996-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Blue Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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science fiction (3), mars (3), terraforming (2), space elevator (2), memory loss (1), nanotechnology (1), Corporations (1), immigration (1), asteroid belt (1), hard sf (1), 2-award-winner (1), genetic engineering (1), revolution (1), longevity (1), Titania (1), Mercury (1), climate change (1), climate control (1), near future (1), colonization (1)
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| 1995-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Diamond Age |
Neal Stephenson |
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nanotechnology (4), steampunk (3), cyberpunk (2), near future (2), science fiction (2), neo-victorian (1), postcyberpunk (1), 3-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), sociology (1), education (1), post-cyberpunk (1), matter duplication (1), computers (1), artificial intelligence (1)
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| 1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Green Mars |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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science fiction (3), mars (3), terraforming (2), colonization (2), space elevator (2), coup (1), nanotechnology (1), orbital mirrors (1), underground city (1), sea level rise (1), hard sf (1), Seiun Award for best foreign language novel nominee (1), 2-award-winner (1), politics (1), economics (1), longevity (1), revolution (1), genetic engineering (1), Mars colonization (1), near future (1)
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| 1992-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Fire Upon the Deep |
Vernor Vinge |
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space opera (3), nanotechnology (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), transhuman (1), galactic culture (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), war with machines (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1992-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Doomsday Book |
Connie Willis |
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3-award-winner (1), time travel (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), historian (1), epidemic (1), science fiction (1), strong female character (1), england (1), medieval (1), near future (1), humouros (1)
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| 1991-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Barrayar |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
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3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1990-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Vor Game |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
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science fiction (1)
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| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hyperion |
Dan Simmons |
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space opera (4), nanotechnology (2), mega-flora (1), storytelling (1), AI (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), science fiction (1), far future (1), space warfare (1), artificial intelligence (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
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| 1988-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cyteen |
C. J. Cherryh |
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cloning (1), psychology (1), 3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
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| 1987-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Uplift War |
David Brin |
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space opera (2), uplift (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), ecological collapse (1), aliens (1), dolphins (1), apes (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1986-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Speaker for the Dead |
Orson Scott Card |
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space opera (1), interstellar travel (1), artificial intelligence (1), far future (1), space colony (1), science fiction (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), symbiosis (1), epidemic (1), forests (1), aliens (1), relativistic time dilation (1), religion (1)
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| 1985-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ender's Game |
Orson Scott Card |
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space opera (3), science fiction (3), military sf (2), child protagonist (2), into-movie (2), first contact (1), from-short (1), 3-award-winner (1), aliens (1), asteroids (1), antigravity (1), genocide (1), ansible (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), games (1)
|
| 1984-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Neuromancer |
William Gibson |
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artificial intelligence (3), cyberpunk (3), virtual reality (2), science fiction (2), dystopia (2), into-video game (1), drugs (1), cryogenics (1), istanbul (1), United States (1), uploaded personalities (1), poison (1), Japan (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), hard sf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), near future (1)
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| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
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space opera (2), alien perspective (1), genetic monsters (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), war in space (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), dolphin point of view (1), dolphins (1), strong female characters (1), water world (1), ancient aliens (1), trojan horse (1), ancient library (1), artificial intelligence (1), Poetry (1), tsunami (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), apes (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 3-award-winner (1), aquatic (1), uplift (1)
|
| 1982-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Foundation's Edge |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (2), galactic empire (1), multiverse (1), library (1), encyclopedia (1), weather control (1), politicians (1), historians (1), mind shield (1), mind control (1), distant future (1), psychohistory (1), higher intelligence (1), male bonding (1), radioactivity (1), fashion (1), time travel (1), robots (1), 2-award-winner (1), microfilm (1), hard sf (1), computers (1), antigravity (1), mental power (1), psychic ability (1), group mind (1), smell (1), world city (1), interstellar travel (1), language (1), virtual reality (1), telepathy (1), tachyons (1), evolution (1), courtroom drama (1), faster than light drive (1), Earth (1)
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| 1981-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Downbelow Station |
C. J. Cherryh |
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space opera (3), military sf (2), science fiction (1), space pirates (1), into-board game (1), pirates (1), hard sf (1), Tau Ceti (1)
|
| 1980-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Snow Queen |
Joan D. Vinge |
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nanotechnology (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), cloning (1), female leaders (1), The Snow Queen (1)
|
| 1979-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fountains of Paradise |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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space elevator (2), science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), Sri Lanka (1), engineering (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1978-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dreamsnake |
Vonda N. McIntyre |
|
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3-award-winner (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1977-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gateway |
Frederik Pohl |
|
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5-award-winner (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1), interstellar travel (1), alien artifacts (1), survivor guilt (1), time dilation (1), black holes (1), into-video game (1)
|
| 1976-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang |
Kate Wilhelm |
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Clones (2), cloning (2), 2-award-winner (1), post-apocalyptic (1), female protagonist (1), Virginia (1), breeding program (1), collapse of civilzation (1), societal collapse (1), social collapse (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1974-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (2), childbirth (1), physicists (1), university (1), double planet (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), Tau Ceti (1), philosophy (1), Albert Einstein (1), ansible (1), trains (1), architecture (1), education (1), artificial languages (1), famine (1), Time (1), revolution (1), desert (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), music (1), ambiguous utopia (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), love (1), celibacy (1), LGBTQ+ (1), alternating chapter structure (1), artificial language (1), art (1), leather (1), food (1), into-radio (1), drought (1), anarchism (1), Utopia (1), mathematics (1)
|
| 1974-12-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forever War |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
military sf (4), space opera (3), science fiction (2), into-board game (1), sub-light speed (1), war with aliens (1), power armor (1), dilatation (1), time travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1), hard sf (1), anti war story (1), into-comics (1)
|
| 1973-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rendezvous with Rama |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
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first contact (3), science fiction (3), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), Big Dumb Object (1), into-video game (1), into-radio (1), exploration (1), robots (1), space travel (1), genetic engineering (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 5-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), hard science fiction (1), sub-light speed (1), mega-starship (1), alien artifact (1), near future (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gods Themselves |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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science fiction (2), genetic engineering (1), tourism (1), power source (1), pions (1), gymnastics (1), nudity (1), immigration (1), plutonium (1), tungsten (1), food (1), global Earth government (1), water (1), quasars (1), moon (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), sex (1), nonbinary gender (1), alternative energy (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), parallel universe (1), translation (1), Moon colony (1), Solar apocalypse (1), advanced aliens (1), academia (1), rivalry (1), argon (1), Etruscan (1), journalist (1), radioactivity (1), set in 22nd century (1), set in 2070s (1), intuition (1), lunar city (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1971-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Your Scattered Bodies Go |
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historical characters (1), mind cloning (1), cloning (1), afterlife (1), mega-engineering (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), rivers (1), longevity (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1970-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
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exploration (2), into-comics (1), natural disaster (1), teleportation (1), faster than light travel (1), breeding program (1), time stasis (1), luck (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), longevity (1), superconductivity (1), into-game (1), into-video game (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), asteroid (1), mega-engineering (1)
|
| 1969-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (2), interstellar travel (1), nonbinary gender (1), androgyny (1), alternating chapter structure (1), sociology (1), philosophy (1), ice planet (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), multiple points of view (1), politics (1), social criticism (1), first contact (1), gender bending (1), first person (1), alien point of view (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cold (1)
|
| 1968-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stand on Zanzibar |
John Brunner |
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overpopulation (2), near future (1), revolution (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), fictional Asian countries (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), neologisms (1), terrorism (1), africa (1), Indonesia (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lord of Light |
Roger Zelazny |
|
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colony (1), hindu-mythos (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), fantasy (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), apotheosis (1), rebellion (1), murder (1), cloning (1), reincarnation (1), technology (1), religion (1), non-linear narrative (1)
|
| 1966-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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artificial intelligence (3), moon (1), revolution (1), ai bootstrap (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), science fiction (1), electromagnetic catapults (1), polyandry (1), libertarianism (1), polyamory (1)
|
| 1966-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
This Immortal |
Roger Zelazny |
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immortal (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), mutation (1), aliens (1), first person point of view (1), tourism (1), pyramids (1), rebellion (1)
|
| 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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| 1964-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wanderer |
Fritz Leiber |
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first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), moon (1), extrasolar planet (1), aliens (1), tsunami (1), england (1), Florida (1), New York City (1), Atlantic Ocean (1)
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| 1963-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Way Station |
Clifford D. Simak |
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first contact (2), solitude (1), muteness (1), longevity (1), grave desecration (1), alien autopsy (1), contemporary (1), Civil War veteran (1), Wisconsin (1), rural (1), interstellar travel (1), love (1), life extension (1), US government surveillance (1), interstellar politics (1), deafness (1), butterflies (1), science fiction (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), alien artifact (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1962-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man in the High Castle |
Philip K. Dick |
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alternate history (6), jewelry (1), antiques (1), authenticity (1), reality (1), resistance (1), America (1), evil (1), set in 1960s (1), international politics (1), Yin and Yang (1), creativity (1), bigotry (1), anti-semitism (1), art (1), Japan (1), slavery (1), racism (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)
|
| 1959-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
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religion (3), post apocalypse (2), post-apocalyptic (2), The 5-Parsec Shelf (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (2), science fiction (2), Wandering Jew (1), fantasy (1), monastery (1), nuclear war (1), mexico (1), holy relics (1), historical perspective (1), warlords (1), Theology (1), Catholicism (1), illuminated manuscripts (1), canonizatioin (1), world war (1), mutants (1), Renaissance (1), United States (1), euthanasia (1), into-radio (1), Utah (1), set in 2500s (1), cannibalism (1), set in 3100s (1), Texas (1), set in 3700s (1), interstellar travel (1), Physicians (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
|
| 1959-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starship Troopers |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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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)
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| 1958-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Case of Conscience |
James Blish |
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first contact (1), religion (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Big Time |
Fritz Leiber |
|
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Librivox (1), time travel (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Hitler Wins (1), science fiction (1), locked room mystery (1)
|
| 1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
They'd Rather Be Right |
Mark Clifton and Frank Riley |
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Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Double Star |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
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science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), first person point of view (1), kidnapping (1), impersonation (1), interplanetary travel (1), mars (1), actors (1), moon (1)
|
| 1952-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Demolished Man |
Alfred Bester |
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telepathy (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), New York City (1), science fiction (1), detective (1), earworm (1), time distortion (1), punishment (1), murder (1)
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