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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
2021-10-12 NOVEL English Truth of the Divine Lindsay Ellis     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)
2020-07-21 NOVEL English Axiom's End Lindsay Ellis     alternate history (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), Earth (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), language (1), california (1), Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado (1), genocide (1), Fermi paradox (1), Refugees (1), set in 2000s (decade) (1)
2020-10-06 NOVEL English The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson     science fiction (1), Montana (1), ecology (1), dying (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Namibia (1), mining (1), sea level rise (1), Zurich (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), Refugees (1), surveillance (1), slavery (1), black ops (1), climate change (1), antarctica (1), switzerland (1), india (1), heat wave (1), terrorism (1), near future (1), hard sf (1), politics (1), geoengineering (1), drought (1), assassination (1), education (1), economics (1), drones (1), Los Angeles (1), flood (1), social media (1), Lucknow (1), PTSD (1), ecosabotage (1), airships (1), Hong Kong (1)
2019-02-05 SHORTFICTION English The Bookstore at the End of America Charlie Jane Anders     water (1), border dispute (1), science fiction (1), california (1), Books (1)
2018-01-31 NOVEL English Wolf Pack: Invasion and Conquest Rob Buckman     california (1)
2016-06-30 CHAPBOOK English Down and Out in Purgatory Tim Powers     california (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), revenge (1), supernatural (1), HumbleBundle (1)
2013-10-17 SHORTFICTION English The Only Ending We Have Kim Newman     california (1), Alfred Hitchcock (1), Psycho (1), motel (1), Suspense (1), actress (1), 1960 (1)
2012-02-09 NOVEL English The Wolf Gift Anne Rice     werewolf (1), california (1)
2011-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Real Artists Ken Liu     california (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), computers (1), satire (1), arts (1), automation (1), feminism (1)
2011-06-15 NOVEL English The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein     secrets (1), fate (1), Faustian (1), magic (1), siblings (1), california (1), books-about-authors (1)
2010-07-06 NOVEL English The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse Dale Pendell     california (1)
2009-10-20 NOVEL English Angel Time Anne Rice     california (1)
2008-05-00 SHORTFICTION English
The Lagerstätte?The Lagerstaette
Laird Barron     contemporary (1), death of husband (1), death of child (1), california (1), ghosts (1), guilt (1), psychotherapy (1)
2006-09-00 NOVEL English The Disunited States of America Harry Turtledove     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)
2005-09-00 NOVEL English The Goodness Gene Sonia Levitin     young-adult sf (1), Washington, DC (1), california (1), dystopia (1), genetic engineering (1)
2004-08-00 NOVEL English Califia's Daughters Laurie R. King     science fiction (1), california (1), amazons (1)
2004-12-06 NOVEL English State of Fear Michael Crichton     technothriller (1), science fiction (1), terrorism (1), global warming (1), tsunami (1), california (1), antarctica (1)
2004-07-31 SHORTFICTION English Synthetic Serendipity Vernor Vinge     dinosaurs (1), augmented reality (1), adult education (1), education (1), california (1), science fiction (1), wearable technology (1), teamwork (1), adolescent protagonist (1), near future (1), teachers (1), obsolete skills (1), computer games (1)
2002-01-00 NOVEL English Kiln People David Brin     science fiction (1), Clones (1), detective (1), mind upload (1), california (1)
2002-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Hotel at Harlan's Landing Kage Baker     first person (1), first person point of view (1), california (1), time war (1), immortals (1)
2002-01-00 NOVEL English The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson     alternate history (2), india (2), China (2), science fiction (1), reincarnation (1), islam (1), Buddhism (1), plague (1), Athens (1), epidemic (1), disease (1), eunuchs (1), North America (1), gender conflict (1), california (1), scientists (1), Poetry (1), weapons (1), peace (1), France (1)
2001-00-00 NOVEL English Sister Noon Karen Joy Fowler     california (1)
2000-03-00 NOVEL English The Burning City Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle     fantasy (1), california (1), magic (1)
2000-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Kingdom of Melting Glances Katherine Vaz     Portuguese (1), Doors (1), sun (1), Birthmark (1), birds (1), california (1), fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1)
1993-10-00 NOVEL English Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler     science fiction (2), community (1), spirituality (1), change (1), god (1), philosophy (1), slavery (1), loss (1), death (1), first person point of view (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), societal collapse (1), Southern California (1), 2020s (1), empath (1), migrants (1), black protagonist (1), climate change (1), Capitalism (1), california (1), Abuse (1), African American (1), apocalyptic (1), dystopian (1), Fundamentalism (1), post-apocalyptic (1), racism (1), women (1)
1990-09-00 NOVEL English Pacific Edge Kim Stanley Robinson     near future (1), politics (1), Utopia (1), ecotopia (1), california (1), softball (1), winged flight (1)
1988-02-00 NOVEL English The Gold Coast Kim Stanley Robinson     near future (1), dystopia (1), sabotage (1), california (1), military–industrial complex (1), science fiction (1)
1988-10-00 NOVEL English The Queen of the Damned Anne Rice     vampires (2), into-movie (1), horror (1), first person point of view (1), mummies (1), rape (1), smell (1), homoeroticism (1), Saint Louis (1), murder (1), dreams (1), afterlife (1), longevity (1), out-of-body experience (1), new orleans (1), Miami (1), Chicago (1), New York City (1), pyrokinesis (1), telepathy (1), music (1), Florida (1), california (1), london (1), Pompeii (1), Rome (1), Athens (1), San Francisco (1), flying (1), Clairvoyance (1), telekinesis (1), genealogy (1), ghosts (1), tapestry (1), twins (1), reincarnation (1), genocide (1), witches (1), cannibalism (1), Greece (1)
1987-08-00 NOVEL English Land of Dreams James P. Blaylock     california (1)
1987-09-00 NOVEL English The Forge of God Greg Bear     first contact (1), space opera (1), nanotechnology (1), mars (1), war with machines (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), politicians (1), Washington, DC (1), set in 1990s (1), space war (1), Pacific Ocean (1), von Neumann probes (1), nuclear weapons (1), tsunami (1), earthquake (1), San Francisco (1), Seattle (1), robots (1), Geology (1), geologists (1), mind control (1), Fermi paradox (1), terraforming (1), alien invasion (1), aliens (1), end of the world (1), Earth (1), plate tectonics (1), neutronium (1), antimatter (1), Australia (1), california (1)
1987-00-00 NOVEL English Time Capsule Mitch Berman     sewage treatment (1), music (1), depopulation (1), nuclear winter (1), california (1), Utah (1), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1), New Jersey (1), New York City (1), United States (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), sex (1), mining (1), ghosts (1)
1986-12-00 NOVEL English The Silent Tower Barbara Hambly     fantasy (2), alternate universe (1), transported main character (1), female protagonist (1), integrated magic (1), witches (1), wizards (1), politics (1), folklore (1), portal-gates (1), parallel world (1), programmer (1), california (1)
1984-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Ridge Running Kim Stanley Robinson     california (1), hiking (1), brain damage (1), near future (1), neural regeneration (1), science fiction (1)
1984-10-00 NOVEL English The Infinity Concerto Greg Bear     fantasy (1), music (1), magic (1), california (1)
1984-08-00 NOVEL English The Peace War Vernor Vinge     science fiction (1), time capsule (1), california (1)
1984-03-00 NOVEL English The Wild Shore Kim Stanley Robinson     homesteading (1), neutron bomb (1), california (1), near future (1), post apocalypse (1), coming of age (1), science fiction (1)
1983-06-00 NOVEL English Millennium John Varley     time travel (1), into-movie (1), paradox (1), prosthetics (1), physicist (1), suicide (1), sex (1), androids (1), pollution (1), california (1), airplanes (1), New York City (1), far future (1), disease (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), tobacco (1), time viewer (1), extinction (1)
1983-00-00 NOVEL English Phantoms Dean R. Koontz     horror (1), into-movie (1), ancient enemy (1), amoeboid monster (1), Peckhamian mimicry (1), dinosaurs (1), california (1), child molestation (1), quarantine (1)
1980-07-00 NOVEL English Timescape Gregory Benford     time travel (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), scientists (1), academia (1), ecological collapse (1), tachyons (1), california (1), england (1), epidemic (1)
1978-11-00 NOVEL English The Stand Stephen King     post apocalypse (3), horror (3), into-tv (2), post-apocalyptic (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), dark fantasy (1), pandemic (1), california (1), Las Vegas (1), demon (1), antichrist (1), Colorado (1), epic (1), quest (1)
1977-01-00 NOVEL English A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick     science fiction (2), drugs (2), california (2), into-movie (1), addiction (1), espionage (1), police (1), rehabilitation (1), drug abuse (1), drug addiction (1), drug use (1), illegal drugs (1), undercover operations (1)
1977-01-00 NOVEL English Lucifer's Hammer Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle     post-apocalyptic (1), loss (1), california (1), cannibalism (1), flood (1), nuclear war (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), survival (1), interplanetary travel (1), science fiction (1), climate change (1), comet (1), comet impact (1), volcano (1), nuclear power (1)
1975-00-00 NOVEL English Confessions of a Crap Artist Philip K. Dick     marriage (1), suicide (1), psychic abilities (1), obsession (1), california (1), first person point of view (1), into-movie (1)
1975-12-00 NOVEL English When the Waker Sleeps Ron Goulart     science fiction (1), suspended animation (1), Mexico City (1), Brazil (1), satire (1), egypt (1), connecticut (1), california (1), farce (1), vandalism (1)
1974-08-22 NOVEL English Myron Gore Vidal     first person point of view (1), LGBTQ+ (1), multiple personalities (1), hollywood (1), california (1), time travel (1)
1973-07-00 NOVEL English The Dancers of Noyo Margaret St. Clair     california (1), new age (1)
1968-05-00 NOVEL English The Masks of Time Robert Silverberg     millennialism (1), architecture (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), gay (1), sex (1), economics (1), prostitution (1), origin of life (1), distant future (1), nudity (1), Rome (1), california (1), Arizona (1), New York City (1), Chicago (1), Buenos Aires (1), force fields (1)
1968-10-00 NOVEL English The Santaroga Barrier Frank Herbert     group mind (1), science fiction (1), drugs (1), psychology (1), Utopia (1), california (1), fungi (1)
1967-05-00 NOVEL English The Dolphins of Altair Margaret St. Clair     dolphin (1), california (1)
1965-06-00 NOVEL English Dr. Bloodmoney or How We Got Along After the Bomb Philip K. Dick     science fiction (1), post-holocaust (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), postapocalyptic (1), psychiatrist (1), nuclear warfare (1), california (1), mutants (1), enhanced intelligence (1), cats (1), dogs (1), telekinesis (1), telepathy (1), body swap (1)
1964-10-31 SHORTFICTION English One of the Dead William Wood (II)     Merril10 (1), horror (1), california (1), haunted house (1)
1962-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Dog Star Arthur C. Clarke     interplanetary travel (1), love (1), loss (1), earthquakes (1), dogs (1), astronomers (1), moon (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), science fiction (1), dreams (1), memory (1)
1960-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The First Men Howard Fast     science fiction (1), child prodigy (1), enhanced intelligence (1), telepathy (1), sports (1), california (1), education (1), nudity (1), sex (1), time distortion (1), force fields (1), first person point of view (1), evolution (1)
1958-00-00 NOVEL English Mr. Bass's Planetoid Eleanor Cameron     new element (1), invention (1), panspermia (1), aliens (1), juvenile sf (1), scotland (1), california (1), rockets (1), telescopes (1), fungi (1)
1955-00-00 NOVEL English The Body Snatchers Jack Finney     science fiction (2), alien invasion (2), into-movie (1), sleep (1), Sentient plants (1), panspermia (1), horror (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), body snatchers (1), fake humans (1), pod people (1), california (1), first person (1), first person point of view (1), doctor (1), medical doctor (1), small town (1), divorcee (1)
1954-00-00 NOVEL English The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet Eleanor Cameron     juvenile sf (1), fungi (1), mushrooms (1), california (1), interplanetary travel (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), chickens (1)
1953-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Lot Ward Moore     abandonment (1), evacuation (1), disaster preparedness (1), family (1), Nuclear attack (1), contemporary (1), california (1), near future (1)
1949-00-00 NOVEL English Earth Abides George R. Stewart     ecology (2), science fiction (2), pandemic (2), cosy catastrophe (2), descent to barbarism (1), post apocalypse (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), cultural decline (1), california (1), sociology (1), anthropology (1), disaster (1), ruined earth (1), pastoral (1), education (1), doomsday novel (1), depopulation (1), ants (1), rats (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), Escape (Radio) (1)
1948-00-00 NOVEL English Ape and Essence Aldous Huxley     post apocalypse (1), 99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), california (1), New Zealand (1), nuclear war (1), satanism (1), Poetry (1)
1947-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Water Is for Washing Robert A. Heinlein     science fiction (1), california (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), tavern (1)
1941-02-00 SHORTFICTION English
"—And He Built a Crooked House"?"-And He Built a Crooked House"
Robert A. Heinlein     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)
1933-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Plutonian Terror Jack Williamson     science fiction (1), california (1), Pluto (1), space travel (1), smart brain (1), end of mankind (1)
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