| 2020-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jigsaw Children |
Grace Chan |
|
|
family (1), science fiction (1), social commentary (1), genetics (1)
|
| 2018-10-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
Murderworld |
Allen White |
|
|
science fiction (1), near future (1), GameLit (1), martial arts (1), strong female characters (1), social commentary (1), action (1), murder (1), video games (1), cyberpunk (1), virtual reality (1), artificial intelligence (1), korea (1), Tokyo (1)
|
| 2018-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Noon in the Antilibrary |
Karl Schroeder |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), internet (1), social commentary (1), fake news (1), female protagonist (1), journalist (1), programmer (1), government conspiracy (1)
|
| 2016-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Burning Bright |
Melissa McShane |
|
|
historical fantasy (1), magic (1), seafaring (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 2016-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Merry Christmas from All of Us to All of You |
Sandra McDonald |
|
|
Christmas (1), satire (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 2012-07-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
Albert of Adelaide |
Howard L. Anderson |
|
|
platypus (2), animal fantasy (2), action (1), adventure (1), allegory (1), Australia (1), fantasy (1), humour (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), western (1)
|
| 2012-02-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Technologists |
Matthew Pearl |
|
|
US Civil War (1), college students (1), female protagonist (1), massachusetts institute of technology (1), 1868 (1), boston (1), alternate history (1), mystery (1), social commentary (1), mad scientist (1)
|
| 2010-06-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Twiller |
David Derrico |
|
|
science fiction (1), comedy (1), humor (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), Young Adult (1)
|
| 2008-09-30 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Night Children |
Kit Reed |
|
|
near future (1), dystopia (1), juvenile sf (1), female protagonist (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 2007-03-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Craters |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
|
|
social criticism (1), female main character (1), social commentary (1), writing (1), near future (1), social fiction (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 2007-03-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rocket Boy |
Paul J. McAuley |
|
|
science fiction (1), crime (1), social fiction (1), social criticism (1), social commentary (1), planetary adventure (1)
|
| 2007-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Secret City |
Carol Emshwiller |
|
|
science fiction (1), HumbleBundle (1), social commentary (1), assimilation (1), aliens (1), rescue (1)
|
| 2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Kingdom Come |
J. G. Ballard |
|
|
hostage (1), near future (1), shopping malls (1), racism (1), riots (1), Suburban Life (1), social commentary (1), consumption (1), economics (1), Advertising executives (1), england (1), mass shootings (1), bombings (1), TV (1), marketing (1), fascism (1), gangs (1), first person point of view (1), conspiracy (1), Brooklands race track (1)
|
| 2006-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Where the Golden Apples Grow |
Kage Baker |
|
|
hard sf (1), juvenile (1), mars (1), only humans (1), terraforming (1), social commentary (1), frontier society (1), science fiction (1), child protagonist (1)
|
| 2004-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Messenger |
Lois Lowry |
|
|
young-adult fantasy (1), xenophobia (1), healing (1), blindness (1), paranormal powers (1), social commentary (1), village (1), forest (1), trading (1), price (1)
|
| 2000-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Coming |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
science fiction (1), dystopia (1), social commentary (1), politics (1), near future (1), academia (1), alien visitation (1), hard sf (1), climate change (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi |
George Allen |
|
|
near future (1), genetic engineering (1), feminism (1), social commentary (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Homelanding |
Margaret Atwood |
|
|
social commentary (1), first person point of view (1), alien contact (1)
|
| 1986-09-20 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Freeforall |
Margaret Atwood |
|
|
SF (1), social commentary (1), near future (1)
|
| 1985-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Sun in the Attic |
Mary Gentle |
|
|
steampunk (1), social commentary (1), progress (1), feudalism (1), matriarchy (1), strong female characters (1), polyandry (1), telescope (1), collapse of civilization (1)
|
| 1978-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Had No Idea |
Thomas M. Disch |
|
|
near future (1), social commentary (1), government regulation (1), science fiction (1), satire (1)
|
| 1976-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Final Victory |
Jill Taggart |
|
|
postapocalyptic (1), irony (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), social commentary (1), post apocalypse (1)
|
| 1976-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Starburst |
Robert Lulyk |
|
|
alien point of view (1), contemporary (1), deep space life form (1), pure energy life form (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1975-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Imperial Earth |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
solar system (1), radio astronomy (1), Utopia (1), homesickness (1), loneliness (1), space travel (1), science fiction (1), Titan (1), Earth (1), Clones (1), LGBTQ+ (1), romance (1), mtitanic (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1975-00-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
Social Problems Through Science Fiction |
Martin H. Greenberg and John W. Milstead and Joseph D. Olander and Patricia S. Warrick |
|
|
science fiction (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1974-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Knox |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
near future (2), only Earth (1), guilt (1), totalitarianism (1), social commentary (1), betrayal (1), marriage (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1974-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Let the Future Judge |
L. Lester Anderson |
|
|
near future (1), first manned landing on mars (1), aliens (1), alien point of view (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Parasite Lost |
Raymond James Jones |
|
|
allegory (1), social commentary (1), end of humanity (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Memoirs of a Survivor |
Doris Lessing |
|
|
SF (1), postapocalyptic (1), contemporary (1), Britain (1), social commentary (1), cosy catastrophe (1), post apocalypse (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Clear Day in the Motor City |
Eleanor Arnason |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), environment (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Behind the Walls |
Laura Tokunaga |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1973-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
For the Good of Society |
Terri E. Pinckard |
|
|
social commentary (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), courtroom trial (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Is No More Away |
Steve Cline |
|
|
fabulation (1), social commentary (1), satire (1), humour (1)
|
| 1972-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Merchants of Venus |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
science fiction (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), Capitalism (1), alien artifacts (1), exploration (1)
|
| 1970-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Interurban Queen |
R. A. Lafferty |
|
|
alternate reality (1), railways (1), Utopia (1), social commentary (1), contemporary (1), automobiles (1)
|
| 1969-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Macroscope |
Piers Anthony |
|
|
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), war with machines (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), social commentary (1), science (1), aliens (1), sex (1), child prodigy (1)
|
| 1968-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
androids (2), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), what human is (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), ecological decline (1), interplanetary travel (1), social commentary (1), psychology (1), population collapse (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), dystopia (1), bounty hunter (1), Oregon (1), premonition (1), postapocalyptic (1), San Francisco (1), pets (1), genetic engineering (1), robots (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1), animals (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), into-video game (1), set in 1990s (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
An Age |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
time travel (1), surprise ending (1), metaphysics (1), anomie (1), england (1), Jurassic era (1), Victorian era (1), social commentary (1), coup (1), cryptozoic era (1), near future (1), only humans (1), distant future (1), military dictatorship (1), science fiction (1), dystopia (1)
|
| 1966-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mr. Jester |
Fred Saberhagen |
|
|
hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), war with machines (1), berserker machine (1), ship AI (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Long Memory |
William Spencer |
|
|
social commentary (1), surveillance state (1)
|
| 1965-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Masque of the Red Shift |
Fred Saberhagen |
|
|
hard sf (1), ship AI (1), social commentary (1), berserker machine (1), war with machines (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1963-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Great Time Machine Hoax |
Keith Laumer |
|
|
time travel (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), virtual reality (1), social commentary (1), super computer (1), science fiction (1), education (1), Utopia (1)
|
| 1961-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Harrison Bergeron |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
dystopia (2), Merril07 (1), near future (1), earth only (1), humans only (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), egalitarianism (1), into-tv (1), into-movie (1), humour (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1958-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ministry of Disturbance |
H. Beam Piper |
|
|
social commentary (1), Cultural stagnation (1), galactic empire (1), student uprising (1), university administration (1), assassination plots (1), palace intrigue (1)
|
| 1958-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dread Tomato Addiction |
Mark Clifton |
|
|
moral panic (1), tomatoes (1), humor (1), social commentary (1), parody (1)
|
| 1956-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Work of Art |
James Blish |
|
|
social commentary (1), psychology (1), music (1), earth only (1), humans only (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1956-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Country of the Kind |
Damon Knight |
|
|
dystopia (1), first person (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), near future (1), social commentary (1), Utopia (1), ahimsa anthology (1), smell (1), epilepsy (1), creativity (1)
|
| 1956-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Racer |
Ib Melchior |
|
|
Merril02 (1), into-movie (1), social commentary (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), auto racing (1), blood sport (1)
|
| 1955-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
We Are Holding Our Own |
John Steinbeck |
|
|
extinction (1), United Nations (1), human nature (1), humor (1), social commentary (1), society (1), prehistory (1), mob psychology (1), prehistoric (1)
|
| 1954-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fighting Philosopher |
Everett B. Cole |
|
|
galactic empires (1), rehabilitation (1), sociological engineering (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1954-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inferiority |
James Causey |
|
|
pacifism (1), human aggression (1), twist ending (1), social commentary (1), clash of civilizations (1), Martians (1), mars (1), inferiority complex (1)
|
| 1953-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Crucifixus Etiam |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
|
|
science fiction (1), mars (1), terraforming (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Disappearing Act |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
time travel (1), near future (1), social commentary (1), satire (1), war (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), fantasy (1), alternate universes (1)
|
| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Specialist |
Robert Sheckley |
|
|
alien point of view (1), interstellar travel (1), social commentary (1), humor (1)
|
| 1952-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mrs. Poppledore's Id |
Reginald Bretnor |
|
|
contemporary (1), satire (1), poltergeist (1), psychoanalysis (1), parapsychology (1), exorcism (1), Id (1), publishing (1), religion (1), self help books (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1950-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ship Sails at Midnight |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
SF (1), social commentary (1), romance (1), alien contact (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1949-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Other Santa |
Thorp McClusky |
|
|
contemporary (1), Christmas Eve (1), social commentary (1), satire (1), fantasy (1), shared belief (1), manifestation (1), child who needs operation (1), Santa Claus (1), marketing (1), public relations stunt (1), broadcasting (1), first person point of view (1), Christmas (1)
|
| 1948-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Pillar of Fire |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
social commentary (1), only Earth (1), vampire (1), fantasy (1), 24th century (1), gothic (1), anger (1), resurrection (1), Librivox (1)
|
| 1944-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kindness |
Lester del Rey |
|
|
science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), social fiction (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1940-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Half-Breed |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
atomic power (1), bigotry (1), superior species (1), human/Martian hybrids (1), social commentary (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1937-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Star Maker |
Olaf Stapledon |
|
|
science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), European interwar period (1), first person point of view (1), distant future (1), mental time travel (1), mental intergalactic travel (1), aliens (1), evolution (1), social commentary (1), spirituality (1), distant past (1), astral projection (1), sentient stars (1), star-dwelling beings (1), philosophy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), Sentient plants (1), nebula (1)
|
| 1931-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Academy for Souls |
John O'Hara Cosgrave |
|
|
Utopia (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1930-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Last and First Men |
Olaf Stapledon |
|
|
venus (2), Neptune (2), far future (1), science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), evolution (1), Martians (1), Venusians (1), spirituality (1), future history (1), first person point of view (1), genetic engineering (1), distant future (1), human evolution (1), telepathy across time (1), interplanetary travel (1), psychology (1), sociology (1), social commentary (1), European interwar period (1), war with aliens (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1921-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Going Home: Being the Fantastic Romance of the Girl with Angel Eyes and the Man Who Had Wings |
Barry Pain |
|
|
sentimental fantasy (1), social commentary (1), allegory (1)
|
| 1915-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Herland |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
|
|
Librivox (1), feminist (1), Utopia (1), lesbian (1), explorers (1), parthenogenesis (1), social commentary (1), love (1), motherhood (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), world without men/women (1), women (1)
|
| 1910-09-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise |
Lord Dunsany |
|
|
twist ending (1), social commentary (1), talking animals (1)
|
| 1895-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
|
|
|
|
19th century (1), Poland (1), Jews (1), fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), philosophy (1), poverty (1), living dead (1), World of Illusions (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1887-05-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
La morte |
Guy de Maupassant |
|
|
Librivox (1), first person point of view (1), bereavement (1), social commentary (1), Paris (1), cemetery (1), supernatural vision (1), revenants (1), twist ending (1), irony (1), horror (1)
|
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