2021-11-23 |
NOVEL |
English |
Beyond the Hallowed Sky |
Ken MacLeod |
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science fiction (2), surveillance state (1), computerized surveillance (1), surveillance (1), interstellar colonization (1), near future (1), humaniform robot (1), humanoid robot (1), robot (1), robot protagonist (1), AI (1), artificial intelligence (1), scotland (1), submarine (1), submarines (1), venus (1), Venus exploration (1), aliens (1), alien intelligence (1), FTL (1), FTL travel (1), FTL spacecraft (1), faster than light travel (1), message from the future (1), cold war politics (1), defection (1), interstellar colonies (1), Scotland outside the UK (1)
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2018-08-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
Primordial Threat |
M. A. Rothman |
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space warp (1), apocalypse (1), techno-terrorism (1), secret organizations (1), black holes (1), faster than light travel (1), hard science fiction (1)
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2015-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Chinese |
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迟卉 |
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Big Dumb Object (1), faster than light travel (1), FTL travel (1), Precursors (1), science fiction (1)
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2009-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Collision |
Gwyneth Jones |
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science fiction (1), virtual reality (1), faster than light travel (1)
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2006-09-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
Variable Star |
Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson |
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generation ship (1), faster than light travel (1), twins (1), telepathy (1), drugs (1), sex (1), nova (1), interstellar travel (1), colonization (1)
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2005-06-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Scardown |
Elizabeth Bear |
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family (1), near future (1), ecological collapse (1), post atomic war (1), enhanced biology (1), artificial personalities (1), nanobots (1), China (1), generation ships (1), faster than light travel (1), Hartford, CT (1), Canada (1), alien technology (1), multiple points of view (1), first person point of view (1), strong female characters (1), female protagonist (1), asteroid strike (1), first contact (1), military (1), science fiction (1)
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1998-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Heaven's Reach |
David Brin |
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space opera (1), dyson sphere (1), science fiction (1), apes (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1994-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Another Story |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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time travel (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1)
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1994-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Federation |
Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens |
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nanotechnology (1), fascism (1), Captain Picard (1), Captain Kirk (1), black hole (1), faster than light travel (1), Zefram Cochrane (1), warp drive (1), cyborg (1), FTL travel (1), science fiction (1), star trek (1), star trek: the original series (1), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1), metamorphosis (1), The Savage Curtain (1), crossover (1)
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1994-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order |
Stephen R. Donaldson |
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space opera (1), science fiction (1), memory cloning (1), parent and child (1), siblings (1), clone (1), treachery (1), sexual abuse (1), brain control implants (1), Psychopaths (1), space police (1), faster than light travel (1), space pirates (1), cyborg (1), mutation (1), battles in space (1), strong female characters (1), multiple points of view (1), interstellar war (1), war with aliens (1), intrigue (1), asteroid swarm (1)
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1993-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dancing to Ganam |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), music (1), exploration (1), perception of reality (1)
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1993-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gripping Hand |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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reproduction (1), genetic engineering (1), diplomacy (1), protostar (1), espionage (1), interstellar travel (1), set in 3000s (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1990-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Inconstant Star |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), alien artifacts (1), black holes (1), aliens (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1)
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1990-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Shobies' Story |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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interstellar travel (1), imagination (1), consensus (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), relativistic time dilation (1), cultural dominance (1), perception of reality (1)
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1989-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Angel Station |
Walter Jon Williams |
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science fiction (1), cyberpunk (1), faster than light travel (1), first contact (1), paranormal powers (1)
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1989-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Nemesis |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (1), swarm intelligence (1), colonization (1), faster than light travel (1), multiple protagonists (1), female protagonist (1), young adult protagonist (1), orbital habitats (1), FTL travel (1), telepathy (1)
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1981-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starworld |
Harry Harrison |
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Britain (1), Israel (1), treachery (1), rebellion (1), only humans (1), space battles (1), space opera (1), 25th century (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar colonies (1), insurrection (1), espionage (1)
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1981-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wheelworld |
Harry Harrison |
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rabble-rouser (1), reactionary politics (1), colonized planet (1), faster than light travel (1), 25th century (1), hellish climate (1), monumental engineering (1), epic voyage (1), resisting oppression (1)
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1979-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All |
Cordwainer Smith |
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science fiction (1), hospital (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1976-00-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
Faster Than Light |
Jack Dann and George Zebrowski |
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original anthology (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1975-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Warriors of Dawn |
M. A. Foster |
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science fiction (1), barbarian horde (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), aliens (1), romance (1), interstellar war (1), faster than light travel (1), preternatural abilities (1), unusual family structure (1), engineered humans (1)
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1974-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mote in God's Eye |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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first contact (2), space opera (2), science fiction (1), military sf (1), holography (1), biologists (1), astronomers (1), genetic engineering (1), insanity (1), fatalism (1), lost colony (1), concentration camp (1), rebellion (1), art (1), museum (1), aliens (1), zoo (1), scientists (1), religion (1), interstellar travel (1), lasers (1), force fields (1), coffee (1), collapse of civilization (1), asteroids (1), life cycle (1), interstellar war (1), alcohol (1), Chocolate (1), computers (1), solar sails (1), evolution (1), cyborgs (1), archaeology (1), reproduction (1), diplomacy (1), faster than light travel (1), set in 3000s (1)
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1973-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
La machination |
Christian Grenier |
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faster than light travel (1), politics (1), FTL travel (1), science fiction (1)
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1973-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lodestar |
Poul Anderson |
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faster than light travel (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), space traders (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
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1971-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
... And All the Stars a Stage |
James Blish |
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science fiction (1), colonization ships (1), ancient aliens (1), matriarchy (1), interstellar travel (1), Sun goes nova (1), alien ecology (1), engineered animals (1), automated planetary defenses (1), embryonic gender selection (1), epidemic (1), gender relations (1), surplus of males (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1970-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
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exploration (2), natural disaster (1), mega-engineering (1), asteroid (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), science fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), hard sf (1), into-video game (1), into-game (1), superconductivity (1), longevity (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), luck (1), time stasis (1), breeding program (1), faster than light travel (1), teleportation (1)
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1969-04-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Working in the Spaceship Yards |
Brian W. Aldiss |
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human condition (1), robots (1), androids (1), faster than light travel (1), first person point of view (1), tongue in cheek (1)
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1967-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
This Mortal Mountain |
Roger Zelazny |
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cryosleep (1), visions (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), mountain climbing (1), first person point of view (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1966-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
At the Core |
Larry Niven |
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hyperspace (1), hard sf (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
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1966-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Solarians |
Norman Spinrad |
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suspended animation (1), alien invasion (1), paranormal romance (1), space opera (1), genocide (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar war (1), telepathy (1), faster than light travel (1), computers (1), uniforms (1)
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1966-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Witches of Karres |
James H. Schmitz |
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strong female characters (1), paranormal powers (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1965-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One Face |
Larry Niven |
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far future (1), Earth (1), tidal locking (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), time stasis (1), white dwarfs (1)
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1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
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B. R. Bruss |
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science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1)
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1962-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Star Light |
Isaac Asimov |
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computers (1), science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), navigation (1), murder (1)
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1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Great Explosion |
Eric Frank Russell |
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anarchy (1), nudity (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), penal colony (1), interstellar travel (1)
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1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Collision Course |
Robert Silverberg |
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first contact (2), science fiction (1), distant future (1), interstellar travel (1), teleportation (1), faster than light travel (1), slower than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar empire (1)
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1960-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bow Down to Nul |
Brian W. Aldiss |
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alien occupation of Earth (1), alien empire (1), alien point of view (1), interpreter (1), rebels (1), interstellar travel (1), faster than light travel (1), corrupt governor (1), politics (1), intra-species conflicts (1), alien occupation (1)
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1960-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Wasn't Home |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
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interstellar travel (1), adoption (1), child abduction (1), interstellar empire (1), faster than light travel (1), government corruption (1), coverups (1)
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1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Methuselah's Children |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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science fiction (2), group mind (1), interstellar travel (1), longevity (1), breeding (1), faster than light travel (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starman's Quest |
Robert Silverberg |
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Librivox (1), faster than light travel (1), Earth (1), distant future (1), relativistic time dilation (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (1)
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1957-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Chalice of Death |
Robert Silverberg |
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far future (1), forgotten earth (1), intergalactic empire (1), palace intrigue (1), suspended animation (1), faster than light travel (1), quest (1)
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1956-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Each an Explorer |
Isaac Asimov |
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Sentient plants (1), science fiction (1), exploration (1), faster than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), mind control (1), symbiosis (1)
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1955-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Risk |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (1), robots (1), faster than light travel (1), asteroid (1)
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1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Star Bridge |
James E. Gunn and Jack Williamson |
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science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), Canopus (1), shape-changers (1)
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1952-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Captive of the Centaurianess |
Poul Anderson |
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mathematician (1), invention (1), aliens (1), mars (1), faster than light travel (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), Ganymede (1), Alpha Centauri (1), science fiction (1), amazons (1), tobacco (1), fascism (1)
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1947-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Little Lost Robot |
Isaac Asimov |
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robots (2), into-tv (1), science fiction (1), asteroid belt (1), faster than light travel (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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1945-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Escape! |
Isaac Asimov |
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robots (2), faster than light travel (1), computers (1), science fiction (1)
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1944-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Far Centaurus |
A. E. van Vogt |
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interstellar flight (1), Alpha Centauri (1), first person point of view (1), suspended animation (1), slower than light travel (1), faster than light travel (1), Centauri system (1), mental breakdown (1), future humans (1), new science (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), time travel (1), black hole (1)
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