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Aldous Huxley    wrote    Brave New World 1932. Dystopian novel set in London in 2540. The book was banned in Ireland in 1932. Received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit

Aldous Huxley    wrote    Island 1962. The final book by Huxley. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to his most famous work 'Brave New World'.

Anne McCaffrey    wrote    Damia’s Children 3rd volume in best-selling Tower & Hive series. The Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award. In total McCaffery has won 8 of these awards as of 2009.

Anne McCaffrey    wrote    Dragonflight 1968. Best-selling novel which is part of the Dragonrider’s of Pern® series of novels. 'Weyr Search', which was later incorporated into 'Dragonflight', won a Hugo Award for best novella. McCaffrey thus became the first woman to win a Hugo for fiction. A Nebula award went to the novella 'Dragonriders' which was also incorporated into 'Dragonflight'.

Anne McCaffrey    wrote    Freedom's Choice Freedom series. Barnes & Noble Award

Anne McCaffrey    wrote    Killashandra 2nd volume of the best-selling Crystal Singer series. The Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award

Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey    wrote    The Ship Who Searched This novel set in a McCaffrey's universe where interstellar ships are operated by the living personalities of human beings, and tells the tale of a paralyzed girl and her "shipmate" Alex as they discover a mystery - and search out its secret.

Anne McCaffrey    wrote    The Rowan 1990. The first in the best-selling Rowan series. 'The Rowan' was a New York Times bestseller.

Anne McCaffrey    wrote    The White Dragon 1978. Best-selling novel which is part of the Dragonrider’s of Pern® series of novels. Won numerous awards incl. the Gandalf Award.

Arthur C. Clarke    wrote    2001: A Space Odyssey 1960. Made into a well-nown movie direated by Stanley Kubrik.

Arthur C. Clarke    wrote    2010: Odyssey Two 1982. A best-seller, it is the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1983

Arthur C. Clarke    wrote    A Fall of Moondust 1961. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was the first science fiction novel selected to become a Reader's Digest Condensed Book.

Arthur C. Clarke    wrote    The Fountains of Paradise 1979 Winner, Nebula Award for Best Novel and Hugo Award.

Arthur C. Clarke    wrote    A Meeting With Medusa Nebula Award for best novella 1972

Arthur C. Clarke    wrote    Rendezvous With Rama Sci Fi. nebula Award, Hugo Award, Jupiter Award. Locus Award

Brian Aldiss    wrote    Helliconia Spring First in the Helliconia Trilogy. BSFA winner, 1982; Nebula Award nominee, 1982; Campbell Award winner, 1983

Brian Aldiss    wrote    Super-Toys Last All Summer Long Published in ' Super-Toys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time'. The basis for the film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

C. S. Lewis    wrote    Out of the Silent Planet 1st novel of a science fiction trilogy, followed by "Perelandra" and "That Hideous Strength"

David Eddings    wrote    The Losers 1992

David Gemmell    wrote    Legend Best-seller. His first and most famous novel. First novel in the Drenai saga. Originally published in the USA as 'Against the Horde'.

Doris Lessing    wrote    Memoirs of a Survivor Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature. A dystopian novel that was made into a film in 1981

Doris Lessing    wrote    Shikasta Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is the first book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series.

Douglas Adams    wrote    Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency It is described on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic". A radio adaptation was made by the BBC.

Douglas Adams    wrote    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 1979. Over 16 million copies sold.

Douglas Adams    wrote    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul A 1988 humorous fantasy detective novel. Sequel to 'Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency'. A radio adaptation was made by the BBC.

Edwin Abbott    wrote    Flatland Written under the pseudonym "A. Square", it offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.

Frank Herbert    wrote    Dune 1965. Winner of a Hugo Award and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. Dune is also the first bestselling hardcover science fiction novel, and is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.

Frederik Pohl    wrote    Gateway 1977. Gateway won the 1978 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1978 Locus Award for Best Sci Fi Novel, the 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1978 John W. Campbell Award. It is the opening novel in the Heechee saga.

George Orwell    wrote    Nineteen Eighty-Four Anti-utopian novel about human degradation in a totalitarian state

Isaac Asimov    wrote    The Bicentennial Man Hugo and Nebula Awards. Novella.

Isaac Asimov    wrote    Foundation's Edge 1982. Hugo Award. Locus Award. Foundation series. Asimov also won the Best All-time Novel Series Hugo Award for the Foundation series.

Isaac Asimov    wrote    The Gods Themselves 1972. It won the Nebula Award & the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

John Wyndam    wrote    The Day of the Triffids It established him as an important writer, and remains his best known novel.

J. R. R. Tolkien    wrote    Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring The first in the trilogy. It started as a sequel to J. R. R. Tolkien's earlier work, 'The Hobbit'. A best-seller.

J. R. R. Tolkien    wrote    Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The 3rd in the trilogy. A best-seller. The film adaptations of the trilogy were met with both critical and commercial success. Jackson's adaptations garnered 17 Oscars, 4 for The Fellowship of the Ring, 2 for The Two Towers, and 11 for The Return of the King; these covered many of the award categories. The Return of the King in fact won all of the 11 awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture. With a total of 30 nominations, the trilogy also became the most-nominated in the Academy's history,

J. R. R. Tolkien    wrote    Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The 2nd in the trilogy. A best-seller. The Lord of the Rings is considered to have had a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's works is such that the use of the words "Tolkienian" and "Tolkienesque" has been recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Juliet Marillier    wrote    Son of the Shadows The second book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy. Won the 2001 Aurealis Award.

Julian May    wrote    The Many Coloured Land The first book of the Saga of the Exiles (or the Saga of Pliocene Exile in the USA). Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.    wrote    Cat’s Cradle 1963. Explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the arms race and many other targets along the way. The University of Chicago awarded Vonnegut his Master's degree in anthropology for Cat's Cradle. The book was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.    wrote    Player Piano 1952. Vonnegut's first novel. The dystopian story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanised, eliminating the need for human labourers. Was later released in 1954 under the title 'Utopia'

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.    wrote    Slaughterhouse Five 1969. 'Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade'

Larry Niven    wrote    Ringworld Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winner. Set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature.

Lian Hearn    wrote    Across the Nightingale Floor 2002. Pen name of Australian Children's Author Gillian Rubinstein. set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. The Tales of the Otori series have been sold into 36 countries and have been world wide best sellers. The series initially consisted of a trilogy: Across the Nightingale Floor, Grass for His Pillow, and Brilliance of the Moon. It was followed by a sequel, The Harsh Cry of the Heron, and a prequel, Heaven's Net is Wide.

Lian Hearn    wrote    Grass for His Pillow 2004. Part of the best-selling 'Tales of the Otori' series set in feudal Japan.

Lian Hearn    wrote    Heaven's Net is Wide 2007. Prequel to 'Across the Nightingale Floor' in the best-selling 'Tales of the Otori' series..

Margaret Atwood    wrote    The Handmaid's Tale A feminist dystopian novel. won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987, and it was nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award.

Michael Crichton    wrote    Jurassic Park 1990. A bestseller and Michael Crichton's signature novel. Cautionary tale on biological tinkering. Dinosaurs are genetically recreated and run amok.

Orson Scott Card    wrote    Ender's Game 1985. Numerous awards including the Nebula Award and Hugo Award.

Orson Scott Card    wrote    Speaker for the Dead 1986. Numerous awards including the Nebula Award and Hugo Award. Card is the only author to win both of American science fiction's top prizes in consecutive years.

Philip K. Dick    wrote    A Scanner Darkly The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California in the then-future of June 1994. It includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use. Winner of the BSFA Awards.

Ray Bradbury    wrote    Fahrenheit 451 The title of Bradbury's book has become a well-known byword amongst those who oppose censorship

Robert Heinlein    wrote    Friday Hugo, Nebula, and Locus SF Awards nominee.

Robert Heinlein    wrote    Glory Road Hugo Award nominee. Originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Robert Heinlein    wrote    Have Space Suit - Will Travel Hugo Award nominee. Originally serialised in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Robert Heinlein    wrote    Job: A Comedy of Justice Nebula 7 Hugo Award nominee. Locus Fantasy Award winner

Robert Heinlein    wrote    Time Enough for Love Nebula, Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominations

Robert Jordan    wrote    Crossroads of Twilight 10th book in the Wheel of Time series. #1 on NY Times bestseller list. It remained on the list for the next three months.

Robert Jordan    wrote    Knife of Dreams 11th book in the Wheel of Time series. #1 on NY Times bestseller list. The author dies before completing the series, it is to be commpleted by Brandon Snaderson. The series draws on elements of European and Asian mythology, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Hinduism and Buddhism and the concepts of balance, duality and a respect for nature found in Daoism. It was also partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Robert Jordan    wrote    The Path of Daggers 8th book in the Wheel of Time series. #1 on NY Times bestseller list. It remained on the list for the next two months. The title of the book is a reference to a Seanchan saying: "On the heights, the paths are paved with daggers."

Robert Jordan    wrote    Winter's Heart 9th book in the Wheel of Time series. #1 on NY Times bestseller list. It remained on the list for the next two months. The book's title is a reference to the increasing coldness of Rand al'Thor's personality and to the return of winter following the reversal in the previous book, The Path of Daggers, of the unnatural heat caused by the Dark One's manipulation of climate.

Stephen Donaldson    wrote    Fatal Revenant Is the second novel by Stephen R. Donaldson in the best-selling four book series 'The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'.

Stephen Donaldson    wrote    The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story The first book of best-selling 'Gap Cycle' series.

Stephen Donaldson    wrote    Lord Foul's Bane The first book of the best-selling first trilogy of 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever'.

Stephen Donaldson    wrote    The Wounded Land The first book of the best-selling second trilogy of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

Stephen King and Peter Straub    wrote    The Talisman 1984 fantasy novel. Although receiving mixed reviews the original hardbound edition spent 12 weeks as #1 on New York Times Best Seller List with a total of 23 weeks in total on the list. Publishers Weekly listed it as #1 for 11 weeks, with a total of 26 weeks on the list.

Stephen King    wrote    The Gunslinger 1982. The first in his best-selling Dark Tower fantasy/sci-fi series.

S.W. Ahmed    wrote    Dark Matter Continues the long-standing tradition of "what if we could travel faster than light" in science fiction, mixing in theory on dark matter, alien abduction, and galactic warfare. A best-seller.

Terry Brooks    wrote    The Sword of Shannara First book in the best-selling Shannara series. This novel became the first fantasy book ever to appear on the New York Times bestseller list, where it stayed for 5 months.

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