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191 matching records

1. 2010 16 years ago

   The Windup Girl — 2010 Hugo Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Windup Girl (Novel) by Paolo Bacigalupi · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   The Windup Girl — 2010 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2010-09-05).

2. 2011 15 years ago

   Joanna Russ: death

   Category: Organizations and People › Type: Death

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Role: Science fiction writer

   Joanna Russ: death.

3. 2011 15 years ago

   Blackout/All Clear — 2010 Nebula Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Blackout/All Clear (Novel) by Connie Willis · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Blackout/All Clear — 2010 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2011-05-21).

4. 2011 15 years ago

   Blackout/All Clear — 2011 Hugo Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Blackout/All Clear (Novel) by Connie Willis · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Blackout/All Clear — 2011 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2011-08-20).

5. 2012 14 years ago

   Among Others — 2011 Nebula Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Among Others (Novel) by Jo Walton · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Among Others — 2011 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2012-05-19).

6. 2012 14 years ago

   Ray Bradbury: death

   Category: Organizations and People › Type: Death

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Role: Science fiction writer

   Ray Bradbury: death.

7. 2012 14 years ago

   Among Others — 2012 Hugo Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Among Others (Novel) by Jo Walton · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Among Others — 2012 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2012-09-02).

8. 2013 13 years ago

   2312 — 2012 Nebula Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   2312 (Novel) by Kim Stanley Robinson · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   2312 — 2012 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2013-05-18).

9. 2013 13 years ago

   Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas — 2013 Hugo Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (Novel) by John Scalzi · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas — 2013 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2013-09-01).

10. 2014 12 years ago

    Ancillary Justice — 2013 Nebula Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Ancillary Justice (Novel) by Ann Leckie · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    Ancillary Justice — 2013 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2014-05-17).

11. 2014 12 years ago

    The Sword in the Stone — 1939 Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Sword in the Stone (Novel) by T. H. White · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Sword in the Stone — 1939 Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel (2014-08-14).

12. 2014 12 years ago

    The Lady Astronaut of Mars — Hugo Award, Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Lady Astronaut of Mars (Novella) by Mary Robinette Kowal · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novelette · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Lady Astronaut of Mars — Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2014-08-17).

13. 2014 12 years ago

    Ancillary Justice — Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Ancillary Justice (Novel) by Ann Leckie · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    Ancillary Justice — Hugo Award, Best Novel (2014-08-17).

14. 2015 11 years ago

    Annihilation — 2014 Nebula Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Annihilation (Novel) by Jeff VanderMeer · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    Annihilation — 2014 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2015-06-06).

15. 2015 11 years ago

    The Three-Body Problem — 2015 Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Three-Body Problem (Novel) by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (translator) · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Three-Body Problem — 2015 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2015-08-22).

16. 2015 11 years ago

    Binti — first publication

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Science fiction publication

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Binti (Novella) by Nnedi Okorafor · Role: Science fiction writer

    Binti — first publication (2015-09-22).

17. 2016 10 years ago

    Uprooted — 2015 Nebula Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Uprooted (Novel) by Naomi Novik · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    Uprooted — 2015 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2016-05-14).

18. 2016 10 years ago

    Binti — Nebula Award, Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Binti (Novella) by Nnedi Okorafor · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella · Role: Science fiction writer

    Binti — Nebula Award, Best Novella (2016-05-14).

19. 2016 10 years ago

    Our Lady of the Open Road — Nebula Award, Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Our Lady of the Open Road (Novella) by Sarah Pinsker · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette · Role: Science fiction writer

    Our Lady of the Open Road — Nebula Award, Best Novelette (2016-05-14).

20. 2016 10 years ago

    Slan — 1941 Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Slan (Novel) by A. E. van Vogt · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    Slan — 1941 Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel (2016-08-18).