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Slow River
by Nicola Griffith
Awakening in an alley, naked, bleeding, and missing her identity implant, Lore Van Oesterling, the daughter of a powerful family, finds a chance to reinvent herself in expert data pirate Spanner.
1996 Nebula Award Winner
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The Einstein Intersection
by Samuel R. Delany
The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. As the tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza, it also explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world as those who are "different" try to seize history and the day.
1967 Nebula Award Winner
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The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Living in a future where food is scarce, Anderson Lake tries to find ways to exploit this need, as he comes into conflict with Jaidee, an official of the Environmental Ministry, and encounters Emiko, a engineered windup girl who has been discarded by her creator.
2009 Nebula Award Winner
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The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
Dramatizes the varied reactions of people from all parts of the world when a stray planet enters the solar system and contacts Earth.
1964 Hugo Award Winner
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Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
During the twenty-second century, a space probe's investigation of a mysterious, cylindrical asteroid brings man into contact with an extra-galactic civilization.
1974 Hugo Award Winner
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The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device.
1996 Hugo Award Winner
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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
Having foreseen and planned for the worldwide devastation of war and pestilence, the landed Sumner family of Virginia have assured themselves physical survival but are hard-put to provide for a meaningful human future.
1977 Locus Award Winner
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Ilium
by Dan Simmons
The first installment of a new saga is based on themes from The Iliad and The Tempest and places classical characters and gods in such settings as the Plains of Ilium, the terraformed oceans of Mars, and Jupiter space.
2004 Locus Award Winner
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The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
The sole survivor of a crew sent to explore a new planet, Jesuit priest Emilio Sandoz discovers an alien civilization that raises questions about the very essence of humanity, an encounter that leads Sandoz to a public inquisition and the destruction of his faith.
1997 BSFA Award Winner
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The City & The City
by China Miéville
Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Besźel.
2009 BSFA Award Winner
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