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Notable SF&F Books Notable SF&F Books Version 2.0.13 Publication information listed is generally the first trade publication, excluding earlier limited releases. Series information is usually via ISFDB. Aaronovitch, Ben Broken Homes Gollancz, 2013 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #4. Aaronovitch, Ben Foxglove Summer Gollancz, 2014 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #5. Aaronovitch, Ben The Hanging Tree Gollancz, 2016 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #6. Aaronovitch, Ben Moon Over Soho Del Rey, 2011 PB $7.99 \Rivers of London" #2. Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London Gollancz, 2011 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #1. Aaronovitch, Ben Whispers Under Ground Gollancz, 2012 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #3. Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Heinemann, 1987 HC $9.95 \Dirk Gently" #1. Adams, Douglas The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Pan Books, 1979 PB $0.80 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #1. Adams, Douglas Life, the Universe, and Everything Pan Books, 1982 PB $1.50 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #3. Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless Heinemann, 1992 HC $12.99 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #5. Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Heinemann, 1988 HC $10.95 \Dirk Gently" #2. Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Pan Books, 1980 PB $0.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #2. Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Pan Books, 1984 HC $6.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #4. Adams, Richard Watership Down Rex Collins, 1972 HC $3.95 Carnegie Medal. Addison, Katherine The Goblin Emperor Tor, 2014 HC $25.99 Hugo finalist. Locus Award (f.). Nebula nominee. World Fantasy nominee. Ahmed, Saladin Throne of the Crescent Moon DAW, 2012 HC $24.95 \The Crescent Moon Kingdoms" #1. Locus Award (1st). Hugo finalist. Nebula nominee. 1 Notable SF&F Books (v2.0.13) Aldiss, Brian W. An Age Faber and Faber, 1967 HC 21/- Aldiss, Brian W. Greybeard Faber and Faber, 1964 HC 18/- Aldiss, Brian W. Helliconia Spring Jonathan Cape, 1982 HC $6.95 \Helliconia" #1. Campbell Memorial Award. Nebula nominee. Aldiss, Brian W. Helliconia Summer Jonathan Cape, 1983 HC $8.50 \Helliconia" #2. Aldiss, Brian W. Helliconia Winter Jonathan Cape, 1985 HC $8.95 \Helliconia" #3. Nebula nominee. Aldiss, Brian W. Hothouse Faber and Faber, 1962 HC 16/- Hugo Award. Aldiss, Brian W. The Malacia Tapestry Jonathan Cape, 1976 HC $3.95 Aldiss, Brian W. Non-Stop Faber and Faber, 1958 HC 15/- Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964 HC $3.75 \The Prydain Chronicles" #1. Amis, Kingsley The Alteration Jonathan Cape, 1976 HC $3.50 Campbell Memorial Award. Amis, Kingsley The Green Man Jonathan Cape, 1969 HC $1.50 2 Notable SF&F Books (v2.0.13) Anders, Charlie Jane All the Birds in the Sky Tor, 2016 HC $25.99 Locus Award (f.). Nebula Award. Hugo finalist. Anderson, Chester The Butterfly Kid Pyramid, 1967 PB $0.60 Hugo finalist. Anderson, Kevin J. & Beason, Doug Assemblers of Infinity Bantam Spectra, 1993 PB $4.99 Nebula nominee. Anderson, Poul The Boat of a Million Years Tor, 1989 HC $19.95 Hugo finalist. Nebula nominee. Anderson, Poul Brain Wave Ballantine, 1954 PB $0.35 Anderson, Poul The Broken Sword Abelard-Schuman, 1954 HC $2.75 Anderson, Poul The Byworlder Signet, 1971 PB $0.75 Nebula nominee. Anderson, Poul The Dancer from Atlantis Nelson Doubleday, 1971 HC $1.49 SFBC original|gutter code 29M or B29. Anderson, Poul The Devil's Game Pocket Books, 1980 PB $2.50 Anderson, Poul The Enemy Stars Lippincott, 1959 HC $1.20 Hugo finalist. Anderson, Poul Fire Time Doubleday, 1974 HC $5.95 Hugo finalist. Anderson, Poul Flandry of Terra Chilton, 1965 HC $3.95 Anderson, Poul Genesis Tor, 2000 HC $23.95 Campbell Memorial Award. Anderson, Poul The High Crusade Doubleday, 1960 HC $2.95 Gutter code B32. Hugo finalist. Anderson, Poul A Midsummer Tempest Doubleday, 1974 HC $5.95 Gutter code P4. Nebula nominee. World Fantasy nominee. Anderson, Poul Operation Chaos Doubleday, 1971 HC $5.95 Anderson, Poul The People of the Wind Signet, 1973 PB $0.95 Hugo finalist. Nebula nominee. Anderson, Poul The Star Fox Doubleday, 1965 HC $4.50 Gutter code 17G. Nebula nominee. Anderson, Poul Starfarers Tor, 1998 HC $25.95 Anderson, Poul Tau Zero Doubleday, 1970 HC $4.95 Gutter code L9. Hugo finalist. Anderson, Poul There Will Be Time Nelson Doubleday, 1972 HC $1.49 SFBC original|gutter code 31N. Hugo finalist. Anderson, Poul Three Hearts and Three Lions Doubleday, 1961 HC $2.95 Retro Hugo finalist for original novella. Anstey, F. A Fallen Idol Smith, Elder & Co., 1886 HC Anstey, F. The Tinted Venus J. W. Arrowsmith, 1885 HC 2A Notable SF&F Books (v2.0.13) Anthony, Patricia Cold Allies Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993 HC $21.95 Locus Award (1st). Anthony, Patricia God's Fires Ace, 1997 HC $22.95 Anthony, Piers Chthon Ballantine, 1967 PB $0.75 \Aton" #1. Hugo finalist. Nebula nominee. Anthony, Piers Macroscope Avon, 1969 PB $1.25 Hugo finalist. Anthony, Piers Steppe Millington, 1976 HC $3.00 Arnason, Eleanor Daughter of the Bear King Avon, 1987 PB $3.50 Arnason, Eleanor Ring of Swords Tor, 1993 HC $21.95 Arnason, Eleanor A Woman of the Iron People William Morrow, 1991 HC $22.95 Asaro, Catherine The Last Hawk Tor, 1997 HC $25.95 \Saga of the Skolian Empire" #4. Nebula nominee. Asaro, Catherine Primary Inversion Tor, 1995 HC $21.95 \Saga of the Skolian Empire" #5. Asaro, Catherine The Quantum Rose Tor, 2000 HC $24.95 \Saga of the Skolian Empire" #10. Nebula Award. 3 Notable SF&F Books (v2.0.13) Asimov, Isaac The Caves of Steel Doubleday, 1954 HC $2.95 \Elijah Bailey" #1. Retro Hugo finalist. Asimov, Isaac The Currents of Space Doubleday, 1952 HC $2.75 \Trantorian Empire" #3. Asimov, Isaac The End of Eternity Doubleday, 1955 HC $2.95 Hugo finalist. Asimov, Isaac Forward the Foundation Doubleday Foundation, 1993 HC $23.50 Number line starts with `2'. \Foundation" #7. Asimov, Isaac Foundation Gnome Press, 1951 HC $2.75 \Foundation" #1. Asimov, Isaac Foundation and Earth Doubleday, 1986 HC $16.95 Gutter code BB27. \Foundation" #5. Asimov, Isaac Foundation and Empire Gnome Press, 1952 HC $2.75 Red cover. \Foundation" #2. Retro Hugo Award. Asimov, Isaac Foundation's Edge Doubleday, 1982 HC $14.95 Gutter code M36. \Foundation" #4. Hugo Award. Locus Award (s.f.). Nebula nominee. Asimov, Isaac The Gods Themselves Doubleday, 1972 HC $5.95 Gutter code 13N. Hugo Award. Locus Award (s.f.). Nebula Award. Asimov, Isaac I, Robot Gnome Press, 1950 HC $2.50 Asimov, Isaac The Naked Sun Doubleday, 1957 HC $2.95 \Elijah Bailey" #2. Asimov, Isaac Pebble in the Sky Doubleday, 1950 HC $2.50 \Trantorian Empire" #1. Retro Hugo finalist. Asimov, Isaac Prelude to Foundation Doubleday Foundation, 1988 HC $18.95 \Foundation" #6. Asimov, Isaac Robots and Empire Doubleday, 1985 HC $16.95 Gutter code P032. \Elijah Bailey" #4. Asimov, Isaac The Robots of Dawn Doubleday, 1983 HC $15.95 Gutter code Y35. \Elijah Bailey" #3. Hugo finalist. Asimov, Isaac Second Foundation Gnome Press, 1953 HC $2.75 Blue boards, black printing. \Foundation" #3. Retro Hugo finalist. Asimov, Isaac The Stars, Like Dust Doubleday, 1951 HC $2.50 \Trantorian Empire" #2. Asprin, Robert (ed.) Thieves' World Ace, 1979 PB $1.95 \Thieves' World" #1. World Fantasy Award. Attanasio, A. A. Radix William Morrow, 1981 HC $15.95 \Radix Quartet" #1. Nebula nominee. Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale McClelland & Stewart, 1985 HC C$22.95 Clarke Award. Nebula nominee. Atwood, Margaret The Robber Bride McClelland & Stewart, 1993 HC 3A Notable SF&F Books (v2.0.13) Bacigalupi, Paolo The Alchemist Subterranean, 2011 HC $20.00 Nebula nominee. Bacigalupi, Paolo The Windup Girl Night Shade Books, 2009 HC $24.95 Campbell Memorial Award. Hugo Award. Locus Award (1st). Ballard, J. G. The Burning World Berkley Medallion, 1964 PB $0.50 Ballard, J. G. The Drowned World Berkley Medallion, 1962 PB $0.50 Baker, Kage In the Garden of Iden Hodder & Stoughton, 1997 HC $16.99 \Company" #1. Baker, Kage Sky Coyote Harcourt Brace, 1999 HC $23.00 \Company" #2. Baker, Kage The Women of Nell Gwynne's Subterranean Press, 2009 HC $35.00 Locus Award. Nebula Award. Hugo finalist. World Fantasy nominee. Baker, Mishell Borderline Saga Press, 2016 HC $25.99 \The Arcadia Project" #1. Nebula nominee. World Fantasy nominee. Banks, Iain M. Against a Dark Background Orbit, 1993 HC $15.99 Banks, Iain M. The Algebraist Orbit, 2004 HC $17.99 Hugo finalist. Banks, Iain M. Consider Phlebas Macmillan UK, 1987 HC $10.95 \Culture" #1. Banks, Iain M. Excession Orbit, 1996 HC $15.99 \Culture" #5. Banks, Iain M. Feersum Endjinn Orbit, 1994 HC $15.99 Banks, Iain M. The Hydrogen Sonata Orbit, 2012 HC $20.00 \Culture" #10. Banks, Iain M. Inversions Orbit, 1998 HC $16.99 \Culture" #6. Banks, Iain M. Look to Windward Orbit, 2000 HC $16.99 \Culture" #7. Banks, Iain M. Matter Orbit, 2008 HC $18.99 \Culture" #8. Banks, Iain M. The Player of Games Macmillan UK, 1988 HC $11.95 \Culture" #2. Banks, Iain M. The State of the Art Orbit, 1991 HC $12.95 \Culture" #3. Banks, Iain M. Surface Detail Orbit, 2010 HC $18.99 \Culture" #9. Banks, Iain M. Use of Weapons Orbit, 1990 HC $12.95 \Culture" #4. 4 Notable SF&F Books (v2.0.13) Barnes, John Earth Made of Glass Tor, 1998 HC $25.95 \Thousand Cultures" #2. Barnes, John Kaleidoscope Century Tor, 1995 HC $21.95 \Century Next Door" #2.
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