{"id":15392,"date":"2020-01-05T21:22:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T02:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=15392"},"modified":"2020-01-09T21:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:27:36","slug":"best-science-fiction-novels-by-year-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/best-science-fiction-novels-by-year-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Best science fiction novels by year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an update to this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n

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 <\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nRunner<\/strong> Ups<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nAdrian Tchaikovsky<\/td>\nChildren of Ruin<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nMarina J. Lostetter<\/td>\nNoumenon Infinity<\/td>\nBecky Chambers<\/td>\nRecord of a Spaceborn Few<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nHead On<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nNew York 2140<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nThe Massacre of Mankind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKameron Hurley<\/td>\nThe Stars Are Legion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMur Lafferty<\/td>\nSix Wakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAnn Leckie<\/td>\nProvenance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMarina J. Lostetter<\/td>\nNoumenon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nBecky Chambers<\/td>\nA Closed and Common Orbit<\/td>\nStephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds<\/td>\nThe Medusa Chronicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nQuantum Night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nCrosstalk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nLast Year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nSeveneves<\/td>\nAnn Leckie<\/td>\nAncillary Mercy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAdrian Tchaikovsky<\/td>\nChildren of Time<\/td>\nJack McDevitt<\/td>\nThunderbird<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWill McIntosh<\/td>\nDefenders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nAurora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe End of All Things<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nThe Affinities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nBecky Chambers<\/td>\nThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nUltima<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAnn Leckie<\/td>\nAncillary Sword<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nLock In<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nLockstep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nEmily St. John Mandel<\/td>\nStation Eleven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nMatt Haig<\/td>\nThe Humans<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nProxima<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAnn Leckie<\/td>\nAncillary Justice<\/td>\nWill McIntosh<\/td>\nLove Minus Eighty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nRed Planet Blues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe Human Division<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nBurning Paradise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\n2312<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nExistence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nShadows in Flight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nTriggers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nRedshirts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nWill McIntosh<\/td>\nSoft Apocalpyse<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nWonder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nFuzzy Nation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nThe Highest Frontier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nReamde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nVortex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nAll Clear<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nWatch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nBlackout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nPaolo Bacigalupi<\/td>\nThe Windup Girl<\/td>\nJack McDevitt<\/td>\nTime Travelers Never Die<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nWake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nJulian Comstock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nAlastair Reynolds<\/td>\nHouse of Suns<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nWeaver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nAnathem<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder in Exile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDouglas Preston<\/td>\nBlasphemy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nZoe’s Tale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nNavigator<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nConqueror<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoe Haldeman<\/td>\nThe Accidental Time Machine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nBrian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson<\/td>\nSandworms of Dune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nRollback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe Last Colony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nAxis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nPeter Watts<\/td>\nBlindsight<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nEmperor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nRegeneration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nBrian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson<\/td>\nHunters of Dune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe Android\u2019s Dream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe Ghost Brigades<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nRainbows End<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nSpin<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nMigration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoe Haldeman<\/td>\nOld Twentieth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarin Lowachee<\/td>\nCagebird<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDavid Marusek<\/td>\nCounting Heads<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nMindscan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nOld Man’s War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nLady of Mazes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nCharles Stross<\/td>\nAccelerando<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Varley<\/td>\nMammoth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nEdward Willett<\/td>\nLost in Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nSurvival<\/td>\nJoe Haldeman<\/td>\nCamouflage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nRadiant<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nBlind Lake<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nHidden in Sight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWilliam Gibson<\/td>\nPattern Recognition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarin Lowachee<\/td>\nBurndive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHumans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHybrids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nEvolution<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nKiln People<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHominids<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nTo Trade the Stars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarin Lowachee<\/td>\nWarchild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nScott Mackay<\/td>\nOrbis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJim Munroe<\/td>\nEveryone in Silico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nPermanence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMichael Swanwick<\/td>\nBones of the Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nPassage<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nIn the Company of Others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nThe Chronoliths<\/td>\nCandas Jane Dorsey<\/td>\nA Paradigm of Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nAscending<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDonald Kingsbury<\/td>\nPsychohistorical Crisis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nScott Mackay<\/td>\nThe Meek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAdam Roberts<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Telling<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter<\/td>\nThe Light of Other Days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nVentus<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nChanging Vision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nHunted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJim Munroe<\/td>\nAngry Young Spaceman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAlastair Reynolds<\/td>\nRevelation Space<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nCalculating God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nBrain Plague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nCryptonomicon<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nFoundation\u2019s Triumph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nA Deepness in the Sky<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder’s Shadow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJo\u00ebl Champetier<\/td>\nThe Dragon’s Eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nTies of Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nVigilant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nFlashforward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nPeter Watts<\/td>\nStarfish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nFactoring Humanity<\/td>\nGreg Bear<\/td>\nFoundation and Chaos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nDarwinia<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nHeaven’s Reach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nA. C. Crispin & Ru Emerson<\/td>\nVoices of Chaos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nBeholder\u2019s Eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nCommitment Hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nNalo Hopkinson<\/td>\nBrown Girl in the Ring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nScott Mackay<\/td>\nOutpost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJack McDevitt<\/td>\nEternity Road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMary Doria Russell<\/td>\nChildren of God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAlison Sinclair<\/td>\nCavalcade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nTo Say Nothing of the Dog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nThe Rise of Endymion<\/td>\nGregory Benford<\/td>\nFoundation\u2019s Fear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nA Thousand Words for Stranger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nExpendable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nIllegal Alien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Wright<\/td>\nA Scientific Romance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nStarplex<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nInfinity\u2019s Shore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nPastwatch<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nChildren of the Mind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nA. C. Crispin & T. Jackson King<\/td>\nAncestor\u2019s World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nPeter F. Hamilton<\/td>\nThe Reality Dysfunction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJack McDevitt<\/td>\nAncient Shores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMaria Doria Russell<\/td>\nThe Sparrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nEndymion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAlison Sinclair<\/td>\nBlueheart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nThe Time Ships<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nBrightness Reef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nThe Diamond Age<\/td>\nJulia Ecklar<\/td>\nReGenesis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nThe Terminal Experiment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nNautilus<\/td>\nA. C. Crispin & Kathleen O\u2019Malley<\/td>\nSilent Songs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nEnd of an Era<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nForeigner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nMysterium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nForward the Foundation<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nFossil Hunter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nDaughter of Elysium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nSnow Crash<\/td>\nA. C. Crispin & Deborah A. Marshall<\/td>\nSerpent\u2019s Gift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nA Fire Upon the Deep<\/td>\nGreg Egan<\/td>\nQuarantine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMaureen F. McHugh<\/td>\nChina Mountain Zhang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nMetaphase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nRed Mars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nFar-Seer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nDoomsday Book<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nThe Harvest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nXenocide<\/td>\nA. C. Crispin & Jannean Elliott<\/td>\nShadow World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nTransition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nGolden Fleece<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nUse of Weapons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nEarth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMichael Crichton<\/td>\nJurassic Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nA. C. Crispin & Kathleen O\u2019Malley<\/td>\nSilent Dances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJames Morrow<\/td>\nCity of Truth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Silverberg<\/td>\nThe New Springtime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nThe Fall of Hyperion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nHyperion<\/td>\nA. C. Crispin<\/td>\nStarBridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nStarfarers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nThe Wall Around Eden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSheri S. Tepper<\/td>\nGrass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nThe Player of Games<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nPrelude to Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nMasks of the Martyrs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nThe Gold Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nPacific Edge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Silverberg<\/td>\nAt Winter\u2019s End<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSheri S. Tepper<\/td>\nThe Gate to Women\u2019s Country<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nThe Uplift War<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nConsider Phlebas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nWarriors of the Storm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nPirates of the Thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMichael Crichton<\/td>\nSphere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nSpeaker for the Dead<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation and Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nA Door Into Ocean<\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nLords of the Middle Dark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe Songs of Distant Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWayland Drew<\/td>\nThe Master of Norriya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nHighway of Eternity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nMarooned in Realtime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder’s Game<\/td>\nGreg Bear<\/td>\nBlood Music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nGreg Bear<\/td>\nEon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nThe Postman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWayland Drew<\/td>\nThe Gaian Expedient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nChapterhouse: Dune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nCarl Sagan<\/td>\nContact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nThe Wild Shore<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWayland Drew<\/td>\nThe Memoirs of Alcheringia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nSuzette Haden Elgin<\/td>\nNative Tongue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nHeretics of Dune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWilliam Gibson<\/td>\nNeuromancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nThe Peace War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nStartide Rising<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation\u2019s Edge<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nLife, the Universe and Everything<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nGod Emperor of Dune<\/td>\nJulian May<\/td>\nThe Many-Colored Land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nProject Pope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nSundiver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nStill Forms on Foxfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nGene Wolfe<\/td>\nThe Shadow of the Torturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe Fountains of Paradise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nMastodonia<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nFrederik Pohl<\/td>\nGateway<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nChildren of Dune<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Dispossessed<\/td>\nJoe Haldeman<\/td>\nThe Forever War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nNiven & Pournelle<\/td>\nThe Mote in God’s Eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nDavid Gerrold<\/td>\nThe Man Who Folded Himself<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nRendezvous With Rama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe Gods Themselves<\/td>\nJohn Brunner<\/td>\nThe Sheep Look Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Silverberg<\/td>\nDying Inside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nArkady & Boris Strugatsky<\/td>\nRoadside Picnic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Lathe of Heaven<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nLarry Niven<\/td>\nRingworld<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Left Hand of Darkness<\/td>\nMichael Crichton<\/td>\nThe Andromeda Strain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nUBIK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nDune Messiah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/td>\nSlaughterhouse-Five<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\n2001: A Space Odyssey<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAnne McCaffrey<\/td>\nDragonflight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nCity of Illusions<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nRocannon’s World<\/td>\nRobert A Heinlein<\/td>\nThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nPlanet of Exile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nDune<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nThe Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nAll Flesh is Grass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nWay Station<\/td>\nKurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/td>\nCat’s Cradle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nThe Man in the High Castle<\/td>\nMadeline L’Engle<\/td>\nA Wrinkle in Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nHarry Harrison<\/td>\nThe Stainless Steel Rat<\/td>\nRobert A Heinlein<\/td>\nStranger in a Strange Land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nStanislaw Lem<\/td>\nSolaris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nWalter M. Miller, Jr.<\/td>\nA Canticle for Leibowitz<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nKurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/td>\nThe Sirens of Titan<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nJames Blish<\/td>\nA Case of Conscience<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nAlfred Bester<\/td>\nThe Stars My Destination<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe City and the Stars<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe End Of Eternity<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nChildhood’s End<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe Caves of Steel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRay Bradbury<\/td>\nFahrenheit 451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nHal Clement<\/td>\nMission of Gravity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nAlfred Bester<\/td>\nThe Demolished Man<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nSecond Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nTheodore Sturgeon<\/td>\nMore Than Human<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation and Empire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation<\/td>\nJohn Wyndham<\/td>\nThe Day of the Triffids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nRay Bradbury<\/td>\nThe Martian Chronicles<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nGeorge Orwell<\/td>\nNineteen Eighty-Four<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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