Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Public

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The Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Science Fiction Novel was first presented in 1980.

  1. Mirror Dance by  (Miles Vorkosigan, #6)

    3 stars

    Not everyone would envy young Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, even though he had formed his own mercenary fleet before attending …

    Phil in SF says:

    1995 winner

  2. The Diamond Age by  (A Bantam spectra book)

    4 stars

    The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what …

    Phil in SF says:

    1996 winner

  3. Blue Mars by  (Mars Trilogy, #3)

    4 stars

    The red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, covered by seas and settlements, mars has been dramatically terraformed …

    Phil in SF says:

    1997 winner

  4. The Rise of Endymion by  (Hyperion Cantos, #4)

    No rating

    The final chapter of this magnificent saga begins with two momentous events: the death and resurrection of Pope Julius XIV …

    Phil in SF says:

    1998 winner

  5. To Say Nothing of the Dog by 

    4 stars

    In her first full-length novel since her critically acclaimed Doomsday Book, Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, …

    Phil in SF says:

    1999 winner

  6. Cryptonomicon by 

    5 stars

    With this extrordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories …

    Phil in SF says:

    2000 winner

  7. the telling by  (Hainish Cycle, #8)

    5 stars

    Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been …

    Phil in SF says:

    2001 winner

  8. Passage by 

    No rating

    One of those rare, unforgettable novels that are as chilling as they are insightful, as thought-provoking as they are terrifying, …

    Phil in SF says:

    2002 winner

  9. The Years of Rice and Salt by 

    4 stars

    With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author Kim Stanley …

    Phil in SF says:

    2003 winner

  10. Ilium by  (Ilium, 1)

    3 stars

    From the multiple award-winning author of the Hyperion Cantos — one of the most acclaimed and popular series in contemporary …

    Phil in SF says:

    2004 winner

  11. Quicksilver by  (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

    5 stars

    Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, …

    Phil in SF says:

    2005 winner (as part of the Baroque Cycle)

  12. The Confusion by  (The Baroque Cycle, #2)

    5 stars

    In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, …

    Phil in SF says:

    2005 winner (as part of the Baroque Cycle)

  13. The System of the World by  (The Baroque Cycle, #3)

    5 stars

    'Tis done.

    The world is a most confused and unsteady place -- especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy …

    Phil in SF says:

    2005 winner (as part of the Baroque Cycle)

  14. Accelerando by 

    4 stars

    The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings …

    Phil in SF says:

    2006 winner

  15. Rainbows End by 

    4 stars

    Robert Gu is a recovering Alzheimer's patient. The world that he remembers was much as we know it today. Now, …

    Phil in SF says:

    2007 winner

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