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.
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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Mirror dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
4 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
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The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (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
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Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars trilogy)
4 stars
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth …
Phil in SF says: 1997 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1998 winner
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To say nothing of the dog, or, How we found the bishop's bird stump at last by Connie Willis (A Bantam spectra book)
5 stars
Connie Willis' entertaining comedy inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's [Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)][1]. …
Phil in SF says: 1999 winner
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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
5 stars
E-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); TWO: "Mother Earth Motherboard" (Neal's …
Phil in SF says: 2000 winner
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the telling by Ursula K. Le Guin (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
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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
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
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
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Ilium by Dan Simmons (Ilium, 1)
4 stars
From the author of the Hyperion Cantos -- one of the most acclaimed popular series in contemporary science fiction -- …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle #1/3)
4 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)
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The Confusion by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle, #2)
4 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)
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The System of the World by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle, #3)
4 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)
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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
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Phil in SF says: 2007 winner
