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x Stand on Zanzibar Stand on Zanzibar 1969 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Stand on Zanzibar is a dystopic New Wave science fiction novel written by John Brunner and first published in 1968. The book won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in 1969. A lengthy book, it was innovative...
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x Parable of the Talents Parable of the Talents 1999 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Parable of the Talents is the second in a series of science fiction novels written by Octavia E. Butler and published in 1998. Parable of the Talents (1998) (the sequel to Parable of the Sower) tells the story of how, as the U.S. continues to fall...
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x Blade Runner /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f4ab495 1983 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design
Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based on the novel Do Androids Dream of...
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1983 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design Quotation Source
1983 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Adaptation
1983 BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Adapted Work
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x Serenity /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000fd84819 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Serenity is a 2005 space western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is considered a continuation of the cancelled Fox science fiction television series Firefly, taking place after the events of the final episode. Set 510 years in the...
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2006 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Work of Fiction
2006 Nebula Award for Best Script Triggery material
2005 SFX Award for Best Actress
2006 Prometheus Special Award
x A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog 1976 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
A Boy and His Dog is a short story written by science fiction author Harlan Ellison in 1969. A revised and expanded version was printed in Ellison's 1976 story collection The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, and Ellison continued...
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1975 Saturn Award for Best Actor Short Story
1969 Nebula Award for Best Novella Published Work
1946 Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels Work of Fiction
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x Sleeper Sleeper 1974 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Sleeper (1973) is a futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by, directed by, and starring Woody Allen. It is loosely based on the H. G. Wells novel The Sleeper Awakes. Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and health-food store owner living in...
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x A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange 1972 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 British/American satirical futuristic film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. The film concerns Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell), a charismatic, psychopathic delinquent whose pleasures are...
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x Brazil Brazil 1986 BAFTA Award for Best Production Design/Art Direction
Brazil is a 1985 film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce. The film also features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm....
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1986 BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Fictional Universe
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x Akira /wikipedia/images/en_id/1351562 1992 Silver Scream Award
Akira (アキラ) is a 1988 anime film co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his hit manga. The film is set in a futuristic and post-war city, Neo-Tokyo, in 2019. While most of the character designs and basic settings were adapted from the...
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x Perdido Street Station /wikipedia/images/en_id/8908710 2001 August Derleth Award
Perdido Street Station is the second published novel by China Miéville, and the first in a series that is set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag, a world where both magic (referred to as 'thaumaturgy') and steampunk technology exist. Perdido Street...
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2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award Book
2002 Kurd Lasswitz Prize for Best Foreign Novel Written Work
x The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel
The Man in the High Castle (1962), by Philip K. Dick, is a science fiction novel of the alternative history sub-genre. The novel won a Hugo Award in 1963 and has since been translated into many languages. The story of The Man in the High Castle,...
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x Neuromancer The cover of the first publication of Neuromancer. The grid represents cyberspace, the virtual reality Matrix 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, notable for being the most famous early cyberpunk novel and winner of the science-fiction "triple crown"—the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's first novel and...
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1984 Nebula Award for Best Novel Written Work
1984 Philip K. Dick Award Award-Nominated Work
1985 Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award for Best Novel Work of Fiction
x The Lathe of Heaven The Lathe of Heaven 1972 Locus Award for Best Novel
The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality. The story was first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The novel received...
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x The Handmaid's Tale TheHandmaidsTale(1stEd) 1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Handmaid's Tale is a feminist dystopian novel, a work of science fiction or speculative fiction, written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1985. Set in the near future, in a totalitarian...
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x Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said 1975 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick about a genetically enhanced pop singer and television star who loses his identity overnight. The story is set in a futuristic dystopia, where America has become a...
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x The Giver The Giver Cover 1994 Newbery Medal
The Giver is a 1993 soft science fiction novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore, it could be considered anti-utopian. The novel...
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x Resurrection Day Resurrection Day 1999 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History
Resurrection Day is a novel written by Brendan DuBois in 1999. It is an alternate history where the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to a full scale war, the Soviet Union is devastated, and the USA has been reduced to a third-rate power, relying on...
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x The Plot Against America /wikipedia/images/en_id/1449343 2004 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History
The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternate history in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh. The novel follows the fortunes of the Roth...
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2005 James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction Written Work
2004 New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year Work of Fiction
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x V for Vendetta /guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000010c6c416 2007 Prometheus Special Award
V for Vendetta is a 2006 dystopian science fiction-thriller film directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan...
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x Twelve Monkeys /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f933f7b   Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor, Science Fiction
12 Monkeys is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and inspired by the French short film La Jetée (1962). 12 Monkeys stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt and Christopher Plummer. The film depicts a future world in 2035...
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1996 Golden Globes: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Adaptation
1996 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Best Supporting Actor Award-Nominated Work
  Sci-Fi Universe Magazine: Best Supporting Actor in a Genre Motion Picture
1996 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor - Film
x The Postman The Postman 1997 Razzie Award for Worst Actor
The Postman is a 1997 film adaptation of the award-winning post-apocalyptic-themed novel of the same name, written in 1985 by author David Brin. It was filmed in northeastern Washington (Metaline Falls), Fidalgo Island, Washington, central Oregon...
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1997 Razzie Award for Worst Director Adaptation
1997 Razzie Award for Worst Picture
1997 Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay
x Prayers for the Assassin Prayers for the Assassin 2007 Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller
Prayers for the Assassin is a political thriller, and a work of speculative fiction, written by American crime writer Robert Ferrigno. The story is set in 2040, after economic strife and a pair of nuclear attacks have led to civil war, causing the...
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x The Jagged Orbit The Jagged Orbit 1970 BSFA award for best novel
The Jagged Orbit is a science fiction novel written by John Brunner. It was first published in 1969, in the Ace Science Fiction Specials line issued by Ace Books, and is similar to his earlier novel, Stand on Zanzibar in its narrative style and...
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x A Scanner Darkly AScannerDarkly(1stEd) 1978 BSFA award for best novel
A Scanner Darkly is a BSFA Award winning 1977 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California in the then-future of June 1994. It includes an extensive portrayal of drug...
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x Swan Song Swan Song 1987 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
Swan Song (ISBN 0-671-74103-9) is an epic 1987 science fiction novel by American novelist Robert R. McCammon. It is a work of post-apocalyptic fiction describing the aftermath of a nuclear war that provokes an evolution in mankind. The novel begins...
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x The Guardians The Guardians 1971 Guardian Award
The Guardians is a novel written by John Christopher, originally published in 1970. Set in the year 2052, the novel depicts a future, authoritarian England divided into two distinct societies: the modern, overpopulated "Conurbs" and the aristocratic...
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