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Aaron, Shale

"Virtual Death" (1995)

Alderman, Gill

"The Archivist" (1989)

Aldiss, Brian

"Equator" (1958)
"SUPER-STATE" (2002)

Aldiss, Brian (with Roger Penrose)

"White Mars" (1999)

Anderson, Jack

"Millennium" (1994)

Anderson, Kevin J. (with Doug Beason)

"Virtual Destruction" (1996)

Anderson, Poul

Anthony, Patricia

"Happy Policeman" (1994)

Asher, Neal

Asimov, Isaac

Atack, Chris

"Project Maldon" (1997)

Austin, A. J. (with Ben Bova)

"To Fear The Light" (1994)

Baird, Wilhelmina

"Chaos Come Again" (1996)
"Clip Joint" (1994)

Ballantyne, Tony

"Capacity" (2005)

Ballard, J. G.

"The Drowned World" (1962)

Barnes, John

Barnes, Stephen (with Larry Niven)

"The Barsoom Project" (1989)

Barnes, Steven (with Larry Niven)

"Saturn's Race" (2000)

Barnes, Steven (with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)

"Beowolf's Children" (1995)
"The Dragons Of Heorot" (1995)

Barron, T. A.

"Heartlight" (1990)

Barton, William

"When We Were Real" (1999)

Baxter, Stephen

"Anti-Ice" (1993)
"Space" (2000)
"Titan" (1995)

Baxter, Stephen (with Arthur C. Clarke)

"Sunstorm" (2005)
"The Light Of Other Days" (2000)

Bear, Elizabeth

"Carnival" (2006)
"Hammered" (2005)

Bear, Greg

"Darwin's Children" (2003)
"Darwin's Radio" (1999)
"Eon" (1985)
"Heads" (1990)
"Hegira" (1979)
"Quantico" (2005)
"Slant" (1997)
"Strength Of Stones" (1981)

Beason, Doug (with Kevin J. Anderson)

"Virtual Destruction" (1996)

Bell, Hilari

"Navohar" (2000)

Benford, Gregory

Benford, Gregory (with William Rotsler)

"Shiva Descending" (1980)

Besher, Alexander

"Rim" (1994)

Bester, Alfred

"The Demolished Man" (1953)

Biggle, Lloyd Jr.

"Monument" (1974)

Blish, James

"Black Easter" (1968)
"Earthman Come Home" (1956)

Block, Thomas

"Airship Nine" (1984)

Bova, Ben

"Privateers" (1985)

Bova, Ben (with A. J. Austin)

"To Fear The Light" (1994)

Bretnor, Reginald

"Gilpin's Space" (1986)

Brewer, Gene

"K-PAX" (1995)

Brin, David

Brown, Eric

"Engineman" (1994)

Brunner, John

Budrys, Algis J.

"Michaelmas" (1977)

Bujold, Lois McMaster

"Falling Free" (1988)

Burns, Stephen L.

"Flesh and Silver" (1999)

Busby, F. M.

"Slow Freight" (1991)

Butler, Octavia

"Dawn" (1987)
"Parable Of The Talents" (1998)

Butler, Octavia E.

"Wild Seed" (1980)

Cadigan, Pat

Calder, Richard

"Dead Girls" (1992)

Card, Orson Scott

Carver, Jeffrey A.

"The Rapture Effect" (1987)

Cherryh, C. J.

Clarke, Arthur C.

"Imperial Earth" (1975)
"The Fountains Of Paradise" (1979)

Clarke, Arthur C. (with Stephen Baxter)

"Sunstorm" (2005)
"The Light Of Other Days" (2000)

Clee, Mona

"Branch Point" (1996)
"Overshoot" (1998)

Clement, Hal

"Half Life" (1999)

Cohen, Jack (with Ian Stewart)

"Wheelers" (2000)

Cook, Paul

"Halo" (1986)

Cowper, Richard

"Kuldesak" (1972)

Cramer, John

"Einstein's Bridge" (1997)
"Twistor" (1989)

Crichton, Michael

"Timeline" (1999)

Czerneda, Julie E.

"A Thousand Words For Stranger" (1997)

Daniel, Tony

"Metaplanetary" (2001)

Dann, Joshua

"Timeshare" (1997)

Danvers, Dennis

"End Of Days" (1999)
"The Fourth World" (2000)

Delaney, Samuel R.

"Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand" (1984)

Dick, Philip K.

"Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" (1974)
"The Man In The High Castle" (1962)
"The Man Who Japed" (1956)
"The Penultimate Truth" (1964)
"Vulcan's Hammer" (1960)

Dix, Shane (with Sean Williams)

Dunn, J. R.

"Days Of Cain" (1997)
"Full Tide Of Night" (1998)

Egan, Greg

Evans, Christopher

"Mortal Remains" (1995)

Fancher, Jane

"Ground-ties" (1991)

Farmer, Philip Jose

"Night Of Light" (1966)

Farrell, Matthew

"Thunder Rift" (2001)

Fast, Jonathan

"Mortal Gods" (1978)

Felice, Cynthia (with Connie Willis)

"Light Raid" (1989)

Flynn, Michael

"Falling Stars" (2001)
"Firestar" (1996)
"In The Country Of The Blind" (2001)
"Lodestar" (2000)
"Rogue Star" (1998)
"The Wreck Of The River Of Stars" (2003)

Flynn, Michael (with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)

"Fallen Angels" (1991)

Forward, Robert L.

"Saturn Rukh" (1997)

Foy, George

"The Shift" (1996)

Friedman, C. S.

Gaiman, Neil

"American Gods" (2001)

Galouye, Daniel F.

"Dark Universe" (1961)

Gardner, James Alan

"Commitment" (1998)
"Hunted" (2000)
"Vigilant" (1999)

Gay, Anne

"To Bathe In Lightning" (1995)

Gerrold, David

"Bouncing Off The Moon" (2001)
"Jumping Off The Planet" (2000)

Gibson, Gary

"Against Gravity" (2005)
"Angel Stations" (2004)

Gibson, William

Gibson, William (with Bruce Sterling)

"The Difference Engine" (1990)

Goonan, Kathleen Ann

"Crescent City Rhapsody" (2000)

Gould, Steven

"Blind Waves" (2000)

Gould, Steven (with Laura J. Mixon)

"Greenwar" (1997)

Green, Terence M.

"Blue Limbo" (1997)

Greenland, Colin

"Harm's Way" (1993)
"Seasons Of Plenty" (1995)

Grimwood, Jon Courtney

"Stamping Butterflies" (2004)

Haldeman, Jack C. II (with Joe Haldeman)

"There Is No Darkness" (1983)

Haldeman, Joe

Haldeman, Joe (with Jack C. Haldeman II)

"There Is No Darkness" (1983)

Hamilton, Peter F.

"Fallen Dragon" (2002)
"Judas Unchained" (2005)
"Pandora's Star" (2004)
"The Naked God" (1999)
"The Nano Flower" (1995)
"The Neutronium Alchemist - Conflict" (1997)
"The Neutronium Alchemist - Consolidation" (1997)
"The Reality Dysfunction - Emergence" (1996)
"The Reality Dysfunction - Expansion" (1996)

Harness, Charles L.

"Redworld" (1986)

Harrison, Harry

"Homeworld" (1980)
"Invasion Earth" (1983)

Harrison, M. John

"Light" (2002)

Hartmann, William K.

"Mars Underground" (1997)

Heinlein, Robert A.

Hendrix, Howard V.

"Lightpaths" (1997)

Herbert, Frank

"Direct Descent" (1980)
"The God Makers" (1972)

Herbert, Frank (with Bill Ransom)

"The Jesus Incident" (1979)
"The Lazarus Effect" (1983)

Hogan, James P.

"Cradle Of Saturn" (1999)

Hopkinson, Nalo

"Midnight Robber" (2000)

Howells, David L.

"VANESSA" (2001)

Hunt, Walter M.

"The Dark Wing" (2001)

Ing, Dean (with Mack Reynolds)

"Eternity" (1984)

Ings, Simon

"Hot Head" (1992)
"Hotwire" (1995)

Jablokov, Alexander

"River Of Dust" (1996)

Jeppson, J. O.

"The Second Experiment" (1974)

Jeter, K. W.

"Blade Runner 2 - The Edge Of Human" (1995)

Jnr., Lloyd Biggle

"The Fury Out Of Time" (1965)

Jones, Gwyneth

"Bold As Love" (2001)
"Northwind" (1994)

Jr. (with Kevin O'Donnell)

"Fire On The Border" (1990)

Kanaly, Michael

"Virus Clans" (1998)

Kapp, Colin

"The Patterns Of Chaos" (1970)

Kenyon, Kay

Kerr, Katharine

"Polar City Blues" (1991)

Kerr, Katherine

"Freeze Frames" (1994)

Kress, Nancy

"Beggars In Spain" (1993)

Lafferty, R. A.

"Fourth Mansions" (1969)

Landis, Geoffrey A.

"Mars Crossing" (2000)

Laumer, Keith

Le Guin, Ursula K.

"The Dispossessed" (1974)
"The Lathe of Heaven" (1971)

Leiber, Fritz

"The Big Time" (1958)

Leigh, Stephen

"Dark Water's Embrace" (1998)

Levinson, Paul

"The Silk Code" (1999)

Lindholm, Megan

"Alien Earth" (1992)

Lindskold, Jane (with Roger Zelazny)

"Donnerjack" (1997)
"Lord Demon" (1999)

Longyear, Barry B.

"Sea Of Glass" (1987)

MacLeod, Ken

Mason, Lisa

"Cyberweb" (1995)

Matheson, Richard

"I Am Legend" (1954)

Matthews, Susan R.

"Angel Of Destruction" (2001)

McArthur, Maxine

"Time Future" (1999)

McAuley, Paul J.

"Ancients Of Days" (1999)
"The Secret Of Life" (2001)

McCarthy, Wil

"Bloom" (1998)
"The Collapsium" (2000)

McDevitt, Jack

McGarry, Mark J.

"Blank Slate" (1984)

McIntyre, Vonda N.

"Nautilus" (1994)
"The Exile Waiting" (1975)

Meaney, John

"Paradox" (2000)
"To Hold Infinity" (1998)

Meredith, Richard C.

"We All Died At Breakaway Station" (1969)

Mieville, China

"Perdido Street Station" (2000)

Mitchell, Syne

"Murphy's Gambit" (2000)
"Technogensis" (2002)

Mixon, Laura J.

"Proxies" (1998)

Mixon, Laura J. (with Steven Gould)

"Greenwar" (1997)

Modesitt, L. E. Jr.

"The Parafaith War" (1996)

Moon, Elizabeth

Mosley, Walter

"Futureland" (2001)

Murphy, Pat

"The Falling Woman" (1986)

Nagata, Linda

"Limit Of Vision" (2001)
"Vast" (1998)

Niven, Larry

Niven, Larry (with Jerry Pournelle)

Niven, Larry (with Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn)

"Fallen Angels" (1991)

Niven, Larry (with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes)

"Beowolf's Children" (1995)
"The Dragons Of Heorot" (1995)

Niven, Larry (with Stephen Barnes)

"The Barsoom Project" (1989)

Niven, Larry (with Steven Barnes)

"Saturn's Race" (2000)

O'Donnell, Kevin (with Jr.)

"Fire On The Border" (1990)

O'Donnell, Kevin Jr.

"Mayflies" (1979)
"ORACLE" (1983)

O'Keefe, Claudia

"Black Snow Days" (1990)

Pallandt, Nicolas van

"Anvil" (1998)

Park, Severna

"Speaking Dreams" (1997)

Penrose, Roger (with Brian Aldiss)

"White Mars" (1999)

Pogue, David

"Hard Drive" (1993)

Pohl, Frederik

"Gateway" (1976)

Pohl, Frederik (with Thomas T. Thomas)

"Mars Plus" (1994)

Pournelle, Jerry

"King David's Spaceship" (1980)

Pournelle, Jerry (with Larry Niven)

Pournelle, Jerry (with Larry Niven and Michael Flynn)

"Fallen Angels" (1991)

Pournelle, Jerry (with Larry Niven and Steven Barnes)

"Beowolf's Children" (1995)
"The Dragons Of Heorot" (1995)

Priest, Christopher

"The Space Machine" (1976)

Ransom, Bill (with Frank Herbert)

"The Jesus Incident" (1979)
"The Lazarus Effect" (1983)

Reed, Robert

Resnick, Mike

"A Miracle Of Rare Design" (1994)
"Second Contact" (1990)

Reynolds, Alastair

Reynolds, Mack (with Dean Ing)

"Eternity" (1984)

Ripley, Karen

"Prisoner Of Dreams" (1989)

Roberts, Adam

"Salt" (2000)

Roberts, Keith

"Pavane" (1966)
"The Inner Wheel" (1970)

Robinson, Jeanne (with Spider Robinson)

"Starmind" (1994)

Robinson, Kim Stanley

"Fifty Degrees Below" (2005)

Robinson, Spider

"Lifehouse" (1997)

Robinson, Spider (with Jeanne Robinson)

"Starmind" (1994)

Robson, Justina

"Mappa Mundi" (2001)

Rotsler, William (with Gregory Benford)

"Shiva Descending" (1980)

Rucker, Rudy

"Software" (1982)

Ruff, Matt

"Sewer, Gas & Electric" (1997)

Russell, Eric Frank

"Sinister Barrier" (1939)

Russell, Mary Doria

"Children Of God" (1998)
"The Sparrow" (1996)

Russo, Richard Paul

"Destroying Angel" (1992)
"Unto Leviathan" (2001)

Sawyer, Robert J.

"Calculating God" (2000)
"Flashforward" (1999)
"Hominids" (2002)
"Humans" (2003)

Scalzi, John

"Old Man's War" (2005)

Scott, Melissa

"The Kindly Ones" (1987)
"Trouble And Her Friends" (1994)

Shaw, Bob

"Orbitsville" (1975)
"The Shadow Of Heaven" (1969)

Sheffield, Charles

"Between The Strokes Of Night" (1985)
"Proteus In The Underworld" (1995)

Shepard, Lucius

"Life During Wartime" (1987)

Smith, Kristine

"Code Of Conduct" (1999)

Spinrad, Norman

"Greenhouse Summer" (1999)

Stapleford, Brian

"Inherit The Earth" (1998)

Sterling, Bruce

"Heavy Weather" (1994)

Sterling, Bruce (with William Gibson)

"The Difference Engine" (1990)

Stewart, Ian (with Jack Cohen)

"Wheelers" (2000)

Stewart, Sean

"Passion Play" (1992)
"Resurrection Man" (1995)

Stiegler, Mark

"Earthweb" (1999)

Stirling, S. M.

"Conquistador" (2003)
"Dies The Fire" (2004)

Stith, John E.

"Reunion On Neverend" (1994)

Stross, Charles

"Accelerando" (2005)
"Iron Sunrise" (2004)

Sullivan, Tricia

Swanwick, Michael

Tepper, Sheri S.

"Gibbon's Decline And Fall" (1996)

Tepper, Sherri S.

"Singer From The Sea" (1999)

Thomas, Maggy

"Broken Time" (2000)

Thomas, Quentin

"Chains Of Light" (1992)

Thomas, Thomas T. (with Frederik Pohl)

"Mars Plus" (1994)

Thomas, Thomas T. (with Roger Zelazny)

"Flare" (1992)

Traviss, Karen

Vance, Jack

"The Languages Of Pao" (1958)

Varley, John

"Demon" (1984)
"Mammoth" (2005)
"Red Thunder" (2003)
"Steel Beach" (1991)
"The Ophiuchi Hotline" (1977)
"Titan" (1979)
"Wizard" (1979)

Vinge, Joan D.

"The Outcasts Of Heaven Belt" (1978)

Vinge, Vernor

Vogt, A. E. Van

"The Book Of Ptath" (1947)
"The Wizard Of Linn" (1962)

Wallace, Ian

"The Z Sting" (1978)

Watson, Ian

"Oracle" (1997)

Weaver, Michael

"Mercedes Nights" (1987)

Weber, David

"Ashes Of Victory" (2000)

Westerfield, Scott

White, James

"Double Contact" (1999)
"Open Prison" (1965)

Wilheim, Kate

"Let The Fire Fall" (1969)

Wilhelm, Kate

"Crazy Time" (1988)
"Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang" (1976)

Williams, Sean (with Shane Dix)

Williams, Walter Jon

"City On Fire" (1997)
"Days Of Atonement" (1992)

Williamson, Jack

"The Stonehenge Gate" (2005)

Willis, Connie

"Bellwether" (1996)
"Doomsday Book" (1992)
"Passage" (2001)

Willis, Connie (with Cynthia Felice)

"Light Raid" (1989)

Wilson, Robert Charles

"A Hidden Place" (1986)
"Bios" (1999)

Wolfe, Gene

"Free Live Free" (1984)
"Nightside Of The Long Sun" (1993)

Womack, Jack

"Heathern" (1991)
"Random Acts Of Senseless Violence" (1993)

Wyndham, John

"The Day Of The Triffids" (1951)

Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

"Crown Of Empire" (1994)

Young, Janine Ellen

"The Bridge" (2000)

Young, Jim

"Armed Memory" (1995)

Zebrowski, George

Zeddies, Ann Tonsor

"Steel Helix" (2003)

Zelazny, Roger

Zelazny, Roger (with Jane Lindskold)

"Donnerjack" (1997)
"Lord Demon" (1999)

Zelazny, Roger (with Thomas T. Thomas)

"Flare" (1992)

Zettel, Sarah