Speculative Fiction
The Year's Top Short SF Novels 6
2016·366 pages
A collection of top 2015 sci-fi novellas exploring interstellar empires, dystopian futures, and human mysteries.
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A collection of top 2015 sci-fi novellas exploring interstellar empires, dystopian futures, and human mysteries.
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Short novels are movie length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This collection presents the best-of-the-best science fiction novellas published in 2015 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of story-telling. In "The Citadel of Weeping Pearls," by Aliette de Bodard, set in the author's Dai Viet interstellar empire, an Empress orders her scientific Grand Master to search deepest space and track down the missing Citadel, along with its techn...
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Romance & sex
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Minor romantic elements in some stories; no explicit content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Moderate violence in some novellas, including murder and conflict; not graphic.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Moderate political themes in stories like totalitarian regimes and societal control.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Minor themes of systemic oppression or conflict in some stories; not central.
Other
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