2008

Richard Morgan. Thirteen

In Thirteen, Richard Morgan reshapes and recharges science fiction, with a new hero in Carl Marsalis: hybrid, hired gun, and a man without a country ... or a planet. Published in the UK as Black Man.

2007

M. John Harrison. Nova Swing

2006

Geoff Ryman. Air

2005

China Mieville. Iron Council

It is a time of wars and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. new Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming city to the brink. A mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places.

2004

Neal Stephenson. Quicksilver

In this wonderfully inventive follow-up to his bestseller Cryptonomicon, Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery, men and women whose exploits defined an age known as the Baroque.

2003

Christopher Priest. The Separation

2002

Gwyneth Jones. Bold as Love

2001

China Miéville. Perdido Street Station

In the sprawling gothic city of New Crobuzon, a stranger has come to request the services of Isaac, an overweight and slightly eccentric scientist. But it is an impossible request--that of flight--and in the end Isaac's attempts will only succeed in unleashing a dark force upon the city.

2000

Bruce Sterling. Distraction

An electrifying cautionary tale from Bruce Sterling propels readers to 2043, when high technology is humanity's ultimate threat.

1999

Tricia Sullivan. Dreaming in Smoke

1998

Mary Doria Russell. The Sparrow

Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist whose messianic virtues hide his occasional doubt about his calling. The mystery is the climactic turn of events that has left him the sole survivor of a secret Jesuit expedition to the planet Rakhat and, upon his return, made him a disgrace to his faith.

1997

Amitav Ghosh. The Calcutta Chromosome

1996

Paul J. McAuley. Fairyland

1995

Pat Cadigan. Fools

1994

Jeff Noon. Vurt

In the world of the not-too-distant future, Scribble embarks on a perilous odyssey into the virtual underworld to rescue his beloved sister, Desdemona, from the drug-induced dreamstate in which she has become trapped.

1993

Marge Piercy. Body of Glass

1992

Pat Cadigan. Synners

1991

Colin Greenland. Take Back Plenty

1990

Geoff Ryman. The Child Garden

1989

Rachel Pollack. Unquenchable Fire

The protagonist is a nice suburban middle-class person who, in a recognizable America informed with rational, non-Christian divine powers, copes with supernatural imposition on her life.

1988

George Turner. The Sea and Summer

1987

Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale

Set in the Republic of Gilead, during the late twentieth century, when declining birth rates caused by the effects of nuclear fallout and the AIDS epidemic result in a new social structure. All young women, who can bear healthy children, are allocated to powerfull regime men. This is the story of one of these young women.