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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7653-1699-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7653-1699-8">978-0-7653-1699-8</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i><b>Redshirts</b></i> (originally titled <i><b>Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas</b></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Postmodernism" title="Postmodernism">postmodern</a> <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> novel by <a href="/wiki/John_Scalzi" title="John Scalzi">John Scalzi</a> that satirizes <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a></i>. The book was published by <a href="/wiki/Tor_Books" title="Tor Books">Tor Books</a> in June 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-MacMillan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacMillan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Audiobook" title="Audiobook">audiobook</a> of the novel is narrated by <a href="/wiki/Wil_Wheaton" title="Wil Wheaton">Wil Wheaton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book won the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Hugo Award for Best Novel">Hugo Award for Best Novel</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel" title="Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel">Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirts_(novel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the prologue, several senior officers of the <i>Intrepid</i>, flagship of the Universal Union, lament the unusually high number of casualties of <a href="/wiki/Redshirt_(stock_character)" title="Redshirt (stock character)">low-ranking crew members</a> during recent away missions and conclude that they will need more crewmen to replace them. </p><p>The <i>Intrepid</i> takes on five new <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)" title="Ensign (rank)">ensigns</a> including Andrew Dahl, an expert in alien religions and <a href="/wiki/Astrobiology" title="Astrobiology">xenobiology</a>. Dahl quickly discerns that the crew is extremely phobic of being near the senior officers and of going on away missions due to their high fatality rate. Over the course of several missions, various crew members suggest that the deaths are due to <a href="/wiki/Military_incompetence" title="Military incompetence">incompetence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Superstition" title="Superstition">superstition</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Destiny" title="Destiny">cosmic forces</a>, requiring <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice" title="Sacrifice">"sacrifices"</a> of some crew members so that others will survive. </p><p>After several <a href="/wiki/Near_miss_(safety)" title="Near miss (safety)">close calls</a>, Dahl meets Jenkins, a crew member who offers a different theory: their reality and timeline are under periodic influence of a badly written television show from the past. As the writers create the plot, characters' free will temporarily ceases in order to progress <a href="/wiki/Plot_(narrative)" title="Plot (narrative)">"the Narrative"</a> of the show. This is why otherwise good officers are occasionally incompetent, Ensigns make poor decisions, and the ship has mysterious technology on board to produce last-minute inventions and medicines which would otherwise be <a href="/wiki/Deus_ex_machina" title="Deus ex machina">impossible to produce</a>: the narrative is subject to the skill of the writers, who are neither military nor scientific experts and need to <a href="/wiki/Trope_(cinema)" title="Trope (cinema)">artificially maintain a high sense of drama</a> with on-screen deaths. Jenkins explains that Dahl and the other Ensigns' <a href="/wiki/Bit_part" title="Bit part">routine duties</a> and colorful histories will inevitably make them targets of "the narrative" when the writers need <a href="/wiki/Supporting_actor" title="Supporting actor">"glorified extras"</a> to kill for emotional impact. </p><p>The Ensigns kidnap a senior officer and proceed to travel to the past with the mission of convincing them to stop the show. Once there, they meet their actor doubles and realize that they are exact <a href="/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger" title="Doppelgänger">doppelgängers</a>; even their imagined <a href="/wiki/Backstory" title="Backstory">backstories</a> became integral events of the Ensigns' lives. Dahl strikes a deal with the show's producer and head writer, who is Jenkins's double, to save the life of the producer's <a href="/wiki/Coma" title="Coma">comatose</a> son by switching him with his crew member double. Because the producer's son appeared on the show as an <a href="/wiki/Extra_(acting)" title="Extra (acting)">extra</a>, one of the crew members is effectively his identical twin, and will revert to the young man's personality by staying in the past. Conversely, Dahl reasons that bringing the comatose son into the future will allow them to use "the Narrative" to their advantage, letting the advanced technology and reality-altering properties of the writing revive him. </p><p>Dahl and the Ensigns return to the future and live out the new revised plot created by the head writer, which includes saving the "injured crewman" they had on board. While rescuing the ship, Dahl sacrifices himself to save a senior officer for the sake of the narrative. Awakening later, Dahl receives a message from the writers and producers explaining his recovery, and they promise to make the lives of the crew meaningful instead of using death as a quick plot device. Dahl then compares the close calls he has had with those of the TV show's protagonists, and deduces that there is another narrative protecting him, which makes him wonder <a href="/wiki/Metafiction" title="Metafiction">if he is actually a protagonist</a> in another story. </p><p>The novel features three epilogues. In the first one the head writer deals with <a href="/wiki/Writer%27s_block" title="Writer's block">writer's block</a> as a consequence of his bad writing choices. In the second one the producer's son, having reverted to his personality from the crewman who switched with him, determines to do something useful with the second chance at life he's been given. In the third one an actress, who once played an extra on the show, receives a message showing intimate details of the woman whose life—and death—she helped create. She memorializes her lost "sister" on a beach and meets the head writer of the show, with both realizing that their characters on the show were married. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirts_(novel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Recruits on the <i>Intrepid</i>: </p> <ul><li>Ensign Andrew Dahl, the hero of the novel.</li> <li>Ensign Maia Duvall, Kerensky's love interest.</li> <li>Ensign Jimmy Hanson, Dahl's best friend. His father is stated to be one of the richest men in the galaxy.</li> <li>Ensign Jasper Hester. He's the only character without a detailed backstory because he was only created to allow the son of the show's producer to appear in the show. He trades places with the comatose son to save his life.</li> <li>Ensign Finn, a somewhat reformed criminal and the only main character of the novel to die, protecting Abernathy from an assassination attempt.</li></ul> <p>Senior officers of <i>Intrepid</i> and protagonists of the TV show: </p> <ul><li>Captain Lucius Abernathy. The ship's captain, who is reasonable whenever his actions aren't being controlled by the show's plot, but makes terrible decisions whenever they are.</li> <li>Science Officer Q'eeng. The ending hints that he has some suspicions about the nature of the world he lives in.</li> <li>Chief Engineer Paul West. Field missions including him are stated to be the most lethal to supporting characters.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Astrogation" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrogation">Astrogator</a>) Anatoly Kerensky . Receives life-threatening injuries in nearly every mission, but heals with great speed in order to be ready for the next mission.</li> <li>Medical Officer Hartnell</li></ul> <p>Other crew in the <i>Intrepid</i>: </p> <ul><li>Officer Jenkins. Suffers a breakdown when his wife dies to advance the show's plot. He hides in the cargo tunnels and monitors all activity on the ship. He develops the theory that the <i>Intrepid</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s events are influenced by the TV show, and devises the means to travel to the past to stop it.</li> <li>Lieutenant Collins, Dahl's direct officer at the exobiology laboratory.</li> <li>Dahl's lab mates Ben Trin, Jake Cassaway and Fiona Mbeke. They use Jenkin's alerts to avoid being assigned to field missions with the senior officers, but a failure of this system leads to Cassaway and Mbeke dying in a field mission with Q'eeng.</li> <li>Ensign Davis, shown in the prologue as devoured by land worms to generate a plot point for the TV show.</li> <li>Lieutenant Fischer. An inexperienced officer who fights alongside the main characters during a field mission but is consumed by nanobots when he boards an evacuation shuttle with none of the main characters aboard.</li> <li>Ensign Grover. A veteran crewmember who is about to retire and get married before he gets dragged into a field mission and killed.</li></ul> <p>TV show cast and crew: </p> <ul><li>Charles Paulson, head producer of the show.</li> <li>Matt Paulson, Charles' son and the actor playing Hester, in coma due to a motorcycle accident.</li> <li>Nick Weinstein, chief writer of the show and the actor who played Jenkins.</li> <li>Mark Corey, the actor who plays Kerensky.</li> <li>Brian Abnett, the actor who plays Dahl.</li> <li>Samantha Martinez, the actress that played Jenkins' wife.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirts_(novel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel satirises the tropes of <a href="/wiki/Redshirt_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Redshirt (character)">redshirt</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_box_(fiction)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Black box (fiction) (page does not exist)">black box</a> in television science fiction writing. In the course of the satire, Scalzi examines free will and what it takes to make one the hero of one's own story. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirts_(novel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel won the RT Reviewer's Choice Award for 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Hugo Award for Best Novel">Hugo Award for Best Novel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Hugo13_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hugo13-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus Award</a> for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the <a href="/wiki/Geffen_Award" title="Geffen Award">Geffen Award</a> for Best Translated Science Fiction Novel. </p><p>John Schwartz of the <i>New York Times</i> noted that the plight of the Ensigns as they realize their situation as characters in a television drama was similar to <i><a href="/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead" title="Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</a></i>, where the story tells what happens when its characters find out they are not in the "real" storyline.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> magazine praised the novel saying "You don't have to be a hardcore sci-fi fan to enjoy <i>Redshirts</i>, though there are plenty of Easter Eggs for those who are. And the beauty of the book is that it works on multiple levels. If you're looking for a breezy, fun read for the beach, this is your book. If you want to go down a level and read it as a surreal meditation on character and genre like <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</i>, this is your book."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/FX_(TV_channel)" title="FX (TV channel)">FX</a> started developing a limited television series of the novel in 2014. However, nothing materialized and the production window closed in 2017 when the rights reverted to Scalzi.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirts_(novel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NPR_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2012/07/12/156669439/writer-puts-expendable-redshirts-in-the-spotlight"><i><span></span>'Redshirts': Expendable Ensigns Get Their Own Story</i></a>, Talk of the Nation, NPR, 12 July 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%27Redshirts%27%3A+Expendable+Ensigns+Get+Their+Own+Story&rft.series=Talk+of+the+Nation&rft.pub=NPR&rft.date=2012-07-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2012%2F07%2F12%2F156669439%2Fwriter-puts-expendable-redshirts-in-the-spotlight&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARedshirts+%28novel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MacMillan-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MacMillan_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120716063656/http://us.macmillan.com/redshirts/JohnScalzi">"Redshirts A Novel with Three Codas"</a>. 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Heinlein">Anson MacDonald</a> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conjure_Wife" title="Conjure Wife">Conjure Wife</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Over_Mars" title="Shadow Over Mars">Shadow Over Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Brackett" title="Leigh Brackett">Leigh Brackett</a> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Empire" title="Foundation and Empire">The Mule</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farmer_in_the_Sky" title="Farmer in the Sky">Farmer in the Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_451" title="Fahrenheit 451">Fahrenheit 451</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a> (1954)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Demolished_Man" title="The Demolished Man">The Demolished Man</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Bester" title="Alfred Bester">Alfred Bester</a> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They%27d_Rather_Be_Right" title="They'd Rather Be Right">They'd Rather Be Right</a></i> (aka: The Forever Machine) by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Clifton" title="Mark Clifton">Mark Clifton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Riley_(author)" title="Frank Riley (author)">Frank Riley</a> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Star" title="Double Star">Double Star</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Time_(novel)" title="The Big Time (novel)">The Big Time</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Case_of_Conscience" title="A Case of Conscience">A Case of Conscience</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Starship_Troopers" title="Starship Troopers">Starship Troopers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz" title="A Canticle for Leibowitz">A Canticle for Leibowitz</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Miller,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter M. Miller, Jr.">Walter M. Miller, Jr.</a> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land" title="Stranger in a Strange Land">Stranger in a Strange Land</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle" title="The Man in the High Castle">The Man in the High Castle</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" title="Philip K. Dick">Philip K. Dick</a> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Way_Station_(novel)" title="Way Station (novel)">Here Gather the Stars</a></i> (aka: <i>Way Station</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Leiber_novel)" title="The Wanderer (Leiber novel)">The Wanderer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dune_(novel)" title="Dune (novel)">Dune</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Herbert" title="Frank Herbert">Frank Herbert</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/This_Immortal" title="This Immortal">...And Call Me Conrad</a></i> (aka: <i>This Immortal</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress" title="The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress">The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Light" title="Lord of Light">Lord of Light</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar" title="Stand on Zanzibar">Stand on Zanzibar</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Brunner_(author)" title="John Brunner (author)">John Brunner</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness" title="The Left Hand of Darkness">The Left Hand of Darkness</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ringworld" title="Ringworld">Ringworld</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Your_Scattered_Bodies_Go" title="To Your Scattered Bodies Go">To Your Scattered Bodies Go</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer" title="Philip José Farmer">Philip José Farmer</a> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gods_Themselves" title="The Gods Themselves">The Gods Themselves</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama" title="Rendezvous with Rama">Rendezvous with Rama</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dispossessed" title="The Dispossessed">The Dispossessed</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Forever_War" title="The Forever War">The Forever War</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_Late_the_Sweet_Birds_Sang" title="Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang">Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm" title="Kate Wilhelm">Kate Wilhelm</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gateway_(novel)" title="Gateway (novel)">Gateway</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Pohl" title="Frederik Pohl">Frederik Pohl</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamsnake" title="Dreamsnake">Dreamsnake</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vonda_N._McIntyre" title="Vonda N. McIntyre">Vonda N. McIntyre</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise" title="The Fountains of Paradise">The Fountains of Paradise</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(Vinge_novel)" title="The Snow Queen (Vinge novel)">The Snow Queen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joan_D._Vinge" title="Joan D. Vinge">Joan D. Vinge</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Downbelow_Station" title="Downbelow Station">Downbelow Station</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/C._J._Cherryh" title="C. J. Cherryh">C. J. Cherryh</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Edge" title="Foundation's Edge">Foundation's Edge</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Startide_Rising" title="Startide Rising">Startide Rising</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neuromancer" title="Neuromancer">Neuromancer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Gibson" title="William Gibson">William Gibson</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game" title="Ender's Game">Ender's Game</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead" title="Speaker for the Dead">Speaker for the Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Uplift_War" title="The Uplift War">The Uplift War</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cyteen" title="Cyteen">Cyteen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/C._J._Cherryh" title="C. J. Cherryh">C. J. Cherryh</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)" title="Hyperion (Simmons novel)">Hyperion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Dan Simmons</a> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vor_Game" title="The Vor Game">The Vor Game</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barrayar" title="Barrayar">Barrayar</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep" title="A Fire Upon the Deep">A Fire Upon the Deep</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Doomsday_Book_(novel)" title="Doomsday Book (novel)">Doomsday Book</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mars_trilogy" title="Mars trilogy">Green Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mirror_Dance" title="Mirror Dance">Mirror Dance</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diamond_Age" title="The Diamond Age">The Diamond Age</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Neal_Stephenson" title="Neal Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mars_trilogy" title="Mars trilogy">Blue Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Peace" title="Forever Peace">Forever Peace</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Say_Nothing_of_the_Dog" title="To Say Nothing of the Dog">To Say Nothing of the Dog</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky" title="A Deepness in the Sky">A Deepness in the Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire" title="Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/J._K._Rowling" title="J. K. Rowling">J. K. Rowling</a> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Gods" title="American Gods">American Gods</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Neanderthal_Parallax" title="The Neanderthal Parallax">Hominids</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Sawyer" title="Robert J. Sawyer">Robert J. Sawyer</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paladin_of_Souls" title="Paladin of Souls">Paladin of Souls</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell" title="Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell">Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Susanna_Clarke" title="Susanna Clarke">Susanna Clarke</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spin_(novel)" title="Spin (novel)">Spin</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Charles_Wilson" title="Robert Charles Wilson">Robert Charles Wilson</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rainbows_End_(Vinge_novel)" title="Rainbows End (Vinge novel)">Rainbows End</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Yiddish_Policemen%27s_Union" title="The Yiddish Policemen's Union">The Yiddish Policemen's Union</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Chabon" title="Michael Chabon">Michael Chabon</a> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Graveyard_Book" title="The Graveyard Book">The Graveyard Book</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Windup_Girl" title="The Windup Girl">The Windup Girl</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Bacigalupi" title="Paolo Bacigalupi">Paolo Bacigalupi</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City" title="The City & the City">The City & the City</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville" title="China Miéville">China Miéville</a> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blackout/All_Clear" title="Blackout/All Clear">Blackout/All Clear</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Among_Others" title="Among Others">Among Others</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jo_Walton" title="Jo Walton">Jo Walton</a> (2012)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Redshirts</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Scalzi" title="John Scalzi">John Scalzi</a> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ancillary_Justice" title="Ancillary Justice">Ancillary Justice</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ann_Leckie" title="Ann Leckie">Ann Leckie</a> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)" title="The Three-Body Problem (novel)">The Three-Body Problem</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cixin_Liu" class="mw-redirect" title="Cixin Liu">Cixin Liu</a>, translated by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Liu" title="Ken Liu">Ken Liu</a> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Season_(novel)" title="The Fifth Season (novel)">The Fifth Season</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/N._K._Jemisin" title="N. K. Jemisin">N. K. Jemisin</a> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obelisk_Gate" title="The Obelisk Gate">The Obelisk Gate</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/N._K._Jemisin" title="N. K. Jemisin">N. K. Jemisin</a> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stone_Sky" title="The Stone Sky">The Stone Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/N._K._Jemisin" title="N. K. Jemisin">N. K. Jemisin</a> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Calculating_Stars" title="The Calculating Stars">The Calculating Stars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinette_Kowal" title="Mary Robinette Kowal">Mary Robinette Kowal</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Memory_Called_Empire" title="A Memory Called Empire">A Memory Called Empire</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arkady_Martine" title="Arkady Martine">Arkady Martine</a> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Network_Effect_(novel)" title="Network Effect (novel)">Network Effect</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Wells" title="Martha Wells">Martha Wells</a> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Desolation_Called_Peace" title="A Desolation Called Peace">A Desolation Called Peace</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arkady_Martine" title="Arkady Martine">Arkady Martine</a> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nettle_%26_Bone" title="Nettle & Bone">Nettle & Bone</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Vernon" title="Ursula Vernon">T. Kingfisher</a> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Desperate_Glory_(novel)" title="Some Desperate Glory (novel)">Some Desperate Glory</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Tesh" title="Emily Tesh">Emily Tesh</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Locus_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Locus_Award_Best_SF_Novel" title="Template:Locus Award Best SF Novel"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Locus_Award_Best_SF_Novel" title="Template talk:Locus Award Best SF Novel"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Locus_Award_Best_SF_Novel" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Locus Award Best SF Novel"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Locus_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel" title="Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel">Best Science Fiction Novel</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Titan_(Varley_novel)" title="Titan (Varley novel)">Titan</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(Vinge_novel)" title="The Snow Queen (Vinge novel)">The Snow Queen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joan_D._Vinge" title="Joan D. Vinge">Joan D. Vinge</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Many-Colored_Land" title="The Many-Colored Land">The Many-Colored Land</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Julian_May" title="Julian May">Julian May</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Edge" title="Foundation's Edge">Foundation's Edge</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Startide_Rising" title="Startide Rising">Startide Rising</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Integral_Trees" title="The Integral Trees">The Integral Trees</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Postman" title="The Postman">The Postman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead" title="Speaker for the Dead">Speaker for the Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Uplift_War" title="The Uplift War">The Uplift War </a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cyteen" title="Cyteen">Cyteen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/C._J._Cherryh" title="C. J. Cherryh">C. J. 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