Cyteen (1988) is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel set in the writer's Alliance-Union universe. It also won the Locus Award for best SF novel. Genetic manipulation, murder, intrigue and politics are just part of the story of a young scientist in this substantial book. In a futuristic world of cybernetics, two young friends become trapped in an endless nightmare of suspicion, surveillance, programmable servants, a centuries-old ruling class, and an enigmatic woman who rules them all.
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The Adventures of Tom Jones
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books.
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Adam Bede
Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since, and is used in university studies of 19th century English literature
The Windup Girl is a biopunk science fiction novel published in September 2009. It was named as the ninth best fiction book of 2009 by Time magazine, and as the best science fiction book of the year in the Reference and User Services Association's 2010 Reading List. This book is a 2009 Nebula Award and a 2010 Hugo Award winner for best novel.This book also won the 2010 Compton Crook Award and the 2010 Locus Award for best first novel.
An alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, it is based on the premise that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange. Centering on the relationship between these two men, the novel investigates the nature of "Englishness" and the boundary between reason and madness. It has been described as a fantasy novel, an alternative history, and a historical novel. The novel was well-received by critics and reached number three on the New York Times Bestseller List . It was longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize and won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
