Steel Beach
#1620 of 8,085 books · #365 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1993), the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1993), and the Prometheus Award (1993).
A science fiction epic from Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes. But the people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal—and so is the computer that monitors their existence.
- Publisher
- Ace Books/Putnam Publishing Group
- ISBN-13
- 9780006477266
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- Hugo Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1993)
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1993)
- Prometheus AwardShortlisted(1993)
Other awarded books from John Varley
- Titan (1984)1 win · 11 score
- Millennium (1999)0 wins · 7 score
- The Golden Globe (2004)1 win · 7 score
- Wizard (1987)0 wins · 5 score
- Dark Lightning (2014)0 wins · 2 score
- Demon (1987)0 wins · 2 score
- Mammoth (2020)0 wins · 2 score
- Rolling Thunder (2020)0 wins · 2 score
- Slow Apocalypse (2012)0 wins · 2 score
- The Ophiuchi Hotline (2006)0 wins · 2 score
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