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Gold Medal Science Fiction

  • Aldrin, Buzz & Barnes John -- Encounter With Tiber
  • Anderson, Kevin J and Brian Herbert -- Dune: House Atredies
  • Anderson, Kevin J and Brian Herbert -- Dune: House Corrino
  • Anderson, Kevin J and Brian Herbert -- Dune: House Harkonnen
  • Anderson, Kevin J and Brian Herbert -- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
  • Anderson, Kevin J and Brian Herbert -- Dune: The Machine Crusade
  • Baxter, Stephen and Arthur C. Clarke -- Time's Eye: Book One of A Time Odyssey
  • Bear, Greg -- Vitals
  • Bertin, Joanne -- The Last Dragonlord
  • Brooks, Terry -- Running with the Demon
  • Clarke, Arthur -- The Final Odyssey
  • Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter -- Time's Eye: Book One of A Time Odyssey
  • Card, Orson Scott -- Enchantment
  • Danvers, Dennis -- End of Days
  • Danvers, Dennis -- Circuit of Heaven
  • Danvers, Dennis -- The Fourth World
  • Dean, Pamela -- The Dubious Hills
  • Ford, John M. -- The Last Hot Time
  • Friedman, C. S. - Feast of Souls new 04/25/2007
  • Gould, Steven -- Helm
  • Gould, Steven -- Jumper
  • Hearn, Lian - Across the Nightingale Floor new 04/25/2007
  • Herbert, Brian and Kevin J Anderson -- Dune: House Atredies
  • Herbert, Brian and Kevin J Anderson -- Dune: House Corrino
  • Herbert, Brian and Kevin J Anderson -- Dune: House Harkonnen
  • Herbert, Brian and Kevin J Anderson -- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
  • Herbert, Brian and Kevin J Anderson -- Dune: The Machine Crusade
  • Hetley, James A. -- The Summer Country
  • Kerner, Elizabeth -- Song in the Silence
  • Kress, Nancy -- Maximum Light
  • Kurtz, Katherine -- St. Patrick's Gargoyle
  • Lee, Adam -- The Dark Shore
  • Lindskold, Jane -- Through Wolf's Eyes
  • McDevitt, Jack -- Ancient Shores
  • Marley, Louise -- The Terrorists of Irustan
  • Miéville, China -- Perdido Street Station
  • Miller, Sasha -- Ladylord
  • Mixon, Laura J. -- Proxies
  • Modesitt, L.E. -- The Ethos Effect
  • Modesitt, L.E. -- Gravity Dreams
  • Moon, E. -- Remnant Population
  • Morgan, Richard K. -- Market Forces
  • Rayner, Richard -- The Cloud Sketcher
  • Rucker, Rudy -- Mathematicians in Love
  • Sawyer, Robert J -- Factoring Humanity
  • Scott, Melissa -- Trouble and Her Friends
  • Shaartz, Susan -- Hostile Takeover
  • Shinn, Sharon -- Alleluia Files
  • Shinn, Sharon -- Archangel
  • Shinn, Sharon -- Heart of Gold
  • Shinn, Sharon -- Jovah's Angel
  • Shinn, Sharon -- Wrapt In Crystal
  • Simmons, Dan -- Hyperion
  • Snow, Suzanne Y -- Forrorrois: Innocence Lost
  • Stephenson, Neal -- The Diamond Age
  • Stephenson, Neal -- Snow Crash
  • Tepper, Sheri S. -- The Family Tree
  • Tepper, Sheri S. -- The Fresco
  • Tepper, Sheri S. -- Gibbon's Decline and Fall
  • Turtledove, Harry -- WorldWar: Tilting the Balance
  • Twelve Hawks, John -- The Traveler: a novel
  • Wilson, F. Paul -- Masque
  • Womack, Jack -- Random Acts Of Senseless Violence
  • Zahn, Timothy -- The Green and the Gray

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