The award for Best First Novel was first presented in 1981. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.
Locus Award for Best First Novel Public
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Heretic priest turned data pirate, Eric Born has run from his past for years. Then his steady clients - a …
Phil in SF says: 1997 co-winner
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Phil in SF says: 1997 co-winner
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Phil in SF says: 1998 winner
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Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
5 stars
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city …
Phil in SF says: 1999 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2000 winner
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Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
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By the middle of the twenty-first century, after decades of setbacks, humanity has finally achieved a manned landing on Mars-only …
Phil in SF says: 2001 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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Once Jenny Casey was somebody's daughter. Once she was somebody's enemy. Now the former Canadian special forces warrior lives on …
Phil in SF says: 2006 co-winner
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The year is 2062, and after years on the run, Jenny Casey is back in the Canadian armed forces. Those …
Phil in SF says: 2006 co-winner
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Give Canada's Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey an inch and she'll take a galaxy. That's just the kind of person …
Phil in SF says: 2006 co-winner
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His Majesty's dragon by Naomi Novik
4 stars
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain's defense by taking …
Phil in SF says: 2007 co-winner
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3 stars
Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, …
Phil in SF says: 2007 co-winner
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Black powder war (Temeraire Book 3) by Naomi Novik
4 stars
In the wake of their adventure in China, Captain Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, …
Phil in SF says: 2007 co-winner
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Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cook- book for cannibals... a used hangman's noose a snuff film. …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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Singularity's Ring by Paul Melko
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After the Singularity, there's an artificial ring around Earth…and 90 percent of humanity is gone.
Either billions of humans are …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
