Works that have won the Otherwise Award (f.k.a. the Tiptree Award)
Otherwise Award Winners Public
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Four hundred years ago, in a small town in rural France, a young woman creates the future in the shape …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2013.
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A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason
4 stars
Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the …
Phil in SF says: Won in 1991.
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The knife of never letting go by Patrick Ness (Chaos walking -- [bk. 1])
4 stars
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2008.
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Phil in SF says: Won in 1992.
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4 stars
Change or die: the only options available on the Durallium Company-owned planet GP. The planet's deadly virus had killed most …
Phil in SF says: Won in 1993.
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Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand
3 stars
Sweeney Cassidy is a freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine, where she meets the …
Phil in SF says: Won in 1995.
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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow, #1)
4 stars
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing …
Phil in SF says: Won in 1996.
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5 stars
Set among lava sinkholes and logging camps at the fringe of the Northwest frontier in the early 1900s, WILD LIFE …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2000.
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3 stars
[Comment from Jon Courtenay Grimwood][1]:
Light is the kind of novel other writers read and think: "Why don't I just …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2002.
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3 stars
An unidentified artifact, found seven miles below the surface of the sea, stumps the scientists examining it but calls out …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2004.
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Air by Geoff Ryman
4 stars
Air, also known as Air: Or, Have Not Have, is a 2005 novel by Geoff Ryman. It won the British …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2005.
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The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
3 stars
Stunningly original and wildly inventive, The Girl in the Road melds the influences of Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, and Erin …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2014.
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Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
4 stars
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2021.
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Set this house in order by Matt Ruff
5 stars
Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather... It was no ordinary murder. Though …
Phil in SF says: Won in 2003.
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Phil in SF says: Won in 2009
