Nancy Kress Books In Order
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Crossfire | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Crucible | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Probability Trilogy Books
Probability Moon | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Probability Sun | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Probability Space | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Robert Cavanaugh Genetic Thriller Books
Oaths And Miracles | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Stinger | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sleepless Books
Beggars in Spain | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Beggars and Choosers | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Beggars Ride | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Yesterday's Kin Trilogy Books
Tomorrow's Kin | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
If Tomorrow Comes | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Terran Tomorrow | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Prince of Morning Bells | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Golden Grove | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The White Pipes | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
An Alien Light | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Brain Rose | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Price of Oranges | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Maximum Light | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Beaker's Dozen | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Nothing Human | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dogs | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Steal Across the Sky | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Flash Point | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sea Change | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Eleventh Gate | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Observer | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Price of Oranges (novelette) | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Beggars in Spain (novella; in Asimov's) | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
And Wild for to Hold (in Asimov's) | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Mountain to Mohammed (in Asimov's) | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fault Lines (in Asimov's) | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dancing on Air | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Steamship Soldier on the Information Front (in Asimov's) | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Erdmann Nexus | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Act One | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
One | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
End Game | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Alice Run | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Collections
Trinity And Other Stories | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Trinity | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Aliens of Earth | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fountain of Age | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Nano Comes to Clifford Falls | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Five Stories | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Future Perfect | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Body Human | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
AI Unbound | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Best of Nancy Kress | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Dynamic Characters | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of David Brin's Out Of Time Books
Yanked! | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Tiger in the Sky | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Game of Worlds | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Archimedes Gambit | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Elements of Fiction Writing Books
Characters & Viewpoint | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Plot | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Dialogue | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Beginnings, Middles & Ends | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Setting | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Description | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Stellar Guild Books
Tau Ceti | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
On the Train | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
When the Blue Shift Comes | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
New Under the Sun | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Aethers of Mars | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Red Tide | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Inci | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Wishing on a Star | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Universe Books
Universe 1 | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 2 | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 3 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 4 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 5 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 6 | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 7 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 8 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 9 | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 10 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 11 | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 12 | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 13 | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 14 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 15 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 16 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Universe 17 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Write Great Fiction Books
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Solaris Rising Anthology Books
Solaris Rising | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Solaris Rising 1.5 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Solaris Rising 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Solaris Rising 3 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future10 | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future11 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future12 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future13 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future14 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future16 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future17 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future19 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future22 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future24 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future26 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 27 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future30 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future32 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future33 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future34 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future35 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future36 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future38 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Vol. 40 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Nancy Kress is a published American author. She also goes by the name of Anna Kendall. She has also worked on a variety of movie sets in addition to writing many novels and series.
Nancy Anne Kress was born on January 20, 1948, in Buffalo, New York. Her maiden name was Koningisor. She grew up in the East Aurora area. She went to SUNY Plattsburgh and would graduate with her Masters degree in English.
Before writing, she worked in elementary school as a teacher. She briefly also taught college English for a while. She would move to Rochester in 1973 when she married her husband, Michael Kress. The pair had two children together, both sons. The pair would end up divorcing in 1984.
Around that time, the author decided to work and got a job at an ad agency. Later, she would go to marry again. She was wed to Charles Sheffield in 1998, also a writer. The two were happily married. Charles sadly passed away in 2002. Kress decided to move to Rochester once more and to be close to her children, who had grown up.
Just a few years later, the author opted for another change of pace. She decided to move to the west coast to enjoy living in the city of Seattle in 2009. She would go on to get married once more in 2011 to Jack Skillingstead, also an author.
She started writing back in 1976 and got a lot of attention when her novella was released in 1991. Beggars In Spain would later be extended and expanded into a full novel that carried the same title. The novella won her a Nebula and a Hugo Award.
Kress has written full novels as well as short stories. Her columns are regularly printed in Writer’s Digest. She also attends various writing workshops and can be found sometimes at the Writers Center. She was also a guest professor in the Winter of 2008 and 2009 for literature in Germany.
She was awarded a Nebula Award in 2013 for her work on the best novella. She won another for her work “Yesterday’s Kin” in 2015. She usually writes sci-fi stories that are more technically realistic than other works and they are frequently set in a future that is close to our own. She enjoys science fiction and ballet and does research to make sure that the things that she writes about are accurate and believable.
A lot of her work involves topics such as genetic engineering or artificial intelligence. She also includes technology in many of her stories and her stories often share the same types of technologies. The writer creates her own words, such as ‘genemod’ which is a reference to genetic engineering. She also refers to foamcast, a building material that is both sturdy and light in weight. It appears in many of the short stories and novels by the author.
Nancy Kress is the creator and author of the Sleepless series. The first novel in this series became available to readers for the first time in 1991. That is when her popular Beggars in Spain story first came out. She later made the shorter story longer and kept the title. The series would see the release of a second novel and a third. Beggars Ride made this engaging fictional series a trilogy in 1996.
Beggars In Spain is the exciting first book in the Sleepless series by Nancy Kress. If you love stories that are set in the future but are also full of twists and turns in a science fiction fashion, this is a novel for you to check out!
The future is somewhere in the near proximity, and the world has changed. Some people in this world not require any sleep to function at all. When it comes to Leisha Camden, she was one of the individuals that had their genetics modified so that when it comes to the night time habit of lying down and getting sleep, she simply did not need to do it.
While Leisha does not require rest in this way, her twin Alice does. She’s the normal one, the one that they did not attempt to modify so that they could keep her as the control– something to compare results to. This does introduce a complicated dynamic into the twins and their relationship.
Alice and Leisha do share a good amount of jealousy and problems that are similar to those going on in society at large. There are quite a few advantages to be had by being Sleepless. You have more time than other people to do to work and get things done. Studying and having more hours to get ahead is simply part of your life. On top of that, you enjoy all of the best in health and in intelligence.
Even though the individuals that do not sleep were welcome on the planet Earth, they soon start to outpace that status. As a result, the Sleepless escape with their children to a space station in orbit. Their goal is to construct a society of their own that they can be accepted and prosper in.
Not all of them decide to go, however. Leisha decides to stay behind, and so do a few of the others. They want to have all humans be accepted on Earth, whether they are a sleeper or a sleepless. But when a conspiracy is slowly unfolding in their midst and plans of revenge around them, can they get the world to see their point of view? Pick up the exciting debut story in the Sleepless series to find out!
Beggars and Choosers is the thrilling second novel in the Sleepless series by Nancy Kress. Genetic modification is a part of America, and millions of people get supported by intellectually superior, handsome and gene-modified individuals that have been tailored to not need sleep. The Sleepless are similar, but different.
These humans now have taken a step back from the human race at their own island retreat. They release scientific advances periodically out to a world that is close to collapsing. With a population of drones without jobs and genetic research and nano-tech’s effects on the world taking shape, can the world be salvaged before it is too late? Read this book to find out!
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