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Neal Stephenson's three-volume historical cycle - Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of the World - set between the 1660s and the 1710s, as natural philosophy, money and modern finance take shape. It follows Daniel Waterhouse, a Puritan natural philosopher and friend of Isaac Newton; Jack Shaftoe, a vagabond who becomes King of the Vagabonds; and Eliza, a former harem slave who rises to the courts of Europe.

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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (Winners)
The Locus Awards are voted on each year by the readers of Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field. Locus gave a single Best Novel award from 1971 until it was split into science fiction and fantasy in 1978, and this list follows the science fiction line from Larry Niven’s Ringworld through Ursula K. Le Guin, Dan Simmons and Connie Willis to Ann Leckie, Martha Wells and John Scalzi. This list collects the winning novels by year.

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