Kiteworld is a novel by Keith Roberts published in 1985.
Kiteworld is a novel in which men fly in kites at the borders of their land to defend against demons of legend. [1]
Dave Langford reviewed Kiteworld for White Dwarf #69, and stated that "Superlative stuff, even if the deux-ex-machina happy ending is a bit jarring." [1]
The Memory of Whiteness is a science fiction novel written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published in September 1985. It shares with the Mars trilogy a focus on human colonization of the Solar System and depicts a grand tour that travels from the outer planets inward toward the Sun, visiting many human colonies along the way. The different human societies on the various planets and planetoids visited are depicted in detail. The purpose of the tour is to stage concerts by the "Holywelkin Orchestra", a futuristic musical instrument played by a selected master. Readers follow the Orchestra and its entourage together with a journalist, who after some time detects a conspiracy that seems to be connected with a group of gray-clad, sun-worshipping monks. The tour ends near the planet Mercury in a solar station belonging to these "Grays", which controls the white line energy source for the whole Solar System.
Gilgamesh the King is a 1984 historical novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, presenting the Epic of Gilgamesh as a novel. In the afterword the author wrote "at all times I have attempted to interpret the fanciful and fantastic events of these poems in a realistic way, that is, to tell the story of Gilgamesh as though he were writing his own memoirs, and to that end I have introduced many interpretations of my own devising which for better or for worse are in no way to be ascribed to the scholars".
Null-A Three, usually written Ā Three, is a 1985 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic.
The Artificial Kid is a science fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling. It was originally published in 1980.
The Mirror of Her Dreams is a novel by Stephen R. Donaldson published in 1986.
The Merchants' War is a 1984 satirical science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. Set in a near future commercial dystopian interplanetary society, the novel was a sequel to The Space Merchants, and was originally co-published with it as Venus, Inc. Pohl's collaborator in the first novel, C.M. Kornbluth, died in 1958, and so did not contribute to this sequel.
The Golden Horn is the second novel in The Hound and the Falcon trilogy by Judith Tarr, published in 1985.
The Ragged Astronauts is a novel by Bob Shaw published in 1986 by Gollancz. It is the first book in the series Land and Overland. It won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
Helliconia Summer is a novel by Brian Aldiss published in 1983.
The Tides of Time (ISBN 0-345-31838-2) is a science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in the United States by Ballantine Del Rey Books in 1984. The novel tells the story of two people on an isolated island, each time they awoke from sleep, they lived a different life in a different time.
A Theatre of Timesmiths is a science fiction novel by British writer Garry Kilworth, first published in 1984.
Converts is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1984.
The Book of the Stars is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1984.
The Years of the City is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1984.
The Warrior Who Carried Life is a novel by Geoff Ryman published in 1985.
Circumpolar! is a novel by Richard A. Lupoff published in 1984.
Welcome, Chaos is a novel by Kate Wilhelm published in 1983.
Queenmagic, Kingmagic is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1986.
Green Eyes is a novel by Lucius Shepard published in 1984.
The Dragon in the Sword is a novel by Michael Moorcock published in 1986.