Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was optioned for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
The Memory of Whiteness is a science fiction novel written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published in September 1985.
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".
The Hounds of God is the third novel in The Hound and the Falcon trilogy by Judith Tarr, published in 1986.
The Isle of Glass is the first novel in The Hound and the Falcon trilogy by Judith Tarr, published in 1985.
Null-A Three, usually written Ā Three, is a 1985 science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic.
The Land and Overland trilogy is a group of three science fantasy novels by Northern Irish writer Bob Shaw.
Angel with the Sword is a science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, published in 1985 by DAW Books. It is set in Cherryh's Alliance–Union universe, and is the first book in the shared universe Merovingen Nights.
Eye (1985) is a collection of 13 science fiction short stories by American writer Frank Herbert. All of the works had been previously published in magazine or book form, except for "The Road to Dune".
Saraband of Lost Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Richard Grant, published by Avon Books in 1985. It is his first novel. Saraband of Lost Time placed eighth in the annual Locus magazine poll for best first novel, and received a special citation from the Philip K. Dick Award judges.
The Mirror of Her Dreams is a novel by Stephen R. Donaldson published in 1986.
The Planet on the Table is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, published in hardcover by Tor Books in 1986. A British paperback edition appeared in 1987, as well as a Tor paperback reprint; a French translation was issued in 1988. The collection was republished in the 1994 Tor omnibus Remaking History and Other Stories. The collection takes its title from a poem by Wallace Stevens, which provides the book's epigraph.
This Is the Way the World Ends is a post-apocalyptic novel by American writer James Morrow, published in 1986.
Black Star Rising, published in 1986, is a dystopian science fiction novel by American author Frederik Pohl. It is about a post-nuclear war future in which a conquered United States becomes a Chinese farming colony. The main character is an American who the Chinese send to meet a race of warlike aliens who come to Earth.
The Unlikely Ones is a novel by Mary Brown published in 1986.
Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder is a 1987 anthology edited by Rudy Rucker and published by Arbor House.
Starburst is a science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl, published in 1982. It is an expansion of his 1972 novella The Gold at the Starbow's End.
The Unconquered Country: A Life History is a novel by Geoff Ryman published in 1986.
The Folk of the Air is a novel by Peter S. Beagle published in 1986.
Chernobyl is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1987. It is based on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
