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Philip K. Dick Award ふぃりっぷ・けー・でぃっくしょう

Edition 27 (2009)

science fictionpaperback original novel

Winners

2 people
Adam-Troy Castro あだむ・とろい・かすとろ Winner

Set in an artificial ecosystem, the novel follows a woman investigator as she untangles two murders. Tension between species, and the boundary between violence and diplomacy, are explored within a tightly sealed science-fiction world.

Two murders in a sealed artificial world set the investigation in motion.

387 pages
science fictionmysteryalien intelligencediplomacy and violence
David Walton でいゔぃっど・うぉるとん Winner

A science-fiction thriller centered on neuroscience and memory manipulation. Set in a near future where memory becomes socially negotiable, it blurs the boundary between truth and the self.

In a near future where memory can be altered, truth and selfhood begin to blur.

314 pages
neurosciencememoryethicstechnology and society