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Crossword No. 1

Science fiction crossword No. 1: 16 clues on a 13 by 12 grid. Every answer is an author or a book reviewed in the library, with the full solution linked.

How the crossword works, and all 12 puzzles

Puzzle No. 1 · 16 clues

Authors and books from the stacks

Crossword grid, 13 rows by 12 columns

Across

  1. 1 Author of Cloud Atlas (8)
  2. 5 Co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy (4)
  3. 7 Book by Clifford Simak (4)
  4. 8 Author of Gateway (4)
  5. 9 Author of The Raw Shark Texts (4)
  6. 11 Author of Dune (7)
  7. 14 Author of Bug Jack Barron (7)
  8. 15 Author of The Forever War (8)

Down

  1. 2 Author of Brave New World (6)
  2. 3 Author of The Fortress of Solitude (6)
  3. 4 Author of Tales of Mystery & Imagination (3)
  4. 5 Author of Snow Crash (10)
  5. 6 Book by M. John Harrison (5)
  6. 10 Author of His Master's Voice (3)
  7. 12 Author of A Case of Conscience (5)
  8. 13 Author of The Other (5)
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Across

  1. 1 MITCHELL: David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas
  2. 5 SHEA: Robert Shea, co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy
  3. 7 CITY: City by Clifford Simak
  4. 8 POHL: Frederik Pohl, author of Gateway
  5. 9 HALL: Steven Hall, author of The Raw Shark Texts
  6. 11 HERBERT: Frank Herbert, author of Dune
  7. 14 SPINRAD: Norman Spinrad, author of Bug Jack Barron
  8. 15 HALDEMAN: Joe Haldeman, author of The Forever War

Down

  1. 2 HUXLEY: Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World
  2. 3 LETHEM: Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude
  3. 4 POE: Edgar Allan Poe, author of Tales of Mystery & Imagination
  4. 5 STEPHENSON: Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash
  5. 6 LIGHT: Light by M. John Harrison
  6. 10 LEM: Stanisław Lem, author of His Master's Voice
  7. 12 BLISH: James Blish, author of A Case of Conscience
  8. 13 TRYON: Thomas Tryon, author of The Other