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Ragtime

E. L. Doctorow

E. L. Doctorow’s only award entry in this dataset.

Published 1975 by Random House · 270 pages

Nebula · 1976

Finalist
Science Fiction

On the ballot with

This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.

Synopsis

In early-twentieth-century New York, three fictional families cross paths with Harry Houdini, J. P. Morgan, and Emma Goldman. Their stories unfold amid immigration, racial violence, labor conflict, and rapid industrialization.

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Alternate HistorySocial SF
Race & EthnicityClass & EconomicsPolitics & Revolution

Details

Author nationality
United States
Adaptation
Ragtime (film, 1981)
ISBN
9780394469010