Welcome to theScience fiction & Novels task force of the Novels WikiProject! & Science Fiction WikiProject!

This task force seeks to create, improve, maintain, and provide a standard of consistency for articles aboutscience fictionnovels,novellas,novelettes andshort stories as well as create a forum in which interested editors can work together to improve articles.

If you are interested in becoming a regular contributor to the efforts of this task force, please feel free to sign your name below with four tildes (~~~~). Also, if you have not already done so, we would encourage you to join our parent projects,WikiProject Novels andWikiProject Science Fiction.

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    but with 26 works (in 7.5 years,and counting) time is at a premium! //FrankB
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If you are sympathetic to the cause of this project, but for whatever reason choose not to commit yourself to becoming a regular member, please feel free to show your support by signing the list below!:

1. Frankesko (talk ·contribs), 24 November 2007
2. Tbmorgan74 (talk ·contribs), 4 February 2008 (UTC)
3. Lady Aleena (talk ·contribs), 1 April 2008
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10. Refrigerator Heaven (talk)10:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC) Please see the new section I've added to the talk page.[reply]
11. I might decide to joinWinner 42 (Talk to me! )14:06, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
12. Mukkakukaku (talk ·contribs) - Generally speaking, engineers should not write articles about novels; in the case of sci-fi I'll make an exception....
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Any article related to this task force should be marked with "sf-task-force=yes" to the{{WikiProject Novels}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see theproject banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it intoCategory:Science fiction novels task force articles.

The resulting code is usually:

{{WikiProject Novels|class=|importance=|sf-task-force=yes}}

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See alsothe tool's wiki page andthe index of WikiProjects.

• Tag articles!
• Recruit more members!
• Collaborate andjoin the discussions. If you know things, teach! (If you don't know things, Ask.)
• Add new articles! There are plenty of science fiction novels and shorter prose items still unaccounted for!Needed Articles
• Expand articles (or merge if appropriate). All of these thesestubs would welcome further care and attention.
• Start looking forfeatured articles andlists while getting familiar with and helping withassessment of prose fiction articles. Then add an "Articles" section to this project page.
• Add articles for books inThe Year's Best Science Fiction series.
• Add info forMike Ashley (writer).
• Flesh outWinston Science Fiction parent article, and corresponding articles on the individual novels in the set.
• Add things here!
• Split the Past Imperfect page. Past Imperfect was first a London play and second a science fiction book.
• Populate theCategory:Space exploration novels

The Literature Portal requires regular input and is always seeking volunteers. Help us keep this portal atFeatured portal status!

Science fiction novels articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	4	4	2		1	12
FL		2		1			3
GA	1	5	9	15		8	38
B	7	13	30	52		25	127
C	5	14	47	104		343	513
Start	2	14	74	248		1,520	1,858
Stub			35	182		1,612	1,829
List		1	8	27		7	43
Category					419		419
Disambig					6		6
File					3,482		3,482
Project					7		7
Redirect			9	79	1,432		1,520
Template					112		112
Assessed	16	53	216	710	5,458	3,516	9,969
Unassessed						31	31
Total	16	53	216	710	5,458	3,547	10,000
WikiWork factors (?)		ω =22,769			Ω = 5.20

• Halo: Contact Harvest
• The Illuminatus! Trilogy
• The Left Hand of Darkness
• The Man in the Moone
• The Time Traveler's Wife
• Starship Troopers

• A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Childhood's End
• Ender's Game
• The Last of the Masters
• The Myst Reader
• Sector General
• Skinner's Room
• World War Z

• A fact fromThe Masks of Time appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in theDid you know? column on September 19, 2008

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Nineteen Eighty-Four

• seeWikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Science fiction task force/Categories

• For main project templates, see themain project page.

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