The Queendom of Sol

The Queendom of Sol is a science fiction book series by Wil McCarthy. It includes:

• The Collapsium (2000) — Sturgeon Award finalist as a short story[1] and nominated for 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[2]
• The Wellstone (2003)
• Lost in Transmission (2004)
• To Crush the Moon (2005) — Nominated for 2007 Nebula Award for Best Novel[3]

The first two novels of the series was also printed together as The Monarchs of Sol by Science Fiction Book Club (ISBN 0739433881).

The Queendom referred to is actually the present-day Kingdom of Tonga. In the Queendom of Sol, humanity has returned to monarchism as a stabilizing force in the face of accelerating technological change.

References

1. Sturgeon Award nominees, Locus Magazine, archived from the original on 2013-01-10, retrieved 2012-04-17
2. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2002 Nebula Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
3. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Nebula Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-12-06.