--No particular night or morning --The city --The fire balloons --The last night of the world --The veldt --The long rain --The great fire --The wilderness --A sound of thunder --The murderer --The April witch --Invisible boy --The golden kite, the silver wind --The fog horn --The black black and white game --Embroidery --The golden apples of the sun --Powerhouse --Hail and farewell --The great wide world over there --The playground --Skeleton --The man upstairs --Touched with fire --The emissary --The jar --The small assasin --The next in line --Jack-in-the-box --The leave-taking --Exorcism --The happiness machine --Calling Mexico --The wonderful ice cream suit --Dark they were, and golden-eyed --The strawberry window --A scent of sarsaparilla --The Picasso summer --The day it rained forever --A medicine for melancholy --The shoreline at sunset --Fever dream --The town where no one got off --All summer in a day --Frost and fire --The anthem sprinters --And so died Riabouchinska --Boys! Raise giant mushrooms in your cellar! --The vacation --The illustrated woman --Some live like Lazarus --The best of all possible worlds --The one who waits --Tyrannosaurus Rex --The screaming woman --The terrible conflagration up at the place --Night call, collect --The tombling day --The haunting of the new --Tomorrow's child --I sing the body electric! --The women --The inspired chicken motel --Yes, we'll gather at the river --Have I got a chocolate bar for you! --A story of love --The parrot who met Papa --The October game --Punishment without crime --A piece of wood --The blue bottle --Long after midnight --The utterly perfect murder --The better part of wisdom --Interval in sunlight --The black ferris --Farewell summer --McGillahee's brat --The aqueduct --Gotcha! --The end of the beginning.

    He fears no one until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is a shapeshifter who can absorb bullets and heal with a kiss and savage anyone who threatens her. She fears no one until she meets Doro. Together they weave a pattern of destiny (from Africa to the New World) unimaginable to mortals.

    Clarke In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers.Praise for Dragon's Egg"Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward."--Isaac Asimov "Dragon's Egg is superb. I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics."--Larry Niven "This is one for the real science-fiction fan."--Frank Herbert"Robert L. Forward tells a good story and asks a profound question. If we run into a race of creatures who live a hundred years while we live an hour, what can they say to us or we to them?"--Freeman J. Dyson"Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas."--The Washington Post

    A short follow-up to 'The Last Question' by Asimov.

    In this, the first volume of Ray Bradbury's short stories, some of the author's finest works are published together, among them 'Homecoming', 'Veldt', 'A Sound of Thunder' and 'The Long Rain'. Join an ill-fated crew of astronauts pushed to the brink of insanity by the incessant and highly corrosive rain on Venus, a high-tech virtual reality playroom that comes to life with terrible consequences, and a safari company offering tours for the wealthy back in time to the prehistoric era to stalk and kill dinosaurs, resulting in the present they return to being irrevocably altered. This collection is a rare treasure trove of wonder; as apprehensive about technology and the fate of humanity as it is elegiaic of its irrepressible progress. Each story presents an enlightening and poetic facet of Bradbury's writing, every one as relevant now as when it was first written.

    Ignored by her mother and under surveillance by authorities because she can read, Amy reluctantly finds herself befriending Axel, a strange boy who claims to have come from a mythical place called Outside.

    The stories within are mined with depth charges, explosions of meaning and illumination that will keep you thinking and feeling long after you have finished reading.Contents11 • The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories • [Archipelago] • (1970) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe26 • Alien Stones • (1972) • novelette by Gene Wolfe55 • La Befana • (1973) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe60 • The Hero as Werwolf • (1975) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe74 • Three Fingers • (1976) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe80 • The Death of Dr. Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe131 • Feather Tigers • (1973) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe138 • Hour of Trust • (1973) • novelette by Gene Wolfe167 • Tracking Song • (1975) • novella by Gene Wolfe225 • The Toy Theater • (1971) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe232 • The Doctor of Death Island • [Archipelago] • (1978) • novella by Gene Wolfe277 • Cues • (1974) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe281 • The Eyeflash Miracles • (1976) • novella by Gene Wolfe336 • Seven American Nights • (1978) • novella by Gene Wolfe

    The attempt succeeds until Mr. Cooper asks Katie too many questions.

    As Riddley steps outside the confines of his small world, he finds himself caught up in intrigue and a frantic quest for power, desperately trying to make sense of things.

    Amazing and creative pieces of imagination and wonder from an articulate and very human science fiction writer. On the Moon, they're altering bodies so everyone can look exactly alike; they're turning Pluto into an amusement park; a cult of zealots is painting the second ring of Saturn red; a man is enjoying his second childhood; there's a living black hole; and on Earth, they're reading...Contents: Bagatelle [Anna-Louise Bach] (1976) / novelette by John Varley · Galaxy Oct ’76 The Funhouse Effect [Eight Worlds] (1976) / novelette by John Varley · F&SF Dec ’76 The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] (1978) / novelette by John Varley · IASFM Jan/Feb ’78 Equinoctial [Eight Worlds] (1977) / novella by John Varley · Ascents of Wonder, ed. David Gerrold, Popular Library, 1977 Manikins (1976) / short story by John Varley · Amazing Jan ’76 Beatnik Bayou [Eight Worlds] (1980) / novelette by John Varley · New Voices III, ed. George R. R. Martin, Berkley, 1980 Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe [Eight Worlds] (1977) / novelette by John Varley · IASFM Spr ’77 Lollipop and the Tar Baby [Eight Worlds] (1977) / novelette by John Varley · Orbit 19, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977 Picnic on Nearside [Eight Worlds] (1974) / novelette by John Varley · F&SF Aug ’74.

    Introduction.--Ender's game.--Kingsmeat.--Deep breathingexercises.--Closing the timelid.--I put my blue genes on.--Eumenidesin the fourth floor lavatory.--Mortal gods.--Quietus.--The monkeysthought 'twas all in fun.--The porcelain salamander.--Unaccompaniedsonata.--Afterword: On origins.

    Even old fans will find surprises in this collection. For instance, how many devotees have read Passion Play, Zelazny s first published work, and how many are familiar with He Who Shapes, the foundation of his classic novel The Dream Master?ContentsPassion PlayHorseman!The Stainless Steel LeechA Thing of Terrible BeautyHe Who ShapesComes Now the PowerAuto-Da-Fe'Damnation alleyFor a Breath I TarryThe Engine at Heartspring's CenterThe Game of Blood and DustNo AwardIs There a Demon Lover in the House?The Last Defender of CamelotStand Pat, Ruby StoneHalfjack

    But soon there will be no flowers, no lovers, no tomorrows. The planet Malia has violated the Sole Restraint of Concorde, the space federation, by waging undeclared war on its former colony world, Vintra. Now Malia faces a swift and terrible fate: world-consuming molecular fire. As time ticks toward extinction for all Malians, Kayle, the mind-link, and Ryth, the pattern-master, race to discover why a people would knowingly commit an act of self destruction. Their only hope is a beautiful, unwilling accomplice, Faen, the last of an ancient aristocracy. She alone knows the secret of the sarsa, the musical instrument that can summon the undying wisdom of the shadows. She alone can call its name....

    Two hundred years earlier, a circus starship is stranded on the Planet Momus. Recently discovered by the rest of the galaxy, the population of Momus-the remaining descendants of the original circus-must deal with interstellar power politics and war, and they do so in their own special way in Circus World.

    The birthrate is falling following a nuclear power plant leak, and the government have begun manufacturing 'Reborns', new people from old.

    These thrilling and sometimes frightening visions of the future include:• "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov• "Who's There?" by Arthur C. Clarke• "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

    with life life as the prize?PLUS * seven other superb stories * four horrible puns * a trible feghoot * four original songs, with E-Z Play chords * foreword, afterwords, illustrations, and a weapons list9 • Introduction: Welcome to the Antinomy Mine • essay by Spider Robinson13 • Antinomy • (1978) • novelette by Spider Robinson48 • Afterword to "Antinomy" • essay by Spider Robinson51 • Half an Oaf • (1976) • novelette by Spider Robinson79 • Rhythms and 'Rithms • short fiction by Spider Robinson79 • Tidbit: two puns • short story by Spider Robinson80 • The Shamin' of the Shaman • short fiction by Spider Robinson81 • Too Soon We Grow Old • (1978) • short story by Spider Robinson98 • Valkyrie Ride • poem by Spider Robinson98 • Tidbit: two songs • poem by Spider Robinson102 • Feed Me Fire • poem by Spider Robinson105 • When No Man Pursueth • (1974) • novelette by Spider Robinson139 • Tidbit: afterword to "When No Man Pursueth" • essay by Spider Robinson144 • Nobody Likes to Be Lonely • (1975) • novelette by Spider Robinson186 • Tidbit: interleaf • essay by Spider Robinson188 • Satan's Children • (1979) • novella by Spider Robinson229 • Three-Time Winner • short fiction by Spider Robinson229 • Tidbit: a triple Feghoot and a cartoon • short story by Spider Robinson231 •  Cartoon: "Sorry, Mr. Griffin: he says he can't see you now." • interior artwork by Spider Robinson232 • Apogee • (1978) • short story by Spider Robinson236 • A Standing Joke • short fiction by Spider Robinson237 • The Snoopy Scientist • short fiction by Spider Robinson238 • Tidbit: two puns (includes some artwork) • short story by Spider Robinson240 • No Renewal • (1977) • short story by Spider Robinson246 • Tidbit: afterword (to "No Renewal"), an illo, and a weapons list • essay by Spider Robinson247 • Through My Eyes- illustration of Mike Callahan • essay by Spider Robinson248 • Silly Weapons Throughout History • (1980) • essay by Spider Robinson251 • Overdose • (1975) • short story by Spider Robinson262 • Perspective • poem by Spider Robinson262 • Tidbit: two more songs • poem by Spider Robinson265 • Mountain Lady • poem by Spider Robinson268 • Tin Ear • (1977) • short story by Spider Robinson277 • Tidbit: foreword to "The Magnificent Conspiracy" • essay by Spider Robinson280 • The Magnificent Conspiracy • (1977) • novelette by Spider Robinson310 • This Time Next Year • poem by Spider Robinson311 • Come to My Bedside • poem by Spider Robinson

    The further adventures of Luke Skywalker and his friends in their continuing battle against Darth Vader and the evil side of the Force.

    This edition incorporating ''The Mercenary'' (©1977) and ''West of Honor'' (©1976, ©1978)A dazzling saga of the future, and the events that led up to the international bestseller "The Mote in the God's eye"

    Contents:QRM - Interplanetary (1942)Calling the Empress (1943)Recoil (1943)Lost Art (1943)Off the Beam (1944)The Long Way (1944)Beam Pirate (1944)Firing Line (1944)Special Delivery (1945)Pandora's Millions (1945)Mad Holiday (1947)The External Triangle (1973)Identity (1945)

    Le Guin revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality. The story was first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, received nominations for the 1972 Hugo and the 1971 Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. The Dispossessed - a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, explores many ideas and themes, including anarchism and revolutionary societies, capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. The Wind's Twelve Quarters - a collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, it collects 17 previously-published stories, four of which were the germ of novels she was to write later.

    Gold 80 essay Frederik PohlGold on Galaxy 80 essay Horace L. GoldComing Attraction 50 story Fritz LeiberTo Serve Man 50 story Damon KnightMemoir 80 essay Damon KnightBetelgeuse Bridge 51 story William TennFrom a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town-A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years 80 essay William Tenn [aka Philip Klass]Cost of Living 52 story Robert SheckleyMemoir of Galaxy Magazine 80 essay Robert SheckleyThe Model of a Judge 53 story William MorrisonMemoir 80 essay William MorrisonThe Holes Around Mars 54 story Jerome BixbyMemoir 80 essay Jerome BixbyHorrer Howce 56 story Margaret St ClairMemoir 80 essay Margaret St ClairPeople Soup 58 story Alan ArkinMemoir 80 essay Alan ArkinSomething Bright 60 story Zenna HendersonThe Lady Who Sailed the Soul/Instrumentality 60 novelette Cordwainer SmithThe Deep Down Dragon 61 story Judith MerrilMemoir 80 essay Judith MerrilWall of Crystal, Eye of Night 61 novelette Algis BudrysMemoir: Spilled Milk 80 essay Algis BudrysThe Place Where Chicago Was 62 novelette Jim HarmonMemoir 80 essay Jim HarmonThe Great Nebraska Sea 63 story Allan DanzigMemoir 80 essay Allan DanzigOh, to Be a Blobel! 64 novelette Philip K. DickMemoir 80 essay Philip K. DickFounding Father 65 story Isaac AsimovMemoir 80 essay Isaac AsimovGoing Down Smooth 68 story Robert SilverbergMemoir 80 essay Robert SilverbergAll the Myriad Ways/Time Travel-Parallel Universe 68 story Larry NivenMemoir 80 essay Larry NivenThe Last Flight of Dr Ain 69 story James Tiptree JrFrom Galaxy Bookshelf 80 essay Algis BudrysMemoir 80 essay Algis BudrysGalaxy Book Shelf 9/69 essay Algis BudrysSlow Sculpture 70 novelette Theodore SturgeonMemoir 80 essay Theodore SturgeonAbout a Secret Crocodile 70 story R.A. LaffertyMemoir 80 essay R.A. LaffertyCold Friend 73 story Harlan EllisonMemoir 80 essay Harlan EllisonThe Day Before the Revolution/Hainish 74 story Ursula K. Le GuinGift of Garigolli 74 novelette C.M. Kornbluth & Frederik PohlOverdrawn at the Memory Bank/8 Worlds 76 novelette John VarleyNote 80 essay John VarleyHorace, Galaxyca 80 essay Alfred BesterIndex to Galaxy Magazine 80

    Due to editing problems and time constraints, the book came out before the story could be run.The second story, "Riverworld War", is a chapter that was cut from the Riverworld novel The Magic Labyrinth.

    Greenberg· Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · Jun ’51· Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · May ’46· Shape [“Keep Your Shape”] · Robert Sheckley · Nov ’53· Alpha Ralpha Boulevard · Cordwainer Smith · Jun ’61· Winter’s King · Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969· Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · May ’58· Common Time · James Blish · Aug ’53· When You Care, When You Love · Theodore Sturgeon · Sep ’62· The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · Nov ’67· “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · Mar ’59· I’m Scared · Jack Finney · Sep ’51· Child’s Play · William Tenn · Mar ’47· Grandpa · James H. Schmitz · Feb ’55· Private Eye [as by Lewis Padgett] · Henry Kuttner · Jan ’49· Sundance · Robert Silverberg · Jun ’69· In the Bowl · John Varley · Dec ’75· Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · Oct ’49· Unready to Wear · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · Apr ’53· Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night · Algis Budrys · Dec ’61· Day Million · Frederik Pohl · Feb/Mar ’66· Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · Aug ’52· The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · Sep ’55· The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · 1947· Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · Oct ’66· Impostor · Philip K. Dick · Jun ’53· The Human Operators · Harlan Ellison & A. E. van Vogt · Jan ’71· Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · Apr ’58· When It Changed · Joanna Russ · 1972· The Bicentennial Man · Isaac Asimov · 1976· Hunting Machine · Carol Emshwiller · May ’57· Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · Aug ’66· The Keys to December · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds Aug ’66· Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand · Vonda N. McIntyre · Oct ’73· A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · Jul ’75· Stranger Station · Damon Knight · Dec ’56· The Time of His Life · Larry Eisenberg · Apr ’68· The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · Apr ’51· The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · Dec ’73· The Queen of Air and Darkness · Poul Anderson · Apr ’71

    His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. Soon he learned that his alternate self had already been murdered, and that he was next. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he must master magic to survive. And if he used any magic at all, his friends were determined to kill him at once!

    

    Hans Zarkov, attempts to prevent Ming the Merciless of Mongo from destroying the earth.

    

    Where were all the other humans? Where was Walter? And how would he get home?With the aid of Ralph (a Stegosaur), the absent-minded Dr. Krebnickel (a Trachodon), and a cranky computer, Walter is off on quite an adventure. If he can't find his way out of this mess soon, he just might end up on permanent display in the museum of human history!

    This new edition has been completely updated and revised to include the most recent innovations in science and technology and to offer increased coverage of all major fields of reference.

    An anthology of twelve short stories, published by Penguin Books July 1983 under its Puffin Plus imprint with a cover illustration by Tony Roberts.

    Hugo Award Nominee

    1) • essay by John Silbersack and Victoria Schochet• Billy Big-Eyes • novelette by Howard Waldrop• The Gods of Reorth • shortstory by Elizabeth A. Lynn• Sergeant Pepper • novelette by Karl Hansen• The Princess and the Bear • novelette by Orson Scott Card• Raising the Green Lion • novelette by Janet E. Morris• Last Things • shortstory by John Kessel• The Adventures of Lance the Lizard • shortstory by Ronald Anthony Cross• Stepfather Bank • novella by D. C. Poyer [as by David Andreissen ]

    HeinleinThe golden helix by Theodore SturgeonBorn with the dead by Robert SilverbergSecond game by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLeanThe dead past by Isaac AsimovThe road to the sea by Arthur C. ClarkeThe star pit by Samuel R. DelanyGiant killer by A. Bertram ChandlerA case of conscience by James BlishDio by Damon KnightHouston, Houston, do you read? by James Tiptree, Jr.On the storm planet by Cordwainer SmithThe miracle workers by Jack Vance

    Clarke, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, Fredric Brown, Harlan Ellison, Lester del Rey, and Isaac Asimov. Original.

    Without the modern transit and communications infrastructures, distances that once took hours, now take weeks, and news that once traveled in milliseconds now takes months to arrive, if ever. This new world is characterized by tiny hamlets of simple daily existence awash in a sea of barbarism and anarchy. The Morrow Project could not prevent the coming catastrophe, nor did they have the resources to help everyone immediately. It was possible to help with the rebuilding, but even this was a massive undertaking. Plan became action and over the years many well-trained teams were cryogenically frozen in hidden bunkers to emerge at the time when their resources and help could do the most good. Intended to be part of an organized plan to rebuild America, your team finds that they have missed the 3-5 year expected wake-up call. Now, far outside the original time frame and unable to contact the rest of the project, they must start alone the process that was intended for thousands. Isolated in a world where the war is only a distant legend, your team must rely on their ingenuity, training and each other to carry out the general orders of the project: 1. Assist the population in rebuilding America whenever possible. 2. Reunite with the bulk of the Morrow Project forces. 3. Survive! The Morrow Project may be played with nothing other than this book, dice, paper and pencil. Included in this book are full details on Morrow Project teams, vehicles, equipment, modern weapons, complete medical details, people and creatures living in the post-holocaust world, and more.

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    All author/publication information has been taken from the Star Trek Expanded Universe Wiki and Memory Alpha.

    Within a century the population of the 'civilized' world dropped to a tiny remnant of narrow-minded survivors. Their few communities were ruled by hard-shelled fanatics whose prime need was women who could still bear children.Anne had been such a trade-off "wife"and when she slew her captor and fled, there was only one who would help her. This was the young man whose hidden stock of medicines made him a necessity to the isolated homesteads.The surprising and exciting adventures of Anne and David as they fled their barbarous pursuers and headed for a legendary sanctuary far across the ocean is a realistic and imaginative projection of a world that yet may be.

    

    Those who believed him wanted him dead.

    Natives of the Andes Mountains are able to survive in the thin atmosphere of Mars, without pressure suits, to the great resentment of those born at sea level. A human and an ezwal, a large, blue, three-eyed being with the power of telepathic communication, crash land on a jungle planet and are forced to cooperate with each other in order to stay alive. This is despite the fact that the ezwal hates humans, and would just as soon tear the human into little pieces. A creature, actually the galaxy's greatest mathematician, is held in a huge vault on Mars, made of ultimate metal, and whose time-lock is keyed to the ultimate prime number. At the forefront of the Golden Age of science fiction, A.E. van Vogt shaped the direction of modern science fiction. At a time when writers such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, Eric Frank Russell, and Lester Del Rey began to hit their stride, van Vogt was the genre's most popular author. The raw emotive power of these stories defy their pulp origins and remain classics of the SF field.ContentsIntroduction: "Van is Here, But Van is Gone" by Harlan Ellison"The Enchanted Village""The Last Martian""The Reflected Men""Cooperate Or Else!""The Second Solution""Fulfillment""The Replicators""Vault of the Beast"