Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others. And for those just discovering this magical place, there are incomparable tales of danger, deceit, and daring, just waiting to be explored..

    It's the rare kind of place where bad pun are as appreciated as good conversation.Time Travelers Strictly Cash is their policy, but then again everybody pays cash at Callahan's. Lay your money on the bar, name your poison, step up to the line drawn on the barroom floor, and after drinking make a toast and throw the glass into the fireplace. It's an odd tradition (don't worry about the cost--Callahan gets the glasses at a bulk discount), but one's that's led to some interesting stories.Callahan's Secret may be something even the regulars would never guess. then again, it may be as simple as listening to those post-toast stories. After-all, like Callahan says, shared pain is lessened and shared joy in increased--a simple concept that could, after a few drinks, lead to saving the world....This omnibus edition contains the trio of books that introduced the world to Mike Callahan, Jake Stonebender, Doc Webster, Mickey Finn, Fast Eddie Costigan, Long-Drink McGonnigle, Ralph Won Wau Wau and the rest of the regulars of Callahan's Place in the stories that helped Spider Robinson to win both a John W. Campbell Award and a legion of fans.

    Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything - and everyone - in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider...And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed - Dragons!

    A book illustrating various characters for the Anne McCaffrey crafted world of Pern

    Recently, Oloitokitok, the planet survey team's physicist was found dead. Was he killed? If so, by whom? One of his fellow surveyors? Or by one of the Sprookjes, the birdlike natives of Lassti? Are the Sprookjes intelligent? If so, then parties that want the planet for development will lose it. Why is the survey team having so much trouble finding out? Into this situation arrives Tocohl, a Hellspark trader who just wanted to have a vacation on Sheveschke at the St. Veschke festival. After being attacked, rescuing a young woman, and going before a judge, Tocohl has learned all she ever wanted to know about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now she is on her way to find Lasti to find answers to the mysteries there.

    Against this backdrop stands Mallory Ringer, who penetrates the Solid State Entity. There he makes a discovery. One that could unlock the secret of immortality.

    On the planet Vulcan, a crisis of unprecedented proportion has caused the convocation of the planet's ruling council—and summoned the U.S.S. Enterprise™ from halfway across the galaxy to bring Vulcan's most famous son home in its hour of need. As Commander Spock, his father, Sarek, and Captain James T. Kirk struggle to preserve Vulcan's future, the planet's innermost secrets are laid before us, from its beginnings millions of years ago to its savage prehistory, from merciless tribal warfare to medieval court intrigue, from the exploration of space to the development of o'thia—the ruling ethic of logic. And Spock—torn between his duty to Starfleet and the unbreakable ties that bind him to Vulcan—must reconcile both his own inner conflict and the external dilemma his planet faces... lest the Federation itself be ripped asunder.

    Illustrated hardcover book with dust jacket, 120 pages, published by Salem House Publishing.

    Written by Alexandro Jodorowsky, who once again builds on the vast universe he has created and developed over many different titles, and drawn by European sensation Zoran Janjetov, Before The Incal is here compiled into a single volume.

    The Jesus Incident-A sentient Ship with godlike powers (and aspirations) delivers the last survivors of humanity to a horrific, poisonous planet, Pandora-rife with deadly Nerve-Runners, Hooded Dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp. Chaplain/Psychiatrist Raja Lon Flattery is brought back out of hybernation to witness Ship's machinations as well as the schemes of human scientists manipulating the genetic structure of humanity. Book 1 in Herbert & Ransom's Pandora Sequence. The Lazarus Effect-In The Jesus Incident Herbert and Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite ... because Pandora's original owner is returning to life! Book 2 in Herbert & Ransom's Pandora Sequence. The Ascension Factor-Pandora's humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora's wild currents to restore land and facilitate the booming sea trade. New settlements rise overnight, but children starve in their shadows. An orbiting assembly station is near completion of Project Voidship, which is the hope of many for finding a better world. Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone from hibernation called The Director, who rules with a sadistic security force led by the assassin Spider Nevi. Small resistance groups, like the one led by Twisp Queets and Ben Ozette, have had little effect on his absolute power. The Director controls the transportation of foodstuffs; uprisings are punished with starvation. The resistance fighters' main hope is Crista Galli, a woman believed by some to be the child of God. Crista pools her talents with Dwarf MacIntosh, Beatriz Tatoosh, and Rico LaPush to transcend the barriers between the different species and overthrow The Director and the sinister cabal with which he rules. Book 3 in Herbert & Ransom's Pandora Sequence.

    Cherryh's award-winning triad introduces the planet and complex politics of Cyteen, part of the Alliance/Union universe. Resources are limited and the scientific compound of Reseune, which produces computer-trained clones called azis, is a major power center. Reseune's lead scientist, the fierce and cruel Dr. Ariane Emory, has dominated Cyteen's political scene for decades. When she is assassinated, Reseune officials railroad a suspect and then experiment by creating a personal duplicate of Ariane. The bad news is, a clone isn't good enough. They want to recreate Dr. Emory's mind as well, and devise an artificial life for the little Ariane who'll be raised just like the original.

    Murder, politics, and genetic manipulation provide the framework for the latest Union-Alliance novel by the author of Downbelow Station. Cherryh's talent for intense, literate storytelling maintains interest throughout this long, complex novel.

    But now these rare children have come of age, and they demand the same freedom as all men and women--and possess a unique power with which to fight for it.

    

    Quite a number of disparate threads wove into the final narrative. One important thread was my feeling that a story involving time travel should have a nonlinear narrative to reflect the discontinuous way the characters experience time. I also wanted to see if it was possible to write a story in which real physics is presented. Very little of modern SF goes beyond the early quantum mechanics of Heisenberg and Schrodinger, work which is admittedly remarkable and beautiful, but by no means the end of the story. Here I tried to invoke some of the strangeness and beauty— I might even say sense of wonder—of the physics of Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac. In 'Ripples' I decided to explore the inconsistency between Dirac's relativistic quantum mechanics and the mathematics of infinity developed by Cantor and others (as far as I can tell, a quite real inconsistency). The Dirac sea is also real, not an invention of mine— despite the very science-fictional feel of an infinitely dense sea of negative energy that surrounds and permeates us."

    "Det" Cox has just spent three years under psych observation on Earth; now that he's out-system, he isn't about to tell anyone he's seeing aliens again. Paige Barnett has lost everything, even her name, because she knows too much about the rebellion spreading through the Earth-Space mining colonies.Together Cox and Barnett stumble upon the mystery at the revolution's heart and learn why the rebels are willing to die for it.Is their discovery humanity's worst threat or greatest gift? The authorities are willing to destroy whole planets to keep the revolution's secret from reaching Earth! What's to stop them from destroying two people?

    A great collection from 1843-1984. The 26 stories in this anthology were selected during 1984 and 1985 by the members of the Science Fiction Research Association. For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collections not designed for classwork. Now here is presented a carefully selected reading anthology reflecting the SF field in all its modern diversity. Cover by Maria Carella.Collection of 26 chronologically-arranged stories by 25 authors (H. G. Wells is represented twice) that illustrate the historical development of the genre from Nathaniel Hawthorne into the 1980s. All three of the editors are academics, and each story is followed by commentary from another academic critic; the sponsoring organization is dedicated to the study of science fiction, and the collection is intended as a college textbook. Come along for a fascinating glance into...Science FictionContents:* Preface (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) • essay by editors* The Birthmark (1854) / short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843); Afterword to "The Birthmark" • essay by Francis J. Molson* The Star (1897) / short story by H. G. Wells; Afterword to "The Star" • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]* The Country of the Blind (1904) / novelette by H. G. Wells;Afterword to "The Country of the Blind • essay by Jack Williamson* The Machine Stops (1909) / novelette by E. M. Forster; Afterword to "The Machine Stops" • essay by Charles L. Elkins [as by Charles Elkins]* A Martian Odyssey [Tweel • 1] (1934) / novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum; Afterword to "A Martian Odyssey" • essay by Frederik Pohl* Who Goes There? (1938) / novella by John W. Campbell Jr.; Afterword to "Who Goes There?" • essay by Sam Moskowitz* Nightfall (1941) / novelette by Isaac Asimov; Afterword to "Nightfall" • essay by Donald M. Hassler* No Woman Born (1944) / novella by C. L. Moore; Afterword to "No Woman Born" • essay by Mary S. Weinkauf* Thunder and Roses (1947) / novelette by Theodore Sturgeon; Afterword to "Thunder and Roses" • essay by H. Bruce Franklin* Private Eye (1950) / novelette by Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]; Afterword to "Private Eye" • essay by Merritt Abrash* There Will Come Soft Rains [The Martian Chronicles] (1950) / short story by Ray Bradbury; Afterword to "There Will Come Soft Rains" • essay by Patrick G. Hogan, Jr.* The Sentinel [A Space Odyssey] (1951) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke; Afterword to "The Sentinel" • essay by Thomas D. Clareson* Common Time (1953) / short story by James Blish; Afterword to "Common Time" • essay by Willis E. McNelly* The Game of Rat and Dragon [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1955) / short story by Cordwainer Smith; Afterword to "The Game of Rat and Dragon" • essay by Muriel R. Becker* The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958) / short story by Alfred Bester; Afterword to "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" • essay by Russell Letson* Flowers for Algernon (1959) / novelette by Daniel Keyes; Afterword to "Flowers for Algernon" • essay by Martin H. Greenberg* A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963) / novelette by Roger Zelazny; Afterword to "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" • essay by Carl B. Yoke* Driftglass (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany; Afterword to "Driftglass" • essay by David N. Samuelson* Faith of Our Fathers (1967) / novelette by Philip K. Dick; Afterword to "Faith of Our Fathers" • essay by Patricia S. Warrick* I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) / short story by Harlan Ellison; Afterword to "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" • essay by Richard D. Erlich* Nine Lives (1969) / novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Afterword to "Nine Lives" • essay by Veronica M. S. Kennedy* When It Changed [Whileaway] (1972) / short story by Joanna Russ; Afterword to "When It Changed" • essay by Mary Kay Bray* Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] (1973) / novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre; Afterword to "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" • essay by Mary Kay Bray* Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976) / novella by James Tiptree Jr.; Afterword to "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" • essay by Thomas P. Dunn* Options [Eight Worlds] (1979) / novelette by John Varley; Afterword to "Options" • essay by John Clute* Bloodchild (1984) / novelette by Octavia E. Butler; Afterword to "Bloodchild" • essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull* Select Bibliography (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) • essay by editors* General Bibliography (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) • essay by editorsThere is an additional index that rearranges the chronological list by Thematic Contents, broken down into the interest categories of biological, environmental, psychosocial, and technological (with several stories appearing in more than one category). Each story is followed by several paragraphs of editorial commentary (by college professors other than the trio of editors) that explains things about the author and the story's place in the history of science fiction.

    Led by Captain Duncan Rodrick, a man of strength and daring, the most advanced spaceship ever designed prepares for an incredible journey across the universe Bu on board the ship itself is an enemy willing to die destroy them all a woman whose beauty may ignite a lethal fire of passion, and a stowaway whose bravery embodies the intrepid spirit of America's past. This epic shows the spirit of the pioneers where 20th century daring dreams become the mission of tomorrow's boldest trailblazers.

    A stunning tour-de-force of love and adventure sweeping along a timeline of infinitely possible worlds.

    Reprint.Contents:The Vanishing American (1955)Appointment with Eddie (1988)Mourning Song (1963)Gentlemen, Be Seated (1960)Last Rites (1955)Miss Gentilbelle (1957)Place of Meeting (1953)The Devil, You Say? (1951)Free Dirt (1955)Song for a Lady (1960)The Howling Man (1959)The Dark Music (1956)The Magic Man (1960)Fair Lady (1957)A Point of Honor (1955)The Hunger (1955)Black Country (1954)The Jungle (1954)The New People (1958)Perchance to Dream (1958)The Crooked Man (1955)Blood Brother (1961)A Death in the Country (1957)The Music of the Yellow Brass (1959)Night Ride (1957)The Intruder (Chapter 10) (excerpt) (1988)The Crime of Willie Washington (1988)The Man with the Crooked Nose (1988)The Carnival (1988)To Hell with Claude (1988) with Chad Oliver

    But now the House Tregesser has an edge: a force from outside Canon Space offers them the resources to throw off Guardship rule. This precipitates an avalanche of unexpected outcomes, including the emergence of Kez Maefele, one of the few remaining generals of the Ku Warrior race-the only race to ever seriously threaten Guardship hegemony. Kez Maefele and a motley group of aliens, biological constructs, an scheming aristocrats find themselves at the center of the conflict. Maefele must chose which side he will support: the Guardships, who defeated and destroyed his race, or the unknown forces outside Canon Space that promise more death and destruction.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

    The story focuses on Koriba, a mundumugu (sort of like a witch doctor and a wise man rolled into one) of the Kikuyu tribe. Koriba feels that his tribe has been corrupted by "European" technology, so he helps to establish a small, utopian planetoid named Kirinyaga where the Kikuyu can return to their roots, farming the land and worshipping the god Ngai without technological or cultural interference. As utopias go, Kirinyaga experiences its fair share of problems--both from within and without--each of which is detailed in the individual chapters and stories. Contents:One Perfect Morning, with Jackals (1991)Kirinyaga (1988)For I Have Touched the Sky (1989)Bwana (1990)The Manamouki (1990)Song of a Dry River (1992)The Lotus and the Spear (1992)A Little Knowledge (1994)When the Old Gods Die (1995)The Land of Nod (1996)

    They brought dangerous new thoughts and inventions, ideas that could topple the rigid Imkairan society. Shocked by the harm they were causing, the humans withdrew. Hundreds of years later they are no more than legends. Fenobar, born with a crippled arm is allowed to live only by the grace of his father, the King of Clan Fen. An outcast all his life, he struggles to survive with honor in a world of warriors. Long ago, he chose the Demon, a mythical being, as his secret ally, his source of strength. Then one shows up in his hour of greatest need. Two young men, one human, one Imkaira, are fated to meet. WHEN IS A DEMON NOT A DEMON? The Demon rubbed at his strange sharp nose with the back of one hand. "I haven't any more supernatural power than you have--really! I'm a very ordinary kind of person. I can't change things, or make them go wrong." "Demon, I have been with you for two hands of days, and in that time things have done nothing but go wrong." "Like what?" "The Axe was subject to raltmichak, we were chased to exhaustion by the Kaymath, we had to cross the Straits of Tyvai, we nearly drowned, we smashed the boat in the Mists of Tyvai, and now we are marooned on a tiny island with no way off." "We saved the Axe from the raltmichak, which was never finished on it. We escaped from the Kaymath, we survived crossing the straits, we didn't drown, and the Mists of Tyvai provide us with water," replied the Demon, ticking the points off with one long finger. "What about getting off this island?" "I'm thinking on it." "Hunh!" Fenobar snorted. His crest could not fluff because of the sticky residue left from the sea salt, but his ears twitched with amusement. In a voice dripping with overmuch sweetness, Fenobar said, "So. It is coincidence you trail change behind you like the Sprite of Spring trails flowers." Purring, he added, "But if you are not a Demon of Undoing, what are you?" His ears twitched wildly as he heard the note of helplessness in the Demon's voice when he answered, "I'm called a human being." "And you are from?" The Demon cleared his throat. Not looking at Fenobar, he mumbled something at the mail in his lap. "What's that?" "We're from another world." "Demons are hardly from this one," Fenobar said dryly. 'Bit still you say you're not a Demon." "Yes." "Hunh!" "A little wildly, the Demon ran his five-fingered hand through his head fur, which was as stiff and sticky as Fenobar's. It stood up under this attention like a particularly ratty crest. "I'm a very ordinary kind of of person!" "Very ordinary...for a Demon," Fenobar agreed. "For a human!" the Demon protested. "You're still a Demon of Undoing, no matter what you call yourself." "I call myself Sig," the Demon said, a little desperately. "Human Being Sig?" Fenobar asked sweetly. "Sigmund deGama Cook of the tribe of...of...United Stars Interstellar Survey. Human being. As you are Imkairan. "Oh," Fenobar scrubbed at his almost forgotten armor as he thought that over. "How did humans get here?" "We..."Sig gagged on a word and came to a confused stop. "I can't tell you." "Can't or won't?" "Won't," the Demon admitted miserably. "You used some kind of magic ritual which permitted you to fly here, not so?" Fenobar looked up at Sig from under the long hairs of his crest. "Demons use them all the time." Sig put his head in his hand, surrendering. "All right. I'm a Demon." "Could you be anything else?" Fenobar murmured. "Let me show you how to clean that leather properly...Sig."

    Her story is one of courage and adventure, as Jade accepts a suicide assignment against the most violent alien conquerors!

    A genetically engineered race designed to help the republic survive. They have been fighting for over 50000 years and have never acheived anything but a stalemate. But the time has come. The union (The starwolves long time enemies) Have realized that humanity is on the decline and that they must make their last stand. They are fighting for the survival of their species. Which race will have what it takes to survive" and "Space opera like no other. This , along with the series to follow, was written in such a distinctive style that my friends and I sometimes refer to clever science fiction as "starwolfish." It begins fifty thousand years into a hopelessly stalemated conflict. The hero is a Starwolf, a nearly-human genetically engineered warrior. These fighters were designed millennia ago to defend Earth and nearby worlds from the oppressive Union, a corrupt collection of trade monopolies. Armed with their wits and a terribly outnumbered fleet of intelligent war, the Starwolves must keep the outer worlds of human civilization from the Union's grip. They are so bound by this cause that they cannot create their own culture, art, and civilization. The hero wants to change that, and give his people a future worth all the bloodshed. Remarkably, his counterparts in the Union are not your classic 'pure evil' cliched space opera villains. They are trying to save the beleaguered human race by giving it a common enemy, uniting to destroy the Starwolves. It is a titanic struggle, and the story is told with wit and humanity. A nice break from all the 'good guy versus bad guy' space opera stories.

    After two and a half centuries of devastating interstellar warfare, the Inner Sphere is poised on the brink of a new age, as signaled by the recent alliance between Davion and House Steiner's Lyran Commonwealth. The Davions and Steiners have powerful enemies, though, all of whom have grouped together in a desperate attempt to prevent an irretrievable tilt in the balance of power...This ComStar casebook covers the history of the Federated Suns and its ruling family, its military forces, government, economy, culture and daily life, along with dozens of full-color illustrations. Also included are unit deployment charts, dossiers on prominent individuals, an atlas of key Federation planets, and much, much more.

    McAuley165 • Perpetuity Blues • (1987) • novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.193 • Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight • (1987) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin220 • The Pardoner's Tale • (1987) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg240 • Glass Cloud • (1987) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly280 • The Evening and the Morning and the Night • (1987) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler303 • Night of the Cooters • [War of the Worlds] • (1987) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop322 • Angel • (1987) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan338 • Shades • (1987) • novelette by Lucius Shepard369 • The Faithful Companion at Forty • (1987) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler378 • Candle in a Cosmic Wind • (1987) • novelette by Joseph Manzione413 • The Emir's Clock • (1987) • shortstory by Ian Watson428 • Ever After • (1987) • novelette by Susan Palwick449 • The Forest of Time • (1987) • novella by Michael F. Flynn [as by Michael Flynn ]495 • The Million-Dollar Wound • (1987) • shortstory by Dean Whitlock505 • The Moon of Popping Trees • (1987) • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson536 • Diner • (1987) • shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.551 • All the Hues of Hell • (1987) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe564 • Halley's Passing • (1987) • shortstory by Michael McDowell580 • America • [The Mormon Sea] • (1987) • novelette by Orson Scott Card605 • For Thus Do I Remember Carthage • (1987) • shortstory by Michael Bishop622 • Mother Goddess of the World • (1987) • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson675 • Honorable Mentions: 1987 • essay by Gardner Dozois

    A brilliantly constructed world and an intricate plot that should appeal to male and female readers alike.

    to reach the ultimate climax.This new edition of the ground-breaking novella by David Thorpe, author of the award-winning novel Hybrids, contains 12 illustrations by prominent stars of the comics art world: Simon Bisley ~ Brian Bolland ~ Brett Ewins ~ Duncan Fegredo ~ Rian Hughes ~ Lin Jammett ~ Pete Mastin ~ Dave McKean ~ Savage Pencil ~ Ed Pinsent ~ Bryan Talbot.A new ebook version also contains a new short story, The Last Laugh, culminating the Doc Chaos narrative at the coming apocalypse, and a new Afterword by the Author, which sets the two pieces in their creative context.DOC CHAOS takes the literary genealogy of doctors Frankenstein, Faustroll and Benway into the nuclear age and beyond. A love story, that makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like kindergarten games...REVIEWS"No one could be fully prepared for DOC CHAOS. This is a comedy of terrors." - Don Watson, NME."A hugely entertaining book, full of humour, satire, and an appealing, idiosyncratic perception of the way things are." - Dale Luciano, the Comics Journal."The creators of DOC CHAOS face up to the unbridled crap which is threatening our existence. DOC CHAOS hopes the forces of authority will slip on their own banana skins. Fast-moving and funny." - Graeme Basset, Infinity.

    

    One day she's reading a new one and out drops a note signed Cosmic Cousin. The note leads Eunice to another great book--and other message--and soon Eunice is on the trail of the secret scribbler.

    1 consists of detailed concept sketches and illustrations. Futuristic Tokyo night clubs, sports cars, space creatures and more. No. 2 is packed with vehicle and product information. Work-up drawings for future offices, ATF aircrafts and ships. No. 3 brings together some of the finest illustration in Syd Mead's career.i

    Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best fiction collection, Storeys from the Old Hotel contains thirty-one remarkable gems of Wolfe's short fiction from the past two decades, most unavailable in any other form.Storeys from the Old Hotel includes many of Gene Wolfe's most appealing and engaging works, from short-shorts that can be read in single setting to whimsical fantasy and even Sherlock Holmes pastiches. It is a literary feast for anyone interested in the best science fiction has to offer.Contents:- The Green Rabbit from S'Rian- Beech Hill- Sightings at Twin Mounds- Continuing Westward- Slaves of Silver- The Rubber Bend- Westwind- Sonya, Crane, Wessleman, and Kittee- The Packerhaus Method- Straw- The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton- To the Dark Tower Came- Parkroads - A Review- The Flag- Alphabet- A Criminal Proceeding- In Looking-Glass Castle- Cherry Jubilee- Redbeard- A Solar Labyrinth- Love, Among the Corridors- Checking Out- Morning Glory- Trip, Trap- From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton- Civis Laputus Sum- The Recording- Last Day- Death of the Island Doctor- Redwood Coast Roamer:● On the Train● In the Mountains● At the Volcano's Lip● In the Old Hotel- Choice of the Black Goddess

    P. Lovecraft;* A Matter of Form / Horace L. Gold;* Jane Brown’s Body / Cornell Woolrich;* Who Goes There? [as by Don A. Stuart] / John W. Campbell, Jr.;* Sidewise in Time / Murray Leinster;* Alas, All Thinking! / Harry Bates;* Seeker of Tomorrow / Eric Frank Russell, Leslie J. Johnson; Johnson given as Leslie T.* Dawn of Flame / Stanley G. Weinbaum;* Divide and Rule / L. Sprague de Camp;* Wolves of Darkness / Jack Williamson.Within "The Mammoth Book Of..." series, the first of Asimov's 6 book anthology series, highlighting science fiction thru the 30's (Classic), 40's (Golden Age), 50's (Vintage), 60's (New World), 70's (Fantastic) and 80's (Modern).

    He didn't expect to find himself dealing with Merryl's twin sister, Marilla. And he never in his wildest dreams expected what would come from their meeting.

    Unequalled levels of technology, human rights, and prosperity were reached. Planets bent to the will of man, as terraforming and weather control became both possible and economical. Agro-technology fed billions. The average human lifespan was extended to 108 standard years by medical science. But those same advances carried a curse, for the engines of war from the Star League era possessed power unequalled in the Successor States today. And in that time of great deeds stood the greatest warrior of all time Aleksandr Kerensky.The Star League is a ComStar document detailing the history, commerce, organization, and military campaigns of mankind's finest moment, and the tragic failures that doomed it.

    Ten-year-old Andraia fights with the government not to destroy the planet where she is working alone, because of an intelligent life form she has discovered there.

    The story of a voyage across space and war against Antares, capture by Aliens and wretched treatment, struggle to survive and return home.

    There it sits, visible through the ship's viewports...in direct violation of the laws of physics.

    It is a book for everyone interested in the most exciting experience in human history - the exploration and colonization of other worlds. No matter if space travel isn't on your own personal agenda, as you turn the pages of this intriguing book, you will share in the extraordinary adventures awaiting many of the inhabitants of planet Earth.

    History has shown the predominance of war--and in the future . . . Space Wars. Features the talents of Arthur C. Clarke, Gordon R. Dickson, Joe Haldeman and more.

    

    A sudden vision of the future.On one fateful afternoon Dale discovers he is psychic. At first keeping his powers a secret is necessary -- he can't let his headmaster father find out he's been cutting school. But before long the secret becomes a heavy burden as newspapers publicize the miraculous saving of children's lives by an unknown hero.And then telling becomes imperative because Dale suddenly wants to know: Does he see the future... or does he create it? Is it his fault these accidents keep happening?Turning to his once-psychic mother for help, Dale's fear and uncertainty mount when she tells him she's afraid of him. His father urges Dale to seek help from a parapsychology expert, Dr. Louis Airman. But at Airman's institute, Dale is drawn into a dark world of intrigue. The doctor has been working with the military. Dale's suspicions grow. Will his powers be used as a new secret weapon? Is there any escape from the power of his own mind?

    

    Marvel Monkey Tales are endearing original stories that you and your child will enjoy sharing over and over again

    Battletech sourcebook of house Marik

    The trees here were even more stupid than the humans - and meanwhile the twin vices of sex and alcohol shone before him like beacons of Earthly knowledge...

    Bound into this single volume are ComStar Intelligence Summary FB-60 and excerpts from the standard DropShips and JumpShips Operations Manual.ComStar Intelligence Summary FB-60 discusses the five major types of JumpShips and 20 major types of DropShips as well as examples of small craft and even space stations. Each entry includes an illustration of the ship as well as detailed descriptions and statistics. Also included is a short history of humanity in space, from the construction of Crippen Station, through the work of Kearny and Fuchida and mankind's exodus from Terra, to the modern Succession War era.The Operations Manual includes essays on the designs of DropShips and JumpShips, descriptions of the general components of each type of vessel, and extensive game rules covering all aspects of their operation and maintenance.

    He was a breeder…but he didn’t know it.He was supposed to stay in the Potemkin village lab he was born into, not thrust into a guerrilla war--an America torn by civil disobedience. And there he was, released into a world of avid fertile women. The results were fun for awhile, but then... Well, there are situations where being the perfect adventure hero will not help you.About the Author:Jim Morris served three tours with Special Forces (The Green Berets) in Vietnam. The second and third were cut short by serious wounds. He retired of wounds as a major. He has maintained his interest in the mountain peoples of Vietnam with whom he fought, and has been, for many years, a refugee and civil rights activist on their behalf.His Vietnam memoir War Story won the first Bernal Diaz Award for military non-fiction. Morris is author of the story from which the film Operation Dumbo Drop was made, and has produced numerous documentary television episodes about the Vietnam War. He is author of three books of non-fiction and four novels. He has appeared on MSNBC as a commentator on Special Operations. Visit the author's website at www.jimmorriswarstory.com.

    Asimov's Galaxy gives the reader an inside look at the fascinating world of science fiction and an intensely personal glimpse of Isaac Asimov, the writer and the man.

    Ballard's short stories from Arkham House united around the theme of the failed US space program, mostly set in a deserted and desolate Cape Canaveral, with a scattering of lone ex-astronauts and others still dreaming of the Space Age.Cover artwork 'Europe After the Rain' by Max Ernst, illustrated by J.K. PotterThe Cage of Sand (New Worlds Jun ’62) A Question of Re-Entry (Fantastic Mar ’63)The Dead Astronaut (Playboy May ’68)My Dream of Flying to Wake Island (Ambit #60 ’74) News from the Sun (Ambit #87 ’81) Memories of the Space Age (Interzone #2 ’82)Myths of the Near Future (F&SF Oct ’82) The Man Who Walked on the Moon (Interzone #13 ’85)

    And Justice for All by Stanley Schmidt• Falling Free (Part 4 of 4) by Lois McMaster Bujold• Laughing All the Way to Orbit by Wilfred C. Smith and G. Harry Stine• On Gaming by Matthew J. Costello• Dry Run by J. Brian Clarke• Dreamers by Rick Cook• Peaches for Mad Molly by Steven Gould• Starting the Fires by G. Harry Stine• Present Worth by Arlan Andrews Sr. • The Boys from Stormville by Annie Gerard• A Calendar of Upcoming Events by Anthony R. Lewis• Doc's Legacy by Christopher Anvil• The Reference Library by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Forge of God by Greg Bear by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Fall of the Republic by Crawford Kilian by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: Madbond by Nancy Springer by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Alexandrian Ring by William R. Forstchen by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Net by Loren J. MacGregor by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: Copernik's Rebellion by Leo A. Frankowski by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Paradise Tree by Diana L. Paxson by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Luck of Relian Kru by Paula Volsky by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep by Robert Bloch by Thomas A. Easton

    

    

    

    One hundred years have passed; animals and plants thrive, cities stand intact. Every human being, however, has disappeared. With the help of a slowly reviving computer network, the astronaut begins to piece together the events of the last century. He learns of the child prodigy Peter Devore, of a world orchestrated by stunning new technologies, and of Peter's race against time to unlock the secrets of the Portal.