Best of
Science-Fiction

1998

Hyperion / The Fall of Hyperion / Endymion / Rise of Endymion


Dan Simmons - 1998
    

The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective


Harlan Ellison - 1998
    But his range is much broader than that, encompassing stories, novels, essays, reviews, reminiscences, plays, even fake autobiographies. The Essential Ellison, a special limited edition personally signed and numbered by Ellison, contains 74 unabridged works, including such classics as "A Boy and His Dog," "Xenogenesis," and "Mefisto in Onyx."

Story of Your Life


Ted Chiang - 1998
    Its major themes are language and determinism.

The Transall Saga


Gary Paulsen - 1998
    As Mark searches for a pathway back to his own time on Earth, he must make a new life in a new world. His encounters with primitive tribes bring the joy of human bonds, but violence and war as well—and, finally, a contest in which he discovers his own startling powers.

An Oblique Approach


David Drake - 1998
    Only three things stand between the Malwa and the conquest of Earth: Byzantium, the empire of Rome in the East; a crystal that urges mankind to fight; and Belisarius, general of the Byzantine Empire, and arguably the greatest commmander the Earth has ever known.

Anne McCaffrey Freedom Collection: Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Challenge, Freedom's Choice


Anne McCaffrey - 1998
    Thousands are herded onto slave ships headed for the intergalactic auction block.Kris Bjornsen is captured in Denver on her way to her college classes and wakes up on the primitive planet Barevi. Courageous and resourceful, she manages a single-woman escape from the Catteni and is living in the wilds of the planet when she comes to the aid of a Catteni soldier pursued by his own ranks. Recaptured together, they join forces with other slaves to outwit their captors and a hostile planetary environment.Freedom's Challenge - multi-voice narration, directed by Ruth BloomquistKris Bjornsen has come a long way since alien slave ships scooped her up in Denver with thousands of others. Dropped off on an apparently uninhabited world with the rest, she has fallen in love with Zainal, a renegade Catteni, and made a comfortable life for herself and her new family. But she feels a soldier's duty to escape Botany and rejoin the struggle for freedom.Freedom's Choice - multi-voice narration, directed by Ruth BloomquistThe shipments of Catteni slaves continue, but they find that they are enjoyably reinventing the creature comforts of home, and searching for the origin of the Farmers who were the original occupants of Botany, all under the keen eyes of two very different observers. When scouts for the Emassi come to retrieve Zainal, shanghaied in the original shipment of slaves, Botany changes irrevocably. Listeners will delight in this continued adventure of survival, romance, and ingenuity.

The Hork-Bajir Chronicles


K.A. Applegate - 1998
    "Strange," says his mother. "A seer," says the Old One, Tila Fashat. "A seer is one who is born to show a new way. Many, many seasons pass, then our father, the Deep, and our mother, the Sky, say, 'Send a seer to the people. The people have need.' And so one is born who is different." When strange and different Dak meets Aldrea, the clever Andalite daughter of Prince Seerow, they learn together of the dangerous plot of the Yeerks, and of Esplin 9466, who will stop at nothing to build his empire. Learn more about Prince Seerow's Kindness, find out how Andalites kiss, and plumb the mysteries of the Deep in this suspense-filled story of good, evil, and interspecies love. (Ages 9 to 12)

Tales of the Dying Earth


Jack Vance - 1998
    Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents ever to grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. Some of his enduring classics are the 1950 novel The Dying Earth and its sequels, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, and Rialto the Marvelous.

Heroes Die


Matthew Woodring Stover - 1998
    He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does.At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions. Yet he is shackled by a rigid caste society, bound to ignore the grim fact that he kills men on a far-off world for the entertainment of his own planet--and bound to keep his rage in check.But now Michaelson has crossed the line. His estranged wife, Pallas Rill, has mysteriously disappeared in the slums of Ankhana. To save her, he must confront the greatest challenge of his life: a lethal game of cat and mouse with the most treacherous rulers of two worlds...

More Than Honor/On Basilisk Station


David Weber - 1998
    

Runner of Pern


Anne McCaffrey - 1998
    It tells of a runner (messenger) Tenna, who is new to the craft but is good at the job.Originally appeared in Robert Silverberg's Legends

Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections - The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Vehicles and Spacecraft


David West Reynolds - 1998
    The main ships are explored and cutaway to reveal the armaments, propulsion systems, armor, control systems, and other key aspects of each vehicle, from Han Solo's Millennium Falcon to Darth Vader's TIE fighter. Special features and hidden mechanisms, never before revealed, are described and illustrated in graphic detail. Together with Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, these books comprise a definitive classic Star Wars reference library.Book Details: Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 10/5/1998 Pages: 32 Reading Level: Age 8 and Up

The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy


Terry Pratchett - 1998
    However, he hasn't been playing for long when the ScreeWee Empire surrenders to him. After accepting the surrender he finds himself inside the game in his dreams, where he must deal with the suspicious Gunnery Officer as well as the understanding Captain, and work out exactly what they're all supposed to do now. This might all be the result of an over-active imagination except that the ScreeWee have disappeared altogether from everyone else's copy of the game. With the help of another player, Kirsty, who calls herself "Sigourney" (as in Weaver), Johnny must try to get the ScreeWee home.Book 2: Johnny and the Dead (1993) is the second novel by Terry Pratchett to feature the character Johnny Maxwell. The other novels in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy are Only You Can Save Mankind (1992) and Johnny and the Bomb (1996). In this story, Johnny sees and speaks with the spirits (they object to the term "ghost") of those interred in his local cemetery and tries to help them when their home is threatened. Book 3: After Johnny Maxwell, a boy in his early teens, finds Mrs. Tachyon, an old bag lady, by a cinema he discovers that her trolley is in fact a time machine. He goes back to his town, Blackbury, during the time of The Blitz with his friends Stephen, aka Wobbler, Bigmac, Kirsty and Yo-less (possibly because Johnny has been obsessing about the destruction of Paradise Street in a German raid). Wobbler gets left behind in 1941, and when they return for him, Johnny tries to prevent the deaths caused in the raid.

The Complete Fuzzy


H. Beam Piper - 1998
    Beam Piper's bestselling science fiction novel Little Fuzzy captivated readers everywhere. Now, all three of Piper's delightful books are available for the first time in one volume: Little Fuzzy, Fuzzy Sapiens and Fuzzies And Other People.

The Enemy Papers


Barry B. Longyear - 1998
    "The Enemy Papers" is the saga of how humans and their enemies used Talma to end war...".this was one of those rare times when a story was so good that even I could see "Hugo" written all over it."--Isaac Asimov on "Enemy Mine"

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual


Rick Sternbach - 1998
    But Terok Nor took on new life when the Cardassians evacuated and were replaced by Starfleet personnel. With the discovery of a nearby stable wormhole connecting the Alpha Quadrant with the Gamma Quadrant, the newly christened Space Station Deep Space 9 became one of the most important installations in known space. Filled with hundreds of schematic diagrams and illustrations, the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual" is essential for anyone interested in the ships, technology and weapons of Starfleet and the many different species, who frequent the station, including the Klingons, the Bajorans, the Romulans, the Cardassians, and the Jem'Hadar. As an added bonus, four full-color gatefolds have been specially created for this book. In addition to providing an in-depth look at the exteriors of the station, these illustrations also show the Promenade, and highlight the U.S.S. Defiant. Turning the ravaged outpost into a fully operational station involved much more than a simple name change. The transformation represented an arduous challenge to the Starfleet engineers who were required to merge two divergent technologies. How they achieved that feat, and how the Federation helps the Bajoran government keep the station running smoothly, is revealed in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual".

This Alien Shore


C.S. Friedman - 1998
    Sheltered all her life in a corporate satellite in Earth's outer orbit, Jamisia must face the truth about her origins and her role in the power struggle between the Guerans who dominate intergalactic transportation and the rest of Earth's far-flung and genetically mutated colonies who are trying to break the Guera Guild's monopoly.

A Second Chance at Eden


Peter F. Hamilton - 1998
    From the author of the bestselling 'Night's Dawn' trilogy, a novella and six stories set in the same brilliantly realised universe.

Island in the Sea of Time


S.M. Stirling - 1998
    R. Martin, author of A Game of ThronesIt's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm blankets the entire island. When the weather clears, the island's inhabitants find that they are no longer in the late twentieth century...but have been transported instead to the Bronze Age! Now they must learn to survive with suspicious, warlike peoples they can barely understand and deal with impending disaster, in the shape of a would-be conqueror from their own time.

The Butcher's Bill


David Drake - 1998
    They were Hammer's Slammers! The Butcher's Bill contains a novel, two novellas, four short stories, and a new novelette written for the collection, in addition to an Introduction by the author.

Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary


David West Reynolds - 1998
    DK#39;s renowned Eyewitness style brings the characters, costumes, droids, and gadgetry of the Star Wars universe to life in astonishing visual detail. Highly defined, annotated photography shows and explains the culture, background, and technology of the Star Wars trilogy. Fans of all ages will enjoy detailed revelations of Star Wars secrets like how a Stormtrooper#39;s equipment works, what the insides of a light saber look like, and what Sand People keep in their bandoliers. A visual glossary explains all the technical terms used in the trilogy. Together with Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections, these books comprises the definitive classic Star Wars reference library.

Signal to Noise


Eric S. Nylund - 1998
    Sometimes the work is legal; if not, Jack simply raises his price. But one day, Jack discovers something cloaked in the hiss of background radiation streaming past the Earth from deep space: a message from an alien civilization. One that's eager to do business with humanity -- and its representative.Before he knows it, Jack has entered into a partnership that will open a Pandora's Box of potential profit and loss. The governments, the multinationals, and mysterious players more powerful still, all want a piece of the action -- and they're willing to kill, even wage war, to get it. Now Jack is entangled shifting web of deceit and intrigue in which no one, not even his closest friends, can be trusted. For Earth's cloak-and-dagger business practices are writ large in the heavens...and hostile takeovers are just as common across light years as they are across boardroom tables.

The Last Day


Glenn Kleier - 1998
    A comet, satellite, or perhaps the finger of God, rends the night sky above Israel and rains fiery destruction on a top-secret military research facility in the Negev. Only one mute and naked survivor struggles from the ruins in the aftermath of the explosion, then vanishes into the desert unnoticed. Drawn by the rumor of a Jordanian SCUD attack, a World News Network team producing a Millennium Eve special in Jerusalem races to the scene and stumbles upon the story of their lives, involving veteran reporter Jonathan Feldman and his cameraman Breck Hunter in perhaps the greatest story ever told. Throughout the final year of the century, messianic sects have descended upon the great religious centers of Rome, Jerusalem, and Salt Lake City to await the coming of the millennium, convinced that the Last Days are at hand. Now, in the fulfillment of prophesy, at the stroke of midnight, New Year's Eve, a beautiful and mysterious young woman appears on the steps of the ancient Israelite Temple of the Messiah just as a violent earthquake rocks Jerusalem and sets off aftershocks felt even in the Vatican. By a stroke of purest luck, WNN has it all on videotape. As a world audience primed for spectacle clamors for more, Feldman and Hunter follow the elusive figure as she appears throughout "Apocalypse Central," proclaiming a new gospel of the apotheosis to Christian, Muslim, and Jew alike. Overnight, Jeza, as she calls herself, has become a worldwide phenomenon, occasioning a summit meeting of the world's religious leaders and spawning a brisk trade in T-shirts,ashtrays, and other novelties bearing her image. But despite reports of miracles, fulfillment of biblical prophecy, and even the announcement of an 11th commandment "Thou shall honor woman as thy equal; and thou shall cherish her in unity with thy fellow man", the question remains: Is Jeza imitating or emulating Christ? Is she messiah, antichrist, or something even more sinister; a biotech experiment gone tragically wrong? Deftly incorporating subplots that include Vatican conspiracies, IDF assassination squads, cutting-edge scientific speculation, and the doomsday prophesy of the Last Secret of Fatima, Glenn Kleier's The Last Day cleverly exploits the growing fascination with the millennium and eschatology, provoking impassioned questions about our most cherished beliefs; and delivering a suspenseful thriller of the highest order.

One of Us


Michael Marshall Smith - 1998
    He works for REMtemp, taking on other people's memories. It's illegal, but usually harmless. Maybe a petty criminal wants to pass a lie detector test. Or an unfaithful spouse wants to enjoy a guiltless affair. All Hap has to do is carry the memories for a couple of hours. It's easy money. Until a beautiful young woman who committed murder leaves her memory with Hap and won't take it back.Now Hap is on the run: from the LAPD, from six angels of death in gray suits and sunglasses, and from the best hit man in the business his ex-wife. Even worse, people all around Hap are disappearing in a strange white light. His only hope is to negotiate with a guy who may be much more than he seems, so he can stay alive long enough to discover who is and who isn't...

The Engineer Reconditioned


Neal Asher - 1998
    Mysterious aliens, ruthless terrorists, androids with attitude, genetic manipulation, punch-ups with lasers and giant spaceships! What more do you want?Reprint of The Engineer with three additional stories.The EngineerSpatterjay The OwnerThe Tor-beast's Prison Tiger Tiger

The Engineer


Neal Asher - 1998
    A space vessel called Schrodinger's Box discovers the creature, brings it back to life, and analyzes its intellectual and physical capabilities. It's not long before the scientists realize the creature is able to manipulate the make-up of objects, including organic matter, at a molecular level. The eyes of the scientific world are on Schrodinger's Box, but not everyone is pleased with the discovery. A group of terrorists attempts to intercept the ship and destroy it.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Illustrated Screenplay


George Lucas - 1998
    From the Rebels' defeat at the Battle of Hoth to the battle between Luke and Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back continues the story of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, and the others as they struggle to overthrow the evil Galactic Empire.

Among the Hidden


Margaret Peterson Haddix - 1998
    He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows - does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

I, Jedi


Michael A. Stackpole - 1998
    Stackpole presents a stirring new tale set in the Star Wars® universe: the dramatic story of a heroic X-wing pilot on the razor's edge between the Force--and the dark side.Corran Horn has distinguished himself as one of the best and brightest of Rogue Squadron's elite fighting force. Then his wife, Mirax, vanishes on a covert mission for the New Republic, and Corran vows to find her. To do so, he knows he must develop the latent Force powers inherited from his grandfather, a legendary Jedi hero. He joins Luke Skywalker's famed Jedi academy to begin training, only to quit in frustration at Skywalker's methods. Now Corran is on his own. Using his Corellian undercover experience, he must infiltrate, sabotage, and destroy a ruthless organization in order to find his wife. But to succeed, Corran will have to come to terms with his Jedi heritage--and make a terrible choice: surrender to the dark side...or die.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!© 1999 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TMAll rights reserved. Used under authorization.

The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection


Avram Davidson - 1998
    He was erudite, cranky, Jewish, wildly creative, and sold most of his wonderful stories to pulp magazines. They are wonderful.Now his estate and his friends have brought together a definitive collection of his finest work, each story introduced by an SF luminary: writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, Poul Anderson, Gene Wolfe, Guy Davenport, Peter S. Beagle, Gregory Benford, Thomas M. Disch, and dozens of others. This is a volume every lover of fantasy will need to own.

Time Gypsy


Ellen Klages - 1998
    Sara Baxter Clarke. But there is something else that Carol McCullough never could have expected in the shockingly oppressive world of 1956: Love. Time Gypsy is a journey into the past where time travel, academic rivalry, and romance intersect, where the scientists are women and have hearts as well as brains. Funny, sweet, and brave, this is an adventure the reader will never forget. 'Time gypsy' originally appeared in Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Writing edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel

2001: Filming the Future


Piers Bizony - 1998
    Considering there are many books devoted to the films of Kubrick and particularly this film, this is quite possibly the best place to start if you are interested in the more visual aspects of the film: special effects, film making, and behind the scenes. The photographs are stunning, the articles are incredibly well researched, and the overall scope of the book is broad and thorough.

Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook


Games Workshop - 1998
    Warhammer 40,000 is set in a time when power-armoured Space Marines and the uncountable numbers of the Imperial Guard must stand against the slavering hordes of alien warriors.This 320-page hardback rulebook contains all the information you need to get started with Warhammer 40,000, including: full rules for fighting tabletop battles, a history of the 41st Millennium, and a guide to the races and armies that can be found in the far future. Also included is a comprehensive hobby section with advice on choosing, collecting and painting a Warhammer 40,000 army of Citadel miniatures and tips on setting-up a battlefield to fight over.

Halfway Human


Carolyn Ives Gilman - 1998
    On a far-off world, an asexual class of blands exists to serve their fellow humans, protected and isolated from contact with the rest of the universe. But no bland has ever left its sheltered homeworld--until now. Tedla has been found in an alley light-years away from its planet. And it has just tried to commit suicide. Val, an expert in alien cultures, helps Tedla recuperate and in doing so, uncovers the secret tortured world of the blands.

Caught In The Crossfire


David Drake - 1998
    Booklist says Drake's popular Hammer's Slammers series about futuristic mercenary tank troops . . . has produced some of the best in military science fiction. This book contains two novels, Counting the Cost and The Warrior, two short stories, and a completely new novelette, arranged in the order the author finds most satisfactory.

The Q Continuum


Greg Cox - 1998
    But little was known of Q's mysterious past or of the unearthly realm from which he hails. Until now. A brilliant scientist may have found a way to breach the energy barrier surrounding the Milky Way galaxy, and the Enterprise is going to put it to the test. The last thing Captain Picard needs is a surprise visit from Q, but the omnipotent trickster has more in mind than his usual pranks. Kidnapping Picard, he takes the captain back through time to the moment the Q Continuum faced its greatest threat. Now Picard must learn Q's secrets -- or all of reality may perish!

Going Home Again


Howard Waldrop - 1998
    This new collection includes such diverse gems as "Occam's Ducks", "Flatfeet!", "The Sawing Boys", and "El Castillo de la Perseverancia", taking readers through realms such as Mexican wrestling movies or the tiniest far future -- with astonishing ideas that no one else could ever imagine.

Gattaca: The Shooting Script


Andrew Niccol - 1998
    The book includes a facsimile of the shooting script, productions notes, movie stills, and full cast and crew credits. 24 b&w photos.

Circuit of Heaven


Dennis Danvers - 1998
    The soul is expendable.Nemo's mother and father left him behind to enter "the Bin"--joining twelve billion uploaded personalities who live in crime-free, disease-free and deathless virtual societies.Nemo has come of age on a dangerous, near-deserted planet populated by a handful of stragglers: religious fundamentalists and rebels, the creeps and the crazies. Now he is twenty-one. And on a rare, reluctant visit to the parents who abandoned their flesh and blood son for cyber-utopia, Nemo has met the perfect woman: a new Bin arrival named Justine, a beautiful pop singer who dreams other people's dreams in the virtual night.Now an inconvenient attraction is leading two lovers into a perilous mire of irreversible choice. For Justine has no body to return to. And Nemo the renegade has sworn never to sacrifice his own; to live, age, and die instead in a bleak earthly hell. Because, as an outsider, he may enter the Bin for short periods of time. But if he ever decides to stay...there will be no way out again.

The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition


Gardner DozoisJames Tiptree Jr. - 1998
    The Furthest Horizon collects 17 of the most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including: Brian Aldiss -- Poul Anderson -- Avram Davidson -- Joe Haldeman -- Alexander Jablokov -- Paul J. McAuley -- Ian McDonald -- Michael Moorcock -- Frederik Pohl -- Robert Reed -- Keith Roberts -- Robert Silverberg -- Cordwainer Smith -- James Tiptree, Jr. -- Jack Vance -- Walter Jon Williams -- Gene WolfeContents xv • Preface (The Good Old Stuff) • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • The Rull • [Rull] • (1948) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt27 • The Second Night of Summer • (1950) • novelette by James H. Schmitz52 • The Galton Whistle • [Viagens Interplanetarias] • (1951) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp75 • The New Prime • (1951) • novelette by Jack Vance99 • That Share of Glory • (1952) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth127 • The Last Days of Shandakor • (1952) • novelette by Leigh Brackett155 • Exploration Team • [Colonial Survey] • (1956) • novelette by Murray Leinster196 • The Sky People • [Maurai] • (1959) • novelette by Poul Anderson235 • The Man in the Mailbag • [Dilbia] • (1959) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson261 • Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith282 • A Kind of Artistry • (1962) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss304 • Gunpowder God • [Kalvan] • (1964) • novella by H. Beam Piper346 • Semley's Necklace • (1964) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin (aka The Dowry of Angyar)364 • Moon Duel • (1965) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber375 • The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth • (1965) • novelette by Roger Zelazny406 • Mother in the Sky With Diamonds • (1971) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.

Far Beyond the Stars


Steven Barnes - 1998
    Captain Sisko finds himself in Harlem in the 1950s, where he is Benny Russell, a science fiction writer, who copes with racism by writing of DS-9 and its Black captain.

Beholder's Eye


Julie E. Czerneda - 1998
    When their youngest member is assigned to a world considered safe to explore, she is captured by the natives. To escape, she must violate the most important rule of her kind, and reveal the existence of her species to a fellow prisoner--a human being. Now her race is in danger of extinction, for even if the human does not betray her, the Enemy who has long searched for her people may finally discover their location.Esen-alit-Quar, Esen for short, Es in a hurry or between friends. The dear little blob has only begun her adventures.

Icefire


Judith Reeves-Stevens - 1998
    This is a plan of calculated evil and when it begins, only two people will survive the initial destruction of the ice station.

The H.G. Wells Collection


H.G. Wells - 1998
    The H G Wells Collection H G Wells - the master of science fiction! This is his best sf/horror novels, collected in one volume! The Island of Dr Moreau War of the Worlds The Invisible Man First Men in the Moon The Time Machine The Food of the Gods

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection


Gardner DozoisG. David Nordley - 1998
    The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the state of the science fiction publishing field, and a list of honorable mentions (think of them as almost-made-its) for 1997.Contents xi • Summation: 1997 • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • Beauty in the Night • (1997) • novelette by Robert Silverberg30 • Second Skin • (1997) • shortstory by Paul J. McAuley49 • Steamship Soldier on the Information Front • (1997) • novelette by Nancy Kress69 • Reasons to Be Cheerful • (1997) • novelette by Greg Egan95 • Moon Six • (1997) • novelette by Stephen Baxter122 • We Will Drink a Fish Together . . . • (1997) • novelette by Bill Johnson155 • Escape Route • [Confederation Universe Stories] • (1997) • novella by Peter F. Hamilton197 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • (1997) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly207 • A Spy in Europa • [Revelation Space] • (1997) • shortstory by Alastair Reynolds224 • The Undiscovered • (1997) • novelette by William Sanders245 • Echoes • (1997) • novelette by Alan Brennert267 • Getting to Know You • [North American future] • (1997) • novelette by David Marusek288 • Balinese Dancer • (1997) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones306 • Marrow • [The Great Ship Universe] • (1997) • novella by Robert Reed348 • Heart of Whitenesse • (1997) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop364 • The Wisdom of Old Earth • (1997) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick373 • The Pipes of Pan • (1997) • novelette by Brian Stableford391 • Crossing Chao Meng Fu • (1997) • novelette by G. David Nordley418 • Yeyuka • (1997) • shortstory by Greg Egan432 • Frost Painting • (1997) • shortstory by Carolyn Ives Gilman447 • Lethe • (1997) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams474 • Winter Fire • (1997) • shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis488 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod505 • Open Veins • (1997) • shortstory by Simon Ings520 • After Kerry • (1997) • novelette by Ian McDonald543 • The Masque of Agamemnon • [Troy Stories] • (1997) • novelette by Sean Williams and Simon Brown565 • Gulliver at Home • (1997) • novelette by John Kessel576 • A Cold Dry Cradle • (1997) • novella by Elisabeth Malartre and Gregory Benford617 • Honorable Mentions: 1997 • essay by Gardner Dozois

Elvis Saves


Bill Yancey - 1998
    Nottingham thinks he is Elvis Presley. Michael Lomax wants to exploit B.J.'s psychosis to save Lomax's job as marketing director for Turner Disney Productions, which now owns Graceland. A campaign to increase tourism is started. Then B.J. disappears.

Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy


Steve Jackson - 1998
    -- Ties in to currently hot "conspiracy" TV shows and movies -- Attractive packaging, the size of a hardcover book.-- Multiple award winner, including Origins Award for Best Science Fiction Boardgame, Games 100, and Game Designers Guild Select Award

Invasion America


Christie Golden - 1998
    Revealed to be of royal heritage as the son of an alien prince and a human woman, David is now destined to lead the defense of Earth against hostile conquerors from the distant planet of Tyrus. But this will prove to be no easy task, as the Tyrusians are already here--and have managed to infiltrate the highest echelons of power!

Widowmakers


Mike Resnick - 1998
    Nighthawk, the Widowmaker, has been frozen for over a century, awaiting the cure for a deadly disease.This is a compilation of three different books, The Widowmaker, The Widomaker Reborn, and the Widowmaker Unleashed. The first two follow the paths of his clones, struggling to survive, and the last explores the time when he is finally cured and reawakened.

Core Game Book


Janice Sellers - 1998
    The colors are pure. The characters are legendary... Last Unicorn Games takes you back thirty years and forward three centuries to the heart of the greatest science fiction universe ever created -- the original Stat Trek RM series.This is the Star Trek RM Roleplaying Game, a game of swashbuckling adventure, parallel histories, and saving the universe every week. You and your friends can take on those mythic roles aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at the height of its five year mission, or you can explore strange new worlds on ships and with characters of your own creation. The Star Trek RM Core Game Book gives you all the rules you need to re-visit these legendary voyages. So grab your phaser, take the helm, and set your course for the second star to the right.

One Hand Clapping


Lise Leroux - 1998
    She takes up palmistry, and falls in love with one of the hands - Cecilio - it has a short life line. Searching for the rest of her beloved, Marina becomes involved with her strange extended family.

House Rules (Darkover)


Marion Zimmer Bradley - 1998
    Raising children is difficult whether you're living in a Renunciate Guild House or not--especially when one of them is a rebellious adolescent girl you'd be willing to foster elsewhere, while the one you want to keep is supposed to be fostered as a toddler, just because he's a boy.

End of the Days, The


Arthur E. Bloomfield - 1998
    This study examine's Daniel's visions of world empires and harmonizes them with Revelation and the Olivet Discourse, presenting the prophecies in the light of modern events. Written for lay readers as well as teachers and pastors, the book shows how God has given in Scripture a blueprint for the future of the world. October '98 publication date.

The Book of Freedoms


Anne McCaffrey - 1998
    Contains the 3 Freedom Books: Freedom's Landing Freedom's Choice, Freedom's Challenge

Red Shadows


Yvonne Navarro - 1998
    In the summer of 2000, fragments of a rogue planet slammed into Earth. Billions were killed. The impact ravaged Earth, stopping its rotation. Now, twenty-one years later, the remnants of humanity face total extinction. They live a primitive existence in a land divided into perpetual daylight, eternal twilight, and endless night. From each of these worlds comes a threat that could destroy the fragile civilization that has survived....A young man seeks his mother in the lawless terrors of the Darkzone, only to find horrors far worse than he could have imagined. A weary wanderer returns to a haven from his past, unwittingly leading a murderer to its unsuspecting people. And an impetuous explorer searches for treasures in a long-dead city, only to bring back an even more implacable killer: a plague called the Red Shadows...

Star Trek: Invasion!


Diane Carey - 1998
    Now, across time and space, comes a fury that will test every one of Starfleet's greatest heroes.... STAR TREK: FIRST STRIKE Diane Carey The Invasion begins when Captain Kirk receives a desperate plea for help from the Klingon Empire. A mysterious starship has invaded Klingon space, but the worst is yet to come as Kirk discovers that this ship is only the vanguard of a vast alien fleet intent on conquering the entire Alpha Quadrant! STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION® THE SOLDIERS OF FEAR Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch After a century of peace, the Furies return, more powerful than before. Now their arsenal includes a way to project incapacitating fear into the minds of their enemies. To defeat the enemy and save the Federation, Captain Picard and his crew must first conquer the darkest terrors of their unconscious minds! STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE® TIME'S ENEMY L.A. Graf Millennia ago, the Furies were first driven from the Alpha Quadrant, but what became of the enemy that drove them out? The answer may lie in a mysterious starship found frozen in an icy cloud of cometary debris. Now Captain Sisko must discover the secrets of the past to ensure the future of the Federation! STAR TREK® VOYAGER™ THE FINAL FURY Dafydd ab Hugh Far from the Federation, now under assault by the Furies, Captain Janeway discovers the very source of the Invasion itself. Now, at last, "Voyager" takes the battle to the enemy -- for the sake of a homethey may never see again! Collected at last...the bestselling "Star Trek" epic of all time!

Prophets for the End of Time


Marcos Donnelly - 1998
    The close of civilization and the end of the world.Which, of course, calls for major re-org, process improvement, and quality control throughout the infrastructure of the Heavenly Hosts. Big jobs take big planning. Unfortunately, ancient prophecies have put a hitch in the plans -- the end of time must be declared by two human prophets who speak for all mankind.

Wish Magic


Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff - 1998
    But right after she eats the doughnut, strange things start happening. Meg realizes that the breakfast treat has given her special powers--everything she wishes for comes true!Wish magic can be lots of fun, but it also brings Meg all kinds of problems. Will she ever be a regular kid again!

Jeremiah Omnibus Vol. 1


Hermann Huppen - 1998
    Forced by circumstances into a series of violent moral compromises, innocent Jeremiah and his cynical friend Kurdy attempt to find their place in the postapocalyptic world without descending into savagery. Collecting the first three volumes of the acclaimed series, the Jeremiah Omnibus is one of the darkest, most dangerous sci-fi stories in comics!* The inspiration for the Showtime series developed by J. Michael Straczynski!* Direct Market exclusive. Only 500 copies offered in the United States.

Dining on Babylon 5


Emerson Briggs-Wallace - 1998
    The recipes are accompanied by information on the production, importing, black-market trading and dangers of different foodstuffs in the 22nd century.

An Ornament to His Profession


Charles L. Harness - 1998
    It also contains introductions by David Hartwell and the editor, Priscilla Olson, an afterward by George Zebrowski, a bibliography, and cover art by James Stanley Daugherty.

PsyEarth Quest: A Prophetic Novel


Charles Bensinger - 1998
    A young reporter investigates groups of inspired individuals tackling the problem. In his effort to help resolve an "eco-uprising" from third-world activists, he must learn to think, act and live in harmony with the planet.

Steeldriver


Don DeBrandt - 1998
    He must tunnel through a titanic mountain on the planet of Pellay before a computerized mining machine beats him to it. But can he who is only half-human conquer that which is all machine? • Author of "The Quicksilver Screen" • "If Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick and Philip Jose Farmer had ever spent a month drunk together, they might have shaped a book likeSteeldriver. And they'll wish they had. I sure wish I had." -Spider Robinson

The Best of All Possible Wars


Larry Niven - 1998
    Humans know that there's more than one way to skin a cat -- even a Kzin.A collection of favorite stories from the first five volumes of the Maz-Kzin Wars series.

Cowboy Bebop: The Jazz Messengers


Toshihiro Kawamoto - 1998
    Japanese text. Colored. Softcover. Published & Bind in Japan.

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 121 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #121)


Neil ClarkeJ.Y. Yang - 1998
    Beagle” by Chris Urie“Another Word: The Ship’s Voice: A Risk Analysis and Modest Proposal” by Fran Wilde“Editor's Desk: A Decade” by Neil ClarkePODCASTSThe Next Sceneby ROBERT REED, read by KATE BAKEROne Sister, Two Sisters, Threeby JAMES PATRICK KELLY, read by KATE BAKERThe Calculations of Artificialsby CHI HUI, read by KATE BAKEREveryone from Themis Sends Letters Homeby GENEVIEVE VALENTINE, read by KATE BAKERRustiesby NNEDI OKORAFOR AND WANURI KAHIU, read by WANURI KAHIUOld Domesby JY YANG, read by KATE BAKERThe Very Pulse of the Machineby MICHAEL SWANWICK, read by KATE BAKERARTSamyaza, Angel of Prideby PETER MOHRBACHER