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About Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero in but a single bound.Then one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy historical artefacts blows up in all their faces. An officer is attacked within TPHQ. A prisoner is murdered...Categorized as:
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Works Of Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, and selected short stories by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWorks Of Jules Verne. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork...Categorized as:
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Skirmish by Tony Corden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA simple error leaves Leah with a unique Neural Enhancement Chip and a rapidly evolving AI implanted in her brain. In ‘Nascent’, she evaded kidnapping by virtual slavers and helped shut down some operations of the virtual crime syndicate that uses mind-controlled players as slaves... -
Threshold by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a six-volume series, Volume 1: Threshold contains all of Zelazny's short works from his early years through the mid 1960s--a period of experimentation and growth that flowered into gems such as "A Rose for Ecclesiastes," "The Graveyard Heart," "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth," and "He Who Shapes... -
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The Man from Earth by Jerome Bixby, Richard Schenkman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRichard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation... -
Mandrake Company by Ruby Lionsdrake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven sizzling science-fiction romance novels!If you loved Star Wars and Firefly, but wanted way more romance, this is the series for you...Categorized as:
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Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE ABSOLUTE POWER AT THE HEART OF THE STAR WARS GALAXY The Force, in the immortal words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, “surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together...Categorized as:
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Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy by Jonathan Strahan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the second volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan...Categorized as:
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Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled / The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis fourth volume in the acclaimed Edgeworks series collects classic short stories from the author whom the Los Angeles Times calls the "20th century Lewis Carroll". Includes The Beast Who Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (with Introduction by Neil Gaiman) and Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled... -
W kraju niewiernych by Jacek Dukaj
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKalejdoskop fantastycznych wizji Jacka Dukaja. W tym obszernym tomie opowiadań, sygnalizującym już przyszły kunszt autora, znalazła się m.in. Katedra – opowieść, która zainspirowała Tomasza Bagińskiego i stała się przyczynkiem do kilkuminutowej animacji, nominowanej do Oscara. Sam tekst otrzymał Nagrodę Fandomu Polskiego im. Janusza A... -
The Hugo Winners 1955-1961 by Isaac Asimov, Walter M. Miller Jr.
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNine award-winning stories for the years 1955 to 1961, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. — Contents: — 1955: 13th Convention, Cleveland — 1- The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (novelette) — 2- Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russel (short story)— 1956: 14th Convention, New York — 3- Exploration Team by Murray Leinster (novelette) — 4- The Star by Arthur C... -
Holding Wonder by Zenna Henderson
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn this many-dimensioned new collection of speculative fiction, Zena Henderson introduces us to a boy who "calls" his mother, despite the fact that the nearest phone is miles away... -
Mail-Order Brides of Crakair: Scifi Alien Romance Box Set: A Complete, 6 Book Series Plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey're scaly and green, seven-feet-tall, much too cocky, and they're seeking Earthling brides.The Complete Mail-Order Brides of Crakair Series includes:VorkBrykJorgKralWulfLyelAxilGajePLUS SIX bonus epilogues never before released!Over 14 million page reads in this bestselling series... -
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Dark Integers and Other Stories by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brand new short story collection by one of science fiction's modern masters. This five tale, 80,000 word book includes Luminous, Riding the Crocodile, Dark Integers. Glory, and Oceanic... -
Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA marvelous medley of Tiptree's best - YOUR HAPLOID HEART - When Ian Suitlov and Pax Patton landed on Esthaa to check for humans, the job wasn't as easy as it appeared. Though the natives seemed human enough, only cross breeding would be conclusive proof... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Mary Rosenblum
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow a dozen years old, the award-winning collection continues to provide dozens of the best stories of the year, including work by remowned veterans and exciting newcomers...Rounded out with a long list of honorable mentions and Gardner Dozois's entertaining summation of the year in science fiction, this remains the one book for every science fiction reader... -
Soft and Others: 16 Stories of Wonder and Dread by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPresents a collection of horror short stories, among them Soft, Green Winter, and The Cleaning Machine... -
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt by Jack McDevitt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack McDevitt loves a good mystery... -
Spacer by J.A. Sutherland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJon Bartlett's path is clear before him: finish his last year of schooling, then off on the family's ships to learn the intricacies of interstellar trade. But a message of tragedy at home comes for him, and his expected life is flung far out of reach and he's cast into a role he never wanted. A portion of Spacer was previously published as the short story Wronged, by J.A...Categorized as:
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Fellow Travelers by Sharon Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChapbook of three short stories set in the Liaden Universe all dealing with Priscilla Delacroix aka Moonhawk... -
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001/A Space Odyssey, The City And The Stars, The Deep Range, A Fall Of Moondust, Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 by D. Wolfin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the year XX, the human population exhausted the world’s resources, leading to cataclysmic environment changes and the imminent extinction of all life on the planet. Frantic space exploration became the world's focus, but failed to find a new world for the human race. In desperation, humanity went digital. Minds were scanned, encoded, and transferred to the virtual world of Grandosa... -
Halo: Evolutions Volume I by Tobias S. Buckell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe original Halo: Evolutions, split into two volumes. This volume contains stories by:Tobias S. BuckellB. K. EvensonJonathan GoffEric NylundFrank O'ConnorEric RaabWhen humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there... -
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The World Treasury of Science Fiction by David G. Hartwell, Clifton Fadiman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTable of contentsIntroduction 1988 essay by David G. HartwellHarrison Bergeron 1961 story by Kurt Vonnegut JrForgetfulness 1937 story by John W. Campbell JrSpecial Flight 1939 story by John BerrymanChronopolis 1960 story by J.G... -
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeaturing more than sixty groundbreaking short stories by modern science fiction's most important and influential writers, The Ascent of Wonder offers a definitive and incisive exploration of the SF genre's visionary core... -
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology by Gordon Van Gelder, Peter S. Beagle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollecting more than two dozen stories that originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction—the premiere speculative fiction magazine—this extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction... -
Сините пеперуди by Pavel Vezhinov, Павел Вежинов
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsЧовекът винаги се е вълнувал от неизвестността, която Вселената крие. Съществуват ли други цивилизации, освен нашата? До каква степен на развитие са достигнали? Как е програмирана нравствената им същност? Как изглеждат? Ето някои от въпросите, на които авторът се е опитал да отговори... -
The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew, fresh, and different is tricky in the storytelling business, as rare as diamonds, but, as a born storyteller, Harlan made story brave, daring, surprising again, brought an edge of the gritty and the strange, the erudite and the street-smart, found ways to make words truly come alive again in an over-worded world... -
The Green Hills of Earth / Gentlemen be Seated by Robert A. Heinlein, Leonard Nimoy
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Star Heroes: 9 Novels of Space Exploration, Aliens, and Adventure by Lindsay Buroker, M.R. Forbes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStar Heroes is a space opera collection with nine novels of the galactic frontier. Exploration, alien invasions, genetic engineering, and artificial intelligence--it’s all here. Blast off with these adventures by New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors... -
Khane by Rena Marks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSingle Earthian female seeking companionship and open-minded individual. Only compatible species may apply. Wealth is appreciated and may move you higher up the list, though not necessary. Looks are necessary, or at least serious muscle tone. Sincere applicants only... -
Halo: Evolutions Volume II by Frank O'Connor, Tobias S. Buckell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe original Halo: Evolutions, split into two volumes. This volume contains stories by:Tessa Kum & Jeff VanderMeerKevin GraceRobt McLeesKaren TravissFred Van Lente When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there... -
The Robot Chronicles by David Gatewood, Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobots. Androids. Artificial Intelligence. Scientists predict that the "singularity" -- the moment when mankind designs the first greater-than-human intelligence -- is nearly within our grasp. Believe it or not, truly sentient machines may be a reality within as little as 20 years... -
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Firstborn / Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIncluded in the Humble Book Bundle: Brandon Sanderson bundle.Firstborn“I, Dennison Crestmar—brother of the great Varion Crestmar, cousin to kings and commander of fleets—am an idiot. Just like all of you have heard.”Dennison has tried to follow in his perfect brother’s footsteps in the service of the Imperial Fleet, but has been met only with failure after failure... -
True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsContents:Bookworm, Run! (1966)True Names (1981)The Peddler's Apprentice (1975) with Joan D... -
The Change by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M...Categorized as:
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Encounters of Sherlock Holmes by George Mann, Mark Hodder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand-new collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from a variety of exciting voices in modern horror and steampunk, including James Lovegrove, Justin Richards, Paul Magrs, Guy Adams and Mark Hodder. Edited by respected anthologist George Mann, and including a story by Mann himself... -
Jules Verne (Knickerbocker Classics) by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis superb collection of classic science fiction features the best of Jules Verne’s epic adventure stories, including Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker, James Goss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat are you afraid of?In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker’s incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making...Categorized as:
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Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers by Kage Baker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn these tales, sci-fi fans follow the secret activities of the Company's field agents--once human, now centuries-old time-traveling cyborgs--as they attempt to retrieve history's lost treasures...Categorized as:
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Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe frozen wasteland of Snow World—known as Southern California before an alien invasion decimated civilization—is home to warring steampunk clans. Crankshafts, Imperials, Tinskins, Brineboilers, and many more all battle one another for precious supplies, against ravenous mutant beasts for basic survival, and with the mysterious Founders for their very freedom...Categorized as:
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Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue by Christie Yant, Wendy N. Wagner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt could be said that women invented science fiction; after all, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is considered by many to be the first science fiction novel. Yet some readers seem to have this funny idea that women don’t, or can’t, write science fiction. Some have even gone so far as to accuse women of destroying science fiction with their girl cooties...Categorized as:
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50 Short Science Fiction Tales by Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFifty Exciting ExperiencesYou visit a world where Robots strain to remember the existence of the Men who created them; hear the tantalizingly brief report of a man who returns from a trip to the future; see the snake-armed Thing that emerges from the minds of the people who conjure it... -
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The Early Asimov: Book Two by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ghost sues for the legal right to haunt a house...a new world is discovered, inhabited by robots, & only by robots...& the author of the famous Reginald de Meister detective series finds he has a new rival in love: Reginald de Meister... -
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Hugo-winning short story about diners, bored teenagers, and parallel worlds... -
The Last Mimzy by Henry Kuttner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE LAST MIMZY IS THE IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO AN AUTHOR WHO WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME–AND WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.These seventeen classic stories create their own unique galaxy of vain, protective, and murderous robots; devilish angels; and warm and angry aliens... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L... -
Dangerous Visions 1 by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDANGEROUS VISIONS is the most dazzling science fiction anthology ever published. Between them, the stories it showcases have won two Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, two Hugo Award runner-up places and one Nebula Award runner-up position... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, David Marusek
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSummation: 1999 The wedding album/ David Marusek10¹⁶ to 1/ James Patrick Kelly Winemaster/ Robert Reed Galactic north/ Alastair Reynolds Dapple: a Hwarhath historical romance/ Eleanor ArnasonPeople came from Earth/ Stephen BaxterGreen tea/ Richard Wadholm The dragon of Pripyat/ Karl SchroederWritten in blood/ Chrius Lawson Hatching the phoenix/ Frederik Pohl Suicide coast/ M...
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