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The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHarlan Ellison is probably best known as a script writer for sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series such as the original Outer Limits, The Hunger, Logan's Run, and Babylon Five. But his range is much broader than that, encompassing stories, novels, essays, reviews, reminiscences, plays, even fake autobiographies... -
![The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds by Manly Wade Wellman, Wade Wellman]()
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds by Manly Wade Wellman, Wade Wellman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1897, the world changed forever when our planet came under attack from Martian invaders. The world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, along with his friend Professor Challenger embark on one of their most dangerous adventures to date... to discover the nature and intent of their extra-terrestrial attackers... -
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The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn April of 1949, Harlan Ellison was a lonely little kid living in Painesville, Ohio. A time traveler, observing him from within an invisible bubble, would not have marked him as anything more interesting than an undersized fourteen-year-old, seemingly always in hot water. Lively blue eyes, but basically just another kid... -
![The Anything Box by Zenna Henderson]()
The Anything Box by Zenna Henderson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon't open The Anything Box unless you're prepared for the unexpected. The Grunder, a thing of horror which, if defeated, restores love... The Noise-Eater, created by a child out of his fevered imagination, gobbles up anything--or anyone--that makes a sound... The Coveti, residents of an alien world poisoned by the intrusion of the stranger from Earth.. -
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![Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds by Alastair Reynolds]()
Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLibrarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.The very best of Alastair Reynolds’ more than sixty published short stories are gathered in this anthology, a sweeping 250,000 word career retrospective spanning more than fifteen years... -
![The Magic of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson]()
The Magic of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExperience The Magic of Shirley Jackson with this generous selection of the author's greatest work.This collection consists of three complete books:The Bird's NestLife Among the SavagesRaising Demonsand eleven short stories--including the world-famous "The Lottery... -
![Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled / The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman]()
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... -
![More Tomorrow: And Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, John Picacio]()
More Tomorrow: And Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, John Picacio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoing well beyond the scope of his UK collection from several years ago, this is the definitive collection of Smith's shorter fiction, as well as his long overdue first US collection. MORE TOMORROW & OTHER STORIES features 30 of the author's best stories, plus an introduction by award-winning editor Stephen Jones and an afterword by Michael Marshall Smith... -
![The John Varley Reader by John Varley]()
The John Varley Reader by John Varley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important collection of the decade, and changed what fans would come to expect from science fiction... -
![Collected Stories, Vol. 1 by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury]()
Collected Stories, Vol. 1 by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES, VOLUME ONE is an expanded tradepaperback version of the 1989 Dream/Press hardcover limited edition. We will be publishing it in 3 volumes, the first in 2003 and one each year following.RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES is the gathering together of 86 Richard Matheson short stories, beginning with Born of Man and Woman from 1950 and ending with Duel from 1971... -
![The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories by Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh]()
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories by Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlthough Rod Serling, who created the classic television series that ran from 1959 to 1965, is the writer most associated with The Twilight Zone, he was not, of course, the only one. Serling was a serious admirer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, and he scoured every magazine and collection available to find stories suitable for his series... -
![Stalking the Nightmare by Harlan Ellison, Stephen King]()
Stalking the Nightmare by Harlan Ellison, Stephen King
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Ellison potpourri: rewrites of tales 1st appearing in 50s pulp magazines (one a Joe L. Hensley collaboration), recent tales & four excellent nonfiction items... -
![The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard]()
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFirst published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture... -
![The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells]()
The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGathered together in one hardcover volume: three timeless novels from the founding father of science fiction.The first great novel to imagine time travel, The Time Machine (1895) follows its scientist narrator on an incredible journey that takes him finally to Earth’s last moments—and perhaps his own...Categorized as:
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![Soft and Others: 16 Stories of Wonder and Dread by F. Paul Wilson]()
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... -
![More Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling]()
More Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Twilight Zone means many things to the hugely imaginative and talented Rod Serling. It can mean a time-space "warp," a state of mind, a day somebody wishes never, never happened. But whatever twist Mr. Serling's fancy takes, his story is colored with a weird, dreamy quality that will change your pulse beat - and perhaps your feeling about life... -
![Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Burning Hope by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNero is a madman and a murderer…and now Hope belongs to him.Hope's life as an enslaved priestess in the Temple of Hera is all she has ever known. Born to slavery and the golden chain she wears around her neck, very little ever came as a surprise. But when she meets Nero, the only thing she can trust is that everything is about to change...Categorized as:
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![The great short fiction of Alfred Bester. by Alfred Bester]()
The great short fiction of Alfred Bester. by Alfred Bester
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlfred Bester. The Light Fantastic. New York: Berkley, [1976]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 254 pages... -
![7th Son: 7 Days by J.C. Hutchins]()
7th Son: 7 Days by J.C. Hutchins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings7th Son: 7 Days is a prequel anthology to J.C. Hutchins’ award-winning thriller trilogy 7th Son.Set two weeks before the trilogy’s extraordinary events, these seven short stories reveal the lives of seven seemingly unrelated men. But the challenges they face — and the threads that connect them — are more complex than they'll ever suspect.Each story stars a unique "John Michael Smith... -
![Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 by Frederik Pohl]()
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 by Frederik Pohl
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContentsDisappearing Act • short story by Alfred BesterIt's a Good Life • short story by Jerome BixbyThe Clinic • (1953) • short story by Theodore SturgeonThe Happiest Creature • [Quarantine] • short story by Jack WilliamsonThe Odor of Thought • short story by Robert SheckleyF Y I • short story by James BlishCritical Factor • short story by Hal ClementThe Remorseful • short story by C.M... -
![The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology by Gordon Van Gelder, Peter S. Beagle]()
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... -
![New Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling]()
New Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRod Serling became a cultural icon of the 20th Century with his creation 'The Twilight Zone,' which more than 50 years later was nominated by the Writers Guild of America as the third best written television series of the past seventy years. Of the 156 Twilight Zone episodes, Serling wrote 92... -
![The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison]()
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 Philip K. Dick Anthology by Philip K. Dick]()
The Philip K. Dick Anthology by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDid you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Philip Dick used that idea for a brief fantasy tale. We're sure that after reading it you'll give cuckoo clocks more respect... -
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![Your Body is Not Your Body by L.C. von Hessen, Rain Corbyn]()
Your Body is Not Your Body by L.C. von Hessen, Rain Corbyn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME RESPONSES.Over thirty creators from the Trans/Gender Nonconforming communities come together to voice their rage, defiance and fearlessness in the New Weird Horror tradition that Tenebrous Press exemplifies.A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club... -
![Different Kinds Of Darkness by David Langford]()
Different Kinds Of Darkness by David Langford
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA major fiction collection from multiple Hugo Award winner David Langford, Different Kinds of Darkness complements his parody assortment He Do the Time Police in Different Voices. Besides the acclaimed, Hugo-winning title piece and its influential prequels, the 36 stories include the British SF Association Award winner "Cube Root", and eight "Year's Best" and "Best Of" anthology choices... -
![Dangerous Visions 2 by Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber]()
Dangerous Visions 2 by Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Introduction (Dangerous Visions 2) • (1969) • essay by Harlan EllisonDangerous Visions 2 • (1974) • interior artwork by Diane Dillon and Leo DillonEutopia • (1967) • novelette by Poul AndersonFaith of Our Fathers • (1967) • novelette by Philip K. DickGonna Roll the Bones • (1967) • novelette by Fritz LeiberIncident in Moderan • (1967) • short story by David R... -
![The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard]()
The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:The Jaguar Hunter (1985)The Night of White Bhairab (1984)Salvador (1984)How the Wind Spoke at Madaket (1985)Black Coral (1984)The End of Life as We Know It (1985)A Traveler's Tale (1984)Mengele (1985)The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule (1984)A Spanish Lesson... -
![Sons of the Emperor by John French, Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
Sons of the Emperor by John French, Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Primarchs anthology The primarchs, nigh-immortal sons of the Emperor of Mankind, are laid bare in a series of short stories that showcase great deeds and hideous acts they performed, from the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy...Categorized as:
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![Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories by Harlan Ellison]()
Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHarlan Ellison is undoubtedly one of the most audacious, infuriating, brazen characters on the planet. Which may help explain why he is also one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth. Slippage simply presents recent, typical Ellison. In a word, masterful... -
![Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction by Harlan Ellison]()
Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy law, one cannot copyright a title. If someone were stupid enough to do it, novels could be written and published with such titles as " Moby Dick," " Alice in Wonderland" or "Gone With the Wind." But also, by law, ownership of a title can be guaranteed if it can be proved that the original author has established such a connection with the title that any duplication would infringe that linkage... -
![Steampunk: Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Steampunk: Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you combined clockwork gears, parasols, and air balloons with Edgar Allan Poe, what would you get? Steampunk: Poe! This is the first collection ever of Poe stories illustrated with the influence of steampunk...Categorized as:
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![We Live Inside You by Jeremy Robert Johnson]()
We Live Inside You by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe are within you, and we are growing. Watching. Waiting for your empires to fall. It won't be long now. We are the fear of death that drives you and the terrible hunger that reshapes you in its name. We are the vengeance born from senseless slaughter and the pulsing reptile desire that negates your consciousness... -
![What You Make It by Michael Marshall Smith]()
What You Make It by Michael Marshall Smith
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first ever collection of Michael Marshall Smith’s award-winning short stories. The first piece of fiction Smith ever wrote – a short story called The Man Who Drew Cats – won the World Fantasy award. It’s included here along with many others, some unpublished, which show the incredible versatility of one of the most exciting writers working in Britain today... -
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![Sherlock Holmes in Orbit by Mike Resnick, Dean Wesley Smith]()
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit by Mike Resnick, Dean Wesley Smith
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAuthorized by Dame Jean Conan Doyle, this brand-new collection of 26 Sherlock Holmes stories takes place in Holmes' own era, in our present time, and in the future. All the tales contain some science fiction or fantasy element, and all remain true to the spirit and personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous and enduring creation...Categorized as:
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![Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison]()
Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Harlan Ellison, whom The Washington Post regards as a "lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, and purveyor of pure horror and black comedy," comes Strange Wine... -
![Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King]()
Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty... -
![Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi]()
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPaolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience... -
![The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells]()
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn The Time Machine, Wells's Time Traveller journeys to the world of 802,701 AD, where humanity has divided into the effete, beautiful Eloi and the brutal subterranean Morlocks. In The War of the Worlds, the Martians -- intellects 'vast and cool and unsympathetic' -- send their war machines to wreak havoc across the world...Categorized as:
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![Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison]()
Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Seattle Times said of Angry Candy: "Ellison's stories rattle the bars of complacency that people put around their souls . . . Razor sharp . . . piercingly profound." Once again, Ellison's writing defies all labels. These seventeen stories by a modern master are an "assembled artifact" of anger and faith - as bittersweet as a"jalapeno-laced cinnamon bear... -
![From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown]()
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collection of all 118 short science fiction and fantasy stories of one of the masters of the vignette, all his short works except two which were rewritten into parts of a novel. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. Dustjacket art by Bob Eggleton... -
![The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown]()
The Best of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Wit and Whimsy of Fredric BrownTwenty-nine of the best-loved stories by the man some critics call the O. Henry of science fiction… stories that range from the wryly humorous to the deadly serious, but are always unforgettable... -
![Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling]()
Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYou are traveling into another dimension... A dimension of splendor, terror and wonder—a shadow land that lies just between the limits of the imagination. Your host and guide is one of the world's best-known storytellers—a modern master of the fantastic... Rod Serling.Here, together for the first time, are nineteen of Serling's most memorable tales from the legendary series. So sit back and enjoy... -
![The Machineries of Joy by Ray Bradbury]()
The Machineries of Joy by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Machineries of Joy • (1962)The One Who Waits • (1949) Tyrannosaurus Rex • (1962) The Vacation • (1963)The Drummer Boy of Shiloh • (1960)Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! • (1962)Almost the End of the World • (1957)Perhaps We Are Going Away • (1962) And the Sailor, Home from the Sea • (1960) El Dia de Muerte • (1947)The Illustrated Woman • (1961)Some Live Like Lazarus • (1960) A... -
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![Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker, James Goss]()
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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![Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison]()
Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRobert Heinlein says, ?This book is raw corn liquor ? you should serve a whiskbroom with each shot so the customer can brush the sawdust off after he gets up from the floor.? Perhaps a mooring cable might also be added as necessary equipment for reading these eight wonderful stories: They not only knock you down?they raise you to the stars... -
![Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison]()
Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOriginally published in 1962 and re-issued in 1974 and in 1983, Ellison Wonderland contains sixteen stories with copyrights ranging from 1956 to 1961. This edition contains an Introduction written for the 1974 edition and updated for the 1983 edition... -
![Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison]()
Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People Magizine said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep... -
![E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon]()
E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou are about to enter fantastic worlds beyond your wildest imaginings--worlds of mystery and monster, terror and ethereal love, sudden death and miraculous life, jet-propelled shivers and humor.On this incredible, awesome journey you will meet:• a strange, yet exquisitely beautiful and profoundly wise, race of.. -
![Partners In Wonder by Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch]()
Partners In Wonder by Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo matter how many books you've read, you've never read a book like this one...because there's never been a book like this one in the history of everything. This is the first collection of collaborative stories ever created; it is unique, like the Abominable Snowperson or the Sistine Chapel ceiling...
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