Fiction - Science Fiction - General

The international bestselling author is bck with a page-turning tale of the origins of the peaceful warrior In the heart of nineteenth century Tsarist Russia an orphaned boy born of both Jewish and Cossack blood desperately seeks to find a place in a dangerous...

Like any senior in high school, Alt is trying to figure out what comes next in life. Little does he know things are about to take a turn he never expected. His mother works for Skywatch, a company that searches the galaxy for signs...

Leisha Camden is a genetically engineered 'Sleepless.' Her ability to stay awake all the time has not only made her more productive, but the genetic modifications have also given the 'Sleepless' a higher IQ and may even make them immortal. Are they the future...

The haunting cry of Bring out your dead by a bell-ringing collector of 17th-century plague victims has filled readers across the centuries with cold terror. The chilling cry survives in historical consciousness largely as a result of this classic 1722 account of the epidemic...

"Clive Barker's career has been building up to The Great and Secret Show. . . . A cross between Gravity's Rainbow and J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, allusive and mythic, complex and entertaining. Extravagantly metaphorical, wildly symbolic." -- New York TimesIn the little...

Mark Johnson tells a timeless tale of the struggle to find truth in belief, faith in fact, and friendship in times of fear. It is a new survival story, one that takes place post-climate apocalypse where our main character, Elon, thirty-seven, alone, hungry, and...

Matter transporters, dead worlds, and ghostly encounters. Parallel worlds, time-travel, and dangers that lurk in the shadows. Little Labyrinths brings together 17 vignettes and microfictions from one of Australia's premier authors of science fiction and fantasy. Collected together for the first time, these brief...

The definitive edition of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction concludes with three brilliantly satirical novels of the 1980s and '90s collected in one volume for the first time. Here are the final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) is the...

Vril, the Power of the Coming Race is a classic science fiction novel that some believe to be true.Author: Edward Bulwer-LyttonISBN-10: 1508871795ISBN-13: 9781508871798Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/2015Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20d

"IF WAGNER WROTE SCIENCE FICTION THIS IS THE WAY HE WOULD DO IT."- Harry HarrisonRenowned science fiction writer Adolf Hitler's Hugo Award winning novel Ferric Jaggar mounted the platform. A swastika of flame twenty feet high stood out in glory against the night sky...

In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge transnational corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and boasts some of the world's most powerful executives....

Constituting the largest reference work on Doctor Who ever written, the six-volume About Time strives to become the ultimate reference guide to the world's longest-running science fiction program. Written by Lawrence Miles (Faction Paradox) and long-time sci-fi commentator Tat Wood, About Time focuses on...

Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth century, America has been abandoned. Now, a century later, a small group of European explorers returns to the now climatically mutated continent. But America is unrecognizable--the Bering Strait has been dammed and much of the country...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies."--Entertainment Weekly We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have...

Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett (1878-1957), the eighteenth Baron Dunsany, was one of English literature's most original talents. The author of many of the best fantastic tales in the language, he was also a great influence on other writers of the genre....

Celebrity journalist Amelia Stone is the quintessential Hollywood party girl: she stays out late, rubs shoulders (and occasionally more) with celebrities, and ingests copious amounts of cocaine.But after losing her job, her friends, and much of her mind, Amelia makes the drastic decision to...

A series of natural disasters has left the earth in ruin with a few surviving pockets of civilization.Jana survived by living at a shelter cave commune. She became unsatisfied and traveled to a small established military town where she found work with the military....

While in its Golden Age, Planet Sekhemru was known throughout the galaxy for its advanced technological civilization. Tragically, the planet was viciously invaded. But after taking a liking to the souls of Sekhemru, the Creator decided to create a new galaxy and place Sekhemru...

Of One Blood (1902-1903) is a novel by Pauline E. Hopkins. Recognized as one of the earliest works of science fiction by an African American writer, Of One Blood was originally published in The Colored American Magazine, America's first monthly periodical covering African American...

Earth is a decadent world older than memory, the bloated red sun soon to wink out forever. Iucounu the Laughing Magician has for the second time magicked Cugel the Clever across the Ocean of Sighs, to faraway Shanglestone Strand. Beset by thieves and schemers,...

Before we were all connected, before we were The Hive, there was individualism, privacy, 'personal space' . . . so quaint, so unnecessary . . . so dangerous . . . TOMMY PIERRE ANTIKAGAMAC, a star quarterback, is the most followed player in the...

I'm on Prillon Prime for a surprise party. Me, the unmated Earth girl, a guest of the queen I want to dress up and have fun. Not trip over my own two feet and fall into the arms of two of the hottest alien...

H.G, Wells' timeless story of arrogance and monstrosity caused consternation when it was first released. Edward Prendick is stranded on a remote Pacific island with only a drunk and a disgraced scientist for company - and a whole, subhuman community of monsters spliced together...

First published in 1914, "The Revolt of the Angels" is one of the final works by celebrated French author and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France. Considered by many critics to be his most profound and significant work, it is the story of the angel...

Emperors, empresses, storytellers, thieves - and the Natural History of Ferrets.Author: Ang駘ica GorodischerISBN-10: 1931520054ISBN-13: 9781931520058Publisher: Small Beer PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2003Pages: 246Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.46h x 6.38w x 0.65dReview Citation(s): PW Notes and Reprints 07/07/2003 pg. 58Library Journal 09/15/2003 pg. 91New York Times 01/04/2004 pg....

"Never underestimate the power of a good story."Good advice...especially when a story can kill you. For most people, the story of their lives is just that: the accumulation of time, encounters, and actions into a cohesive whole. But for an unfortunate few, that day-to-day...

Cryptozoologicon is a celebration of the myths, legends, evolution and biology of hidden animals. Always sceptical, but always willing to indulge in speculative fun, Cryptozoologicon aims to provide a new way to approach cryptozoology: as fictional biology.Author: John Conway, C. M. Kosemen, Darren NaishISBN-10:...

The best of women's science fiction and feminist theory together in one volumeWomen's contributions to science fiction over the past century have been lasting and important, but critical work in the field has only just begun to explore its full range. Justine Larbalestier has...

A novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 2In his four-volume series Return to Nev鑽ÿon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power,...

The acclaimed master fantasist is back with more adventure, danger, magic, and intrigue in this second thrilling installment in The Darkwar Saga The Conclave of Shadows has foiled the Nighthawks' attempt to plunge the Empire of Great Kesh into civil war and now has...

When the Chinese Air Force attempts to shoot down a heavily modified American B-52 surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea, the US military, and specifically the newly created Space Ops, begin developing the next space-based defense technology to thwart the threat of further...

From true weird fiction visionary Jeff Noon comes the fourth book in this Philip K. Dick Award-nominated mystery series. In the year 1960, private eye John Nyquist arrives in Delirium, a city of a million borders, to pursue his strangest case yet: tracking down...

A gorgeously illustrated 35th anniversary edition of the urban fantasy classic, featuring a new foreword by Megan Lindholm and illustrations by Tommy Arnold.Seattle: a place as magical as the Emerald City. Subtle magic seeps through the cracks in the paving stones of the sprawling...

"I also highly recommend Anne R. Dick's The Search for Philip K. Dick for anyone interested in the life of the writer."--Lavie Tidhar, Washington Post Offering an intimate perspective on the life of an important and prolific author, this revealing biography uncovers the inner...

In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes...

When the Cetagandan empress dies, Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan are sent to Cetaganda for her funeral as diplomatic representatives of Barrayar. Upon arrival, the two men are inexplicably attacked by a servant of the late empress. When the same servant turns up...

After losing her grandmother, who was also her best friend, Tori distances herself from everyone she knows and falls into a deep, dark place-losing control of her life with no idea on how to get it back on track. With the gift of being...

One of contemporary SF's most original and compelling voices, Vandana Singh is a professor of physics who weaves the ancient wisdom of her native India and the hard truths of quantum science into stories that speak to the complex wonders of today's world. This...

In this lush interplanetary tale, Novic is an immortal Sayneth priest who flouts the conventions of a matriarchal society by choosing a name for his child. This act initiates chaos that splits the boy in two, unleashing a Jekyll-and-Hyde child upon the universe. Named...

The Invisible Man tells explores the dark side of Science, of research gone horribly wrong. Rendered invisible by his experiments, the bandage-swaddled Griffin seeks solitude in a village inn and tries desperately to discover the antidote to his horrifying condition. But his peculiar appearance...

Mark Goddard, the author of To Space and Back, looks back fifty years to the three years he spent on Lost in Space. This book reveals the personal thoughts and memories of the author, Mark Goddard in relation to various aspects of the Jupiter...

The Compton Crook Award winning Deeds of Paksenarrion comes to an epic conclusion. Paksenarrion finishes her journey from sheepfarmer's daughter to warrior hero. Includes a new introduction by author Elizabeth Moon. THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE DEED OF PAKSENARRION SERIES Paksenarrion--Paks for short--was somebody...

First published in 1933, "The Shape of Things to Come" is science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. Within it, world events between 1933 and 2106 are speculated with a single superstate representing the solution to all humanity's problems. A classic example of...

Come and enter Samuel Delany s tomorow, in this trilogy of high adventure, with acrobats and urchins, criminals and courtiers, fishermen and factory-workers, madmen and mind-readers, dwarves and ducheses, giants and geniuses, merchants and mathematicians, soldiers and scholars, pirates and poets, and a gallery...

This is the original 1818 text of Frankenstein. In 1831, the more popular edition of Frankenstein appeared. In this later version, the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the book more conservative. The 1831 edition tends to...

WHEN A GUIDESTAR FALLSTwo shining lights hung above, motionless in the night sky as the constellations slowly passed behind them. The common folk knew them well, and used them to count the hours, mark the seasons: the Guidestars.But when the steerswoman Rowan discovered a...

A novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 4In his four-volume series Return to Nev鑽ÿon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power,...

In the year 2080 AD, the asteroid Ominoulada strikes the Earth, shaking the planet.Jexter Bladebrace finds himself stranded on an island. The spaceship Spectrovor arrives to help the Earthlings. Joining one hundred survivors on the island where Spectrovor lands, Jexter, Shelly and Mac try...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020The short stories of Turing's Graveyard tests the boundaries of science and superstition, reason and faith. They are for readers who can't wait for the next season of Black Mirror and think the best thing about New Year's...

Contained within this anthology are dark stories and works of art that explore the shadow side of reality. They are disturbed works that journey hopelessly through the downtrodden fringes of society, across the deepest reaches of space, and into the darkest, most troubled corners...