Fiction - Science Fiction - General

"The only favor the aliens do for Clint Beecham when they abduct him is give him a shirt that says DO NOT EAT on it in their language. He's told that as a physicist, he is to be reserved, along with five other scientists,...

Eating is a symbolic and magical act--a transformation, a covenant, a ritual, a comfort, a necessity--but all through history, food-themed stories have also had their dark sides. Food can be integral to the magic, the meetings, and the processes of fantastical fiction: from myth...

Empire of Lies is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland, and Underground Airlines from New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury. "The best what-if thriller for a long, long time--makes you think, makes you sweat, and...

Eleven generations ago, a ship carrying convicts to a prison planet crashed on a nameless ocean world. Survivors built an egalitarian culture on the pads of giant water plants, winning food, shelter, and the necessities of life from vegetation growing on the pads, and...

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian", it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in...

An elderly man reflects back to 1971 when, as an adventurous youth of seventeen years, he discovered a realm of unconscious, extrasensory communication-revealing a world filled with gods! The youth explores an aethereal realm inhabited by a monster, a ghost, dragons locked in eternal...

F.A.K.K. is an acronym for "Federation Assigned Ketogenic Killzone." It is a universal warning of extreme biohazard to all carbon-based lifeforms. F.A.K.K 2 indicates a hazard exponentially more dangerous. F.A.K.K 2 is also the name of a world so sublime-with a secret so great-that...

The ultimate conspiracy theory, Reality is a science fiction thriller unlike anything else.August, 2001Deep in the heart of Africa, four kidnapped men are forced to compete against each other in a secret game called Reality. They need to survive the scorching heat of the...

A 2013 Endeavour Award FinalistWhen Sam Elling creates an algorithm to pair people with their soul mates online, he meets Meredith, his own perfect match. But when Meredith's grandmother Livvie dies unexpectedly, Sam puts his algorithm to even better use: it compiles Livvie's old...

Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fid鑞e is the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history. About the Series:...

"Tedrowe explores the reconfigurations of a family and the strange alliances that can occur between young and old, love and work. And she writes brilliantly about money.... A deeply satisfying debut." --Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street "A poignant meditation on...

"I can't figure out if this book is a heart-felt dispatch from the front line in the battle of the sexes or a brilliant send-up of the way in which the male point of view has been misrepresented by militant feminists. I suspect it...

The luminous first novel by Marya Hornbacher, the acclaimed author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, is a moving and passionate story of a death from despair -- and a stricken family's passage through grief toward the hope, solace, and understanding that...

Richard Grey wakes up in a hospital with amnesia after a terrorist bombing. His memories gradually start to return, but what he remembers doesn't always seem to coincide with what really happened. And then there is Susan Kewley, an enigmatic young woman whom Richard...

The world celebrated with the development of ArtificialIntelligence in the middle of the twenty-first century and established a robot singularity. Inorder to create an elite standard of living, most jobs were replaces with these robots. Afterthe discovery that the uncountable could not be coerced,...

Shortly before his disappearance, No? asked me to help him translate his book; the Waral code. He specifically entrusted me to send you a copy. My old friend wanted you to be the first to read his precious code. As you know, he spent...

Ten people travelling on a tour of Turkey's amazing cultural sites encounter many adventures and problems, some almost fatal. Why does the trip become so dangerous? Ten travellers have joined a tour of the historic and cultural attractions of western Turkey. They are taking...

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...

In the distant future, an ageless society with a strict government, faces a small rebellion from citizens eager to break away from their rule. It is a cautionary tale that portrays the dangers of immortality. A futuristic society discovers the key to a long...

The western democracies are disintegrating, scarred by violence and gripped with fear of terrorist attacks. Trying to find solutions to today's problems, Julia Stretton and other specialists at the Wessex Project have created a virtual reality projection of a utopian future where all current...

After exhausting planet Earth, humanity has moved out to live "on the stars."With your closest neighbor lightyears away, the "on the stars" lifestyle guarantees a level of privacy unmatched in human history. But even ultimate privacy doesn't need to come at a cost when...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEFrom New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore-one of the most influential writers in the history of comics-"a wonderful collection, brilliant and often moving" (Neil Gaiman) which takes us to the fantastical underside of reality. In his...

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...

A legendary book, which was the starting point for the genre of science fiction, Theosophy, the New Age, The Force, and modern day conspiracy theories. It's tale of a subterranean Master Race, able to control a mysterious energy force, called the Vril. It inspired...

The Elemental Logic series continues with its third novel in the series, Water Logic, where the patterns of history are made and unmade. Laurie Marks' Elemental Logic series introduced readers in Fire Logic to the realm of Shaftal, an intricately imagined land whose people...

When the reporter Edward Malone is sent to interview the formidable Professor Challenger about his accounts of strange prehistoric beasts on a remote plateau in South America, he expects to be given short shrift by the researcher, notorious for man handling nosy enquirers. But...

A visionary thriller of future espionage, broken borders, people smuggling, betrayal and an impossible secret The Guardian called, "a spellbinding novel of intrigue and paranoia." Europe as we know it is gone. Devastated by a flu pandemic and crippled by economic collapse, the continent...

Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty (March 1972) While on a ski vacation in Switzerland, beautiful model Adele Marriot meets Dr. Stefan Soivak. He tells her of his discovery of an operating technique that will keep her forever thin. Adele agrees to have the...

Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost (August 1971) Centuries ago, Jenny Swift ruled her cutthroat crew of pirates with a blacksnake whip. Now, legend says, her ghost still guards the treasure ship where it sank in Collinsport Cove, meting out death to those rash...

On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne makes planetfall on Hamal. His assignment: to detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet's population. To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and...

A classic of science fiction and a dark meditation on Darwinian thought in the late Victorian period, The Island of Doctor Moreau explores the possibility of civilization as a constraint imposed on savage human nature. The protagonist, Edward Prendick, finds himself stranded on an...

The future is vibrant, hopeful, and filled with dragons. In WINGS OF RENEWAL, nineteen authors explore the exciting new subgenre of solarpunk through the lens of these majestic creatures. Whether they irrigate dry terrain or serve as spaceships, are mythic beasts come to life...

Frank Herbert's last published novel is a charming and witty science fiction adventure coauthored with his son Brian. What if the entire universe were the creation of alien minds? After an unfortunate spaceship accident, the hedonistic human Lutt Hansen Jr. finds himself sharing his...

They are the most secret of organizations and the most powerful - the Illuminati. They continue to shift the patterns of history to fulfill plans of their own, to open pathways to power which ordinary mortals are never meant to tread.It is 1776, and...

Blessed Lands Egypt - The year is now, but things are very different. Ancient Egypt never became ancient. Libyans, Nubians and Assyrians never invaded. The Thirtieth Dynasty repelled the Persians in 343 BC. and Egypt entered a long period of expansion. Syria, Greece and...

"The Shade" is a captivating novel about life, love, and survival. This is the story of Norah and a handful of others who face unimaginable adversity in a desolate new world. After a mysterious shift wreaks death and destruction to the Earth, the few...

Santiago Rojas and The Golden Wall to The Empire of the Sun, Book OneBy: Jose DuronSantiago Rojas and The Golden Wall to The Empire of The Sun takes place in a distant future Earth. An Earth with many of today's world issues resolved and...

The Orthians (more commonly called the "Grays") are a highly intelligent alien species. They work hard to ensure their designs, ships, and crews are always fit for interstellar travel. Only two days ago, the High Council of Sentients directed Commander Onhu Elau, the Grays'...

The stories in Maniacs, Monsters, and a Bump in the Night run the gamut from the horrible things that can come from revenge, to the wonderful things that can come from sacrifice, and suffering. There is darkness, and horror, with a bit of fantasy...

All our desires come from within; everyone is born a blank tape with the will to live. Day to day, our knowledge increases to the point of independence. Always Remember yesterday is gone, and tomorrow isn't promised, so we must do whatever it takes...

A violent summer thunderstorm lights up the night in the community of Vanderpool, Texas. Joe Garner, who runs the Lost Maples General store, hears reports of something seen, and his curiosity takes over. Coming across an extraordinary discovery, suddenly Joe and his friends are...

Back in print after some time, this new Author's Preferred Edition of Rumbullion features refreshed content, new introductory material and notes, and a new Matthew Revert cover!In the aftermath of a party gone terribly, fatally wrong, nobleman Julian Bretwynde strives to make sense of...

For years, Filio Amorosa has had one goal, and only one goal: getting back to Mars. All that matters is finding out what happened on her mission there, and why she can't remember any of it. But when she finally discovers the truth, it...

Victor Frankenstein forges ahead, becoming one of the most influential men born in the history of science. His research has received the noblest of awards. Life-saving discoveries so incredible even the doctor himself questioned the marvels. Frustration-bound, Victor relies upon the help of a...

Three thousand years ago, the Deep appeared without warning. This alien life form was quickly put to service teleporting people and cargo across great distances, which allowed mass colonization throughout the galaxy. It has also allowed Lancaster, the organization which controls access to the...

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...

From the author of Leech Girl Lives comes a novella of cosmic claustrophobia and workplace survival horror. It's the story of Thorner, crushed under the weight of an alien occupation and also a refrigerator; of his family and campmates and fellow workers on Weckett's...

Josh, an Earthman returning from a rugged colony on Venus, finds the pursuit of happiness and pleasure has become the domineering philosophy on Earth. Is it all good, or an enslaved society that needs to be freed?Author: James GunnISBN-10: 8695821900ISBN-13: 9798695821901Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

In a matter of days, Dex has been kidnapped, tortured, killed, revived, become half-Therian, offered the chance to become a spy, and accepted a proposal to marry his jaguar Therian boyfriend, Sloane Brodie. It's been a lot to take in, and although Dex is...

When both his fianc e, and the princess he's sworn to protect, are kidnapped, Lord Aridian must traverse foreign lands, cross oceans and deserts, and risk playing into the hands of his greatest enemy. Can he rescue those he loves and restore order to...