Fiction - Science Fiction - General

Director of The Terminator, Aliens and Titanic, James Cameron's latest movie, Avatar, is the most viewed cinema release of all time, yet to date receives little academic attention. Filling the gap, editor of www.DeepFocusFilm.com, Bryn V. Young-Roberts, researches Avatar's historical and cultural relevance with...

Author: AadgISBN-10: 1469150131ISBN-13: 9781469150130Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/09/2012Pages: 380Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

Follow me back sixty-five million years to a time when Mars was more Earth like. A timeframe that our hapless teen, Toby, visits through the dream state. Not really sure what reality he is in, he runs across a young single mother, Ophelia, trying...

Author: R. Norman JohnsonISBN-10: 1410709698ISBN-13: 9781410709691Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/19/2003Pages: 396Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.97d

The Chameleon Sagas, Book IMan is not at the top of the food chain and hasn't been for a very long time.Shipton-under-Wychwood is a sleepy English village where Kate Henson arrives to study at theatre school. She meets the son of the local peerage,...

LOVE JAMAICAN STYLE is an exciting and very original manuscript which will be enjoyed greatly. The author has presented an unusual novel which centers around the life and experiences of a young man, Merv. Although Merv already has a woman, a classmate of his...

Octopus Pirate is a time-travelling steampunk tale set in the Victorian period. It's the story of a foundling who discovers he has unusual talents, such as camouflage, squishing into small spaces and the ability to communicate with octopuses As a baby, the hero of...

The Wonderful Visit is an early work by H. G. Wells, published in the same year as The Time Machine. It takes a gentle, semi-comic approach to some of Wells' social concerns by using the device of an angel fallen into our world from...

The Chameleon Sagas, Book IIIn the home of the Council, anything can happen.Then... Shipton-under-Wychwood is the sleepy English village where KateHenson arrived to study at the theatre school. It was also where she made friends, fell in love, and discovered a secret, hidden world...

About the BookVanishings are occurring in the land of Ardf dlyn, and the mortal authorities who oversee the investigation of the disappearances cannot hope to unveil who or what may be the source of them. And so, the great task of revealing the perpetrators...

In the third book of the Daedalus Rimes Saga, it's been four years since the Korlah arrived. Earth is reeling from the infusion of alien technology as preparations are made to defend the planet from an impending invasion. The great leap into space has...

Judtson Kent is a professional skeptic. In fact, he has made millions writing books debunking the myths and ridiculing the proponents of everything from Illuminati conspiracies to alien abductions. Then one day he is confronted with evidence...undeniable proof even he cannot refute. His world...

Sixteen years ago, a plague wiped out nearly all of humanity. The Company's vaccine stopped the virus's spread, but society was irrevocably changed. Those remaining live behind impenetrable city walls, taking daily doses of virus suppressant and relying on The Company for continued protection....

The latest short fiction from bestselling, award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Carrie Vaughn revels in and subverts beloved tropes of the genre. What happens when the city's new supervillain turns out to be your high school sweetheart? Your punk-folk band saved Faerie -...

Author: Martin MacInnesISBN-10: 1786493454ISBN-13: 9781786493453Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)Language: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2020Pages: 320Format: HardcoverAbout the AuthorMartin MacInnes was born in Inverness in 1983. He has an MA from the University of York, has read at international science and literature festivals, and is the winner of a...

TimeLock stole twenty years from Morgan Eberly's life. A terrifying new version of the radical technology might just end it. Two years after the events of TimeLock, a new and unhinged president of the United States approves an immoral and illegal plan to develop...

-The power is out-Amy Golden has trouble getting over boys and can't help but notice the new one hanging around her part of the county. She has no idea this young man will soon save her life in a fight against ancient horrors lurking...

April Kek and James Wallace have each other--and not a hell of a lot else. Each the only one who understands the other, they're bound together by a friendship that endures everything the future can throw at them: horrific family lives, war, mental illness,...

Abdul is a kid who is not satisfied with anything about his life. He wishes that he could become a king. One evening, he finds a magic gold-blue ring on some railroad tracks and puts it on. Poof! He becomes a king. After one...two...three...

Bold and daring adventures continue, with Capt. Theremin, the Hermaphrodite King and Android Susie. Lt.McGonagal has romantic relations with three lovely girls, completely human with prehensile tails (our Lt. is suspended by his ankles, and whipped with prehensile tails!) Capt. Theremin fulfills his long...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

It all starts with the radio. Dorothy's husband, Fred, has left for work, and she is at the kitchen sink washing the dishes, listening to classical music. Suddenly, the music fades out and a soft, close, dreamy voice says, Don't worry, Dorothy. A couple...

Born With the Dead (the novella) was nominated for every major science fiction award when it was originally published in 1974, winning the Nebula and Locus awards. *** The author now revisits the classic story with Australian author Damien Broderick. BrodAuthor: Robert Silverberg, Damien...

Freefall (Vol 1 of the Amalie Noether Chronicles) concluded with Elle renouncing any ties to the community at First Landing. She dreamed of setting out on a great trek to explore their new planet - and is utterly prepared to start the trek on...

Not only is Ella different, she is dangerous.Abandoned as a small child, Ella has grown up ignorant of her true origins. She has always felt out of place, but when she questioned why her hair, her eyes, her gut-wrenching hunger were unusual, her "mother"...

The plot revolves around three beautiful women, Mary Jean, Emily, and Galatea-perhaps the three most beautiful women in the world-who were unfortunate to be born in the slums of Detroit. This is their story. It is one of hopelessness and loss, wishes, love and...

Falling in a Black Hole kills you. Falling in a Time Hole kills others.The Moon has many riches, but mining them is a hazardous affair. Deedee and Arno, two lunar generalists, find perils beyond what they signed up for when traveling on the lunar...

Seb Doubinsky was born in Paris and spent part of his childhood in the USA, an experience that indelibly marked him for life. He currently lives in Denmark with his wife and children. He writes fl uently in both French and English and has...

Author: Lloyd Jr. BiggleISBN-10: 1880448742ISBN-13: 9781880448748Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1963Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.55d

Erin, a down-to-earth aspiring artist, and Jamie, a spoiled, wealthy heiress, live in the small coastal town of Coconut Bay. While shopping, their two worlds collide when they are caught in a revolving door at a department store as it spins wildly out of...

GOLDEN SILENCE: A story of isolation, the effects and a retaliating war surrounding it. Future Earth has a new face of blue. Across the ocean, the new circular island of Pervil is congested with impressive towers and giant TV screens in every direction, but...

Larson McCade, enhanced troubleshooter and wandering grandson of a nameless refugee, has come to the decadent planet of Seltique, culturally isolated from the rest of the galaxy after its bid for political mastery two thousand years ago. He claims to be researching a pro-galaxy...

Born into slavery and plucked from obscurity, Puck is sent to battle Shakespeare's reincarnated villains to prove the gods' experiment into the nature of evil.Author: Darren Hugh GallagherISBN-10: 1463734182ISBN-13: 9781463734183Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2011Pages: 364Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.75d

The conversion from ground cars to flying cars poses several challenges in regards to police work. Coupling that with a detective under a psychiatrist's care for depression over his wife's death, the cases veteran Detective Paul Ostrander receives aren't the most news worthy. When...

Sir Wade Jermyn was once an early explorer of the Congo, writing numerous books on a mysterious white civilisation that lived there. Ridiculed for his ideas, he was eventually deemed insane and incarcerated in an asylum, but not before fathering three children by his...

Kyle is an eighteen year old fugitive running away from Savannah where he is implicated in an armed robbery and attempted murder charge for which he was truly an innocent bystander. He finds refuge with his boyhood companion and moves in with him and...

Author: Richard A. KraemerISBN-10: 1425904653ISBN-13: 9781425904654Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/09/2005Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.59d

Millie is having a bad day. Her book manuscript has been rejected, she has been fired from her job and then, on top of that, she witnesses a terrible hit-and-run collision. She calls an ambulance for the victim and, while she waits for it...

First published in 1666, The Blazing World is thought to be the forefather of both sciencefiction and dystopian fiction."I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security."Author: Margaret CavendishISBN-10: 1839193506ISBN-13: 9781839193507Publisher: Vulpine PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2022Pages: 134Format:...

?We need to blend in with the Earthlings.? That's what Rade had told the siblings. They needed to blend in; just another ship of human castaways. That was the plan anyway?and it had lasted exactly two days. Now, Vicheu are disappearing and something eerie...

Nikolas and Marco have managed to escape their foes on Chiraiyn, but Nikolas soon finds himself the captive of even worse enemies. Marco and the others are determined to rescue their brother, but will they be able to free him before the Nikolas they...

In this Sequel to The Amazing Adventure of Zoe Lake, Dr. Norris asks Zoe to help stop Sterling, who now threatens Manhattan. This time, she's not alone. She teams up with her husband, Agent Phillips and a few old friends from the Liberty. Sterling...

Vector is the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association, publishing articles and features on genre fiction across the world, with some focus on UK science fiction. Vector publishes two to three issues per year.Author: BsfaISBN-10: 1470903547ISBN-13: 9781470903541Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/08/2019Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight:...

After Tom's latest adventure on and inside the Moon, he decides to take on a new project, one for a paying customer of Swift Enterprises. unlike many of his adventures having to do with one ocean or another, this time he will be entirely...

About the BookTonya Percy is being hunted. Her parents were murdered while she was just a child, and she has been on her own ever since. Or so she thought. But when an intriguing group of girls move in across the street from her,...

Daniel was lost; torn from his own reality and trapped in a violent universe of old gods, enigmas, and decay. The corporeality around him no longer followed the logic of time or physics, and the threat to his life was becoming more real with...

Richard Orme, Canadian astronaut and former Olympian, is confused. . .As the captured leader of Earth's first expedition to Mars, he is eager to learn just what game his Martian "hosts" are playing. The man in the golden orb that floats above their subterranean...

A Football Story examines the journey of Mike Wolf from the gridiron at Western Kansas University, where he was a student and an outstanding football player, to the college lectern at that university, where he reinvents himself as a talented assistant professor in computer...

The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and dark fiction for your reading enjoyment. Come meet the difficulties and the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di...In this issue: FeaturesThe Astronaut Always Rings Twice Reviewed by Lisa Timpf Short StoriesThe Origin of...

Imagine you could genetically engineer a microorganism that was able to produce LSD into its culture broth. If the microorganism was a brewing yeast you could make beer spiked with homemade LSD. Imagine how much mischief you could cause with that. If the microorganism...