Fiction - Science Fiction - General

Take a doomed princess, a dispossessed prince and a wicked king, a vengeful magician and a melancholy witch; now add fairies, ogres, changelings, scheming barons, wanderers who are not what they seem, robbers, orphans, and a race of hardbitten warriors at war with all...

The Future of the Super Power Chosen Ones Sent by Benjamin Franklin to Save the Earth by Jeremy Mosby Planet Eye Coin is on the verge of falling apart due to the uprising initiated by its corrupt officials against the leader, Benjamin Franklin. But...

An attempt to uncover the Alien Conspiracy Truth. This could very well be the Holy Grail of all information dealing with the extraterrestrial/Alien subject. Embrace yourselves.Author: Mkratia AitarkmISBN-10: 1387075551ISBN-13: 9781387075553Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2017Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.31d

As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle down into a new Soviet reality, the brilliant and eccentric zoologist Persikov discovers an amazing ray that drastically increases the size and reproductive rate of living organisms. At the same time, a mysterious...

This deluxe gilded hardback edition brings together the most celebrated fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. Said to be inspired by his own nightmares, Lovecraft's writing astounds and terrifies in equal measure. His writings marry gothic horror with cosmic fantasy, from his early macabre stories to...

This new edition brings a fresh perspective on Stevenson's dark, celebrated evocation of duality: polite society undermined by the weakness deep within itself. Three of Stevenson's other dark tales reveal him to be a shrewd and skillful storyteller - 'The Body Snatcher', 'The Pavilion...

BENEATH the shadow of St. Sulpice the ancient mansion of the d'Esparvieu family rears its austere three stories between a moss-grown fore-court and a garden hemmed in, as the years have elapsed, by ever loftier and more intrusive buildings, wherein, nevertheless, two tall chestnut...

As Menolly uncovers intrigue, Piemur discovers the rhythm of adventure in the third book in the Harper Hall trilogy, set within science fiction legend Anne McCaffrey's beloved and bestselling Dragonriders of Pern series. As Menolly navigates her way as the first journeywoman Harper in...

Often referred to as a "father of science fiction", H. G. Wells was one of the first authors to write a type of speculative fiction which referenced the advancements in science of his time. Characteristic of Wells's work is their warning against the unintended...

An award-winning debut story collection by Karin Tidbeck, author of Amatka and heir to Borges, Le Guin, and Lovecraft. A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the...

Blending science fiction and fantasy, the first book of the Coldfire Trilogy tells a dark tale of an alien world where nightmares are made manifest. Over a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But...

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL The Guardian's Pick for Best Science Fiction Book of the Year A timely and uncanny portrait of a world in the wake of fake news, diminished privacy, and a total shutdown of the Internet BEFORE: In...

A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-and apparently resurrected-bodies. To unravel the mystery, Lt. Gregory consults scientific, philosophical, and theological experts, who supply him with a host of theories and clues.Author: Stanislaw LemISBN-10: 0156451581ISBN-13:...

Three stories to capture your imagination.One a journey to a post-apocalyptic world where humans have become pets and, more ominously, a potential source of breeding stock for an alien race.The second, a story of an unwelcome visitor. Is it the delusions of mind or...

The Machine Stops is a science maserpiece by E.M. Forster. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual...

Jeremy Shipp brings you THE ATROCITIES, a haunting gothic fantasy of a young ghost's education When Isabella died, her parents were determined to ensure her education wouldn't suffer. But Isabella's parents had not informed her new governess of Isabella's... condition, and when Ms Valdez...

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 this daring collection of speculative fiction, Stephanie Andrea Allen attends to the lives of Black women, mostly lesbian or queer, all keenly aware of the forces seeking to consume them.A Black lesbian working the gig economy runs into a trio of motorized scooters...

Somnium is a Latin word for Dream. This novel was written by Johannes Kepler in 1608, in a time when a trip to the ethereal regions of the moon would be possible only with the assistance of supernatural forces. Historians consider this lunar exploration...

A tabletop miniatures game of intense starship combat between fleets of powerful cruisers, sleek destroyers, and agile fighters. A Billion Suns is a wargame of interstellar combat that puts you in command of fleets of powerful starships, from squadrons of agile, but fragile, fighters,...

New York, late summer, 2000. A party in a spacious Manhattan apartment, hosted by a wealthy young activist. Dozens of idealistic twenty-somethings have impassioned conversations over takeout dumplings and champagne. The evening shines with the heady optimism of a progressive new millennium. A young...

Author: Charis MichaelsISBN-10: 0062412957ISBN-13: 9780062412959Publisher: Avon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2016Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 6.70h x 4.30w x 1.00d

Author Kylie Chan has a boldly, brazenly unique take on urban fantasy--she combines it with Kung Fu. In Earth to Hell, Chan launches the characters from her Dark Heavens trilogy (White Tiger, Red Phoenix, Blue Dragon) on a new adventure that will take them...

It's tough to play it cool on a sultry summer night . . . The perfect daughter. The perfect prom queen. The perfect wife. Jenny Tolliver's been the good girl all her life, and it's gotten her nowhere. Now that her marriage has been...

Sol Futura EstBy: Jeffrey NotoOcta's experience of the world is limited to the gladiatorial arena where he's spent his entire life as an indentured servant. When not training or fighting in the arena, he studies the journals of past warriors and political figures passed...

Andrea Hairston's alternate history adventure, Redwood and Wildfire, is the winner of the Otherwise Award and the Carl Brandon Kindred Award. At the turn of the 20th century, minstrel shows transform into vaudeville, which slides into moving pictures. Hunkering together in dark theatres, diverse...

Rules were made to be broken.From terraformed outposts to magical realms, journey to worlds where deadly plants, rampant biodiversity, or failed terraforming have created irresistible opportunities for those brave enough to seize them.New worlds, found family, mystical secrets, and deadly science weave together in...

The people of Anatan have lost their home and their means to create a new one, but the one person who could solve this problem doesn't remember who or what she is. With more than one civilization hanging in the balance, an Anatani criminal...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...