Fiction - Science Fiction - General

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jack Vance's early work contains the same elements of originality, wit and style which would become hallmarks of his oeuvre. This collection centers on productive years which began in the mid-50s, containing stories written between 1951 and 1973 including: Ullward's Retreat, a breezy look...

Here in one unforgettable volume are three of Jack Vance's best novellas-rich adventures of humanity in crisis, showcasing Vance's stylistic flair, creative ingenuity, wit, and storytelling skill: the Hugo-winning "The Dragon Masters," Hugo and Nebula-winning "The Last Castle", and that gem of science re-born,...

The classic tale by H.G. Wells. Also contains a bonus selection (excerpt) as well as an absolutely free download offer of the complete text of "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells. Visit www.PhoenixPick.com for more great science fiction by this and other great authors...

In 1949 and 1950 a science fiction serial by Raymond F. Jones appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories. Within half a decade that serial would make history as the basis of the first science fiction movie about interstellar travel and interstellar war. The next Hollywood...

Wells was interested in the implications of evolutionary theory on the future of human beings at the biological, sociological, and cultural levels, and The Time Machine, short and readable, draws on many of the social and scientific debates of the time. The Broadview edition...

Generation A is set in the near future in a world where bees are extinct, until five unconnected people all around the world-- in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka--are all stung. Their shared experience unites them in ways they...

Author: Charles James HallISBN-10: 1403392048ISBN-13: 9781403392046Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2003Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d

"In James D. Doss's latest complex and absorbing crime novel set on the Ute reservation in Southern Colorado, Charlie Moon's cleverness and his aunt Daisy Perika's intuition--not to mention the spellbinding story behind this unusual day--share the limelight with the vibrant details of Native...

Dana Stabenow's Midnight Come Again is a magnificent crime novel about life in America's last wilderness, the heart-wrenching grief that goes with love, and murder. Kate, a former investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and now a P.I. for hire, is missing after a winter...

A sorcerous swordsmith desperate to achieve true power. His stubbornly nonmagical sword. His princely runaway lover. His hungry new fire elemental. Put them all together, and what can possibly go wrong?Herewiss is the only man in centuries to possess the Power of the blue...

They have been with us all through history: The "Invisible College" of wisdom, and their adversaries. The history of the world is their story: a conspiracy as vast and all-encompassing as the riddle of time itself.In Naples, Italy, in 1764, a young aristocrat is...

My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Welcome to the clockwork frontier. You are cordially invited on a trip to reclaim those lost and forgotten steam driven futures. Join the Immersion Book of Steampunk for an expedition through a new age of glorious industry. Encounter suffragette...

Could you survive?In the real world, twenty-one-year-old library sciences student Tina Anderson is invisible and under-appreciated, but in the VR-game Forever Fantasy Online she's Roxxy--the respected leader and main tank of a top-tier raiding guild. In the real world, her brother James Anderson is...

Author: Robert L. ForwardISBN-10: 0595167489ISBN-13: 9780595167487Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.66h x 6.26w x 0.67d

"Lively, thought-provoking . . . the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise . . . Tepper knows how to write a well-made, on-moving story with strong characters. . . . She takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science...

On April Fool's Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. The con artist assumes numerous identities -- a disabled beggar, a charity fundraiser, a successful businessman, an urbane gentleman --...

Defoe's account of the bubonic plague that swept London in 1665 remains as vivid as it is harrowing. Based on Defoe's own childhood memories and prodigious research, A Journal of the Plague Year walks the line between fiction, history, and reportage. In meticulous and...

Despite their youth, sorrow stalks Kano, Kido, and Seto. Their strange powers prevent them from fitting in at their orphanage, so finally, they escape. The trio is taken in by the Tateyama household, where the cheerful Ayano lives--but the peace is short-lived...Author: Jin (Shizen...

Takane Enomoto has a secret.Her life is pretty weird. She attends high school with only one other student in her class and has a teacher who takes "underachievement" to exciting new heights--and neither of the know the truth about her double life as a...

Level 7 is the diary of Officer X-127, who is assigned to stand guard at the "Push Buttons," a machine devised to activate the atomic destruction of the enemy, in the country's deepest bomb shelter. Four thousand feet underground, Level 7 has been built...

"Lorraine Heath's books are always magic."--Cathy Maxwell" Heath's] deftly skilled story-telling entrances and enthralls from the first page to last."--Karen Hawkins Historical romance readers just can't get enough of the Lost Lords of Pembrook. In her previous book, She Tempts the Duke, New York...

"Den of Thieves rollicks....This is a book I would be happy to have written." --Dave DuncanRemember this name: David Chandler. With Den of Thieves, the first book in his astounding fantasy series, The Ancient Blades Trilogy, Chandler immediately establishes himself as a major player...

"Two words on the cover--Fiona McIntosh--always let me know I'm in for a good read."Robin Hobb Fiona McIntosh is a new "Big Name" in Epic fantasy--and now she continues her remarkable Valisar Trilogy with Tyrant's Blood, a breathtaking tale of heritage, vengeance, and destiny...

"The Best of Everything is one of the best things you'll put on your shopping list this week." --Tennessee Tribune Readers who just can't get enough of the Reverend Curtis Black--the charming con man and insufferable womanizer who stars in Sin No More, The...

"Each story is uncommonly good. . . surprising, lively writing and believably human characters. . . . Banks has a terrific eye, mordant yet affectionate, for the bric-a-brac and the pathos of the American dream." -- Washington Post Book WorldIn this series of related...

On a dismal evening in the previous century, an unnamed writer in Venice, California, answers a furious pounding at his beachfront bungalow door and again admits Constance Rattigan into his life. An aging, once-glamorous Hollywood star, Constance is running in fear from something she...

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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...

Following Ports of Call, Myron Tany continues his picaresque wanderings as supercargo on the space freighter Glicca.Traveling world to world, Myron encounters unexpected delights and perils among the peculiar civilizations of the Gaean Reach, and among the pilgrims and mountebanks who take passage aboard...

Five thousand years in the future, life itself is in jeopardy!A rebellion of intelligent Cybernetic servants has left the Females of the galaxy virtually sterile, crippling the controlling political body - the Matriarchy. The race is on to find a solution, but will it...

In this new collection, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative.Exploring the boundaries of the genre, Bova not only writes of spaceships, aliens, and time travel in most of...