The 22nd Century. Mankind is free from the age-old misery and poverty that have kept it in bondage, free to create a new world, to explore the universe, to confront the mysteries of human existence. Russia’s greatest S-F writers, Arkday and Boris Strugatsky, have produced a futuristic masterpiece of epic proportions and breathtaking vision. Two interplanetary adventurers hurtle through space at a speed faster than light, and are flung a hundred years into the 22nd century. They find themselves on a planet both like and unlike the earth they abandoned so very long ago—and so recently. It is a planet ruled by wisdom, where automated farms feed tens million inhabitants, where a complete system of moving roads brings the farthest outposts into close communion, where an advanced science in mechanization approaches the mysterious complexity of life itself. Here all effort is bound to the exhilarating art if discovery—way below the planet’s waters, deep into the endless reaches of space and far beyond the boundless zones of the human mind. Views: 60
Marry Luke Andretti—or let her father go bankrupt: that was the agonising choice facing Sally Bellinger. And Luke had made it clear that it was to be a real marriage, because he wanted a son. So what could she do but accept? But Luke was a very attractive, experienced man—experienced enough to make her enjoy being married to him more than she had dared to hope or admit—and she soon realised that she had come to love him. Would her pride, though, ever allow her to admit it? Especially in the face of the competition still offered by the other women in her husband's life... Views: 58
It began with two horrifying
deaths.
To the inhabitants of a remote Scottish island it seems there's a violent madman in their midst... a dark, hooded figure waiting in the shadows for his next victim. Then a sudden blizzard cuts them off totally from the mainland. And three more people die . . .
As panic rises, desperate attempts are
made to trap a multiple murderer. But is the
mysterious killer even human? Views: 58
Volunteers risk their sanity by sending their minds into the void to query alien intelligences. Views: 57
When Harvard's Memorial Hall is bombed, the shattering of its huge rose windows resounds throughout the campus; but when a corpulent and headless corpse is found amid the debris, and the big, beloved chorus leader, Hamilton Dow, cannot be located, more than the peace and quiet of an illustrious university is disturbed. Is the corpse that of the missing conductor? Views: 56
Praise for the Sergeant Cribb Series: “Delightful Victorian mysteries. . . . [A] fine picture of vice, good mystery plotting, and fun.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Lively and well-plotted.”—The New York Times Beautiful Miriam Cromer seems confident that she will be acquitted of the murder of her husband’s assistant despite her confession. She blames her husband although he has an alibi. It’s up to Cribb and Thackeray to discover what really happened. Peter Lovesey is the author of over twenty-five novels. He has received many CWA Awards and the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement. He lives in Chichester, England. Views: 55
Russian-American detective A. A. Valnikov is a burned-out homicide detective who gets teamed with Natalie Zimmerman, twice-divorced with a grudge against men. These unlikely partners are assigned the strange case of a stolen show dog being held for ransom. In this bittersweet tale that the "Los Angeles Times" called "terrifying and romantic," the partners will find much more than they ever could have imagined. "Cosmopolitan "called it "fast, colorful and gripping . . . as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining." Views: 54
Come along on the Greatest of All Adventures! Join Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! . . .
As he plunges into the cosmos on Earth’s last deep-space probe . . .
As he succumbs to an assault of tremendously cold gases . . .
As he is miraculously revived after a five-hundred year “frozen death” aboard a Draconian Empire ship—only to become the plaything of the alluring Princess Ardala and a pawn in the treacherous game of Kane, menacing commander of the Draconian fleet . . .
As he returns to Earth a stranger, feared, suspected, driven out into the lawless wastes of Anarchia—with only a devoted android and a computerized drone . . . to help him save his life—and his planet—from dread tyranny. Views: 54
BLOOD RED BIRTHDAY
In the whole terrified city of Los Angeles no one could explain the Davis baby.
No reason was apparent for the infant’s monstrous strength, its animal cunning, its hideous appearance. Ripped from the womb it came killing into the world—and was soon destroyed without understanding.
Some believed it was on evil aberration, a creature sent from Hell they prayed would never come again. Others felt it was the next step in man’s evolution and there would be more like it. No one could yet be certain.
But in the city of Tucson the Scott family was having a baby shower . . .
WATCH OUT FOR IT . . .
IT LIVES AGAIN! Views: 53
Is she an innocent or not? Prudence Mallow, weary of the poor relation role, discovers her calling in writing novels. Modest, sincere novels, not the scandalous fare of Lord Dammler’s Cantos from Abroad. Drawn by the rakish marquis into the hotbed of London society, Prudence finds herself in way over her head—and heart. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Views: 52
SF’s most protean personality—writer, editor, critic, publisher—sets off an incomparable fireworks display in these tales of robots and humans, animals and aliens, ghosts and gods, science and the supernatural… Views: 52
This enchanting escapade is the most important quest of Tarl Cabot's career. He must retrieve a potent shield ring from a strange explorer. It is imperative that the omnipotent Priest-Kings obtain this ring so that the Goreans do not challenge their enormous power. Throughout his expedition, Cabot learns of uncharted territories on Earth's cosmic counterpart. In the dense forests he discovers, Cabot must use his skills to endure the perils that await his arrival. Cabot will encounter Gor's barbarism in full force through enchantingly dangerous beasts, bloodthirsty men, and exotic kingdoms.Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire. Views: 51
Men and women who have shown signs of telepathic powers have been brought together by the U.S. Military to investigate their powers’ possible military application. Meanwhile, telepathic aliens in a solar system destined for destruction try to telepathically cry out for help and understanding, only to reach our heros in the research project. Views: 51
While working with another scientist on decoding texts from ancient history, myth technologist Christian Queghan discovers his colleague's plans to use the research to alter history.Queghan must now draw upon his abilities to pass into alternate realities in an attempt to stop him. Views: 50
