Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with partials — engineered organic beings identical to humans — has decimated the world’s population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. The threat of the partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to the disease in over a decade. Humanity’s time is running out. Views: 47
Rogue Command by AJ Marshall Views: 47
Engella, the original short story, has now become the opening chapters of The Lights of Time, the first novel of a brand new series: The Chronicles of Engella Rhys.
A science fiction upper middle grade adventure series for ages 9 and over.
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Cambridge University Press, Feb 22, 2003 - 576 pages The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 and 1964
The book you now hold contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for The Science Fiction of Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.
Robert Heinlein in "The Roads Must Roll" describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. "Country of the Kind," by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. "Nightfall," by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, imagines a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology.
Originally published in 1970 to honor those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I , was the book that introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction. Too long unavailable, this new edition will treasured by science fiction fans everywhere.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I, contains stories by the great masters of the form, including the following authors:
Isaac Asimov Alfred Bester Jerome Bixby James Blish Anthony Boucher Ray Bradbury Fredric Brown John W. Campbell, Jr. Arthur C. Clarke Lester del Rey Tom Godwin Robert A. Heinlein Daniel Keyes Damon Knight C. M. Kornbluth Fritz Leiber Murray Leinster Richard Matheson Judith Merril Lewis Padgett Clifford D. Simak Cordwainer Smith Theodore Sturgeon A. E. van Vogt Stanley G. Weinbaum Roger Zelazny Views: 47
A smuggler takes a job protecting London's most despicable businessmanCharles Raynaud feels at home in the jungle. A snake trapper, he makes a tidy profit selling poisonous creatures to the zoos of Europe, but it isn't just the snake trade that pays his bills. Raynaud is the finest artifact smuggler the world has ever known, and his particular talents are about to be put to the test.Between jobs in Paris, Raynaud meets an old drinking buddy. One of London's wealthiest, nastiest men, Richard Pierce has eyes on his late father's fortune and wants Raynaud to act as his bodyguard until he acquires it. But after the first attempts on Pierce's life, Raynaud begins to smell a rat. Has he been hired as a bodyguard, or a target?This ebook features an illustrated biography of Michael Crichton including rare images from the author's estate. Views: 47
An android named Harley Doon finds himself caught in a battle between human and alien. It's not his fight, but somebody has to save the world.Years ago, when humans and androids crash landed onto the planet Zuul, whatever remained of their society quickly succumbed to the ravages of earthquakes and a never-ending winter from volcanic dust clouds. As humans and machines scavenged to stay alive, they also faced the Zid, an alien race that abhors all technology with religious fervor. Add to that the Mothri—giant, bug-like aliens with brilliant minds and their own nanotechnology—and it is no longer simply the planet's geological upheaval that proves volatile.War between the races looms. Will Doon, tired and reluctant, rise to lead the fight? Can humans harness technology to save the planet, itself, before the Zid arrive? And, what secrets does Doon carry inside of him that might help them all? Views: 47
The second installment in the new MechWarrior saga begins as aspiring MechWarrior Raul Ortega finds himself called to battle when warring factions who have seceded from the Republic wage war on his home to obtain one of the few working interstellar communication nets. Views: 47
