-an amazon reviewer:Includes a Sector General Short Story and most of the others are set in the same universe. 'Countercharm' concerns Dr.
Conway's encounter with one of the hazards of his profession. Doctors at Sector
General get their xenomedical knowledge from 'Educator Tapes' the recorded minds
of ET physicians. The catch is you don't just get their medical knowledge but
*everything* including their sex drive - which can lead to embarrassing and
distracting consequences. In 'Kill or Cure' a Navy rescue team discovers their
wreck is 'not of this world'. They do their best to help the injured, sluglike
beings inside but do they dare let them contact their friends? An alien species
is deliberately formenting military tensions on Earth in 'Red Alert'. Is this a
preliminary to invasion? Or is something else going on? In 'Tableau' Earth's
first contact with another species results in war. Then an Earth soldier and one
of the alien Orligians find themselves trapped together in the wreckage of their
ships and discover it's all due to a horrible misunderstanding. In
'Conspirators' the laboratory animals aboard the the first intersteller explorer
plan their escape with the help of the ship's cat and a pet canary. In 'The
Scavengers' a Terran taskforce is assigned to 'clean up' those aliens who
survived the initial attack. And finally 'Occupation: Warrior' not only provides
the missing half to the first Sector General story in 'Hospital Station' but
gives the unexpected background of Fleet Commander Dermod. Contents
Countercharm
To Kill or Cure
Red Alert
Tableau
The Conspirators
The Scavengers
Occupation: Warrior
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First contact didn't go as planned.
Time Gate 8, one of humanity's portals between the stars, has been overrun by a mysterious alien intelligence, and the planet Luddeccea is now cut off.
Haunted by those she left behind, Commander Noa Sato is on a desperate mission to save her homeworld. Navigating the ancient Ark, she seeks a hidden gate that will transport her ship to Earth and the Galactic Fleet. But the Luddeccean system harbors dangers, and so does her crew.
The only crew member she completely trusts is James Sinclair, but he doesn't trust himself.
James isn't the man he once was. He has a hunger that is never sated, kills without regrets, and is fitted with extraordinary augments he doesn't remember getting. Can James control his augments, or will they control him?
In a future where almost all humans are augmented, James' answer and Noa's mission will determine the fate of the human race, and the enemy is already within the gates.
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Second book The saga of Harald Harrede. Poul Anderson's mighty historical epic of the last and greatest Viking King - Harald Harrede - the real-life CONAN. Views: 23
This second book in William W. Johnstone's classic Preacher series finds Preacher leading a wagon train of settlers into the Rockies—and through dangerous territory. Trapped on the Continental Divide by a blinding snowstorm, Preacher must fend off the gunfire of the wicked Pardee gang, and a band of marauding Utes. Views: 23
Marcher is a stunning novel of alternative reality science fiction from Arthur C Clarke Award and Edge Hill Prize winning author Chris Beckett. Published for the first time in the UK this, the NewCon Press edition, represents the author’s preferred text, extensively revised and rewritten from the book’s original release in 2009. Charles Bowen is an immigration officer with a difference: the migrants he deals with don’t come from other countries but from other universes. Known as shifters, they materialize from parallel timelines, bringing with them a mysterious drug called slip which breaks down the boundary between what is and what might have been, and offers the desperate and the dispossessed the tantalizing possibility of escape. Summoned to investigate a case at the Thurston Meadows Social Inclusion Zone, Bowen struggles to keep track of his place in the world and to uphold the values of the system he has fought so long to maintain… “With its twin themes of boundaries and mirrors, and the dizzying effect of these multiple views of the same events, Marcher… reflect better than any other SF work extant the true complexity of alternate universes.” – Suite 101 ** Views: 23
Prancer loves big machines, and what gets a person in the mood for Christmas like a snowplow?
Prancer has no problem with her place on the team, but she wants to experience some of the wonderful new vehicles she has been seeing every Christmas Eve.
When she enters the human world, she assigns herself to drive a snowplow. It is everything she wants at a safe distance from any and all human interference. She wants to watch them, not be among them.
It worked out well for her until the night she hit the snowman on the side of the road, and it was occupied.
Merkoss thought he was on his way to intercepting one of the reindeer with a few weeks to go. After being struck by the snowplow, he finds himself facing his target, but he only has twenty-four hours to convince her that she should return to the workshop. Time is of the essence. Views: 23
Beneath Wycherly Musgrave's lighthearted manner lies a deep, dark secret--he believes he may have murdered a young woman in a drunken blackout--but when he turns to mind-reader Sinah for the answers, they discover a vortex of evil power."Review"Fans of the supernatural will enjoy this high-spirited, smoothly told novel from a fantasy master."--Publishers Weekly"Taut, shapely, well-informed: the best entry so far."--Kirkus ReviewsAbout the AuthorMarion Zimmer Bradley was born in Albany, NY and lived for many years in Berkeley, CA. Best known as a writer of fantasy, science fiction, and romantic occult fiction, Bradley was also the editor of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine and many anthologies. Her most famous works include the Darkover series of science fiction novels and the New York Times bestselling The Mists of Avalon. Bradley's romantic, magical, contemporary novels for Tor include The Inheritor, Heartlight, Ghostlight, and Witch Hill. Marion Zimmer Bradley died in 1999. Views: 23
