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Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
by Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein, the dean of American SF writers, also wrote fantasy fiction throughout his long career, but especially in the early 1940s. The Golden Age of SF was also a time of revolution in fantasy fiction, and Heinlein was at the forefront. His fantasies were convincingly set in the real world, particularly those published in the famous magazine Unknown Worlds, including such stories as "Magic, Inc.," "'They--,'" and "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag." Now all of Heinlein's best fantasy short stories, most of them long novellas, have been collected in one big volume for the first time.
Finity
by John BarnesLyle Peripart's world is coming apart. Up until just a few days ago he was a settled professor at the University of Auckland. The descendant of American expatriates, he's proud of his ancestry and privately doesn't care for the Reichs that have dominated the world since the Axis victory over a century ago. But he's the quiet type, not looking for a fight. Then Lyle is recruited for private industry by the mysterious industrialist Geoffrey Iphwin--and that's when everything stops making sense.<P> His fiancee turns out to be a gun-toting weapons expert who saves him from assassination--and who, immediately afterwards, remembers nothing of what she did. But what she does remember is that she grew up in a world with an entirely different history, in which America surrendered to the Soviet Union in the 1970s.<P> Even stranger, several of their friends turn out to have each grown up in worlds with different histories still. Worse, they gradually realize that not one of them has ever talked to anyone inside the continental United States. In fact, just thinking about the United States is hard--as if something is trying to stop them.
The Forlorn Hope
by David DrakeThey had fought long and hard, and damn near won in spite of everything. But now the men who hired them are going to sell them to the enemy...and so begins a novel of adventure in which a band of Star Mecenaries is driven across the face of a planet by enemies bent on their distruction. With only the guns in their hands, this tiny band must battle ships, artillery, treachery, and the most powerful tank in the universe.
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede (Giants Trilogy #2)
by James P. HoganLong before the world of the Ganymeans blew apart millennia ago, the strange race of giants had already vanished. All that remained of them was a wrecked ship abandoned on a frozen moon of Jupiter. Now Earth's scientists are there, determined to ferret out the secret of the lost race. But when suddenly the Ganymeans return, they bring with them answers that will reveal the secret of our own as well.
Faun and Games (Xanth #21)
by Piers AnthonyPiers Anthony's most exceptional Xanth adventure ever reveals wnodrous new worlds of mirth and magic!<P> The miraculous and mirth-filled land of Xanth holds many marvels. But now an extraordinary new aspect of this remarkable realm unfolds as young Forrest Faun's quest takes him to a tiny planet hidden in the heart of Xanth. There, with a delightful "day mare" as his constant companion, Forrest will find more marvels then he ever dreamed of.<P> Packed with magic, mystery, and mirth, Faun & Games is the freshest and most exciting Xanth adventure in a month of Pundays!
Black Grail
by Damien BroderickFirebridge tumbled a million years to the future-to find Earth ruled by beings who cc with the fabric of space and time as if theyi gods. Yet somewhere in the distant past, son they had done went terribly wrong... Now, in the shadow of Earths dying sun, sent forth on a perilous quest to preserve the of history. Accompanied by the wondrous Alamogordo and the woman warrior Glade,hiiliiS seeks the legendary city of TVeet Hoown. There he must confront the most destractiv|jl|f machines of a long-dead civilization...and 3i' undreamed of by man or god.
The Four Lords of the Diamond
by Jack L. ChalkerThe assignment was irresistible. Four Lords of the Diamond. Four keys to an enigma that would spell the end of humanity.
Berserker Throne (Berserker #7)
by Fred SaberhagenAnother episode in the Berserker wars of the far distant future when powerful machines continue trying to eradicate all life and the living battle back. Space opera, political intrigue, touches of technology. The main character, a royal, political prisoner must engineer his release from a space station prison in order to fight off the plans of the Berserkers and their human allies.
Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods
by Jack WilliamsonIn Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods, a prophetic novel set in a vast future multiverse, Jack Williamson projects future centuries of genetic research.
Blue Champagne
by John VarleyStories include: <P> The Pusher [1982 Hugo Award, 1982 SF Chronicle Award, 1982 Locus Poll Award. Nominated, 1981 Nebula Award]; <P> Blue Champagne [nominated, 1982 Hugo Award; winner 1982 Locus Poll Award]; <P> Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo [ 1987 Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Place: 3)]; <P> Options [nominated, 1979 Nebula Award, 1980 Hugo Award; 1980 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 2)]; <P> Lollipop and the Tar Baby; <P> The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged); <P> The Unprocessed Word;<P> Press Enter [] [winner, 1984 Nebula Award, 1985 Hugo Award, 1985 Locus Poll Award, 1985 SF Chronicle Award].
The Bridge
by Janine Ellen YoungRemarkable in its world-spanning scope, breathtaking in its visionary intensity, THE BRIDGE is an epic novel of human transformation and destiny that will rank in the classic tradition of Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End and Octavia E. Butler's Dawn.<P> Somewhere in the cosmos, inquisitive, utterly unhuman aliens reach out, seeking intelligent life, sending greetings and knowledge encrypted within microscopic packets of genetic data. Their information takes on the form of a virus designed to bridge worlds through understanding. But its creators, the alien Kasarans, do not know that their communication might kill...<P> For when it reaches Earth, the Kasaran virus can't completely adapt to human biology. Instead, it transforms into a plague called the Pandemic that annihilates billions of humans at random.<P> And when the Pandemic ends, the Earth is changed forever...
Millennium (Kinsman #2)
by Ben BovaThe second book of "The Kinsman Saga", which also includes "Kinsman" and "Colony". The story of a man driven to create the future, and forced to save two worlds from the death throes of the millennium. Other science fiction titles by the author include "Orion" and "Voyagers".
Borrowed Tides
by Paul LevinsonA voyage and an adventure as sublime as any in the history of the universe.<P> Aaron Schoenfeld has parlayed a Ph.D. in the philosophy of science and a sharp tongue into an improbable second career as director of a project to plan and execute the first interstellar voyage. The trip to Alpha Centauri will take many years and might end up being a one-way journey for the crew.<P> His old acquaintance Jack Lumet may be the unlikely source of an answer. An anthropologist obsessed with the myths of Native Americans, he once wrote a paper about Wise Oak, an Iroquois sachem who claimed to have ridden a cosmic version of the Hudson, a tidal river that flows both ways, to the stars and back.<P> In a world where money for space journeys is hard to come by, even a slightly mad theory that suggests a possible shortcut to the stars is an attractive possibility for the people who believe more in humanity's destiny among the stars than they do in safety considerations, minimal risks, or taking no for an answer.
Colony
by Ben BovaThe Earth has been poisoned by pollution, choked by overpopulation, and ravaged by the mindless greed of power-hungry corporations. A fragile peace is threatened by landless revolutionaries and global anarchy seems imminent. Yet a single ray of hope remains... Island One is a celestial Utopia, and David Adams is its most perfect creation-a man with a brain as advanced as any computer and a body free of human frailties. But David is a prisoner-a captive of the colony that created him- destined to spend the days of his life in an island-sized cylinder that circles a doomed and desperate home planet. Thousands of miles below him, a world trembles; its people cringe in terror and despair in anticipation of an impending apocalypse. And as the flames of war and revolt reach out far beyond the Earth's boundaries, Fate has cast one extraordinary human in the role of savior. For David Adams has a plan-one that will ultimately ensure the salvation of his species.. .or its annihilation. A BEAUTIFUL STORY FULL OF PROPHETIC VISIONS."
Caught In Crystal (Lyra #4)
by Patricia C. WredeKayl is one of the few to have looked upon the Twisted Tower. She has no desire to see it again -- she left the Sisterhood long ago, settling down to a quiet life. Her sword lies unused in a secret place beneath the stones of her hearth. But something evil is leaking from the Tower. And now a sorceress and a wizard have appeared on Kayl's doorstep demanding she take up the sword again.