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The Lazarus Effect
by Frank Herbert Bill RansomIn the Jesus Incident Herbert and Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite... because Pandora's original owner is returning to life!
Psychodrome
by Simon HawkePsychodrome- An intergalactic scavenger hunt that sends its players across the stars in a game player for keeps... a game where the lines between reality and computer-generated fiction blur, and the only sure thing is that there is no sure thing. Now Arkardy O'Toole has entered Psychodrome. A gambler down on his luck, O'Toole hopes to pick up quick cash- and avoid some nasty characters that he's accidentally crossed. But his past has followed him into the game, and he and his teammates soon find out that if Psychodrome doesn't kill them, reality will...
West of Eden (Eden Series #1)
by Harry HarrisonFirst book in the Eden series, where humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
Mute
by Piers AnthonyIt seems that space travel causes genetic mutations, not only in humans, but in the rats and cockroaches stowing away. As the animals breeding cycles and generations are shorter than those of humans, they are mutating and developing their PSI powers more quickly. What do they want? What lengths will they go to to obtain it?
Starfleet Academy Voyager: Lifeline
by Bobbi Weiss David WeissA story about life at Star Fleet Academy.
The Best of Murray Leinster
by Murray LeinsterA collection of work from this author of classic science fiction with an introduction by J. J. Pierce.
Merlin's Bones
by Fred Saberhagen"An intoxicating blend of romance, adventure, danger and time travel." -Library Journal "Many have written of King Arthur, but in Merlin's Bones Fred Saberhagen has wonderfully connected Camelot, what came after, and what came before, with our own near future through the spiraling coils of time. Nothing is what you were told, nothing is what you remember, nothing is what it seems. It's terrific!"
Evil Thirst (The Last Vampire #5)
by Christopher PikeFacing the difficult task of having to hunt down her own daughter and destroy her, the vampire Alisa believes in her heart that Kalika, a bloodthirsty monster, is not completely evil, and hopes to save her.
The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga #3)
by Mary StewartTHE LAST ENCHANTMENT, Mary Stewart's third magnificent and haunting novel of Dark Age Britain. Fully captures the flavour of Arthurian Britain and its rich legends, with larger than life characters who involve the reader in every action and emotion.
The Black Wing
by Mary KirchoffOne score and six years before confronting the Companions in Xak Tsaroth, the black dragon Khisanth is awakened from a centuries-long sleep. The world she had known as a young wyrm is gone, irrevocably changed by the Cataclysm. Now fully grown, she has much to learn about being a dragon in a world where her kind are feared as the villains in stories told to children. Her lessons are hard, learned at the hands of two achingly beautiful creatures who entrust her to save their race; an aging evil dragon who resents Khisanth's innate power; and the only man she considers her equal, one she would honor by carrying him into battle... if only he were not her sworn enemy. When a conspiracy at the highest levels of the Black Wing threatens the Dark Queen's army, Khisanth realizes her true devotion to evil and is rewarded with a destiny handed down by Takhisis herself. The Black Wing is the first dragon lance novel to fully explore the dynamics of dragon life from the unique perspective of the most powerful and magical creatures on the world of Krynn.
Victory on Janus (Janus #2)
by Andre NortonThree types of beings inhabit Janus. They are the garth, humans who have given up all technology; the spacemen who run the spaceports; and the Iftin, tree spirits who once were men and who have metamorphosed into something nocturnal and magical. Ayer is awakened from hibernation in his protective tree because something is destroying the forests and people of Janus, something which looks exactly like Iftin, garth and spaceman. Something robotic...
The Godmother (Godmother #1)
by Elizabeth Ann ScarboroughElizabeth Ann Scarborough's The Godmother puts a new twist in contemporary fantasy with the assertion that fairy godmothers exist here-and-now and they have magical power that allow them to intervene in real-world problems. The story is grounded by being set in and around a social-services agency in Seattle and by making her central character sympathetic and realistic but the author still manages to have a lot of fun with idea. Rose Samson is neither fashion-model beautiful nor a twit and she happily joins forces with Felicity Fortune, a "Godmother" who demonstrates that the basic situations in Grimm's fairy tales are still relevant in our humdrum modern world. The two work with many people including a sweet and smart pair of Hansel and Gretel-like abandoned children named Hank and Gigi, a Snow White ("Sno") who is royal if you count her father's rock-star status and "Cindy," who is suing her stepmother for control of her trust fund. In all their encounters, Rose and Felicity try to blend their magical aid with realistic human initiative and social responsibility. Scarborough's fully-realized settings and the humor built into the mix of magical solutions and grim reality make this work an entertaining and compelling read.
Moonheart (Norwood #1)
by Charles De LintWhen Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient magics, mythical beings, ageless bards... and restless evil.<P> Now, with their friends and enemies alike--Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the Inspector from the RCMP; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr--Sara and Jamie are drawn into this enchanted land through the portals of Tamson House, that sprawling downtown edifice that straddles two worlds.<P> Sweeping from ancient Wales to the streets of Ottawa today, Moonheart will entrance you with its tale of this world and the other one at the very edge of sight... and the unforgettable people caught up in the affairs of both. A tale of music, and motorcycles, and fey folk beyond the shadows of the moon. A tale of true magic; the tale of Moonheart.
Independence Day
by Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich Stephen MolstadJuly 2nd.Atmospheric phenomena begin to appear all around the world;the skies are ablaze. Satellite communications are interrupted without explanation, and fear grips the cities of the world.As the phenomena cool down, it is clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived.Their mission-to eliminate all human life.Over the course of the next three days in July,the world will be changed,forever. The countdown to the end of the world has begun. Independence Day,once a joyous day of freedom and celebration,now takes on an entirely new and absolutely unpredictable meaning.
Homegoing
by Frederik PohlSandy Washington was a pretty normal guy He was a good friend, sensitive and caring. He respected his elders and obeyed his teachers. He loved basketball, old movies, and writing poetry, And he worshiped the photograph of his long-dead mother. The only real difference between Sandy and any other young man his age was that Sandy had been raised by aliens on their spaceship. The Hakh'hli had done everything they could to give Sandy an Earth-type boyhood. They had even altered some of their own young people to be a bit more humanoid-to make for better playmates for the young man. Now, finally, the Hakh'hli were bringing Sandy home to Earth. And while they were at it, they intended to give humanity some extraordinary gifts that would improve the quality of life on Earth and perhaps even get human space travel off the ground. The Hakh'hli seemed to have Sandy's-and humanity's-best interests at heart. But the people of Earth were not so sure...
Beggars & Choosers (Beggars Trilogy #2)
by Nancy KressIn Beggars and Choosers, Kress returns to the same future world created in her earlier work, an America strangely altered by genetic modifications. Millions of ordinary people are supported by the efforts of the handsome and intellectually superior gene-modified, who are in turn running scared in the face of the astonishing, nearly superhuman powers of the Sleepless, who have their own agenda for humanity. The Sleepless, radically altered humans, have withdrawn from the rest of the race to an island retreat, from which they periodically release dazzling scientific advances. Most of the world is on the verge of collapse, overburdened by a population of jobless drones and racked by the results of irresponsible genetic research and nano-technology. Will the world be saved? And for whom?
The Aliens of Earth
by Nancy KressWhat consequences would befall an individual, or society as a whole, if science discovered that an occasional purge of our memories would keep us eternally young--as well as destroy our wisdom? Or if you could get rid of the unpleasant people in your life simply by willing them into a dollhouse? Or if cutting off a finger could prevent an accident and save countless lives? Propositions such as these and others equally discomfiting set the tone for Kress' sometimes brilliant and always absorbing second collection of short stories.
Expanded Universe
by Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein is one of the masters of the golden age of science fiction. His later novels such as Stranger in a Strange Land helped transform the genre into new and interesting literary forms. This book is a collection of 30 short stories articles and travelogues by the grandmaster. Among the stories are 'Blowups Happen' and 'Solution Unsatisfactory' about the possibility of nuclear war and accidents. Amazingly these stories were written in 1940, before atomic weapons or power existed. There are also two chronicles of R.A.H.'s trips to the Soviet Union.
Extraordinary Powers
by Joseph FinderThe news is shattering: Harrison Sinclair, director of the CIA, has been killed in a car accident. His son-in-law, Ben Ellison--an attorney at an old-line Boston law firm and an ex agent himself--instantly hears rumors ... of sinister forces within the Agency ... of a possible assassination ... and that Harrison Sinclair may have been a traitor--or the Agency's last honest man.... The hunt for the truth will rush Ben headlong into a web of conspiracy beyond his control, where he is compelled by an artful, inescapable maneuver back into the employ of the CIA, and lured into a top-secret espionage project in telepathic ability that will endow him with "extraordinary powers".... From Rome to Zurich, through Germany and Paris, the chase will bring Ben face-to-face with his past and culminate in a crowded Washington hearing room where, behind high security barriers, a Senate investigating committee is about to call its secret witness ... as an assassin prepares to strike. Here, finally, with only seconds to act, Ben Ellison must call upon his extraordinary powers to stop a killer--or die trying.... "
Mistress of the Empire (Empire Trilogy #3)
by Raymond E. Feist Janny WurtsThe world on the other side of the rift: Kelewan, a land seething with political intrigue and deadly conspiracies. Following the opulent panoply of Daughter Of The Empire and the dazzling pageantry of Servant Of The Empire comes the resounding conclusion to the Empire trilogy.
Daughter of the Empire (Empire Trilogy #1)
by Raymond E. Feist Janny WurtsMagic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan. Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni. While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-master plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir. Now Mara, a young, untested Ruling lady, is called upon to lead her people in a heroic struggle for survival. But first she must rally an army of rebel warriors, form a pact with the alien cho-ja, and marry the son of a hated enemy. ...
Servant of the Empire (Empire Trilogy #2)
by Raymond E. Feist Janny WurtsA sweeping drama unveiling a tale of love, hate and sacrifice against = the panorama of an alien yet familiar society.
Highlander: the Element of Fire
by Jason HendersonDuncan's eyes flew up the main mast to the crow's nest, and as lightning linked its way across the sky he saw two women there, and by the strong presence, he knew they were both Immortals.. "Amber!' shouted Duncan, but the wind would not carry his voice. He saw the glint of steel. Who the other woman was, Duncan had no idea. But they were fighting. Lightning filled the sky and Duncan saw the mane of red hair, just like that of Khordas, the Salamander. Duncan shouted out to Amber again and began to run for the main mast, but now he saw Connor wrench one hand free from the wheel of the Rosemary and thrash at him furiously.. "No!" . "But. . .' Crashing waves. The two women were pitched in battle in a space no wider than a tabletop.. "She's not ready!' . "No!' Connor snarled again, over the elements.. "You may not interfere! It is forbidden!' Lightning crackled once again, and the two female figures were silhouettes against the gray clouds. Duncan heard the Salamander cry, "The God will be avenged, Highlander! I own the elements and will not be denied my duel."
Friday
by Robert A. HeinleinHer name is Marjorie Baldwin--or that's what most of her friends and all of her family think. Her real name is Friday, and she isn't your everyday human, she is an Artificial Person, a person created through in vitro fertilization and raised in a creche with a lot of other children just like her. Since Artificial Persons have less status than a good machine, she must make her living where and how she can.