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The Man from the Moon Takes a Holiday
by S. A. MillerThe little man from the moon felt he needed a holiday and decided that, as the Earth looked so pretty when he looked down, that was definitely the place he wanted to go. The little man from the moon always travelled on moonbeams, so he packed his little bag, said goodbye to his wife, and chose the most comfortable moonbeam he could find to start his holiday. The moonbeam landed in a very beautiful garden which belonged to the family of two young brothers, Aaron and Jason. Just as he arrived in their garden, Jason happened to be looking out of the bedroom window. Then began a visit where the little man from the moon saw everything as very exciting, seeing things that Jason and Aaron found ordinary very extraordinary. Until he realised there were no moonbeams to take him home. What will happen then?
The Man from Time
by Frank Belknap LongDeep in the Future he found the answer to Man's age-old problem.
The Man He Never Was: A Novel
by James L. RubartIn this fresh take on the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, James L. Rubart explores the war between good and evil within each of us—and one man&’s only chance to overcome the greatest divide of the soul.What if you woke up one morning and the darkest parts of yourself were gone?Torren Daniels vanished eight months back, and his wife and kids have moved on—with more than a little relief. Toren was a good man but carried a raging temper that often exploded without warning. So when he shows up on their doorstep out of the blue, they&’re shocked to see him alive. But more shocked to see he&’s changed. Radically.His anger is gone. He&’s oddly patient. Kind. Fun. The man he always wanted to be. Toren has no clue where he&’s been but he knows he&’s been utterly transformed. He focuses on three things: Finding out where he&’s been. Finding out how it happened. And winning back his family.But as the months go on, his memory slowly returns. And the more the memories come, the more Torren slips back into being the man he was before. How can he hang on to the new man he&’s become? And who is he really? The man he was . . . or the man he is?Praise for The Man He Never Was:&“With plenty of twists and turns to keep the pages turning, The Man He Never Was expertly explores the difference between knowing and experiencing, and asks the important question: What might happen if we could see the person in the mirror as God does?&” —Katie Ganshert, award-winning author of Life After&“This is no mere novel, but a journey to the soul. Sage, deep filled with a truth of terrible beauty and the real nature of love.&” —Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author&“In The Man He Never Was, James L. Rubart perplexes readers in the best possible way, wooing us through the mystery of a man&’s lost memory and the high stakes of his broken marriage, failed career, and an unbridled anger problem. A page-turning exploration of what it means to live truly loved.&” —Mary DeMuth, author of The Muir House
Man in a Cage
by Brian M. StablefordHarker Lee is a survivor. His mind withstands the threat of insanity and the pressure of imprisonment. His lifelong struggle to keep mind and body together in the face of the hostile environment of the maximum-security block is a struggle against the society of his fellow men. But that society can still find a need for him; a need for the ability to survive which it is testing to the full. He was taken from his cell once to be used in experiments in reading minds. Now he is brought forth again, to endure the ultimate test: to fly a Titan spaceship through hyperspace to the stars. Starflight destroys the minds of sane men. But Harker Lee is not sane and his mind has strength which sane men lack. In Harker Lee, the man whom society is caging for his crimes, now lies the hope that man might break out of the greatest of all cages: the void of empty darkness which enfolds the Earth. In this chilling, enthralling novel of psychology and science fiction, one final escape must be made, for a man and for mankind.
Man in Duplicate
by John Russell Fearn Vargo StattenPlayboy millionaire Harvey Bradman is set an ultimatum by his fiancée: before she marries him, he must carry out some significant, courageous act. Amazingly, the next day the newspapers carry a full report of Harvey's heroic rescue of a woman from her stalled car on a level crossing! But Harvey had been asleep in bed at the time of the incident. And when his mysterious twin seeks him out, he becomes enmeshed in the sinister cosmic conspiracy being waged by his alien doppelganger...
Man in Duplicate
by John Russell Fearn Vargo StattenA classic SF title from the prolific pulp author John Russell Fearn, writing here as Vargo Statten.
Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss
by Brian W. AldissTwenty-two classic science fiction stories spanning the first three decades of the Science Fiction Grand Master&’s career. Features &“Super-Toys Last All Summer,&” the short story that inspired the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. &“Britain&’s most versatile and durable and consistently most interesting science-fiction writer presents his own personal &‘best of&’: 22 splendid tales. . . . To Aldiss, the human dimension has always been more important than hardware or fireworks—which is why his best stories have a timeless quality weaving intelligence, emotion, and inventiveness.&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, Brian W. Aldiss was a science fiction author &“in competition with no one but himself&” (The New York TimesBook Review). In this collection he shows why, offering up twenty-two stories from the first three decades of his career, encompassing a stunning range of ideas, moods, and styles. In the title story we find a man, recently back from an expedition in space, who lives 3.3077 minutes in the future. A meteor shakes things up in a quiet English town in &“The Saliva Tree,&” an homage to H. G. Wells, and which earned Aldiss the Nebula Award in 1965. A giant lizard-like alien comes to Earth in &“Heresies of the Huge God,&” and while some believe it is a monster, others worship it. A mother tries to connect with her son through the help of a robot intermediary in &“Super-Toys Last All Summer.&” Unhappy with the state of his life, a man ventures back in time to hunt dinosaurs in &“Poor Little Warrior!&” Robots have an existential crisis in &“Who Can Replace a Man?&” and men travel to Mars to take a picture of the planet&’s tallest volcano in &“The Difficulties in Photographing Nix Olympica.&” Although the stories in this collection were originally published in the 1950s,&’60s, &’70s, and &’80s, they remain just as gripping today. Each conveys a fascinating idea for readers to ponder, and together, they make a perfect introduction to one of British science fiction&’s greatest authors.
Man in the Dark: A Novel
by Paul AusterA novel exploring war in an alternate post–9/11 America “is an undoubted pleasure to read. Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter” (Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books)From Paul Auster, a “literary original” (Wall Street Journal) comes a novel that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence.Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident at his daughter’s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget: his wife’s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter’s boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued.As the night progresses, Brill’s story grows increasingly intense, and what he is desperately trying to avoid insists on being told.A Washington Post Best Book of the Year“Absorbing.” —The New Yorker“Probably Auster’s best novel.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Astute and mesmerizing.” —Booklist, starred review“Auster’s book leaves one with a depth of feeling much larger than might be expected from such a small and concise work of art.” —San Francisco Chronicle“[Auster is] a master of voice, an avuncular confidence man who can spin dark stories out of air.” —Entertainment Weekly
Man in the Empty Suit
by Sean FerrellSay you're a time traveler and you've already toured the entirety of human history. After a while, the outside world might lose a little of its luster. That's why this time traveler celebrates his birthday partying with himself. Every year, he travels to an abandoned hotel in New York City in 2071, the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and drinks twelve-year-old Scotch (lots of it) with all the other versions of who he has been and who he will be. Sure, the party is the same year after year, but at least it's one party where he can really, well, be himself.The year he turns 39, though, the party takes a stressful turn for the worse. Before he even makes it into the grand ballroom for a drink he encounters the body of his forty-year-old self, dead of a gunshot wound to the head. As the older versions of himself at the party point out, the onus is on him to figure out what went wrong--he has one year to stop himself from being murdered, or they're all goners. As he follows clues that he may or may not have willingly left for himself, he discovers rampant paranoia and suspicion among his younger selves, and a frightening conspiracy among the Elders. Most complicated of all is a haunting woman possibly named Lily who turns up at the party this year, the first person besides himself he's ever seen at the party. For the first time, he has something to lose. Here's hoping he can save some version of his own life
The Man in the High Castle (Essential. Penguin Ser. #Vol. 3)
by Philip K. DickIt's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. <P><P>In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war--and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan. <P><P>This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. <P><P>In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.<P><P> Winner of the Hugo Award
The Man In The Maze (Gateway Essentials #126)
by Robert SilverbergDuring his heroic first encounter with an alien race, Dick Muller was permanently altered, hideously transformed in a way that left him repulsive to the entire human race. Alone and embittered, he exiled himself to Lemnos, an abandoned planet famed for its labyrinthine horrors, both real and imagined. But now, Earth trembles on the brink of extinction, threatened by another alien species, and only Muller can rescue the planet. Men must enter the murderous maze of Lemnos, find Muller, and convince him to return with them.But will the homeless alien, alone in the universe, risk his life to save his race, the race that has utterly rejected him? (First published 1968)
The Man in the Maze
by Robert Silverberg Neil GaimanWith an introduction by Neil Gaiman: Once a hero, now a pariah, Richard Muller is humanity's last hope Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly maze . . . until a new alien race appears, seemingly intent on exterminating humanity. Only Muller can communicate with them, due to the very condition that has made him an outcast. But will Muller stick his neck out for the people who so callously rejected him?
The Man in the Moon Must Die
by Jeff BredenbergA media mogul is targeted by his own clone in this near-future cyberpunk thriller from the author of the Merquan Chronicles. What do a cunning old man, a code-slopper gone rogue, a pair of lowlife tech-runners, a sexually frustrated AI, and a hermaphrodite underworld boss have in common? They&’re all out to get Benito Funcitti, owner of the first lunar resort: Fun City. Oh, who&’s that old man? He&’s Benito Funcitti too, thanks to a TeleCompositor &“accident&” that left behind a double who shouldn&’t exist. With two Benitos squaring off, the adventure is sure to include daring, fun, and maybe a little something on the side. Jeff Bredenberg&’s classic of 1980s cyberpunk has been refurbished for modern audiences, presenting an image of the near future that&’s both divergent and immediate.
The Man In The Seventh Row
by Brian PendreighRoy is a film fan. He loves the cinema. What happened that turned his world inside out? Maybe he loves the cinema a little too much. Lately, things have been going wrong. He settles into his favourite seat to watch an old movie, but he's not seeing what he expects to see. No matter the film - The Graduate, Brief Encounter, The Magnificent Seven - he finds himself sucked from his seventh-row seat into the heart of the action on the big screen. Roy's everywhere. Playing lead roles in dozens of classic movies. A fantasy come true? Or a living nightmare?
The Man in the Tree (Gateway Essentials #96)
by Damon KnightGene Anderson was born in Oregon, in the twilight post-war years, into the most ordinary circumstances imaginable.Gene is endowed with powers. He can look into the other worlds that are all around him. He can make things happen. He can hurt and he can heal.His life changes dramatically when another boy is killed in a tragic accident, and Gene runs away. He is only nine. As he grows to 8'6" tall, his wanderings take him round the world in search of a remarkable destiny.
The Man in the Tree: A Novel
by Sage WalkerWith The Man in the Tree, Locus Award-winning author Sage Walker has given us a thrilling hard science fiction mystery that explores the intersection of law, justice, and human nature.Humanity’s last hope of survival lies in space…but will we even get there?Helt Borresen is an Incident Analyst. What that means is that aboard the seed ship Kybele, he is the closest thing that the organization has to a security officer. But he doesn’t think that it’ll be a big part of his job, as all the candidates have been carefully screened.Why the need for a seed ship? Because our planet is toast and the colonists that leave our world are the best shot that we have for our species to continue.Everything is set…and then someone is found hanging dead just weeks before the launch. Fear and paranoia spread as the death begins to look more and more like a murder. The authorities want the case settled quickly and quietly so as not to cause panic.And Helt is the one to prevent a murderer from sabotaging the entire mission.“Rapid-fire storytelling from start to finish!”—Greg BearAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Man-Kzin Wars
by Larry NivenOnce upon a time, in the earliest days of interplanetary exploration, an unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin. But the Kzinti learned the hard way that the reason humanity had given up war was that they were so very, very good at it. Thus began the Man-Kzin Wars.
A Man Lies Dreaming
by Lavie TidharWolf, a low-rent private detective, roams London's gloomy, grimy streets, haunted by dark visions of a future that could have been--and a dangerous present populated by British Fascists and Nazis escaping Germany. Shomer, a pulp fiction writer, lies in a concentration camp, imagining another world. And when Wolf and Shomer's stories converge, we find ourselves drawn into a novel both shocking and profoundly haunting. At once a perfectly pitched hard-boiled noir thriller (with an utterly shocking twist) and a "Holocaust novel like no other" (The Guardian), A Man Lies Dreaming is a masterful, unforgettable literary experiment from "one of our best and most adventurous writers" (Locus).
A Man Lies Dreaming: Sometimes, It Takes A Mass Murderer To Catch A Serial Killer ...
by Lavie TidharTHE CULT NOVEL RETURNS!“The best book I read last year is A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar... It is so cleverly constructed and such a spectacular conclusion unfolds that you are going to take it all very seriously.” – Sting“Ambitious as hell” –Ian Rankin“An excellent novel” –Philip KerrSince its original 2014 publication, A Man Lies Dreaming has been translated into multiple languages and gained a cult following for its dark humor, prescient politics and powerful exploration of the impossibility of fantasy.1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing.It’s a decision Wolf will very shortly regret.For in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.Prescient, darkly funny and wholly original, the award-winning A Man Lies Dreaming is a modern fable for our time that comes “crashing through the door of literature like Sam Spade with a .38 in his hand” (Guardian).PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHARWinner – The World Fantasy AwardWinner – The John W. Campbell AwardWinner – The British Fantasy AwardWinner – The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered PrizeWinner – The Neukom Literary Arts AwardWinner – The Kitschies AwardWinner – The BSFA Award“Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own.” –NPR “Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.” –Library Journal “In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius.” –Ian McDonald, author of River of Gods “Already staked a claim as the genre’s most interesting, most bold, and most accomplished writer.” –Locus “Tidhar is a master at taking concepts that really shouldn’t work and crafting them into something uniquely brilliant.” –GeekDad“He is perhaps the UK’s most literary speculative fiction writer.” –Strange Horizons“Like early Kurt Vonnegut… both writers seem to channel the same prankster glee that covers deep despair.” –Locus“Bears comparison with the best of Philip K Dick” –The Financial TimesPRAISE FOR A MAN LIES DREAMINGJERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019DUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016“Complex, elusive and intriguing” –The Jerusalem Post“Nasty, clever, waspish and witty… a brilliant and potent thought experiment” –The Sunday Herald“Bold and unnerving” –NPR“Damn good” –Jewish Book Council“A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant.” –Kirkus (starred review)“A vital, brilliant novel” –Barnes & Noble SFF Blog“Outstanding and moving” –Maxim Jakubowski, LoveReading.co.uk“Gripping… clever and thrilling work” –Buzz Magazine“In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguing…. [an] unforgettable novel.” –Gulf Weekly“poetic & terrible… quite incredible” –Tor.com“A brilliant novel.” –Pop Verse눀
Man Made
by Albert TeichnerA story that comes to grips with an age-old question--what is soul? and where?--and postulates an age-new answer.
Man Made Boy
by Jon SkovronLove can be a real monster.Sixteen-year-old Boy's never left home. When you're the son of Frankenstein's monster and the Bride, it's tough to go out in public, unless you want to draw the attention of a torch-wielding mob. And since Boy and his family live in a secret enclave of monsters hidden under Times Square, it's important they maintain a low profile.Boy's only interactions with the world are through the Internet, where he's a hacker extraordinaire who can hide his hulking body and stitched-together face behind a layer of code. When conflict erupts at home, Boy runs away and embarks on a cross-country road trip with the granddaughters of Jekyll and Hyde, who introduce him to malls and diners, love and heartbreak. But no matter how far Boy runs, he can't escape his demons--both literal and figurative--until he faces his family once more.This hilarious, romantic, and wildly imaginative tale redefines what it means to be a monster--and a man.
Man Made Boy
by Jon SkovronLove can be a real monster. Sixteen-year-old Boy's never left home. When you're the son of Frankenstein's monster and the Bride, it's tough to go out in public, unless you want to draw the attention of a torch-wielding mob. And since Boy and his family live in a secret enclave of monsters hidden under Times Square, it's important they maintain a low profile. Boy's only interactions with the world are through the Internet, where he's a hacker extraordinaire who can hide his hulking body and stitched-together face behind a layer of code. When conflict erupts at home, Boy runs away and embarks on a cross-country road trip with the granddaughters of Jekyll and Hyde, who introduce him to malls and diners, love and heartbreak. But no matter how far Boy runs, he can't escape his demons--both literal and figurative--until he faces his family once more. This hilarious, romantic, and wildly imaginative tale redefines what it means to be a monster--and a man.
Man-Monsters and Animal Horrors #3 (Monster Hunters Unlimited #3)
by John GatehouseNow it’s the monsters’ turn to be scared!The monster hunting continues is the third installment of Monster Hunters Unlimited. This series of tongue-in-cheek handbooks instruct readers on the not-so-deadly art of monster hunting. Complete with comical, full-color art and irreverent narratives based around actual myths, folklore, and legends, Monster Hunters Unlimited: Shape Shifters and Flying Fiends is a must-have book for all young monster hunters.
The Man Most Likely
by Cindi MyersWith her voluptuous, plus-size figure, Angela Krizova knows she doesn't fit the male fantasy of the perfect woman. That's fine, because Bryan Perry isn't her idea of the ideal man, either. The gorgeous ski-bum-turned-corporate-exec is just the type she avoids like the plague.Except he won't take no for an answer. With Bryan pursuing her as if she's the most desirable woman in Crested Butte, Angela's starting to believe it just a little herself. Is the most irresistible guy in town really falling for her? Or is he the man most likely to break her heart?
The Man Next Door
by Ellen James"Ellen James writes with warmth, wit and style. I look forward to each new book."-Debbie MacomberMichael Turner is the man next door and he's got problems!He's an ex-cop turned P.I., who's pretending to be a writer.His partner-normally the most rational of women-is pretending she's pregnant.His eleven-year-old son-whom he loves-isn't pretending anything, but then, the boy's barely talking to him.His father-whom he loathes (no pretense here)-is back in town.And to top it all, he's becoming dangerously attracted to the woman next door, a woman he's been paid investigate, a woman who just might be pretending that she hasn't murdered her husband.