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Beyond Apollo
by Barry MalzbergWinner of the first John W. Campbell Memorial Award. &“A mind-bending read . . . certainly entertaining, often very funny and very thought-provoking.&” —Medium A two-man mission to Venus fails and is aborted; when it returns, the Captain is missing and the other astronaut, Harry M. Evans, is unable to explain what has happened. Or, conversely, he has too many explications; his journal of the expedition—compiled in the mental institution to which NASA has embarrassedly committed him—offers contradictory stories: he murdered the Captain, mad Venusian invaders murdered the Captain, the Captain vanished, no one was murdered and the Captain has returned in Evans&’s guise. As the explanations pyramid and the supervising psychiatrist&’s increasingly desperate efforts to get a straight story fail, it becomes apparent that Evans&’s madness and his inability to explain what happened are expressions of humanity&’s incompetence at the enormity of space exploration. &“Barry Malzberg&’s dark, bleak vision of the future is one of the most terrifying ever to come out of science fiction.&” —Robert Silverberg &“Beyond Apollo is a masterpiece; a multi-faceted rumination on repression; a virulent critique of the space program and America&’s obsession with space.&” —Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations &“A light shone through a crystal. The reader never gets to see the crystal or the light, only the resulting refraction . . . a very satisfying work of post-modern science fiction.&” —Speculiction &“Veins of gold . . . a beautiful and heart-breaking book.&”—Fantasy and Science Fiction &“Written with wit . . . the most original and pleasing SF novel of the last five years.&”—Brian Aldiss, New Review
Beyond The Barrier of Space
by Pel Torro Lionel Fanthorpe Patricia FanthorpePersonality has a physical basis and what is in itself bio-chemical can be modified by bio-chemical means. The new formula could dissolve a man's personality into a state of plasticity from which almost any kind of temperament could be re-fashioned. Worlds were at war. With technologies resting in an uneasy equilibrium victory or defeat depended upon morale. Morale depended upon personality. Personality depended upon the new formula! A weapon as insidious as that could work both ways. An unscrupulous government could use it to control men's minds to a degree which had never been possible before. The Automatic State lay just around the corner. Bill Stokes and his underground movement were faced with a savage dilemma. Disloyalty could mean defeat for their own people, but to keep faith with the present regime could lead to the end of individual human independence.
Beyond Carousel
by Brendan RitchieAfter months of entrapment in a shopping centre, Nox, Taylor and Lizzy are desperate to uncover the secret of the Disappearance. But there is more to the new world than they ever suspected, and the danger is only just beginning. They quickly learn they are not the only survivors to roam the broken city. Saving those they love will mean risking everything—and time is running out. This is the thrilling sequel to Carousel.
Beyond Compare: Mesmerized Beyond Compare Winterset (The Mad Morelands #2)
by Candace CampWhen a young lady receives an anonymous package, she faces a dangerous mystery with the help of a battle-scarred American in this Victorian romance.Though Kyria Moreland is beautiful enough to earn the sobriquet “The Goddess” and rich enough to attract London’s most sought-after gentlemen, she has yet to find love. And she refuses to marry without it. When she receives a strange package under mysterious circumstances, she is confronted with danger, murder and a handsome American whose destiny is entwined with hers. . . . Rafe McIntyre has enough charm to seduce any woman, but his smooth facade hides a bitter past. Still, he has seen enough of the world to know Kyria is in danger, and he refuses to let her solve the riddle of this package alone. Who sent her this priceless antiquity steeped in legend? And who is willing to murder to claim its secrets and its glory for themselves?
Beyond Control
by Bronwyn JamesonTEMPTEDThe moment Kree O'Sullivan's and Sebastian Sinclair's fortunes crossed, she knew one undeniable truth: the man had power. The power to commandeer her apartment, which he did. And the power to destroy her business. But, to Kree's shock, the control that cloaked Sebastian like some impregnable armor had the unlikeliest weakness.Her.Every time he looked at her, she saw the want burning in his eyes, followed by some secret inner struggle. And though she knew to play with Sebastian was to play with fire, she couldn't resist tempting him, couldn't resist turning the tables…just a little bit.But a little was too far…
Beyond Control (Beyond #1)
by Rebecca YorkWhen journalist Jordan Walker asks Lindsay Fleming for help investigating a puzzling death, the two feel a connection to each other that is stronger than anything they've ever known. With each new discovery, more questions arise about their mysterious telepathic bond--along with more danger.
Beyond Control; Seven Stories of Science Fiction
by Robert SilverbergHere are seven stories--some somber, some light-hearted--dealing with the hidden dangers of technological miracles. Contains stories by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Philip K. Dick and others.
Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives (Routledge Studies In Contemporary Literature Ser. #3)
by Graham J. MurphyThis book is a collection of essays that considers the continuing cultural relevance of the cyberpunk genre into the new millennium. Cyberpunk is no longer an emergent phenomenon, but in our digital age of CGI-driven entertainment, the information economy, and globalized capital, we have never more been in need of a fiction capable of engaging with a world shaped by information technology. The essays in explore our cyberpunk realities to soberly reconsider Eighties-era cyberpunk while also mapping contemporary cyberpunk. The contributors seek to move beyond the narrow strictures of cyberpunk as defined in the Eighties and contribute to an ongoing discussion of how to negotiate exchanges among information technologies, global capitalism, and human social existence. The essays offer a variety of perspectives on cyberpunk’s diversity and how this sub-genre remains relevant amidst its transformation from a print fiction genre into a more generalized set of cultural practices, tackling the question of what it is that cyberpunk narratives continue to offer us in those intersections of literary, cultural, theoretical, academic, and technocultural environments.
Beyond Earth's Gates
by C.L. MooreUnder Eddie Burton's management the ambitious starlet Lorna Maxwell seemed headed for the top of Broadway's glamorous world of make-believe. And then she vanished - through a wall where there was no door. Eddie found himself plunging after her into a city beyond reality. In that weird twin city to New York, Eddie became a hunted fugitive while his girl friend turned up as an ever-present face and all-pervading voice that awed and mystified the inhabitants. And Eddie learned that between him and return to his natural home stood her new manager, a mysterious figure who ruled by a tyrannical combination of super-scientific miracle and brute force.
Beyond The Farthest Star: Large Print (Classics To Go)
by Edgar BurroughsBeyond the Farthest Star is a science fiction novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The novel consists of two novellas, "Adventure on Poloda" and "Tangor Returns", written quickly in late 1940. The first was published in The Blue Book Magazine in 1942, but the second did not see publication until 1964 when it was featured in Tales of Three Planets along with "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw" and The Wizard of Venus. (Wikipedia)
Beyond Fearless (Beyond #2)
by Rebecca YorkRebecca York continues her thrilling paranormal series that started with Beyond Control. <P> Blessed with uncanny psychic abilities, Anna Ridgeway now uses her gift in a mind-reading nightclub act. But when she meets treasure hunter Zachary Robinson, their physical and psychic bond astonishes them. They find they share a common past-and an uncommon passion for each other.
Beyond Gavia
by Crystal ParneyCancer is killing Courtney Shepard; she's given up, but when she is abducted in the night by a tall dark stranger her life is given an unfamiliar second chance. Courtney wakes to find her health restored yet her delight is squashed when she learns she's aboard an alien aircraft headed for the planet Gavia; another Earth like world. Courtney's abduction isn't the only astonishing news she must absorb; Courtney must marry Antioch, not only the stranger who stole her from her bed but the successor to Gavia's dark ruler. Courtney goes on to tackle more odds as her new life is thrown into an alien frenzy. She must make herself worthy to Gavia's tyrant ruler, comprehend her new and strange love for Antioch, and persist through Gavia's secret past.
Beyond Heaven's River
by Greg BearA Japanese WWII soldier finds himself on an alien world in this novel from the bestselling &“master of the grand-scale SF novel&” (Booklist). Yoshio Kawashita is a great warrior until aliens whisk him away during World War II. They put him on a desolate planet far from his home, where he is destined to remain forever, leaving him alone in his new hell. Then Anna Nestor appears. This empress does not see planets as homes for their inhabitants; she sees exploitable real estate. Anna Nestor views Kawashita as a sideshow attraction until they fall in love. But the two lovebirds cannot be free until they find out who kidnapped Kawashita and why.
Beyond Human: An Urban Fantasy Collection Goddess with a Blade\To Catch a Stolen Soul\Mark of the Moon (Goddess with a Blade)
by Lauren Dane R. L. Naquin Beth DranoffDon’t miss this enthralling collection of urban fantasy novels, including books from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Dane, R.L. Naquin, and Beth DranoffGoddess with a Blade by Lauren DaneRowan Summerwaite is no ordinary woman. Physical vessel to the Celtic Goddess Brigid and raised by the leader of the Vampire Nation, she’s a supercharged hunter with the power to slay any vampire who violates the age-old treaty.A recent string of murders has her at odds with Las Vegas’s new Scion, the arrogant and powerful Clive Stewart. The killings have the mark of Vampire all over them, and Rowan warns Clive to keep his people in line—or she’ll mete out her own brand of justice.Though her dealings with Clive are adversarial to say the least, Rowan is intensely aware of her attraction to him. But she can’t let it distract her from her duty—to find and battle the killer before more women die.To Catch a Stolen Soul by R.L. Naquin Kam is a soul chaser for the Hidden Government, a much harder job now that the Hidden look like everyone else. Broke, out of magic and sick of playing waitress in a pirate-themed dive bar, Kam jumps at a chance for an out-of-town mission. A reaper—and his loaded soul stone—have gone missing. The stone contains souls that might get permanently stuck if Kam doesn’t find it, like, yesterday. She tracks the reaper down to a food truck outside Kansas City, only to find a dead reaper and no soul stone in sight. Which means that someone who should be dead killed the reaper and is running around with a powerful magic item. Not good. The killer is targeting food-truck owners that also happen to be Hidden. The only thing to do is open her own truck and go undercover—goodbye Kam the Djinn, hello Mobile Food Entrepreneur—and hope that she and her new runaway friend won’t be the next targets. Mark of the Moon by Beth Dranoff I’m Dana Markovitz. And my world is shifting. My experience with the paranormal community was a good one, pouring shots in the creature-friendly pit stop where I tend bar. Until last night. A hookup with a vampire ended in a scratch from a jealous were-cat. Surprise! I caught a cat-shifting virus. I should be immune. Or so I’ve always been led to believe. For some reason the infection has riled a demon underworld that apparently knows more about my secret past than I do. They aren’t thrilled with me. In fact, they want me dead. At least I have one normal male on my side. Relatively normal. I think he’s on my side. Tell you one thing. There’s no way I’m being put down like a feral stray. I may not know who to trust, but I’ll be damned if I’m not fighting back. Hell, my claws are already starting to show.
Beyond Infinity
by Gregory BenfordA billion years from now a human woman is created from data held within the Library of Life. Her birth could result in the destruction of the cosmos . . .A rogue element in an increasingly unstable, she draws the attention of a mysterious alien breed. Already masters of travel between parallel universes they believe this girl is the key to changing all reality. And if they track her down, the effects on the galaxy will be cataclysmic.Beyond Infinity is an epic far future thriller from an author who is both a master storyteller and a highly respected scientist.
Beyond Infinity
by Gregory Benford'Beyond Infinity' takes a scientist's imagination to the uttermost ends of time. Set more than a billion years from now, the novel begins with a young woman who yearns to escape the rigid, timeless Earth she knows. So she flees in the company of an intelligent beast wise beyond recognition. But there are mysterious forces afoot among the planets that she never foresaw. Alien agencies have learned to span parallel universes, ones that lie only a millimeter away but are invisible to any device known to man. Soon these beings confront the travelers and a struggle beyond imagining begins......
Beyond The Lakes: The Saga of The Lakes Vol.IV (The Saga of The Lakes #4)
by Juani HernándezInfinity Award 2016 to the BEST MEDIEVAL NOVEL. Book 4 of 4 - Saga Finished Two years have passed since King Nicholas defeated Hrodgar and the Häe; two years since the Alliance was forged between all the kingdoms that united in the fight for their freedom. However, a threat, which has lain dormant for thirty years, will resurface with force and fall upon them relentlessly, jeopardizing everything they have fought for. Khawf of Väkh, known as the Tyrant King for being cruel and bloodthirsty, will launch a personal vendetta against King Trystan of Meissen to take from him what he loves most and destroy his entire world, in a war that will test love, loyalty and that Alliance that seemed indestructible. "Beyond the Lakes", a fast-paced novel where love and passion, revenge and betrayal will keep a pulse to death. Will the good triumph in this last conspiracy?
Beyond Lies the Wub
by Philip K. Dick"We are a very old race," the wub said. "Very old and very ponderous. It is difficult for us to move around. You can appreciate that anything so slow and heavy would be at the mercy of more agile forms of life. There was no use in our relying on physical defenses. How could we win? Too heavy to run, too soft to fight, too good-natured to hunt for game--"
Beyond Platform 13 (Platform 13 Ser.)
by Sibéal Pounder Eva IbbotsonReturn to the magical world of Platform 13 in Sibéal Pounder's new novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson's classic, The Secret of Platform 13!"That's the thing about magic -- it's only real if you believe in it."The Island of Mist is under siege and Prince Ben and his best friend Odge Gribble -- a hag -- are in hiding. Desperate to find out why the island's protective mist is disappearing, Odge travels through an enchanted gump to Vienna, in search of a mistmaker expert.But instead Odge finds Lina, a nine-year-old girl looking for adventure. With the help of friends old and new and some very interesting magic, Odge and Lina must discover the secret of the mist, before they lose their beloved island completely.
Beyond Ragnarok
by Mickey Zucker ReichertAn epic sword and sorcery fantasy, this novel continues the history of the people and gods of Midguard. Following 300 years after the tumultuous events of CHILD OF THUNDER it tells of a new threat to Midguard's hard won peace. The old king of Bearn is dying and his heirs are falling prey to disease and murder, those not killed outright are failing the traditional test of kingship. With their failure comes the threat of chaos-without a tried and tested ruler Bearn will fall and the balnce between good and evil won by the legendary Renshai,Colbey Calistinsson, will be lost. A new Renshai of equal talents to Colbey's is the only hope for Midguard...
Beyond Ragnarok (Renshai Chronicles Ser. #1)
by Mickey Zucker ReichertAn epic sword and sorcery fantasy, this novel continues the history of the people and gods of Midguard. Following 300 years after the tumultuous events of CHILD OF THUNDER it tells of a new threat to Midguard's hard won peace. The old king of Bearn is dying and his heirs are falling prey to disease and murder, those not killed outright are failing the traditional test of kingship. With their failure comes the threat of chaos-without a tried and tested ruler Bearn will fall and the balnce between good and evil won by the legendary Renshai,Colbey Calistinsson, will be lost. A new Renshai of equal talents to Colbey's is the only hope for Midguard...
Beyond Ragnarok (Renshai Chronicles #1)
by Mickey Zucker ReichertThey've survived the end of their universe....But now, nearly three hundred years after the time of Ragnarok--the death battle of the gods--humankind faces a new and potentially fatal trial. The balance between Law and Chaos has long been maintained by the rulers of Bearn, but with the current king dying, a new keeper of neutrality must be found among his heirs. And with an unknown enemy bent on destroying all who stand in line to the throne, King Kohleran has no choice but to decree that anyone with a claim to the crown must take the Test of the Staves.What the testing reveals, however, is the need to carry the search beyond Bearn. But all the king's envoys disappear without a trace, and deciding that desperate times call for desperate actions, a small band forms in secret to seek out the last possible heir. But can the king's granddaughter, a knight in training, an appretice bard, a young and untested Renshai warrior, and thief who may as easily prove their betrayer as their friend survive the perils of the wild, and enemies equipped with magical powers in a world long bereft of spell casters? And if any of them actually reach their goal, can they bring the one remaining untested heir back to Bearn alive?
Beyond Reach
by Sandra FieldSignificant OthersBlondes were usually more fun....But Troy Donovan was proving to be the exception to the rule! He was tough, uncompromising and off-limits. He had no intention of letting anyone get close to him again. And that included Lucy-especially Lucy. He'd made it clear that whatever her relaxed interpretation of her new job was, it didn't include bedroom duties.Lucy Barnes was a brunette...and as far as she was concerned she could make her own rules. She may have traveled to the Caribbean on a whim but impulsiveness was only one of Lucy's weaknesses. The other was for tall blond men-and Troy was one of the sexiest she had ever met! He'd told her he didn't believe in mixing business with pleasure...and that was fine with Lucy. Why let business get in the way of anything?From the author of WILDFIRE:"Pure pleasure..."-Romantic Times
Beyond Reach: A Novel (Grant County #6)
by Karin SlaughterWith over 13 million copies of her books sold in twenty-two countries, #1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter delivers "crime fiction at its finest. " Now she returns to Grant county, Georgia where the lightning-fast plot, vivid forensic detail, and heart-stopping suspense will thrust readers into the darkest corners of their own imaginations--and push Slaughter to the top of the national bestseller lists. Sara Linton--resident medical examiner/pediatrician in Grant County, Georgia,--has plenty of hardship to deal with, including defending herself in a heartbreaking malpractice suit. So when her husband, Police chief Jeffery Tolliver, learns that his friend and coworker detective Lena Adams has been arrested for murder and needs Sara's help, she is not sure she can handle the pressure of it all. But soon Sara an Jeffery are sitting through evidence, peeling back the layers of a mystery that grows darker by the day--until an intricate web of betrayal and vengeance begins to unravel. And suddenly the lives of Sara, Lena, and Jeffery are hanging by the slenderest of threads. From the Hardcover edition.
Beyond Redemption
by Michael R. Fletcher“Set in a world where madness equates to power . . . An alarming, original and compulsive tale laced with a blackly comic sensibility.” —Anthony Ryan, New York Times–bestselling authorA darkly imaginative writer in the tradition of Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Neil Gaiman conjures a gritty mind-bending fantasy, set in a world where delusion becomes reality . . . and the fulfillment of humanity’s desires may well prove to be its undoing.Faith shapes the landscape, defines the laws of physics, and makes a mockery of truth. Common knowledge isn’t an axiom, it’s a force of nature. What the masses believe is. But insanity is a weapon, conviction a shield. Delusions give birth to foul new gods.Violent and dark, the world is filled with the Geisteskranken—men and women whose delusions manifest, twisting reality. High Priest Konig seeks to create order from chaos. He defines the beliefs of his followers, leading their faith to one end: a young boy, Morgen, must Ascend to become a god. A god they can control.But there are many who would see this would-be-god in their thrall, including the High Priest’s own Doppels, and a Slaver no one can resist. Three reprobates—The Greatest Swordsman in the World, a murderous Kleptic, and possibly the only sane man left—have their own nefarious plans for the young god.As these forces converge on the boy, there’s one more obstacle: time is running out. When one’s delusions become more powerful, they become harder to control. The fate of the Geisteskranken is to inevitably find oneself in the Afterdeath.The question, then, is: Who will rule there?