Fiction - Science Fiction - General

This book contains H. G. Wells' 1895 contemporary fantasy novel, "The Wonderful Visit". The story concerns an angel who spends just over a week in southern England. Mistaken for a bird, it is shot by an amateur ornithologist before being taken care of at...

This is H. G. Wells' 1902 fantasy novel, "The Sea Lady". The story concerns a mermaid who comes to shore, ostensibly with the intention of joining genteel society but who really desires to seduce Chatteris, a man she once encountered near Tonga. The inspiration...

This volume contains H. G. Wells' 1922 science fiction novel, "Men Like Gods". Mr. Barnstaple is a journalist for "The Liberal" who is prone to depression. One day, Barnstaple and a group of other Englishmen are accidentally transported to a parallel universe and find...

Mavra Chang was once a master criminal, notorious throughout the galaxy. But for eleven long years she has been trapped in a nonhuman body on the Well World--the master control planet for the universe, where untold numbers of strange races exist, separated by barriers...

At the heart of a bizarre planet lay the goal of every being that had ever lived... Below average in height and unprepossessing in appearance, Nathan Brazil is an unassuming if cynical starship owner, carrying passengers and cargo for a living--hardly the sort of...

Fantasy is a phenomenon that affects all of us more than we consciously recognize. Are we not constantly daydreaming or dreaming of the future-pondering our wishes and desires? Or, do too many people accept things as they are-readily to concede all appearances as gospel?...

Fantasy is a phenomenon that affects all of us more than we consciously recognize. Are we not constantly daydreaming or dreaming of the future-pondering our wishes and desires? Or, do too many people accept things as they are-readily to concede all appearances as gospel?...

The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon details the ideas and vision of the scientific utopia conceived by the author. This story sets out a process of discovery whereby sailors, lost somewhere off the Peruvian coastline, stumble across Bensalem. While the opening passages hold only...

"Verity Jane, gifted app whisperer, takes a job as the beta tester for a new product: a digital assistant, accessed through a pair of ordinary-looking glasses. "Eunice," the disarmingly human AI in the glasses, manifests a face, a fragmentary past, and a canny grasp...

A scientist haunted by an impossible ghost. A cocky poet attempting to outrun peace. A grieving mother looking for life beneath Europa's icy surface. A ship AI desperate to rescue its beloved crew. An ongoing fight against the end of existence. Equal parts earnest...

Lies. Deception. Darkness. Hope.Time has run out. I feel it in my bones. In my blood. In my heart.Darkness is descending. Duncan knew. He thought he'd keep it from me. From me and our companions. Why? Because he sensed the truth behind it? Maybe....

The Tiara of Thann This is the story of Varla, who, as a baby princess, is saved from death at the hands of her evil aunt who wants to become the queen of Thann. Varla is saved by a mysterious wizard. Accompanied by her...

Leon had grown up without parents. He had seen all that he knew and loved destroyed by the wild warriors that sailed in from the North on their boats with the heads of mythical dragons on the prows. But he had a gift that...

Author: Jordan A. RothackerISBN-10: 1951393392ISBN-13: 9781951393397Publisher: Spaceboy Books LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/22/2024Pages: 174Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d

Haunted by guilt and grief, Elide finds herself torn between her past and an uncertain future. Branded a traitor after her daring escape from Prana, she seeks refuge with the enigmatic rebels known as the Crimson Thorns, a group determined to overthrow the oppressive...

In a world where technology advances faster than policy can keep up, "Above Scorched Skies" takes you on a gripping journey through the tumultuous landscape of modern warfare and global power struggles. Set against the backdrop of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this thrilling tale...

A man who hates technology is forced to fight Gladiator Bots. But the more he wins, the less human he becomes. Jericho must face off against his nemesis, Dommick Everbleed, in order to save the kingdom-and the beautiful and vivacious Princess Halation-from his tyrannical...

When an interstellar object known as the Mirror lands on Mars, a team is sent to investigate. The lead scientist, Kai Stellan, at first thinks the Mirror is an inert object, despite being made of theoretical materials-until it seems to sample his bioenergy. Two...

[SHORT STORY] Paul is an ordinary computer engineer working at the Space Agency. He is leading a quiet life until he discovers an unidentified celestial body in Earth's immediate vicinity. The problem is that this body is situated at a point in space where,...

Scour the galaxy with brothers Davion and Jack as they mine the quadrant for a cure to the deadly virus sweeping multiple dominions. Mindful of their urgent objective, they seek the aid of fellow travelers in transit and encounter a mysterious doctor working toward...

"I just hope I...Have the spirit to go on fighting. Have the power to take on forces that are so much bigger than me." On the run, Erika, her husband, Vince, and their children flee the government forces in search of a new life....

"I've come to realize that staying true to your values and loyal to the people you love can make you into a legend...We must fight the hatred and fear that is crippling the spirit of our country." Unsure of the loyalty of her mentor,...

"If I'm going to meet death, I'm going to do it with honor, Erika thought. Live together, die together: the words echoed in her mind." Captured by the Federal Forces, Erika's will to survive is tested. Believing her family is dead, she clings to...

Youth and the Bright Medusa (short stories), 1920 include: Coming, Aphrodite (a.k.a. Coming, Eden Bower ) The Diamond Mine A Gold Slipper Scandal Paul's Case A Wagner Matinee The Sculptor's Funeral A Death in the DesertAuthor: Willa CatherISBN-10: 1983587877ISBN-13: 9781983587870Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

In 2045, seven ships will carry two thousand men, women and children out into the asteroid belt. Not to visit, but to live there permanently. This small book, published a year earlier, is a guide for applicants, telling them how they will live, the...

Heroes don't always look the part. He was a tery, a lean, bearish creature with no name. The human soldiers left dead. Just another dumb animal on their extermination list. But he didn't die. Animals weren't the only beings on the list. Certain humans...

Long, long ago there stood in the midst of a country covered with lakes a vast stretch of moorland called the Tontlawald, on which no man ever dared set foot. From time to time a few bold spirits had been drawn by curiosity to...

My work entitled "The Journal" is a science-fiction novel. The theme of the story is presented with a perspective on the spiritual link among all living creatures and looks at the apparent contradiction between human desire for peace and prosperity for all on the...

Melissa Tyler, who had just inherited incredible wealth, came to the Harden Detective Agency claiming she needed protection from crank letters and any possible trouble involving her family. This was a vast understatement of the situation as Margot, the poised young woman from Harden's,...

Scottish novelist David Lindsay was born to a middle-class Calvinist family, forced by poverty to work as an insurance clerk instead of attending university, and at the age of forty took up the cause and worked his way to Corporal of the Royal Army...

All systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end. In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on...

ENDENBOUGH WOOD HARBORS A FUGITIVE.Deemed a traitor by his own people, Fiver lives the life of an outcast, hiding in the Wood from the war between Boqua and Lucia. As he uses his survival skills to stay alive, Fiver is haunted by his past...

Death comes, and misery follows.With nothing but his guts and a cryptic mark dubbed as a conquest, can a Kansas native outlast the carnage of a distant realm?As a man in his early twenties, Leon never contemplated what would happen after his death. Like...

A man who hates technology is forced to fight Gladiator Bots. But the more he wins, the less human he becomes. Jericho must face off against his nemesis, Dommick Everbleed, in order to save the kingdom-and the beautiful and vivacious Princess Halation-from his tyrannical...

The unforgiving planet of Mkono Mungu sets the stage for this gripping tale. Here, war engulfs city-sized structures, space stations are under the control of violent gangs, and the desert is home to roving bands of orphaned children.Kaya Ajaratu, once a ruthless soldier, defects...

In this spellbinding novel, a young mother is struck by a mysterious psychological affliction that illuminates the eerie dimensions of the human mind--and of love. A provocative literary puzzle from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles. In the first...

H. G. Wells classic science fiction masterpiece The Time Machine explores human nature. The Time Traveler finds himself in 802 701 A.D. where he meets the peaceful Eloi and encounters the violent Morlocks. Wells uses these two descendants of man to explore evil and...

After 1400 years the words first settlers of another planet arrive in Alpha Centauri. The planet is similar to Earth in many ways and they name it Earth II. They learn to grow food from the seeds they brought, explore and name four continents...

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology...

Centuries after the Great Exodus, humans spread out across the galaxy. And where humans go, garbage happens. Once a lonely orphan, Mouse now works in her chosen career as a space garbage retriever with Network. When she lands a job on a distant moon,...

Ava Birch is a ghoul with needs. She is also finding herself in demand more often these days...and not just by the Psychic Morgan. Her reputation for taking care of business in the Supernatural world is spreading. When she is hired to protect the...

Battle Beyond Earth: Retaliation. The third instalment in an epic new series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive in an uncertain and war-torn future. War is almost upon the Alliance of four races. The window to prepare themselves for the invasion of...

When Prof. William Dyer, a geologist from Miskatonic University, investigates an abandoned, hieroglyphed city forged with weird non-human geometry in the ice-wastes of Antarctica, he uncovers evidence of an ancient and cataclysmic war waged between races of malignant aliens: long before the advent of...

Heropa: A vast, homogenized city patrolled by heroes and populated by adoring masses. A pulp fiction fortress of solitude for crime-fighting team the Equalizers, led by new recruit Southern Cross - a lifetime away from the rain-drenched, dystopic metropolis of Melbourne. Who, then, is...

Think Sherlock Holmes is Arthur Conan Doyle's sole literary creation? Think again The Lost World is a fictional tale about swashbuckling explorer Professor Challenger, who travels to South America on a research expedition -- and encounters an array of thought-to-be-extinct prehistoric creatures along the...

A work of magical realism in which Lennon returns to New York City to exorcise his demons and begin a road trip to once again give peace a chance.Author: William HammettISBN-10: 1601453094ISBN-13: 9781601453099Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2007Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

Author: Alan Dean FosterISBN-10: 1587150468ISBN-13: 9781587150463Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1999Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.05d

Tono-Bungay is narrated by George Ponderevo, who is persuaded to help develop the business of selling Tono-Bungay, a patent medicine created by his ambitious uncle Edward. George devotes seven years to organising the production and manufacture of a product which he believes to be...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Tom GodwinISBN-10: 1534663827ISBN-13: 9781534663824Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

A small furry creature finds herself far from her home. She is in a strange place with even stranger beings her only saving grace is she has found that these beings are rather good with what they call Steak Sauce.Author: Toni WolfeISBN-10: 1500248541ISBN-13: 9781500248543Publisher:...