Fiction - Science Fiction - General

This story, which takes place in the year 2137, may be the only one by this author to veer into science fiction. North and South America forbid travel eastward to ensure neutrality in the conflict that was suffocating Europe. Due to a technical issue,...

Combining the wonder of The Midnight Library, the inventiveness of Ready Player One, and the artistry of Cloud Atlas, this novel by the bestselling author of The Oracle Year and Anyone explores the way we're all connected--and what can happen when we lose our...

In the year 2112, Admiral Hyrcanius recounts the vicissitudes of a tumultuous history that culminated in the victory of Prometheism over Traditionalism.It includes a Third World War, a Second American Civil War, a Coronal Mass Ejection, a pole shift, and other catastrophes that result...

In this second volume of the series, "The Human Struggle," fighters attempt to stave off a reality collapse in a universe contiguous to earth's. The enemy, determined to extirpate humanity from this and all alternate realities, is sacking, burning, conquering and murdering his way...

Help celebrate an iconic indie bookstore For thirty years, Between Books has provided the Eastern Seaboard of the United States with the absolute best in alternate entertainment-speculative fiction, comics, anime, and gaming. While other stores have disappeared, this shelter from the tides of bitter...

What is at the heart of a vast conspiracy that involves very round hedges, something that gobbles, a strange macaroon-headed man, a mysterious parchment and men in horribly striped ties? It's up to Doc Armstrong, the world's most renowned meteographer, the man who took...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy's scorching Billionaire Bachelors Club series continues in this 2-in-1: a fiery romance that refuses to be left at the office, and a wedding to remember! SavorWill this billionaire meet his match in the girl who's been there...

Author: Thomas WardISBN-10: 0984236546ISBN-13: 9780984236541Publisher: Tumblar HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2010Pages: 366Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.82d

And that is exactly what this book is: a varied collection of short stories from the acknowledged British master of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Brian Lumley, in a single volume of all three domains of the imagination - but more especially the haunts...

*WINNER OF 2023 LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL * FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD, and THE LOS ANGELES TIMES RAY BRADBURY PRIZE "The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of...

"Delightful. . . logically illogical as only Terry Pratchett can write." --Anne McCaffreyA hilarious mix of magic, mayhem, and Luggage, Sourcery is the fifth book in New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's classic fantasy Discworld series.Rincewind, the legendarily inept wizard, has returned...

From Hugo-winning author John Scalzi comes The Dispatcher: Travel by Bullet, which clocks in at over 40,000 words, the longest novella yet in the series. The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost always come back to life--and there are professionals,...

Enter the haunting world of Frankenstein, a chilling masterpiece that defies the boundaries of science and morality. In this gripping tale of creation and consequence, Mary Shelley weaves a captivating narrative that explores the depths of human ambition and the perils of playing god....

"A chilling ghost story. . . . A decades long, globe-spanning saga of adventure, betrayal, love, and fate [about] one of Welcome to Night Vale's most enigmatic and terrifying characters. . . How these stories converge and how the narrator becomes immortal are merciless...

AFTER THOUGHT is an electrifying and unforgettable dystopian thriller that imagines what society could look like after America's second Civil War. In the wake of unspeakable violence, the United States adopts a technology to ensure everlasting peace. But one woman, Ada, uncovering her family's...

Wet areas got wetter and dry areas got drier. The rich got richer, and the poor got poorer. And they all met in Nineveh. A massive global drought combined with an epic contamination of the world's limited fresh water supply combined with the privatization...

A secret rebellion rages.Generations ago a plague ravaged the world. Grey-Stars rose from the ruins, formed the country of Pangaea, and created a society of peace and order. The caste system maintains this peace, and the Grey-Stars maintain the castes.Now, the lower castes fight...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of...

CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser is drawn into a dangerous, top-secret mission to stop the number of people affected by the rowan tree's mysterious forces getting out of control. Junior CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser jumps at the chance to lead a risky mission...

In this work the author explores the changes that artificial intelligence technology will bring to our way of living and how we can retain what is inherent in our humanity, critical thinking balanced by intuition, creativity and ancient ancestral skills that connect us to...

Poetry collection by Patrick Wilcox.Patrick Wilcox is from Independence, Missouri, a large suburb just outside Kansas City. He studied English and Creative writing at the University of Central Missouri where he also was an Assistant Editor for Pleiades and Editor-in-Chief of Arcade. He is...

"I'd seen the mounting evidence with my own eyes, and it was damning." For the last six years, Princess Elaura Caprice has lived in hiding. As one of a few survivors of the brutal coup that ripped her family and nation apart, she has...

Originally the idea for the novel stems out an animated Disney movie. This particular work has been a lifelong unique 'baby', project, work-in-progress, from its inception a long time ago in a galaxy far far away-heading to its current state of progress, IN a...

Life on Damara stands on the brink of destruction...Isis Pnina Mahmoud, daughter of the President of Cairo, leads a privileged life, but it's not what she wants. She longs for purpose. Purpose finds her when the mighty Retrograde threatens to destroy her planet. To...

A soulless corporation...A risky mission...An unexpected discovery...Life under the thumb of the corporation is a grueling existence. Jeremy Scott is one step above an indentured servant but headed there quickly if he can't repay the corporation for his training. Enter Theo Davenport, a rich...

Still new to her duties as Lady Vorkosigan, Ekaterin is working together with expatriate scientist Enrique Borgos on a radical scheme to recover the lands of the Vashnoi exclusion zone, lingering radioactive legacy of the Cetagandan invasion of the planet Barrayar. When Enrique's experimental...

Jesus Christ has returned. He sets to work right away healing the sick and infirm, but also returning youth to the aged. There are doubters, but one by one Jesus proves them wrong with the aid of his friend, farmer Joe MacDonald. There's just...

Author: Crawford KilianISBN-10: 1583481192ISBN-13: 9781583481196Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 7.92h x 5.00w x 0.69d

The Reincarnation Strategy is the second book in the science fiction trilogy The Reincarnation Trilogy. The first book was Currently dead and the third book if Flight of the MonarchAuthor: Bob GoodISBN-10: 147012503XISBN-13: 9781470125035Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/22/2012Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.02h...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

A work of supernatural fantasy that questions gender divisionsAt his boardinghouse in Rio de Janeiro, the Englishman James Marian is seen as handsome but eccentric. Then another boarder learns Marian's secret: a fusion of a female head and a male body, Marian is the...

We are back! Prepare your mind-platform for the latest update-wherein your brain's electrical-grass will trill and glow like a field of fiber-optics, as your very thoughts are woven into the larger Aegeon Majestic Tapesty. A secret frequency which spans the globe, intertwining the creative...

EPIC: The Game, starts out with an entrepreneur pitching his idea for a Virtual Reality game. The game runs on a quantum computer platform. It leads players into dimensions where they explore their parallel lives, and confront fears, during 20 levels of game play....

Willyhill is not a person, place, or thing. It simply is. Willyhill II: The Progression is the second book in the series and includes fantasy with mystery elements about everyday lives and journeys. This is a fantasy but so much of it is true...

Emerald Greed is an adventure set in the Pantanal, vast, inhospitable wetlands in the center of South America at the headwaters of the Rio Paraguay. This book tells of the emerald trade, cocaine smuggling and of politics as practiced in Brazil. The story begins...

Jules Verne's sequel to Poe's classic The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. A captain seeking a lost brother. A sailor obsessed with redemption as he hides a dark secret. A wealthy onlooker intrigued by possibility. Brought together by coincidence, they embark on...

Travelers' Tales is the fifth book in The Traveler Series. Travelers are the men and women who possess timebands -- cybernetic devices that allow the wearer to travel in time and change history. One of these Travelers is Ruthie Terwilliger, who, despite possessing time-traveling...

A story of two worlds, separated not only by light years but doomed to be always apart socially. The advanced race, though identical to the other, lives in fear. Not fear of extermination but of infection. The infection is sin.Our own history tells us...

Author: Gene DeweeseISBN-10: 0595220479ISBN-13: 9780595220472Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2002Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.08h x 5.08w x 0.52d

This novel by Frank Norris explores the complex social and moral issues of early 20th-century San Francisco. The plot revolves around the relationship between a wealthy businessman and an impoverished artist, and their shared affection for a young woman. The book delves into themes...

Every person has stories in their hearts, wanting to be expressed, seen through eyes and letting others know what life is. Maybe through those stories the person reading will be released from their bonds and are free inside to let their own stories come...

The Audible and New York Times best-selling Dispatcher series returns with a brand-new mystery, performed by Zachary Quinto.The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost always come back to life--and there are professionals, called "dispatchers", who kill in order to save...

The mission to Crescent Watch was supposed to be simple: Send an officer from the Fanellian Rescue Corps to the Crescent Watch Observatory, observe the light anomaly taking place on the neighboring planet, and return to Devalerri HQ and report on the anomaly. This...

Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline by Anuradha Vikram takes place in 2046, a near future where both automation and climate collapse are more advanced. In five provocative sections, Use Me at Your Own Risk confronts the ethical challenges...

The Generations of Hope is the prequel to the Generations Trilogy. It is the story of the generation starship Hope and it's mission to Proxima Centauri to establish a colony to ensure the continuance of the human race. The mission will take two centuries...

"Wait-rewind. I was still a girl back then, before the universes converged."Guided by premonitions and a fateful car ride, a burned-out retail worker stumbles into the grand exit from womanhood. Meanwhile, in a galaxy not so far away, an alien prince goes rogue with...

What can one do if he or she is trapped in an unwanted occupation with no way out? Eric J. Stones, a lifelong illustrator, enlists in the military to pursue an occupation as a medical illustrator. He finds his hopes dashed when he is...

Set in the near future of 2020, this disconcerting philosophical fantasy depicts an America devastated by a war with China that has left its populace decimated, its government a shambles, and its natural resources tainted. The hero is Ben Turnbull, a sixty-six-year-old retired investment...

A shape-shifter and an errant soul share an unbreakable bond and a curse, and must join together to fulfill an ancient magical prophecy in Nancy Springer's final installment of the Book of Isle When Prince Dair was a small child and still in wolf...