Fiction - Science Fiction - General

Author: Robert SilverbergISBN-10: 1587152428ISBN-13: 9781587152429Publisher: Brownstone BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.62h x 5.54w x 0.49d

During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland. It is well known with what energy the taste for military matters became developed among that nation of ship-owners, shopkeepers, and...

Welcome back to the amazing fantasy world of Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf.This time, instead of Toontown, it's Los Olympus, California. New glitzy mountaintop home of the Greek Gods.The story kicks off when Tilly Hunter comes to ornithology expert Professor Jason with a...

On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams establishes an empathic link with the darkest criminal minds - forcing offenders to face the fears that drive them to their most desperate acts. But now, Jaguar is sent back to Planetoid One, her first Planetoid assignment, to...

On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams uses her empathic gifts to make criminals face the fears that drive their heinous acts. Very few escape the telepathic web she weaves around them . . . until now. When Jaguar takes on a home planet assignment,...

In connected, chronological stories, a true grandmaster enthralls, delights, and challenges us with his vision, starkly and stunningly exposing our strength, our weakness, our folly, and our poignant humanity on a strange and breathtaking world where humanity does not belong.Author: Ray D. BradburyISBN-10: 143329351XISBN-13:...

The Cruel Painter is a novel written by George MacDonald. The story revolves around a young artist named Cosmo Warlock who is ambitious and determined to make a name for himself in the art world. He is known for his exceptional talent in painting...

A master of science fiction, a voice of the changing counterculture, and a genuine visionary, Philip K. Dick wrote about reality, entropy, deception, and the plight of being alive in the modern world. Through his remarkable career Dick has established himself as a writer...

On Anseris, Imogen having a short hairstyle and wearing a chunky wristwatch would once have been serious crimes. The long line of autocratic rulers of the planet Anseris wanted to keep it as a stagnant copy of Europe's Middle Ages.Imogen was once Princess Louise...

Even the brightest of Eureka's residents can't read someone else's mind. Then Global Dynamics develops the Brain Box: a device capable of capturing and storing human thoughts. When the Box starts messing with people's minds, Sheriff Jack Carter will have to keep his thoughts...

On the planet of Celta, where psychic talents thrive and desires flourish, Straif Blackthorne is the last of his kind. After his family dies due to a genetic disorder, Straif is determined to find a cure and rebuild his heritage. Nothing else matters--until he...

She explained the trouble with Valentine's Day (as if you didn't know!) Now Rachel Gibson tells all about . . .Sex . . .What is it about men anyway? Bad cars, bad jobs, even bad teeth--nothing convinces them that they can't snare a Size...

KIDNAPPED AND ENSLAVED BY ALIENS!The Flood of Noah has ended. Much of Earth is in an Ice Age. And Ithyanna, Last Daughter of Atlantis, swims around the world ocean at the command of the Lion of Judah, waiting for His next command.Suddenly, an alien...

In the near-future landscape of 2037, I'm Just A Bit takes readers on a darkly satirical journey through the life of Employee #20, a cog in the wheel of a national tech and electric company under the iron grip of Pulpit. Stripped of identity...

In the shadowed corridors of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shunned House, an aura of sinister foreboding engulfs every page. This eerie novelette, crafted in 1924 and initially buried in the archives of Weird Tales, now emerges with a fresh, haunting visage through Mike Dubisch's evocative...

From USA Today bestselling author J. Saman comes a super steamy brother's best friend, friends-to-lovers, forced proximity, second chance romance about a hot rock star, and the irresistibly curvy woman he's always wanted but could never have. When I was fourteen, I fell in...

The last thing Lia Lopez expects to do is save the world. But when the anxiety ridden young woman begins to see a mysterious silver liquid attacking people all over town, she realizes the silver substance is not only dangerous but somehow connected to...

The L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests discover and introduce the very best new talent in science fiction, fantasy and horror, with their entertaining and creative tales of worlds unknown, worlds to be and worlds only dreamed of, as selected...

Embark on a journey across the realms of genre with "Take Me There," a specially curated anthology of 24 stories from emerging, visionary indie authors from around the world. Each tale is a gateway into the human experience, a portal leading readers into new...

Where does this mysterious and ancient Map of Terra Infinita with its 178 Worlds come from?In which world do we really live? The final exploration of the entire Terra Infinita Map and its 178 different Dome-Worlds, the different civilizations, and all the updates on...

Jamie, a middle-aged female trucker, is on the mend after losing custody of her seven-year-old daughter. On top of that, she also suffers from REM Behavior Sleep Disorder which induces lingering nightmares and outbursts of violence. To distract herself from her sorrows, she decides...

The struggles of a dissatisfied office worker navigating several crises of the mind, only to find himself standing at the crossroads of his future. Take a right, and it's lights out. Move to the left, and amazing adventures await while he dictates words and...

Twisted Fate is the exciting sequel to Fractured Time. Billy Brock and his friends discover how they were stranded on Vesula and who is responsible. Their fate hangs in the balance as they hunt the evil wizard and an alien witch, who are both...

Marina is a hot-looking, cold-hearted courier of contraband who has a chip on her shoulder she shares with everyone who crosses her path. Her life as a loner is just fine until the delivery of a data chip ends her alias and makes her...

Marina's attempt to lead a normal life falls short when her kingdom is besieged by dangerous mercenaries hired to bring her under the control of a huge corporation. Her return to a life of violence against a plethora of enemies, despite guidance from unlikely...

The space station Termagentihub of commerce, culture, and civilizationmay be haunted. Dangerous power surges, inexplicable energy manifestations, and strange accidents plague the station. Even after generations of exploring deep space, humanity has yet to encounter another race, and yet, some believe that what is...

The acclaimed short story that inspired the award-winning novel, The Enemy Within. February, 1964: Two men die in a squalid alley in a bad neighborhood. New York Homicide Detective Seamus O'Reilly receives the shock of his life when he looks at the men's identification:...

In a world where Apollo 8 veered tragically off course, the event sent the astronauts, and the space program, hurtling into space, lost and helpless. The tragedy so affected eight-year-old Richard Johansenn that he dedicates his life-and the fortune he amasses along the way-to...

"Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us." -- Esquire"Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking." -- New ScientistFor fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the...

Dr. Zheng Ma, the visionary behind the groundbreaking coronavirus vaccine vector, finds himself at the heart of a global crisis as a devastating pandemic emerges from his beloved second hometown, Wuhan. In Dr. Zheng's state-of-the-art laboratory, a team of expert scientists delves into the...

Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and a bit of a grump. That suits them just fine. They don't have any friends, and that's fine, because they have siblings. And if their siblings have all grown...

Humans have existed for roughly 200,000 years-echoes of our most ancient stories etched in stone and earth. As a global human population approaches 9 billion, we race into uncertain futures- entangled in floods of retellings & ossifying literature. Accumulating costs loom large-Awakening long-dormant altruistic...

MindtalkPrivate Investigators Alex Stone and Joe Hardon stumble upon a covert American/Russian project named MINDTALK; the secret development of a serum allowing telepathic communication between injected humans and some animal species as well. In a desperate fight to free an innocent mother and her...

Step into the captivating world of 2050 and explore the life of a young person caught between the ever-evolving technological marvels and the timeless essence of human nature. In this thought-provoking tale, witness a society where brain chips and artificial intelligence reign supreme, promising...

Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question 'what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there? That was the challenge put to the writers, to show #13 me...

The Island of Doctor Moreau is a science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. He was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels,...

Something Made of Vacuum is a science fiction romantic comedy, and here's the complete plot spoiler: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. That's complicated enough anywhere, but when Helene arrives on the Moon on a business trip, she has the...

The Scottish writer David Lindsay first published this novel in 1920. The hero travels through several imaginary lands, each representing a state of mind. In each land he meets one or two people and learns something before the people he meets die. He realizes...

News From Nowhere or An Epoch of Rest being some chapters from A Utopian Romance by William Morris. News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In...

The Inheritors is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect...

Jack Vance's stories have won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and Edgar awards, and he has been honored as a Grand Master of the genre. This book highlights some of his most famous quotes, passages and excerpts, all in his inimitable and distinctive style....

An alien civilization, by virtue of its dying star, is forced to find a new planet. After 400,000 years, they locate Earth and begin to orbit. Are they friend or are they foe? The question is answered one night as life as we know...

A sci-fi trip to all the everyday dimensions finds this escapade starring Victory Chimp, master of the multiverse. On an Earth where chimps are the psychic slaves of the human race, Victory Chimp begins to rattle the cage of oppression, providing a coming-of-age tale...

FAMILY ATTACKED BY BEES--TWO KILLED MARYVILLE, N.Y. Sept. 26 (AP)--A family of five on an outing in an isolated spot by a stream were attacked by bees here. Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson died as the result of bee bites. Their three children were...

Follow the Birch kids in their second adventure. This time they battle an evil sorcerer with a desire for revenge on the kids new hometown. Can they save the townsfolk or are they in over their heads.Author: James GarveyISBN-10: 0557921821ISBN-13: 9780557921829Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2009Pages:...

It's Friday the 13th... in the 27th century. Rabbit was looking forward to her final summer as a counselor at Camp Washington, despite the recent scandal that almost shut the camp down. She and her friends were supposed to spend the summer enjoying the...

On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret.On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret, braided tight and tucked behind a veil. Artificial intelligence threatens the tightly-woven network. Stability depends on giving each machine...

I once met a mysterious being named The Operator. The first time I heard of him was from a patient at the hospital where I worked in Atlanta, Georgia. His organs were shutting down and everyone knew he was not going to live to...

Our heroes are on the road again and looking for adventure. This time, however, there are no guarantees to ensure that they will make it back alive. The story begins the day after hearts have been mended and past transgressions have yet to be...

Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The July 2024 issue (Volume 6) presents stories that explore the personal wars that come after combat: Original Stories...