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Threshold by Roger Zelazny
6 ratingsThe first in a six-volume series, Volume 1: Threshold contains all of Zelazny's short works from his early years through the mid 1960s--a period of experimentation and growth that flowered into gems such as "A Rose for Ecclesiastes," "The Graveyard Heart," "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth," and "He Who Shapes... -
Mail-Order Brides of Crakair: Scifi Alien Romance Box Set: A Complete, 6 Book Series Plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Ava Ross
6 ratingsThey're scaly and green, seven-feet-tall, much too cocky, and they're seeking Earthling brides.The Complete Mail-Order Brides of Crakair Series includes:VorkBrykJorgKralWulfLyelAxilGajePLUS SIX bonus epilogues never before released!Over 14 million page reads in this bestselling series... -
Holding Wonder by Zenna Henderson
10 ratingsIn this many-dimensioned new collection of speculative fiction, Zena Henderson introduces us to a boy who "calls" his mother, despite the fact that the nearest phone is miles away... -
The Hugo Winners 1955-1961 by Isaac Asimov, Walter M. Miller Jr.
11 ratingsNine award-winning stories for the years 1955 to 1961, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. — Contents: — 1955: 13th Convention, Cleveland — 1- The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (novelette) — 2- Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russel (short story)— 1956: 14th Convention, New York — 3- Exploration Team by Murray Leinster (novelette) — 4- The Star by Arthur C... -
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Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled / The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman
6 ratingsThis fourth volume in the acclaimed Edgeworks series collects classic short stories from the author whom the Los Angeles Times calls the "20th century Lewis Carroll". Includes The Beast Who Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (with Introduction by Neil Gaiman) and Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled... -
W kraju niewiernych by Jacek Dukaj
10 ratingsKalejdoskop fantastycznych wizji Jacka Dukaja. W tym obszernym tomie opowiadań, sygnalizującym już przyszły kunszt autora, znalazła się m.in. Katedra – opowieść, która zainspirowała Tomasza Bagińskiego i stała się przyczynkiem do kilkuminutowej animacji, nominowanej do Oscara. Sam tekst otrzymał Nagrodę Fandomu Polskiego im. Janusza A... -
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers by Lawrence Watt-Evans
6 ratingsThe Hugo-winning short story about diners, bored teenagers, and parallel worlds... -
Dark Integers and Other Stories by Greg Egan
6 ratingsA brand new short story collection by one of science fiction's modern masters. This five tale, 80,000 word book includes Luminous, Riding the Crocodile, Dark Integers. Glory, and Oceanic... -
Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.
6 ratingsA marvelous medley of Tiptree's best - YOUR HAPLOID HEART - When Ian Suitlov and Pax Patton landed on Esthaa to check for humans, the job wasn't as easy as it appeared. Though the natives seemed human enough, only cross breeding would be conclusive proof... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Mary Rosenblum
6 ratingsNow a dozen years old, the award-winning collection continues to provide dozens of the best stories of the year, including work by remowned veterans and exciting newcomers...Rounded out with a long list of honorable mentions and Gardner Dozois's entertaining summation of the year in science fiction, this remains the one book for every science fiction reader... -
Soft and Others: 16 Stories of Wonder and Dread by F. Paul Wilson
6 ratingsPresents a collection of horror short stories, among them Soft, Green Winter, and The Cleaning Machine... -
Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt by Jack McDevitt
6 ratingsJack McDevitt loves a good mystery... -
Fellow Travelers by Sharon Lee
6 ratingsChapbook of three short stories set in the Liaden Universe all dealing with Priscilla Delacroix aka Moonhawk... -
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Halo: Evolutions Volume I by Tobias S. Buckell
6 ratingsThe original Halo: Evolutions, split into two volumes. This volume contains stories by:Tobias S. BuckellB. K. EvensonJonathan GoffEric NylundFrank O'ConnorEric RaabWhen humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there... -
The World Treasury of Science Fiction by David G. Hartwell, Clifton Fadiman
6 ratingsTable of contentsIntroduction 1988 essay by David G. HartwellHarrison Bergeron 1961 story by Kurt Vonnegut JrForgetfulness 1937 story by John W. Campbell JrSpecial Flight 1939 story by John BerrymanChronopolis 1960 story by J.G... -
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer
6 ratingsFeaturing more than sixty groundbreaking short stories by modern science fiction's most important and influential writers, The Ascent of Wonder offers a definitive and incisive exploration of the SF genre's visionary core... -
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology by Gordon Van Gelder, Peter S. Beagle
6 ratingsCollecting more than two dozen stories that originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction—the premiere speculative fiction magazine—this extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction... -
Сините пеперуди by Pavel Vezhinov, Павел Вежинов
6 ratingsЧовекът винаги се е вълнувал от неизвестността, която Вселената крие. Съществуват ли други цивилизации, освен нашата? До каква степен на развитие са достигнали? Как е програмирана нравствената им същност? Как изглеждат? Ето някои от въпросите, на които авторът се е опитал да отговори... -
The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison
6 ratingsNew, fresh, and different is tricky in the storytelling business, as rare as diamonds, but, as a born storyteller, Harlan made story brave, daring, surprising again, brought an edge of the gritty and the strange, the erudite and the street-smart, found ways to make words truly come alive again in an over-worded world... -
Star Heroes: 9 Novels of Space Exploration, Aliens, and Adventure by Lindsay Buroker, M.R. Forbes
6 ratingsStar Heroes is a space opera collection with nine novels of the galactic frontier. Exploration, alien invasions, genetic engineering, and artificial intelligence--it’s all here. Blast off with these adventures by New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors... -
Khane by Rena Marks
6 ratingsSingle Earthian female seeking companionship and open-minded individual. Only compatible species may apply. Wealth is appreciated and may move you higher up the list, though not necessary. Looks are necessary, or at least serious muscle tone. Sincere applicants only... -
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The Hard SF Renaissance by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer
8 ratingsSomething exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, "hard SF" - science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning editors David G... -
Halo: Evolutions Volume II by Frank O'Connor, Tobias S. Buckell
8 ratingsThe original Halo: Evolutions, split into two volumes. This volume contains stories by:Tessa Kum & Jeff VanderMeerKevin GraceRobt McLeesKaren TravissFred Van Lente When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there... -
Firstborn / Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
8 ratingsIncluded in the Humble Book Bundle: Brandon Sanderson bundle.Firstborn“I, Dennison Crestmar—brother of the great Varion Crestmar, cousin to kings and commander of fleets—am an idiot. Just like all of you have heard.”Dennison has tried to follow in his perfect brother’s footsteps in the service of the Imperial Fleet, but has been met only with failure after failure... -
True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
9 ratingsContents:Bookworm, Run! (1966)True Names (1981)The Peddler's Apprentice (1975) with Joan D... -
The Barbie Murders by John Varley
10 ratingsA collection of John Varley's shorter works: a short story, a novella and seven novelettes. Amazing and creative pieces of imagination and wonder from an articulate and very human science fiction writer... -
Tales Of Ten Worlds by Arthur C. Clarke
14 ratingsFifteen stories by "our ablest practitioner of science fiction," ranging from the sinister rescue of a Sputnik and the Pacific to startling and amusing adventures on the moon, in a comet's tail, on Mars and Venus, and the rings of Saturn, and on the asteroid Icarus only seventeen million miles from the sun... -
50 Short Science Fiction Tales by Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson
10 ratingsFifty Exciting ExperiencesYou visit a world where Robots strain to remember the existence of the Men who created them; hear the tantalizingly brief report of a man who returns from a trip to the future; see the snake-armed Thing that emerges from the minds of the people who conjure it... -
The Early Asimov: Book Two by Isaac Asimov
10 ratingsA ghost sues for the legal right to haunt a house...a new world is discovered, inhabited by robots, & only by robots...& the author of the famous Reginald de Meister detective series finds he has a new rival in love: Reginald de Meister... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Harry Turtledove
8 ratingsTHE TWENTY-NINE STORIES in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now... -
The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson
8 ratingsContents:· The Wizard of Nehwon— · Poul Anderson · in · Gonna Roll the Bones · nv Dangerous Visions, ed... -
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The Last Mimzy by Henry Kuttner
8 ratingsTHE LAST MIMZY IS THE IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO AN AUTHOR WHO WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME–AND WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.These seventeen classic stories create their own unique galaxy of vain, protective, and murderous robots; devilish angels; and warm and angry aliens... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter
8 ratingsThe thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L... -
Dangerous Visions 1 by Harlan Ellison
8 ratingsDANGEROUS VISIONS is the most dazzling science fiction anthology ever published. Between them, the stories it showcases have won two Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, two Hugo Award runner-up places and one Nebula Award runner-up position... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, David Marusek
8 ratingsSummation: 1999 The wedding album/ David Marusek10¹⁶ to 1/ James Patrick Kelly Winemaster/ Robert Reed Galactic north/ Alastair Reynolds Dapple: a Hwarhath historical romance/ Eleanor ArnasonPeople came from Earth/ Stephen BaxterGreen tea/ Richard Wadholm The dragon of Pripyat/ Karl SchroederWritten in blood/ Chrius Lawson Hatching the phoenix/ Frederik Pohl Suicide coast/ M... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Robert Charles Wilson
8 ratingsThe thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E... -
The Best of Frederik Pohl by Frederik Pohl
8 ratingsIntroduction by Lester del Rey, this anthology contains the following stories by Frederik Pohl: The Tunnel Under the World; Punch; Three Portraits and a Prayer; Day Million; Happy Birthday Dear Jesus; We Never Mention Aunt Nora; Father of the Stars; The Day the Martians Came; The Midas Plague; The Snowmen; How To Count on Your Fingers; Grandy Devil; Speed Trap; The Richest Man in Levittown; The... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois
8 ratingsIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Steven Utley
8 ratingsWidely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen SF stories from the previous year. This year's volume includes John Kessel, Susan Palwick, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen Baxter, Michael Swanwick, Paul J. McAuley, Ian R... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, David Moles
8 ratingsIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois
8 ratingsIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art... -
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The Best of Robert Silverberg by Robert Silverberg
6 ratingsContents: Road to nightfall, Warm man, To see the invisible man, The sixth palace, Flies, Hawksbill station, Passengers, Nightwings, Sundance, and Good news from the Vatican. Collected by the author as his best... -
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
6 ratingsThis novella chronicles a Culture mission to Earth in the late Seventies, and also serves as a prequel of sorts to Use of Weapons by featuring one of that novel's characters, Diziet Sma. Here, Sma argues for contact with Earth, to try to fix the mess the human species has made of it... -
Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories by James Patrick Kelly
6 ratingsThis is a handsome, limited edition collection of the best work by one of the finest short fiction writers in science fiction. There are 14 stories in all, ranging from straight SF to tales that stray into the fantasy and horror genres... -
Again, Dangerous Visions 1 by Harlan Ellison, John Heidenry
6 ratingsThe classic companion to the most essential science fiction anthology ever published. 46 original stories edited with introductions by Harlan Ellison... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Robert Silverberg
6 ratingsEach year science fiction's premiere short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois, collects dozens of excellent stories in a chunky volume that is eagerly anticipated by readers and writers alike. The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the state of the science fiction publishing field, and a list of honorable mentions (think of them as almost-made-its) for 1997... -
Man-Kzin Wars 12 by Larry Niven
6 ratingsNew weapons, new strategies and new leaders - the Kzin are on the march and the humans had better watch out. Once again, it's howling time in Known Space...
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