Part II of A Woman Of The Iron People. They are two creatures a civilisation apart: earthborn Lixia, a visitor from a damaged planet eighteen light years away, and Nia, a primitive outcast, exiled from her people for committing a transgression unheard of in her society. United by circumstance, they travel together across a perilous continent, guided by spirits known only to one and fleeing a possible civilisation-shattering future feared by the other. In the quest for peace and understanding between alien cultures, they discover the rewards of experience and dangers of knowledge as they create revolutionary change in a violent world. Cover art by Gary Ruddell.
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Barney Boru is a professional assassin for the Galactic Confederacy,with broad power to determine the justice of any mission. He's been sent to Siegel's World to kill the King of Lokar but mysterious powers want to ensure that Barney doesn't invoke the Walkaway Clause - so they send their own man in. Now two assassins stalk the King and each other - and neither of them will walk away. Cover art by Tom Kidd.
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True mysteries of the sea, some famous and others not as well known. Chapters include: Over The Horizon; Vanishing Islands; Bottles, Casks and Caskets; The Watchers and The Avengers; The Jinxed and the Damned; The Haunts and the Horrors; Fiery Phantoms and Noisy Spectres; Floating Morgues; The Wanders and the Homers; The Classic Drifter; The Most Famous Derelict; O-U-T, Out! The Triangle of Death; Flames From the Sky; Is There An Answer? Invisible Horizons. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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Book II of Brainships. Nancia is her name, NX-928 is her designation. A new member of the elite Courier Service of the Central Worlds, she's the 'brains' within one of the most advanced interstellar ships around. But her services will not always be utilised by people of her own high moral integrity. Her innocent vision of human nature is shattered on her first voyage - the last thing she needed was a 'brawn' partner like Forister. But together, idealist Nancia and worldly-wise Forister just might save the galaxy. Cover art by Mark Harrison. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/ship-searched-anne-mccaffrey-mercedes-lackey/
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Book II of the John Wentley trilogy. After his splendid record with the Star and Planet Line, it was natural to John Wentley that became necessary to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several of the Company planes. How he responded, and how he quickly found himself pitted against a world-wide organisation of really terrifying power, is the story of this book. Quite a gem - 1930s sci-fi. -
Seven brilliant shorts by Hugo and Nebula award winner Larry Niven. Inconstant Moon; Bordered in Black; How the Heroes Die; At the Bottom of a Hole; One Face; Becalmed in Hell and Death by Ecstasy. N.B. The original edition of this book contained twelve stories; this edition has seven. Cover art by Tony Roberts. -
Book II of The Void. The Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil as the Living Dream's deadline for launching its Pilgrimage into the Void draws closer. Not only is the Ocisen Empire fleet fast approaching on a mission of genocide, but also an internecine war has broken out between the post-human factions over the destiny of humanity. Countering the various and increasingly desperate agents and factions is Paula Myo, a ruthlessly single-minded investigator, beset by foes from her distant past and colleagues of dubious allegiance...but she is fast losing a race against time. At the heart of all this is Edeard the Waterwalker, who once lived a long time ago deep inside the Void. He is the messiah of Living Dream, and visions of his life are shared by, and inspire billions of humans. It is his glorious, captivating story that is the driving force behind Living Dream's Pilgrimage, a force that is too strong to be thwarted. As Edeard nears his final victory the true nature of the Void is finally revealed. Cover art by David Marchal and Paul Youll. -
This volume contains: The Time Machine; The Island of Doctor Moreau; The Invisible Man; The War of the Worlds; The First Men in the Moon; The Food of the Gods; In the Days of the Comet. A banquet of classic science fiction from the man who seemed to be able to 'see ahead'. -
Queen Of Angels: Greg Bear
$10.00Set in 2047 on the eve of the Binary Millennium. In the early years of the Information Age, the number has almost mystical significance: in binary notation, 2047 is 11111111111, while 2048 is 100000000000. The next change will not be for another two thousand years. Here is a world of highly advanced, cybernetically enhanced personalities, complex city arcologies and reports from the robot exploration of a long dead world - and a murder mystery as well.
