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Book II of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades-in-arms as they hurtle across space in a ship powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. The gang's all here: Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who's gone native and changed her name to Trillian; and Marvin, the moody android who suffers nothing and no one very gladly. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food literally speaks for itself. If you've done six impossible things this morning, then why not round it off with breakfast, lunch or dinner at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe? With your host, Max Quordlepleen! Cover art by Chris Moore. -
The sudden arrival of the K'Ronarin fleet saved Earth from enslavement to the insectoid biofabs and a new interstellar age has dawned on the planet. John Harrison, hero of the Biofab war, can relax - or can he? Unknown to the Alliance, a few renegade biofabs escaped through a dimensional portal into an alternate universe and they are rebuilding their forces for a counter-strike against humanity - in both universes. Harrison is catapulted into a strange world to discover the location of the biofab nests and burn it out before a new generation hatches. It won't be easy - in this version of Earth, Harrison is a revolutionary on the run from the secret police of the Fourth Reich! Cover art by Alan Gutierrez.
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Theoretical mathematicians are at the top of society, geneticists determine mate selection - and the Pope is a computer. Hell is a distant planet. Space travel has been conquered and abandoned. Haldane IV and Helix were a part of an ultra-rational society where mathematicians did not write poetry, where mathematicians did not fall in love with poets, and where most specifically, Haldane IV, young mathematician, couldn't possibly marry Helix, the attractive poet of his choice. It was in the best interests of the human race, said the State, that mates be selected for all professional people according to strict scientific principles. Their love is discovered and they must be put on trial. Cover art by Chris Foss. -
This volume contains: Slaves to the Star Giants: Lloyd Harkins is transported to a far future when civilization has collapsed. Small mutated humans live underground in isolation. Ancient robots left over from the Time of Cities still roam the jungles but no longer serve any useful function. Small human tribes aboveground are used for social experiments by a race of aliens known as Star Giants. Harkins hatches a deadly plan to find the Brain that can reprogram the robots in order to wage war against the alien interlopers. The Songs Of Summer: A time traveler from New York, 1956, accidentally winds up in the 35th century, where he tries to bring back modern civilization to an agrarian society. Hopper: Earth is overcrowded and suffering from widespread air pollution. Time travel is being used illegally to send poor people back to the 20th century. Corrupt police officer Quellen is in a quandary - if he apprehends the criminal, he may alter the past (and who knows what the consequence will be?), but if he lets the criminal go free, the inevitable tide of history will result in the unsustainable reality in which he is living. Blaze of Glory: A hot-headed communications officer sacrifices himself to save his ship. Heroism - or murder? Warm Man: In this smart, socially satirical piece, an empath comes to a small New York suburb. Cover art by Tom Kidd.
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Book VIII of The Chronicles of Amber. Amber - the one real world, of which all others are shadows...Merlin, son of Prince Corwin, pursues his noble destiny against a shifting panorama of shadow worlds and deadly intrigue, powerful computers and magic gone out of control. A violent vendetta, renegade sorcery and whirlwind adventure lead Merlin to a confrontation at the Keep of the Four Worlds, where astonishing secrets and mysterious identities will at last be revealed. Cover art by Tim White. -
In 1897 a Victorian gentleman falls into a sleep from which he cannot be waked. During his two centuries of slumber he becomes the Sleeper, the most well known and powerful person in the world. All property is bequeathed to the Sleeper to be administered by a Council on his behalf. The common people, increasingly oppressed, view the Sleeper as a mythical liberator whose awakening will free them from misery. The Sleeper awakes in 2100 to a futuristic London adorned with wondrous technological trappings yet staggering under social injustice and escalating unrest. His awakening sends shock waves throughout London, from the highest meetings of the Council to the workers laboring in factories in the bowels of the city. Daring rescues and villainous treachery abound as workers and capitalists fight desperately for control of the Sleeper. Cover art by David Bergen.
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Ten thousand years ago, something unworldly happened on earth, something long forgotten, something unearthed only in the 20th century. And now a crack team of scientists and soldiers has the power to beyond the last frontier of space on an ultra-secret mission to probe the greatest mystery in the universe. They have no idea what they will find or even if they can return. Only one thing is certain - the ultimate adventure is about to begin, when they enter the Stargate. -
Book I of The Torin. Scott Gale crashes into a lake - how will he survive in this harsh alien landscape? How will he escape the people with their strange powers? He is in jeopardy - until he finds a place with the family called Brin's Five. When Dorn saw Diver - as he calls Scott crash into the lake, he went to the rescue. After that, they became friends - although they were of two very different species. Dorn's family, Brin's Five adopt Diver as their Luck, giving him a place in their society. Diver must also learn their customs or he will endanger his new family. Dorn fears that no matter how well Diver camoflauges himself, his strange pale skin, short arms and round eyes will give them all away. Cover art by Tony Pyrzakowski.
