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The Twelve: Justin Cronin
$45.00Book I of The Passage. It seemed like a good idea at the time...infecting twelve death-row prisoners with an ancient virus in order to create human weapons. Instead the virus turned them into ravening unstoppable monsters - and when the Twelve broke out of the underground facility where they had been born, all hell broke loose. In a world now ravaged by a viral plague, humanity is reduced to stubborn pockets of resistance. But if the human race is to have a future, survival is not enough. Against terrifying odds, they must hunt down and destroy the Twelve in their lairs. But the virals' behaviour is inexplicably changing - and all the clues point towards the Homeland, a sinister dictatorship where an unlikely trio are re-imagining humanity's destiny : Horace Guilder, a veteran of the original experiment with a blood-curdling vision of immortality; a mysterious woman whose tragic past has driven her into a world of fantasy; and Lawrence Grey, a man whose hunger for intimacy has been fulfilled in the most gruesome ways imaginable. And then there is Amy - the Girl from Nowhere. Once the thirteenth test subject and now the only human who can fathom the Homeland's secret and truly enter the hive-mind of the Twelve. But what she finds there may spell the end of everything... -
Patera Silk is a dedicated young auger whose parish buildings are about to be sold for taxes. He has made a pact with the wealthy, sinister Blood to get the money to save them. And so Silk has embarked on a quest which reveals to him the hidden secrets of his world, a huge starship illuminated and warmed by the artificial Long Sun, a spaceship so vast that remote cities can be seen in its sky. Silk travels to Lake Limna and visits a shrine which conceals an entrance to the sub surface passages of the ship, to rooms that contain strange machinery and stranger beings - and to rooms with windows...
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In this volume from 1956: Imagine: A Proem: Fredric Brown; You're Another, Damon Knight; This Earth Of Majesty, Arthur C. Clarke; Birds Can't Count, Mildred Clingerman; The Golem, Avram Davidson; Pottage, Zenna Henderson; The Vanishing American, Charles Beaumont; Created He Them, Alice Eleanor Jones; Too Far, Fredric Brown; A Matter of Energy, James Blish; Nellthu, Anthony Boucher; Dreamworld, Isaac Asimov; One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts, Shirley Jackson; The Short Ones, Raymond E. Banks; The Last Prophet, Mildred Clingerman; Botany Bay, P. M. Hubbard; A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.; Lament by a Maker, L. Sprague de Camp; The Doctrine of Original Design, Winona McClintic; Pattern For Survival, Richard Matheson; The Singing Bell, Isaac Asimov; The Last Word, Chad Oliver and Charles Beaumont; Survival, Carlyn Coffin. -
A volume of short stories. In this volume: The Moment Of Eclipse; The Day We Embarked For Cythera...; Orgy Of The Living And The Dying; Super-Toys Last All Summer Long; The Village Swindler; Down The Up Escalation; That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life And Art...;Confluence; Heresies Of The Huge God; The Circulation Of The Blood...;...And The Stagnation Of The Heart; The Worm That Flies; Working In The Spaceship Yards; Swastika! Cover art by Jerome Gask. -
Bolo: Keith Laumer
$45.00Book I. The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade. The great artillery machines developed by the Bolo Division of General Motors took on awareness in later designs and gradually began to replace man in that most human of endeavours - WAR! Here, in the first of this landmark series, the ultimate fighting machines tell their own fascinating, far-ranging and ultimately tragic story. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. -
Nova: Samuel R. Delany
$45.00The balance of galactic power in the 31st century revolves around illyrion, the most precious energy source in the universe. The varied and exotic crew who sign up with Captain Lorq van Ray know their mission is dangerous, and they soon learn that they are involved in a deadly race with the charismatic but vicious leader of an opposing space federation. But they have no idea of Lorq's secret obsession: to gather illyrion at the source by flying through the very heart of an imploding star. Cover art by Bob Haberfield. -
This volume includes: Mistress of the Mind, Lee Harding; Frontier Incident, Robert Wells: A macabre tale of a man's mind is used for alien purposes; The Big Day, Donald Malcolm; Major Operation, James White: The final instalment of the staff of Sector General Hospital, diagnosing, treating and curing a patient over 50,000 miles in diameter...The Cyclops Patrol, William Spencer: A new and ingenious form of industrial espionage is devised. Some Dreams Come In Packages, David Kyle: A future where it's not always easy to tell the real people from the ...other...people; Django Maverick: 2051, Grahame Leman. Cover art by Eric Ayers. -
Book I of Hover Car Racer. In the world of the near future, the most popular sport in the world is hover car racing. Superfast and dangerous, it's heroes are the racers: part fighter pilot, part race car driver, all superstar. But to get to the Pro Circuit, you must first pass through the International Race School, a brutal cauldron of wild races on even wilder courses, where only the best of the best will survive...This is the story of Jason Chaser, a talented young racer selected to attend the Race School. He's younger than the other students. He's smaller. His trusty car, the Argonaut is older. But Jason Chaser is no ordinary racer. And as he races against the best drivers in the world he will learn that at Race School winning is everything, that not everyone in this world fights fair, and that you never ever have any friends on the track. Cover: Crash Course by Pablo Raimondi. -
NOT a film novelisation...The original story. In the future Era of Youth, there will be too many people and not enough food. So in an orderly and systematic fashion the old ones - those over the age of twenty one - must be got rid of. It was easily done - in the palm of everyone's right hand was embedded a crystal flower. In adults - those over the age of fourteen - the crystal shone crimson. And when the crystal turned black it was time to report to a Sleepshop. Those who didn't report for annihilation - those who tried to escape - were hunted down by the Deep Sleep men - and exterminated. Logan was a DS man - efficient, fast and cruel. But one day the crystal in his hand began to flicker - black, red, black...and Logan discovered he did not want to die!
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Book III of The Pearl. Kundala is Miina's world, created by that Goddess with the help of the dragons. But Miina is missing, and her people have been enslaved by the alien V'ornn. Now a savior has come, the Dar Sala-at, a messiah promised by prophecy yet unlike anyone's expectations: within the body of a beautiful young woman is the mind and spirit of a unique Kundalan female who is joined in mystical partnership with the mind and spirit of Annon Ashera, a V'ornn male, the last survivor of a noble family. Together the two adolescents have matured and merged into a new joint identity. Now their common destiny, and Kundala's, is in their own hands. Other characters who will play their roles: Riane, the Dar-Sala-at; Eleana, the woman she loves twice over; Kurgan, the V'ornn usurper who raped Eleana and sired her child; Marethyn Stogggul, Kurgan's defiant sister, an artist who joins the Kundalan resistance; Marethyn's lover, chief trader Sornnn SaTrryn, who secretly helps the resistance as well; and the fabulous Krystren, the Sarakkon woman from the mysterious southern continent, who comes north on a secret mission and will change the lives of everyone she meets. All the while, the evil Sauromicians threaten the world as they seek to use banestones to bind a dragon. Cover art by John Howe. -
Book I of The Vang. For a thousand years and more, The Worlds of Man had been dominated by the Laowon Imperium. The aliens thought humans made good slaves and better pets, and they were fond of creating new breeds. And the Laowon made sure that their playthings never grew too powerful. Born one day, on the edge of Human Space, Jon Iehard was ordered to hunt Eblis Bey, a terrorist for Old Earth. And that was the beginning of the end for the Laowon. Because Iehard had been a Laowon slave. And Eblis Bey held half the key to a weapon that could destroy the Laowon tyranny and bring freedom once more to Mankind. Cover art by Tim White. -
Contains: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Seconds before the Earth is demolished by a Vogon Constructor Fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass, Arthur Dent, clad in a dressing gown and pyjamas, is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor from Guildford.Together this dynamic pair begin a trek through space on the starship Heart Of Gold a ship powered by the Improbability Drive and which has been stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox - the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch President of the galaxy (and Ford's cousin); Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formerly Tricia McMillan from Earth, whom Arthur had once tried to pick up at a cocktail party); Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and characters such as Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: 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! And - of course - Arthur, Ford, Zaphod and Marin the Paranoid Android as they have further intoxicating and intoxicated adventures around the galaxy, having found out what the Earth was actually for in the first place. Life, The Universe and Everything: Still on the trail of the Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything (or rather...we know what the answer is, but not the question...) The inhabitants of Krikkit, after a space ship crash on their idyllic planet, suddenly find they are NOT alone in the Universe and after having a quick look at it, they decide it's got to go. The universe, that is. Now all that stands between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation of everything except Krikket are Arthur Dent, still in his dressing gown and pjs; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice-president of the Campaign for Real Time and designer of Norway (with an award to prove it); Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed and now ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy Earth-girl space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a chronically depressed Zaphod. How will it all end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert cosmic Armageddon and save life as we know it –and don’t know it! So Long and Thanks For All The Fish: Having learnt to fly (by throwing himself at the ground and missing it) Arthur Dent wins a raffle and finds love in the last place he would have expected to find it - but which 3,976,000,000 people find very familiar...and we discover God's Final Message to Mankind. With a guest appearance by Marvin the Paranoid Android. -
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury
$40.00It was simple. Everyone knew it. Books were for burning - together with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag knew it. He had been a fireman for ten years and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen year old girl who told him of a past where people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future where people could think - and Guy Montag suddenly realised what he had to do. And he became a fugitive in a flaming hell to do it! Cover art by Whistl'n Dixie. -
Baby, Doll and Lati are three spunky alien babes who are trapped on Nufon, the most boring planet ever. They steal a space ship and land in Sydney in search of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. After kidnapping Jake, a rock wannabe - and tossing him into the spaceship's sexual experimentation chamber - the global warming really kicks off! The babes form a band and rocket to stardom. But Jake and Baby are falling in love, a posse of Nufonians is headed for Earth and the US military is getting involved as well. Add Eros the talking asteroid to the mosh pit and now it's a Save the World! situation. A real fun read. -
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Once we had entered the space age, we could have reasonably expected that the days of 'flying saucers' and 'little green men' would ave come to an end. Instead, the evidence for UFOs continues to grow. There are literally tens of thousands of sightings on record, most of them made by reliable witnesses and many of them still unexplained; close encounters of the fourth kind - abduction - are becoming more frequent, well documented and harder to ignore; evidence in the files of serious scientific and investigative bodies (including the United States Air Force) leaves little doubt that an 'intelligence' is operating - but what kind and from where? Do extra-terrestrials regularly visit the earth? Are we being watched, studied, contacted and even kidnapped by intergalactic explorers? This book presents forty years of evidence and facts for the sceptic and believer alike - case histories, expert assessments and possible explanations. Illustrated with black and white photographs -
The War of the Worlds: Regarded as one of the first and greatest sci-fi novels and written before men had begun to fly, H.G. Wells has the Martians arriving on Earth in huge metal cylinders. No-one knows what these white-hot cylinders mean, until one begins to open... A Dream Of Armageddon: A white-faced stranger on a train tells the narrator that his dreams are killing him. He goes on the describe that in the future, he will be a major political figure who gives up his position to live with a younger woman on Capri. He is then approached by an envoy who begs him to resume his old duties as his political successor is going to bring about a war. What will he chose, even in a dream? The Land Ironclads: Originally published in 1903, Well's imagination uncannily conjured a vision of a 100 ft. machine with remote controlled guns and accommodation for 42 soldiers and seven officers. The story is set in a war similar to World War I and gave Wells a reputation as a prophet as the 'Ironclads' seem to anticipate the tanks of WWI. Once again, as in The War of the Worlds he describes a battle between wildly technologically unmatched opponents - one side believes they will win with their horse-riding abilities, rifle skills and healthy outdoor lifestyle that makes better soldiers than the 'city men' with their science and engineering abilities. -
Book II of Prelude To Dune. As Shaddam sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides - and against the mysterious Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. For Leto Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his House, it is a time of momentous choice: between friendship and duty, safety and destiny. But for the survival of House Atreides, there is just one choice - strive for greatness or be crushed. Cover art by Stephen Youll. -
Mech-Warrior Dark Age; Battletech Universe No. 83. The Raging Bears have begun their occupation of the planet Vega with the hope of restoring order after violence and civil war. But their move to stabilise Prefecture 1 for the Republic of the Sphere may be the chance their enemies have waited for. While the military takeover was no great challenge, setting up a new planetary government and restoring the infrastructure of civilisation have proven to be far more difficult for the peace-keeping forces of the Rasalhague Dominion. There remains an underground rebellion that refuses to cease fire and the Bears suspect that the Draconis Combine is secretly supporting the rebellion. As the Combine threatens them from without, the Bears also find themselves plagued by betrayal and deception from within. Uless they can find the rival elements in their clan, they may end up as fodder for destruction.
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Volume XI of the Complete Stories. Contains: Ride In, Ride Out (with Don Ward - a rare Western tale); Assault and Little Sister; When You Care, When You Love; Hold-Up A La Carte; How to Forget Baseball; The Nail and the Oracle; If All Man Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sster? Runesmith (with Harlan Ellison); Jorry's Gap; Brownshoes; It Was Nothing - Really! Take Care of Joey. -
Sphere: Michael Crichton
$40.00In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface, a huge vessel is unearthed. Rushed to the scene is a team of American scientists who descend together into the depths to investigate the astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship, but apparently it is undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old...Has the ship come from an alien culture? From a different universe? From the future? Why, initially, are there no creatures on the sea floor, and then suddenly, swarms of impossible animals of whole new species? Who - or what - is transmitting messages onto the scientists' computer screen...messages that grow increasingly hostile? What is the giant, perfect, metallic sphere, clearly not made by man and seemingly impenetrable by him - that they find in the spaceship? And what - most crucially - is the erxtraordinary, terrifying power that threatens their undersea habitat, and then their very lives... -
Starquake: Robert L. Forward
$40.00The sequel to Dragon's Egg. Turns ago, humans reached the Dragon's Egg where they discovered a thriving, savage race of intelligent cheela who live a million times faster than their human friends. In the first few hours, the cheela learned from Man and soon surpassed him in knowledge. Now the humans are about to leave. Suddenly a monstrous starquake destroys all but a few cheela on the surface and another group of cheela in orbit around Dragon's Egg, with no way to return to the surface. The fate of their civilisation rests with the tiny group below who must survive, breed and rebuild. The humans can return to earth and abandon this friendly race to extinction or stay and offer assistance - and certainly die in the attempt. Cover art by Ralph McQuarrie. -
Here are the first two Solar Queen instalments: Sargasso Of Space and Plague Ship. Sargasso Of Space: The Solar Queen free-traders win exclusive rights to trade with the planet Limbo, but the crew arrives to find most of its surface charred, with little sign of life. They find a valley with life, but others may still lurk. Worse yet, a strange force threatens to cripple the Queen. They must solve the planet's mysteries if they hope to escape with not only tradable goods, but their lives. Plague Ship: The Queen travels to Sargol, which promises a wealth of exquisite gems to trade - if the crew can overcome the native feline Salarikis' mistrust. But their troubles have just begun. When a mysterious illness soon overtakes all the crew except the four youngest, the Galactic Patrol labels the Queen plagued and orders it destroyed on sight. With every ship in the galaxy searching for them, the crew have one chance to save the Solar Queen. But if their bold plan is foiled it would mean the end of the Solar Queen and its crew. Cover art by Julie Bell. -
A galaxy of stars - literally! A must for all Trek fans, this all-star collection celebrates the guest-list of TV's most enduring and influential science fiction series. Here are the fascinating inside stories from such stars as Ricardo Montalban, Whoopie Goldberg, Christopher Lloyd, Teri Garr, Kirstie Alley and many more. Filled with candid interviews, articles, and actor profiles, this is a unique collection. The Star Trek phenomenon continues with top-rated TV series including Voyager and Deep Space Nine as well as numerous Star Trek films. There's alien guest appearances, monster star stories, backstage encounters of all kinds and much more. -
The author of this books states: "There are times when I have been terrified out of my wits by some manifestation of evil obviously venomous in its intent..." This casebook includes: the knife that was thrown at its victim - from nowhere; the chair that brought death to all who used it; a chilling shadow that terrified a down-to-earth nurse so much that she spent time in a nursing home recovering from the fear; the hand of death that saved a life - and much more. A good collection of cases and incidents that have not been covered in similar volumes. -
In this volume: The Double Minds: A prison break and carjacking on another planet in order to raise a rebellion against the Shaloor... by first vanquishing the shleath. Forgetfulness: An interstellar expedition explores, deserted except for a handful of the city-builders' descendants. There are plans of colonisation but the inhabitants have other ideas...Who Goes There? This was made into the classic sci-fi film The Thing From Another World. Out of Night: Long ago the matriarchal Sarn conquered Earth and enslaved the few survivors. Now, finally, there is a chance of rebellion and redress. Cloak of Aesir: The battle against the Sarn continues. Cover art by Chris Foss.
