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What if...the Cuban Missile Crisis had become a full-blown atomic war...? Boston, 1972. Ten years have passed since bombs fell on major U.S. cities and the Soviet Union. Russia is decimated; California is virtually destroyed. Washington D.C. lies beneath a giant crater lake. President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson and their families have disappeared, believed dead. The best and brightest of their administration are disgraced or in hiding. America is a shell of her former glory, a second-rate power dependent on the kindness of Britain. Martial law rules. Carl Landry, a young reporter with The Boston Globe arrives at the scene of a murder. A friendless man, a veteran of the '62 war, has been shot, but Landry doubts that he's the victim of a robbery gone wrong. and suspects the man has taken secrets to his grave. What was this man doing int he War Room of the White House in October 1962? Who pushed the button that started the war? What is the legend and what is the lie? Who was the betrayer and who was the betrayed...and could John F. Kennedy, by some miracle, still be alive? -
An epic adventure that spans time and space. Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 are faced with their most challenging mission yet—rescuing renowned scientist Zefram Cochrane from captors who want to use his skills to conquer the galaxy. Meanwhile, ninety-nine years in the future on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, Picard must rescue an important and mysterious person whose safety is vital to the survival of the Federation. As the two crews struggle to fulfill their missions, destiny draws them closer together until past and future merge—and the fate of each of the two legendary starships rests in the hands of the other vessel...Cover art by Keith Birdsong. -
When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device. Fearing his father may be stranded in time—or worse—Shel enlists the aid of Dave Dryden, a linguist, to accompany him on the rescue mission. Their journey through history takes them from the enlightenment of Renaissance Italy through the American Wild West to the civil-rights upheavals of the 20th century. Along the way, they encounter a diverse cast of historical greats, sometimes in unexpected situations. Yet the elder Shelborne remains elusive. And then Shel violates his agreement with Dave not to visit the future. There he makes a devastating discovery that sends him fleeing back through the ages - a discovery that changes his life forever. Cover art by Tony Mauro. -
A dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert since the beginning of time. In a basement in New Mexico, four amateur adventurers find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there...and they are about to uncover the key that could unlock the vast reaches of the universe. A radar has detected huge assembled stones hidden beneath the desert. There, the friends stumble on an ancient artifact that will change their lives and the world forever...a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds, where they will encounter wonders and terror beyond imagining...Cover art by John Harris. -
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. -
Red Dwarf III. Somewhere along the line he'd made a major mistake. Why else would he be on a prison ship bound for Cyberia, the most inhospitable penal colony in Deep Space - sentenced to 18 years Hard Thought? The future of the species is in the hands of Dave Lister, the Last Human. And all he has to help him are his wits, his cunning and a two-page girdle section from a mail order catalogue.... -
Book III of Brainships. Tia, a bright and precocious seven year old, becomes afflicted by a paralysing alien virus while accompanying her archeologist parents on a dig. Too broud to let them know, she hides the progressing symptoms until it is too late - until she can be given no life at all outside a mechanical support system. But Tia refuses to glide through life like a ghost in a glorified wheelchair - she'd rather strap on a spaceship. her mission - to seek out whatever it was that laid her low, to understand it and then eliminate it. Cover art by Mark Harrison. -
The true story of alien abduction in rural England...Jason Andrews was twelve years old when his parents first realised that he was being abducted. Suddenly, the strange happenings that had dogged their bright son all his life were explained: the weird marks on his body, the secret language he babbled, the terrible nights when they had found his bed empty. The family's farm, too, has been affected: animals mutilated, cattle dead in mysterious circumstances, pregnant cows suddenly becoming barren; strange lights appearing in the sky...and always, there have been the watchers in the wood - silent figures who keep the farm under observation. At the time of publication, this compelling story of a normal family caught up in terrifying abnormal events is the most detailed exploration of an alien abduction ever, bravely told by the Andrews family to independent investigator Jean Ritchie. Illustrated with black and white photographs. -
Glow: Amy Kathleen Ryan
$9.00Sky Chasers I. A ship headed for New Earth is halfway through its incredible journey across the galaxy. On board, 16 year olds Waverly and Kieran are part of the first generation born in space. They are in love. They believe their future is written in the stars. They have never before seen a stranger...until the day they are wrenched apart and find themselves fighting for their lives... -
Things To Come: H.G. Wells
$20.00Wells' own novelisation of the 1935 film inspired by The Shape of Things To Come. When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape Of Things To Come provides this history of the future, an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient - predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural changes, the Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare and political instabilities in the Middle East. -
Erich von Däniken unveils new evidence of an intergalactic "battle of the gods" whose losers retreated to, and settled, Earth. He explores a vast, mysterious underworld of Ecuador - caves filled with gold and writings in solid gold that go back to the time of the Great Flood, bolstering von Däniken's theory of a prehistoric earthly "era of the gods." Interesting side-note: during his research for this book he was jailed for two years under mysterious circumstance. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. -
Erich von Daniken undertakes to prove that in prehistoric and early historic times the Earth was visited by unknown beings from the Cosmos; that these extra-terrestrials created human intelligence by a deliberate genetic mutation; that the extra-terrestrials ennobled hominids 'in their own image'; that these visitors to Earth were recorded and handed down in various religions, mythologies and popular legends; and that in some places, the extra-terrestrials left physical evidence of their presence on Earth. He draws his evidence from all over the world: from the Turkish mountains where carved monoliths and giant stone heads mysteriously survive the centuries; to the secret caves of Ecuador, where treasured remnants of a bygone era remain hidden; to equatorial Africa, where the 'primitive' Dogon have been familiar for centuries with the complex movements of Sirius, a star only discovered by western astronomers since the invention of the radio telescope. He searches the ancient documents of the Hindus, the Jews and the Christians; examines religions, mythologies and legends and fins a recurring theme of 'human' gods, heavenly chariots, 'space suits', floods and disasters. The evidence is largely circumstantial - but he challenges all comers to produce an interpretation that better fits the facts. Illustrated with black and white photographs. -
Kris Longknife V. Tired of being the target for assassins, naval officer Kris Longknife takes leave for some well-earned R and R on the world of New Eden. But her military status requires her to be on hand at societal functions - where she discovers that new Eden isn't the paradise her superiors were led to believe it was. Kris finds herself caught in the cross-hairs of unknown enemies who want her dead. Factions, both legitimate and underground, vie for control of the planet. And one major political player is taking strategic advantage of the chaos to unleash a personal vendetta against Kris. Cover art by Scott Grimando. -
Carnival: Elizabeth Bear
$15.00In Old Earth's clandestine world of ambassador-spies, Michelangelo Kusanagi-Jones and Vincent Katherinessen were once a starring team. But ever since a disastrous mission, they have been living separate lives in a universe dominated by a ruthless Coalition - one that is about to reunite them. The pair are dispatched to New Amazonia as diplomatic agents. Allegedly, they are to return priceless art. Covertly, they seek to tap its energy supply. But in reality, one has his mind set on treason. And among the extraordinary women of New Amazonia, in a season of festival, betrayal and disguise, he will find a new ally - and a force beyond any that humans have known....Cover art by Steve Stone. -
Odyssey: Jack McDevitt
$10.00Book V of The Academy. To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about 'moonriders' - the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems. But Academy pilot Valentina Kouros and the team of the starship Salvator will soon discover that their odyssey is no mere public relations ploy, for the moonriders are not a harmless phenomenon. They are very, very dangerous - in a way no-one could have ever imagined...Cover art by Larry Price. -
Cauldron: Jack McDevitt
$10.00Book VI of The Academy. By 2255, the age of starflight is over. The Academy of Science and Technology is long closed and the only efforts at space exploration are carried out by privately funded organisations. However, physicist Jon Silvestri insists that an abandoned prototype for a much more efficient stardrive is workable. Priscilla Hutchins, now a fundraiser for the Prometheus Foundation, persuades the group to back his research. Soon the Cauldron - the core of the galaxy - is only months away. At long last, the mystery of the deadly Omega clouds that have devastated the galaxy for centuries can be penetrated. And a handful of brave men and women, Priscilla Hutchins among them, will journey into the very heart of the Cauldron...Cover art by Larry Price. -
Two minutes and seventeen seconds that changed the world...Suddenly, without warning, all seven billion people on Earth black out for more than two minutes. Millions die as planes fall from the sky, people tumble down staircases and cars plow into each other. But that’s the least of the survivors’ challenges. During the blackout, everyone experienced a glimpse of what his or her future holds—and the interlocking mosaic of these visions threatens to unravel the present... -
Mysterious and bizarre people...who were they? Where did they go? There's mysterious geniuses - a French Rabbi who had electric light in the 13th century, to the man who was caught on video walking through a solid door; author Jonathan Swift, who described the Martian moons and their orbits 150 years before they were discovered to the disappearance of Lord Lucan. And more...Hannah Brade, the mysterious maid who wasn't what she seemed; William Harrison - the bizarre case of the Campden murder; Bruce Lee - was the martial arts superstar murdered? The Man in the Iron Mask - who was the legendary prisoner who could not show his face? The Men In Black - shadowy visitors who stalk UFO witnesses; Adolf Hitler - black magician? The Atlanteans - did the legendary island of Atlantis really exist? The Green Children - a strange tale from the Middle Ages; Robin Hood - who was the legendary outlaw? The Lunarians - is there intelligent life on our moon? Nostradamus - the man who saw tomorrow; Richard Bingham - the case of the vanishing peer...and many more.
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