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A volume of Christian science fiction. The Streets of Ashkelon, Harry Harrison: A tyrannical God demands a dreadful sacrifice before permitting a future race to serve Him. Balaam, Anthony Boucher: A treacherous God lays death traps for the faithful. Unhuman Sacrifice, Katherine MacLean: A foolish God plays thoughtless games with human lives. The Shrine of Temptation, Judith Merril: Humans try to understand the strange rituals of the inhabitants of another planet. The Army Comes To Venus, Eric Frank Russell: A frontier town on Venus, populated solely by rough male miners and a few prostitutes, is invaded - by the Salvation Army! Apostle to Alpha, Betty T. Balke: A preacher is sent to evangelise the aliens - but do they need it? God Of The Playback, Stephen Dentinger: The ultimate machine age God, a robot incapable of feelings, begins creating Man in his image... Robot Son, Robert F. Young: A Tech-God performs magical, chilling miracles...That Evening Sun Go Down, Arthur Sellings: In a possible future, humans believe they are descended from aliens who came to Earth after the fall of civilisation. ; The Wolfram Hunters, Edward H. Hoch: A vengeful deity painfully and slowly begins to kill off the pitiful handful of survivors of a nuclear war. Cover art by Virgil Finlay. -
Red Fury: James Swallow
$7.00Book III of Blood Angels. Following the tragic events that led the Blood Angels to the brink of civil war, the Chapter's strength has been badly depleted. The Blood Angels must act and act quickly, before their enemies learn of their weakness and attack. With tempers flaring and mutants running wild on their homeworld, can the Blood Angels and their successor Chapters put aside their rivalries and rebuild their forces before it's too late? Cover art by Adrian Smith. -
Jef Robini was heading for Everon with a highly controversial cargo. For eight years on Earth Jef had tried to rear the maolot cub which was the final legacy from his brother. But the maolot had failed to grow into the giant cat that was Everon's largest, most dangerous life-form. And now Jef was returning the creature to its natural home, the colonised planet of Everon. He knew the planet was barren and he would have to fight to survive. But nothing prepared him for the incomprehensible strangeness, the mind-blasting wonder of the true Masters of Everon. Cover art by Michael Embden. -
10 November, 2996...The ship Parkinson was transporting famous entertainer Chelsie Bradford on a tour of the galaxy, to raise funds for a very unpopular interstellar war. Then the deaths began. Captain Inspector Nate Blackburn knew the killer would strike again. But he didn't know why. Were the murders acts of sabotage - or acts of twisted love? Cover art by Ron Miller. -
Book I of Star Rigger. Panglor Balef was in trouble. A black-listed freighter pilot with nothing to his name but a battered craft and an inseparable alien companion, Panglor has to take whatever work comes his way - even when it comes to murder on an interstellar space route. But that's just the beginning. Panglor finds himself a part of what might be an hallucination or what might be the discovery that will revolutionise space flight. Cover art by Tony Roberts. -
Book III of Timothy 'Tiger' Clinton. Taking a break from Biggles...An encounter with an amazing scientists named Professor Brane has led Tiger Clinton and his young son Rex to join the first group of humans to penetrate the unknown vastness of space. Their journey now takes them beyond the inner plants of the solar system to confront the mystery, adventure and deadly danger that awaits on the alien worlds beyond the stars. Cover art by Bob Fowke. -
Mutant Star: Karen Haber
$7.00Book III of Fire In Winter. For hundreds of years the mutants concealed their dazzling psychic abilities. Then they took their rightful place in normal human society in a storm of political uproar. The long struggle for equality nears its end. But the mutants' awesome talents - and their belief in the coming of a mutant messiah - still isolate them. Strange currents are flowing and the entire world will change with the unleashing of unthinkable and unspeakable powers. Cover art by Jim Burns. -
Volume IV of Mission Earth. Jettero Heller's revolutionary fuel system could keep Earth from killing itself with pollution - but the test car has been sabotaged before the first race. Soltan Gris, his faithless partner would've done worse than that - but he's the unwilling prisoner of an 'affair' that would make Profumo blush. Not to mention that Octopus Oil has hired the world's most deadly press agent to create a publicity campaign to destroy Heller and his threat to their energy monopoly. Can Man survive this two-man alien invasion - and can the aliens survive life on Earth? Cover art by Greg Winter. -
Book III of The Saga Of The Seven Suns. The titanic war between the Hydrogues and Faeros continues to sweep across the Spiral Arm, extinguishing suns and destroying planets. Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter must now unify the human race with iron-fisted policies in a final bid to stand together - or face total annihilation. But disparate civilizations are forging new alliances that threaten the old order. The Roamer and Theroc clans will not yield their independence, and the alien leader Jora'h now faces a threat no other Mage-Imperator has ever seen - an astonishing civil war among the Ildirans that could break apart the entire Empire. Cover art by Chris Moore. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/a-forest-of-stars-kevin-j-anderson/
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Human Error: Paul Preuss
$7.00Adrian Storey wasn't feeling well - not at all like himself. When he disrupted the lavish press party that his company threw to announce a breakthrough new product, Epicell, Compugen's tame psychologist said that Adrian has suffered a nervous breakdown due to overwork. But Joana Davis, the beautiful psychiatrist assigned to care for him at the sanitorium, knows better - if only she can prove it. Storey and Toby Bridgeman are geniuses at genetic engineering - their work is the foundation of Compugen's success. They can rebuild a virus, tailor it to order and practically make it jump through hoops. But they couldn't make the president of Compugen delay the release of Epicell. Compugen is in financial trouble and a delay might destroy the company. Joana knows that Adrian's nervous system has been infected by a virus - and Bridgeman knows what that virus is....Cover art by Paul Stinson.
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Pindharee: Joel Richards
$7.00As a young officer in Earth's Federation Fleet, Damon Hart is faced with a terrible decision. On a routine exploration for worlds to colonise, Damon discovers a once-great civilisation, with only magnificent cities remaining as a monument to the inhabitants' former glory. But he soon learns that the creators of these wonders are not extinct; they have harnessed their world's resources, using a technology that surpasses anything man has ever dreamed of. They are willing to share it - for a price. Damon must choose to desert the Service and enter a dangerous alliance - or to follow the edicts of his superiors and eradicate the very people who might save his civilisation. Cover art by David Mattingly. -
A selection of fabulous fun shorts from Niven, who just refuses to take time travel seriously! “We don’t know where on Earth you’ll wind up,” Ra Chen told him. And the director of the institute for Temporal Research didn’t know precisely when, either. All he knew was that Hanville Svetz would be travelling back in time for almost 2000 years. But when he returns, Hanville Svetz won’t be alone. If is mission is successful, he will be accompanied by a creature long extinct - a spectacular birthday present for the Secretary-General. His only help is a picture from a children’s book. A picture of a horse...And so begins the first incredible adventure in time of Hanville Svetz. In this volume: The Flight of the Horse; Leviathan; Bird in the Hand; There is a Wolf in My Time Machine; Death in a Cage; Flash Crowd; What Good is a Glass Dagger? Cover art by Peter Jones. -
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. -
Book V in the Worldwar series. A sci-fi of an alternate universe, in which, in the 1960s, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States cannot stop fighting among themselves in order to ward off a massive wave of extraterrestrials. It may mean the conquest of the earth and the extinction of humanity. -
Book V of Mission Earth. The Countess Krak has arrived on Earth and the planet, not to mention Atlantic City, will never be the same again. She is the most deadly, beautiful and most feared woman in the 110-planet Voltarian Empire. Her only equal is her lover, Royal combat engineer Jettero Heller, whose mission is to keep the Earth from destroying itself long enough to be invaded by the Empire. Their mortal enemy is Soltan Gris, the Apparatus killer send to sabotage Heller's mission. The presence of Heller, Gris and the Countess is enough to threaten the future of any planet, but the sudden arrival from Voltar of over of $250 million in gold may be the death blow for Earth. Cover art by Greg Winters. -
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Volume II. In this volume: Rescue Party; Guardian Angel; Breaking Strain; The Sentinel; Jupiter V; Refugee; The Wind From The Sun; A Meeting With Medusa; The Songs Of Distant Earth. Cover art by Lebbeus Woods. -
Book I of Battle Circle. They were the first who dared to enter the badlands: Sol, many of many weapons; Sola, his wife; and Sos who loved them both. The kill-spirits of the blast were retreating taking with them the evil that the old books called radiation. But still the badlands held their secrets - terrible secrets that lay in wait for those who dared to return. And yet there was no other way, for Sos was pledged to follow Sol - and Sol had been chosen to build a dream, the same dream which had been built so many times, eons before...Cover art by Patrick Woodroffe. -
The Roadmakers left only ruins behind - but what magnificent ruins! Their concrete highways still cross the continent. Their cups, combs and jewelry are found in every Illyrian home. They left behind a legend, too - a hidden sanctuary called Haven, where even now the secrets of their civilisation might still be found. Chaka's brother was one of those who sought to find Haven and never returned. But now Chaka has inherited a rare Roadmaker artifact - a book called A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - which has inspired her to follow in his footsteps. Gathering an unlikely band of companions around her, Chaka embarks upon a journey where she will encounter bloodthirsty river pirates, electronic ghosts who mourn their lost civilization and machines that skim over the ground and air. Ultimately, the group will learn the truth about their own mysterious past. Cover at by Joe Danisi. -
Star Trek No. 80. Timshel was once the vacation spot of the galaxy, full of culture, natural beauty, and friendly, hospitable inhabitants. But now Timshel has cut itself off from the universe. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Concerned, the Federation has sent agents to investigate, but none have returned. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are shocked to discover the truth: the people of Timshel have succumbed to an insidious new technology that guarantees every citizen total pleasure, a soul-destroying ecstasy that has enslaved their entire civilization. Kirk and Spock have faced many threats before, but now they must deal with the most seductive menace ever - perfect happiness. Based on a story by Theodore Sturgeon. -
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.... -
Penumbra: Eric Brown
$7.00The 22nd century: The massive starliners that depart from the orbital transit terminals have taken humankind to hundreds of colony planets. For Bennett, jaded tug pilot, a life beyond Earth is just a dream - until the Mackendrick Foundation hires him to pilot a lightship to the Rim world of Penumbra - and a fateful meeting with an alien race. On the teeming streets of Calcutta, police Lieutenant Rana Rao has no time to consider the stars. She's just been promoted from working with the street-children to the Homicide Division - and into the pat of a serial killer. Cover art by Chris Moore.
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Eight fabulous sci-fi stories from 1952 - 1958. In this volume: Student Body, F.L. Wallace: Earth colonists on the planet Glade battle an ever-changing 'omnimal' which can mutate and reproduce in order to combat any threat. Crucifixus Etiam, Walter M. Miller: Manue Nanti has contracted to work on Mars for five years to save a decent 'nest egg'. But it seems that the company that employs him and others have not been exactly truthful... Noise Level, Raymond F. Jones: In their effort to discover anti-gravity, Dr. Martin Nagle and Kenneth Berkeley discover new laws of nature, and a new way of learning -but refuse to disclose their findings unless they can obtain patents on their discoveries. Grandpa, James H. Schmitz: Teenager Cord is with the Colonial Team on the outback world of Sutang and often ducks work to go exploring. His local leader wants to send him home - but a visit from the Planetary Regent may be his big chance to impress those who control his destiny. Mother of Invention, Tom Godwin: Five fortune hunters are marooned on Aurora - a hitherto-unknown world full of diamonds. But the world only has seven months of existence left... The Far Look, Theodore L. Thomas: Two astronauts return from the Moon prematurely aged and scientists can find no logic for the transformation. Big Sword, Paul Ash (Pauline Ashwell): A tale of biology, telepathy and space exploration in a first contact/coming of age story. Commencement Night, Richard Ashby: A group of babies are isolated on a Pacific island and allowed to develop independent of human contact and interference in hopes the secret of eliminating man's warlike tendencies can be deduced. But what happens when an alien interferes? -
After eleven years in space, the Argo landed... West of the Sun ...on the dangerous, unknown planet Lucifer. The crew faced an untamed world of huge, carnivorous birds with wolverine heads and flashing black teeth; furred, ten-foot-tall men; & red-skinned, man-eating pygmies. They fought for mere survival, but - heir duty was to colonise and populate the planet - with four men and only two women. And what effect will Man have on their unconsenting hosts? Cover art by Colin Hay. -
Hiram Patterson, head of the giant media corporation OurWorld, is launching the greatest communications revolution in history. By manipulating wormholes in space, his WormCams can connect any point to any other point, faster than the speed of light. Realtime television coverage is here: earthquakes and wars, murders and disasters can be watched, exactly as they occur, anywhere on the planet - and that's just the beginning...When WormCams are made to work across time as well as space, humanity will encounter itself in the light of other days. See the evolution of life! Witness the lives of Jesus Christ and Mohammed! Go to the premiere of Hamlet! Solve the enigmas that have baffled generations...who killed Marilyn Monroe, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana? When the world and everything in it becomes as transparent as glass, there are no more secrets...
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