Book IV of Harvest Of Stars. The staid and sombre people of Earth are not only dependent on technology, they are all but ruled by machine intelligence. Suspecting a conspiracy to suppress the last vestiges of freedom known to mankind, Guthrie sets out on a dangerous journey, encountering the brave and beautiful Kinna Ronay and her courageous friend Fenn, who will join Guthrie in his attempt to stop the Terrans. Guthrie and his friends are determined that humankind will travel to the stars and roam the galaxies, or die trying. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate.
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Book II of The Baroque Cycle. In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves - including one Jack Shaftoe, A.K.A. King of the Vagabonds, A.K.A. Half-Cocked Jack - devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues - a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold. In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer. Penniless and at risk from those who desire either her or her head (or both), she is caught up in a web of international intrigue, even as she desperately seeks the return of her most precious possession. Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to propound their grand theories as their infamous rivalry intensifies, stubborn alchemy does battle with the natural sciences, dastardly plots are set in motion ... and Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony in hopes of escaping the madness into which his world has descended.
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In this issue: Blind Windows, Garry Kilworth; Healer, P.E. Cunningham; The Man With The Little Red Wagon, Ross Appel; Superbiometalemon, Christopher Anvil; Sule Skerry, Jane Yolen; Die And Follow Me, Gary Jennings; The Last Run, Alan Dean Foster; The Buck, Reid Collins; The Lion In His Attic, Larry Niven. With book, film and a science review by Isaac Asimov. Cover art by David Hardy. -
Borderline: Vercors
$10.00The discovery made by an anthropological expedition to New Guinea had implications which threatened to disrupt modern society - for they discovered the missing link between humans and animals, the Paranthropus; in some respects human, in others, ape-like. A creature on the borderline between man and animal which raised doubts as to the nature of Man and his place in the Universe....Cover art by Tim White. -
An excellent novelisation of the film by established and respected sci-fi author Whitley Strieber, based on the screenplay by Roland Emmerich. The planet is warming up and as the ice caps melt, the great currents of the oceans shift and the northern hemisphere is plunged into a new ice age. But as western society succumbs to blizzards and tidal waves, and the population of the northern hemisphere begins a a mass exodus southwards, mankind's only saviour is making a lonely, terror-filled trip north - to New York, disappearing under massive snow drifts - where his son was last heard of....
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TekWar: William Shatner
$12.00TekWar 1: Not satisfied with the thrills of being one of Greater Los Angeles’ toughest cops, Jake Cardigan turns to Tek, a computerised brain stimulant which transports the user to any reality he can imagine. He’s soon addicted to this fantasy-enabler - and it isn’t long before Cardigan is accused of dealing. When he fails to convince the mechanised jury of his innocence, the state strips his badge and sentences him to fifteen years in suspended animation. Four years later he’s awakened. His sentence has been changed - but no one will tell him why. Cardigan’s search for answers takes him to Mexico, where a rogue scientist is attempting to rid the world of Tek. But these efforts have roused powerful enemies...Aiding this quest is the right thing to do, but for an ex-con, doing good can be the most dangerous decision of all. Cover art by Boris Vallejo. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/tek-secret-william-shatner/ -
STARK: Ben Elton
$8.00Stark has more money than God and the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn. And they know the Earth is dying. A conspiracy is formed, and a planet-sized plot is hatched; the money-men who have destroyed the Earth are preparing to live in outer space - just until the Earth renews itself, ready for fresh exploitation. Some green freaks pick up the scent: CD, a Pommie poseur; Rachel, a rebel with a cause; Zimmerman, a brain-fried Vietnam Vet who got his balls shot off in the conflict; Walter, his peaceable mate; the Culboons, an aboriginal couple who have lost their land to the STARK conspiracy -and Chrissy, a determined American journo. Together they'll bring the rich enviro-vandals to justice - but they'll have to do more than stick up two fingers and say, "Peace." This novel contains one of Elton's finest quotes: To be able to own a swimming pool is a reality - to be able to own seventeen is a meaningless abstract. Cover shows Derrick O'Connor as Zimmerman and Ben Elton as CD in a scene from the TV mini-series of STARK.
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Wildside: Steven Gould
$20.00It's another world: a pristine earth where mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers still roam. There are no laws, no cities, no highways, no pollution - no people. It lies just beyond the heavy wooden door, hidden at the back of the barn, through a tunnel that enters a hillside in South Texas, but doesn't come out the other side. It belongs to Charlie, a whole world accessible only through the doorway on the ranch his uncle left him free and clear. But to explore a planet, you need money. And equipment. And the money to buy the equipment. Money to live on while you explore; money for taxes on the ranch and to pay for the training needed to survive in a completely wild world. So Charlie captures some extinct birds - passenger pigeons - and sells them on the tame side to finance his venture. He sells more than a dozen, and Wildside Investments is born. That is the beginning of the end - for how can you keep a secret like that one anyone gets wind of it? Charlie and his trusted friends will have to fight for the preservation of the Wildside - and their own lives. Cover art by Nicholas Jainschigg.
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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. -
The volume contains: Time Enough, Lewis Padgett; The Soul-Empty Ones, Walter Miller Jr; Defender of the Faith, Alfred Coppel; All of You, James V. McConnell; The Holes and Beast in the House, Michael Shaara; Little Boy, Jerome Bixby; Unwillingly to School, Pauline Ashwell; Brother Robot and The Stuff, Henry Slesar; The Risk Profession, Donald E. Westlake; Arcturus Times Three, Jack Sharkey; They Are Not Robbed, Richard McKenna; The Creatures of Man, Verge Foray; Only Yesterday, Ted White; An Agent In Place, Laurence M. Janifer. -
Three by Connie Willis: Uncharted Territory: Explorers Findriddy and Carson are sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet. Back home, their adventures are followed by countless breathless fans, but the reality is far less romantic as they deal with dust, nitpicking regulations, and uncooperative aliens. Teamed with a young intern whose specialty is mating customs and a native guide of indeterminate gender, the group sets out for a previously unexplored sector of the planet. As they survey canyons and cataracts, battle dangers, and discover alien treasures, they will soon find themselves in alien territory of another kind: exploring the paths and precipices of sex. And love. Fire Watch: A time-traveling graduate student from a future Oxford University is sent to the London Blitz due to a clerical error. He was supposed to travel with St Paul for his practical exam, but instead ends up assigned to the Fire Watch for St Paul’s Cathedral - and he hasn't the least idea what's going on. Even The Queen: Virtually every new technology spawns those who insist that whatever-it-is is a bad thing. But in this case, an entire cult is involved. Cover art by Mick Van Houten. -
Highlights include: sightings from Russia, China and Africa, including never before published sightings from airline crews; the family who were 'attacked' by a UFO in the Australian desert; detailed accounts of a wave of sightings in Britain during 1988; new reveletions about cases involving the actual recovery of UFOs and their alien occupants. -
Radiation from the stellar explosion less than 150 light years away smashed Earth into a new ice age. Tornadoes devastated the world, leaving destruction, death and desolation in their wake. Worst of all, the human race found itself sterile. The Zetas, strange people with suddenly-acquired psychic powers were made the scapegoats, but even during the hounding and extermination that followed, few could grasp what had really happened - an alien intelligence, riding on the shock waves of that supernova, had broken through the atmosphere to take up residence in the human brain. Who would inherit the Earth? Cover art by Chris Achilleos. -
Earth has become an ecological nightmare. On a vast metallic island in space, the scientists of the Trikon project undertake research too risky to be conducted anywhere else - research that could save the planet. The Commander Dan Tighe discovers the truth. Trikon's priority is espionage - the scientists, consumed by greed, lust and drugs - are running the lab for their own gain. And one of his crew is trying to destroy the Trikon Station. Only Commander Tighe can save Trikon - and only Trikon can save the Earth. Cover art by Gerry Grace. s -
Book III of Doona. The huge black spaceship in orbit around Doonarrala is apparently unarmed and poses no immediate threat, but a classified military tape reveals that it bears a striking resemblance to one found derelict and looming over a planet devastated by war. For Todd Reeve, leader of the Human colony on Doonarrala, and for his Hrruban friend Hrriss, the ship represents a chance for both their species to extend the hand of friendship to another. For others, both from Earth and Hrruba, the ship and its inhabitants are a threat of such magnitude they will stop at nothing to to sabotage Todd's efforts at communication. Cover art by Mark Harrison.
