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In 1968, Erich von Daniken first presented his theory of alien contact with the ancient world - a theory so incredible, yet so compelling, that it has become part of a wide-ranging debate that continues to this day. His claims that an alien race helped create the pyramids of Egypt were based upon the ruins themselves. And it is these ruins that now provide researchers with a never-ending source of clues. There is new research that may demonstrate that the location and design of the pyramids were uniquely fit for preservation - something the Egyptians couldn't possibly have known; there are physical remains of the ships built by the Pharaohs and buried with them for travel in the afterlife - imitations, perhaps, of the ships they saw used by men from the sky? There are discoveries of hidden chambers and passageways, one of which ends at an ancient door - and none know what is beyond it. There are prehistoric bones that may prove the existence of a worldwide cult that deformed children's skulls in imitation of the "gods" they had seen; and new interpretations of ancient writings - and new speculations on ancient mysteries. Illustrated with black and white photographs. -
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world. -
Book II of Riverworld. A world of resurrection where every soul who ever lived is brought back to indefinite life - where death is a momentary inconvenience. A world of peace and the end of all fear? By no mean. Among the billions clawing through warfare, slavery and violent aggression is Sam Clemens, alias Mark Twain. Sam's dream is to build a Mississippi-style paddle wheeler ad to find the source of the River, resurrected Man's focus and Riverworld's artery. But even with the aid of one of the mysterious beings responsible for Riverworld and of Sam's Neanderthal blood-brother, he is hard put to bring his dream to life. There are others - King John, for example - who will stop at nothing to steal the Fabulous Riverboat...Cover art by Peter Jones. -
Past Doctor Adventures No. VII. The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery and a moral dilemma. Robbery and murder are on the increases in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos - despite the fact he is safely under lock and key. Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered, contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth. As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy. This adventure takes place between the TV stories The Day Of The Daleks and The Sea Devils, and is concurrent with The Curse Of Peladon.
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In the year 2450, humanity is scattered among the stars, which teem with intelligent life. Earth has been destroyed 200 years before and all Earthmen are exiles. The world of Hydros has practically no landmass, only a great globe-encompassing ocean with occasional tiny islands. One life form there, a bi-pedal humanoid, has created floating islands from sea-borne material. An assortment of Earthmen have come to Hydros - for them it is a world of no return, having no outward bound space transportation. They travel the planet's endless oceans in search of the mysterious area from which no human has ever returned - the Face of the Waters. Cover art by Jim Burns. -
An omnibus of the three volumes of the Towers series. Out Of The Dead City: The Empire of Toromon had finally declared war. The attacks on its planes had been nothing compared to the final insult - the kidnapping of the Crown Prince. But how would the members of this civilisation - one of the few that survived the Great Fire - get beyond the deadly radiation barrier, behind which the enemy lay? And assuming they got beyond the barrier, how would they deal with that enemy - the Lord of the Flames - whose very presence was unknown to the people among whom he lived? The Towers Of Toron: The Lord of the Flames was loose on Earth once more - this deadly alien entity had nearly destroyed the Empire of Toromon with its first attack. Its return now would mean a new era of chaos and conflict for the remnants of humanity. Somehow mankind must defeat this strangest of all enemies - an enemy that could be anyone or anywhere, an enemy that could reduce the human race to primitive savagery... City Of A Thousand Suns: he war was over. The great computer which had arranged and directed the complex military operations of that future nation was to be dismantled. But the computer had become expert in the science of self-defence...and it resisted. The government buildings were blasted. Rockets rained on the great city, and the Empire of Toromon, the first great hope of humanity after the millennia of radiation wreckage, faced disaster at the hands of a super-scientific monster of its own creation. But, unknown even to Toromon's desperate leaders, was the fact that behind the berserk computer lurked the unearthly mind of a real enemy - a foe from the most distant realm of space, intent on making the Earth the first victim of galactic conquest. Cover art by Bob Haberfield. -
Book II of Carl Crader. The year is 2050. Earl Jazine, a computer specialist, is called to the investigate irregularities in the wiring of an election computer. He finds evidence that the machine has been used to record the results of an unknown election between candidates whose very existence seems doubtful. Believing the computer's anomalies may be linked with a plot by a revolutionary group called HAND (Humans Against Neuter Domination), Jazine launches an investigation that leads him to a vast underground city in Utah and near death in a radioactive salt mine. Then he gets too close to the horrible truth when he uncovers a super government that threatens the nations very existence. Cover art by Romas Kukalis.
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Aliens Omnibus: Volume II. The Female War: Lt Ellen Ripley wakes from her long journey in space with a hole in her memory and an overwhelming drive to survive. Ready to take up the fight once more, she uncovers a devastating secret... and what it means to be Alien. Genocide: 'Fire' comes to Earth - a deadly drug distilled from the Alien's body chemistry. It promises incredible power. But there's only one place to find it - on an Alien world convulsed by Civil war. Cover art by Dave Dorman. -
Star Trek Original Series No 16. Klingon Captain Krenn is a ruthless war strategist. But on a mission to Earth, Krenn learns a lesson in peace. Suddenly, he must fight a secret personal battle. His Empire has a covert plan to shatter the Federation. Only Krenn can prevent a war - at the risk of his own life. Cover art by Boris Vallejo.
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