Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for five months can only spell tension and trouble—but in this case, the atmosphere was literally poisoned. Five months out from Earth, we were half-way to Saturn and three-quarters of the way to murder. At least, I was. I was sick of the feuding, the worries and the pettiness of the other nineteen aboard. My stomach heaved at the bad food, the eternal smell of people, and the consta ...
As one of the Guardian ships protecting Earth, the crew had a problem to solve. Just how do you protect a race from an enemy who can take over a man’s mind without seeming effort or warning? ...
Set in a dystopian future where America has become a police state, «Security» shows us just how important our freedoms and rights are. A mesmerizing cautionary tale from one of the best writers science fiction ever produced. ...
“Nothing around those other suns but ashes and dried blood,” old Dunbar told the space-wrecked, desperate men. “Only one way to go, where we can float down through the clouds to Paradise. That’s straight ahead to the sun with the red rim around it.” But Dunbar’s eyes were old and uncertain. How could they believe in his choice when every star in this forsaken section of space was surrounded by a beckoning red rim? ...
How could a man tell the difference if all the reality of Earth turned out to be a cosmic hoax? Suppose it turned out that this was just a stage set for students of history? ...
The Dome of Eyes made it almost impossible for Terrans to reach the world of Tepokt. For those who did land there, there was no returning—only the bitterness of respect—and justice! ...
Bradley had one fear in his life. He had to escape regeneration. To do that, he was willing to take any chance, coward though he was—even if it meant that he had to become a god! ...
The Oren were one and their strength was legion. They had it all figured out, in their own parasitical, cold-blooded way. But they’d neglected one she-cat of a girl.... ...
