A Fantasy Historical Romance of the First Decade of Papa's Pride, by Clea Ortiz Newcome—but actually a Gilbert & Sullivan Fantasy in Space Opera Framework, by Phyllis Ann Karr! <P> Some have told me that the events of Ship Years 8 and 9 were far too terrible to use as underpinning for a light fantasy romance, and one that in any case can appeal chiefly to the hundred or so avid Savoyards in the ship's population. My respons ...
A new collection of 17 science fiction and horror stories by a well-known SF novelist, including four published for the first time. New York Times bestselling author Steve Perry notes in his introduction: «He tends to grab you with the first line and not let go until the last line, and it's an interesting ride all the way through. …Glass has a winner here.» ...
"Robert A. Heinlein would have loved this book!" – Spider Robinson <P> In the distant future, when most of Earth's 20th century literature – including science fiction – has been lost, a previously unknown Robert A. Heinlein story turns up. Is it real or counterfeit? It's up to Gerald Knave to scope out the truth. Because it just may be a life-or-death case for him! <P> "Both Knave and I have more respect and a ...
Space travel was supposed to be safe. Accidents only happened to other people. So what was Gerald Knave doing stranded in the middle of space, with no way to get home–and no idea where he was? ...
Youth is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the May 1952 issue of Space Science Fiction and was reprinted in the 1955 collection The Martian Way and Other Stories. Youth is one of the rare Asimov stories with alien characters. ...
Once it had been king city of a mighty empire and the center of the ancient faith; Gateway to the Gods, the old epics name it. Now it was dead, empty, deserted, only a dim ghost of its vanished splendor. Such was Ilionis, the Lost City of Mars. A somber ruin, cold and lonely. But Ilionis was not forgotten. The old city held a valuable treasure…a treasure that brought Earthmen Ivo Tengren and scientist Krensny on a strange and difficult journey t ...
Fredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the «short-short» form (these days called flash fiction) – stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels.) This volume contains 27 of his stories, including the classics «The Waveries,» «Honeymoon in Hell,» «Cartoonist,» and many more! <P> Included are ...
Horton's elegiac anthology of 15 mostly hard SF stories illuminates a broad spectrum of grief over love thwarted through time, space, human frailty or alien intervention, from the gentle melancholy of Michael Swanwick's «Triceratops Summer,» which posits tame Technicolored time-warped dinosaurs in Vermont, to newcomer Leah Bobet's «Bliss,» an agonizing riff on near-future drug addiction. Several selections address current politica ...
Mysterious aliens … ruthless terrorists … androids with attitude … genetic manipulation … punch-ups with lasers … giant spaceships … what more could you want? This great collection of 10 short stories by the author of Gridlinked, The Skinner, In the Line of Polity, and many more is a great read! ...
