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Acorna's Searchby Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann ScarboroughISBN 0380818469 (0-380-81846-9)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acorna's Search'Book summary:"It must be as it was before."
Acorna's people, the Linyaari, are once more without a home. And though they survived the brutal attack from the cold-blooded Khleevi, the battle left their beloved planet, narhii-Vhiliinyar, horribly scarred. Yet all is not lost. While the damage is terrible, hope still lives deep within this gentle, spiritual people. Banding together, they will rebuild both narhii-Vhiliinyar and the original Linyaari homeworld, Vhiliinyar, restoring them to the natural beauty and vitality they enjoyed before the time of the Khleevi.
Acorna, too, is eager to help reconstruct the homeworld of which she's long dreamed. Though she was abandoned in space as a baby, then rescued and raised by gruff human asteroid miners, the beautiful young woman with the "funny" feet and hands and gleaming horn has made peace with her heritage and is now eager to turn her extraordinary healing powers to re-create the Linyaari's world with her lifemate, Aari, her human "uncles," and her friends.
But just as work begins to get under way something goes terribly wrong. Linyaari begin mysteriously disappearing -- including Aari and his sister, Maati. Is it the Khleevi or some other unknown enemy?
Searching for her beloved, Acorna makes an even more astonishing discovery: the remains of a subterranean world that belonged to the legendary Friends -- a technologically advanced society that populated Vhiliinyar before the time of the Ancestors. What happened to the Friends? Where did they go and why has so little remained of their society? Acorna knows that to save Aari and the rest of the missing Linyaari she must begin to seek the answers -- a quest that will once again take her deep into the realms of limitless space to find the origins of her people...
In Acona's Search, the acclaimed Anne McCaffrey and award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough create another enthralling adventure featuring one of the most endearing and adventurous heroines in speculative fiction: the beloved Unicorn Girl. Filled with wonder, danger, wisdom, and love, it is a tale to treasure and share.
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The Alternate Asimovsby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385197845 (0-385-19784-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Andromeda Strainby Michael CrichtonISBN 0394415256 (0-394-41525-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Andromeda Strain'Book summary:Some biologists speculate that if we ever make contact with extraterrestrials, those life forms are likely to be--like most life on earth--one-celled or smaller creatures, more comparable to bacteria than little green men. And even though such organisms would not likely be able to harm humans, the possibility exists that first contact might be our last.
That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel, The Andromeda Strain.
A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve an extraterrestrial decontamination facility to sterilize returning astronauts, satellites, and spacecraft that might carry an "unknown biologic agent." The government agrees, almost too quickly, to build the top-secret Wildfire Lab in the desert of Nevada. Shortly thereafter, unbeknownst to Stone, the U.S. Army initiates the "Scoop" satellite program, an attempt to actively collect space pathogens for use in biological warfare. When Scoop VII crashes a couple years later in the isolated Arizona town of Piedmont, the Army ends up getting more than it asked for.
The Andromeda Strain follows Stone and rest of the scientific team mobilized to react to the Scoop crash as they scramble to understand and contain a strange and deadly outbreak. Crichton's first book may well be his best; it has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Azazelby Isaac AsimovISBN 038524410X (0-385-24410-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Best of Isaac Asimovby Isaac AsimovISBN 038505078X (0-385-05078-X)
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The Bicentennial Man and Other Storiesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385121989 (0-385-12198-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Bloodby Michael MoorcockISBN 038078078X (0-380-78078-X)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood'Book summary:Tapping the power of the rift in reality called the Biloxi Fault, the jugadors of the Terminal Cafe gamble on games of probability, building and manipulating universes. But is the universe they live in any different from those with which they play? Jack Karaquazian, Colinda Dovero, and Sam Oakenhurst discover that it is not when they are invited by the Rose to play on a grander scale and for higher stakes than ever before in a battle between the Chaos Engineers and the Singularity. [via]
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Buy Jupiter and Other Storiesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385050771 (0-385-05077-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Circuit of Heavenby Dennis DanversISBN 0380790920 (0-380-79092-0)
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The City of Emberby Jeanne DuPrauISBN 0375922741 (0-375-92274-1)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The City of Ember'Book summary:It is always night in the city of Ember. But there is no moon, no stars. The only light during the regular twelve hours of "day" comes from floodlamps that cast a yellowish glow over the streets of the city. Beyond are the pitch-black Unknown Regions, which no one has ever explored because an understanding of fire and electricity has been lost, and with it the idea of a Moveable Light. "Besides," they tell each other, "there is nowhere but here" Among the many other things the people of Ember have forgotten is their past and a direction for their future. For 250 years they have lived pleasantly, because there has been plenty of everything in the vast storerooms. But now there are more and more empty shelves--and more and more times when the lights flicker and go out, leaving them in terrifying blackness for long minutes. What will happen when the generator finally fails?
Twelve-year-old Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet seem to be the only people who are worried. They have just been assigned their life jobs--Lina as a messenger, which leads her to knowledge of some unsettling secrets, and Doon as a Pipeworker, repairing the plumbing in the tunnels under the city where a river roars through the darkness. But when Lina finds a very old paper with enigmatic "Instructions for Egress," they use the advantages of their jobs to begin to puzzle out the frightening and dangerous way to the city of light of which Lina has dreamed. As they set out on their mission, the haunting setting and breathless action of this stunning first novel will have teens clamoring for a sequel. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
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The Complete Storiesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385416067 (0-385-41606-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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The Complete Robotby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385177240 (0-385-17724-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Robot'Book summary:A series of graded readers covering a wide range of styles and kinds of English, both fiction and non-fiction, with comprehension exercises, questions and crosswords. Level 2 has a vocabulary of 600 words. [via]
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Creatures of Light and Darknessby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380011220 (0-380-01122-0)
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Donnerjackby Roger Zelazny, Jane LindskoldISBN 0380770229 (0-380-77022-9)
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The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth and Other Storiesby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380011468 (0-380-01146-8)
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Emperorby William F. WuISBN 0380765152 (0-380-76515-2)
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Eragonby Christopher PaoliniISBN 0375840540 (0-375-84054-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eragon'Book summary:Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords.
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.
In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Ericby Terry PratchettISBN 0380821214 (0-380-82121-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eric'Book summary:Eric, also known as Faust Eric, is the ninth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1990[1] as a "Discworld story", in a larger format than the other novels and illustrated by Josh Kirby.[2] It was later reissued as a normal paperback without any illustrations, and in some cases, with the title given on the cover and title pages simply as Eric. (The page headers, however, continued to alternate between Faust and Eric.) The story is a parody of the tale of Faust,[3] and follows the events of Sourcery in which the Wizard Rincewind was trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions. Rincewind wakes in a strange place, having been summoned by the 13-year-old demonologist, Eric Thursley, who wants the mastery of all kingdoms, to meet the most beautiful woman who ever existed, and to live forever. He is disappointed when Rincewind tells him he is unable to deliver any of these things, and embarrassed when Rincewind sees through his disguise. Rincewind is disheartened to learn that the spells to confine the demon summoned are working on him; Eric's parrot tells him that because he was summoned as a demon, he is subject to the same terms. [via]
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Executiveby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380898349 (0-380-89834-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Executive'Book summary:This is the fourth in the series BIO OF A SPACE TYRANT, featuring the stages in the life of Hope Hubris, the Tyrant of Jupiter, and his beloved sister Spirit. [via]
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Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brainby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385239262 (0-385-23926-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Far Horizonsby Robert SilverbergISBN 0380796945 (0-380-79694-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Far Horizons'Book summary:Far Horizons is the science fiction equivalent of Robert Silverberg's bestselling fantasy anthology Legends. For both books, Silverberg invited some of the most renowned authors in the field to write a new story based on their most popular series or settings. For instance, the first story in Far Horizons is Ursula K. Le Guin's "Old Music and the Slave Women," which takes place in the same Hainish universe as her famous novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. Dan Simmons wrote a piece set in the realm of Hyperion, Anne McCaffrey turned in a Helva story from the world of The Ship Who Sang, and so on.
Like Legends, the list of writers in Far Horizons reads like a Who's Who of the genre: Le Guin, Joe Haldeman, Orson Scott Card, David Brin, Simmons, Nancy Kress, Frederik Pohl, Gregory Benford, McCaffrey and Greg Bear, as well as Silverberg himself. And like Legends, the authors take a page or two to introduce their stories so that newcomers won't be totally lost. The average story in Far Horizons is, as you might expect, a significant cut above the average SF story, although this anthology is not quite as successful as its predecessor. Authors like Le Guin and Simmons have come up with some first-rate stuff, but Card and McCaffrey have produced stories that are mediocre at best. Overall, though, the book has far more ups than downs, and serious readers won't want to miss this one. Those new to the world of SF will also find Far Horizons an invaluable reference when they're looking for good authors to read. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395082544 (0-395-08254-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:Part one of The Lord of the Rings, now featuring film art on the cover. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in THE HOBBIT. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.[via]More editions of Fellowship of the Ring:
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A Fire in the Sunby George A. EffingerISBN 038526349X (0-385-26349-X)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fire in the Sun'Book summary:The sequel to "When Gravity Fails" and winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, this sees the return of Marid Audran, the once small-time street hustler. [via]
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Fluke, Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Singsby Christopher MooreISBN 0380978415 (0-380-97841-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fluke, Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings'Book summary:In his entertaining adventure-in-whale-researching, Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, Nathan Quinn, a prominent marine biologist, has been conducting studies in Hawaii for years trying to unravel the secret of why humpback whales sing. During a typical day of data gathering, Nate believes his mind is failing: the subject whale has "Bite Me" scrawled across its tail. Events become even stranger as the self-proclaimed "action nerds," Nate, photographer Clay, their research assistant Amy, and Kona, a white Rasta (a Jewish kid from New Jersey), encounter sabotage to their data and equipment. They also observe increasingly bizarre whale behavior, including a phone call from the whale to their wealthy sponsor to ask that Nate bring it a hot pastrami and Swiss on rye, and discover both a thriving underwater city and the secret to what happened to Amelia Earhart.
Thoughtful, irreverent, and often hilarious, Moore has crafted a tale that contains a bit of the saga of declining whale populations due to hunting and habitat destruction, as well as his over-the-top, decadent wit as applied to scientific methodology and professional jealousies. Moore notes a pasty, rival scientist "looked like Death out for his after-dinner stroll before a busy night of e-mailing heart attacks and tumors to a few million lucky winners," and that killer whales (which are all named Kevin), are "just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car." Smart, sincere, and a whale of a story, Fluke is terrific. --Michael Ferch [via]
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The Gate to Women's Countryby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0385247095 (0-385-24709-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The House Between the Worldsby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 038512936X (0-385-12936-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House Between the Worlds'Book summary:Fenton was only a 'tweenman, without body or shadow; his body lay back in the laboratory where Dr Garnock was experimenting with a new drug. Yet Fenton was in the fairy world of the Alfar, helplessly watching the Faerie Queen of the Alfar attacked and caputured by the hideous, goblinlike ironfolk. And he was fading, irresistibly being drawn back to his body. He had to return to save the Faerie Queen - and to save his own world from the ironfolk. But not even Sally Lobeck would believe him. Garnock refused him more drug and confiscated the talisman that would have let him return in his body as a worldwalker, free to move through the Gateways between worlds. His only hope lay in findinf the mysterious House between the Worlds. But the House could only be found when and where it wanted. And apparently it didn't want Fenton to find it! [via]
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The Hugo Winnersby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385189346 (0-385-18934-6)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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I Sing the Body Electric!: And Other Storiesby Ray BradburyISBN 0380789620 (0-380-78962-0)
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I, Asimov: A Memoirby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385417012 (0-385-41701-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Asimov: A Memoir'Book summary:The long-awaited autobiography of the science fiction master. Filled with his opinions and insights on topics ranging from his own genius and his fear of flying to politics, love, mortality, Hollywood, and religion. Non-fiction. [via]
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Iliumby Dan SimmonsISBN 0380817926 (0-380-81792-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ilium'Book summary:Genre-hopping Dan Simmons returns to science fiction with the vast and intricate masterpiece Ilium. Within, Simmons weaves three astounding story lines into one Earth-, Mars-, and Jupiter-shattering cliffhanger that will leave readers aching for the sequel.
On Earth, a post-technological group of humans, pampered by servant machines and easy travel via "faxing," begins to question its beginnings. Meanwhile, a team of sentient and Shakespeare-quoting robots from Jupiter's lunar system embark on a mission to Mars to investigate an increase in dangerous quantum fluctuations. On the Red Planet, they'll find a race of metahumans living out existence as the pantheon of classic Greek gods. These "gods" have recreated the Trojan War with reconstituted Greeks and Trojans and staffed it with scholars from throughout Earth's history who observe the events and report on the accuracy of Homer's Iliad. One of these scholars, Thomas Hockenberry, finds himself tangled in the midst of interplay between the gods and their playthings and sends the war reeling in a direction the blind poet could have never imagined.
Simmons creates an exciting and thrilling tale set in the thick of the Trojan War as seen through Hockenberry's 20th-century eyes. At the same time, Simmons's robots study Shakespeare and Proust and the origin-seeking Earthlings find themselves caught in a murderous retelling of The Tempest. Reading this highly literate novel does take more than a passing familiarity with at least The Iliad but readers who can dive into these heady waters and swim with the current will be amply rewarded. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Isaac Asimov: The Complete Storiesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385420781 (0-385-42078-1)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories'Book summary:As New Collectible Hardcover with dust jacket [via]
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Isle of Viewby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380759470 (0-380-75947-0)
Softcover, Avon Books
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Knight of Shadowsby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380755017 (0-380-75501-7)
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The Last Defender of Camelotby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380703165 (0-380-70316-5)
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The Lathe of Heavenby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0380791854 (0-380-79185-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lathe of Heaven'Book summary:Ursula K. Le Guin is one of science fiction's greatest writers. She is also an acclaimed author of powerful and perceptive nonfiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. She has received many honors, including six Nebula and five Hugo Awards, the National Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Newbery, the Pilgrim, the Tiptree, and citations by the American Library Association. She has written over a dozen highly regarded novels and story collections. Her SF masterworks are The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), The Dispossessed (1974), and The Lathe of Heaven (1971).
George Orr has dreams that come true--dreams that change reality. He dreams that the aunt who is sexually harassing him is killed in a car crash, and wakes to find that she died in a wreck six weeks ago, in another part of the country. But a far darker dream drives George into the care of a psychotherapist--a dream researcher who doesn't share George's ambivalence about altering reality.
The Lathe of Heaven is set in the sort of worlds that one would associate with Philip K. Dick, but Ms. Le Guin's treatment of the material, her plot and characterization and concerns, are more akin to the humanistic, ethically engaged, psychologically nuanced fiction of Theodore Sturgeon. The Lathe of Heaven is an insightful and chilling examination of total power, of war and injustice and other age-old problems, of changing the world, of playing God. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395193958 (0-395-19395-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:A one-volume collector's edition boxed and bound in handsome red leatherette with gold, green, and blue foil stamping, two-color text setting, and large format fold-out maps containing the complete texts of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, and six appendices. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest -- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. [via]
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MacRoscopeby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380002094 (0-380-00209-4)
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionby Edward L. FermanISBN 0385153570 (0-385-15357-0)
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The Man in the Mazeby Robert SilverbergISBN 0380001985 (0-380-00198-5)
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The Man Who Folded Himselfby David GerroldISBN 039447922X (0-394-47922-X)
Hardcover, Random House
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Mind of My Mindby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 038512600X (0-385-12600-X)
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Mists of Avalonby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0394524063 (0-394-52406-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mists of Avalon'Book summary:Even readers who don't normally enjoy Arthurian legends will love this version, a retelling from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Morgaine (more commonly known as Morgan Le Fay) and Gwenhwyfar (a Welsh spelling of Guinevere) struggle for power, using Arthur as a way to score points and promote their respective worldviews. The Mists of Avalon's Camelot politics and intrigue take place at a time when Christianity is taking over the island-nation of Britain; Christianity vs. Faery, and God vs. Goddess are dominant themes.
Young and old alike will enjoy this magical Arthurian reinvention by science fiction and fantasy veteran Marion Zimmer Bradley. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
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Moonwarby Ben BovaISBN 0380786982 (0-380-78698-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moonwar'Book summary:Ben Bova can really turn out the space sagas. Moonwar, the sequel to Bova's popular 1996 Moonrise, continues the story of Douglas Stavenger, the Kennedy-esque scion of Moonbase's founding dynasty. Moonbase is flourishing under Stavenger's management, but its existence--and Stavenger's very life--depends on nanotechnology, outlawed on Earth in response to a wave of Luddite fear and violence. United Nations peacekeepers arrive on the moon to enforce the anti-nanotech laws, accompanied by intrepid network news reporter Edith Elgin, who promptly falls for Doug. In the meantime, Doug's mother Joanna chooses to return to Earth, but once there she's held hostage by the secretary-general of the UN, who wants Doug to surrender to his forces (and be killed). Smarmy politicians, beautiful TV babes, calculating corporate barons--it's like Washington in the space age, with nonstop action and cool technology. [via]
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Nemesisby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385247923 (0-385-24792-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nemesis'Book summary:From the author of "Foundation", "Robot" and "Empire", this story is set in a futuristic world where Nemesis, a dwarf star, is on a collision course for the Earth. Isaac Asimov has won numerous awards and has received 14 honorary academic degrees. [via]
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Neverwhereby Neil GaimanISBN 0380789019 (0-380-78901-9)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Neverwhere'Book summary:Neverwhere's protagonist, Richard Mayhew, learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished. He ceases to exist in the ordinary world of London Above, and joins a quest through the dark and dangerous London Below, a shadow city of lost and forgotten people, places, and times. His companions are Door, who is trying to find out who hired the assassins who murdered her family and why; the Marquis of Carabas, a trickster who trades services for very big favors; and Hunter, a mysterious lady who guards bodies and hunts only the biggest game. London Below is a wonderfully realized shadow world, and the story plunges through it like an express passing local stations, with plenty of action and a satisfying conclusion. The story is reminiscent of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but Neil Gaiman's humor is much darker and his images sometimes truly horrific. Puns and allusions to everything from Paradise Lost to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz abound, but you can enjoy the book without getting all of them. Gaiman is definitely not just for graphic-novel fans anymore. --Nona Vero [via]
Nine Tomorrowsby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385053142 (0-385-05314-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Paladin Of Soulsby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0380818612 (0-380-81861-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Politicianby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380896850 (0-380-89685-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Politician'Book summary:This is the third in the series BIO OF A SPACE TYRANT, featuring the stages in the life of Hope Hubris, the Tyrant of Jupiter, and his beloved sister Spirit. [via]
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The Positronic Manby Isaac Asimov, Robert SilverbergISBN 0385263422 (0-385-26342-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Prince of Chaosby R. ZelaznyISBN 0380755025 (0-380-75502-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prince of Chaos'Book summary:Treacheries, trickeries, assassination attempts and bloody family intrigues have finally maneuvered Merlin, aka Merle Corey, into the Courts of Chaos - where he is third in line to occupy the throne, thanks to a series of conventionally fatal "accidents" engineered by his mother Dara and uncle Mandor. But Merlin's journey to the ultimate rule will not be easy. For dark enchantments still await him. There is murderous discord between Amber and Chaos to be silenced. And a captive royal father, long believed dead, must first be freed from a villain's magic before a beleaguered Prince can deem his triumph complete. [via]
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Privateersby Ben BovaISBN 0380793164 (0-380-79316-4)
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Raising the Stonesby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0385415117 (0-385-41511-7)
Softcover, Doubleday
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A Reader's Guide to Science Fictionby Baird Searles, Michael Franklin, Beth Meacham, Martin LastISBN 0380461285 (0-380-46128-5)
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Return from the Starsby Stanislaw LemISBN 0380585782 (0-380-58578-2)
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The Return of the Kingby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395272211 (0-395-27221-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Return to Marsby Ben BovaISBN 0380797259 (0-380-79725-9)
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Shikastaby Doris May LessingISBN 0394749774 (0-394-74977-4)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shikasta'Book summary:This is the first volume in the series of novels Doris Lessing calls collectively Canopus in Argos: Archives. Presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, this purports to be a general study of the planet Shikastaclearly the planet Earthto be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives. For eons, galactic empires have struggled against one another, and Shikasta is one of the main battlegrounds.Johar, an emissary from Canopus and the primary contributor to the archives, visits Shikasta over the millennia from the time of the giants and the biblical great flood up to the present. With every visit he tries to distract Shikastans from the evil influences of the planet Shammat but notes with dismay the ever-growing chaos and destruction of Shikasta as its people hurl themselves towards World War III and annihilation. [via]
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Shikasta : Re: Colonised Planet 5by Doris LessingISBN 0394507320 (0-394-50732-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Singer from the Seaby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0380791994 (0-380-79199-4)
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Slapstickby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0385334230 (0-385-33423-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slapstick'Book summary:Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, centenarian, the last President of the United States, King of Manhattan, and one-half (along with his sister, Eliza) of the most powerful intelligence since Einstein, is penning his autobiography. He occupies the first floor of a ruined Empire State Building and lives like a royal scavenger with his illiterate granddaughter and her beau. Buffeted by fluctuating gravity, the U.S. has been scourged by not one, but two lethal diseases: the Green Death and the Albanian Flu. Consequently, the country has fallen into civil war. (Super-intelligent, miniaturized Chinese watch the West self-destruct from the sidelines.) Swain stayed at the White House until there were no citizens left to govern, then moved to deserted New York City, where he writes a thoughtful missive before death.
In Slapstick, Vonnegut muses on war, man's hubris, and the awful, crippling loneliness humans are freighted with--but, miraculously, the book still manages to delight and amuse. Absurd, knowing, never depressing, Slapstick kindles hope--for the possibility of wisdom, perhaps; for human resiliency, surely.
It's best to end with a quote from the prologue wherein the author discourses on The Meaning of It All, or at least This Book: "Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go off looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous.
I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, 'Please--a little less love, and a little more common decency.'"
Amen. [via] 
Slapstick or Lonesome No More!by Kurt VonnegutISBN 0385289448 (0-385-28944-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Stardanceby Spider RobinsonISBN 0385271166 (0-385-27116-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardance'Book summary:Shara Drummond went to space to create a new art form: zero gravity dance. And when the aliens arrived, her stardance was only one way to prove that the human race deserved not just to survive, but to reach the stars. [via]
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Statesmanby Piers AnthonyISBN 0380898357 (0-380-89835-7)
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The Stepford Wivesby Ira LevinISBN 0394481992 (0-394-48199-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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They Walked Like Menby SimakISBN 038042861X (0-380-42861-X)
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This Place Has No Atmosphereby Paula DanzigerISBN 0385294891 (0-385-29489-1)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Three Days to Neverby Tim PowersISBN 0380976536 (0-380-97653-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Days to Never'Book summary:Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no oneto keep from human hands a power that dwarfed the atomic bomb.
When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-wee's Big Adventure from her recently deceased grandmother's house, neither she nor her college-professor father, Frank, realize what they now have in their possession. In an instant they are thrust into the center of a world-altering conspiracy, drawing the dangerous attentions of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists. Now father and daughter have three days to learn the rules of a terrifying magical chess game in order to escape a fate more profound than deathbecause the Marritys hold the key to the ultimate destruction of not only what's to come . . . but what already has been.
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The Toynbee Convectorby Ray BradburyISBN 0394547039 (0-394-54703-9)
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The Truthby Terry PratchettISBN 0380818191 (0-380-81819-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Truth'Book summary:Terry Pratchett's acclaimed Discworld novels have been number one bestsellers in England for more than a decade. In fact, this prolific author sold more hardcover books in the United Kingdom during the 1900's than any other living novelist. Critically recognized as one of the most celebrated practitioners of satire and parody -- in the company of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen -- Pratchett, with his unique brand of irreverent humor, is at last being embraced across America.
In this, his twenty-fifth Discworld novel, Pratchett turns his pen on, well, the pen. Or, rather, the press, and its power to disseminate and create the truth. The lesser son of one of Ankh most privileged families, William de Worde a struggling scribe, hits on the brilliant idea of producing his upper-crust newsletter with a newfangled printing press.
Truer to the family motto, Le Mot juste, than his disapproving father can ever realize, de Worde soon finds that his Ankh-Morpork Times is a success. So big, in fact, that certain nefarious factions would like nothing better than to put him out of business. They begin their own rival Ankh-Morpork Inquirer--full of salacious bits -- to do just that. Soon, though, de Worde has more than just the competition to fret over. Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, is accused of a serious crime in a seemingly airtight case. But William de Worde knows that facts aren't always the truth. Along with a much too prim and proper assistant, a roving photographer vampire with a nasty reaction to his flashgun, and a talking dog who holds the key to the mystery, William de Worde will stop at nothing to get the truth.
And that's the truth.
A dead-on look at the revered fifth estate, the nature of news, and bareknuckled political intrigue, The Truth shall make you free. From everything else you'd be doing instead of enjoying it, that is. [via]
The Vampire Chronicles/the Queen of the Damned/the Vampire Lestat/Interview With the Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 0394581865 (0-394-58186-5)
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The Vampire Lestatby Anne RiceISBN 0394534433 (0-394-53443-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vampire Lestat'Book summary:After the spectacular debut of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, Anne Rice put aside her vampires to explore other literary interests--Italian castrati in Cry to Heaven and the Free People of Color in The Feast of All Saints. But Lestat, the mischievous creator of Louis in Interview, finally emerged to tell his own story in the 1985 sequel, The Vampire Lestat.
As with the first book in the series, the novel begins with a frame narrative. After over a half century underground, Lestat awakens in the 1980s to the cacophony of electronic sounds and images that characterizes the MTV generation. Particularly, he is captivated by a fledgling rock band named Satan's Night Out. Determined both to achieve international fame and end the centuries of self-imposed vampire silence, Lestat takes command of the band (now renamed "The Vampire Lestat") and pens his own autobiography. The remainder of the novel purports to be that autobiography: the vampire traces his mortal youth as the son of a marquis in pre-Revolutionary France, his initiation into vampirism at the hands of Magnus, and his quest for the ultimate origins of his undead species.
While very different from the first novel in the Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat has proved to be the foundation for a broader range of narratives than is possible from Louis's brooding, passive perspective. The character of Lestat is one of Rice's most complex and popular literary alter egos, and his Faustian strivings have a mythopoeic resonance that links the novel to a grand tradition of spiritual and supernatural fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Warrior's Womanby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380753014 (0-380-75301-4)
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Weby Yvegeny Zamyatin, Mirra GinsburgISBN 0380633132 (0-380-63313-2)
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Before 1984...There was...WE
In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an ongoing process of mathematical precision, a perfectly balanced equation. Primitive passions and instincts have been subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier -- and whatever alien species are to be found there -- will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason.
One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for the benefit of less advanced societies. But a chance meeting with the beautiful 1-330 results in an unexpected discovery that threatens everything D-503 believes about himself and the One State. The discovery -- or rediscovery -- of inner space...and that disease the ancients called the soul.
A page-turning SF adventure, a masterpiece of wit and black humor that accurately predicted the horrors of Stalinism, We is the classic dystopian novel. Its message of hope and warning is as timely at the end of the twentieth century as it was at the beginning.
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Where Do We Go from Here?by Isaac AsimovISBN 0385029357 (0-385-02935-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The White Mountainby David WingroveISBN 0385298757 (0-385-29875-7)
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Wild Boys a Book of the Deadby W. S. BurroughsISBN 039417819X (0-394-17819-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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