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Achilles' Choiceby Larry Niven, Steven BarnesISBN 0812510836 (0-8125-1083-6)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Achilles' Choice'Book summary:The gods of Olympus offered a fateful choice to the warrior, Achilles--a short, glorious life, or a long, dull one.[via]
Achilles chose glory.
This is the story of the Eleventh Olympiad in the late 21st century--a contest not only for glory but for survival--and of the woman who dared to compete for the highest stakes of all.
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Agent of Byzantiumby Harry Turtledove, Isaac AsimovISBN 0671875930 (0-671-87593-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Anansi Boys: Library Editionby Neil GaimanISBN 0786285109 (0-7862-8510-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anansi Boys: Library Edition'Book summary:God is dead. Meet the kids.
When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can't shake that name, one of the many embarrassing "gifts" his father bestowed -- before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie's life.
Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the tall, good-looking stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. A brother as different from Charlie as night is from day, a brother who's going to show Charlie how to lighten up and have a little fun ... just like Dear Old Dad. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat Charlie.
Because, you see, Charlie's dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil. Some said he could cheat even Death himself.
Returning to the territory he so brilliantly explored in his masterful New York Times bestseller American Gods, the incomparable Neil Gaiman offers up a work of dazzling ingenuity, a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is at once startling, terrifying, exhilarating, and fiercely funny -- a true wonder of a novel that confirms Stephen King's glowing assessment of the author as "a treasure house of story, and we are lucky to have him."
Performed by Lenny Henry
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Angel With the Swordby C. J. CherryhISBN 0809900017 (0-8099-0001-7)
Hardcover, Daw Books
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Archangel Protocolby Lyda MorehouseISBN 0451458273 (0-451-45827-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Archangel Protocol'Book summary:First the LINK-an interactive, implanted computer-transformed society. Then came the angels-cybernetic manifestations that claimed to be working God's will...
But former cop Deidre McMannus has had her LINK implant removed-for a crime she didn't commit. And she has never believed in the angels.
All that will change when a man named Michael appears at her door. [via]More editions of Archangel Protocol:
The Ashes of Edenby William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-StevensISBN 0671520369 (0-671-52036-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Avengerby William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-StevensISBN 0671551310 (0-671-55131-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Avenger'Book summary:Although Kirk appeared to perish at the conclusion of Star Trek® Generations" , the big national bestseller, The Return, revealed the amazing story of Kirk's resurrection. Now, William Shatner brings his distinctive blend of talents as an actor, writer, director, and producer to continue the saga of Jim Kirk's second life -- and to reunite one of the greatest teams of any future century...START TREK: AVENGER.
A lethal virogen, inimical to all conventional forms of planet life, threatens the entire Federation with starvation and dissolution. In this moment of Starfleet's greatest need, Captain James T. Kirk, long believed dead, embarks on a desperate quest to find the true source of the mysterious virogen.
Elsewhere in the galaxy, Ambassador Spock, his diplomatic efforts stalled by the spread of famine and chaos, returns to his native world of vulcan to confront a mystery of a deeply personal nature -- an investigation that soon leads him to a reunion with a long-lost friend he never expected to see again. Kirk and Spock, together again, must join forces to save a new generation from an awesome menace unleashed by a ruthless interplanetary conspiracy.
Full of high adventure and powerful drama, STAR TREK: AVENGER is an engrossing new Star Trek epic -- and a moving tale of past memories and new hope that only WIlliam Shatner could tell. [via]
Banner of Soulsby Liz WilliamsISBN 0553586769 (0-553-58676-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Biting the Sunby Tanith LeeISBN 0553581309 (0-553-58130-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Black Fireby Sonni CooperISBN 0671705482 (0-671-70548-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Blade Dancerby S. L. ViehlISBN 0451459466 (0-451-45946-6)
Softcover, Roc
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Brass Manby Neal AsherISBN 0765317311 (0-7653-1731-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Coming of the Quantum Catsby Frederik PohlISBN 0553763393 (0-553-76339-3)
Softcover, Spectra
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Conquerors' Heritageby Timothy ZahnISBN 0553567721 (0-553-56772-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Coronaby Greg BearISBN 0671743538 (0-671-74353-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Corona'Book summary:Corona An awesome, sentinent force of protostars -- Corona -- has taken control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists. The U.S.S Enterprise" has come on a rescue mission, with a female reporter and a new computer that can override Kirk's command. Suddenly, the rescuers must save themselves and the entire Universe -- before Corona unleashes a Big Bang! [via]
The Cosmic Computerby H. Beam PiperISBN 0441117597 (0-441-11759-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Crown of Starsby James TiptreeISBN 0812503384 (0-8125-0338-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Deathstalker Warby Simon R. GreenISBN 0451456084 (0-451-45608-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Devil's Heartby Carmen Carter, Kevin RyanISBN 0671794264 (0-671-79426-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Heart'Book summary:The Devil's Heart is a legendary object of unsurpassed power and mystery. Worlds that believe in magic consider it Darkness's mightiest talisman; and worlds of science consider it a lost artifact of some ancient and forgotten race. Some say the Heart enables its possessor to control people's minds and to amass wealth enough for a dozen lifetimes, while others think it capable of raising the dead, perhaps even changing the flow of time itself. But to all, the location of this fabled object has remained a mystery, until now.
An isolated archaeological outpost has suddenly stopped responding to repeated requests for information. Sent to discover why, the "U.S.S. Enterprise" TM crew finds a devastated outpost and a dying scientist, whose last words fall on disbelieving ears: the Devil's Heart has been found.
As the quest for the Heart unfolds, Captain Jean-Luc Picard discovers that beyond all the legends and age-old secrets lies an awful truth: whoever holds the Devil's Heart possesses power beyond imagining. [via] 
Doctor Who, Winner Takes Allby Jacqueline RaynerISBN 0563486279 (0-563-48627-9)
Hardcover, Bbc Pubns
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Dreamshipsby Melissa ScottISBN 0812513029 (0-8125-1302-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreamships'Book summary:A wealthy corporation owner hires a space pilot to track down her insane brother, a man who might have just created the first fully conscious artificial intelligence. Reprint. NYT. K. [via]
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Dune: La Batalla De Corrinby Frank HerbertISBN 0441172717 (0-441-17271-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune: La Batalla De Corrin'Book summary:This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck [via]
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Dwellers in the Crucibleby Margaret W. BonannoISBN 0671741470 (0-671-74147-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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E Pluribus Unicornby Theodore SturgeonISBN 0671502239 (0-671-50223-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Effendi: The Second Arabeskby Jon Courtenay GrimwoodISBN 0553587447 (0-553-58744-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Elvisseyby Jack WomackISBN 0802134955 (0-8021-3495-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The End of All Songsby Michael MoorcockISBN 0441136621 (0-441-13662-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Eternity Rowby S. L. ViehlISBN 0451458915 (0-451-45891-5)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eternity Row'Book summary:Cherijo and her husband have found safety aboard the star vessel Sunlace. But they have promises to keep-promises that will endanger everything she ever fought for-including her solemn oath to protect life. [via]
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Fate of the Phoenixby Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0553127799 (0-553-12779-9)
Softcover, Bantam
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The Fate of the Phoenixby Laddie Marshack, Myrna Culbreath, Sondra MarshakISBN 0553279327 (0-553-27932-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fate of the Phoenix'Book summary:With the Romulans approaching the boundaries of Federation space and the Klingons threatening to break the Organian peace treaty, Captain Kirk and his crew face a new peril in the person of Omne, the powerful and twisted creator of the Phoenix process. Reissue. [via]
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Felaheenby Jon Courtenay GrimwoodISBN 0553383787 (0-553-38378-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0618002227 (0-618-00222-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkiens peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written.[via]
No other writer has created a world as distinct as Middle-earth, complete with its own geography, history, languages, and legends. And no one has created characters as endearing as Tolkiens large-hearted, hairy-footed hobbits. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings continues to seize the imaginations of readers of all ages, and this new three-volume paperback edition is designed to appeal to the youngest of them.
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elvensmiths, 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, still it remained lost to him . . .More editions of Fellowship of the Ring:
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Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0618153985 (0-618-15398-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 061826051X (0-618-26051-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0786251786 (0-7862-5178-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0618129030 (0-618-12903-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0618260269 (0-618-26026-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0618346252 (0-618-34625-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0618002227 (0-618-00222-7)
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- Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0618574948 (0-618-57494-8)
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Fifty Short Science Fiction Talesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0684842963 (0-684-84296-3)
Softcover, Scribner
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Firstflightby Chris ClaremontISBN 0441235840 (0-441-23584-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Foundation's Friendsby Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry GreenbergISBN 0812509803 (0-8125-0980-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Grenthievesby Alan Dean FosterISBN 0727849514 (0-7278-4951-4)
Hardcover, Severn House Pub Ltd
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Growing Up Weightlessby John M. FordISBN 0553373064 (0-553-37306-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Growing Up Weightless'Book summary:It's not that Matt Ronay, the protagonist of this novel, is weightless; it's just that he lives on the Moon, and he has the ability to flow gracefully through the low gravity. There's a figurative weightless to the story as well, that of Ronay's life and decisions he faces growing up as an adolescent in lunar society. Ronay, a brilliant youth, takes a trip to distant city, acts in theater and dreams of flight to far-off worlds. His father, a leader in lunar politics, doesn't always understand, though he may have had some of the same yearnings as his son. This imaginative novel won the 1994 Philip K. Dick Award. [via]
Gulliver's Fugitivesby Keith ShareeISBN 0671741438 (0-671-74143-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Fugitives'Book summary:While searching for the U.S.S. Huxley, missing for more than 10 years, the EnterpriseTM stumbles across a forgotten colony of humans on a planet called Rampart, where fiction and works of the imagination of any kind are considered a heinous crime. A survey team beams aboard the ship to search for "contraband," and the crew are drawn immediately into a vicious civil war between Rampart's mind police and a band of determined rebels. [via]
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Invitation to the Gameby Monica HughesISBN 0671866923 (0-671-86692-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellby Susanna ClarkeISBN 0765356155 (0-7653-5615-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell'Book summary:At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England--until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight.[via]
Soon, another practicing magician comes forth: the young, handsome, and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's student, and they join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic, straining his partnership with Norrell, and putting at risk everything else he holds dear.
Time Magazine #1 Book of the Year « Book Sense Book of the Year « People Top Ten Books of the Year « Winner of the Hugo Award « A New York Times Notable Book of the Year « Salon.com Top Ten of 2004 «Winner of the World Fantasy Award « Nancy Pearl's Top 12 Books of 2004 « Washington Post Book World's Best of 2004 « Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction 2004 « San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2004 « Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel « Chicago Tribune Best of 2004 « Seattle Times 25 Best Books of 2004 « Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 12 Books of 2004 « Village Voice "Top Shelf" « Raleigh News & Observer Best of 2004 « Rocky Mountain News critics' favorites of 2004 « Kansas City Star 100 Newsworthy Books of 2004 « Fort Worth Star-Telegram 10 Best Books of 2004 « Hartford Courant Best Books of 2004More editions of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell:
The Lion Gameby James H. SchmitzISBN 0441484344 (0-441-48434-4)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Lost on Venusby Edgar Rice Burroughs, James Allen St. John, Kevin J. AndersonISBN 0803262191 (0-8032-6219-1)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost on Venus'Book summary:Lost! Space adventurer Carson Napier made a grievous miscalculation and became stranded on dangerous, mist-shrouded Venus. But Napier refused to quit. He won the love of the beautiful Duare, princess of Vepaja, became a pirate, fought villains, then lost his beloved to the evil Thorist kidnappers.Napier's adventures on Venus continue in this pulse-pounding sequel to Pirates of Venus. Here the intrepid and wry explorer takes on a savage world in order to rescue the princess from her sworn enemies. Napiers epic quest for Duare takes him through the streets of the City of the Dead, into the terrifying Room of the Seven Doors, and face to face with fantastic and perilous creatures. Featuring what may be Burroughss most realistic hero, Lost on Venus brims with the action, suspense, and wit unique to the Master of Adventure.This edition features an introduction by celebrated writer Kevin J. Anderson and the original illustrations by J. Allen St. John.[via] 
Lt. Leary, Commandingby David DrakeISBN 0671319922 (0-671-31992-2)
Softcover, Baen Books
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Mercenaryby Jerry PournelleISBN 0531150844 (0-531-15084-4)
Softcover, Grolier Educational Associates
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On Wings of Songby Thomas M. DischISBN 0553250760 (0-553-25076-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Patriarch's Hopeby David FeintuchISBN 0446608467 (0-446-60846-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The People of the Windby Poul AndersonISBN 067172164X (0-671-72164-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Pirates of the Thunderby Jack L. ChalkerISBN 0727840126 (0-7278-4012-6)
Hardcover, Severn House Pub Ltd
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Planet of Judgmentby Joe HaldemanISBN 0553241680 (0-553-24168-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Preserving Machine and Other Storiesby Philip K. DickISBN 0575005629 (0-575-00562-9)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Price of the Starsby Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonaldISBN 0812517040 (0-8125-1704-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Price of the Stars'Book summary:Freebooter at heart, spacer by trade, Beka Rosselin-Metadi doesn't want to hear about how her father whose rugged general ship held back the Mageworlds -- or her highborn mother whose leadership has held the galaxy together since. Beka pilots spacecraft -- as far from her famous family as possible.
Then Beka's mother is assassinated on the Senate floor, and her father offers her the title to Warhammer, prize ship from his own freebooting youth -- if she agrees to deliver the assassins to him "off the books."
Looking for assassins has a tendency to make assassins look for you. In doing so, Beka's arranged her own very public death and adopted a new identity; now all she has to do is leave a trail of kidnappings and corpses across five star systems, and blow the roof off the strongest private fortress in the galaxy. [via]
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Prince of Chaosby R. ZelaznyISBN 0688087272 (0-688-08727-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Probability Moonby Nancy KressISBN 076534341X (0-7653-4341-X)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Redshift : Extreme Visions of Speculative Fictionby Al SarrantonioISBN 0451459040 (0-451-45904-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Redshift : Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction'Book summary:In the decades since Michael Moorcock's magazine New Worlds and Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions shattered taboos and transformed science fiction, editors have yearned to do likewise. But science fiction and Western society have changed greatly since the 1960s, and though new taboos have been born, there aren't many left. They can still be shattered, but any taboo-challenging fiction that appears in the same year as the movie Freddy Got Fingered has a tough job, and Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction is hardly as extreme as promised. For example, nonwhite and homosexual characters are rare; the status quo goes largely unchallenged; and a few of the 30 stories are young-adult in tone and subject, with the others having little that would disturb new-millennium youth, a generation accustomed to wearing bondage/fetish gear to the dance clubs. The rare examples of taboo breaking include a black character with a disturbingly thick accent and a posthuman race that commits mass murder for policy; but the anthology's potentially most challenging story gets there as a result of publication after September 11, 2001: Harry Turtledove's well-written but traditional modern fantasy "Black Tulip" is sympathetic to Afghanis.
Ignore the subtitle. Redshift is a very good anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, with some stories, like Gregory Benford's "Anomalies" and Joyce Carol Oates's "Commencement," that will become classics of speculative fiction. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Second Variety: And Other Classic Storiesby Philip K. DickISBN 0806512261 (0-8065-1226-1)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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The Soldiers of Fearby Dean Wesley SmithISBN 0671541749 (0-671-54174-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Editionby Stephen KingISBN 0451169530 (0-451-16953-0)
Softcover, Signet
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The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Survivalby Julie E. CzernedaISBN 0756402611 (0-7564-0261-1)
Softcover, Daw Books
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Tainted Trailby Wen SpencerISBN 0451458877 (0-451-45887-7)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tainted Trail'Book summary:Half-man, half-alien Ukiah Oregon is tracking a missing woman when he discovers he may actually be the long-lost "Magic Boy"-who vanished back in 1933.
"Murder, aliens, and a feral child turned detective...thoroughly entertaining SF mystery." (Locus) [via]More editions of Tainted Trail:
This Perfect Dayby Ira LevinISBN 0553290029 (0-553-29002-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Time of Changesby Robert SilverbergISBN 0446340618 (0-446-34061-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Veniss Undergroundby Jeff VandermeerISBN 0553383566 (0-553-38356-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Veniss Underground'Book summary:In his debut novel, literary alchemist Jeff VanderMeer takes us on an unforgettable journey, a triumph of the imagination that reveals the magical and mysterious city of Veniss through three intertwined voices. First, Nicholas, a would-be Living Artist, seeks to escape his demons in the shadowy undergroundbut in doing so makes a deal with the devil himself. In her fevered search for him, his twin sister, Nicola, spins her own unusual and hypnotic tale as she discovers the hidden secrets of the city. And finally, haunted by Nicolas sudden, mysterious disappearance and gripped by despair, Shadrach, Nicolas lover, embarks on a mythic journey to the nightmarish levels deep beneath the surface of the city to bring his love back to light. There he will find wonders beyond imagining&and horrors greater than the heart can bear.
By turns beautiful, horrifying, delicate, and powerful, Veniss Underground explores the limits of love, memory, and obsession in a landscape that defies the boundaries of the imagination. This special edition includes the short stories The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight ; Detectives and Cadavers ; and A Heart for Lucretia and the novella Balzacs War, offering a complete tour of the fantastic world of Veniss. [via]More editions of Veniss Underground:
Voyagers: Library Editionby Ben BovaISBN 0553251457 (0-553-25145-7)
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The Warlock Unlockedby Christopher StasheffISBN 0441873324 (0-441-87332-4)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Warlock Unlocked'Book summary:In Gramarye, where everyone who is anyone is a witch, and where Rod Gallowglass has only just begun to learn of the awesome powers he possesses, a battle between worlds has begun. In the fight to preserve freedom, Rod is about to learn if his strength will be enough to save his precious world--and all democracy--from destruction. Reissue. [via]
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Wheelworldby Harry HarrisonISBN 0553207741 (0-553-20774-1)
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Wildsideby Steven GouldISBN 0765342464 (0-7653-4246-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wildside'Book summary:A suspenseful example of an emerging subgenre, the homage to Heinlein's young adult fiction, this novel will satisfy readers of all ages. Eighteen-year-old Charlie Newell has inherited a ranch from Uncle Max, who is missing, presumed dead. Hidden behind a pile of old hay in the barn is a tunnel that doesn't lead to the airstrip but to a pristine, uninhabited parallel Texas stocked with extinct megafauna. Charlie recruits four friends to help him exploit the wild side of his ranch, but the project becomes wilder than they expect, and they find themselves in danger not from saber-toothed tigers, but from their fellow Americans. [via]
The Wizard of Venus and Pirate Bloodby Edgar Rice Burroughs, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 044190193X (0-441-90193-X)
Softcover, Ace Books
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