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Blind Lakeby Robert Charles WilsonISBN 0765341603 (0-7653-4160-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blind Lake'Book summary:Robert Charles Wilson has made a career out of reinventing science fiction, mainly by taking the classic elements of the genre and updating them to the 21st century. Darwinia returned to the fantastic adventure writing of Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle by transforming Europe into a new Lost World, while The Chronoliths used time travel to comment on the future direction of our civilization. Now, with Blind Lake, Wilson revisits perhaps the most classic of sci-fi subjects: first contact with aliens. Set in the Blind Lake research facility, the book follows a group of scientists who are using a form of quantum technology they don't understand to study aliens on a distant planet. The scientists are unable to communicate with the aliens, who are apparently unaware of the humans. There is little chance of the two species ever meeting, and an even smaller chance of the humans ever understanding the workings of the alien society. The situation becomes even more frustrating for the scientists when the facility is sealed off after a mysterious incident at a sister installation and the quantum technology begins to malfunction.
The book has a few flaws--the characters are sometimes little more than ciphers, and the plot occasionally stretches the believability factor--but these are minor points. This is a novel of ideas, and Wilson explores some very big ideas here as the study of the aliens becomes a thoughtful meditation on our own place in the universe. In the process, the book touches on a range of present-day issues, from the politics surrounding space exploration to new forms of spirituality. The book rejects closure throughout, instead embracing uncertainty and ambivalence. Wilson doesn't want to leave us with neat, simple answers to complicated questions; he wants us to question where we go from here. --Peter Darbyshire [via]
Callahan's Ladyby Spider RobinsonISBN 0671318314 (0-671-31831-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Carpet Makersby Andreas Eschbach, Orson Scott Card, Doryl JensenISBN 0765314908 (0-7653-1490-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Carpet Makers'Book summary:Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.[via]
This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself.
But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined...
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The Carpet Makers: An Orson Scott Card Presents Bookby Andreas Eschbach, Doryl Jensen, Orson Scott CardISBN 0765305933 (0-7653-0593-3)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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The Cassini Divisionby Ken MacLeodISBN 0812568583 (0-8125-6858-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cassini Division'Book summary:With his third novel, Ken MacLeod elaborates on the future timeline from his first two works, The Star Fraction (1995) and The Stone Canal (1996). Most relevant is book two, which established a colony on the remote world of New Mars via a spatial wormhole created by superhumans--transcendent machine-hosted intelligences called the "fast-folk." The original fast-folk crashed from too much contemplation of their metaphorical navels, but their descendants on Jupiter still harass Earth with virus transmissions that have killed off computers and the Internet. Enter heroine Ellen May Ngwethu of the Cassini Division, an elite space-going force created to defend against the fast-folk. Her wild doings in the 24th century's anarcho-socialist utopia make for fun reading--everyone will covet her smart-matter clothing that can become a spacesuit, combat outfit, evening gown, or satellite dish at will. But the Division's political philosophy is brutally tough, with alarming plans to use a planet-wrecking doomsday weapon against "enemies," who may not be hostile at all. In a climax of slam-bang space battle, MacLeod crashes the ongoing ethical debate into a brick wall and leaves you gasping. Witty, skillful, provocative, but just a trifle too glibly resolved. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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City of Gold and Leadby John Christopher, Joe BurlesonISBN 0689856660 (0-689-85666-0)
Softcover, Simon Pulse
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The City Who Foughtby Anne McCaffreyISBN 067187599X (0-671-87599-X)
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Damnation Alleyby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0743413172 (0-7434-1317-2)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Damnation Alley'Book summary:You've gotta love to hate the 1977 movie Damnation Alley, a cheese-filled classic from sci-fi's cinematic canon. But there's at least one good thing you can say about this otherwise awful flick: it's prevented the movie's far superior source material from being forgotten. Roger Zelazny's post-apocalypse novel predates the George Peppard-Jan-Michael Vincent vehicle by about a decade and represents the fine storytelling talents of one of science fiction and fantasy's most daring writers (likely best remembered for his imaginative Amber series).
Speaking of vehicles: the coolest part of the movie--and likely, thankfully, the only part most people remember--turns out to be even cooler in the book: the flame-spewing, .50-caliber-bullet-belching, grenade-throwing, gigantic all-terrain vehicle that's responsible for getting a crucial antiserum shipment from Los Angeles to Boston to stop a deadly plague. The driver, a despicable lowlife named Hell Tanner, has been given a not-so-difficult choice. He can either get the drugs to the East Coast intact, save humanity, and receive a full pardon for his crimes, or he can refuse and spend the rest of his life in a "zebra suit." So what's the catch? Thanks to World War III, Middle America is now an electrical-storm-torn, heavily irradiated playground for dino-sized Gila monsters, "freak spiders," humongous bats "that eat off the mutie fruit trees down Mexico way," and 120-foot-long snakes as big around as garbage cans. And the native humans still scrambling around the wasteland aren't much less dangerous.
Damnation Alley might not be Zelazny's best, but for reading on, say, a road trip, you can't do much better. Throw in some '60s-style, freak-out closing riffs, and a trip down the Alley becomes pretty hard to pass up. --Paul Hughes [via]
Dark Mirrorby Diane Duane, Kevin RyanISBN 0671794388 (0-671-79438-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Deception Pointby Dan BrownISBN 0743490304 (0-7434-9030-4)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deception Point'Book summary:Penzler Pick, December 2001: In the world of page-turning thrillers, Dan Brown holds a special place in the hearts of many of us. After his first book, Digital Fortress, almost passed me by, he wrote Angels and Demons, which was probably one of the half-dozen most exciting thrillers of last year. It is a pleasure to report that his new book lives up to his reputation as a writer whose research and talent make his stories exciting, believable, and just plain unputdownable.
The time is now and President Zachary Herney is facing a very tough reelection. His opponent, Senator Sedgwick Sexton, is a powerful man with powerful friends and a mission: to reduce NASA's spending and move space exploration into the private sector. He has numerous supporters, including many beyond the businesses who will profit from this because of the embarrassment of 1996, when the Clinton administration was informed by NASA that proof existed of life on other planets. That information turned out to be premature, if not incorrect. (This story is true; I repeat, Dan Brown's research is very, very good.) The embattled president is assured that a rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice will prove to have far-reaching implications on America's space program. The find, however, needs to be verified.
Enter Rachel Sexton, a gister for the National Reconnaissance Office. Gisters reduce complex reports into single-page briefs, and in this case the president needs that confirmation before he broadcasts to the nation, probably ensuring his reelection. It's tricky because Rachel is the daughter of his opponent. Rachel is thrilled to be on the team traveling to the Arctic circle. She is a realist about her father's politics and has little respect for his stand on NASA, but Senator Sexton cannot help but have a problem with her involvement.
Adventure, romance, murder, skullduggery, and nail-biting tension ensue. By the end of Deception Point, the reader will be much better informed about how our space program works and how our politicians react to new information. Bring on the next Dan Brown thriller! --Otto Penzler [via]
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The Dosadi Experimentby Frank HerbertISBN 0765342537 (0-7653-4253-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dosadi Experiment'Book summary:Beyond the God Wall[via]
Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, conditioned by constant hunger and war-this is the Dosadi Experiment, and it has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for Vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the shimmering God Wall to exact their dreadful revenge on the Universe that created them . . .More editions of The Dosadi Experiment:
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Engine Cityby Ken MacLeodISBN 0765344211 (0-7653-4421-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Engine City'Book summary:WHO OWNS THE STARS?[via]
For ten thousand years Nova Babylonia has been the greatest city of the Second Sphere, an interstellar civilization of human and other beings who have been secretly removed, throughout history, from Earth.
Now humans from the far reaches of the Sphere have come, to offer immortality-and to urge them to build defenses against the alien invasion they know is coming.
As humans and aliens compete and conspire, the wheels of history will lathe all the players into shapes new and surprising. The alien invasion will reach New Babylon at last-led by the most alien figure of all. 
The Female Manby Joanna RussISBN 0807062995 (0-8070-6299-5)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Female Man'Book summary:It's influenced William Gibson and been listed as one of the ten essential works of science fiction. Most importantly, Joanna Russ's THE FEMALE MAN is a suspenseful, surprising and darkly witty chronicle of what happens when Jeannine, Janet, Joanna, and Jael--four alternate selves from drastically different realities--meet. [via]
First Meetings: IN The Enderverseby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765347989 (0-7653-4798-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Flag in Exileby David WeberISBN 0743435753 (0-7434-3575-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flag in Exile'Book summary:Two irresistible forces are rushing together to crush the planet Grayson between them. Only one woman--uncertain of her capabilities, weary unto death, and marked for murder--stands between her adopted planet and its devastation. She is Captain Honor Harrington. [via]
Flashforwardby Robert J. SawyerISBN 0812580346 (0-8125-8034-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Galapagosby Joan E. RatajackISBN 0831795964 (0-8317-9596-4)
Hardcover, Gallery Books
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The Green Brainby Frank HerbertISBN 0765342502 (0-7653-4250-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Green Brain'Book summary:In an overpopulated world seeking living room in the jungles, the International Ecological Organization was systematically exterminating the voracious insects which made these areas uninhabitable. Using deadly foamal bombs and newly developed vibration weapons, men like Joao Martinho and his co-workers fought to clear the green hell of the Mato Grosso.[via]
But somehow those areas which had been completely cleared were becoming reinfested, despite the impenetrable vibration barriers. And tales came out of the jungles . . . of insects mutated to incredible sizes . . . of creatures who seemed to be men, but whose eyes gleamed with the chitinous sheen of insects. . . .
A fascinating examination of the fragile balance between consciousness, man and insect from one of the best-loved science fiction creators of all time.More editions of The Green Brain:
The Honor of the Queenby David WeberISBN 0671721720 (0-671-72172-0)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Honor of the Queen'Book summary:It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards conquest as the only option and a sneak attack as the best means to that end. That's why the Kingdom of Manticore needs allies against the Republic of Havenand the planet Grayson is strategically situated to make a very good ally indeed. But Her Majestys Foreign Office overlooked a minor cultural difference when they chose Honor Harrington to carry the flag: women on the planet of Grayson are without rank or rights and Honors mere presence is an intolerable affront to every male on the planet. At first Honor doesnt take it personally; where she comes from gender discrimination is barely a historical memory, right up there in significance with fear of the left-handed. But in time such treatment becomes taxing and she makes plans to withdraw until Graysons fratricidal sister planet attacks without warning. Now, Honor must stay and prevail, not just for her honor, but for her sovereigns, for the honor of the Queen. "Following in the best tradition of C.S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian and Robert A Heinlein! These hugely entertaining and clever adventures are the very epitome of space opera."Publishers Weekly [via]
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Imperial Earth: A Fantasy of Love and Discordby Arthur Charles ClarkeISBN 0743459024 (0-7434-5902-4)
Softcover, Pgw
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imperial Earth: A Fantasy of Love and Discord'Book summary:Editorial Reviews Product Description Imperial Earth is the fascinating odyssey of Duncan Makenzie, traveling from Titan, a moon of Saturn, to Earth, as a diplomatic guest of the United States for the celebration of its Quincentennial in the year 2276. Titan, an independent republic, was originally colonized from Earth three generations earlier. Duncan's initial challenge is to prepare, physically and intellectually, for the 500-million-mile trip to Earth. Once there, he is caught up in a sweep of new experiences, including the social and political whirl in Washington, a strange visit to a carefully preserved ancient city once prominent in the 20th century, and a search for and meeting with a woman he loved since she visited Titan years before. The result of twenty years of thought by a celebrated novelist and scientist, and overflowing with skilled characterization and exciting events, Imperial Earth is one of Arthur C. Clarke's most ambitious, successful, and important novels. [via]
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Imzadiby Peter David, Dave SternISBN 0671026100 (0-671-02610-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imzadi'Book summary:Years before they served together on board the "U.S.S. Enterprise." Commander William Riker and ship's counselor Deanna Troi had a tempestuous love affair on her home planet of Betazed. Now, their passions have cooled and they serve together as friends. Yet the memories of that time linger and Riker and Troi remain "Imzadi" -- a powerful Betazoid term that describes the enduring bond they still share.
During delicate negotiations with an aggressive race called the Sindareen. Deanna Troi mysteriously falls ill...and dies. But her death is only the beginning of the adventure for Commander Riker -- an adventure that will take him across time, pit him against one of his closest friends, and force him to choose between Starfleet's strictest rule and the one he calls "Imzadi." [via] -
In the Garden of Idenby Kage BakerISBN 0765314576 (0-7653-1457-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Garden of Iden'Book summary:In 16th-century Spain, everybody expects the Spanish Inquisition, as they have a well-known tendency to cart people off to their dungeons on trumped-up charges. What 5-year-old Mendoza, on the brink of being tortured as a Jew, is totally unprepared for is to be rescued by the Company--the ultimate bureaucracy of the 24th century--and made immortal. In return, all she has to do is travel through time on a series of assignments for the Company and collect endangered botanical specimens. The wisecracking, mildly misanthropic Mendoza wants nothing to do with historical humans, but her first assignment is to travel to England in 1553--uncomfortably close to those damn Inquisitors--with Joseph and Nefer, two other Company operatives. Their intent is to gather herb samples from the garden of Sir Walter Iden, a foolish though generous country squire. (Kage Baker knows her Shakespeare: Sir Walter is the descendant of Alexander Iden, loyal subject of Henry IV, who slew the hungry rebel Jack Cade in that very garden in Kent.)
The cyborg trio poses as Doctor Ruy Lopez, his daughter Rosa (the irrepressible Mendoza, now grown), and her duenna, Doña Marguerita; Sir Walter's hospitality and discretion are bought for the promise of restored youth. (There are hilarious moments that call to mind the Coneheads, who claimed to be from France when caught doing anything peculiar.) Sir Walter's secretary, Nicholas Harpole, is immediately suspicious of and hostile towards the strange "Spanish" visitors, which prompts Mendoza to fall in love with him. Nicholas has his own badly kept secret: he's proudly Protestant at a time when Queen Mary and Philip of Spain are on a Catholicizing rampage. Mendoza knows Nicholas is probably doomed, and that as a Company operative she cannot meddle with his fate, but love makes people do desperate things. Baker surpasses even Connie Willis in humor and precision of period detail in this fresh, ingenious first novel.--Barrie Trinkle [via]
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KindredISBN 0807083690 (0-8070-8369-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This BookBook summary:Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. With more than 100,000 copies in print, Kindred is a classic timetravel novel by an acclaimed African-American science fictionwriter. [via]
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The Kraken Wakesby John WyndhamISBN 0718102126 (0-7181-0212-6)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kraken Wakes'Book summary:It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people. For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water - one of the compounds upon which life depends - is turned against them. Finally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise. "The Kraken Wakes" is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive. [via]
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The Last Defender of Camelotby Roger ZelaznyISBN 074347970X (0-7434-7970-X)
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Long After Midnightby Ray BradburyISBN 0671037692 (0-671-03769-2)
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The Man-Kzin Warsby Poul Anderson, Dean Ing, Larry NivenISBN 0671720767 (0-671-72076-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man-Kzin Wars'Book summary:At the dawn of interstellar exploration, an unarmed human vessel was attacked by a warship of Kzinti, the fiercest warriors in Known Space. That was a fatal mistake for the Kzinti, of course. . . . [via]
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Marooned in Realtimeby Vernor VingeISBN 0765308843 (0-7653-0884-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marooned In Realtime'Book summary:Multiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge takes readers on a fifty-million-year trip to a future where humanity's fate will be decided in a dangerous game of high-tech survival.[via]
In this taut thriller, a Hugo finalist for Best Novel, nobody knows why there are only three hundred humans left alive on the Earth fifty million years from now. Opinion is fiercely divided on whether to settle in and plant the seed of mankind anew, or to continue using high-energy stasis fields, or "bobbles," in venturing into the future. When somebody is murdered, it's obvious someone has a secret he or she is willing to kill to preserve.The murder intensifies the rift between the two factions, threatening the survival of the human race. It's up to 21st century detective Wil Brierson, the only cop left in the world, to find the culprit, a diabolical fiend whose lust for power could cause the utter extinction of man.
Filled with excitement and adventure, Vinge's tense SF puzzler will satisfy readers with its sense of wonder and engaging characters, one of whom is a murderer with a unique modus operandi.More editions of Marooned in Realtime:
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Martian Time-Slipby Philip K. DickISBN 0679761675 (0-679-76167-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Martian Time-Slip'Book summary:On the arid colony of Mars the only thing more precious than water may be a ten-year-old schizophrenic boy named Manfred Steiner. For although the UN has slated "anomalous" children for deportation and destruction, other people--especially Supreme Goodmember Arnie Kott of the Water Worker's union--suspect that Manfred's disorder may be a window into the future. In Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick uses power politics and extraterrestrial real estate scams, adultery, and murder to penetrate the mysteries of being and time. [via]
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Midnight at the Well of Soulsby Jack L. ChalkerISBN 0743435222 (0-7434-3522-2)
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Mirror Danceby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671876465 (0-671-87646-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mirror Dance'Book summary:Miles Vorkosigan faces more than his share of troubles as the protagonist in Mirror Dance. Not only is he deformed and undersized but he has a cloned brother who gets into a jam in the free enterprise plague spot known as Jackson's Whole. Miles tries to help his brother but ends up injured, placed on cryogenic suspension and then lost in intergalactic limbo. And that's just in the first 100 pages. The following 300 pages add a wealth more to this fantastic tale that's both humorous and finely written. Mirror Dance won the 1995 Hugo Award for Science Fiction. [via]
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Moving Marsby Greg BearISBN 0765318237 (0-7653-1823-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moving Mars'Book summary:In this 1995 Nebula Award-winning novel, a revolution is transforming the formerly passive Earth-colony of Mars. While opposing political factions on Mars battle for the support of colonists, scientists make a staggering scientific breakthrough that at once fuels the conflict and creates a united Mars front, as the technically superior Earth tries to take credit for it. Backed against a wall, colonial leaders are forced to make a monumental decision that changes the future of Mars forever. [via]
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Neverwhereby Neil GaimanISBN 0613163931 (0-613-16393-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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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]
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On a Pale Horseby Piers AnthonyISBN 0808522434 (0-8085-2243-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On a Pale Horse'Book summary:When Zane shot Death, he learned, too late, that he would have to assume his place, speeding over the world riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others. Sooner than he would have thought possible, Zane found himself being drawn to Satan's plot. Already the Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved...unless he could discover the only way out....
The first novel of the INCARNATIONS OF IMMORATLITY series. [via]More editions of On a Pale Horse:
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Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connectby Joseph R. MyersISBN 0801065984 (0-8010-6598-4)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect'Book summary:Community is a fundamental life search and one of the key aspects people look for in a congregation. But community can't be forced, controlled, or easily created. The problem, says Joseph R. Myers, is that churches are too focused on developing programs instead of concentrating on environments where community will spontaneously emerge.
Organic Community challenges key leaders to become environmentalists--people who create or shape environments. Outlining nine organizational tools for creating a healthy environment, Myers shows readers how to diagnose their current situation and implement patterns that will develop possibilities for healthy communities. [via]More editions of Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect:
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The Peace Warby Vernor VingeISBN 0765308835 (0-7653-0883-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peace War'Book summary:First book in the "Realtime" series. Its sequel, "Marooned in Realtime," was published in 1986. Hugo nominee. [via]
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Requiem and Tributes to the Grand Masterby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0812513916 (0-8125-1391-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Requiem and Tributes to the Grand Master'Book summary:Requiem is a compelling celebration of Robert A. Heinlein and his vision, containing many new and uncollected works by the Grand Master of science fiction, including two major novellas: Destination Moon, which was made into the famous George Pal film, and Tenderfoot in Space. There are contributions from such luminaries as Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Spider Robinson, and Gordon R. Dickson, as well as an introduction by Virginia Heinlein.[via]
Heinlein was the pre-eminent science fiction writer of the twentieth century. Requiem reveals the story of Heinlein's passion for space exploration-his glory and his dream.More editions of Requiem and Tributes to the Grand Master:
Requiem: Collected Works and Tributes to the Grand Masterby Robert A. Heinlein, Yoji KondoISBN 0785736891 (0-7857-3689-1)
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Rules of Engagementby Elizabeth MoonISBN 0671578413 (0-671-57841-3)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rules of Engagement'Book summary:"The Serrano Legacy," an entertaining SF sequence with strong female leads and a realistic space-military flavor, began with Hunting Party. Young lieutenant Esmay Suiza came to center stage in book 4: Rules of Engagement is book 5, continuing her story.
Suiza may be a fine leader and tactician, but she doesn't know how to handle falling for Ensign Barin Serrano, a man she outranks. Frictions in command training school worsen when well-born beauty Brun makes a play for Serrano: Suiza's explosion of temper blights her career. Then Brun falls into the hands of the series' most plausibly nasty villains to date, a murderous, Bible-thumping militia that controls several planets where women are kept down and--if they protest--are surgically deprived of their voices. Moon remarks:
... it would be not only useless but dishonest to pretend that the New Texas Godfearing Militia did not derive its nature from elements all too close to home, in Waco, Fort Davis, and even Oklahoma City.
The "Nutex" have also grabbed a nuclear arms cache for Oklahoma-style terrorist bombing in Familias space, home of the Fleet in which Suiza and Serrano are officers. Multiple story lines cover Suiza's wrestle with her public and private life, Brun's sufferings and determination, Serrano's ups and downs with unwritten rules of command, and eventually a risky rescue mission into a Nutex solar system. Things work out excitingly and as they should. This is enjoyable interstellar adventure that is more harrowing than previous episodes. The next and final volume is Change of Command. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Service of the Swordby David WeberISBN 0743488369 (0-7434-8836-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Service of the Sword'Book summary:Readers can't get enough of Honor Harrington and her world, and here David Weber is again, accompanied by some of the top science fiction writers in the field, with new adventures of the best starship commander in the galaxy, and explorations of previously uncharted corners of her universe. It's a party-and you're invited! [via]
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Seventh Sonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812533054 (0-8125-3305-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seventh Son'Book summary:From the author of Enders Game, an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him.[via]More editions of Seventh Son:
The Ship Who Searchedby Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes LackeyISBN 0671721291 (0-671-72129-1)
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The Ships of Earthby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812532635 (0-8125-3263-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ships of Earth'Book summary:[Audio CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case]
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With the continuing failure of the Oversoul, the artificially intelligent guardian computer of the planet Harmony, the human colonists have begun to repeat the devastations of war and conquest wrought on Earth. To repair itself and avert disaster, the Oversoul has called a group of sixteen refugees from the fallen city of Basilica to a hidden, abandoned spaceport where the ancient starships lie. Now Wetchik, Nafai, and all their family must brave the desert wastes and cross the wide continents, guided by the voice of the Oversoul, to await the command to prepare the great interstellar ships for flight again. But among this group, not all have chosen their exile, and the angry resentment of those who were forced to join will make the difficult journey harder. [via]More editions of The Ships of Earth:
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Spock's Worldby Diane DuaneISBN 0671667734 (0-671-66773-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spock's World'Book summary:Reveals the truth about "Star Trek's" Mr Spock and his home planet Vulcan. Set in the 23rd century, a crisis has summoned the "USS Enterprise" to bring Vulcan's most famous son home in its hour of need. [via]
Star Trekby Peter DavidISBN 0671993151 (0-671-99315-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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Star Warsby Steve PerryISBN 0614967716 (0-614-96771-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Star Wars: Episode I the Phantom Menaceby Not AvailableISBN 0606193723 (0-606-19372-3)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Stone Canalby Ken MacLeodISBN 0812568648 (0-8125-6864-8)
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Treasonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765309041 (0-7653-0904-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treason'Book summary:Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will never be realized. He is a "rad" -- radical regenerative. A freak among people who can regenerate injured flesh... and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. For, on a planet without hard metals -- or the means of escape -- iron is power in the race to build a spacecraft.[via]
Iron is the promise of freedom -- which may never be fulfilled as Lanik uncovers a treacherous conspiracy beyond his imagination.
Now charged with a mission of conquest -- and exile -- Lanik devises a bold and dangerous plan... a quest that may finally break the vicious chain of rivalry and bloodshed that enslaves the people of Treason as the Offworld never could.More editions of Treason:
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Uhura's Songby Janet KaganISBN 0671652273 (0-671-65227-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uhura's Song'Book summary:A plague has been ravaging the planet Eeiauo, a world of cat-like beings, and the Enterprise has come to try to contain it before it kills all the Eeiauoans or spreads to other planets. Years earlier, Uhura had befriended a diplomat from Eeiauo, and the two women had exchanged songs as an intimate bond, swearing never to reveal them to anyone. But the only hope for a cure may lie in the song given to Uhura, and they must penetrate its layers of mystery if there's any hope for Eeiauo, or the Enterprise. [via]
Way Stationby Clifford D. SimakISBN 0837604400 (0-8376-0440-0)
Hardcover, Bentley Pub
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The White Mountainsby John ChristopherISBN 0689856725 (0-689-85672-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Witches of Karresby James Schmitz, Eric FlintISBN 0743488377 (0-7434-8837-7)
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The Word for World Is Forestby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 076534985X (0-7653-4985-X)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Worlds of Honorby David WeberISBN 0671578553 (0-671-57855-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worlds of Honor'Book summary:DAVID WEBER himself contributes three never-before-published excursions into Honor's world, among them the story of how she first discovered her own inner strength and courage; and a chapter in the history of the telepathic treecats, who form a bond with their chosen human that can only be severed by death. ROLAND GREEN, author of the 'Starcruiser Shenandoah' series and the 'Peace Company' series, delivers a hardhitting tale of conflict between Manticore and the People's Republic of Haven. LINDA EVANS, co-author of 'Time Scout', explores life with the treecats before Honor came. And JAMES LINDSKOLD, author of 'Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls', tells how Honor's Queen, Elizabeth III, had to learn the hard way what monarchy was all about. [via]
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Montanas Blancas/White Mountainsby John ChristopherISBN 0613070348 (0-613-07034-8)
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