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Across the Sea of Sunsby Gregory BenfordISBN 0553282115 (0-553-28211-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Against the Tide of Yearsby S. M. StirlingISBN 0451457439 (0-451-45743-9)
Softcover, Signet
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The Amber Spyglassby Philip PullmanISBN 0613719271 (0-613-71927-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amber Spyglass'Book summary:From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we'll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we've yet to discern whether this individual's intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between. We also learn that Will still possesses the blade that allows him to cut between worlds, and has been joined by two winged companions who are determined to escort him to Lord Asriel's mountain redoubt. The boy, however, has only one goal in mind--to rescue his friend and return to her the alethiometer, an instrument that has revealed so much to her and to readers of The Golden Compass and its follow-up. Within a short time, too, we get to experience the "tingle of the starlight" on Serafina Pekkala's skin as she seeks out a famished Iorek Byrnison and enlists him in Lord Asriel's crusade:
A complex web of thoughts was weaving itself in the bear king's mind, with more strands in it than hunger and satisfaction. There was the memory of the little girl Lyra, whom he had named Silvertongue, and whom he had last seen crossing the fragile snow bridge across a crevasse in his own island of Svalbard. Then there was the agitation among the witches, the rumors of pacts and alliances and war; and then there was the surpassingly strange fact of this new world itself, and the witch's insistence that there were many more such worlds, and that the fate of them all hung somehow on the fate of the child.
Meanwhile, two factions of the Church are vying to reach Lyra first. One is even prepared to give a priest "preemptive absolution" should he succeed in committing mortal sin. For these tyrants, killing this girl is no less than "a sacred task."In the final installment of his trilogy, Philip Pullman has set himself the highest hurdles. He must match its predecessors in terms of sheer action and originality and resolve the enigmas he already created. The good news is that there is no critical bad news--not that The Amber Spyglass doesn't contain standoffs and close calls galore. (Who would have it otherwise?) But Pullman brings his audacious revision of Paradise Lost to a conclusion that is both serene and devastating. In prose that is transparent yet lyrical and 3-D, the author weaves in and out of his principals' thoughts. He also offers up several additional worlds. In one, Dr. Mary Malone is welcomed into an apparently simple society. The environment of the mulefa (again, we'll reveal nothing more) makes them rich in consciousness while their lives possess a slow and stately rhythm. These strange creatures can, however, be very fast on their feet (or on other things entirely) when necessary. Alas, they are on the verge of dying as Dust streams out of their idyllic landscape. Will the Oxford dark-matter researcher see her way to saving them, or does this require our young heroes? And while Mary is puzzling out a cure, Will and Lyra undertake a pilgrimage to a realm devoid of all light and hope, after having been forced into the cruelest of sacrifices--or betrayals.
Throughout his galvanizing epic, Pullman sustains scenes of fierce beauty and tenderness. He also allows us a moment or two of comic respite. At one point, for instance, Lyra's mother bullies a series of ecclesiastical underlings: "The man bowed helplessly and led her away. The guard behind her blew out his cheeks with relief." Needless to say, Mrs. Coulter is as intoxicating and fluid as ever. And can it be that we will come to admire her as she plays out her desperate endgame? In this respect, as in many others, The Amber Spyglass is truly a book of revelations, moving from darkness visible to radiant truth. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Ambush at Corelliaby Roger MacBride AllenISBN 0553298038 (0-553-29803-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Ashes of Victoryby David WeberISBN 0671319779 (0-671-31977-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ashes of Victory'Book summary:"Why in Christ's name can the woman never bring a ship back intact?" muses Hamish Alexander at the triumphant return of Honor Harrington in Ashes of Victory, the apparent resurrection of a woman he'd seen executed by the Peeps some two years earlier. Yep, she's back: minus a left arm and an eye, minus a few inches of hair, and more than a little banged up in the process, the indestructible, ever-resilient Honor is back from the dead--and she's got some 400,000 liberated POWs from Hades in tow for good measure.
Picking up where Echoes of Honor left off, the ecstatic reunion that begins Ashes proves short-lived as Honor once again lives up to her nickname of "The Salamander," always ending up where the fire's hottest. In the longest book of this naval space-opera series, David Weber plunges his beloved heroine (now an admiral!) into a thick tangle of political plots, as she takes on a more mature, behind-the-scenes role than in previous books. But don't fret: there's still some good action as HH prevents an assassination attempt and Manticore and its allies test-drive their new weaponry. And quite a few characters get what's coming to them too, including a few who drop like picked-off Peeps. All in all, yet another worthy installment in the series--check out On Basilisk Station first if you're new to HH. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Blade Dancerby S. L. ViehlISBN 0451459466 (0-451-45946-6)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blade Dancer'Book summary:Jory Rask is a professional shockball player. The fastest runback in the game, she is loved across Terra. But Jory Rask has a secret that she's lived with for twenty-four years. In a xenophobic world that despises aliens, she is not quite human... [via]
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Changer of Worldsby David Weber, Eric FlintISBN 0671319752 (0-671-31975-2)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Changer of Worlds'Book summary:WELCOME AGAIN TO THE MANY WORLDS OF HONOR
Lady Dame Honor Harrington -- starship captain, admiral, Steadholder, and Duchess -- has spent decades defending the Star Kingdom of Manticore against all comers. Along the way, she has become the legend known as "the Salamander" from her habit of always being where the fire is hottest...and also a national bestseller (Ashes of Victory: #7, The Wall Street Journal).
But it's a big universe, and Honor's actions affect a lot of lives, not all of them human. And their actions affect her -- a lesson "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" learns years before rising to command rank, when a desperate battle against "pirates" who aren't quite what they seem begins her brilliant career.
Closer to home, in "Changer of Worlds," a secret that the alien treecats have kept from their human friends for hundreds of years is about to come out...and completely change the relationship between the two species forever.
Meanwhile, Eric Flint weighs in with "From the Highlands." Honor can't be everywhere, so when the People's Republic of Haven tries to stage a political assassination on Earth, Anton Zilwicki -- husband of one of the Star Kingdom's most revered military martyrs, and father of a young woman who is clearly a chip off the old block -- steps into the breach...and takes the opportunity to settle some old scores along the way.
And finally, Esther McQueen and Oscar Saint-Just square off for their final confrontation in Noveau Paris in "Nightfall." [via]
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Color of Magicby Terry PratchettISBN 0552124753 (0-552-12475-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Colour of Magic'Book summary:The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that ... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby [via]
The Coming of the Quantum Catsby Frederik PohlISBN 0553763393 (0-553-76339-3)
Softcover, Spectra
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Conquerors' Legacyby Timothy ZahnISBN 0553575627 (0-553-57562-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conquerors' Legacy'Book summary:Hugo Award-winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn returns to complete his original, acclaimed SF trilogy. As both humans and the alien Zhirrzh prepare for all-out galactic war, a handful of individuals from both sides are stunned to discover that the explosive catalyst for the impending battle is a misunderstanding both tragic and profound. Determined to avoid mutual extinction for both their races, this band now becomes the focus of the subtle and dangerous force whose goal it is to annihilate and destroy. [via]
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Darksaberby Kevin J. AndersonISBN 0553576119 (0-553-57611-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darksaber'Book summary:You know what they say: build a better a Death Star and the Hutts will beat a path to your door. Poor Bevel Lemelisk, the inventor of the Empire's signature moon-size battle station, has done just that, and now he's in the service of Durga the Hutt (only a marginal improvement over working for Emperor Palpatine, who was in the habit of gruesomely executing Lemelisk, only to recombobulate him into a newly cloned body).
It's eight years after the battle of Endor, and the Hutts are hoping to make a galactic power play using Lemelisk's latest project, a sort of cylindrical Death Star superlaser-on-steroids, dubbed Darksaber. But the newly empowered Rebels and the recovering Empire aren't sitting idle. As the book opens, Han and Luke are sneaking their way across Tatooine's Dune Sea, dressed in Tusken drag. Luke's looking to commune with Obi-Wan to learn how to save his Jedi squeeze, Callista, recently rescued from the innards of the ship computer on Palpatine's super-duper Star Destroyer. Meanwhile, the ranks of the Imperial Fleet swell under the charismatic Admiral Daala. Will Luke help Callista touch the Force again? Where will Daala's fleet strike a blow against the New Republic? Will Lemelisk's new invention hold together long enough to save his own hide? The skilled Kevin J. Anderson sure makes it fun to find out. --Paul Hughes [via]
Deathstalker Rebellionby Simon R. GreenISBN 0451455525 (0-451-45552-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Descent of Anansiby Larry Niven, Steven Barnes, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0523485425 (0-523-48542-5)
Hardcover, Tor
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Descent of Anansi'Book summary:It's the American Revolution all over again. But this time it's a ragtag band of space colonists vs. the United States. And the fate of the world hangs by a thread--200 miles above the earth.[via]More editions of The Descent of Anansi:
Desolation Roadby Ian McDonaldISBN 0553270575 (0-553-27057-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Doctor Who : A Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Spaceby Peter HainingISBN 0491033516 (0-491-03351-6)
Hardcover, Allen, W. H.
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Doctor Who Programme Guideby Jean Marc LofficierISBN 0491028040 (0-491-02804-0)
Hardcover, Allen
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Doctor Who Programme Guideby Randy Lofficier, Jean Marc LofficierISBN 0595276180 (0-595-27618-0)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Dying Insideby Robert SilverbergISBN 0553240188 (0-553-24018-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dying of the Lightby George R. MartinISBN 0553383086 (0-553-38308-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dying of the Light'Book summary:A whisperjewel from Gwen Delvano calls Dirk t'Larien across space and beyond the Tempter's Veil to Worlorn, a dying Festival planet of rock and ice. Warlorn is slowly drifting through twilight to neverending night; as the planet sinks into darkness, so its inhabitants face annihilation. Seven years ago, on Avalon, Gwen was Dirk's lover, his Guenevere; now she wears the jade-and-silver bond of Jaantony Riv Wolf high-Ironjade Vikary, a barbarian visionary, an outcast from his own people for his acts of violence. And Garse Janacek, Jaan's *teyn*, his shieldmate, is also bound to Gwen -- in hatred. Dirk, a rogue and a wanderer, is called to be saviour of the three who are bonded together in love and hate. But in breaking their triangle, he could lose all ... [via]
The Einstein Intersectionby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 055320310X (0-553-20310-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Enduranceby S. L. ViehlISBN 0451458141 (0-451-45814-1)
Softcover, Roc
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Eyre Affairby Jasper FfordeISBN 0613629019 (0-613-62901-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyre Affair'Book summary:Penzler Pick, January 2002: When I first heard the premise of this unique mystery, I doubted that a first-time author could pull off a complicated caper involving so many assumptions, not the least of which is a complete suspension of disbelief. Jasper Fforde is not only up to the task, he exceeds all expectations.
Imagine this. Great Britain in 1985 is close to being a police state. The Crimean War has dragged on for more than 130 years and Wales is self-governing. The only recognizable thing about this England is her citizens' enduring love of literature. And the Third Most Wanted criminal, Acheron Hades, is stealing characters from England's cherished literary heritage and holding them for ransom.
Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case.
Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped.
How Thursday achieves this and manages to preserve one of the great books of the Western canon makes for delightfully hilarious reading. You do not have to be an English major to be pulled into this story. You'll be rooting for Thursday, Jane, Mr. Rochester--and a familiar ending. --Otto Penzler [via]
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The Farthest Shoreby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0553268473 (0-553-26847-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Farthest Shore'Book summary:Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea cycle has become one of the best-loved fantasies of our time. The windswept world of Earthsea is one of the greatest creations in all fantasy literature, frequently compared with J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth or C.S. Lewis' Narnia. The magnificent saga begins with A Wizard Of Earthsea, continues in The Tombs Of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, and concludes with Tehanu --each book a treasure of wisdom, wonder, and literary wizardry. The magic had gone out of the world. All over Earthsea the mages had forgotten their spells, the springs of wizardry were running dry. Ged, Dragonlord and Archmage, set out with Arren, a highborn young prince, to seek the source of the darkness. This is the tale of their harrowing journey beyond the shores of death to heal a wounded land. [via]
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Finders Keepersby Linnea SinclairISBN 0553587986 (0-553-58798-6)
Softcover, Spectra
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Forever Freeby Joe HaldemanISBN 0606197052 (0-606-19705-2)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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From the Earth to the Moonby Jules VerneISBN 0553214209 (0-553-21420-9)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From the Earth to the Moon'Book summary:Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, jules verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite baltimore gun club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the civil war, their president, impey barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when barbicane's adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a "manned" flight, one man's dream turns into an international space race. A story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination, from the earth to the moon is as uncanny in its accuracy and as filled with authentic detail and startling immediacy as verne's timeless masterpieces 20,000 leagues under the sea and around the world in eighty days [via]
From the Earth to the Moon : The Annotated Jules Verneby Walter James Miller, Jules VerneISBN 0517148331 (0-517-14833-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. RowlingISBN 0613999169 (0-613-99916-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenix'Book summary:As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief& or will it?
Book five in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teenager. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny from the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth: that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toad-like and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of defence against dark arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the high inquisitor of Hogwarts. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their examinations, devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team line-up, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black and white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energised as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvellous magical series. --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Hitchhikers Quartetby Douglas AdamsISBN 0517564254 (0-517-56425-4)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitchhikers Quartet'Book summary:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very very very large and startling place. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe When all questions of space, time, matter adn the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - 'Where shall we have dinner?' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about. Life, the Universe and Everything In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggling big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Just as Arthur Dent's sense of reality is in its dickiest state he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. He finds her in the last place in the Universe in which he would expect to find anything at all, but which 3,976,000 people will find oddly familiar. They go in search of God's Final Message to His Creation and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it. [via]
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Imzadi II : Triangleby Peter DavidISBN 0671025384 (0-671-02538-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imzadi II : Triangle'Book summary:Very Good condition, some shelf wear, pages very good+ [via]
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Interfaceby Stephen BuryISBN 0553372300 (0-553-37230-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Interface'Book summary:A biochip in presidential candidate William Cozzano's brain hardwires him to a computerized polling system that channels the mood of the electorate directly into his brain. Neal Stephenson fans should note (if they don't already know) that Stephen Bury is his pen name. [via]
Interfaceby Neal Stephenson, J. FREDERICK GEORGEISBN 0553383434 (0-553-38343-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Logan's Runby William F. Nolan, George Clayton JohnsonISBN 0553025171 (0-553-02517-1)
Softcover, Virtual Pub Group Inc
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Lord Valentine's Castleby Robert SilverbergISBN 0553274368 (0-553-27436-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Valentine's Castle'Book summary:Joining a motley band of jugglers on their tour across the world, Valentine, a young man with no memory of his past, searches for his identity in the city of the Shapeshifter, on the Isle of Sleep, and at the Castle Mount. Reissue. NYT. [via]
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Make Room! Make Room!by Harry HarrisonISBN 0553564587 (0-553-56458-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Man Plusby Frederik PohlISBN 057502206X (0-575-02206-X)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man Plus'Book summary:[via]The Nebula Awardwinning masterwork by the author of Gateway
In the not-too-distant future, a desperate war for natural resources threatens to bring civilization to a crashing halt. Nuclear warships from around the globe begin positioning themselves as the American government works feverishly to complete a massive project to colonize Mars. Former astronaut Roger Torraway has agreed to be transformed by the latest advances in biological and cybernetic science into something new, a being that can survive the rigors of Mars before it is terraformed. Becoming Man Plus will allow him to be the linchpin in opening the new Martian frontier&but not without challenging his humanity as no man has ever been challenged before.
A bestselling, Nebula Awardwinning novel when first published more than thirty years ago, this book is now more relevant than ever, as the battle between corporate interests and those who seek to save Earths natural resources steadily escalates. The question of where man will go once the worlds food, water, and oil have run out has yet to be answered. Man Plus by Frederick Pohl is a brilliantly imagined, compelling possible scenario that has enthralled countless readers.More editions of Man Plus:
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A Meeting at Corvallis: Library Editionby S. M. StirlingISBN 0451461118 (0-451-46111-8)
Hardcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Meeting at Corvallis: Library Edition'Book summary:In the tenth year of The Change, the survivors in western Oregon have learned how to live in a world without technology-but there are those who would exploit the new world order. On one side stands Michael Havel's Bearkillers and their allies, Clan MacKenzie under the leadership of Juniper MacKenzie. On the other is the Lord Protector, Norman Arminger-the Warlord of Portland, whose neo-feudal empire rules over much of the Pacific Northwest.
The tensions between factions have been building for some time, and the only reason they haven't met on the battlefield is because Arminger's daughter has fallen into Clan MacKenzie's hands. But a plan to retrieve her threatens to plunge the entire region into open warfare. [via]
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Miracle and Other Christmas Storiesby Connie WillisISBN 0553580485 (0-553-58048-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miracle and Other Christmas Stories'Book summary:Connie Willis loves Christmas. "I even like the parts most people hate--shopping in crowded malls and reading Christmas newsletters and seeing relatives and standing in baggage check-in lines at the airport. Okay, I lied. Nobody likes standing in baggage check-in lines," she writes. Willis knows it's hard to write good Christmas stories: the subject matter is limited, the writer has to balance between sentiment and skepticism, and too many fall into the Victorian habit of killing off saintly children and poor people. Here she presents eight marvelous Christmas tales, two of which appear for the first time.
The stories range from "The Pony," about a psychotherapist who doesn't believe that Christmas gifts can answer our deepest longings, and "Inn," in which a choir member rehearsing for the Christmas pageant becomes part of the original Christmas story, to "Newsletter," where an invasion of parasitic creatures causes unusually good behavior in their hosts, and "Epiphany," a story of three unlikely Magi following signs through a North American winter toward the returned Jesus Christ. "Miracle" is a comic romance echoing Willis's favorite Yuletide movie, Miracle on 34th Street, and "Catspaw" is a homage to the traditional Christmas murder mystery with a sly, science-fictional twist. The collection also includes "In Coppelius' Toyshop," in which a bad guy is trapped in Toyland, and "Adaptation," a Dickensian story about what it means to keep Christmas in your heart.
Those who want only SF stories may find this collection lacking, but anyone who enjoys complex tales with true Christmas spirit will treasure it. --Nona Vero [via]
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Natural Historyby Justina RobsonISBN 0553587412 (0-553-58741-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Necrovilleby Ian McDonaldISBN 0575060042 (0-575-06004-2)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Necroville'Book summary:In the 21st century nanotechnology can resurrect the dead, and by the year 2063 the dead account for a third of the world's population. This novel, from the author of "Hearts, Hands and Voices", is set in Necroville, the City of the Dead within 21st-century Los Angeles. [via]
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Novaby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0553236210 (0-553-23621-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Othernessby David BrinISBN 0553295284 (0-553-29528-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Otherness'Book summary:From multiple award-winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays of the near and distant future, as humans and aliens encounter the secrets of the cosmos--and of their own existence. In "Dr. Pak's Preschool" a woman discovers that her baby has been called upon to work while still in the womb. In "NatuLife" a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of sex by simulation. In "Sshhh . . . " the arrival of benevolent aliens on Earth leads to frenzy, madness . . . and unimaginable joy. In "Bubbles" a sentient starcraft reaches the limits of the universe--and dares to go beyond. These are but a few of the challenging speculations in Otherness, from the pen of an author whose urgent and compelling imaginative fiction challenges us to wonder at the shape and the nature of the universe--as well as at its future. [via]
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The Preserving Machine and Other Storiesby Philip K. DickISBN 0575005629 (0-575-00562-9)
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Prince of Mercenariesby Jerry PournelleISBN 0671698117 (0-671-69811-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prince of Mercenaries'Book summary:Forced out of the CoDominium Navy, John Christian Falkenberg turns mercenary to protect the scattered Earth colonies so that civilization may survive the inevitable collapse of the home planet. [via]
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Quicker Than The Eyeby Ray BradburyISBN 0606297995 (0-606-29799-5)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Revolt in 2100by Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0671577808 (0-671-57780-8)
Softcover, Baen Books
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Riddley Walkerby Russell HobanISBN 0671526944 (0-671-52694-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Riddley Walker'Book summary:'Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.' Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece. [via]
The River of Timeby David BrinISBN 0553262815 (0-553-26281-5)
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The Shiva Optionby David Weber, Steve WhiteISBN 0671318489 (0-671-31848-9)
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Shockballby S. L. ViehlISBN 0451458559 (0-451-45855-9)
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Spock Must Die!by James BlishISBN 0553246348 (0-553-24634-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spock Must Die!'Book summary:When a transporter experiment goes horribly awry, suddenly there are two Mr. Spocks. One is the true First Officer of the "Enterprise." The other is his complete opposite, a traitor whose very existence poses a grave threat to the crew, the ship, and the Federation itself. One of the Spocks must die. But which one?. [via]
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The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Bluesby Harry HarrisonISBN 0553096125 (0-553-09612-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Bluesby Rex HarrisonISBN 0553569392 (0-553-56939-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues'Book summary:Cutting a deal with the authorities to escape a death sentence, Slippery Jim deGriz prepares to retrieve a missing alien artifact from the Liokukae, a planet that serves as a dumping ground for the Galactic League's misfits. Reprint. PW. K. [via]
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Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangersby Harry HarrisonISBN 0571104185 (0-571-10418-5)
Hardcover, Faber
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Star Warsby Kevin J. AndersonISBN 0553297996 (0-553-29799-6)
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Star Wars: Children of the Jediby Barbara HamblyISBN 0553572938 (0-553-57293-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars: Children of the Jedi'Book summary:As Children of the Jedi opens, a crazed, drug-addled ex-smuggler named Drub McKumb lunges at Han Solo in the middle of his and Leia's state visit to Ithor. (Long after the destruction of the second Death Star, Leia is now the New Republic's work-weary head of state.) Han, Leia, and Luke soon surmise that this isn't just another of Han's drinking buddies but rather a weirdly altered man carrying a terrible secret. Piecing together clues from McKumb's glossolaliac rants, Han and Leia set off in search of the ancient hiding place of the Children of the Jedi, while Luke--using the Force and his former-pupil-and-pal-turned-droid Nichos as a random number generator--decides to head off to a set of coordinates halfway across the galaxy.
They all end up finding more than they bargained for: Han and Leia's search for the Jedi ends on icy, isolated Belsavis; while Luke stumbles onto a humongous but dormant Imperial death machine- -which, not coincidentally, has stirred to life the intent to utterly annihilate Belsavis. Can he possibly stop it in time? Star Wars authors tend to be either you-love-'em-or-you-hate-'em types, but veteran writer Hambly makes a good go at falling into the former camp in this outing, along with the likes of Michael Stackpole and Kevin J. Anderson. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Star Wars: Showdown at Centerpointby Roger MacBride AllenISBN 0553298062 (0-553-29806-2)
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The Starchild Trilogyby Frederik Pohl, Jack WilliamsonISBN 0671655582 (0-671-65558-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Starchild Trilogy'Book summary:An interstellar trilogy--complete in one volume. Earth in the near future is governed by the Plan of Man--a complex set of laws enforced by a worldwide computerized security network, necessary for the survival of humankind. Or, so the authorities say. But one man knows better . . . [via]
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Starquakeby Robert L. ForwardISBN 0595167489 (0-595-16748-9)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Strike Zoneby Peter DavidISBN 0671679406 (0-671-67940-6)
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Subtle Knifeby Philip PullmanISBN 0613095049 (0-613-09504-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Subtle Knife'Book summary:With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as "elegant," "awe-inspiring," "grand," and "glittering," and used "magnificent" with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter--or, more likely, several--from the opening tour de force to Lyra's close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And Pullman was no less profligate when it came to intellectual firepower or singular characters. The dæmons alone grant him a place in world literature. Could the second installment of his trilogy keep up this pitch, or had his heroine and her too, too sullied parents consumed him? And what of the belief system that pervaded his alternate universe, not to mention the mystery of Dust? More revelations and an equal number of wonders and new players were definitely in order.
The Subtle Knife offers everything we could have wished for, and more. For a start, there's a young hero--from our world--who is a match for Lyra Silvertongue and whose destiny is every bit as shattering. Like Lyra, Will Parry has spent his childhood playing games. Unlike hers, though, his have been deadly serious. This 12-year-old long ago learned the art of invisibility: if he could erase himself, no one would discover his mother's increasing instability and separate them.
As the novel opens, Will's enemies will do anything for information about his missing father, a soldier and Arctic explorer who has been very much airbrushed from the official picture. Now Will must get his mother into safe seclusion and make his way toward Oxford, which may hold the key to John Parry's disappearance. But en route and on the lam from both the police and his family's tormentors, he comes upon a cat with more than a mouse on her mind: "She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will." What seems to him a patch of everyday Oxford conceals far more: "The cat stepped forward and vanished." Will, too, scrambles through and into another oddly deserted landscape--one in which children rule and adults (and felines) are very much at risk. Here in this deathly silent city by the sea, he will soon have a dustup with a fierce, flinty little girl: "Her expression was a mixture of the very young--when she first tasted the cola--and a kind of deep, sad wariness." Soon Will and Lyra (and, of course, her dæmon, Pantalaimon) uneasily embark on a great adventure and head into greater tragedy.
As Pullman moves between his young warriors and the witch Serafina Pekkala, the magnetic, ever-manipulative Mrs. Coulter, and Lee Scoresby and his hare dæmon, Hester, there are clear signs of approaching war and earthly chaos. There are new faces as well. The author introduces Oxford dark-matter researcher Mary Malone; the Latvian witch queen Ruta Skadi, who "had trafficked with spirits, and it showed"; Stanislaus Grumman, a shaman in search of a weapon crucial to the cause of Lord Asriel, Lyra's father; and a serpentine old man whom Lyra and Pan can't quite place. Also on hand are the Specters, beings that make cliff-ghasts look like rank amateurs.
Throughout, Pullman is in absolute control of his several worlds, his plot and pace equal to his inspiration. Any number of astonishing scenes--small- and large-scale--will have readers on edge, and many are cause for tears. "You think things have to be possible," Will demands. "Things have to be true!" It is Philip Pullman's gift to turn what quotidian minds would term the impossible into a reality that is both heartbreaking and beautiful. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Tehanuby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0575022744 (0-575-02274-4)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Terminal Cafeby Ian McDonaldISBN 0553374168 (0-553-37416-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terminal Cafe'Book summary:Decades after a technological discovery enables the dead to come back to life, the realms of the living and the undead are separated by strict boundaries, and a restless artist decides to explore an ultimate challenge. Reprint. PW. K. [via]
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The Tombs of Atuanby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0553239031 (0-553-23903-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tombs of Atuan'Book summary:Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms. Four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu) tell the whole Earthsea cycle--a tale about a reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk who becomes a wizard's apprentice after the wizard reveals Sparrowhawk's true name. The boy comes to realize that his fate may be far more important than he ever dreamed possible. Le Guin challenges her readers to think about the power of language, how in the act of naming the world around us we actually create that world. Teens, especially, will be inspired by the way Le Guin allows her characters to evolve and grow into their own powers.
In this second book of Le Guin's Earthsea series, readers will meet Tenar, a priestess to the "Nameless Ones" who guard the catacombs of the Tombs of Atuan. Only Tenar knows the passageways of this dark labyrinth, and only she can lead the young wizard Sparrowhawk, who stumbles into its maze, to the greatest treasure of all. Will she? [via]
Triangleby Peter DavidISBN 0671025325 (0-671-02532-5)
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The Ugly Little Boyby Isaac Asimov, Robert SilverbergISBN 0553561227 (0-553-56122-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ugly Little Boy'Book summary:Edith Fellowes, the nurse of a Neanderthal ape-boy taken from a primordial past during an experiment in time travel, discovers that the scientists who brought the boy back have evil intentions. Reprint. PW. [via]
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Wandererby Fritz LeiberISBN 0575071125 (0-575-07112-5)
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Way of the Wolfby E. E. KnightISBN 0451459393 (0-451-45939-3)
Softcover, Roc
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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sangby Kate WilhelmISBN 0671494090 (0-671-49409-0)
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Wizard of Earthseaby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0553262505 (0-553-26250-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard of Earthsea'Book summary:Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms. Four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu) tell the whole Earthsea cycle--a tale about a reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk who becomes a wizard's apprentice after the wizard reveals Sparrowhawk's true name. The boy comes to realize that his fate may be far more important than he ever dreamed possible. Le Guin challenges her readers to think about the power of language, how in the act of naming the world around us we actually create that world. Teens, especially, will be inspired by the way Le Guin allows her characters to evolve and grow into their own powers.
In this first book, A Wizard of Earthsea readers will witness Sparrowhawk's moving rite of passage--when he discovers his true name and becomes a young man. Great challenges await Sparrowhawk, including an almost deadly battle with a sinister creature, a monster that may be his own shadow. [via]
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Worlds Apart Bk. 2 : How Much for Just the Planet?by John M. FordISBN 0671038591 (0-671-03859-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worlds Apart Bk. 2 : How Much for Just the Planet?'Book summary:Dilithium. In crystalline form, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy. It powers the Federation's starships...and the Klingon Empire's battlecruisers. Now on a small, out-of-the-way planet named Direidi, the greatest fortune in dilithium crystals ever seen has been found.
Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planet will go to the side best able to develop the planet and its resourses. Each side will contest the prize with the prime of its fleet. For the Federation -- Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise . For the Klingons -- Captain Kaden vestai-Oparai and the "Fire Blossom."
Only the Direidians are writing their own script for this contest -- script that propels the crew of the "Starship Enterprise" into their strangest adventure yet! [via]
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Worldwiredby ELIZABETH BEARISBN 0553587498 (0-553-58749-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worldwired'Book summary:Give Canadas Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey an inch and shell take a galaxy. Thats just the kind of person a world on the brink of destruction needs. The year is 2063, and Earth has been brutalized. An asteroid flung at Toronto by the PanChinese government has killed tens of millions and left the equivalent of a nuclear explosion in its wake. Humanity must find another option....
Perched above the devastation in the starship Montreal, Jenny is still in the thick of the fray. Plugged into the worldwire, connected to a brilliant AI, her mind can be everywhere and anywhere at once. But its focused on the mysterious alien beings right outside her ship. Are they there to helpor destroy? With Earth a breeding ground for treason and betrayal as governments struggle to assign blame, Jenny holds the fate of humankind in her artificially reconstructed hand.... [via]More editions of Worldwired:
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