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Sentients of Orion
The complete four-volume, Aurealis Award–shortlisted, science fiction epic: "An engaging space opera with plenty of action" (Publishers Weekly).

The Monster Island Trilogy
The complete "horrifyingly entertaining zombie-apocalypse trilogy" from the author of 99 Coffins and 23 Hours (Booklist).

The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Three
Three stunning works of science fiction from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning grandmaster and author of Way Station.

The Diadem Saga Books 1–3
A young outcast gains remarkable psi-powers from a mysterious crown in this magnificent blend of space opera and epic fantasy quest.

Cash Crash Jubilee
A man and his money are parted not by death but by deletion in this “prophetic and chilling” cyber-dystopian thriller (Gordon Dahlquist).

Ashes of the Earth
From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Skull Mantra: An ingenious thriller that “blends the bleakness of The Road with a well-crafted whodunit plot” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

The Raft
A “sucker punch of a novel” about Day Zero—when a singular event wipes out all memories of the past, and humanity faces an unimaginable future (Publishers Weekly).

Twilight of the Empire
In this trilogy set in the Deathstalker universe, the New York Times–bestselling author delivers “lots of action” and “exotic dangers” (Science Fiction Chronicle).

The Tom Birdseye Collection Volume One
Characters you won’t forget in four middle-grade novels from a writer who “has captivated young readers for a quarter of a century” (CorvallisGazette-Times).

The Godhead Trilogy
The award-winning, irreverent, and darkly funny trilogy from “the most provocative satiric voice in science fiction” (The Washington Post).

The TekWar Series Books 7–9
The final three books in the bestselling hard-boiled, science fiction detective series by the legendary actor who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek.

Blameless in Abaddon
A New York Times Notable Book: The People vs. God in “a funny, ferocious fantasy” from the two-time Nebula Award–winning author (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

The TekWar Series Books 1–3
The first three volumes of the bestselling detective series set in the twenty-second century by the legendary actor who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek

The TekWar Series Books 4–6
Books four through six of the bestselling, hard-boiled, science fiction detective series by the legendary actor who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek.

The Paratwa Saga
“Rousing entertainment” in this award-winning trilogy about telepathically linked pairs of killers by a “top drawer practitioner of adrenalizing action SF” (SFReviews.net).

Sea King Trilogy
The complete epic fantasy saga of a king and a madman who must save a dying world—from an award-winning author who “writes like a dream” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

Three Tales of Time and Space
A trio of mind-blowing explorations of space and time from a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author, “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” (USA Today).

The John Brunner Collection Volume Two
Three fascinating sci-fi novels from the limitless imagination of the Hugo Award–winning author of the dystopian classic, Stand on Zanzibar.

The Winterlong Trilogy
The complete dystopian trilogy set in the surreal, postapocalyptic City of Trees from a recipient of the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards.

The Works of Clifford D. Simak Volume Four
A collection of masterpieces from a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction who “has never written a bad book” (Theodore Sturgeon).

The Venus Collection
The Nebula Award–winning author’s “masterful SF trilogy” is a multigenerational epic of human colonists terraforming the second planet from the sun (Publishers Weekly).

The Watchstar Trilogy
The adventures of three brave young heroines in a telepathic dystopia, from the Nebula Award–winning author and “one of the genre’s best writers” (The Washington Post).

The Magic Sequence Volume Two
Young people time-travel to historical and magical realms in three fantasies by the legendary author of the Witch World series and “a superb storyteller” (The New York Times).

Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction
A pair of imaginative science fiction story collections from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Spartacus, Freedom Road, and the Immigrants saga.

The Timeline Wars
Blending alternate history, time travel, and detective thriller, the “able and impressive” Nebula and Hugo Award nominee gives us Nazis, Tories, and togas (The Washington Post).

The Flying Sorcerers
Sorcery meets science when an astronaut is stranded on a primitive planet in this satirical sci-fi classic by two Hugo and Nebula Award–winning authors.

The Eternal Footman
Can civilization survive the untimely demise of God? “A buoyant romp . . . superlatively intelligent and entertaining” (The Baltimore Sun).

Bible Stories for Adults
Short fiction of biblical proportions—and bent—from the science fiction satirist and author of The Godhead Trilogy.

Visions of Tomorrow
An “intriguing” look at science fiction that foresaw the future, from computer viruses to space elevators—by authors from H. G. Wells to Gregory Benford (Publishers Weekly).

The John Brunner Collection Volume One
Three visionary sci-fi novels from the Hugo Award–winning author whose dystopian prescience made him “one of the most important” (SF Site).

The New Springtime
This far-future sci-fi saga by a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Grand Master chronicles the perilous rebirth of humanity on a destroyed Earth.

The Blackcollar Series Books 1–2
The first two novels in the epic sci-fi series from the #1 New York Times–bestselling and Hugo Award–winning author of Star Wars: Thrawn.

A Perfect Vacuum

Ingenious essays from “a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept . . . from free will to probability theory” (The New York Times Book Review).

The Secret of the Yellow Death

"Extremely interesting . . . Young people interested in medicine or scientific discovery will find this book engrossing, as will history students" (School Library Journal).

Deathbeast
Eight time travelers journey into the Cretaceous period in this action-packed adventure from a Hugo and Nebula Award winner.

A Covenant of Justice
From the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author, the sequel to the classic space opera Under the Eye of God.

Space Skimmer
Take an interstellar journey through a ruined empire in this novel by a Nebula Award–winning author . . .

The Voyage of the Star Wolf
“Intelligent and entertaining hard SF” from a Nebula Award winner (Booklist).

Starhunt
A prequel in the space adventure series by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author.

Blood and Fire
“An exciting space adventure with a poignant metaphor at its core,” from a Hugo and Nebula Award winner (Booklist).

The Middle of Nowhere
This space adventure series is filled with “moral conundrums, fascinating characters, and pulse-pounding action” (Robert J. Sawyer, author of Starplex).

Elegy on Kinderklavier
“[An] impressive debut short story collection . . . These haunting stories deserve a wide audience” (Library Journal, starred review).

Theory of Bastards
The Philip K. Dick Award–winning sci-fi novel: "A riveting page-turner" about the behavior of primates—human and otherwise—"in a very near and dire future" (The Washington Post).

Turing's Delirium
Set in a near-future Bolivia, this "hybrid of cyberpunk and political thrillers [is] sleek, brisk, and clever" (Entertainment Weekly).

Expedition to Earth

Short stories from the science fiction master—including the tale that inspired 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The Cat's Pajamas
Stories of Martian invaders, time travel, voodoo queens, giant Hollywood monsters, mad scientists, and more from "the most provocative satiric voice in science fiction" (Washington Post).

Alternate Gerrolds
Stories by a Nebula Award winner: “Gerrold proves that he can do all the things that made us love Heinlein’s storytelling—and often better” (Orson Scott Card).

Worlds Apart
"Discover some curiosities and some genuinely fascinating, powerfully resonant works" in this Book Riot 50 Must-Reads of Slavic Literature selection (Kirkus Reviews).

In the Deadlands
A collection of early short fiction by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction legend.

This Is the Way the World Ends

Nebula Award Finalist: A fantastical and darkly comic tale of nuclear apocalypse that “begins where Dr. Strangelove ends” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Foamers
After a flu pandemic, a man with a terminal illness becomes one of the few survivors in a transformed world: "Fast-moving, violent, and vividly imagined." —David Poyer, USA Today–bestselling author of Hunter Killer

Venus Plus X

From Hugo and Nebula winner Theodore Sturgeon comes a seeming utopia: a world with only one gender and no poverty, pollution, or war—but at what cost?

Red Star
“An Earth-man’s journey to the planet Mars, where he is treated to a wondrous vision of a communist future, complete with flying cars and 3D color movies.” —Wonders & Marvels

Three Powerful Science Fiction Classics
From a multiple Hugo winner and Science Fiction Grand Master: Three mind-bending stories featuring future worlds, space travel, and aliens.

Child of Earth
Want to visit another world? It might not be as easy as you think . . . “One of [David Gerrold’s] very best novels” (Spider Robinson).

Child of Grass
A father and daughter face danger on an Earthlike world, in this follow-up to Child of Earth from the Hugo Award–winning author.

The War Beneath
A Global Thriller Award–winning novel: "Fast-paced, good old-fashioned Cold War espionage set underwater in 2099, this book offers a great escape!" (The Minerva Reader).

Alien Sex
Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more offer tales of science fiction and dark fantasy that will take you out of your comfort zone.

The City Where We Once Lived
In this "eerie, beautifully written" novel, a city decimated by climate change becomes a haven for outcasts—until people start coming to them for refuge (Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven).

The Lost Astronaut
A space traveler lives out his recurring nightmare foretelling the impending destruction of Earth—and the horrific fate of humankind.

Man in the Empty Suit
“Part murder mystery and part mind-bending time-travel story. . . . Full of imagination” (Booklist).

The Ashland Trilogy
Three volumes in one collection: A family saga that is "wonderfully imagined and poetically told" travels through time—from modern Toronto to Depression-era Kentucky—and explores how the ghosts of the past shape our history (Publishers Weekly).

Eden

From the author of Solaris, this novel of an encounter with an alien intelligence creates “a terrifyingly plausible picture of a world gone mad” (Kirkus Reviews).

The Enceladus Crisis
The sequel to acclaimed The Daedalus Incident. “Hard science fiction in one corner and Alchemy in the other . . . You’re in for a wild ride” (GeekDad).

Random Acts of Senseless Violence
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year: In a dystopian future New York, a girl's diary chronicles her life as society begins to crumble around her.

If a Stranger Approaches You
Fifteen “alarming and gorgeous” stories from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author about the quiet terrors of American life (The Boston Globe).

Exploded View
Science fiction blends with a chilling murder mystery in “a futuristic police procedural that echoes themes by Philip K. Dick and Charles Stross” (Booklist).

In the Shadow of the Towers
“Powerful and interesting” short fiction inspired by the events of September 11, 2001, by Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and other award winners (Publishers Weekly).

Deserts of Fire
Speculative fiction stories that explore the ambiguities of war—from award-winning, bestselling authors Jeffrey Ford, Ken Liu, Kate Wilhelm, and others.

The Song of Synth
An ex-hacker falls under the sway of a seductive drug in a novel that “will remind American readers of Philip K. Dick” (Publishers Weekly).

The Sexy Part of the Bible
From the author of Long Train to the Redeeming Sin, "the most jubilant celebration of black African beauty so far seen in the English language" (The Boston Globe).

Peace on Earth
Robot armies, an arms race in space, and a brain at war with itself add up to “a futuristic version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (The Boston Phoenix).

The Broken Hours
Desperation drives an impoverished man into a dark realm in this chilling homage to H. P. Lovecraft by the award-winning author of The Horseman’s Grave.

The Path
This "thrilling . . . mind-bending" novel tells of future America where a dangerous new intelligence threatens the very survival of humanity (Fantascize.com).

The Chain of Chance
An ex-astronaut investigates a string of potential murders in this novel by the Kafka Prize–winning author of Solaris.

The Stone Gods

The Whitbread Prize–winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit delivers a novel that “transports us to something like the future of our own planet” (The Washington Post Book World).

Monster Island

In this "energetic horror debut," a survivor must venture a desperate mission into a Manhattan that has become a crazed, nightmarish zombie apocalypse of terror and death (Publishers Weekly).

Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Brilliant stories of a bumbling astronaut, and the human desire to discover the unknown, by the much-loved author of Solaris.

Elvissey
A young Elvis Presley is kidnapped into the future to be the new messiah in this “jarringly potent” novel from the author of Ambient (William Gibson).

The Coming

A dystopian future Earth is thrown into turmoil by the imminent arrival of extraterrestrials in this alien-contact novel by the author of The Forever War.

Glide Path

A gripping novel of human ingenuity during World War II, based on the visionary author’s own wartime experiences as a radar control operator.

Ambient
One man struggles to survive in a dystopian near-future New York City in this acclaimed novel that “performs feats of brilliance on so many levels” (Entertainment Weekly).

The Night of the Triffids

A sequel to John Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic horror classic The Day of the Triffids: “An action-filled tale that captures the spirit of the original story” (Library Journal). Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Pills and Starships
A teenage girl and her brother fight for their family’s future in a world devastated by climate change: “Thrillingly scary . . . There is much here to enjoy” (The Washington Post).

Battle for America
An ace fighter pilot aims to save a shattered America from Russian invasion in this new Wingman novel from "the best high-action thriller writer out there" (Jon Land).

Slippage
Twenty-one works from “one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth,” including the award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx (Publishers Weekly).

Hawksbill Station

A “dark, restrained, and powerful” mirror of current politics from the Science Fiction Grand Master (Science Fiction Ruminations).
In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of exile. Their lonely existence has taken its toll . . .
Jim Barrett was once the physically imposing leader of an underground movement dedicated to toppling America’s totalitarian government. Now he is nothing but a crippled old man, the camp’s de facto ruler due to his seniority. His mind is still sharp, having yet to succumb to the psychosis that claims more and more men each day. So when a new prisoner is transported to the colony—a startlingly young and suspiciously apolitical man—Barrett’s instincts go on high alert.
As Barrett reminisces about his revolutionary past, he uncovers the new prisoner’s secrets—and faces a shocking revelation that thrusts him into a future he never dreamed possible . . .
“One of the finest writers ever to work in science fiction.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

Up the Line

“A ribald, Byzantine tale of time-tourism” from the multiple Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author (Tor.com).
It’s 2059, and former law clerk Jud Elliott finds himself at loose ends—until a chance meeting with a Time Courier gives him the inspiration to become one himself. The job—as a time-traveling guide—gives him the opportunity to indulge his love of Byzantine history, in between shuttling tourists to such monumental events as the crucifixion and the assassination of JFK.
But there are strict rules to follow as a Time Courier, put in place to guard against paradoxes and preserve the sanctity of “now-time.” Jud isn’t used to following the rules—especially when faced with temptation. All it takes is one tiny slip here, one misplaced step there, and Jud could destroy his own timeline and cease to exist in the blink of an eye . . . a practicality that’s hard for Jud to grasp when he crosses paths with an eleventh-century Byzantium beauty he can’t resist.
“A hugely ambitious, enormously fun, sly, paradox-peppered piece that chronicles the time-tourist trade and all its perils—specializing in Byzantine history.” —Strange Horizons
“This novel is a comedy, and it is funny, but it is one of those black comedies where things go wrong, and then the more the protagonist tries to fix things, the more wrong they become, until the ending is at one and the same time an O. Henry punchline and a deep existential truth, neat as a pin and just as sharp.” —Kim Stanley Robinson

A Sterkarm Tryst
Time traveling corporate raiders target 16th-century Scotland—and face the legendary Sterkarm warriors—in this “enthralling . . . brilliantly imagined” series (Philip Pullman on The Sterkarm Handshake).

The League of Peoples Books 1–3
Three “riveting” novels of space adventure set in a dystopian future from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated author and “brilliant” voice (David Feintuch)

Revolution's Shore

In this “delightful SF adventure,” plucky interstellar adventurer Lily Ransome faces off against a despotic empire (Locus).

Irsud
Blending epic fantasy with space opera, Jo Clayton continues her classic Diadem series, the thrilling saga of resourceful nomad Aleytys.

All My Sins Remembered

In this powerful, provocative SF classic from the award-winning author of The Forever War, a young man of peace is transformed into an intergalactic killer. Once Otto McGavin was a kind and gentle soul; then he was recruited by the all-powerful Confederación.

The Enemy Stars

Four explorers from different backgrounds are marooned in space—and must unite to escape their floating prison—in this novel by a Nebula Award winner.

Pawn's Gambit

A collection of career-launching short fiction by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Timothy Zahn, including the Hugo Award–winning novella Cascade Point.

Hegira
"A minor classic. A small book but with big characters . . . and great ideas" from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Dinosaur Summer (SF Reviews).

To Live Again and The Second Trip
Two enthralling novels by Robert Silverberg about a future in which the minds of the living can be changed for a price—often with dire consequences.

Islands in the Sky

The technologically groundbreaking novel of space exploration from the only science fiction author nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

The Compleat Werewolf
Ten otherworldly “diabolical delights” from the author of Rocket to the Morgue and “The Quest for Saint Aquin” (Kirkus Reviews).

Far and Away
A supremely entertaining selection of speculative short fiction from the author of Rocket to the Morgue and “The Quest for Saint Aquin.”

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

In this far-future classic, sexual attraction is a science, gender is a whole new construct, and information is both precious and perilous . . .

A Fire in the Sun

The Hugo Award–winning author returns to the futuristic, high-tech Middle East setting of When Gravity Falls in this "major science fiction epic" (Locus).

Paingod
Eight timeless tales from the master of speculative fiction, featuring the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning story “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.”

Far from Home

"SF writing of a rare quality" lifts this collection of stories from the renowned author of The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth (Time Out).

Just Over the Horizon

The New York Times Book Review hails this collection of thirteen dazzling stories and a rare screenplay by Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Greg Bear as a “solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer.”

Partners in Wonder
Stories in which Harlan Ellison collaborates with some of the greatest names in science fiction: Ben Bova, Algis Budrys, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, and many more.

Beyond the Farthest Suns
7 remarkable stories, newly revised for this collection, showcase the award-winning talents of one of the 21st century’s finest writers of speculative fiction

Two Science Fiction Adventures
Two novels by a World Fantasy and Philip K. Dick Award winner who "writes action and adventure that Indiana Jones could only dream of" (The Washington Post).

Far Thoughts and Pale Gods

6 dazzling stories, freshly revised for this volume, plus new introductions, commentary, and reminiscences from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of War Dogs, Eternity, and The Forge of God

The Deep Range

A man discovers the planet’s destiny in the ocean’s depths in this near-future novel by one of the twentieth century’s greatest science fiction authors.

Imperial Earth

A futuristic tale of intergalactic love and politics from the legendary "colossus of science fiction" and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey (The New Yorker).

Dolphin Island

A science fiction adventure for readers of all ages, from a winner of multiple Nebula and Hugo Awards.

Phases of Gravity

A New York Times–bestselling author’s moving novel about an astronaut returning to Earth, and the small steps and giant leaps love requires.

The Trigger

A "thought-provoking, suspenseful" political sci-fi thriller from the authors of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis (Library Journal).

Worlds Enough and Time

By the author of The Forever War: In the decades following the ultimate conflict, the last remnants of humanity face extinction on a doomed voyage to a new home in the stars, in the momentous conclusion to Joe Haldeman’s acclaimed Worlds saga

The Captain
The giant Otto is carving a legend across the stars. When this gladiator and chieftain of the Wolfung worlds seeks to form a frontier legion of space barbarians, the nobles dare not refuse him; they have only the courage to try to murder him. But can even an empire's might stop such a man?

The Steps of the Sun

A billionaire heads to the stars in this "delightful" sci-fi novel from the author of The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Hustler (Newsweek).

The King
To recruit his legion of space barbarians, the giant gladiator Otto must win their fierce loyalty, world by world, in lethal combat against monsters, men, aliens, and the beautiful, murderous slaves—while Imperial conspirators plot Otto's assassination and an evil warlord's brutal army prepares to unleash genocidal horror across the stars.

Monster Nation

The second entry in this “inventive and exciting” zombie series that began with Monster Island (Publishers Weekly).

Monster Planet

Surviving the end of the world was the easy part? It's twelve years since the dead came back. Ravening, mindless zombies have devoured almost every living thing on the planet. The few, scattered survivors are surviving on canned goods and a refusal to give in and die.

The Metal Maiden Collection
Four novellas in one volume—the thrilling science fiction saga of a female robot who becomes sentient and fights to save humanity from destruction.

Tales from High Hallack Volume Three

In the third and final volume of High Hallack, tales of high fantasy, science fiction, and coming of age reach back as far as 1943, yet are still as fresh and relevant today as when they were written. High Hallack was a place in Andre Norton’s fiction and was also the name of the genre writer’s library she opened in Tennessee. It is a wondrous keep that she called home, and now High Hallack opens its gates and allows these amazing stories to unfold.

Troublemakers
A special new collection of Ellison’s short stories, selected especially for this volume by the author, including the newly revised and expanded tale “Never Send to Know for Whom the Lettuce Wilts" and the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning story, “ ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.”

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
A dangerously seductive collection of tales that—like the sirens themselves—are impossible to resist

The Best of Jules Verne
Four iconic novels of adventure, science, and fantasy from a master storyteller far ahead of his time.

Return to Mars

The New York Times–bestselling and six-time Hugo Award–winning author’s epic Grand Tour adventure continues.

Bring the Jubilee
What if the South Had Won the Civil War?The landmark alternate history novel by "one of the best American writers" (Ray Bradbury).

Moonrise

“[An] epic novel of lunar conquest” from the New York Times–bestselling and six-time Hugo Award–winning author of Mars (Orlando Sentinel).

Moonwar
A lunar colony faces off with corrupt Earth forces intent on destroying it, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Moonrise.

2010
The celebrated author continues his Space Odyssey with this Hugo Award winner: "A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001" (Carl Sagan).

The Corridors of Time

A young man from the twentieth century is recruited to fight in a war that rages throughout time in this classic science fiction adventure from a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning master.

Earth for Inspiration
From tales of alien invasions and intergalactic war to visions of dystopian tomorrows, an astonishing collection from one of literary science fiction’s all-time greats, Hugo Award winner Clifford D. Simak.

2061
This New York Times–bestselling chapter in the Hugo Award–winning Space Odyssey series is "intriguing and satisfying . . . the all-round best Odyssey so far" (Kirkus Reviews).

3001
The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning Space Odyssey series—"there are marvels aplenty" (The New York Times).

Join
“A searing, ballistic plunge into the mysteries of identity and mortality” from the author of the time travel sci-fi thriller Side Life (Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love).

Rendezvous with Rama

Astronauts explore an alien spacecraft hurtling toward the sun in this Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel—"a stone-cold classic" of hard sci-fi (The Guardian).

Attack on Area 51
After a mysterious disappearance, the ace fighter pilot is back, searching for answers to his missing memory—but still ready to defend post-WWIII America.

Robots Have No Tails

A complete collection of Galloway Gallegher stories from “one of the major names in science fiction” (The New York Times).

Starfarers

Courageous space explorers embark on a mission to make contact with alien races light years away, while the Earth they leave behind ages twelve hundred centuries.

No Life of Their Own

Twelve tales of the unknown from a master of science fiction

Realty Check

A vacation rental includes a portal to a secret realm in this “intergenerational . . . intergalactic charmer” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).

Skeen's Return
Trapped in an alternate dimension, the tough and self-confident Skeen confronts slavers, monsters, and alien assassins in a fast-paced space adventure.

Expiration Date
Nebula Award Finalist: In the second book of the Fault Lines Trilogy, Tim Powers dazzles with a dark and extraordinary urban fantasy set in an otherworldly LA, as a young boy finds himself targeted by malevolent ghost hunters.

Time Rep
The world's most insignificant person is the perfect fit for a very odd job . . . that just might require him to save time and space as we know it.

The Sterkarm Handshake
A twenty-first-century corporation invades the domain of a warlike sixteenth-century Scottish clan in this “brilliantly imagined” time-travel adventure (Philip Pullman).

Flight of Vengeance
Two novellas—Mary H. Schaub’s “Exile,” in which a disfigured witch struggles to regain her powers, and P. M. Griffin’s “Falcon Hope,” in which two unlikely allies try to save their peoples from extinction—are accompanied by “The Chronicler,” by series creator Andre Norton.

On Wings of Magic

In the triumphant conclusion to the three-book series Witch World: The Turning, when the Witches of Estcarp combined their powers to prevent the invasion of Karsten, the world was plunged into chaos. Now the survivors struggle to defeat the invaders and rebuild their shattered lives.

Pandora: Contagion
Madness goes viral in this post-apocalyptic thriller from the author who "like Crichton and H.G. Wells . . . writes stories that entertain roundly" (Publishers Weekly).

Radiant
The intergalactic Explorer Corps is up against a fierce alien intelligence in this military sci-fi adventure from the Aurora Award–winning author.

Strength of Stones
Artificially intelligent cities rise up against humanity in this "excellent novel. It came on me as a surprise, and it knocked me out!" (Harlan Ellison).

Emergent
The "gratifying third Android Chronicles futuristic adventure . . . A solid conclusion to a fun sci-fi trilogy" from the author of Reborn and Unbound (Publishers Weekly).

The Saliva Tree
Invisible aliens invade the bucolic English countryside in Brian W. Aldiss's Nebula Award–winning science fiction novella, plus nine other stories of the fantastic and the odd.

Sunfail
“A fun and exciting read . . . Perfect for fans of complex series heroes like Jack Reacher and Joe Ledger, with a dash of Dan Brown sensibility” (Booklist).

The Magic Meadow
In the dark of a grim hospital ward, five children escape to another world

Assassin

Part eleven-year-old boy, part robot assassin, Jimmy is on a mission to rescue his parents in an adventure that’s “The Bourne Identity for kids . . . pure gold!” (The Times, London).

The Forgotten Door

“Well written fantasy with strong character emphasis and empathy” from the author of the sci-fi classic Escape to Witch Mountain (Kirkus Reviews).

Lavender-Green Magic
With their father missing in action in Vietnam, Holly and her siblings end up in a time warp as they race to free their town from a witch’s curse

Red Hart Magic
From the New York Times–bestselling Grand Master of Science Fiction: New stepsiblings Chris and Nan have time-traveling adventures in an old English inn.

The Incredible Tide
A castaway on a rocky island is captured by a gang of evil men.

Dead Lines

From a New York Times–bestselling author: A new kind of phone awakens the dead in this technological horror novel “reminiscent of Koontz at his best” (Booklist).

Tower of Glass

From the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author: “High adventure, considerable tension, and—most important—social consciousness” (Harlan Ellison).

Unbound
It takes an android to catch an android: "An enjoyable thematic conundrum on the possibilities of an AI apocalypse . . . Entertaining" (Publishers Weekly).

Wingman

The first book in the bestselling, action-packed Wingman Series: With America in ashes, and lawlessness threatening to rule land, air, and sea, one pilot stands poised to pull his nation back from the brink of all-out anarchy.

The Circle War

Flying over a shattered nation, ace pilot Hawk Hunter comes face to face with his greatest enemy.

The Lucifer Crusade

After a devastating Russian attack on the United States, a lone American fighter pilot is out for revenge—even as he evades every air force on earth.

Thunder in the East

Back from the Middle East, fighter pilot Hawk Hunter begins a campaign to reclaim America from Soviet occupation.

Freedom Express

To reclaim the American Badlands from Soviet invasion, fighter pilot Hunter Hawk trades in his F-16 for a battle-ready locomotive.

The Tomorrow War
A fighter pilot embarks on a daring journey in this unique blend of science fiction and fast-paced action-adventure.

Return of Sky Ghost
A fighter pilot is trapped in an alternate universe—where an attack on Pearl Harbor is about to happen.

Death Orbit
Fighter pilot Hawk Hunter ventures into zero gravity to catch a madman—as an even greater threat hurtles toward Earth . . .

The Twisted Cross

With the Russians vanquished, fighter pilot Hawk Hunter sets his sights on an old enemy poised for trouble in Panama.

The Sky Ghost
After a final act of heroism, the Wingman lands in another dimension, where the Second World War is still raging more than five decades later.

The Final Storm

Only ace pilot Hawk Hunter can bring a Russian-backed traitor to justice. From “the best high-action thriller writer out there today, bar none” (Jon Land, USA Today–bestselling author).

Return from the Inferno

When the Wingman vanishes, it’s up to the remaining few to fight America’s latest invaders in this post-WWIII “sizzling hot” action series (Stephen Coonts).

Skyfire

The threat of nuclear war keeps Hawk Hunter in the cockpit—from the author who delivers “desperate, raw, 200-proof action” (Stephen Coonts).

War of the Sun
With the West Coast on the verge of destruction, Hawk Hunter heads to Japan to confront the enemy: “The best high-action thriller writer out there today” (Jon Land).

Target: Point Zero
A crazed terrorist looms high above the Earth, and pilot Hawk Hunter must take him down: “The best high-action thriller writer out there today, bar none” (Jon Land).

The Ghost War
To stop a super-weapon before it reaches America's shores, the Wingman sets his sights on the sea.

The Ghost of a Model T

This collection from the Nebula Award–winning author of Way Station includes mind-bending classics such as "City" and other tales of nostalgia, loss, and technology gone awry.

From the Land of Fear
Eleven side trips to the dark edge of imagination by master storyteller Harlan Ellison.

Last Summer at Mars Hill
Elizabeth Hand "combines a variety of science fiction elements into an original and colorful weave" in this dazzling collection, including the Nebula and World Fantasy Award–winning title story (Publishers Weekly).

Mastodonia

In rural Wisconsin, wonder clashes dangerously with corporate greed when an alien visitor opens up a gateway through time into a breathtaking prehistoric lost world.

Highway of Eternity

Time travel involves dangers—from saber-toothed tigers to killer robots—but it may be humanity's only hope in this novel by a Nebula Award–winning author.

The Goblin Reservation

From science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, an interstellar adventure of aliens, fairies, and time travel.

Wraiths of Time

An archaeology student is transported back to an ancient Ethiopian kingdom where, reborn as a warrior priestess, she must save their civilization from an evil as old as time

Our Children's Children

Fleeing a carnivorous race of alien monsters, the entire surviving human population from five hundred years in the future escapes into the present in this thrilling science fiction adventure from one of the Golden Age greats.

Special Deliverance

From a Nebula and Hugo award winner, "one the best-loved authors in SF": A tale of humans and one robot navigating an alien puzzle-world (Publishers Weekly).

Shadow of Ashland
Letters in the mail from his long-dead brother send Leo Nolan on a time-bending journey in this “deceptive novel . . . filled with extraordinary events” (The New York Times).

Picnic on Paradise
A new kind of sci-fi heroine, the tough-as-nails Alyx, is introduced in this Nebula Award finalist that Poul Anderson called an “extraordinary” novel.

Liminal States
“An awe-inspiring, helter-skelter journey through mind-blowing SF, western dime novel, noir mystery, and near-future dystopian horror” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

The Threshold

A doorway to the past reveals a warning for the future in this time-travel adventure by the author of Michael's Wife.

The Dancer from Atlantis

An anomaly of time transports a 20th-century man backward through history toward the greatest catastrophe the world has ever known.

The Shadow Hunter
A time-travel adventure from the Nebula Award–winning author: “Murphy’s [blend] of fantasy and reality honorably recalls the novels of Margaret Atwood” (Publishers Weekly).

Patton's Spaceship
An unstoppable conspiracy of terror and death threatens a million alternate Earths in the first book of the Timeline Wars science fiction series.

Dracula Unbound
In a brilliant reimagining of Bram Stoker's horror classic, an inventor travels back in time to save humankind from a nightmarish enslavement by vampires.

Washington's Dirigible
The war for a million Earths spreads to an alternate eighteenth century in the second book of the epic science fiction series the Timeline Wars.

Frankenstein Unbound
A disruption of time and space sends a modern man back two hundred years to confront Dr. Frankenstein’s immortal monster in this brilliant reinvention of Mary Shelley’s classic tale

Caesar's Bicycle
In an alternate Roman Empire, the ultimate battle is being waged for domination of the multiverse in the epic conclusion of the war for a million Earths.

The Third Lynx

"Hard-boiled hero" Frank Compton races across the galaxy to defeat a sinister alien intelligence in this novel by a Hugo Award winner (Publishers Weekly).

The Phoenix Legacy
In the thirty-third century, a vast empire teeters on the edge of destruction in the trilogy that “has the sweep and power of Asimov’s Foundation” (Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth’s Children series).

Odd Girl Out

Ex-government agent Frank Compton must keep an extraordinary little girl safe from the malevolent group intelligence seeking to enslave the universe in the explosive third installment of Hugo Award–winning author Timothy Zahn’s Quadrail series

Refugee

The first book of the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, this adventure follows Hope Hubris on his hunt for revenge.

Mercenary

The second book of the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, this adventure follows Hope Hubris in his role as a commander of the navy of Jupiter.

Politician

From a New York Times–bestselling author: A former refugee and mercenary campaigns for president of Jupiter—even as his rival tries to brainwash him.

Echoes of Earth
In this “dazzling adventure” from the New York Times–bestselling author, a man adrift in space finds himself facing the edge of madness (Jack McDevitt).

Executive

Absolute dictator of the United States of Jupiter, Hope Hubris was destined to become the most hated and feared man of an era, a tyrant charged with countless heinous acts and sexual cruelties. Yet justice remained his fiercest passion.

Galactic Bounty
A traitor is on the loose. A treacherous navy captain plans to sell military secrets to the alien Il Ronn. The only man who can stop him is Sam McCade.

The Iron Maiden

From a New York Times–bestselling author: The revealing final book in this sci-fi epic tracks the rise and fall of Jupiter’s tyrant—from the perspective of his sister.

Statesman

This is the fifth in the series Bio of a Space Tyrant, featuring the stages in the life of Hope Hubris, the tyrant of Jupiter, and his beloved sister, Spirit.

Brightness Falls from the Air
Sixteen tourists travel to a distant world to witness the last rising of a man-made nova—but that world is about to be enveloped by an eruption of violence, and the sixteen will be drawn into the conflict, and forever changed by it.

Orphans of Earth
The sole survivors of the human race... and their time is running out.
In the wake of Earth’s fall, Peter Alander has just one choice: to use the alien Gifts left behind on his distant colony world to warn other missions of their impending demise, a second wave of alien ships, this time intent on destroying everything in their path. Without the Gifts, humanity would have no hope at all--although no one truly understands them, and it is becoming increasingly certain that the very use of them is what draws the enemy on.
Out of the dark comes help from an entirely unexpected quarter. Peter Alander and his fellow survivors are not the only victims of the terrible Starfish. But what if the cost of that help is too high? What if the price is humanity itself?
“This book shines” —Cinescape
“High adventure in deep space for fans of far-future SF.” —Library Journal
Nominated for the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards.

Worlds

In this near-future novel by the author of The Forever War, an idealistic student visiting Earth from an orbiting colony is ensnared in a political conspiracy.

Orbital Decay
Winner of the Locus Award: Space-station workers discover a shocking global surveillance plot in this novel from “the master of science-fiction intrigue” (The Washington Post).

Heirs of Earth
Nominated for the Aurealis Award: On the brink of extinction, a suicide mission is humanity's last hope. And so, a handful of survivors band together and take a single ship deep into the fleet of a hostile alien race, attempting to find reason where none exists…

Paradox Alley

Now on an alien planet where most of the rules of the regular universe do not seem to apply, Jake McGraw confronts the builders of the Skyway once and for all. Will he and his crew make it out alive?

Expendable
In a world where the marginalized of society are sent into space on suicide missions, one woman decides to fight back: “Riveting” (David Feintuch).

A Passage of Stars

The bestselling author of Court of Fives sets off the Highroad trilogy with “a fast-paced space opera with a likable, courageous female protagonist” (Library Journal).

Red Limit Freeway

Space trucker Jake McGraw hits the road on a perilous race through the universe as the Skyway story continues.

Starrigger

An interstellar space trucker picks up a beautiful hitchhiker, only to find that trouble is not far behind...A nominee for the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

Alien Bounty
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Legion of the Damned: "When it comes to military science fiction...Dietz can run with the best" (Steve Perry).

Imperial Bounty
The interstellar bounty hunter returns in this adventure by the New York Times–bestselling author of Galactic Bounty.

McCade's Bounty
The interstellar bounty hunter searches for his kidnapped daughter in this suspenseful adventure by a New York Times–bestselling author.

Fool's War
A New York Times Notable Book from the author of Reclamation: A young woman must face off against an alien force within her starship’s computer.

Jaran

A woman seeks her destiny among a clan of nomadic warriors trapped in interstellar intrigue: “Absorbing . . . There should be more SF like this” (Jo Walton).

Young Rissa
The "blockbuster" first novel in the action-packed Rissa Kerguelen space opera (Seattle Times).

Drifter
An interplanetary smuggler gets caught up with revolutionaries in this action-packed novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Legion of the Damned.

The Prodigal Sun
Morgan Roche, commander in the intelligence arm of the Commonwealth Empires, has been charged with protecting the AI known as The Box on a secret voyage across the galaxy. But en route her ship is ambushed by the Dato Bloc, and she is forced to crash-land on a nearby prison planet.

Rissa and Tregare
The author of Young Rissa continues the orphan girl’s saga as she teams up with a space pirate who could be trouble—or just the partner she needs.

Hunted
In this “crackerjack novel” from the author of Vigilant, a band of misfits on a suicide mission face a war-torn planet (Robert J. Sawyer).

Drifter's Run
A smuggler goes on the lam in space in this fast-paced adventure by the New York Times–bestselling author of Halo: The Flood.

The Price of Ransom

The thrilling conclusion to the “vivid space opera” trilogy from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Court of Fives series (SF Mistressworks).

Drifter's War
An interplanetary smuggler is pursued by bounty hunters and plunged into battle in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Andromeda’s Fall.

Ascending
Left to languish on the planet of no return, an alien teams up with a professional smuggler to save her people in this sci-fi adventure.

The Dying Light
Morgan Roche is a renegade, fleeing the agents she used to work for in the Commonwealth of Empires. Her quest to understand Adoni Cane has led her to a terrible truth.

Trapped
Life on Old Earth is simple. Under the rule of the Spark Lords, most chaos has been brought under control. Five unsatisfied teachers out for a night of drinking is nothing out of the ordinary . . . until they find one of their students has been murdered by an unknown alien organism. When it is discovered that the murdered student’s boyfriend has gone missing, these misfits find themselves tangled in an unofficial homicide investigation that uncovers things they had never imagined. The hunt for a murderer unveils a horrifying conspiracy that may involve everyone from the Spark Lords to the League of Peoples . . . and a force more sinister than anything they could have imagined.

Shadow of the Swan
The author of Sword of the Lamb continues the Phoenix Legacy trilogy, in which a proud galactic empire struggles for supremacy.

Commitment Hour
In this “riveting” series from “a brilliant new voice,” gender in the twenty-fifth century is a matter of personal choice—until you reach the Commitment Hour (David Feintuch).

An Earthly Crown

In the second book of Kate Elliott's Novels of the Jaran, Tess Soerensen is pulled between two powerful men—her brother and her husband—and their competing revolutions.

The Dark Imbalance
The ruins of Sol System have been empty for thousands of years. A place of death and mystery, it is shunned by all--until now.

Android at Arms
When Andas Kastor awakens in an alien land, he must figure out if he’s the true emperor of his home world or an evil double

His Conquering Sword

Following the events of An Earthly Crown, the jaran conquest of Rhui intensifies as rebel hearts simmer with conflicting loyalties.

The Genesis Quest
Alien scientists create a new human race—and keep them as sheltered pets: “It’s time to discover Donald Moffitt” (Greg Bear).

The Law of Becoming

In this electrifying finale to Kate Elliott’s Novels of the Jaran, the fight against the alien Chapalii empire comes to an exhilarating end.

Vigilant
To fight android assassins, a young woman channels her father’s heroism—and faces a troubled past—in this “enjoyable, fast-moving, off-planet adventure” (SFSite).

Cluster
First in the sci-fi series "packed with exotic beings, ancient secrets, and futuristic worlds" from the New York Times–bestselling author (The Portalist).

House of the Wolf
Following Shadow of the Swan, the conclusion to the Phoenix Legacy trilogy—the space saga of a doomed civilization and the heroes who fight to save it.

Angelmass

“Fast-paced action . . . first-rate sf space adventure” (Library Journal) from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn.

The Two of Them
A time-traveling heroine vows to rescue a subjugated girl from a fundamentalist society by any means necessary in this “extraordinary novel” (Marge Piercy).

Challenger's Hope

The second installment of the Seafort Saga finds Nick Seafort heading back to Hope Nation, but danger isn't far behind...

Midshipman's Hope

First in the military science fiction series that does “an excellent job of transferring Hornblower to interstellar space. A thoroughly enjoyable read” (David Drake).

Fisherman's Hope

Nick Seafort returned to Earth expecting a court martial but instead he's tapped by the Naval Academy. This is no ordinary desk job ...

Prisoner's Hope

Captain Nick Seafort's previous encounter with aliens cost him nearly everything. Now, in the third installment of the Seaford Saga, the only way to save Hope Nation is to commit high treason.

Voices of Hope

Decades have passed since Nick Seafort battled the vicious aliens. Now, in the fifth installment of the celebrated Seafort Saga, it's trouble on Earth that looms...

Patriarch's Hope

"It's full speed ahead with all lasers blazing in this addition (after Voices of Hope) to Feintuch's popular space opera series" (Publishers Weekly).

A Choice of Treasons
A gripping military science fiction novel of imperial power, politics, and loyalty starring the hero of J. L. Doty’s Treasons Cycle

Of Treasons Born
“An excellent military SF novel, part Hornblower, part Wiggins. It had me from the first page and held on for the rest of them” (Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times–bestselling author).

Children of Hope

The Seafort Saga continues with the shocking return of the predatory aliens and a powerful and unexpected new ally for Nick Seafort.

The Backlash Mission

In the sequel to Blackcollar from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn, Allen Caine is back on the front lines of an alien war.

The Man Who Used the Universe

A notorious criminal pursues peace—and power—with alien enemies in this sci-fi novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Damned Trilogy.

Warhorse

The Tampy aliens’ living spaceships are far more powerful than humanity’s non-biological technology. Can they—and should they—be tamed?

Freehold
A band of mercenaries faces off with invading aliens in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of the America Rising series.

Who?
Set against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia, this futuristic novel about identity and technology is “one of the unrecognized classics of SF” (Locus).

First Action
The Pacific Island port of Makasar used to be a fairly peaceful outpost of the United States Navy. But now, entire American families are vanishing without a trace and no one has any ideas about where they might be.

World Without Stars

A far-future tale of marooned space travelers, a near-immortal hero, and a universe-spanning love from a multiple Nebula Award–winning author.

The Crucible of Time

An alien race struggles to survive on an uninhabitable planet in this “impeccably detailed and beautifully thought out” novel from a Hugo Award winner (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Queen of Angels
Hugo Award Finalist: A near-future novel of artificial intelligence, human nature, and mass murder that “succeeds on virtually every level” (The New York Times Book Review).

Slant

The "reigning master of hard-edge science fiction takes a chilling look at the plausible near-future" in this cyberpunk sequel to Queen of Angels (Seattle Post-Intelligencer).

Reborn
The most evolved artificial intelligence ever created goes beyond her programming when she develops a mind of her own in this sci-fi series debut novel.

Lunar Descent
The former head of a lunar mining operation returns to the moon and is immediately sucked into a dangerous morass of labor troubles, lies, larceny, and corporate wrongdoing in this wildly entertaining science fiction thrill ride.

At Swords' Points
Quinn Anders is out to recover invaluable artifacts sought by the Russians in this “superior cloak and dagger” novel that “is suspense all the way” (Kirkus Reviews).

The Ghost from the Grand Banks
In this near-future sci-fi novel by the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, two companies competing to raise the Titanic find mystery among the wreckage.

To Marry Medusa
A Nebula Award–winning author reinvents the alien invasion novel with this story of a malevolent, galaxy-consuming hive mind—and its surprising human hosts.

Clarke County, Space
The future of an orbiting space colony is threatened by a fugitive and the assassin on her trail, from "the best hard SF writer to come along in [a] decade" (John Varley).

Labyrinth of Night
A legendary Earth musician is recruited to help uncover the mystery behind a deadly song emanating from an ancient labyrinth on Mars...

Psychlone

An evil spawned from the horrors of World War II wreaks havoc on a small New Mexico town in this novel from the "master of the grand-scale SF novel" (Booklist).

The Werewolf Principle

His body hosting a pair of strange alien presences, an amnesiac space traveler returns home to an unrecognizable Earth.

Buying Time

The Nebula Award–winning author of The Forever War explores a world where time is money—and for some, both are running out . . .

Black Milk
“A poignant story that explores the repercussions of humanity’s search for perfection,” from the Hugo Award–winning author of Marrow (Library Journal).

Immortality Inc.
After dying in a car accident, a man wakes up in the hospital—in a future where bodies are sold to the highest bidder as new homes for the minds of the rich, and keeping body and soul together has taken on a new, and very sinister, meaning.

The Genome
Veteran pilot Alex is a Spesh—a human genetically modified to perform certain tasks. When he's assigned to transport alien ambassadors of the Zzygou race on a tour of human worlds, tensions between species rise to a boiling point, in a thrilling tale by the author of the Nightwatch series.

Vitals
A harrowing thriller based on real-life discoveries in cell theory and the battle against aging and death by the bestselling author of Darwin's Radio and War Dogs.

Chthon
A Nebula and Hugo Award Finalist: The first novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Xanth series.

Macrolife
Subtitled “A Mobile Utopia,” this pioneering novel about the meaning of space habitats for human history, presents spacefaring as no work did in its time, and since. A utopian novel like no other, presenting a dynamic utopian civilization that transcends the failures of our history.

Reefsong
After narrowly escaping death in a forest fire, Angie Dinsman found herself under the control of the World Life Company. They promptly equipped her with webbed hands and gills—creating a half-fish, half-woman. Her mission is to uncover secret research files on the water world of Lesaat. But first she has to undergo the terrifying process of learning to breathe underwater. After mastering the basics of survival, she faces an insurmountable challenge: finding the information that could end starvation on Earth while sabotaging the company's evil plans.

Rewind
Mysterious but seemingly peaceful aliens visit Earth and give select people a miraculous and terrifying gift in this highly original sci-fi novel.

Second Genesis
Emissaries from a new breed of humans created by an alien race travel millions of light years to discover what happened to the original occupants of planet Earth, in this follow-up to The Genesis Quest from a "wildly imaginative" author (Greg Bear).

A Gift Upon the Shore
"A poignant expression of the durability, grace, and potential of the human spirit" set in a post-nuclear dystopia where words are worth killing for (Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth's Children series).

Untouched by Human Hands
People hunt and kill one another as public entertainment and to win prizes in “Seventh Victim,” the short version of Sheckley’s novel The 10th Victim, which was made into a movie.
The twelve other stories in this collection are “The Monsters,” “Cost of Living,” “The Altar,” “Shape,” “The Impacted Man,” “Untouched by Human Hands,” “The King’s Wishes,” “Warm,” “The Demons,” “Specialist,” “Ritual,” and “Beside Still Waters.”
From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was “a precursor to Douglas Adams.”

The Robot Who Looked Like Me
“If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley.” —Harlan Ellison

The People Trap
A science fiction story collection by an author who was "the precursor to Douglas Adams" (The New York Times).

Is That What People Do?
More than three dozen of the best and most popular stories by the acknowledged master of the short science fiction story.

Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
A treasury of fiction from “one of SF’s all-time masters of the humorous or satirical short story” (Booklist).

Sword of the Lamb
The thrilling start to the Phoenix Legacy space opera: “A new classic! Has the sweep and power of Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy” (Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth’s Children series).

Citizen in Space

From master storyteller and satirist Robert Sheckley, 12 skillful and humorous short works of science fiction, including "A Ticket to Tranai," "Hunting Problem," and "A Thief in Time."

Pilgrimage to Earth
Fifteen out-of-this-world stories from a master of science fiction and "precursor to Douglas Adams" (New York Times).

Islands in the Net

In a near-future new age of corporate control, hacker mercenaries, and electronic terrorism, a public relations executive on the rise finds herself caught in the violent epicenter of a data war.

TekWar
The national bestselling detective novel set in a futuristic Los Angeles by the legendary actor who played the original Captain Kirk on Star Trek!

Ascendancies
Two dozen tales of future shock and twisted history from an undisputed king of cyberpunk science fiction, including Nebula Award finalists "Sunken Garden" and "Dori Bangs."

The Exile Kiss

From a Nebula Award winner: A “phenomenal,” action-packed tale of crime, corruption, and cybernetics (Locus).

Vacuum Flowers
A cyberpunk thriller from Nebula Award winner Michael Swanwick that explores bioengineering, wetware, and the riddle of personality

The Artificial Kid
In a future world of rampant inequality, a martial-arts video star finds himself in a real fight for survival, in this novel by the author of Schismatrix.

TekLords
PI Jake Cardigan is on the run from a mysterious assassin in this sci-fi thriller from the iconic Star Trek actor and New York Times–bestselling author.

Michaelmas
Published less than a decade into the Internet era, this remarkable science fiction novel foreshadows many of the world’s technological advances

Tek Power
Private eye Jake Cardigan must derail an insidious plot by the ruthless Tek cartel to replace the US president with an android designed to do the group's dark bidding.

Alien Eyes
The electrifying second book in Lynn Hightower’s futuristic crime series plunges big-city cop David Silver into a nasty interstellar war

Alien Blues
A jaded homicide detective working a serial murder case is teamed up with a new partner—a law enforcer from an alien race.

SINthetic
A "darkly engrossing" novel that "shines a stark light on the age-old question, what does it mean to be human?" (Julie Kagawa, New York Times–bestselling author of Shadow of the Fox)

Alien Heat
Homicide cop David Silver and his Elaki partner hunt an arsonist/killer who exterminates humans and aliens alike

Alien Rites
Homicide cop David Silver and his Elaki partner hunt an arsonist/killer who exterminates humans and aliens alike

Strange Wine
From “one of the great . . . American short story writers,” comes a collection of dark fantastical fiction (The Washington Post).

New Folks' Home

Ten stories of wonder and imagination by an author named Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Swords and Ice Magic
Stories of sword and sorcery by a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy!

Tales of Old Earth

A collection of nineteen short stories from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter and Stations of the Tide

Grotto of the Dancing Deer

Collected tales of wonder, danger, and the future, including the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning title story

Good Night, Mr. James
Strange, poignant tales of life on tomorrow’s Earth and in outer space from multiple Hugo Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction Clifford D. Simak.

A Death in the House

Ten thrilling and intriguing tales of space travel, war, and alien encounters from multiple Hugo Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction Clifford D. Simak.

The Best of C.L. Moore

Short stories by a pioneering female author who went on to become a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Dusty Zebra
Tales of science fiction and adventure from the Hugo Award–winning author of Way Station and City.

The Best of Henry Kuttner

From the renowned, Hugo Award–nominated titan of science fiction comes a collection of his best short stories: “Kuttner is magic” (Joe R. Lansdale, author of Honky Tonk Samurai).

The Shipshape Miracle
Nine tales of imagination and wonder from one of the formative voices of science fiction and fantasy, the author of Way Station and City.

Approaching Oblivion
"Ellison's stories punch where it hurts . . .and span from baroque far future speculations to near future warnings" (Science Fiction Ruminations).

Points of Departure
Stories of Liavek lore from two stalwarts of science fiction—the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles and the author of the Secret Country Trilogy.

Infinite Dreams

Short stories, including a Hugo Award winner, from the author of The Forever War.

Sailing to Byzantium

Six science fiction novellas by the author hailed as “a master” by Robert Jordan—including two Nebula Award winners and two finalists.

Ribofunk
Tackling genetic engineering, "Di Filippo's effervescent prose can provoke both hilarity and haunting reflections on our species' possible fate" (Publishers Weekly).

Points of Departure
Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award: Nineteen stories of power and humanity from a science fiction master with otherworldly talent

Live! From Planet Earth
The Hugo Award–winning author's "most memorable short stories . . . a tribute from those who best knew his work—his friends, fellow writers, and editors" (SFRevu).

Galaxies Like Grains of Sand
This collection of nine stories from the Grand Master of Science Fiction charts the course of humanity from the near future onward through millennia.

Budayeen Nights
A “brilliant collection” of short stories set in a “marvelously realized, imaginary Muslim city” from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Ahead of Time
Ten classic sci-fi and horror stories by “one of the major names in science fiction” (The New York Times).

One and Wonder
Piers Anthony presents a compendium of the Golden Age science fiction classics that inspired his astonishing career—timeless tales by Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, Walter M. Miller Jr., and other early SF masters.

Irregular Verbs
Brilliantly inventive speculative stories that offer "highly original riffs on everything from superhero to zombie fiction" (Toronto Star).

Vic and Blood
Three stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of a boy and his telepathically linked dog—inspiration for the Fallout video games and Mad Max movies.

Fire Time
In this classic science fiction adventure, a fiery doomsday threatens an alien world—and the human colonists who have made it their home.

Hothouse
Hugo Award-Winner: Millions of years in the future, Earth has stopped spinning, the sun is dying, and gigantic plant life has taken over the planet. There are few humans left—but one of them is about to embark on a thrilling and dangerous adventure...

There Will Be Time

A time traveler stumbles upon a horrific plot to alter the future in this adventure from “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” (USA Today).

The City, Not Long After
A chilling postapocalyptic novel of hope, despair, art, and war from the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Falling Woman.

Dinner at Deviant's Palace

A Philip K. Dick Award Winner from “a brilliant writer”: In a ravaged California, a man tries to rescue his lost love from a soul-devouring religious cult (William Gibson).

We Who Are About To . . .

One woman resists the demands of her fellow stranded survivors on an inhospitable planet in this “elegant and electric . . . tour-de-force” (Samuel R. Delany).

After Doomsday

The only survivors of an annihilated human race must find one another somewhere in the cosmos and unite to destroy the alien aggressors who obliterated the Earth in this classic science fiction adventure.

Ark

Earth's wealthiest man attempts to save humanity from an impending apocalypse.

The Disappearance
This brilliant classic of speculative fiction imagines the aftermath of an extraordinary global occurrence that forces Earth's men and women to exist in parallel dimensions.

The Shore of Women

A dystopian tale of a power struggle between the sexes in the post-nuclear future, perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Shattered Roads
In a future darkened by environmental catastrophe, a woman known as H124 discovers a truth that will send her into the world beyond her city's walls.

Orion Shall Rise

On a post-nuclear Earth, visionaries who dream of reaching for the stars attempt to revive the forbidden technology that destroyed their world.

Tomorrow!

A chilling what if? tale of nuclear apocalypse in the American heartland.

Helliconia Spring
The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author and Science Fiction Grand Master delivers a sweeping epic of a planet suffering deadly conditions of alternating extremes in this Nebula Award finalist

Lot & Lot's Daughter
Two classic science fiction stories about a California family fleeing a nuclear holocaust, written in an era when a dystopian future seemed inevitable.

At Winter's End

After seven hundred thousand years underground, a tribe emerges to a frozen Earth, in this novel from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author.

The Jagged Orbit
Nebula Award Finalist:Mankind has been reduced to slavery by technology and surveillance, in this near-future novel from the author of Stand on Zanzibar.

In the Drift
The “shocking [and] powerful” classic of postapocalyptic terror by the Nebula Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter (New York Daily News).

Tom O'Bedlam
A tortured man’s visions hold the key to mankind’s future in Robert Silverberg’s post-apocalyptic masterpiece

Liege-Killer
Winner of the Compton Crook Award: This tale of genetically modified killers of the future is “a genuine page-turner . . . Don’t miss it” (Locus).

Shattered Lands
Environmental devastation has left Earth a wasteland—but an even worse fate looms if the woman known as H124 can't stop it first.

Vault of the Ages
This classic from science fiction’s Golden Age envisions a primitive future where only the forbidden technology of the past can save an endangered tribe from violent extinction

Shattered Skies
Ravaged by environmental catastrophe, planet Earth now faces a new threat from space as this dystopian sci-fi trilogy careens toward its thrilling climax.

New America
Continuing from Orbit Unlimited, New America is the next chapter in the story of the planet Rustum, where the Constitutionalists continue their mission to build a more perfect nation

Arslan
A third world dictator conquers and rules a dystopian America in this "wonderful and terrifying" work of political science fiction (Samuel R. Delany).

Harvest of Stars
The virtual persona of a long-dead visionary entrepreneur threatens to incite a revolution from space that could topple Earth’s powerful and repressive religious-technological dictatorship in this ingenious science fiction classic

The Paratwa
Human colonists defend their planet from terrifyingly advanced assassins in this tale of "fast-paced action and political intrigue" (Library Journal).

The Stone That Never Came Down
"A world on the brink of war . . . Credible characters, suspenseful plotting and Brunner's broad vision make this humane novel a winner" (Kirkus Reviews).

Pandora: Outbreak
Hell breaks loose when a mysterious disease turns humans into marauding killers in this sci-fi thriller series debut by the author of Society of the Mind.

Ash Ock
A "compelling" novel of humanity fighting back against telepathically linked killers in a postapocalyptic world (Library Journal).

Greybeard
Human reproduction has ceased and society slowly spirals in this "adult Lord of the Flies" by a Grand Master of Science Fiction (San Francisco Chronicle).

Hot Sky at Midnight

“Intelligent and engaging science fiction” set against the backdrop of an environmental apocalypse from the SF Grand Master (The Washington Post).

Floating Worlds

In the far future, an Earth-born woman must negotiate with a fearsome mutant race: “On a par with Ursula LeGuin or Arthur C. Clarke” (Chicago Tribune).

Report on Probability A
An unending chain of surveillance crosses countless dimensions in this brilliant, disturbing, and groundbreaking "antinovel" by one of science fiction's greatest practitioners.

Gather, Darkness!

From a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy: In a post-apocalyptic future, a priest must fight the forces of evil in order to bring freedom to humanity.

Orbit Unlimited

Seeking freedom from their oppressive government on Earth, a ragtag group of idealists embark on a perilous journey to found a new world light-years from home.

The Queen of Springtime

Nebula Award–winning author: Humans have emerged to reclaim the Earth after the Long Winter. But they never anticipated the battle that awaits . . .

No World of Their Own
Space explorers returning to an unrecognizable Earth after five millennia away find themselves caught up in a deadly political power game on a planet racing toward intergalactic war

Madbond
A king and a madman in a dying world must join together, facing monsters and terrors to save what few mortals still remain, in the first book of the masterful Sea King Trilogy by one of fantasy fiction’s most accomplished world builders

Super-State

A wildly satirical look at life—and death—in the near-future, not-quite-unified superstate that was once the continent of Europe

Children of the Thunder
Telepathic children hold the fate of humanity in their hands in this "compulsively readable novel" from the Hugo Award–winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (The Washington Post).

The Avatar

A monumental epic tale of space exploration and alien contact from one of science fiction’s greatest writers

Rama II

In the sequel to the multi-award winning sci-fi novel Rama, a second Raman spaceship enters our solar system and "offers one surprise after another" (The New York Times).

Mindbridge

A remarkable alien technology could have devastating consequences for humanity in this novel by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Forever War.

Quozl

Rabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind’s Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventure

All Flesh Is Grass

In this Nebula Award nominee, a mysterious invisible barrier suddenly encloses a small, out-of-the-way American town—and all hell breaks loose...

Rama Revealed

In the New York Times–bestselling conclusion to the award-winning Rama series, a human colony aboard Rama III approaches the ultimate confrontation.

Blackcollar

A genetically enhanced fighting force may be humanity’s only hope in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn.

Rogue Moon
A Hugo Award Finalist: Humanity struggles to understand a killing labyrinth discovered on the Moon in this science fiction adventure about death and rebirth

To the Vanishing Point

From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Spellsinger Trilogy: When a family picks up an unassuming hitchhiker, a quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a road trip into an alternate reality.

A Maze of Stars
Hugo Award-winning author: A vast vessel known simply as Ship, who travels endlessly visiting stars, planets and humanity, develops feelings and intelligence and it struggles with human-like emotions.

The Atlantic Abomination
In The Atlantic Abomination, an exploratory expedition to the bottom of the ocean discovers the remnants of a long-lost civilization, and then, the enormous body of an alien being preserved for unknown millennia.

Into the Out Of

Demonic spirit-beings are stealing into our world in this fantasy adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Damned Trilogy.

The Alien Years

When aliens invade, a generations-long struggle begins against an impenetrable enemy in this sci-fi epic from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author.

Maeve
Aided only by the powers of the Diadem, Aleytys must battle a powerful corporation to save an endangered planet, in this thrilling science fiction adventure.

Cards of Grief
An alien civilization is forever changed by the incursion of human social scientists—and an ancient prophecy—in this award-winning novel.

Beneath the Gated Sky
A novel featuring “aliens of real depth and conviction . . . and an absorbing narrative” from the Hugo Award–winning author of Beyond the Veil of Stars (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Footsteps in the Sky
The pueblo people who landed on the Fifth World found it Earthlike, empty, and ready for colonization...but a century later, they are about to meet the planet's owners.

The Jupiter Theft
A massive alien convoy is hurtling toward Earth, but its true purpose is a puzzle: “It’s time to discover Donald Moffitt.” —Greg Bear

Where the Ships Die
The race is on to find a wormhole that's the key to wealth and power in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Sam McCade series.

Beyond Heaven's River
A Japanese WWII soldier finds himself on an alien world in this novel from the bestselling "master of the grand-scale SF novel" (Booklist).

Enemies of the System
In the far future, a group of evolved utopians stranded on an inhospitable planet are unable to resist the reemergence of the human animal.

What Entropy Means to Me
This is a monster never before wrestled with; what are they going to do? After reading this vegetative tale, you won't look at your garden the same way again.

Skeen's Leap
This fast-paced, gritty space adventure introduces the unforgettable Skeen, a hard-edged heroine and intergalactic thief trapped in an unknown universe.

Dimension of Miracles
A hapless Earthling must find his way home through a universe of absurdities in this science fiction romp from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated master.

Spinneret

A “brisk and entertaining” novel of a barren, mysterious planet that may save humanity—or destroy it—by the author of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Publishers Weekly).

Night of Masks
In the aftermath of interplanetary war, a disfigured loner is given a chance at a new life—but at a steep cost, in this novel from “a superb storyteller” (The New York Times).

Northwest Smith
Meet the iconic space outlaw who “could be Han Solo’s grandfather,” in these stories by a pioneer of Golden Age science fiction (SF Signal).

The Wanderer
Science Fiction Grand Master and Hugo and Nebula–Award winning author Fritz Leiber concocts a powerful allegorical novel that pierces to the heart of the human condition.

Garan the Eternal
Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton's books have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Skeen's Search
A space outlaw must rescue the remnants of an ancient alien race—before her galaxy explodes—in the conclusion to an action-packed science fiction trilogy.

Worlds Apart

By the author of The Forever War: In the breathtaking sequel to Worlds, a survivor of the terrible conflict that destroyed the Earth and most of its satellite Worlds must work to save the human race from extinction

Deadman Switch

Society has come to terms with a mining operation that requires the sacrifice of death-row inmates. But what happens when one inmate turns out to be innocent?

Hard Landing
A science fiction adventure told from the point of view of aliens who crash-land on Earth and must assimilate in secret—until their human cover is blown

Mistworld
A planet of outlaws, rebels, and misfits must fight back against the corrupt empire in a novel by a New York Times–bestselling author: “Lots of action.” —Science Fiction Chronicle

There Is No Darkness
A young man must fight—literally—for the opportunity to escape his backwater home planet and journey to the stars.

Ghostworld
On a dead planet, a captain and his crew encounter an unknown evil in this sci-fi adventure from the New York Times–bestselling author.

Two Science Fiction Adventures
Two visions of the world gone mad, from master storyteller John Jakes: In On Wheels, the United States has become so overpopulated that a tenth of its people have to live on the highway. On the colony world of Six-Gun Planet, cowboys ride robot horses, and the people try to escape the corrupting influence of technology.

Dinosaur Summer

"Certain to become a new classic of adventure beyond time . . . An unofficial sequel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World" (Prehistoric Pulp).

And Chaos Died
This Nebula Award–nominated “work of awesome originality” (Robert Silverberg) is a mind-blowing exploration of telepathy and power on an Earth-like planet.

Hellworld
A band of outcasts is sent to colonize a barren and dangerous planet in this action-packed novel by a New York Times–bestselling author.

Triplet

When a young researcher ventures through a mysterious planetary system, dangerous secrets come to light in this novel from a Hugo Award–winning author.

Star Hunters
Intergalactic voyager-turned-mercenary Aleytys risks death on a planet overrun by madmen in the thrilling fifth installment of the Diadem Saga.

Shakespeare's Planet

A human space traveler trapped on a remote planet must somehow unravel a confounding alien technology—or else surrender himself to a host of incomprehensible horrors.

The Star Fox

An intergalactic privateer resolves to rescue a human space colony taken captive by alien aggressors.

Bodyguard
From a New York Times–bestselling author: In a future where androids do most of the work, one man manages to find a job—but it may cost him his life . . .

Diadem from the Stars
Abandoned on an alien planet, a young woman gains remarkable powers from a mysterious artifact, in the first installment of a sprawling, unforgettable science fiction saga.

Soulminder

Science redefines life and death in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling, Hugo Award–winning author.

The Green Millennium
From a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Everything changes with the arrival of mysterious, green cat.

The Legacy of Lehr
Best known for her beloved Deryni series, Katherine Kurtz rockets into new territory in this breathtaking science fiction murder mystery.

The Poison Master
Enslaved on an isolated planet, an alchemist fights to free her sister—and mankind.

Involution Ocean
A far-future Moby-Dick by the author of Schismatrix: A desperate addict on a bleak, arid planet boards a whaling vessel to hunt the drug he craves.

Sword in Sheath

“Intrigue runs high and suspense cloaks all” in a fantasy adventure of pirates and Nazis from the New York Times–bestselling author and SFWA Grand Master (Kirkus Reviews).

The Planet Killers
This trio of early short novels by Grand Master Robert Silverberg is straight-up pulp science fiction at its finest

Richter 10

Political and environmental disasters come crashing down in this earthquake sci-fi thriller co-written by the authors of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Memories.

West of January
The Aurora Award–winning novel of a remote far-future world caught in a cycle of destruction, from the author of the Seventh Sword saga.

Prison Planet
An innocent man fights to escape—and exact vengeance—in this New York Times–bestselling author's riveting science fiction adventure.

Lamarchos
Savage barbarians enslave Aleytys, the wearer of the Diadem, as she sails the stars in her quest to find her truth and her history in this science fiction adventure.

The Usurper
The fourth volume in John Norman's epic Telnarian Histories describes the continuing rise to power of an unsung warrior thrown into the maelstrom of ambition, treachery, and violence that is the galactic empire.

The Chalice of Death
Three novels of adventure among the stars from the Science Fiction Grand Master and author of Across a Billion Years.

A Coming of Age

The children of Tigris have extraordinary telekinetic gifts—but are these special powers a blessing or a curse?

The Makeshift Rocket
A spaceship engineer held captive by would-be revolutionaries plots a daring escape in a rocket constructed of odds and ends and powered by beer in this hilarious romp from a master of golden-age speculative fiction

The 10th Victim
It's the twenty-first century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Instead, ordinary people hunt, chase, and kill one another for sport and for the entertainment of the masses—until something oddly like personal human feelings pops up.

A Bait of Dreams
Three unlikely heroes fight to save their planet from a deadly plague in this thrilling space opera set in Jo Clayton’s beloved Diadem universe.

Wildcatter
A crew of space age prospectors search for valuable resources on an unknown—and potentially unfriendly—planet in this “action packed thriller” (SFRevu.com).

Secret Passages
On the isle of Crete, a renowned physicist experiments with the nature of reality in this enthralling novel from the author of Broken Symmetries.

The Chieftain
A peasant is sent to the arena, fodder for the carnage—but before the horrified gaze of noble ladies, the warrior named Dog slaughters headsmen, hunters, and beasts to win freedom as a full-fledged gladiator. Then deep-space rebels attack an Empire ship where Dog performs combat killings for the amusement of the passengers, and the gladiator becomes a rebel. Now a beautiful officer of the court finds her life depends on the mercy of Dog, the man she ordered put to death!

Godbody

The arrival of a mysterious savior transforms a small town in this provocative parable from “a master storyteller certain to fascinate” (Kurt Vonnegut).

The Shrinking Man

The legendary novel of science-fiction horror: “The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson” (Stephen King).

The Labyrinth Gate

Transported to a magical world, a young couple must find a labyrinth city’s hidden treasure to return home in this novel from the author of Crown of Stars.

The Adventures of Brak the Barbarian Volume Two
Brak braves magic and malice on his way to the paradise of Khurdisan.

Pock's World
Journey to a quarantined planet in this "entertaining, fast-moving, and thoughtful" science fiction novel (S. M. Stirling).

Tales from High Hallack Volume One

A rich anthology of short stories from the Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Lore of the Witch World

Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Wizards' Worlds

Imaginative stories of dark powers, courageous heroes, and breathtaking adventure from “one of the pioneer women in science fiction” (Anne McCaffrey).

Off Limits
The companion volume to the provocative Alien Sex anthology, Off Limits pushes boundaries with twenty stimulating tales of otherworldly encounters

Eroma
Players compete in a virtual reality game of sexual challenges in this erotic fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Xanth series.

Cautionary Tales
From fantasy and SF master Piers Anthony, a collection of controversial stories and essays that fearlessly push the boundaries and then shamelessly step over them

Dayworld
“Every bit as appealing as the Riverworld saga,” this brilliant high-concept dystopian novel features an overpopulated Earth under strict government control (Booklist). Only by being watched may you become free.

Dayworld Breakup
From the Hugo Award–winning author of Riverworld: The conclusion of the trilogy set on a future Earth where freedom is threatened by an insidious lie.

Dayworld Rebel
A daybreaker rebels on an overpopulated planet in this dystopian adventure by the author of the World of Tiers series.

Thorns
The Science Fiction Grand Master’s Thorns “holds up chillingly well after all these decades. A dark pastiche upon Beauty and the Beast” (SF Reviews).

Journeys Through Time & Space
A Nebula Award winner presents tales that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy—five complete novels by Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, and more.

Agent of Byzantium

From the New York Times–bestselling "standard-bearer for alternate history": A spy takes on the enemies of the Byzantine Empire (USA Today).

A Different Flesh

This novel by the New York Times–bestselling “master of alternate history” explores an America reshaped by a twist in prehistoric evolution (Publishers Weekly).

Time Loves a Hero
Hugo Award–winning author: Earth's past and future are altered by 24th century time travelers in this "significant work of science fiction" from the author of Arkwright (Rocky Mountain News).

Guardian

During the Alaskan gold rush, a woman pursues a destiny that will change the world in this alternate-history novel from a sci-fi legend.

Jack Faust
An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide

We Install
From Harry Turtledove, bestselling author of the Worldwar series and The Guns of the South, a collection of nine stories and three essays that illuminate his broad storytelling range.

Backteria
An essential collection of rare tales of terror from the multi-award-winning Twilight Zone scripter and I Am Legend author—only available in ebook format.

Prelude to Space
An uncannily prophetic novel of early space exploration from the legendary "colossus of science fiction" and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey (The New Yorker).

The Steampunk Trilogy
An outrageous trio of novellas that twist the Victorian era out of shape, by a master of alternate history: "Spooky, haunting, hilarious" (William Gibson).

The Stochastic Man
Lew Nichols can predict the future. Not see the future, just make predictions based on research and statistics, with accuracy that will ensure he's never out of work. But then he meets someone who can actually see the future—someone who is willing to teach Nichols. But at what price?

The Big Front Yard

Tales of the unknown in which a fix-it man crosses into another dimension—and more.

Earth's Last Citadel
Four WWII combatants travel to a distant and dangerous future in this novel by "two of the most revered names from [science fiction's] Golden Age" (SFReviews.net).

Judgment Night
Classic space opera from one of the first female authors of science fiction, an "exhilarating" tour-de-force from the genre's golden age (Futurism).

The Thing in the Stone
A mind-opening collection of short science fiction from one of the genre’s most revered Grand Masters.

Doomsday Morning
A classic, post-apocalyptic vision of America created by C. L. Moore, an undisputed master of science fiction's golden age.

Revenge of the Bloodslinger
The author of the Path of the Thunderbird series teams up the world’s best thief and a Holy Knight on a quest for blood across the Revived Earth.

A Woman of the Iron People
This James Tiptree Jr. Award–winning anthropological science fiction novel about first contact with an alien culture is “fascinating” and “irresistible” (Ursula K. LeGuin).

M.C. Higgins, the Great
Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams

Prairie School
It's the worst blizzard in fifty years! Delores is very ill, but there's no way to get through the snow. How long will she be stranded at school?

A Witness to Life
“A beautiful novel” of life and death, past and present, and the thin lines that lie between them (The Toronto Star).

The Omega Point Trilogy
6599 AD. The war between the Earth Federation and the Herculean Empire had been over for more than three centuries. The planet in the Hercules Globular Cluster was a cinder; the few descendants of the surviving Herculeans lived on Myraa’s World, half a galaxy away, in what seemed to be a religious commune. But on an unnamed planet, deep within the Hercules Cluster, two survivors, father and son, gather their resources and plan a reign of terror against Federation worlds. But the woman Myraa has a different vision—one which excludes empires and warring armies. Subtly, she strives to shape events toward a different end. Rising to one of the most unusual climaxes in recent fantastic literature, this novel of chase and vengeance depicts a colorful, poetic future which is struggling to overcome its past. Filled with striking twists and vivid ideas, this is space opera at its most modern.

Franklin and the Thunderstorm
Franklin seeks shell-ter from a storm and learns about the weather in a beloved storybook from the series that inspired the Franklin and Friends TV show!

Sargasso of Space
Stellar exploration—and depredation—in the exciting first novel in the Solar Queen series from a “superb storyteller” (The New York Times).

The Year of the Jackpot
A statistician attempts to make sense of a world gone mad in an apocalyptic sci-fi scenario from the Hugo Award–winning author of Starship Troopers.

Jack Strong
In a Las Vegas hotel room, a man awakes to confront his destiny

Storms of Victory

Two full-length novels of the Witch World, set in the time of the greatest and most terrible cataclysm in its history: the Turning.

Moon Mirror
Effortlessly spinning tales of adventure through the distant worlds of outer space and the inner worlds of dream and psychic experience, Andre Norton sends you on a breathtaking journey of the imagination in this collection of her finest works.

At the Mountains of Madness
This classic mind-shattering tale, which “ranks high among the horror stories of the English language,” plunges into the darkness of the Cthulhu mythos (Time).

The Time Traders
The first novel in the classic series, in which wars are no longer fought on land, in the air, or on the sea—but throughout time and space itself...

The Call of the Wild
Jack London’s finest achievement: the tale of a dog’s heroic adventures in the frozen Yukon

The Invisible Man
Cursed by his own invention, a brilliant scientist is driven to a life of crime in this groundbreaking novel from a master of mystery and science fiction

Triplanetary
The first installment in the groundbreaking Lensman series, one of the greatest space opera sagas of all time

Voodoo Planet
A gripping story of otherworldly mystery and magic from an acclaimed Grand Master of Fantasy.

A Boy and His Dog
Winner of the Nebula Award: A boy and his telepathic dog fight to survive in a war-torn, postapocalyptic world in this hard-hitting science fiction novella.

Youth
Two young boys find some very unusual new pets in this short story from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain’s classic satirical tale of time travel and Arthurian legend

Journey to the Center of the Earth
One hundred fifty years later, Jules Verne’s epic novel of science and adventure is just as thrilling as when it was first published

Plague Ship
The Solar Queen series continues with a riotous adventure in space and a battle against a deadly plague.

The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells’s science fiction classic: the dark and captivating story of one man’s fight for survival against the lab-made nightmares of a mad scientist

The War of the Worlds
The science fiction masterpiece of man versus alien that inspired generations, from Orson Welles’s classic radio play to the film starring Tom Cruise.

The Mysterious Island
In Jules Verne’s classic adventure tale, a hot air balloon is swept off course only to land on a faraway desert island

The War in the Air
Modern warfare takes to the skies in this novel by a master of science fiction and fantasy.

Hardfought
A Nebula Award–winning novella by the author of Moving Mars and the Eon trilogy.
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