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Orion Publishing Co The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4
Book SynopsisThe definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.
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Orion Publishing Co The Sirens Of Titan
Book SynopsisWelcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fictionWhen Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a result, he only gets home to Newport, Rhode Island, once every fifty-nine days and then only for an hour.But at least, as a consolation, he now knows everything that has ever happened and everything that ever will be. He knows, for instance, that his wife is going to Mars to mate with Malachi Constant, the richest man in the world. He also knows that on Titan - one of Saturn''s moons - is an alien from the planet Tralfamadore, who has been waiting 200,000 years for a spare part for his grounded spacecraft . . . A finalist for the 1960 Hugo Award, The Sirens of Titan was Vonnegut''s second novel. It received wide acclaim, and played with Trade ReviewThe Sirens of Titan is a tour-de-force of sci-fi literature * Empire *
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Headline Publishing Group The Eternal Banquet: The Time for Alexander
Book SynopsisIn the final book in the Time for Alexander series, Ashley and Alexander journey to Carthage, seal the fate of Rome, take part in the game of Phersu, meet a demon, and wrap up the series in a fine style indeed! On their way back to Egypt, Alexander and Ashley stop in Carthage where they save a boy intended for a bloody sacrifice. Fleeing Carthage's warships, they take refuge in Rome where Alexander is recognised, captured, and forced to take part in the terrifying 'Game of Phersu' in the arena. No doubt having Alexander the Great as a gladiator will draw the crowds...but can it mean the end of his adventures? It's too late for regrets. Time, as Alexander and Ashley discover, marches on – whether or not you cheat the fates.
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Caffeine Nights Publishing The Gin Wars Trilogy
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Orion Publishing Co Hard To Be A God
Book SynopsisAnton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not progressed beyond the Middle Ages. Although in possession of far more advanced knowledge than the society around him, he is forbidden to interfere with the natural progress of history. His place is to observe rather than interfere - but can he remain aloof in the face of so much cruelty and injustice ...?Trade ReviewThe best Soviet SF writers - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTIONA thoroughly good book ... robust, imaginative, satisfyingAn enjoyable, exciting, and gratifying novel - NEW YORK TIMES
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Simon & Schuster Frankenstein
Book SynopsisMary Shelley’s timeless gothic classic accompanied by the art of legendary illustrator Bernie Wrightson live on in this gorgeous illustrated adaptation of Frankenstein—featuring an introduction by Stephen King.Few works by comic book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983, which vividly presented the timeless, terrifying tale of one man’s obsession to create life—and the monster that became his legacy. A generation later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still considered to be one of the greatest achievements made by any artist in the field. This book includes the complete text of the original groundbreaking novel and approximately fifty original full-page illustrations by Bernie Wrightson—created over a period of seven years—that continue to stun the world with their monumental beauty and uniqueness. This edition also contains introductions by #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King and author Mary Shelley, as well as supplemental material including a history of the novel, a chronology of Mary Shelley’s life and work, and the historical context of Frankenstein for readers.
£11.69
Pan Macmillan The Naked God
Book SynopsisWar rages on. All seems lost to this immense devastation. Across the galaxy, humanity's last hope may lie in wait. The Naked God is the epic, thrilling conclusion to the Night's Dawn trilogy, from Peter F. Hamilton.The Confederation is verging on collapse, unable to prevent the enemy from sweeping through the galaxy. Earth’s defences have finally been penetrated, its giant domed cities destroyed one by one. As time runs out for civilization, those who fight on must join forces and form new alliances – but an enemy’s enemy isn’t always a friend.The war is desperate on all fronts, with battles fought on a scale unseen by humankind for six centuries. There are rumours that an ancient space-faring race faced this same threat to its existence – surviving with the help of the Sleeping God. If this mysterious and powerful entity truly exists, we may be able to find it. And if it really can avert the ultimate catastrophe, we may a
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Cornerstone The Last Gifts of the Universe
Book SynopsisRiley August is a speculative fiction writer, animal lover, nature walker and all around nerd. When they aren't writing stories about lonely voyages through space, you can find them playing video games, the guitar or a myriad or TTRPGs. They live in Rhode Island with their cat and husband. The Last Gifts of the Universe is their debut novel.
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Pushkin Press The Age of Calamities
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Kodansha Comics Tank Chair 5
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Kodansha America, Inc Go Go Loser Ranger 13
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Orion Publishing Co The Heroes
Book SynopsisThree men. One battle. No Heroes.Trade ReviewHighly recommended - a funny, finely-wrought, terrifically energetic work of high fantasy. Seek it out -- Joe HillThe Heroes is an indictment of war and the duplicity that corrupts men striving for total power: bloody and violent, but never gratuitously so, it's imbued with cutting humour, acute characterisation and worldweary wisdom about the weaknesses of the human race. Brilliant * Guardian *[The Heroes is a] blood-drenched, thought-provoking dissection ofa three-day battle is set in the same world as Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy but stands very well alone . . . Abercrombie never glosses over a moment of the madness, passion, and horror ofwar, nor the tribulations that turn ordinary people into the titular heroes * Publishers Weekly *
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Orion Publishing Co Burning Chrome
Book SynopsisBest-known for his seminal sf novel NEUROMANCER, William Gibson is also a master of short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of his best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson''s characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story ''Burning Chrome'' - both nominated for the Nebula Award - as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories ''Dogfight'' and ''The Winter Market''.Trade ReviewA fistful of fast, challenging, hot-wired short stories - New Musical ExpressFuriously inventive, brilliantly written, the cutting edge of SF - GuardianAt once a lament and a critique, these stories show the way SF is being rewired. Gibson, his finger jitteringly on the fast-forward button, shows the direction in which our literature might be headed - The TimesSome subversives are still at work proving that SF can pack its strongest blows into its shortest works . . . He's at his best dealing with the victims of the new, the people burnt out by drugs, computers, huge corporations or the strangeness of space - Fiction Magazine
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Pan Macmillan Shards of Earth
Book SynopsisFrom the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award. Shards of Earth is the first high-octane, far-future space adventure in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture trilogy.'One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction' – Christopher PaoliniThe war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . .Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors. Then these ‘Architects’ simply disappeared and Idris and his kind became obsolete.Now, Idris and his crew have something strange, abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects – but are they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy as they search for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, and many would kill to obtain it.Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky:'Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent' – Stephen Baxter on Shards of Earth'He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas' – Patrick Ness‘Brilliant science fiction’ – James McAvoy on Children of TimeTrade ReviewIf Homer had written space opera . . . Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent. This might be Tchaikovsky's best so far, and that's saying something -- Stephen BaxterAdrian Tchaikovsky: king of the spiders, master worldbuilder, and asker of intriguing questions. His books are packed with thought-provoking ideas (as well as lots of spiders; did I mention the spiders?). One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction -- Christopher PaoliniHe writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas -- Patrick NessA modern classic of the genre. Imaginative, kinetic, and wire tense. Highly recommended -- Gareth L. PowellA thoughtful, sweeping space adventure -- SFX MagazineA rip-roaring space opera featuring starship battles, genetically enhanced superhumans and multiple weird and wonderful aliens . . . I can't wait to read the next one -- New ScientistFull of sparking, speculative invention . . . The Doors of Eden is a terrific time-slip/lost world romp in the grand tradition of Turtledove, Hoyle, even Conan Doyle. If you liked Primeval, read this book -- Stephen Baxter on The Doors of EdenThe Doors of Eden shows a combination of tight, evocative prose combined with erudition. In a story whose scope is the broad canvas of the history of all life in the universe, Tchaikovsky manages to zoom in on human moments without breaking a sweat. Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it -- Tade Thompson on The Doors of EdenBrilliant science fiction and far-out world-building -- James McAvoy on Children of TimeI cannot recommend it enough. It's a helluva first contact story, and that's only like its 5th most interesting feature! -- Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist, on Children of Time
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Sparrow
Book Synopsis''The Sparrow is one of my favourite science fiction novels and it destroyed me in the best way when I read it. It is so beautifully written and the construction of the narrative is masterful''Emma Newman, author of PlanetfallTHE ACCLAIMED GENRE-DEFINING WINNER OF THE 1998 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD Set in the 21st century - a number of decades from now - The Sparrow is the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and talented linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who - in response to a remarkable radio signal from the depths of space - leads a scientific mission to make first contact with an extra-terrestrial culture.In the true tradition of Jesuit adventurers before him, Sandoz and his companions are prepared to endure isolation, suffering - even death - but nothing can prepare them for the civilisation they encounter. Or for the tragic misunderstanding that brings the mission to a devastating end. Once considered a living saint, Sandoz reTrade Review'One of those rare books that takes you to its heart and refuses to let go' -- Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers'Compulsive reading and may be the year's best science fiction novel' -- John Clute * Mail on Sunday *'Brilliant first novel about the discovery of extraterrestrial life...Shades of Wells, Ursula Le Guin and Arthur C. Clarke, with just a dash of Edgar Rice Burroughs - and yet strikingly original' * Kirkus Reviews *'One of the years's most powerful and disturbing books' * The Times *'A parable about human life on Earth, with all its imperfections, failings, doubts, wisdom and erudition...The Sparrow is a startling, engrossing and moral work of fiction' -- Colleen McCullough
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Penguin Books Ltd The Time Machine
Book SynopsisVictorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Star Diaries
Book SynopsisWritten over a period of twenty years, this book features adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy.Trade ReviewLem veers between joyous slapstick, freewheeling satire, and insanely involuted logical paradoxes--with surprisingly serious excursions into issues of will and faith. Funny, unexpected, tantalizing * Kirkus Reviews *A giant of 20th-century science fiction * The Guardian *Stanislaw Lem was for 50 years Poland's premier intellectual of the imagination -- John Clute * The Independent *
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Little, Brown Book Group Mass Effect: Deception
Book SynopsisThis novel continues the all-new, completely original story begun in the first three MASS EFFECT stories. The heroine, Gillian, was once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, but now, after her rescue, she is beginning to master her amazing powers. But when she falls under the sway of a radical group who believes their powers make them superior to ordinary humans, she finds herself faced with a choice between her destiny . . . and her humanity.
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Titan Books Ltd Rebel Moon House of the Bloodaxe
Book SynopsisThe graphic novel prequel to the Netflix original movie from Zack Snyder, acclaimed director of hit films like Zack Snyder's Justice League and Army of the Dead. A sci-fi adventure that takes place on a planet on the brink of an all-out civil war. For fans of Snyder's movies and epic space operas.
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Marvel Miles Morales SpiderMan Modern Era Epic Collection Revivals And Revelations
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Marvel Comics Doom Academy
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Marvel Comics MILES MORALES SPIDERMANDEADPOOL POOLS OF BLOOD
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Pan Macmillan Zoes Tale
Book SynopsisHard-core, fast paced science fiction, John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series. She won't go down without a fight.It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zoë Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter of two former super-soldiers. She's also a holy icon to a race of alien warriors who track her every move. So she's used to the quirks of being a human in space.However, this time something's different. Betrayed by the authorities, Zoë - along with her parents and fellow colonists - finds herself stranded on a deadly pioneer planet. The Colonial Union has also set them up as a target for hostile alien action. Zoë must become a player (and a pawn) in an interstellar battle, which will determine the fate of humanity. Her father's side of this story was told in The Last Colony, bTrade ReviewJohn Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today * Joe Hill *Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's true * Cory Doctorow *A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science * Guardian *Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters * The Times *Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling * Washington Post *Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced * Wall Street Journal *Astonishingly proficient * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant * Strange Horizons *
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Image Comics Free Planet Volume 1
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Rakesfall
Book SynopsisTracing two souls through endless lifetimes, Rakesfall is a virtuosic exploration of what stories can be. As Annelid and Leveret reincarnate ever deeper into the future, they will chase the edge of human possibility, in a dark science fiction epic unlike anything you've read before.
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Orenda Books The Cure
Book SynopsisThe chance discovery of an injection that wards off age-related disease is hijacked by ruthless men who hunger for immortality, with catastrophic consequences.Two women race against time to stop them, before it's too late a chilling, prescient, high-stakes speculative thriller by the bestselling author of One.
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Blackstone Publishing Citadel
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Orion Publishing Co Ubik: The reality bending science fiction
Book SynopsisA classic science fiction tale of artifical worlds by one of the great American writers of the 20th centuryGlen Runciter is dead.Or is he?Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out.If it hasn't already.Readers minds have been blown by Ubik:'Sheer craziness, a book defying any straightforward synopsis . . . a unique time travel adventure that could only be concocted from the fertile psychedelic imagination of the incomparable PKD' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'This pre-cyberpunk gigglefest was an absolute joy to behold . . . I would bill it as a Truman Show-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Barbarella-type of sci-fi' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'If you have not read PKD before I highly recommend Ubik as the gateway into his wonderfully weird fiction. I kind of envy you' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'UBIK is much stranger and more darkly humorous than Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep . . . although there are many humorous elements, overall the story is dark, philosophical, and just plain disorienting. I found the book impossible to put down' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A darkly humorous blurring of lines between reality and illusion and a concomitant degree of paranoia' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'About eighty decades ahead of its time, only Ubik can help to process the overwhelmingness of the contemporary age. Chock full of post-death theology, psionics, proto-cyberpunk, and retro-retro-retro future nostalgia' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'We spend a great deal of it unsure of what is real and what isn't and some of the ideas Dick manages to throw in as the story progresses had me grinning and shaking my head at the crazy logic of it all' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Trade ReviewMy literary hero * Fay Weldon *For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first * Terry Gilliam *One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac * Sunday Times *
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St Martin's Press Harrow the Ninth
Book SynopsisIncludes 40+ pages of original content, including a never-before-available Locked Tomb short story.Harrow the Ninth, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor''s haunted space station.Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons! Charles Stross on Gideon the NinthUnlike anything I''ve ever read. V.E. Schwab on Gideon the NinthDeft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original. The New York Timeson Gideon the NinthShe answered the Emperor''s call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash.After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsy
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Titan Books Ltd Death Stranding: The Official Novelization -
Book SynopsisMysterious explosions have rocked the planet, setting off a series of supernatural phenomena known as the Death Stranding. Spectral creatures that devour the living have pushed humanity to the brink of extinction, causing countries to fall and survivors to scatter and live in pockets of isolation. Sam Porter Bridges, the legendary porter with the ability to return from the world of the dead, has been entrusted to save mankind from the brink of destruction. Plagued by haunting visions, and tracked by Higgs, a man who longs to see humanity extinct, Sam must finally discover the truth behind the Death Stranding and fate of this world.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Gaslands Refuelled
Book SynopsisAn updated set of expanded wargaming rules for the exceptionally popular post-apocalyptic vehicle game, Gaslands.2019 Tabletop Minions Award winnerUK Games Expo Awards: Best Miniatures Rules (2018)Shoot, ram, skid, and loot your way through the ruins of civilization with Gaslands: Refuelled, the tabletop miniature wargame of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem. This update to the original Gaslands includes expanded and enhanced perks, sponsors, vehicle types, and weapons. Gaslands: Refuelled contains everything a budding wasteland warrior needs to build and customize their fleet of vehicles in this harsh post-apocalyptic future. Featuring a host of options for scenarios, environmental effects, and campaigns, allowing players to create their anarchic future.Trade ReviewIf you’re a board gamer looking for an easy entry point to the miniatures hobby, Gaslands is about as close a thing to perfect as I can imagine. -- Eric Tonjes * Shut Up & Sit Down *If you want to play a miniatures game that’s truly unique from the standard laser guns and swords, Gaslands is a must […] Whether it’s a destruction derby, Mario Kart-style racing or protecting a massive war rig that you’re escorting across a barren desert, there’s lots to love in this gas-guzzling, budget miniatures game. -- Michael Whelan * Dicebreaker *I highly recommend this game…. It jumps up off the table. You can feel the mud flying around. -- Joel Eddy * Drive Thru Reviews *It’s Awesome! -- Ding & Dent * Episode 69 - Gaslands Review *There is an extremely fun game here packed in for a fantastic price. -- Jacob Stauttener * Must Contain Minis *An amazing amount of fun. -- No Pun Included * Episode 12 *There’s a new hobby obsession in my life that I am in love with and it’s called Gaslands. -- The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast * Jamie Talks About: Gaslands and the Joy of a Miniatures Hobby *In Gaslands (think: a breezier, less crunchy, more modern Car Wars) there are no ranges of miniatures to draw from. Instead, the game encourages you to Mad Max-ify Matchbox and Hotwheels cars to use in your games. How much fun is this? Lots. -- Gareth Branwyn * Boing Boing *Whether you’re a minis player looking for an excuse to let out your inner War Boy or someone looking to make use of your (or your child’s) toy car collection for a fast, fun skirmish game, Gaslands is great way to get onto the fury road for an hour or two. -- Rob Wieland * Geek & Sundry *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Extinction Trials
Book SynopsisThe end... is only the beginning. After a mysterious global event known only as 'The Change', six strangers wake up in an underground research facility where they learn that they're part of the Extinction Trials – a scientific experiment to restart the human race. But the Extinction Trials harbours a very big secret. And so does the world outside. From A.G. Riddle, the Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with nearly five million copies sold worldwide in twenty languages, comes an epic standalone adventure with a surprise ending unlike anything you've ever read before.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR A.G. RIDDLE: 'This is apocalyptic sci-fi at its best. Plot and character are masterfully woven together and the action – which is anything but frozen – sling-shots from stage to stage like an intergalactic spaceship' Daily Mail, on The Solar War. 'A complex, multi-stranded narrative spanning 700 pages that reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton' * Guardian, on Pandemic *
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Penguin Books Ltd Warm Worlds and Otherwise
Book Synopsis''Tiptree''s narratives of alien worlds and alienation make up one of science fiction''s most vivid and influential bodies of work'' The New York TimesThis landmark collection of short stories shows the feminist pioneer James Tiptree Jr. at her most inventive and daring. Here a fake girl becomes a living advertisement, women choose alien invaders over the men of Earth, a creature discovers that love means death and a pandemic engulfs the planet.''Feminist dystopian fiction owes just as much to this woman - who wrote as a man - as Margaret Atwood'' VoxTrade ReviewTiptree's narratives of alien worlds and alienation make up one of science fiction's most vivid and influential bodies of work * The New York Times *Feminist dystopian fiction owes just as much to this woman - who wrote as a man - as Margaret Atwood. * Vox *Tiptree's work is proof of what she said, that men and women can and do speak both to and for one another, if they have bothered to learn how -- Ursula K. Le Guin
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Frankenstein
Book SynopsisMary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein pioneered the deeply explored battle between monster and man. Follow three narratives in this ageless tale that navigates fear, fixation, love, and desire, while finding an anchor in humanity. The combination of fantastical elements and scientific exploration makes this Mary Shelley novel one of the first true models of science fiction. This new edition of Frankenstein stays true to the classic origins, but is provided with a whole new life by a beautifully designed, jacketed hardcover format. An introduction by writer and English professor Catherine Steindler, an author’s introduction, and a timeline of the life and times of Mary Shelley completes this highly collectible edition. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of
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Watkins Media Limited Pure Chocolate The Chocoverse II The Chocoverse
Book SynopsisIn a galaxy where chocolate is literally addictive, one celebrity chef is fighting back, in the delicious sequel to Free ChocolateTo save everyone she loves, Bo Bonitez is touring Zant, home of the murderous, shark-toothed aliens who so recently tried to eat her. In the midst of her stint as Galactic paparazzi princess, she discovers that Earth has been exporting tainted chocolate to the galaxy, and getting aliens hooked on cocoa. Bo must choose whether to go public, or just smile for the cameras and make it home alive. She's already struggling with her withdrawal from the Invincible Heart, and her love life has a life of its own, but when insidious mind worms intervene, things start to get complicated!File Under: Science Fiction [ Death by Chocolate Can Cook, Will Cook Galactic Promise Addicted to Love ]Trade Review“Free Chocolate is quirky, fun, and loaded with sci-fi chocolaty goodness! This book is a calorie-free treat.”“Exhilarating fun in a galaxy muy loca for Earth’s most sublime delicacy! Bodacious lives up to her name, and not even certain death can slow her down. Free Chocolate proves that romance, intrigue, space opera, mortal peril, and culinary ambition can be served with a sweet side dish of humor.”
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Random House Nauset Lighthouse
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Big Finish Productions Ltd Torchwood 97 The Flawless Man
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Watkins Media Limited The Knife and the Serpent
Book SynopsisFrom Hugo Award winning author Tim Pratt comes a new, high-concept space opera, exploring technology, family and the price we pay to follow our destiny, perfect for fans of Peter F. Hamilton and Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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The Black Library Brutal Kunnin
Book SynopsisOrk action at it's finest, join us for the next epic Waaagh!Ufthak Blackhawk and the green tide descend upon Hephaesto – an Adeptus Mechanicus forge world bristling with loot – only to find it already under siege by the notorious Freebooter Kaptin Badrukk. When his warboss, Da Biggest Big Mek, orders temporary co-operation, Ufthak seeks to make a name for himself by crushing some of the Imperium’s most advanced defenders and claiming the greatest prize. But with a sinister new war machine on the horizon, Badrukk’s plotting, and a thoroughly annoying grot in his way, Ufthak is going to need the brutal kunnin’ of Mork himself just to survive.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Firefall
Book SynopsisFirefall is the omnibus edition of the novels Blindsight and Echopraxia. February 13, 2082, First Contact. Sixty-two thousand objects of unknown origin plunge into Earth's atmosphere – a perfect grid of falling stars screaming across the radio spectrum as they burn. Not even ashes reach the ground. Three hundred and sixty degrees of global surveillance: something just took a snapshot. And then... nothing. But from deep space, whispers. Something out there talks – but not to us. Two ships, Theseus and the Crown of Thorns, are launched to discover the origin of Earth's visitation, one bound for the outer dark of the Kuiper Belt, the other for the heart of the Solar System. Their crews can barely be called human, what they will face certainly can't. 'A tour de force, redefining the First Contact story for good' Charles Stross. 'If you only read one science fiction novel this year, make it this one!... It puts the whole of the rest of the genre in the shade... It deserves to walk away with the Clarke, the Hugo, the Nebula, the BSFA, and pretty much any other genre award for which it's eligible. It's off the scale... F**king awesome!' Richard Morgan. 'State-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one' Neal Ascher.Trade ReviewA tour de force -- Charles StrossRemarkable -- Gene WolfeExhilarating, up-to-date science fiction * New York Times *State of the art. Smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one -- Neal AscherIf you read one SF novel this year, read this one -- Richard MorganBrilliant and merciless * SFX *
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St Martin's Press A Psalm for the WildBuilt
Book SynopsisWinner of the Hugo Award!In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers''s delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future.It''s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of what do people need? is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.They''re going to need to ask it a lot.Becky Chambers''s new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Antimatter Blues: A Mickey7 Novel
Book SynopsisThe thrilling follow-up to Mickey7, soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho. Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive—that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that Commander Marshall believes that the colony’s creeper neighbors are holding an antimatter bomb, and that Mickey is the only one who’s keeping them from using it. Mickey’s just another colonist now. Instead of cleaning out the reactor core, he spends his time these days cleaning out the rabbit hutches. It’s not a bad life. It’s not going to last. It may be sunny now, but winter is coming. The antimatter that fuels the colony is running low, and Marshall wants his bomb back. If Mickey agrees to retrieve it, he’ll be giving up the only thing that’s kept his head off of the chopping block. If he refuses, he might doom the entire colony. Meanwhile, the creepers have their own worries, and they’re not going to surrender the bomb without getting something in return. Once again, Mickey finds the fate of two species resting in his hands. If something goes wrong this time, though, he won’t be coming back.Trade Review“Excellent” -- The FT"Intelligent, heartfelt and very funny" -- SciFiNow"Leaves the audience gasping" -- The Times"Fun, thoughtful, and immensely personable, Mickey7 is a brisk, spirited sci-fi romp with alien intelligences, extra lives, and a little romance, too. Hugely enjoyable." -- Max Barry, author of Providence"Mickey 7 is a unique blend of thought-provoking sci-fi concepts, farcical relationship drama and exotic body horror." -- David Wong, New York Times bestselling author“Mickey 7 is a mind-bending and powerful exploration of identity.” -- Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of RAGE and INK "I loved Mickey 7—a smart, breezy SF novel that doubles as a pitch-black comedy of errors." -- Dexter Palmer, critically acclaimed author of Version Control"Andy Weir, watch out!" -- Stephen Baxter
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HarperCollins Publishers Pebble in the Sky
Book SynopsisCaught up in an experiment gone wrong, Joseph Schwartz is transported forward in time from post-war Chicago to the heyday of the first Galactic Empire.Earth, he soon learns, is a backwater, despised by the other two hundred million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it as the original home of man.And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty.And Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two.Asimov's Galactic Empire novels are among the earliest stories by one of the twentieth century's greatest visionaries. Filled with ideas and wonders, they are classic adventures from science fiction's Golden Age.Trade Review‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’Carl Sagan ‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’Daily Telegraph ‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’The Times
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Titan Books Ltd The Vanished Birds
Book SynopsisBold, lyrical and imaginative, this space opera is a must for fans of Becky Chambers and Alastair Reynolds Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. The captain of a transport ship contracted to the Umbrai corporation, she lives only for the next paycheck, until the day she meets a mysterious boy, fallen from the sky. A boy, broken by his past, and hunted by his present. For he is one of the few born with the gift of the Jaunt. The ability to travel instantly anywhere in the universe. An ability that threatens the vicelike control of the settled worlds by corporations such as Umbrai. Fumiko Nakajima, the great scientist responsible for the design of bird-like Stations that Umbrai uses to control vast tracts of space, has been searching for one such as he for a thousand years. Together, they set out to protect the boy, a journey that will cross the decades and light years all the way out to the fringes of settled space where the laws of civilisation do not apply, and they will have only each other to rely on.
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Titan Books Ltd Alien: The Cold Forge
Book SynopsisWith the failure of Hadley's Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating setback-the loss of the Aliens they aggressively sought to exploit. Yet there's a reason the Company has risen to the top of the food chain. True to form, they have a redundancy already in place... the facility known as The Cold Forge. Remote station RB-232 has become their greatest asset in weaponizing the Xenomorphs. However, when Dorian Sudler is sent to RB-232 to assess their progress, he discovers that there's a spy aboard-someone who doesn't necessarily act in the company's best interests. For Dorian, this is the most unforgivable of sins. When found, the perpetrator will be eliminated with extreme prejudice. If unmasked, though, this person may be forced to destroy the entire station... and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don't do the job first...
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Orion Publishing Co The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3
Book SynopsisThe definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Death of Grass
Book SynopsisA thought experiment in future-shock survivalism'' Robert MacFarlane''Gripping ... of all science fiction''s apocalypses, this is one of the most haunting'' Financial TimesWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANEA post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher''s science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics.At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism. As John and his family try to make it across country to the safety of his brother''s farm in a hidden valley, their humanity is tested to its very limits. A chiTrade ReviewThe Death of Grass sticks with commendable perseverance to the surface of the earth we know... John Christopher has constructed an unusually dramatic and exciting tale * Daily Mail *I know and admire The Death of Grass. It was published at roughly the same time as The Day Of The Triffids. In my judgement, it is by far the better book. The characterisation is better and the mood uniformly cold. It is a thrilling and sensible work -- Brian AldissGripping ... of all science fiction's apocalypses, this is one of the most haunting * Financial Times *
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Cornerstone Star Wars From a Certain Point of View
Book SynopsisComing together to celebrate 40 years of Star Wars, Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View sees a stunning line up of authors and fans of the films explore what makes Star Wars so iconic. The fabulous line up consists of: Ben AckerRenée AhdiehTom AnglebergerBen BlackerPierce BrownMeg CabotRae CarsonAdam ChristopherZoraida CórdovaDelilah S. DawsonKelly Sue DeConnickPaul DiniIan DoescherAshely EcksteinMatt FractionAlexander FreedJason FryKieron GillenChristie GoldenClaudia GrayPablo HidalgoE.K. JohnstonPaul S. KempMur LaffertyKen LiuGriffin McElroyJohn Jackson MillerNnedi OkoraforDaniel José OlderMallory OrtbergBeth REvisMadeleine RouxGreg RuckaGary D. SchmidtCavan ScottCharles SouleSabaa TahirElizabeth WeinGlen WeldonChuck WendicWil WheatonGary WhittaTrade ReviewThis is the perfect book for Star Wars fans. It will speak to the inner fangirl/fanboy in all of us… It is the most enjoyable one that I have read in a long time * Nudge *These stories range from laugh out loud funny to heartbreaking as some of the coolest voices in speculative fiction take their crack at some Star Wars side characters. I hope this series continues for each film – Featured as a Top Book of 2017 * Den of Geek *I was so excited about this book and it didn't let me down… If you love Star Wars and want to read some fun stories from the galaxy I can't recommend this enough! It will remind you why you love Star Wars and, you'll find some new authors along the way. * Word from a Reader blog *Not only answers a big question fans have been wanting to know the answer to for 40 years about why Luke has no cousins, but also is a step in the right direction with inclusivity * The Future of the Force blog *I was so excited about this book and it didn't let me down… If you love Star Wars and want to read some fun stories from the galaxy I can't recommend this enough! It will remind you why you love Star Wars and, you'll find some new authors along the way * Words from a Reader *
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