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Big Finish Productions Ltd Torchwood #41 Red Base
Book SynopsisMars is the next giant leap for mankind. Starr Base is the first small step. A practice Mars base has been set up in a quarry in Neath, just off the A474. Its aim is to see if humanity can survive on the red planet. The problem is that the crew are dying. The survivors are terrified, paranoid, and wondering if something alien has got inside Starr Base. Sgt Andy Davidson has come to find out what's gone wrong. Cast: Tom Price (Andy Davidson), Kae Alexander (Mina), Jeremy Ang Jones (Dave), Rakie Ayola (Emma), Ronak Patani (Faisal). Other parts played by members of the cast. NOTE: Torchwood contains adult material and may not be suitable for younger listeners.
£13.19
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Best of World SF: Volume 1
Book SynopsisTwenty-six new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction. 'Rare and wonderful' The Times 'The most important anthology of SF short fiction since Dangerous Visions' Adam Roberts 'Fizzes with great ideas and wonderful writing... Now this book exists, it feels absurd it didn't exist sooner' SFX The future is coming. It knows no bounds, and neither should science fiction. They say the more things change the more they stay the same. But over the last hundred years, science fiction has changed. Vibrant new generations of writers have sprung up across the globe, proving the old adage false. From Ghana to India, from Mexico to France, from Singapore to Cuba, they draw on their unique backgrounds and culture, changing the face of the genre one story at a time. Prepare yourself for a journey through the wildest reaches of the imagination, to visions of Earth as it might be and the far corners of the universe. Along the way, you will meet robots and monsters, adventurers and time travellers, rogues and royalty. In The Best of World SF, award-winning author Lavie Tidhar acts as guide and companion to a world of stories, from never-before-seen originals to award winners, from twenty-three countries and seven languages. Because the future is coming and it belongs to us all. Stories: 'Immersion' by Aliette de Bodard; 'Debtless' by Chen Qiufan (trans. from Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks); 'Fandom for Robots' by Vina Jie-Min Prasad; 'Virtual Snapshots' by Tlotlo Tsamaase; 'What The Dead Man Said' by Chinelo Onwualu; 'Delhi' by Vandana Singh; 'The Wheel of Samsara' by Han Song (trans. from Chinese by the author); 'Xingzhou' by Yi-Sheng Ng; 'Prayer' by Taiyo Fujii (trans. from Japanese by Kamil Spychalski); 'The Green Ship' by Francesco Verso (trans. from Italian by Michael Colbert); 'Eyes of the Crocodile' by Malena Salazar Maciá (trans. from Spanish by Toshiya Kamei); 'Bootblack' by Tade Thompson; 'The Emptiness in the Heart of all Things' by Fabio Fernandes; 'The Sun From Both Sides' by R.S.A. Garcia; 'Dump' by Cristina Jurado (trans. from Spanish by Steve Redwood); 'Rue Chair' by Gerardo Horacio Porcayo (trans. from Spanish by the author); 'His Master's Voice' by Hannu Rajaniemi; 'Benjamin Schneider's Little Greys' by Nir Yaniv (trans. from Hebrew by Lavie Tidhar); 'The Cryptid' by Emil H. Petersen (trans. from Icelandic by the author); 'The Bank of Burkina Faso' by Ekaterina Sedia; 'An Incomplete Guide...' by Kuzhali Manickavel; 'The Old Man with The Third Hand' by Kofi Nyameye; 'The Green' by Lauren Beukes; 'The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir' by Karin Tidbeck; 'Prime Meridian' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia; 'If At First You Don't Succeed' by Zen ChoTrade ReviewAlthough science fiction imagines diverse, imaginative, and frightening futures, genre anthologies rarely achieve the brilliant range and diversity of voices of The Best of World SF: Volume 1... The anthology brings a fresh, revolutionary perspective in that its selections are intentionally curated to suggest that the horizon is both closer and brighter than Western readers might think. Vital and exciting, The Best of World SF blows the blast panels off the dusty, well-worn tropes of popular science fiction and lets in a dazzling burst of lunar light' * Foreword *This excellent anthology proves editor Tidhar's assertion that science fiction should no longer be thought of as 'white, male, and American' with 26 exemplary stories from 21 countries... Worthwhile both as a survey of international sci-fi and on a story-by-story level, this wonderful anthology should be a hit with any sci-fi fan' * Publishers Weekly *This is one of those books in our seasonal listing that warrants doing well. Some may say Lavie is doing foreign writers a favour. He's not. He's doing English-speaking readers one * Concatenation *Tidhar gives a cheerful, fannish introduction to the stories, drawn from 26 countries on five continents, and encompassing a dizzying range of tones and approaches * The Times *An excellent, lovingly curated collection that is also uniformly well translated * Financial Times *Stories like these are the ones you sometimes want to foist upon readers who claim not to like SF, and The Best of World SF: Volume 1 reminds us that such stories can come from anywhere these days, if only we get to see them. I look forward to future volumes * Locus Magazine *The variety and diversity of the material on offer is refreshing, the quality does not waver, and the translations are top-notch * Financial Times *Hopefully the little rocket on the cover will let readers know what they'll find inside this 26-story, 575-page cinder block of a collection. We're talking spaceships and nanobots, creeping horrors and astral wonders, cyberpunk dystopias and cold, empty places where no one can hear you scream. It's true the sci-fi world is always expanding, writes Israeli author/editor Lavie Tidhar in the forward, but this sort of international compendium – which includes the works of mostly non-white, non-famous authors from such far-flung homeworlds as Singapore, Brazil, Croatia, and the Philippines – is still something of a novelty in our timeline. Embrace the unknown * Philadelphia Inquirer *You can't read this and not be changed by it, which always seemed like the point of [science fiction] * Amazing Stories *This handsome volume from Head of Zeus is a major step on a 45-year journey to bring global speculative fiction to Anglophone attention... The print edition of The Best of World SF: Volume 1 is truly a thing of beauty, providing gravitas and a wider audience for the authors it collects... There are many striking stories in the collection... This anthology is just the start of a whole new game for speculative fiction authors around the world' * LA Review of Books *Fizzes with great ideas and wonderful writing... Now this book exists, it feels absurd it didn't exist sooner * SFX Magazine *Table of ContentsImmersion' by Aliette de Bodard 'Debtless' by Chen Qiufan 'Fandom for Robots' by Vina Jie-Min Prasad 'Virtual Snapshots' by Tlotlo Tsamaase 'What The Dead Man Said' by Chinelo Onwualu 'Delhi' by Vandana Singh 'The Wheel of Samsara' by Han Song 'Xingzhou' by Yi-Sheng Ng 'Prayer' by Taiyo Fujii 'The Green Ship' by Francesco Verso 'Eyes of the Crocodile' by Malena Salazar Maciá 'Bootblack' by Tade Thompson 'The Emptiness in the Heart of all Things' by Fabio Fernandes 'The Sun From Both Sides' by R.S.A. Garcia 'Dump' by Cristina Jurado 'Rue Chair' by Gerardo Horacio Porcayo 'His Master's Voice' by Hannu Rajaniemi 'Benjamin Schneider's Little Greys' by Nir Yaniv 'The Cryptid' by Emil H. Petersen 'The Bank of Burkina Faso' by Ekaterina Sedia 'An Incomplete Guide...' by Kuzhali Manickavel 'The Old Man with The Third Hand' by Kofi Nyameye 'The Green' by Lauren Beukes 'The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir' by Karin Tidbeck 'Prime Meridian' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 'If At First You Don't Succeed' by Zen Cho
£23.75
Little, Brown Book Group Speed Of Dark: Winner of the Nebula Award
Book SynopsisLou is different to 'normal' people. He interacts with the world in a way they do not understand. He might not see the things they see, however, but he also sees many things they do not. Lou is autistic. One of his skills is an ability to find patterns in data: extraordinary, complex, beautiful patterns that not even the most powerful computers can comprehend. The company he works for has made considerable sums of money from Lou's work. But now they want Lou to change - to become 'normal' like themselves. And he must face the greatest challenge of his life. To understand the speed of dark. SPEED OF DARK is a powerful near-future thriller, the theme of which is both universal and intensely personal. It is dedicated to the author's own autistic son, and to other parents of autistic children, 'in the hope that they also find that delight in difference'. Find out more about this title and others at www.orbitbooks.co.ukTrade ReviewA fine novel ... Absolutely compelling Greg Bear A must read! Anne McCaffrey highly sensitive ... Moon documents poignantly their battle to interact with the world of shapes, sounds and feelings that are strangers to them THE TIMES sympathetic and believable ...Moon's characters will stay with you for a long time STARBURST
£999.99
Ebury Publishing Doctor Who: Sting of the Zygons: The Monster
Book SynopsisThe TARDIS lands the Doctor and Martha in the Lake District in 1909, where a small village has been terrorised by a giant, scaly monster. The search is on for the elusive ‘Beast of Westmorland’, and explorers, naturalists and hunters from across the country are descending on the fells. King Edward VII himself is on his way to join the search, with a knighthood for whoever finds the Beast. But there is a more sinister presence at work in the Lakes than a mere monster on the rampage, and the Doctor is soon embroiled in the plans of an old and terrifying enemy. And as the hunters become the hunted, a desperate battle of wits begins – with the future of the entire world at stake… An adventure featuring the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant, and his companion Martha
£999.99
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 4, An Alien Affair
Book SynopsisWhat on Earth are the Voltarians up to now? Fast cars ... and fast women. Start your engines! Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller is putting the pedal to the metaland the action is about to shift into high gear. Behind the wheel of his souped-up Caddy, Hellers in a race against timenot to mention against suicide car bombers and accelerator bulletsand the fate of his top-secret mission hangs in the balance. But his greatest challenge is yet to come: a fight to the death high atop the Empire State Building. Meanwhile, Hellers sworn enemy Soltan Gris has his own battles to fight ... and hes learning that, sometimes, love hurts. Especially in the hands of a couple of sadistic sweethearts named Miss Pinch and Candygirls who really get under his skin. When all is said and done, his only recourse is plastic surgery. But the operation takes a wicked turn, leaving him with more than he bargained for. Much, much more. Just call him Mr. Big Stuff. People of Earth take note: there is nothing more seductive, more tantalizing or more terrifying than AN ALIEN AFFAIR.Trade Review"The granddaddy of all series." -Los Angeles Times "Delivers all the entertainment anybody could ask for." -New York Newsday
£16.20
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 5, Fortune of Fear
Book SynopsisThe Voltarian invaders are getting down and dirty in the deadliest of games. The price: Planet Earth. Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller has heart, nerve and a quick mind on his side. His archenemy Soltan Gris has cunning, ruthlessness and a devious plan on his. But what neither of them has is moneyand without that they may as well pack up and go back to Voltar. Because as every earthling knowsno pay, no play. Hellers solution is a weekend in Atlantic City, where he puts a new spin on gambling. Hes got a foolproof system, guaranteeing that hell win every bet he makes. Gris, on the other hand, has found an unexpected source of income. His body. Turns out there are certain women, with a very perverse sense of humor, willing to pay to play with him. Into this world of dirty money, dirty tricks and dirty games, the wildest of wild cards is about to change everything. Countess Krak is backand this voluptuous Voltarian, condemned murderess and love of Hellers life could prove to be the key player in coming to grips with a FORTUNE OF FEAR.Trade Review"Written with a vigor that spatters exclamation points across the page." -Publishers Weekly
£16.20
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 6, Death Quest
Book SynopsisKinky killers. Exploding speedboats. $2 billion paternity suits. Its love Voltarian-style and planet Earth is feeling the heat. Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller will go to any length to protect his beloved Countess Krak. Hell race up the eastern seaboard pursued by the entire Coast Guard. Hell smash boats, hell set off bombs, hell fight off every paternity suit that comes his way But Apparatus Officer Soltan Gris is just as determined to put the Countess out of commissionfor goodand hes found the perfect hit man for the job. Well, almost perfect. This particular Torpedo has one little kink. He takes a bit of an unhealthy interest in his victims after he kills them. And as if Gris didnt have enough on his plate, wedding bells are ringing. The Voltarian stud is about to tie the knotwith two women! Yes, love is a battlefield. But in this warped war of twisted desires, perverse passions and unholy alliancesthe entire Mission Earth enterprise could soon morph into a truly decadent DEATH QUEST.Trade Review"An outrageous and wildly funny read." -San Francisco Examiner "Remember how you felt the first time you saw Star Wars? This book will do it to you again." -Orson Scott Card
£16.20
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 7, Voyage of Vengeance
Book SynopsisThe end is near! The Voltarian terrorists have won! Earth is history! But dont believe everything you read. Or hear. Or see. Because the road to victory is paved with bad intentionsand lies, betrayal and deception are all in play. So who are the players in this treacherous game ? Countess Krak: victim of a spectacular kidnapping, she is bound for a distant dungeon where she faces a venomous fate Royal Officer Jettero Heller: convinced the Countess is dead and overcome by grief, he is holed up in a Connecticut roadhouseand standing square in an assassins crosshairs Soltan Gris: together with a young temptress named Teenie Whopper, he undertakes a drug-fueled voyage across the Atlantic. But the journeys about to be cut short, as he goes from getting stoned with Teenie to nearly getting stoned to death in Turkey So who is in command? Who is the puppet master pulling the strings? And, finally, is there any hope for planet Earth? The answers lie at the end of an extraordinary VOYAGE OF VENGEANCE.Trade Review"The Mission Earth books form a true saga-in the grand tradition!" -Robert Bloch, Author of Psycho "Wildly wicked... deliciously cynical... hilariously satirical." -Kansas City Star
£16.20
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 9, Villainy Victorious
Book SynopsisEarth is rising in the House of Voltar And therell be hell to pay! Thats right. The invasion is on and its coming soon to a galaxy near you. The action couldnt be hotter, and the plot couldnt be more diabolical. Earth is coming to Voltarand the Voltarians wont know what hit them. Murder, blackmail, drugs, psychoanalysis, PR firms, sex-crazed teenyboppers, riots in the streets, women in chains. These are the powerful secret weapons of warperfected on Earth and imported to Voltarwhich are now being exploited by the ruthless Lombar Hisst, chief of the Coordinated Information Apparatus (the infamous CIA). His obsession: total domination of the Voltarian Confederacy. Can anyone stop the madness? Does anyone have the courage and charisma to crash this party? Enter Royal Officer of the Fleet, Jettero Heller. Dodging Death Battalions and death warrants, hes racing from Earth to face the challenge. But Hisst has taken Hellers beautiful sister hostage, and she may be the one who has to pay the ultimate price of VILLAINY VICTORIOUS.Trade Review"A superlative storyteller with total mastery of plot and pacing." -Publishers Weekly "Ironic, exciting, romantic and hilarious." -Orson Scott Card
£16.20
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 10, The Doomed Planet
Book SynopsisFasten your seatbelts. Mission Earth is approaching climax And it will rock your world! Who will control Voltar? What is Earths ultimate fate? And what is the big mystery? The wait is over. Powerful forces are on the move. Entire planets hang in the balance. The moment of truth is finally at handand its a real blast! In the middle of it all stands Royal Officer of the Fleet, Jettero Heller, a man determined to save both Voltar and Earth from extinction. Together with an outlaw emperor and an army one hundred thousand strong, Heller lays siege to Palace City, which has fallen into the depraved and diabolical hands of Lombar Hisst. But the success of Hellers great adventure is far from a sure thing. For in order to achieve victory, he will not only have to break the laws of Voltarbut defy the laws of physics. Here is your ticket to travel beyond the boundaries of space and time. Experience the unfolding mysteries, the violent pleasures and the biting, inescapable truths you can only find in the final reckoning of THE DOOMED PLANET.Trade Review"Marvelous satire by a master of adventure." -Anne McCaffrey
£16.20
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 2, Black Genesis
Book SynopsisDrugs. Sex. Murder. Taxes. Welcome to planet Earth. The Voltarian scouting party has arrived, led by one Jettero Heller. His mission: rescue the planet and prepare it for invasion. His problem: Earth may not want to be savedand the invasion may be one big put-on. One way or another, Hellers about to undertake a journey of discovery and find out what really makes this world go around. And before its all over, Heller will break loose.Trade Review"Ironic, exciting, romantic and hilarious." -Orson Scott Card
£9.02
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 4, An Alien Affair
Book SynopsisWhat on Earth are the Voltarians up to now? Fast cars … and fast women. Start your engines! Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller is putting the pedal to the metaland the action is about to shift into high gear. Behind the wheel of his souped-up Caddy, Hellers in a race against timenot to mention against suicide car bombers and accelerator bulletsand the fate of his top-secret mission hangs in the balance. But his greatest challenge is yet to come: a fight to the death high atop the Empire State Building. Meanwhile, Hellers sworn enemy Soltan Gris has his own battles to fight … and hes learning that, sometimes, love hurts. Especially in the hands of a couple of sadistic sweethearts named Miss Pinch and Candygirls who really get under his skin. When all is said and done, his only recourse is plastic surgery. But the operation takes a wicked turn, leaving him with more than he bargained for. Much, much more. Just call him Mr. Big Stuff. People of Earth take note: there is nothing more seductive, more tantalizing or more terrifying than AN ALIEN AFFAIR.Trade Review"The granddaddy of all series." -Los Angeles Times "Delivers all the entertainment anybody could ask for." -New York Newsday
£9.02
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 5, Fortune of Fear
Book SynopsisThe Voltarian invaders are getting down and dirty in the deadliest of games. The price: Planet Earth. Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller has heart, nerve and a quick mind on his side. His archenemy Soltan Gris has cunning, ruthlessness and a devious plan on his. But what neither of them has is moneyand without that they may as well pack up and go back to Voltar. Because as every earthling knowsno pay, no play. Hellers solution is a weekend in Atlantic City, where he puts a new spin on gambling. Hes got a foolproof system, guaranteeing that hell win every bet he makes. Gris, on the other hand, has found an unexpected source of income. His body. Turns out there are certain women, with a very perverse sense of humor, willing to pay to play with him. Into this world of dirty money, dirty tricks and dirty games, the wildest of wild cards is about to change everything. Countess Krak is backand this voluptuous Voltarian, condemned murderess and love of Hellers life could prove to be the key player in coming to grips with a FORTUNE OF FEAR.Trade Review"Written with a vigor that spatters exclamation points across the page." -Publishers Weekly
£9.02
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 6, Death Quest
Book SynopsisKinky killers. Exploding speedboats. $2 billion paternity suits. Its love Voltarian-style and planet Earth is feeling the heat. Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller will go to any length to protect his beloved Countess Krak. Hell race up the eastern seaboard pursued by the entire Coast Guard. Hell smash boats, hell set off bombs, hell fight off every paternity suit that comes his way But Apparatus Officer Soltan Gris is just as determined to put the Countess out of commissionfor goodand hes found the perfect hit man for the job. Well, almost perfect. This particular Torpedo has one little kink. He takes a bit of an unhealthy interest in his victims after he kills them. And as if Gris didnt have enough on his plate, wedding bells are ringing. The Voltarian stud is about to tie the knotwith two women! Yes, love is a battlefield. But in this warped war of twisted desires, perverse passions and unholy alliancesthe entire Mission Earth enterprise could soon morph into a truly decadent DEATH QUEST.Trade Review"An outrageous and wildly funny read." -San Francisco Examiner "Remember how you felt the first time you saw Star Wars? This book will do it to you again." -Orson Scott Card
£999.99
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 7, Voyage of Vengeance
Book SynopsisThe end is near! The Voltarian terrorists have won! Earth is history! But dont believe everything you read. Or hear. Or see. Because the road to victory is paved with bad intentionsand lies, betrayal and deception are all in play. So who are the players in this treacherous game ? Countess Krak: victim of a spectacular kidnapping, she is bound for a distant dungeon where she faces a venomous fate Royal Officer Jettero Heller: convinced the Countess is dead and overcome by grief, he is holed up in a Connecticut roadhouseand standing square in an assassins crosshairs Soltan Gris: together with a young temptress named Teenie Whopper, he undertakes a drug-fueled voyage across the Atlantic. But the journeys about to be cut short, as he goes from getting stoned with Teenie to nearly getting stoned to death in Turkey So who is in command? Who is the puppet master pulling the strings? And, finally, is there any hope for planet Earth? The answers lie at the end of an extraordinary VOYAGE OF VENGEANCE.Trade Review"The Mission Earth books form a true saga-in the grand tradition!" -Robert Bloch, Author of Psycho "Wildly wicked... deliciously cynical... hilariously satirical." -Kansas City Star
£9.02
New Era Publications UK Ltd Fear
Book SynopsisA novel of compelling suspense. Professor James Lowry didn' believe in spirits, or witches, or demons. Not until a gentle spring evening when his hat disappeared, and suddenly he couldn't remember the last four hours of his life. Now, the quiet university town of Atworthy is changing - slightly at first, then faster and more frighteningly each time he tries to remember. Lowry is pursued by a dark, secret evil that is turning his whole world against him while it whispers a warning from the shadows: If you find your hat you'll find your four hours. If you find your four hours then you will die...Trade Review"A classic tale of creeping, surreal menace and horror... one of the really, really good ones." - Stephen King
£9.02
New Era Publications UK Ltd Ole Doc Methuselah
Book SynopsisExplore exotic new worlds in the celebrated and enduring classic of space travel on a cosmic scale, Ole Doc Methuselah mixes equal parts of vivid action, spectacle and mystery and a broad vein of humor to chronicle the voyages and exploits of Ole Doc Methuselah and his unique alien companion, Hippocrates. Ole Doc journeys through the universe as a member of the elite Soldiers of Light, a heroic physician who fights the disease, corruption and social/political upheavals that have spread through mankind's lost planetary colonies.Trade Review"Classic adventures by a classic writer." --"Roger Zelazny"
£17.10
Spinifex Press Angels of Power
Book SynopsisFollowing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, writers rework images of the body, resisting those wanting to create monsters and angels.Trade Review"Angels of Power" should head the reading list of any course in ethics and reproductive technology." --Karin Lines, "Editions"
£13.46
Brandylane Publishers, Inc. The Great River Disclosure
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£14.44
Anvil Press Publishers Inc The Fed Anthology: Brand New Fiction and Poetry
Book SynopsisWith a thousand members throughout the province, the Federation of BC Writers is one of the most active and vigorous writers' organizations in the country. 'The Fed Anthology', edited by Susan Musgrave on the occasion of the group's 25th anniversary, is a colourful bazaar of previously unpublished fiction and poetry by nearly 50 of those members. Like the Fed itself, the book includes both authors whose names are instantly familiar to all readers of Can Lit and others who are emergingonly now to take their place as the next generation. The country has learned to turn to British Columbia when taking the pulse of Canadian writing. 'The Fed Anthology' is a lively part of the process. The anthology features work by Tom Wayman, Sandy Shreve, Len Dufour, Steven Mills, Peggy Herring, Loranne Brown, Linda Rogers, Jim Christy, Kate Braid, Lorna Crozier, Caroline Woodward, Ursula Vaira, Patrick Lane, Luanne Armstrong and many others.
£9.50
Apogee Books Science Fiction Around the World in 65 Days: The Journal of the
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£10.44
Apogee Books Science Fiction By Rocket to the Moon
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£8.54
New Era Publications UK Ltd Mission Earth 8, Disaster
Book SynopsisWho is the true master of disaster? Earthlings: prepare for the shock of your lives! Global warming reversed. The energy crisis over. The greatest problem on Earth solved. Voltarian Royal Officer of the Fleet, Jettero Heller, has it all figured out. And hes devised a daring and ingenious plan to make it all happen if he lives to see the day. Saving the world is never easy, and for Heller, it turns out to be a trickyand riskybusiness. Hell have to blast a gang of space pirates in a lethal laser firefight. Hell have to find a way to capture and control a black hole. Hell have to undertake a perilous journey to Saturn and back and transport a titanic chunk of ice across the solar system. Then comes the hard part because Heller is headed back to Voltar, where hes about to uncover the identity of the powerful figure behind the conspiracy to end all conspiracies. Hes facing his deadliest nemesis yet, and before the intergalactic battle is over, the entire mission could end in DISASTER.Trade Review"Features rich inventiveness, brisk pacing and a large cast of appealing characters." -Booklist "Fantastic adventure beats like a strong pulse." -The Book World
£9.02
Comma Press Lifting the Piano with One Hand
£10.16
Mandrake of Oxford The Polyverse: Beneath the Pleasure Zones 2
Book SynopsisIn Beneath the Pleasure Zones 1 - The Rupture Paul Green created a dystopian world disrupted by the Qliphothic forces of chaos. Its sequel The Polyverse takes us deeper into the inscapes of a ravaged Britain, where the pagans of Leynebridge, the digerati of London and battling fundamentalist militias all struggle to control the flux of reality, under the overview of those sinister cyber-demons the Quantum Brothers. In the midst of these upheavals, Lucas, poet and aspiring scribe of Thoth is still seeking Carla, his capricious sex-goddess, while Lombard the manic virtual reality tycoon undergoes a psycho-sexual metamorphosis that transforms his strategies of control. Ultimately things fall apart, on an apocalyptic scale, taking characters on journeys where everything they most love appears to be destroyed. Magicks work, but not as expected and signs in the sky can be deceptive. But from this maelstrom of horror, wonder and bleak farce, the possibility of Albion''s new beginning emerges. Paul Green''s other work includes the novel The Qliphoth and the poetry collection The Gestaltbunker. His dramas, which have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, CBC Radio, RTE Ireland and Resonance FM, have been collected in Babalon and Other Plays - the title piece being his evocation of occult rocket scientist Jack Parsons. Based in Hastings, he has performed at numerous esoteric and literary events. He is not to be confused with the esteemed psychic biker of the same name, whose fascinating book is also published by Mandrake. insert link here? ''Good storytelling always leaves you wanting to know what comes next... Plus Green has a talent for some splendidly epigrammatic and surprising phraseology. The bizarre events become satires for our fears and desires and fantasies about where magic and science and social fragmentation might take us...'' (Peter Carroll on Beneath the Pleasure Zones - The Rupture)
£9.50
NewCon Press Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014
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£999.99
Fairlight Books Beyond Kidding
Book SynopsisWhen Robert (or Kidder, as his best friend calls him) decides to impress at a job interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far harder than he thought - so he invents a story that `Brodie' has been kidnapped. After all, it's not like they're going to find the fake boy. But a few weeks later, Kidder receives a call to collect his nonexistent son from the police station, a boy who looks exactly like the picture he photoshopped...Trade Review`A dark and quirky debut - funny, sad, thought-provoking and unexpected' —Emma D'Costa, Commonwealth Writers; `This is a remarkable debut, written with great warmth and wit. By turns devastating and hilarious, Lynda Clark's Beyond Kidding had me from the very start, and it didn't let me go' —Sarah Jackson, author of 'Pelt' and winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize 2013
£8.54
Goldsmiths, Unversity of London The Love Makers
Book SynopsisHow artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming the future of love and desire: a philosophical thriller and essays.A chance encounter between two women and a road trip into the future: It''s Christmas Eve, and Scarlett, banker-turned-technologist, is leaving a secret underground lab to catch the last flight that will get her home in time to open presents with her three-year-old son. She offers a lift to a young woman in distress, who shares her intimate life story as they drive to the airport. These revelations will have devastating consequences for both of them. The Love Makers is a philosophical thriller about female friendship, class, motherhood, women, and work--and how artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming the future of love and desire. Aifric Campbell combines her novel with essays from leading scientists and commentators who examine what''s at stake in our human-machine relationships. What is our future as frie
£24.30
Goldsmiths, Unversity of London The Ghostwriters
Book SynopsisIn a re-wilded, near-future England, a group of activists led by a writer try to make a noise in a society that refuses to hear its people.A re-wilded, half-submerged England is home to a divided society split into "haves" and "have-nots." Susan, once a teacher and writer, leads a small group of activists as they try to spread words—any words—in a world that no longer produces books. The Ghostwriters must try to revive ideas and get their message out whilst pitted against a system that shuts down thought and learning.After the break-up of the United Kingdom, war in Europe, starvation, and pandemic, the Capital is a society under siege. People just manage to survive on rations and scraps that they thieve. Always monitored, but never protected, life is cheap among the population. The Ghostwriters must navigate dangers, but who can be trusted and what secrets lie beneath the surface of the Old Capital?
£21.60
Clarity Books Aurora
Book SynopsisA planet without power. When a solar storm hits the earth, the lights go out across the planet. But this time the blackout won't be over soon - it could last for years. Aubrey and her stepson now face the biggest challenge of their lives. A society without rules. Soon they hear rumours of riots, the struggle for food becomes real, and even within their small communi-ties, the rule of law is collapsing. Aubrey's estranged brother Thom, a self-made billionaire who abandoned her years ago, retreats to a gilded desert bunker where he can ride out the crisis in perfect luxury. A race to build a better world... But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of a personal reckoning long overdue...
£28.67
Ford Street Publishing Pty Ltd Mole Hunt: The Maximus Black Files: The Maximus
Book SynopsisMole Hunt is the first book in a science fiction series set in the future and in a universe far beyond earth, a place with floating cities where people can regenerate at will and mankind is out of control, killing and maiming at will. The protagonist – and anti-hero -- is teenager Maximus Black, who works for galactic law enforcement agency, RIM. He is a tightly-drawn, unlikeable psychopath trained to kill – and he does: he also commissions others to do his terrible bidding. Orphaned at the age of six when his parents are murdered, Black is so enraged by their deaths that he seeks to exact revenge: he plans to amass an enormous cache of Old Empire weapons as his way of controlling the galaxy. Black is extremely clever, able to cover his devious tracks as he progresses towards his goals.There are two narrative points of view in the novel, that of Black and Anneke Longshadow, both of whom are orphans, pitted against one another. Black, a mole who has infiltrated the RIM operation, has no conscience, whereas Longshadow has. Early in the book she sets out to unearth the mole, her quest made more urgent when her adoptive father, her uncle Viktus is murdered. Conflict occurs when, in a world full of spies and secret agents, the Black and Longshadow again and again work out ways to dominate one another.This fast-paced and bloody tale, tightly-plotted and exciting, is marketed as a young adult novel, but it is really cross-over, also ideal for adult reading.
£999.99
Ford Street Publishing Pty Ltd The Only Game in the Galaxy: The Maximus Black
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£14.39
Griffin Media Arthur C Clarke: A Life Remembered
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£17.99
Durandus Double Share
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£13.93
Vertical Inc. Seraph Of The End 1: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe
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£14.44
Primedia eLaunch LLC Journey to the Black City
Book SynopsisOn an Earth that is very much like our own, the civilizations of ancient man have been crushed; the giant glaciers that cover the northern part of the globe continue even now moving ever south; grinding the remains of the sky-touching cities of men beneath them. This ice age created warfare between two mighty nations; and in the midst of this mechanized slaughter, a virulent influenza plague ultimately killed most of the human population of the Earth within just one year. Now, almost two thousand years later, some of the survivors of that plague have again gathered together in a few vast city-states. In the wild lands between these megalopolises, the individuals whod chosen not to return to the sprawl of the city-states, roam as the Free Tribes in the company of sabretooth cats, mammoths and dire wolves. In this world there is only a tentative peace; there are those in the Black City of the West for whom only one thing matters; the power to dominate and subjugate; the power to kidnap and enslave children & women into a sexual bondage purporting to save their souls, but in reality to supply wealth to a priesthood whose hearts are as black as the zeppelins they fly. Into this steam-power world, two young people must journey. It will be a journey from innocence that will carry them from their tribe into the black heart of the basalt city. It will be a journey that will change them forever; and bring them closer together than theyd thought possible.
£22.09
Primedia eLaunch LLC Hell Fighters from Earth: Book 1
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£12.99
Secant Publishing Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise
Book SynopsisAltered Seasons: Monsoonriseis a top recommendation for cli-fi (climate change fiction) readers seeking more depth than the usual approach to life-threatening environmental changes. - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review. A few weeks with no sea ice in the Arctic Ocean are enough to trigger a chain reactionthat alters the Northern Hemisphere beyond recognition. Isabel Bradshaw, an engineer, tries to find security for her family in an increasingly chaotic world when they are driven out of their home on the Chesapeake Bay.
£15.29
Fiction Vortex, Inc. Wizards in Space: Sampler, Volume 1
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£14.71
Suzeteo Enterprises The Time Machine: The Original 1895 Edition
£17.47
Uproar Books The Way Out
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£999.99
Uproar Books, LLC The Two Riders
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£11.99
Outland Entertainment The Jotunn War
Book SynopsisIn the Vikingverse, the Norse rule the stars with restless fleets and an iron will. But when the thralls rebel, turning to the artifice of Norns to help them escape their bondage, the natural order is thrown into chaos. The Jötunn War has been fought across the Nine Homeworlds to contain the threat, a battle against the stuff of ancient nightmares, red in tooth and claw. Utgard is the rebellion’s last redoubt, an indignity the Empire plans to cleanse with flame and fury.Trade Review"The Jotunn War is a sci-fi mythological alternate history -- just the way I like it! Ian Stuart Sharpe throws you into the deep end of an amazing new world! Intense fun and mayhem from the first page to the last!" -- Cullen Bunn
£21.59
Outland Entertainment Ladyhoppers
Book SynopsisSometimes to save the world, you've got to punch a few dragons… When the planet is being eaten by interdimensional parasites who literally tear holes in reality, what do you do? If you're Charlie Chase, you dive headfirst into an interdimensional adventure. Charlie knows her calling is a weighty one, but she trusts her mentor’s orders: Travel to another dimension, fix the tear, and get home to do it all over again.But when she gets stuck on an alternate Earth, she has to turn to the most unexpected of allies: a younger, more eccentric, more infamous version of the brilliant mind that sent her on her mission. This version of Vera Baum is as much socialite as scientist, who seems to embrace the notion that curiosity killed the cat, in the way that means she's determined to use up all nine of her lives blasting through a kaleidoscope of genre-bending realities. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better, especially when they’re pursued by reality-eating parasites and a biomechanical hound hellbent on killing Vera.Ladyhoppers is a genre-hopping, multiverse-spanning, madcap buddy comedy packed full of flaming zeppelins, coffee shop romances, car chases, dragon punching scientists, and more pirates than you can shake a multi-limbed death machine at. Grab your spacesuit, drink an espresso, and hold on tight—it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
£17.05
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Finding of Angels
£17.56
Little, Brown & Company Yokohama Station SF National
Book SynopsisThis follow-up volume to the science fiction hit sheds light on the history of YokohamaStation and people all across Japan through a series of short stories. “Kyoto” tells thetale of a struggle against the information warfare of the station monitoring systems.“Gunma” details the collapse and reconstruction of Yokahama Station. In “Kumamoto,”people tolerate violence and mistreatment in exchange for safety from the loomingthreat of the station. Finally, “Iwate” follows a spy's escape to an unknown region ofthe north.
£15.19
Little, Brown & Company Date A Live, Vol. 10 (light novel)
Book SynopsisFive years ago, a Spirit killed Origami Tobiichi’s parents. Spurred by the grudge that has only grown since then, Origami turns to DEM in hopes of becoming powerful enough to let her kill every last Spirit and enact her revenge. Can Shido stop her from harming Tohka and the other Spirits before it’s too late?
£12.34
Little, Brown & Company Date A Live, Vol. 11 (light novel)
Book SynopsisFive years ago, Origami’s parents were killed by a spirit the same day Kotori became a spirit. And that’s when Tobiichi Origami changed forever. To make sure the worst doesn’t come to pass, Shido has gone back in time and there’s only one thing to do: hange the world.
£12.34
