An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award-winning author of Stations of the Tide Taking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge.
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.
A pair of unlikely explorers journey to the moon in this imaginative tale of science and adventure from the author of The War of the WorldsHounded by creditors, Mr.
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 centuriesIt's the most exciting discovery since humankind first began watching the skies: SETI scientists detect starship "e;trails"e; in a galaxy many light years from Earth, and at long last the dream of human-to-alien contact is attainable.
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 adventureAfter a three-year mission, the American starship Benjamin Franklin and its all-male crew have returned to Earth, only to discover the planet is dead, a blackened shell devoid of life.
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 warFive thousand years have passed since the interstellar spacecraft Explorer left Earth, and now Edward Langley and his two crewmates are returning home.
An intergalactic privateer resolves to rescue a human space colony taken captive by alien aggressorsAn outpost located at the edge of the galaxy, New Europe has been overrun by the Aleriona, a hostile alien race that resents humanity's incursion into deep space.
A handful of humans and a multitude of robots create a new society on an abandoned Earth in this novel by the Nebula Award-winning author of Way Station.
Two present-day investigators race across time to escape malevolent aliens from the future and their terrible "e;gift"e; of immortality in this novel by a Nebula Award-winning author.
In rural Wisconsin, wonder clashes dangerously with corporate greed when an alien visitor opens up a gateway through time into a breathtaking prehistoric lost worldOn sabbatical from teaching at a small university, paleontologist Asa Steele is content to relax amidst the pastoral splendor of his Wisconsin farm.
A tortured man's visions hold the key to mankind's future in Robert Silverberg's post-apocalyptic masterpiece Life in the blasted wasteland of 2103 California is nasty, brutish, and short.
A tortured man's visions hold the key to mankind's future in Robert Silverberg's post-apocalyptic masterpiece Life in the blasted wasteland of 2103 California is nasty, brutish, and short.
Thirteen stories of impossible futures and otherworldly adventure, from one of science fiction's most thoughtful authorsIn "e;Hillary Orbits Venus,"e; a young Hillary Rodham pursues her childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, while in the Nebula Award winning "e;Danny Goes to Mars,"e; former US vice president Dan Quayle embarks on the first expedition to Mars.
Long before Under the Dome, this novel of a town trapped within an invisible force field earned a Nebula Award nomination for the author of Way Station.
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 horrorsFor thousands of years, Carter Horton has been traveling across the galaxy toward a distant world capable of supporting human life.
One of the first novels about interplanetary travel, A Honeymoon in Space takes readers on a journey across the solar systemLenox, the Earl of Redgrave, has made the greatest scientific discovery in the history of the world: a flying ship with the power to break free of Earth's gravity and take to the stars.
A monumental epic tale of space exploration and alien contact from one of science fiction's greatest writersIn the future, humankind has taken only limited advantage of a miraculous gift left for it in the far-distant past.
Rabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind's Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventureThe Quozl just need somewhere to call home.
An alien starfish and a human man must learn to live in each other's bodies in Piers Anthony's ingenious sequel to the science fiction gem AlienaAlong with fellow members of her sapient starfish race, Aliena traveled many light-years to Earth.
An insane, broken pulp-art painter gets chance at redemption in a phantasmagoric science fiction wonder from a true master of the weirdBefore his stroke and the onset of old age, Frank Lazorg was the king of the fantasy illustrators with an ego to match.
An assembly of creatures searches for the meaning of existence in this reality-twisting Trail Mix fantasy from New York Times-bestselling author Piers Anthony.
A Hugo Award Finalist: Humanity struggles to understand a killing labyrinth discovered on the Moon in this science fiction adventure about death and rebirthHugo and Nebula Award winning author Robert Silverberg credits Rogue Moon with containing "e;the most terrifying pages in any SF novel I have ever read.
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 Budrys's final novel opens with the report of a man found electrocuted on suburban train tracks in Shoreview, Illinois.
Published less than a decade into the Internet era, this remarkable science fiction novel foreshadows many of the world's technological advances One of the world's wealthiest and most influential men, journalist Laurent Michaelmas lives in a penthouse overlooking New York City's Central Park with his superintelligent computer, Domino.
Laughs abound when a planet of (literally) slimy lawyers prosecutes an unemployed space captain-from the bestselling author of the Castle Perilous series.
