Science Fiction: Aliens and UFOs

When suddenly all the fissionable material on Earth was exploded, Earthmen had their first notice of the aliens' arrival.

A stardropper got its name from the belief that the user was eavesdropping on the stars.

The time is the future.

Inkosi - the magnificent RidgebackBruno and Hermetic Tradition - a pop-rock-mod group consisting in part of Bruno Twentyman, Cressida Beggarstaff, Gideon Hard, Liz, Nancy, Glenn and others.

Once the city of Carrig stood supreme on this planet that had been settled by space refugees in the distant, forgotten past.

The Corps Galactica, the Galaxy's police force, had pledged itself to a policy of non-interference with the backward Zarathustra Refugee Planets.

When racial hatred turns to murderous menace .

'We won't be landing anywhere just yet', Waters said to the other passengers on the spaceship Fulmar.

Whether or not he had wanted to turn back at the last minute, he couldn't have - the wave of dirty, hungry people carried him helplessly along in their fervour reach the temple.

The barrenland lay on the face of the world like a sore, nearly round, more than three hundred miles in circumference.

In the long twilight if a galactic empire, the old king is dying.

'How short a time a century really is .

MUST THE UNIVERSE DIE WITH THEM?

The man in black picked up something which had been leaning beside him.

Allyn Vage was once a beautiful woman, but due to an accident - which may have been a murder attempt - she was now a hopeless cripple, burned and disfigured and without the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

'One citizen of your planet shall go to the capital of the Federation of Worlds.

When Ivan Wright stepped out of his mountain cabin, rifle in hand, to investigate the sound of a strange helicopter, he stepped right into the middle of a galactic crisis.

A cold war among the stars was growing hotter by the minute.

The inhabited galaxy was caught in the crushing vice of a struggle for power.

Originally published in 1955 Jack Finney's sinister SF tale has outgrown the initial debate about whether it satirized Communism or the conformity of US society at the time, to become a classic of paranoia; an examination of our fear of 'the other'.

Contains the story 'The Hedge Night' Dreamsongs Book Two is the second part of a massive collection, featuring the very best of George R.

A fantastic collection of short fiction spanning the career of the phenomenon George R.

The legendary space opera that kicked off the ground-breaking, universe-spanning series.

A philosophical science fiction novel from Hugo Award-winning author Philip K.

'Hilarious and heartwarming .

Space adventure at its finest - Prime Deceptions is the outrageously fun sequel to Valerie Valdes' debut Chilling Effect, featuring the further adventures of Captain Eva Innocente and her misfit crew.

Seamlessly blending space opera, hard science fiction and cyberpunk, Neal Asher's Shadow of the Scorpion is a gripping prequel to the compelling Agent Cormac series.

'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on SundayThis 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Dirk Maggs, co-producer of BBC Radio 4's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases.

'Sheer delight' - The TimesThis 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and a new introduction.

'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on Sunday This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Simon Brett, producer of the original radio broadcast.

'Magical' - Sunday Express This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Monty Python star and author of Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic, Terry Jones.

'Sheer delight' - The TimesThis 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies.

War rages on.

Lawrence Newton always dreamed of adventure amongst the stars.

Pandora's Star is the first part of Peter F.

Dark powers have been unleashed across the galaxy.

Discover action, intrigue and mind-bending science in Hilldiggers, a gripping science fiction novel from Neal Asher where four siblings holding the keys to unthinkable power.

Six short stories and a novella from a master of science fiction, Peter F.

Planetside is a smart and fast-paced blend of mystery and boots-in-the-dirt military SF that reads like a high-speed collision between Courage Under Fire and Heart of Darkness.

THE THRILLING CONCLUSION TO THE SIM WAR SERIESTheres new hope for resolution of the decades-long war against the Sims: the discovery of Omega, a mysterious planet far from the fighting.

THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT IN THE GRIPPING SIM WAR SERIESThings are looking grim for the human Alliance against the Sims.

Galaxies collide in a thrilling new series from bestselling author Ian Douglas, as the last humans in the universe face off against a new threat2162.

We are closer to the Sims than we think For decades, mankind has been locked in a war with an alien enemy that resembles the human race so closely they are known as the Sims.

The fourth book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence Humanity had appeared to fend off the Sh'daar assault once and for all, though they never learned why the alien empire was driven to halt Earth's advancement toward technological Singularity.

The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form sf is at hand.

The gripping new speculative fiction as rich as The Man in the High Castle and as packed with thrills as Ready Player One'Alt-history with a difference' GUARDIAN'There's real cleverness at work here' THE TIMESAlways run, never fight.

THE FIRST BOOK IN AN ELECTRIFYING NEW SERIES set in the world of the number one New York Times bestselling I AM NUMBER FOUR______________The Loric didn't make us monsters and they didn't make us heroes.

**A must-read thriller for lovers of The Passage, World War Z, The Martian or Interstellar**What happens when you make a discovery that changes everything?

'Reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z' PIERCE BROWNA twenty-story-tall metallic figure appears in the middle of Regent's Park.

On a summer night in Portland, Oregon, violence erupts at a Little League game -- and attorney Ami Vergano watches in horror as the quiet, gentle artist she recently befriended does the unexpected and unthinkable .