The Road runs from the unimaginable past to the far future, and those who travel it have access to the turnoffs leading to all times and places-even to the alternate time-streams of histories that never happened.
When you consider the varieties of people who will in all probability populate the near future the irrepressible George Gannett of this utterly delightful excursion into the star-bright realms of unorthodox fantasy should not too greatly surprise an Evelyn-Smith-enchanted-reader.
We've often wondered what would happen if Robert Young should cease to be a lyrically intense writer for a story or two, forsaking the bright, poetic worlds of miss katy three and the first sweet sleep of night to become dispassionately analytical on a cosmic scale.
The history of this materialistic world is highlighted with strange events that scientists and historians, unable to explain logically, have dismissed with such labels as "e;supernatural,"e; "e;miracle,"e; etc.
Every writer must seek his own Flowery Kingdom in imagination's wide demesne, and if that search can begin and end on Earth his problem has been greatly simplified.
Science fiction, in collaboration with the idea-men and technicians of Hollywood, has been responsible for many horrors, dating back to "e;The Cabinet of Dr.
The gifting of animals with human speech is scarcely an unique idea-see Dal Stivens' THE UNDOING OF CARNEY JIMMY in this issue should you have doubts-the idea of a talking horse goes back at least to the siege of Troy, for certainly there must have been some dialogue amongst the Greek warriors enclosed in the wooden horse's belly.
The narrator tells of his incredible journey into the distant future in this landmark of imagination, cornerstone of science fiction and thought provoking look at the possible destiny of humanity.
A phenomenon across all formats, this 42nd anniversary omnibus contains the complete Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space and time.
'Action-packed, brilliantly unique' - Andy Weir, author of The MartianA compulsive, mind-bending exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is a breathtaking thriller from the author of Dark Matter, Blake Crouch.
A "e;rollicking, bittersweet tale of time travel and ecology"e; from the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author of the Gaea Trilogy (Publishers Weekly, starred review).