Roger Arcot explores the fringes of a really never forgotten world, the introduction to which is an aged manuscript De Necromantiae, and the wish, not too repressed, to pledge your soul to the Devil!
Rajmohan's Wife and Sultana's Dream (1864/1908) features the debut novel of Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and a story by Bengali writer, feminist, and educator Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.
When a young woman is shipwrecked in the kingdom of the Blazing World, she befriends the natives, a highly intelligent and tolerant group of humanoid animals.
Set in a universe devastated by a deadly virus, The Space between the Stars by Anne Corlett is an enthralling novel of love, the choices we make, and what it means to be human.
In un futuro distopico dove il governo può leggere la mente dei cittadini, un interrogatore di vecchia scuola, Il signor Tannhäuser è assunto per ottenere informazioni da una pericolosa terrorista.
A pair of profound dystopian novels from the "e;brilliantly breathtaking"e; New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of The Moviegoer (The New York Times Book Review).
A revolution is waged against a totalitarian regime in this "e;courageous"e; novel of a dystopian near-future America by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author (Chicago Tribune).
From a Science Fiction Grand Master: The sweeping epic of a planet veering from one extreme atmosphere to another-and the humans trying to survive on it.
A shy and apolitical herpetologist-in-training finds the weight of history bearing down on him as the effects of repression ramp up in his countryIn an unspecified country that combines elements of Chile under its military regime, South Africa under apartheid, and Italy under fascism, fifteen-year-old Karel Roeder asks only to be left alone to learn from Albert, his mentor at the zoo's reptile house, and to devote himself to his girlfriend, Leda.
Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in "e;a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery"e; (Booklist, starred review).
Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in "e;a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery"e; (Booklist, starred review).
Seeking freedom from their oppressive government on Earth, a ragtag group of idealists embark on a perilous journey to found a new world light-years from homeOn a future Earth, gone are the halcyon days of the early space program, when the universe held endless promise and excitement.
In a near-future new age of corporate control, hacker mercenaries, and electronic terrorism, a public relations executive on the rise finds herself caught in the violent epicenter of a data warTwo decades into the twenty-first century, the world's nations are becoming irrelevant.