Speculative fiction

The little house pet from Venus didn't like New York, so New York had to change.

Collected in one binding are both of Stanley G.

For the most part, Godwin's stories-however grim the situation-are really about triumph in the face of adversity.

The aliens wooed Earth with gifts, love, patience and peace.

'Erewhon', set in a thinly disguised New Zealand, ended with the escape of its protagonist from the native Erewhonians by balloon.

Now, if the animal we know as a cow were to evolve into a creature with near-human intelligence, so that she thought of herself as a "e;person"e; .

Mary might have learned a more ladylike trade, but one thing is certain: she had a shining faith in that space guy from Earth.

Crane didn't get the nice man's name-until it was far too late to do anything at all about it.

If you ever get to drinking beer in your favorite saloon and meet a scared little guy who wants to buy you the joint, supply you with fur coats and dolls and run you for Congress-listen well!

Tam returns home to Earth after years of working in space.

Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932.

After space, there was always one more river to cross .

If this story has a moral, it is: "e;Leave well enough alone.

Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer.

The City of the Sun is a dialogue between "e;a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller and a Genoese Sea-Captain,"e; The book describes a theocratic society where goods, women and children are held in common.

The Emperor must be getting old, they thought, to deal so mercifully with the upstart Jursan Rebels-which was quite true.

How could a man tell the difference if all the reality of Earth turned out to be a cosmic hoax?

Terra has a problem.

Being expelled from an air lock into deep space was the legal method of execution.

Wilbur Hawkes is missing the last seven months of his life.

A hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking book club read for fans of David Nicholls and Cecelia Ahern.

Joe Kenmore heard the airlock close with a sickening wheeze and then a clank.

There wasn't a woman left on earth.

Zeckler was a con-man, a human con-man.

Venus was the most miserable planet in the system, peopled by miserable excuses for human beings.

A world had collapsed around this man-a world that would never shout his praises again.

'A fantastic read' - Andy Weir, author of The MartianA compulsive, breathtaking exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is a mind-bending thriller from the author of Dark Matter, Blake Crouch.

"e;Technically, it could be done.

He wondered, with a brief giddiness, if the dark witch before him could be as evil as her enemies said.

For a few seconds, however, the tall stranger seemed to lose all of his cockiness, and a somber look crept over his jovial features.

The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.

Blue Boy's rating was high and his fans were loyal to the death-anyone's death!

There were two varieties of aliens-blue and bluer-but not as blue as the Earthmen!

After World War III, a torn and devastated world is split between science and magic.

Andre Norton's science fiction classic depicts the struggles of the last remaining priestess to a powerful-yet-aloof deity.

An amazing weird mystery story, packed with thrills, danger and startling events.

No self-respecting artist can object to suffering for his art .

Cutter demanded more and more and more efficiency-and got it!

Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer.

There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with .

Was it a trick of tired nerves, the retention of the light-image upon my retina in the dark?

Time is money.

Bron Hoddan never wanted to be a pirate, but he was born into a family of pirates, who expected him to join the family business.

This is a story that they tell on the solitary farms on the borders of the Catskill mountains, where I grew up.

'A must read' Clare Mackintosh'Unique, funny and romantic, this love story has it all' Heat'WOW!

Julith clasped the star-man's arm with one hand, while her other arm gripped his waist.

Two powerful and unforgettable short stories from the Number One bestselling authorGirl in the MirrorLila knows how lucky she is to have found the man of her dreams.

Drew Rennie fought valiantly for the South during the Civil War.