Научная фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Научная фантастикаGerun, the Heretic
Who is Jon Missionary, the half-wit, and why are he and his book so dangerous? On the planet Kanran-9, the religious establishment is threatened by anyone questioning the status quo. And the Emperor's beautiful daughter, Melina-Lu, doesn't help matters any when she falls in love with the heretic Missionary. Years later, the Religio-College has returned to power, and with a weaker Emperor sitting astride the Kanran-9 throne, it now begins purging the half-wit's descendants. Will Gerun Missionary survive the pogrom long enough to learn why so many people are desperate to kill him?
Dwellers in Darkness: The Golden Amazon Saga, Book Fourteen
Voyaging into a sector of interstellar space that is plunged into total darkness with an absolute absence of any light, the four Cosmic Crusaders encounter their most powerful and sinister enemy yet–an alien mastermind who is regarded as a God by the race he has created. This scientist has altered the nature of space itself, so that it no longer conducts light, forcing the slaves he's created to evolve without eyes, and to develop extrasensory perception. Not content with shaping the evolution of their bodies, the mastermind also contrives an apparatus that impresses on their minds the need to conquer and dominate, thus creating a menace to the universe that the Crusaders must try to eliminate. Another rousing adventure in this long-running science-fiction adventure series!
Sheena and Other Gothic Tales
Sheena is a vampire from Leeds who works in a call center, and has a dark secret that even she doesn't know about. Her boyfriend has to discover it the hard way, alas. Like the other two vampire stories included in the book, both of which feature vampire babies, «Sheena» is a love story, which shares the life-enhancing attributes common to all love stories. Here are ten tales of the fantastic, the horrific, and the gothic, including: «Rose, Crowned with Thorns,» «Rent,» «Tenebrio,» «Behind the Wheel,» «Innocent Blood,» «Emptiness,» «The Woman in the Mirror,» «Regression,» «Heartbreaker,» and «Sheena.» Great reading by a great writer!
The Eighth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®
"The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack" presents another stellar lineup of classic science fiction, new and old. Here are 25 stories (plus a bonus interview with best-selling author George R.R. Martin) by some of the field's greatest authors. Included are:<P> THE TRUE DARKNESS, by Pamela Sargent<BR> PERMANENT FATAL ERRORS, by Jay Lake<BR> ADJUSTMENT TEAM, by Philip K. Dick<BR> ROBOTS DON’T CRY, by Mike Resnick<BR> NO GREAT MAGIC, by Fritz Leiber<BR> ESCAPE HATCH, by Brenda W. Clough<BR> BACKLASH, by Winston K. Marks<BR> THE PICK-UP, by Lawrence Watt-Evans<BR> POPULATION IMPLOSION, by Andrew J. Offutt<BR> WAY DOWN EAST, by Tim Sullivan<BR> THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 28, by Grendel Briarton<BR> TO INVADE NEW YORK, by Irwin Lewis<BR> THEY WERE THE WIND, by C.J. Henderson<BR> STOPOVER, by William Gerken<BR> CONSEQUENCES OF STEAM, by Michael Hemmingson<BR> OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, by Mark E. Burgess<BR> DEAD WORLD, by Jack Douglas<BR> NEFERTITI'S TENTH LIFE, by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> QUICKSILVER, by Lonni Lees<BR> AFTER ALL, by Robert Reginald<BR> THE BARBARIANS, by Algis Budrys<BR> EX MACHINA, by Cynthia Ward<BR> MONKEY ON HIS BACK, by Charles V. De Vet<BR> THE SURVIVORS, by Tom Godwin<BR> THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 99, by Grendel Briarton<BR> SPEAKING WITH GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: Interview conducted by Darrell Schweitzer <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» to see more entries in this series, covering classic authors and subjects like mysteries, science fiction, westerns, ghost stories – and much, much more!
Save the Dragons!
Seventeen-year-old Teresa thought she knew Philadelphia, but she stumbles into Gloria’s Gateway Books & Records and discovers a portal to parallel universe where Napoleon conquered Europe and Great Britain and where dragons still live. She also discovers Tom, whose Philadelphia is the capital of a Britain exiled from the Home Islands, now a part of Napoleon’s l’Empire.
This Philadelphia boasts electric carriages (invented by Sir Benjamin Franklin), as well as airships for long-distance travel. However, Tom’s father believes dragons hold the secret to designing heavier-than-air craft—but dragons have almost died out. When his father is kidnapped, Tom and Teresa travel by airship to the subjugated Home Islands in search of answers. There they discover who kidnapped Tom’s father, and how to save the dragons!
The Edmond Hamilton MEGAPACK ®
Edmond Hamilton. For most people, this name conjures visions of two-fisted space opera – pure pulp science fiction. And Hamilton – known as the author of the «Captain Future» series – was indeed one of the foremost writers of pulp space opera. Over the years, as his work became more polished and sophisticated, he evolved into far more than that: a visionary of the future whose imagination knew no bounds. He was truly a cosmic writer, as stories such as «Devolution» (in this collection) demonstrate. If you are interested in pulp science fiction at its pulpiest, look no farther. Edmond Hamilton is the author for you. <P> Included in this volume: <P> THE DOOR INTO INFINITY<BR> THE LEGION OF LAZARUS<BR> DREAMER'S WORLDS<BR> THE CITY AT WORLD'S END<BR> THE WORLD WITH A THOUSAND MOONS<BR> THE STARS, MY BROTHERS<BR> THE SARGASSO OF SPACE<BR> THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE<BR> THE MONSTER-GOD OF MAMURTH<BR> THE MAN WHO RETURNED<BR> THE SECOND SATELLITE<BR> MONSTERS OF MARS<BR> THE MAN WHO EVOLVED<BR> DEVOLUTION<BR> THE BIRTHPLACE OF CREATION<BR> CORRIDORS OF THE STARS <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» to see more great entries in this series, covering mysteries, westerns, science fiction, historical, and much, much more!
Account Settled
When financier Emerson Drew's hired killer pushes scientist-inventor Rajek Quinton down an abandoned mineshaft, Drew and his conspirators believe that the way's clear to exploit Quinton's amazing new invention, which will make them millions. But he reckons without Larry Clark of the C.I.D.–plus Quinton’s uncanny scientific genius. The police detective, aided by Drew's secretary Joyce Sutton, forges a chain of evidence to send Drew and his cohorts to their doom. But who is Joyce Sutton, really? And what about Quinton himself: did he actually die in the deep, mud-filled pit shaft, or has he somehow survived to exact a horrible vengeance on those who exploited him? A thrill-a-minute mystery, capped by an astonishing denouement!
The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies
Here are eight wonderful stories and two evocative poems for cat-people of all ages, including «The Hemingway Kittens,» «Cat in the Box,» «…And Mongo Was His Name-O,» «The Cat Tracker Lady of Asad Alley,» «The Cat with the Tulip Face,» «A Little Pinch Is All You Need,» «Hunger,» «White Comma,» «No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be…,» and «Universes.» As Robert Reginald says in his Introduction: «This is a woman of enormous talent, whose fiction is utterly without compare among modern American masters. She sees things that no one else sees, she finds connections that no one else has ever imagined, and she makes her prose sing and vibrate with a barely constrained but firmly disciplined power, with immense feeling, with great sympathy for the all-too-human characters who people her literary worlds.» And, we should add, she has an understanding for cats that will be recognized by every reader who's ever taken in a stray, starving kitten scratching at his or her door. Great feline fancies and fantasies!
Seeking Valhalla
The time: 1945. The place: Germany during the final days of the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler. When Major John Carter and Sergeant Carson Napier discover a barracks at the Dachau concentration camp full of young, beautiful women being prepared as pagan sacrifices to the Norse god Odin, they embark upon a quest to defeat the German «priest» who's determined to reverse the course of the war–even at this late date. The key is finding Valhalla, the near-mythical green valley in the Arctic where Yggdrasil, the world tree, emerges from the hollow Earth; its fruit, when consumed, is said to grant the eater his greatest wish. With the help of an Irish women, Aoife, an enigmatic «occult science officer,» and several others, Carter pursues the Nazi SS officer to the frozen North, where the final battle must take place. Can the forces of evil be overcome? A rousing science fiction novel in the old style!