The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
- ASIN: B01MU2DTCX
- Brand: St. Martin's Griffin
- Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1: 1929-1964
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1: 1929-1964
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929-1964.This book contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for The Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.Robert Heinlein in "The Roads Must Roll" describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. "Country of the Kind," by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. "Nightfall," by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, is the story of a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology.Originally published in 1970 to honor those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume One, was the book that introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction. Too long unavailable, this new edition will treasured by all science fiction fans everywhere.The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume One, includes the following stories:Introduction by Robert Silverberg"A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum"Twilight" by John W. Campbell"Helen O'Loy" by Lester del Rey"The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein"Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon"Nightfall" by Isaac Asimov"The Weapon Shop" by A. E. van Vogt"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett"Huddling Place" by Clifford D. Simak"Arena" by Frederic Brown"First Contact" by Murray Leinster"That Only a Mother" by Judith Merril"Scanners Live in Vain" by Cordwa... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0765305372
- ISBN: 0765305372
- Brand: Orb Books
- Manufacturer: Orb Books
Breakthrough
Breakthrough
** AMAZON TOP 100 BEST SELLER IN 2018 **ONE OF THE GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HISTORY.A SECRET THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND.AND A CRISIS THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED.Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a nuclear submarine is forced to suddenly abort its mission under mysterious circumstances. Strange facts begin to emerge that lead naval investigator, John Clay, to a small group of marine biologists who are quietly on the verge of making history.With the help of a powerful computer system, Alison Shaw and her team are preparing to translate the first two-way conversation with the planet's second smartest species. But the team discovers much more from their dolphins than they ever expected when a secret object is revealed on the ocean floor. One that was never supposed to be found.Alison was sure she would never trust the military again. However, when an unknown group immediately becomes interested in her work, Alison realizes John Clay may be the only person she can trust. Together they must piece together a dangerous puzzle, and the most frightening piece, is the trembling in Antarctica.To make matters worse, someone from the inside is trying to stop them. Now time is running out...and our understanding of the world is about to change forever.
- ASIN: B00BVFM04C
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Unknown
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection. Contributors include: * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * William Bigson * Terry Bisson * Pat Cadigan * Ted Chiang * John Crowley * Tony Daniel * Greg Egan * Molly Gloss * Eileen Gunn * Joe Haldeman * James Patrick Kelly * John Kessel * Nancy Kress * Ursula K. Le Guin * Ian R. MacLeod * David Marusek * Paul McAuley * Ian McDonald * Maureen F. McHugh * Robert Reed * Mike Resnick * Geoff Ryman * William Sander * Lucius Shepard * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Steven Utley * Howard Waldrop * Walter Jon Williams * Connie Willis * Gene WolfeWith work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.
- ASIN: 031233656X
- ISBN: 031233656X
- Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
CyberStorm (Cyber Series Book 1)
CyberStorm (Cyber Series Book 1)
The incredibly realistic story of one family's struggle to survive the destruction of New York in a massive terror attack. Million-copy bestseller now in development for film by 20th Century Fox."I couldn't put it down...shows how dangerous our transition to an interconnected infrastructure has become." Karic Allega, Joint Military Cyber Command, US NAVYNEW YORK GOES DARK IN THE DEAD OF WINTER...A TERRIFYING MYSTERY BEGINS...BUT WHO IS THE ENEMY? AND WILL THEY STRIKE AGAIN?Mike Mitchell is an average New Yorker struggling just to keep his family together when a string of disasters shreds the bustling megacity around them.The Internet and communication networks go down...a deadly epidemic rages across the country...then a monster snowstorm cuts New York off from the world.Days go by without contact to the outside world. Then weeks. Murder and vigilante justice replace law and order. Millions fight to survive.In the chaos, conspiracy theories rage about a foreign cyberattack. Was it the North Koreans? The Russians? The Chinese? Might it be the first shockwave of a global shift in power? But even these questions become unimportant as Mike and his family struggle for survival in the wintry tomb of a doomed New York.FROM THE BACK COVERMatthew Mather is a leading cybersecurity expert who presented in Washington to the FBI and CIA, warning of the impending danger of possible cyberattacks like the one that "hobbled Atlanta" in March of 2018 as reported by The New York Times.Translated in twenty three countries, CyberStorm is a worldwide bestseller, a new apocalyptic disaster classic in the spirit of On the Beach, Alas Babylon, One Second After, and Lucifer's Hammer that will appeal to fans of Tom Clancy and Brad Thor.Award-winner of the GoodReads Choice Awards in 2013, millions of readers voted CyberStorm into the Top 20 of its category on Goodreads. It has ranked as the number one bestseller in Amazon's technothrillers, conspiracy, military, post-apocalyptic, terrorism, an... [Read More]
- ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
- Brand: Matthew Mather ULC
- Manufacturer: Matthew Mather ULC
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
A biological plague begins infecting artificial intelligence; a natural-born Earth woman seeking asylum on another planet finds a human society far different from her own; a food blogger’s posts chronicle a nationwide medical outbreak; trapped in a matchmaking game, a couple tries to escape from the only world they know; a janitor risks everything to rescue a defective” tank-born baby he can raise as his own.For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspiring and cautionary. Whether it’s a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction feeds the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can better understand ourselves and the world around us. With The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume One, award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a year-in-review and thirty-one of the best stories published by both new and established authors in 2015.Table of Contents:Introduction: A State of the Short SF Field in 2015” by Neil ClarkeToday I Am Paul” by Martin ShoemakerCalved” by Sam J. MillerThree Bodies at Mitanni” by Seth DickinsonThe Smog Society” by Chen QuifanIn Blue Lily’s Wake” by Aliette de BodardHello, Hello” by Seanan McGuireFolding Beijing” by Hao JingfiangCapitalism in the 22nd Century” by Geoff RymanHold-Time Violations” by John ChuWild Honey” by Paul McAuleySo Much Cooking” by Naomi KritzerBannerless” by Carrie VaughnAnother Word for World” by Ann LeckieThe Cold Inequalities” by Yoon Ha LeeIron Pegasus” by Brenda CooperThe Audience” by Sean McMullenEmpty” by Robert ReedGypsy” by Carter ScholzViolation of the TrueNet Security Act” by Taiyo FujiiDamage” by David D. LevineThe Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss” by David BrinNo Placeholder for You, My Love” by Nick WolvenOutsider” by An OwomeylaThe Gods Have Not Died in Vain” by Ken LiuCocoons” ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1597808547
- ISBN: 1597808547
- Brand: Night Shade
- Manufacturer: Night Shade
The One: A Novel
The One: A Novel
A Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018“Just try to put this gripping thriller down once you pick it up.” —AARP“A shock on every other page.” —Wall Street JournalHow far would you go to find The One?A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner—the one you’re genetically made for.That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been “Matched.” They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, The One is a fascinating novel that shows how even the simplest discoveries can have complicated consequences.
- ASIN: B075CQSTGT
- Manufacturer: Hanover Square Press
Nomad: A Thriller (The New Earth Series Book 1)
Nomad: A Thriller (The New Earth Series Book 1)
Read the novel voted Science Fiction Book of the Year*, now in development as a major motion picture. Nomad is the first book in a new four-part epic from million-copy bestseller Matthew Mather.Humanity only has days to prepare. Can one family survive?SOMETHING MASSIVE IS COMING, and it's heading for Earth. That's what astronomer Ben Rollins is told by NASA after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night. His first instinct is to call his daughter, Jessica, who's vacationing in Italy with his wife.“It's a hundred times bigger than the sun,” Ben tells them. “Somehow we can't see it yet, and we don't know what it is, but they're calling it Nomad--and in just months, the Earth may be destroyed.”But how did they miss detecting it until now? The world erupts into chaos as the end approaches, and Ben discovers his wife and daughter are trapped in Europe. The key to Nomad's mystery--and humanity's ultimate survival--rests in the answers Ben pieces together from his old Cold War-era research papers, in the midst of a desperate scramble across continents to find his family before Nomad swallows the planet. A Coming Apocalypse…A Mystery from Deep Space…An Epic Adventure Thriller…Backed by Real Science. Nomad is the first novel in a four-book saga that follows one family's fight to survive on a new Earth after a whole new category of disaster, all the more frightening as the science behind it was developed by a team of astrophysicists from CERN, SETI, and the Keck Observatory. This sweeping epic comes from the mind of author Matthew Mather, whose novels have sold over a million copies and been translated and published in 24 countries. * Voted Science Fiction Book of the Year in 2015 by Authors on Air Global network (2 million listeners in 46 countries). Nomad was one of Amazon’s bestselling book in adventure, dystopian, hard science fiction, and post-apocalyptic categories in 2015, 2016, 2017 rankings, and Amazon’s bestseller in the techno thriller... [Read More]
- ASIN: B013TOAL3E
- Manufacturer: Matthew Mather ULC
The Invisible City (The Stolen Future)
The Invisible City (The Stolen Future)
Captain Charles Clee stumbles onto a secret archaeological expedition from the 23rd century and finds himself stranded nearly one million years in the future.When the woman he loves is kidnapped by one of Earth's alien overlords, he becomes the enemy of one of the most powerful men in the world.But his quest to rescue her is complicated when he learns that a working time machine may still exist with which he could return to his own era and save his troops from certain annihilation.Now, torn between love and his duty to the men who served under him a million years past, pursued by the merciless assassins of the Time Police, Clee fights against war, slavery, and fantastic beasts in a race against time itself--knowing that whatever the outcome, he must lose.Definitely recommended for fans of SF classics and readers of SF in general. - West Coast Book Reviews.The voice, the romance, the heroism, and the unbridled sense of optimism all make reading The Invisible City a joy. - Seagull Rising4.5 out of 5 ... There is plenty of action and several twists that made [The Invisible City] a fun adventure to the end... I recommend this to readers who enjoy engaging science fiction adventure. - Martha's BookshelfGrab your copy today! Free with Kindle Unlimited.Thank you for your interest in our book. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed presenting it. - Digital FictionWebsite: DigitalFictionPub.comFacebook: Facebook.com/digitalfictionpubTwitter: @DigitalFicPub
- ASIN: 1988863880
- ISBN: 1988863880
- Manufacturer: Digital Science Fiction, an imprint of Digital Fiction Publishing Corp.
Seeker
Seeker
A breathtaking near-future thriller. From the NY Times bestselling author whose books have been downloaded over a million times.A small alien spacecraft with extraordinary secrets. And a mad scramble to get to it first.When an interstellar probe lands in the heart of the Amazon Jungle, powerful nations around the world will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Because the unoccupied alien craft is sure to contain revolutionary technology. Technology that will allow the country that controls it to dominate the globe.With the probe hidden within the densest rainforest on Earth, traditional military power is useless. So the US chooses to send in a single operative, a man who's been enhanced to the limits of current technology. He'll be greatly outnumbered, and with so much on the line, not even the closest of allies can be trusted.But the true stakes are higher than anyone could possibly know. Because all is not what it seems.And the alien spacecraft has plans of its own . . .Seeker is a fast-paced, roller-coaster ride of a thriller. One that explores actual human enhancements being worked on today, along with mind-blowing concepts that readers will be pondering long after they've read the last page.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Richards is an extraordinary writer," (Dean Koontz) who can "keep you turning the pages all night long." (Douglas Preston)"Richards is a worthy successor to Michael Crichton." (SF Book dot com)Near Future Science Fiction Thrillers by Douglas E. RichardsWIRED (Wired 1)AMPED (Wired 2)MIND'S EYE (Nick Hall 1)BRAINWEB (Nick Hall 2)MIND WAR (Nick Hall 3)SPLIT SECOND(Split Second 1)TIME FRAME (Split Second 2)--New in 2018QUANTUM LENSGAME CHANGERINFINITY BORN SEEKER --New in 2018VERACITY -- Available in February, 2019Kids Science Fiction Thrillers (9 and up, enjoyed by kids and adults alike)TRAPPED (Prometheus Project 1)CAPTURED (Prometheus Project 2)STRANDE... [Read More]
- ASIN: B07DHDM8DH
- Manufacturer: Paragon Press