Jonathan Strahan

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2

SUMMARY: The depth and breadth of what science fiction and fantasy fiction is changes with every passing year. The two dozen stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully maps this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer.

Neal Stephenson

The Big U

Bruce Sterling

The Blemmye's Stratagem

Bruce Sterling

The Caryatids

Joe Schembrie

The Caves of Ceres

Joan Slonczewski

The Children Star - An Elysium Cycle Novel

SUMMARY: Only children can colonize the planet Prokaryon, genetically modified for a world whose chemistry kills unaltered adults. A colony of orphans struggle to survive, and find the planet hides strange secrets. ***** The Prokaryan landscape is ordered, as if by unseen gardeners, "hidden masters" no human has ever found. The weather behaves as though designed to meet the planet's needs. When fire threatens a forest, a rainstorm appears, only to dissipate when the fire is put out. ***** When a ruthless corporation threatens to terraform Prokaryon, to recreate it for "normal" humans, there is a sudden urgency to find the intelligent life form directing the planet. For only then can the colonists save their world-and reveal unexpected possibilities for the human future.

Clifford D Simak

The Civilisation Game 01 Horrible Example

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The Civilisation Game 02 The Civilisation Game

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The Civilisation Game 03 Hermit of Mars

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The Civilisation Game 04 Masquerade

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The Civilisation Game 05 Buckets of Diamonds

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The Civilisation Game 06 Hunch

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The Civilisation Game 07 The Big Front Yard

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The creator and other stories

EDITORIAL REVIEW: A collection of short tales by the author of *City *and *Grotto of the Dancing Deer *includes the title story, in which God is depicted as an experimental scientist killed by his own creation, and others.

Henry Slesar

The Delegate from Venus

Neal Stephenson

The Diamond Age

James Smythe

The Echo

Dan Simmons

The End Of Gravity

D D Sharp

The Eternal Man

James Smythe

The Explorer

A tense, claustrophobic and gripping science fiction thriller from the author of The Testimony. When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanityâ??s great explorers. But in space, nothing goes according to plan. The crew wake from hypersleep to discover their captain dead in his allegedly fail-proof safety pod. They mourn, and Cormac sends a beautifully written eulogy back to Earth. The word from ground control is unequivocal: no matter what happens, the mission must continue. But as the body count begins to rise, Cormac finds himself alone and spiralling towards his own inevitable death â?¦ unless he can do something to stop it.