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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
With a wave of critical acclaim and an unusually strong performance in trade paperback, Snow Crash is poised to break out in mass market. Set in near-future Los Angeles, this strange, exciting novel takes readers on an adventure in a post-modern landscape that mirrors our contemporary psyche. TP: Bantam.
Contact by Carl Sagan
Pulitzer Prize-winner Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all--the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who--or what--is out there? Simultaneous with the big-budget Warner Bros. feature film starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughy and directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) and the Pocket mass market movie tie-in edition.
3001 : The Final Odyssey (hardcover) by Arthur C. Clarke
One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again.
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of three novels that will chronicle the colonization of Mars. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness; for others it offers an opportunity to strip the planet of its riches; and for the genetic "alchemists," it presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle.
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Stephenson looks at a future ruled by Neo-Victorian thought, and the brilliant technologist who publishes an illegal primer designed to encourage girls to think for themselves. Stephenson's 1992 bestselling novel Snow Crash has been optioned for film. HC: Bantam.
The Sparrow (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Doria Russell, Mary Doria Russell
Emilio Sandoz, a brilliant Jesuit priest, seems like the perfect leader for the first expedition to an extraterrestrial culture. However, when Sandoz returns to Earth 20 years later as the mission's sole survivor, he is accused of unspeakable violence and depravity. Why? An extraordinary fiction debut, by paleoanthropologist Mary Doria Russell.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
For nearly a decade, Willis has dazzled readers with her short fiction. Her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, received unanimous high praise and won the John W. Campbell Award. Now she pens a sensational work about human struggle and redemption set in the time of the Black Plague.
Sewer, Gas & Electric : The Public Works Trilogy : A Novel by Matt Ruff
In the year 2023, as a crew of human and android steelworkers approaches the halfway point in the construction of a new Tower of Babel, the brainchild of billionaire Harry Gant, Harry's ex-wife Joan Fine, aided by a resurrected Ayn Rand, sets out to solve the murder of a Wall Street takeover mogul. Tour.
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, Alexander Eisenstein, Phyllis Eisenstein
Marooned in outer space after an attack on his ship, Nomad, Gulliver Foyle lives to obsessively pursue the crew of a rescue vessel that had intended to leave him to die. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
The electrifying finale to the most award-winning and bestselling SF trilogy to appear in years--the sequel to Red Mars and Green Mars. The colonists on Mars have nearly succeeded in transforming or "terraforming" the red planet to produce a liveable Earth-like atmosphere, when a new ice age imperils the Martian civilization.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
In celebration of its ten-year anniversary, cyberpunk classic Neuromancer comes to hardcover, with an all-new introduction by the author. "Freshly imagined, compellingly detailed and chilling in its implications."--New York Times. "The first novel to win SF's triple crown--the Hugo, the Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards."--Time.
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
The sequel to Red Mars, this is the provocative story of the struggle to transform a desolate Martian environment into an Earth-like world. At the heart of this epic is the human tale about the battle for control between older settlers and the younger Martian born generation and the future of their shared home. 1994 Hugo Award winner. TP: Bantam.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
A completely revised edition of Card's award-winning novel with an introduction by the author. Ender's Game is the story of Ender Wiggin, a boy genetically engineered to be a superior military mind, and bred to win Earth's long war with an alien insectoid race by completely destroying their homeworld.
Fool's War by Sarah Zettel
Four centuries after humanity has colonized the galaxy, information freight companies are used as an alternative to electronic communication. On one of her frequent trips into deep space, Katmer Al-Shei, owner of one of the smaller information companies, is accused of smuggling artificial intelligence. When Al-Shei tries to clear her name, she uncovers conspiracy after conspiracy, all set against the backdrop of a looming war.
Armor by John Steakley
The long-awaited reissue of Armor--the perennial science fiction bestseller! It is the story of Felix, a man consumed by fear and hatred. It is a story of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat, and also of how strength of spirit can be the greatest armor of all.
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
With this conculsion to his famous "Ender's Saga, " Card returns to the story of Ender Wiggin, hero of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and Xenocide. Now his adopted world, Lusitania, is theatened by the same planet-destroying weapon that he himself used so many years before. Only Jane, the computer intelligence that has evolved with him over 3,000 years can save the three sentient races of Lusitania.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
A beautiful new trade edition of the original science fiction masterpiece that inspired the cult movie classic Blade Runner. By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep . . . even humans.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Hyperion is the tale of seven people who make a pilgrimmage to a terrifying creature called the Shrike in an attempt to save mankind. Stunningly written and beautifully crafted, Simmons's Hyperion resonates with technical achievement and the excitement and wonder found only in the best SF. Reissue.
Slow River by Nicola Griffith, Ellen Key Harris (Editor)
The stunning, widely acclaimed new novel by the Lambda and Tiptree Award-winning author of Ammonite. Lore awoke in an alley--naked, bleeding, her identity gone. Spanner, an expert data pirate, rescued her and cared for her wounds. But only Lore could heal her own scarred psyche . . . and only by confronting her devastating past.
The Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven
A new classic by a Science Fiction grand master--the much-awaited third book in the series started by the classics Ringworld and The Ringworld Engineers. A ring a million miles high, Ringworld is a new habitat stretched in a vast 600-million-mile circle around a stable sun-type star. When odd events start happening on Ringworld, adventurer Louis Wu must travel there to sort things out.
Myst : The Book of D'Ni by Rand Miller, David Wingrove
In this third powerful novel based on the bestselling CD-ROM adventure game, Catherine and Atrus return to the devastated domain of the fabled D'Ni civilization to fulfill their destinies and to try to begin again. There they find strange clues that lead them to one remaining hidden book--and the secret plan of the ancient D'Ni masters. 15 illustrations.
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter, Les Edwards (Illustrator)
The author of Flux and Anti-Ice, and the acknowledged heir to the visionary legacy of Wells, Heinlein, and Clarke, returns to the distant conflict between the Eloi and the Morlocks in a story that is at once an exciting expansion, and a radical departure based on the astonishing new understandings of quantum physics.
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
In the year 2301, the wealthiest man in the universe is determined to commit murder in a world in which telepaths are used to detect possible crimes before they can happen. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Infinity's Shore : Book Two of the Uplift Storm Trilogy (Uplift Trilogy, No 2) by David Brin
Continuing the story begun in "Brightness Reef", Brin returns to the planet Jijo where six bands of sapient beings, formerly deadly enemies, now coexist. But when their alliance is tested, venerable laws topple. Now many feel free to plunder, or carry out grudges--including genocide for one of Jijo's races and possibly death for all. Ads in "Locus". Online promo (http: //www.bantam.com/spectra)
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
In the continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, the far future is resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will ever be the same. Reissue.
Headcrash by Bruce Bethke
Jack Burroughs was a young, brilliant computer programmer working in the shadows of corporate tyranny. That is, until corporate restructuring forced him down the fiber optic road to subterfuge. This is his incredible story--a melange of betrayal, abandonment, impish wit, imaginary sexcapades and a final, desperate attack against the forces of corporate evil. Original.
Software by Rudy Rucker
The year is 2020 and millions of aging flower children have been transplanted in Florida. They're content staying stoned, but Cobb Anderson has bigger plans. He's just been handed a ticket to immortality that may blow him away.
2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur Charles Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey confirmed Arthur C. Clarke's reputation as one of the best-known and most influential science fiction writers ever. The book and the 1968 movie are icons of the modern age. Now comes a special trade paperback edition, with a new introduction by the author which sheds light on the powerful synergy between the book and the movie.
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Now available in mass market, the revised, definitive edition of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic. In this second book in the saga set 3,000 years after the terrible war, Ender Wiggin is reviled by history as the Xenocide--the destroyer of the alien Buggers. Now, Ender tells the true story of the war and seeks to stop history from repeating itself.
2061 : Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke
In 2061, Heywood Floyd must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL, and the limitless power of an unseen alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a role in the evolution of the galaxy--whether it wants to or not. Continuing the spellbinding excitement begun in 2001: A Space Odyssey. HC: Del Rey.
Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
Telekinetic, with healing powers, Erik turns his back on his heritage and establishes himself as a freelance computer engineer, employed by the self-proclaimed master race Vitae. When the Vitae kidnap a mysterious pariah named Arla Stone from the Realm of the Nameless, Eric must flee--but this time his telekinetic abilities might not be enough to save him.
Myst : The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, David Wingrove
This amazing national bestseller, the first in a series of engrossing fantasy novels based on the number one bestselling CD-ROM game (over 2,000,000 games sold) written by the game's creators, reveals what fans want to know about the surreal, seductive, on-screen world of Myst. Myst: The Book of Atrus is a wholly engrossing story of love, strange new worlds, power, and obsession, that will thrill game fans and all lovers of alternative fiction.
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
The world is going to end next Saturday night. Just before dinner. Unfortunately, the Antichrist has been misplaced. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles. And the representatives from Heaven and Hell have decided they actually like the human race.
Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy) by Gregory Benford
Authorized by the estate of the late Isaac Asimov, one of the most popular science fiction series of all time continues. Hari Seldon has been nominated First Minister by Emperor Cleon. But the appointment complicates Hari's simple life and draws him into the debate over whether or not robot's have souls. FOUNDATION'S FEAR is the first of three new novels written by the brightest stars in contemporary science fictioncombining rousing adventure, intellectual debate and ingenious possibilities.
The Postman : Movie Tie-In by David Brin
Gordon Krantz survived the Doomwar only to spend years crossing a post-apocalypse United States looking for something or someone he could believe in again. Ironically, when he's inadvertently forced to assume the made-up role of a "Restored United States" postal inspector, he becomes the very thing he's been seeking: a symbol of hope and rebirth for a desperate nation. Gordon goes through the motions of establishing a new postal route in the Pacific Northwest, uniting secluded towns and enclaves that are starved for communication with the rest of the world. And even though inside he feels like a fraud, eventually he will have to stand up for the new society he's helping to build or see it destroyed by fanatic survivalists. This classic reprint is not one of David Brin's best books, but the moving story he presents overcomes mediocre writing and contrived plots.
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Among the most acclaimed and successful books of the genre, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead have both won Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel. The third book continues the saga of Ender Wiggin, as he struggles to preserve no less than four different intelligent alien lifeforms. A national bestseller in hardcover. "Quite powerful."--Locus.
Brightness Reef by David Brin
The vast civilization of Five Galaxies has roled out its security arsenal to prevent resettlement on Jijo until it is revitalized. Over the centuries, groups of sentient beings have eluded the laws and made Jijo a home--but what will happen when the Five Galaxies catch on? A strange ship in Jijo's skies may hold the answer.
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
To test his theories of immortality and life after death, Dr. Peter Hobson has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. The first has all knowledge of physical existence edited out, to simulate life after death. The second is without knowledge of aging or death, to simulate immortality. The third is unmodified, a control. Now they are free. One is a killer.
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
The trade paper re-launch of a classic sci-fi bestseller from the authors of the acclaimed alien invasion epic "Football". For millionaire Tim Hamner, the comet he helped discover is a ticket to immortality. For filmmaker Harvey Randall, it's a chance to redeem a flagging career. And for astronauts John Baker and Rick Delanty, it's a second chance for glory in outer space.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Foundation series is the best "thinking man's" science fiction that I have ever come across. Asimov's scientific background allows him to infuse his writing with fictional but plausible science and technology. Yet, for all of the technological tools available to the characters in the Foundation series, each significant event is driven more by basic human traits, inventions and frailties than by any techno-event. I first read Foundation thirty years ago. I continue to be drawn to it from time to time, because of the timeless writing and theme that Asimov captured. It possesses the same qualities that made the first Startrek series popular with science fiction fans. It uses science fiction as a backdrop to tell a story about man, his humanity, and to some degree, hope for the future.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway. Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend, researcher Ford Prefect. Together they hitch a ride to parts unknown, encounter creatures unheard of, and take part in comic adventures unparalleled. Previously published by Pocket Books.
Startide Rising by David Brin
The tenth anniversary edition of Brin's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel. The Terran exploration vessel Streaker has crashed on the uncharted water world of Kithrup, bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles a hostile planet to safeguard her secret--the fate of the Progenitors. Reissue.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 50,000 words cut. Now they have been reinstated for this special 30th anniversary trade edition. A Mars-born earthling arrives on this planet for the first time as an adult, and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons. "A brilliant mind-bender."--Kurt Vonnegut.
A Fire upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
"The author of The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime has created a rarity--a unique blend of hard science, high drama, and superb storytelling" (Library Journal). A rescue mission races against time to save a pair of children being held captive by a medieval lupine race, and recover the weapon that will keep the universe from being changed forever. HC: Tor.
Destiny's Road by Larry Niven
Multiple award-winning science fiction master Larry Niven returns in grand form with the story of Planet Destiny, Earth's second attempt at colonizing an inhabitable planet of a distant star. Now, descendants of the those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot--and he sets out to uncover the many mysteries of Destiny's Road.
In Enemy Hands (Honor Harrington Series, Vol 7) by David Weber
Honor Harrington has survived ship-to-ship combat, assassins, political vendettas, and duels. But this time, Honor and her crew, ambushed and captured, are aboard an enemy ship, bound for a prison planet aptly named "Hell" -- and her scheduled execution. Yet the one lesson Honor has never learned is how to give up. She and her people are going home--even if it means conquering hell to get there!
Ringworld by Larry Niven
What a concept! A ring orbiting a distant sun at with a enormous amount of land and a huge variety of humanoid creatures, along with Niven's usual combination of imagination and humor. A must read for any science buff or science fiction fan. I have read it many times and always find something new.
3001 : The Final Odyssey (paperback) by Arthur C. Clarke
One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again.
Worldwar : Striking the Balance by Harry Turtledove
During World War II, three of the world's deadliest foes are forced to join efforts to save the planet from aliens, but Earth might be completely destroyed in order to win the war, in the conclusion of the Worldwar series. Original."
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Diamond lives in a hay-loft, which is just right for him, since his father named him after a horse. One night Diamond has a visitor. She's a beautiful woman with long black hair. She calls herself the North Wind, and--holding tight to her long braids--she whisks Diamond over London and shows him many wonderful sights. But the best thing of all is when she takes him to the country at "the back" of the North Wind, a dream-like land where the cold wind never blows.
Blueheart : Alison Sinclair by Alison Sinclair
Of all the worlds discovered by star-wandering humanity, Blueheart with its endless, storm-tossed seas is the most beautiful. And the most doomed. Plans are already being made to terraform the planet into another Earth. But deep under the floating forests, the renegade Adaptive--the planet's first colonists--have another dream: the creation of a new aquatic human subspecies. As their struggle erupts into violence, Rache is called back to the seas, where he must choose between his humanity and his world.
Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper
Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murder of three geneticists when the world around her goes crazy. Weeds are becoming trees; trees are becoming forests. Overnight, a city is being transformed into a wild and verdant place inhospitable to what humankind has become. Stranger still, Dora soon discovers she can actually communicate with the rampaging flora, and that the solution to the impending catastrophe lies in a far distant future that is a lot closer than anyone imagines.
Fire Watch by Connie Willis
Flanders by Patricia Anthony
Gargantua by K. Robert Andreassi
Gateway to the Stars (Marc Miller's Traveller) by Pierce Askegren
The first novel based on the top-selling sf role-playing game. Navis Redling is resuming his career as an independent shipper and courier after a year in detox. Except, it really isn't Navis Redling, but rather a fugitive who has bought Redling's identity--including plastic surgery, implanted memories, and Redling's ship. When this mysterious impostor runs into Redling's old enemies, he finds out why this troublesome identity was available in the first place. He's in for far more than a simple trip through Redling's old stomping grounds.
Genesis (Black Oak , No 1) by Charles Grant
Black Oak Investigations is a firm that handles office fraud, missing persons, and a variety of white collar crime. But Black Oak also investigates situations that are not so quite the norm as owner Ethan Proctor discovers when one of his operatives turns up dead in a town cowering in fear from something roaming the hills, leaving dead bodies in its wake.
A Hunger in the Soul by Mike Resnick
I Sing the Body Electric, and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
One of the great authors of short fiction in the 20th century, Bradbury's works are read in classrooms all over the country. This collection features 28 of his stories and one luscious poem, with themes ranging from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space.
Lost in Space Novelization by Joan D. Vinge
The classic tale of how the Robinson family of scientists got lost in space is now updated and expanded for the big screen. Their adventures--as they look for a way back home while dealing with the snake in their spaceship, the duplicitous Dr. Zachariah Smith--will charm those who fondly remember the classic series while making new fans of this exciting story. Simultaneous release with the HarperPrism hardcover.
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