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February 2001 Catalog - Science Fiction
QUANTUM ROSE by Catherine Asaro - TOR HC. Kamoj Argali is the young ruler of an impoverished province on a backward planet. To keep her people from starving, she has agreed to marry Jax Ironbridge, ruler of the prosperous neighboring province. But before they can be wed, Kamoj is forced into a marriage with a mysterious stranger from a distant planet, throwing her world into utter chaos. ... $24.95
PHOENIX CODE by Catherine Asaro - Bantam pb. Robotics expert ,Megan O'Flannery, is the human contact with a new self-aware android project dubbed, Aris. Programmed as part of a defense project, Aris proves to be deviously resourceful and uncontrollable. But when Megan enlists the help of Raj Sundaram, a robotics genius, she finds that Raj may be an even greater danger than the unpredictable android. ... $6.00
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by Robert Asprin & Linda Evans - Baen pb. Its hard to keep a good psychopath downtime - and it's harder to figure which psychopath to fear most! Senator Caddrick hires an assassin to murder his daughter and threatens to destroy the whole time-touring industry. But everyone's plans are thrown into chaos when Jack the Ripper's killing spree spreads from Victorian London to TimeTerminal 86. ... $7.00
RIPPING TIME by Robert Asprin and Linda Evans - Baen pb. Still available. Jenna Caddrick's fiance is gunned down by terrorists and now. this only daughter of a reknowned Senator. is trying to escape the killers on her trail by plunging through Shangri-La's time touring gates - landing in London, 1888. Just in time to meet Jack the Ripper. Now, Skeeter Jackson, newly reformed con artist, is caught up in the biggest mystery of the Century. ... $7.00
CANDLE by John Barnes - TOR pb. In the future, people are enhanced with software that instills a sense of cooperation and have limited telepathy. Currie Curranuse is an enforcer. His mission is to hunt those who have unplugged themselves from the global net. Now he has been captured and deprogrammed, sparking a series of events that may change society forever. ... $7.00
MARTIAN RACE by Gregory Benford - Aspect pb. When a rocket launching the manned Mars Transit Vehicle explodes, the U.S. chooses to redirect their resources to near-Earth projects. Billionaire John Axelrod steps in to fund the project just as a European-Asian airbus begins its own manned mission to Mars. Both teams reach the Red Planet, but with disastrous results. ...$7.00
REDEMOLISHED by Alfred Bester - Ace Tpb. A cornucopia of obscure Bester stories and lore, including his 3,000 word prologue to The Demolished Man (never before printed!), his revolutionary short stories, "Hell is Forever", and "The Four Hour Fuge", as well as, Bester's writings on science fiction and his peers in the industry. ... $14.95
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE by James Blish - Del Rey Tpb. Award-winning classic, now back in print! ... $12.00
JUPITER by Ben Bova - Tor HC. All that Grant Archer wanted was a quiet life on the far side of the moon. The forces of New Morality had other plans. Now Archer is on Jupitor spying for the organization, but what he finds may overpower his desire for a quiet life and lead him to the discovery of a lifetime. ... $24.95
FRONTIER EARTH #1 by Bruce Boxleitner - Ace pb. The Earps aren't the only new visitors in the town of Tombstone. Na-a-cha is an Apache on quest when he witnesses two stars falling to earth. Aliens are invading the wild west and its first contact at the OK Corral. . ... $7.00
SEARCHER: FRONTIER EARTH #2 by Bruce Boxleitner - Ace HC. An alien being in the Arizona of 1882 seeks answers about himself and his origins, while being drawn into the conflict between the men who look for silver and the natives who hold the mountains sacred. ... $23.95
SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON by Orson Scott Card - TOR HC The Bugger War has ended and the Battle School children have been sent home. Though internal conflict had seemed inevitable, the Earth has calmed into a tentative peace. Then, one by one, Battle School children are systematically kidnapped. All fingers point to Achilles, Bean's old nemesis. When an assassination is attempted on Bean, with the help of Sister Carlotta and Colonel Graff, he enlists the services of Ender's brother, Peter.The Showdown has come for Achilles and Peter. Peter backed by Bean: The Shadow of the Hegemon. We have first edition copies Signed by the Author! ...$25.95
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter - Tor pb. A brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses quantum physics to enable people everywhere to see one another at all times: around every corner. This new technology amounts to the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy - forever. ... $8.00
GENOMETRY edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois - Ace pb. Eleven tales of the ups and downs of genetic engineering. Includes stories by Paul J. McAuley, Frederik Pohl, Greg Egan, Eileen Gunn, John Brunner, Bruce Sterling, J. R. Dunn, Chris Lawson, Brian Stableford, Robert Reed and Cordwainer Smith. ... $6.00
DREAMING DOWN-UNDER edited by Jack Dann & Jansen Webb - Tor HC. An anthology of Australian authors, offering a particularly Southern-Hemispherical perspective on speculative fiction. Featuring Russell Blackford, Sara Douglass, Ian Nichols and many more. ... $27.95
RIGHT TO ARM BEARS by Gordon R. Dickson - Baen pb. While the bearlike Dilbians are unimpressed with the little human animals, they are intrigued with their inventive(and sometimes sneaky) thought process. This might just give the humans the pull they need to convince the Dilbians to help in the fight against the Hemnoids. ... $7.00
BEYOND by Jeffrey Ford - Eos HC. The third novel featuring the physiognomist, Cley, finds him haunted by his grim past and unable to rest until he finds a woman who waits in the true village of Wenau in the heart of The Beyond. The demon, Misrix, faces his own trial before those who fear and despise him--a perilous test of humanity and heart that must inevitably accompany the most treacherous pursuit of all: friendship. ... $24.00
BLIND WAVES by Steven Gould - Tor pb. In a world where millions of people have been displaced by the 100-foot rise in sea level from melting caps - Patricia is lucky. She's still an American citizen with the right to live on the continent. Working in underwater salvage, Patricia stumbles across a sunken freighter with dozens of bodies chained up in its hold. ... $7.00
THE COMING by Joe Haldeman - Ace HC. It is an Earth on the brink of world war. When all hope seems to be gone an astromy professor gets a signal from the way outersphere. After careful analysis it appears to be an extraterrestrial comunication. As the seconds countdown to possible arrival and tensions flare the world holds its breath for THE COMING. ... $21.95
DYKSTRA'S WAR by Jeffery D. Kooistra - BAEN pb. At 126 years old, James Christian Dykstra had thought he had done enough. Nearly all advanced technology depended on the foundation of his discoveries in physics. But then the aliens arrived in the solar system and nobody understood them or their technology. The System Patrol called on Dykstra to solve the riddle of the alien weaponry. His failure would spell humanity's doom; his success would at least give humans a chance to fight back! ... $7.00
OLD GUARD : BOLO #5 CREATED by Keith Laumer - Baen pb. The newly encountered Kezdai have taken arms against the Concordiat - and the Terrans know the answer to war: break out the Bolos! This anthology of new Bolo stories includes, 'Incursion' by Mark Thies, 'Rook's Gambit' by John Mina, 'The Sky is Falling' by J. Steven York & Dan Wesley Smith and 'Brothers' by William H. Keith, Jr. ... $7.00
CERTAIN SYMMETRY by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - SRM Chapbook. Fourth in their chapbook publications of short stories set in the Liaden Universe, this includes both, The Wine of Memory, where Lute and Moonhawk bring the magic of rememberance to a grief stricken friend and the title story in which Pat Rin has inherited a debtbook. He has 36 hours to settle a man's debts - and he doesn't know what they are. ... $10.00
THE PLANET PIRATES by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon and Jody Lynn Nye - Baen HC. Omnibus publication of the three novels THE DEATH OF SLEEP, SASSINAK and GENERATION WARRIORS, now in hardcover! ... $26.00
MORE AMAZING STORIES edited by Kim Mohan - Tor Tpb. A broad anthology of science fiction and fantasy, featuring stories by Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. LeGuin, Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford, Eleanor Arnason and many others. ... $14.95
CHANGE IN COMMAND by Elizabeth Moon - BAEN pb. In this sequel to RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, Esmay and Barin must face bloody struggles caused by galatic governmental conflict, fleet rivalries and their own families. ... $8.00
AGAINST THE ODDS by Elizabeth Moon - Baen HC. The worst has happened: Fleet is tearing itself apart. Some of the multineers see injustice in the unequal spread of the rejuvenation drugs to the rich.Others are simply thirsty for power or for blood. The Loyalists, meanwhile, fight desperately to preserve the rule of law in Familias Regnant space. ...$24.00
THEY ALSO SERVE by Mike Moscoe - Ace pb. Thrown far from home by a bad space jump, Ray Longknife and Mary Rodrigo are amazed to discover a planet inhabited by descendants of a ship's crew - lost 300 years earlier. Longknife is eager to welcome them back, but Rodrigo suspects a rotten core beneath their veneer of peace and prosperity. And she's right. ... $6.50
OUTLAW SCHOOL by Rebecca Ore - EOS Tpb. In a world where conformity is everything and the standards are skewed, Jayne must find a way to escape her world or fight it. ... $13.50
CHASING SCIENCE by Frederik Pohl - Tor HC. A non-fiction book of the journeys and adventures undertaken by this master of science fiction. Part travelogue, part science primer, this memoir shows how science is all around you, there for the chasing. ... $23.95
DECLARE by Tim Powers - Morrow HC. Andrew Hale must suddenly end his life as a professor and go back to his previous existence as an agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. He gets embroiled in a story involving T.H. Lawrence, the Dead Sea Scrolls, entities from A Thousand and One Nights, international politics and espionage. ... $25.00
SHIP OF FOOLS by Richard Paul Russo - Ace Tpb. Starship Argonos, home to an orphaned population who no longer remember their origin, has received a signal which has lured them to an uninhabited planet. What they find there is the remains of others like themselves, who met a terrifying fate. Now when another signal calls to the Argonos, they bravely follow into the unknown. ... $12.95
TRIGGER & FRIENDS by James H. Schmitz - Baen pb. Trigger Argee takes the spotlight in Volume 3 of the Complete Federation of the Hub, which includes stories 'Harvest Time', 'Lion Loose', 'Aura of Immortality'. 'Forget It', 'Legacy' and 'Sour Note on Palayata', as well as, an afterword by editor Eric Flint and commentary about the Psychology Service from Guy Gordon. ... $7.00
VENTUS by Karl Schroeder - TOR HC. An artificial intelligence of godlike power goes rogue and is only destroyed after terrifying struggles, but not before sending seeds of itself throughout the galaxy. Calandria May is sent to the planet Ventus to attempt to communicate with the AI terraforming programs there, which have fallen silent long ago and work to prevent their infection. ... $27.95
DRAKAS! edited by S. M. Stirling - BAEN pb. A short story collection from a favorite military SF venue. ... $7.00
COLONIZATION: AFTERSHOCKS by Harry Turtledove - Spectra HC. The saga begun in WORLDWAR continues as the nations of Earth battle The Race and each other. Now up to the 1960s, rapidly evolving human technology keeps the reptilian invaders on their toes, even as Mao seizes power in China and the Jews and Deutsche maintain their animosity for each other. A must for Turtledove fans! ... $26.00
DOWN TO EARTH : COLONIZATION 2 by Harry Turtledove - Spectra pb. This tale is populated by a cast that includes everyone from Khomeini to Himmler and unknown - drug smugglers, soldiers, and lovers. This novel continues the excitement of "Second Contact" and weaves a tale of tyranny and freedom. ... $8.00
ENDURANCE : STARDOC 3 by S. L. Viehl - Roc pb. In a disasterous betrayal, Cherijo escapes a horrible future with the Allied League of Worlds just to be sold to the brutal Hsktskt slavers - by her new husband! Hated and feared by her fellow slaves for her part in their capture, despised by the rest of the medical staff, repeatedly injured in rebellion to her captivity, she still struggles to provide what medical assistance she can. ... $7.00
also available, BEYOND VARALLAN, pb ... $7.00
BROTHERS IN ARMS by Ben Weaver - Eos pb. Despite genetic defects, Colonist Scott St. Andrew is a cadet at an elite military academy when colonial resentments against the Terran Alliance erupt into open rebellion. He must choose which side to fight for even as he is sent into deep space before his training is complete. Now he must survive the deadly "conditioning" process of an vanished alien race. Only then can he know his true destiny and his role in the imperiled future of a universe at war. ... $6.00
POWER BOOK by Jeanette Winterson - Knopf HC. E-mail writer, Ali, will compose anything you like, on order, provided you're prepared to enter the story as yourself and risk leaving it as someone else. You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom for just one night. But there is a price and Ali discovers that she too will have to pay it. ... $24.00
STRANGE TRAVELERS by Gene Wolfe - Orb Tpb. A decade of work: "Bluesberry Jam", "One-Two-Three for Me", "Counting Cats in Zanzibar", "Death of Koshchei the Deathless", "No Planets Strike", "Bed and Breakfast", "Queen of the Night", "Ziggurat", "To the Seventh", "And When They Appear", "Flash Company", "Haunted Boardinghouse", "Useful Phrases", "Man in the Pepper Mill" and "Ain't You 'most Done?" ... $14.95
CAVE OF STARS by George Zebrowski - EOS pb. Centuries after the death of Old Earth, a fundamentalist community on Tau Ceti IV has declared science to be evil and the cause of the homeworld's destruction. Then an off-planet visitor arrives with remarkable technology that could shred the fragile emotional fabric of a family and bring devastating chaos to their world. ... $7.00
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