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February 2002 Catalog - Science Fiction
* CAPTAIN NEMO by K. J. Anderson - Pocket HC. A young Nemo embarks on a series of exotic, action packed adventures into the unknown that take him to the center of the earth, deep into unexplored reaches of the sea and to a strange, desert island. ... $23.00
* RED MOON by Michael Cassuit - Tor pb. It begins in 1964 with the sudden and unexpected death of Sergai Korolev, the man who ran the Soviet space program. Young Yuri Ribko, an engineering student working for one of the Korolev's bureaus, is either fortunate or unfortunate to have an uncle who is a high ranking member of State security. Yuri's uncle recruits him to spy within the Bureau, to assist in identifying possible threats to the Space Program. In return, Yuri is set on a fast-track of promotion, from engineering assistant to cosmonaut. ... $8.00
* THE DOORS OF DEATH AND LIFE by Brenda W. Clough - Tor Tpb. Rob Lewis gave his friend Edwin Barbarossa the Pearl of Immortality that had once belonged to Gilgamesh in exchange for a promise to keep Rob's mind-bending powers a secret. But when a space shuttle ferrying Edwin home from the moon colony catches fire, everyone dies except Edwin. First he's hailed as a hero, then he disappears - and it's up to Rob to find him, rescue him, and help him discover who is moving heaven and earth to take the secret of immortality for himself. ... $13.95
* WATCH by Dennis Danvers - Eos HC. In 1921 Russis, a mysterious visitor from the far future appears at the deathbed of Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin and offers him an extraordinary opportunity: the chance to be reborn. But as the former prince-turned-anarchist begins a new life in 1999 America, he finds his new home a difficult Eden. ... $24.95
* SUPERMEN: TALES OF THE POSTHUMAN FUTURE edited by Gardner Dozois - St. Martin's Press Tpb. Our bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements that can be made to them. Here are 26 stories that explore the range of human evolution from genetics to artificial environments, with a smattering of classics mixed in with the mostly-very-recent work. Includes stories from Greg Egan, Tony Daniel, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, Poul Anderson, R. A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe, Bruce Sterling and many others. ... $17.95
* TOUBLEMAKERS by Harlan Ellison - iBooks Tpb. A collection of Ellison's classic stories--chosen by the author--including "On the Downhill Side", "A Lot of Saucers", "Soldier", "Rain, Rain, Go Away", "Night Vigil", "The Voice in the Garden", "Deeper than the Darkness", "Gnomebody", "Jefty is Five" as well as many others. ... $12.95
* THE CONFEDERATION HANDBOOK by Peter F. Hamilton - MacMillan UK HC. This companion volume to the massive Night's Dawn trilogy, published here in the USA as six paperbacks, sheds new light on the six-hundred year history, culture, politics and traditions of the Confederation and its diverse worlds, colonies and inhabitants. We swapped another dealer for these two (and only two!) copies of the British first edition hardcover, which are also Signed by the Author. It will be released here next month in paperback. ... $45.00
* DRAGONFIRE by Humphrey Hawksley - MacMillan UK HC. An alternate near-future history that might still come to pass, where a military rescue of Tibetan religious leaders and a Pakistani attack on Kargil trigger a three-sided war between Inda, China and Pakistan. As all three ready nuclear arsenals, the rest of the world reacts in an escalating sequence of threats, counter-threats and conflicts. ... $39.95
* IMPACT PARAMETER AND OTHER QUANTUM REALITIES by Geoffrey A. Landis - Golden Gryphon HC. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards for short fiction, this is Geoffrey A. Landis' first short story collection. From a voyage into a black hole, past the theoretical point of no return, to encounters with space pirates, mathematical theorems from a very unlikely source, virtual-reality war and how Sherlock Holmes deals with invaders from another world, these are stories where clever, acurate science is mixed with a human touch. ... $24.95
* RETIEF! by Keith Laumer - Baen pb. From stories first published in the '80s. Diplomat Retief keeps his cool in the most extreme and trying of situations, whether it's covering for his corrupt and incompetent superiors or finagling an equitable deal for slime covered aliens. Action packed and hilarious. ... $7.00
* A CONSTELLATION OF CATS edited by Denice Little - DAW pb. Thirteen new stories that orbit around cats and the cosmic influences they respond to and exert. Includes "Three-Inch Trouble" by Andre Norton, "Purr Power" by Jody Lynn Nye, "Star" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "Under the Sign of the Fish" by Karen Haber, "Praxis" by Janet Pack as well as stories from Mary Jo Putney, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Bill McCay and others. ... $7.00
* TECHNOGENESIS by Syne Mitchell - Roc pb. In the near future, most human society takes place on the net. Nerve induction jewelry keeps people connected 24/7. Loneliness is a thing of the past--as is privacy. But when Jasmine Reese's data mask malfunctions, she's left disconnected, unable to function in a society that doesn't acknowledge her existence outside the Net. Slowly, she adapts to her new world, and becomes aware of the eerily coordinated behaviour of the connected around her. ... $7.00
* MAN-KZIN WARS IX (9) edited by Larry Niven - Baen HC. Another fine collection of new stories about the Human-Kzin conflict from Larry Niven's Known Space, alos, I beleive, the first time this popular shared world is being published in hardcover. Includes Poul Anderson's "Pele", "His Sergeant's Honor" by Hal Colebatch, "Windows of the World" by Paul Chafe and "Fly by Night" by Larry Niven. ... $22.00
* TIME TRADERS II by Andre Norton - Baen pb. First published as THE DEFIANT AGENTS (1962) and KEY OUT OF TIME (1963). ... $8.00
* SHIP OF FOOLS by Richard Paul Russo - Ace pb. Starship Argonos: home to an orphaned population who no longer remember their origin, has recieved 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 the unknown. ... $6.50
also available SHIP OF FOOLS, Tpb ... $12.95
* PAST LIVES, PRESENT TENSE edited by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough and Martin H. greenberg - Ace pb. Just imagine: for a price, you can download the dead. Pick any historical figure, and experience your life as that person. Fifteen new stories by: Elizabeth Moon, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, David Bishoff, and still yet more. ... $7.00
* SPHERES OF HEAVEN by Charles Sheffield - Baen pb. The pacifist aliens holding Earth under quarantine want Chan Dalton to find out why their starships have been disappearing. But the aliens forbid taking intelligent life, even in self-defense. ... $8.00
* THE EXCALIBUR ALTERNATIVE by David Weber - Baen HC. The races which ruled the Galactic Federation knew they were vastly superior to the ignorant species restricted to their own star systems by the crudity of their technology...and they had every intention of keeping things that way. The first hints of disaster came when a single merchant guild bought itself a Roman legion to use as enslaved sepoys on primitive worlds. But the winds of change become a hurricane when a desperate competing guild snatches a troup of English longbowmen on their way to the Battle of Crecy. ... $21.00
* CHANGER OF WORLDS by David Weber, Eric Flint - Baen pb. Four new Honor Harrington stories, three by David Weber, one by Eric Flint. In "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" a desperate battle against "pirates" who aren't quite what they seem begins her brilliant career. In "Changer of Worlds" a secret the treecats have kept from their human friends changes their relationship forever. Eric Flint gives us "From the Highlands", where Anton Zilwicki steps in to prevent a political assassination on Earth - and takes the opportunity to settle some old scores on the way. ... $8.00
* THE SHIVA OPTION by David Weber and Steve White - Baen HC. The war wasn't going well. No matter what the Grand Alliance of humans and their alien allies did, the Bugs overran planet after planet like some horrid cancer. When the only choice is between victory and racial extermination, it's time to choose the Shiva Option. ... $27.00
* ECHOES OF EARTH by Sean Williams and Shane Dix - Ace pb. Humanity navigates the spaces with bodies built by nanotechnology, copies of the original host bodies. On one of their missions the crew finds a faster-than-light ship that appears to be a gift for humanity. But is is a gift they can accept? ... $7.00
* DOWNBELOW STATION by C. J. Cherryh
- DAW pb. The 1982 Hugo-winning novel, now back in print! ...$7.00
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