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March 2002 Catalog - Science Fiction
* HELLICONIA SPRING by Brian W. Aldiss - iBooks Tpb. First published in (1982), now back in print. Helliconia, the chief planet of a binary system, is emerging from its centuries long winter. The tribes of the equatorial continent emerge from their hiding places and are again able to dispute possession of the planet from the ferocious phagors. In Oldorando, love, trade and coinage are being rediscovered. ... $14.00
* COINCIDENCE by David Ambrose - Warner Books HC. Fascinated by the world of coincidence and synchronicity, George Daley decides to write a book on the subject. While doing some research, the most remarkable coincidence of his own life occurs - he runs into Larry Hart, the identical twin brother he never knew he had. But as George gets to know this newfound brother, strange things start to happen. ... $23.95
* HOPSCOTCH by Kevin J. Anderson - Bantam Spectra HC. Eduard Swan makes his living swapping bodies for a fee. If someone is facing a period of stress or pain, Ed will swap bodies and deal with the pain for them. However, when one client doesn't want to switch back, Ed must make him switch - but does this violate the rules? ... $24.95
* PANDORA'S LEGIONS by Christopher Anvil - Baen pb. The Centran Empire has been expanding across the galaxy, claiming planets and adding them to their empire. But when they try to conquer Earth that find an amazing discovery, the human race is smarter. So, the Centran Empire decides to make humans an elite fighting force. But could these mean that the humans eventually conquer the conquerors? ... $7.00
* THE QUANTUM ROSE by Catherine Asaro - Tor pb. 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 marriage with a mysterious stranger from a distant planet, throwing her world into utter chaos. ... $8.00
* LION'S BLOOD by Steven Barnes - Aspect HC. Lion's Blood deals with an alternate history in which Africa colonized the Americas, bringing European slaves here. The history of this world stretches back to 400 BC, when Socrates refused to drink the hemlock, escaping instead to Egypt where he opened a school of philosophy. The story takes place around 1850, in which two main families are forced into contact: Islamic African aristocrats and Druidic Irish slaves. ... $24.95
* MANIFOLD: ORIGIN: MANIFOLD #3 by Stephen Baxter - Del Rey HC. In the year 2015 a red moon appears in the Earth's orbit and catastrophe follows. Millions of people die while the coastlands are flooded by the new gravitational force, and scientists scramble desperately to understand what is on the big red moon and how it got there. And a reckless flight in a training jet sends NASA astronaut Reid Malenfant and his wife on a horrific and fascinating journey. ... $26.00
* JUPITER by Ben Bova - Tor pb. 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's on Jupitor spying for the organization, but what he finds may overpower his desire for a quiet life and d him to the discovery of a lifetime. ... $8.00
* TRANSCENSION by Damien Broderick - Tor HC. A 22nd century utopia filled with nanotechnology. Against this backdrop three characters must determine what it means to be human: Amanda, a rebelious but gifted mathematical genius; Mathewmark, a member of a religious sect that has abandoned technology; and Abdel-Malik, a judge resurrected from the 21st century. ...$25.95
* FUTURES: FOUR NOVELLAS edited by Peter Crowther - Aspect pb. Four brilliant novellas with visions of worlds to come. In "Watching Trees Grow" by Peter F. Hamilton, an era of immortality makes murder the ultimate crime- and a relentless detective can pursue his quarry for centuries. With "Reality Dust" by Stephen Baxter, a young man vows to investigate war criminals from Earth's alien occupation - even after humanity's past has been erased. On a ravaged space colony a historian from the winning side of The Quiet War sets out to chronicle the official story in "Making History" by Paul McAuley, and in "Tendeleo's Story" by Ian McDonald an alien technolife called Chaga overruns Africa and infects its people. ... $7.00
* DOGS OF WAR edited by David Drake - Aspect pb. Ten classic stories of men and machines at arms - from lowley grunts to decorated generals, true warriors answer duty's call. Join authors Joe Haldeman, Gene Wolf, Keith Laumer, Richard Matheson, and more in the finest tales of martial danger and human drama in desperate futures. ... $7.00
* BEYOND by Jeffrey Ford - Eos Tpb. 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. ... $12.95
also available:
BEYOND, HC ... $24.00
PHYSIOGNOMY, pb ... $6.00
MEMORANDA, pb ... $6.00
* LEAPING TO THE STARS by David Gerrold - Tor HC. Charles Dingillian learns that the Lunar Authority is threatening to cancel all interstellar launches to the colonies and decides to smuggle his family out on a starship, along with the HARLIE unit that has made him a fugitive. ... $24.95
* THE CONFEDERATION HANDBOOK by Peter F. Hamilton - Aspect pb. 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. ... $7.00
* STARK'S CRUSADE by John G. Hemry - Ace pb. He swore to protect and serve. Now he has to choose between them. When the American Lunar colony was threatened, he served his country in battle. But now Sergeant Ethan Stark is in charge of a rebel organization he never intended to create, and the US has just joined forces with its former enemy to insure his destruction.he and his soldiers have no desire to fight American forces, but they are willing to pay any price to defens the rights of the colonists they were sent to protect. ... $6.00
* BELARUS by Lee Hogan - Roc pb. Ambitiously hoping to recreate the glory of imperial Russia on the pristine planet of Belarus, Andrei Mironeko is unaware that the strange artifacts floating around the planet are remnants of a much earlier civilization and hold the key to resurrecting an ancient race of cruel aliens. ... $7.00
* SKIN FOLK by Nalo Hopkinson - Aspect Tpb. A richly vibrant collection of short fiction that ranges from Trinidad to Toronto, from fantastic folklore to frightening futures, from houses of deadly haunts to realms of dark sexuality. Alternately disturbing adn triumphant, these stories amply show why Hopkinson won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. ... $12.95
* BETTER PART OF VALOR by Tanya Huff - Daw pb. Staff Sergant Torin's reward for telling General Morris exactly how she felt about his mismanagement of her last mission earned her an even more perilous assignment to protect a scientific expedition to a seemingly derelict spaceship of truly epic proportions. And Confederation politics had saddled her with a commanding officer who might prove more o a menace to the mission's success than anything they encountered. ... $7.00
also available: VALOR'S CHOICE, pb ... $7.00
* PATTERNS OF CHAOS: BOOK 2 by Charles Ingrid - DAW pb. First published as THE DOWNFALL MATRIX (1994) and SOULFIRE (1995), parts 3 and 4 of the Patterns of Chaos series.Palaton, a Choyan pilot and Rand, a young human, find themselves the targets of various factions hoping to seize control of Cho. ... $8.00
also available: PATTERNS OF CHAOS: BOOK 1, pb ... $8.00
* MAXIMUM ICE by Kay Kenyon - Spectra pb. More than 200 years after leaving Earth to build a colony among the stars, the Star Road returns home to escape the raveges of space radiation, only to find a much-changed world, a planet on the verge of extinction, whose surface is covered by a strange substance resembling ice under the control od a pseudospiritual order that has enslaved Earth. ... $6.00
* LOCAL CUSTOM by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - Ace pb. A prequel to the Liaden novels, Master trader Er Thom finds himself torn between the marital customs of his people and his feelings for Terran scholar Anne Davis, but he soon discovers that their romance could have bitter interstellar consequences. Paperback reprint of the first of two novels in PILOT'S CHOICE. ... $6.00
* THE CONSCIOUSNESS PLAGUE by Paul Levinson - Tor HC. When Phil D'Amato, a forensic specialist with the NYPD, investigates the growing number of individuals who have suffered bizarre losses of memory, he discovers evidence of a strange organism living deep within all human brains since the beginning of time that may hold the key to the root of human consciousness. ... $24.95
* DEEPSIX by Jack McDevitt - Harper pb. Deepsix is a galactic rarity - a life supporting planet. However, it's on a collision course with a rogue gas giant in 3 weeks. Priscilla is the only remotely qualified professional nearby, and she is now heading up a team to glean what they can before it's lost. The team uncovers stone cities, impossible technologies, and more puzzles within puzzles when the unthinkable occurs - an earthquake destroys their only means of escape! ... $8.00
* MARK OF THE CAT/ YEAR OF THE RAT by Andre Norton - Meisha Merlin Tpb. In MARK OF THE CAT, first published in 1992, a boy's rite of passage becomes a journey of discovery as he starts out on a test of survial with only a red-gold sandcat pendant, and encounters the secret world of the cat and a trial that will mark his destiny. Then, in YEAR OF THE RAT, the never before published sequal, the natural water sources of the five queendoms of the Outer Regions are drying up, and while Hynkkel has not fully recovered, he must now find a way to stop this loss and recover the missing water. What he and his sandcat Murri find is a being of ancient evil who has returned with hoards of deadly desert rats, bent on destroying the queendoms one by one. ... $20.00
* MARK OF THE CAT/ YEAR OF THE RAT by Andre Norton - Meisha Merlin HC. The first four hardcover copies sold will include a bookplate Signed by the Author. ... $40.00
* WARLOCK by Andre Norton - Baen HC. Hardcover omnibus of three linked novels: STORM OVER WARLOCK (1960) While exploring the new-found planet Warlock, insectile Throgs attacked their base, and only Shann Lantee and two trained wolverines escaped. Trying to survive while being hunted, he discoverd the Wyvern, perhaps an even more deadly menace than the Throgs. In ORDEAL IN OTHERWHERE (1964) Charis Nordholm was sold into slavery, and the trader, Jagan, who holds her contract, was on his way to Warlock to trade with the Wyvern. And in FORERUNNER FORAY (1973) Ziantha's mental powers had made her a valuable asset to the criminals she worked for. Then she encountered a gem of ancient power, and stole it. Pursued across the galaxy, she encountered Ris Lantee, from Warlock, who alone could solve the gem's mystery. ... $25.00
* CHANNELING CLEOPATRA by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - Ace HC. Forensic anthropologist Leda Hubbard embarks on a search for the final resting place of Cleopatra in order to gain access to the genetic material of the powerful and seductive Egyptian queen, which could provide a source for a bioengineered potion for women who want the secrets of the ancient ruler. ... $21.95
* DARK AS DAY by Charles Sheffield - Tor HC. In the years following the Great War that nearly destroyed all humankind, the population on Earth, as well as on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, is recovering. But now three people - a mathematician, a young SETI researcher and a reclusive genius - could hold the key to the survival of the solar system. ...$27.95
* ONSLAUGHT: DEMONTECH #1 by David Sherman - Del Rey pb. Haft and Spinner are the only survivors of the Dark Prince's invasion of New Bally. While the Dark Prince has the power to summon demons, Haft and Spinner also have an edge, they are marines. ... $7.00
* SCIENCE FICTION: THE BEST OF 2001 edited by Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber - iBooks pb. The first in a series of "Best of the Year" anthologies, edited by two of the field's finest editors (and darn good writers, as well). This year's stories are gathered from Asimov's, F &SF, SILICON DREAMS, REDSHIFT and STARLIGHT 3. Includes such gems as "Know How, Can Do" by Michael Blumlein, "Anomalies" by Gregory Benford, "Sun-Cloud" by Stephen Baxter and "Into Greenwood" as well as work from James Patrick Kelly, Richard Wadholm, Robin Wayne Bailey, Ian Watson, Michael Swanwich, Nancy Kress and Dan Simmons. ... $8.00
* SNOWFALL by Mitchell Smith - Forge HC. The world has been gripped by another ice age, and civilization has collapsed. Catania Olsen is a doctor for a small band of hunters, and has tried to keep the old technology alive. But now a band of hunters are threatening to wipe them out and take control of the their land. ... $23.95
* CHRONOSPACE by Allen Steele - Ace pb. The crew from a 24th century timeship prevents the crash of the Hindenburg, but that causes a rift in chronospace and the creation of an alternate timeline. Now the crew is lost in a parallel universe they themselves created, where the repercussions of their actions will be felt by all of humanity. ... $7.00
* PESHAWAR LANCERS by S. M. Stirling - Roc HC. In the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hit Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines and changing the world's climate. Instead of advancing technologically, humanity had to piece itself back together. Now, in the 21st century, boats run on steam, messages arrive by telegraph and the British Empire, with its capital now in Delhi, controls much of the world. The other major world leader is the Czar of All The Russias, who rules most of Eurasia. Everyone predicts an eventual, deadly, showdown. But no one can predict the role that one man, Captain Alfred King, spy and hero, secret agent, will play. ... $23.95
* THE FRESCO by Sheri S. Tepper - Eos pb. Centuries after an asteroid crashed into Earth, a wasted world is coming alive again- a world that holds promise for young orpahn Dismé Latimer. Among her possesions is a mysterious book, written by her ancestor Nell Latimer. A book whose 'myth' suggests that a band of scientists-including Nell-has miraculously survived to this day. Dismé is destined to find the truth, a quest that will bring her face-to-face with unimaginable evil. ... $7.50
* ALTERNATE GETTYSBURGS edited by Brain Thomsen and Martin H. Greenberg - Berkley pb. Twelve original short stories and four essays that explore the role and implications of the Battle of Gettysburg in American History, with works by William Forstchen, Kristine Kathern Rusch, Doug Allyn, James Reasoner and others. ... $7.00
* COUNTING UP, COUNTING DOWN by Harry Turtledove - Tpb. Science fiction, fantasy and alternate history short stories from a master in the field, collected from throughout the 90's, from such diverse sources as Weird Tales, Asimov's, ARMAGEDDON and CHICKS 'N CHAINED MALES. Includes "The Maltese Elephant", "Goddess for a Day", "The Decoy Duck" and "The Seventh Chapter" along with 12 others. With brief introductions to each story. ...$16.00
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