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April 2001 Catalog - Science Fiction
GRAVEYARD GAME by Kage Baker - Harcourt HC. The fourth book in the Company series. To look at them, you'd never guess that Lewis is an immortal cyborg or that Joseph's parents drew the neolithic cave paintings in the Cevennes. But what are these two Company operatives doing in an amusement arcade in San Francisco, 1996? Looking for Mendoza, solving the mystery of her impossibly reappearing mortal lover and uncovering the truth about what the Company has been doing to cyborgs it no longer wants in the field. ... $25.00
RED MOON by Michael Cassuit - Forge HC. A modern historical novel about the other side of the Space Race. It began in 1964 with the sudden and unexpected death of Sergei Korolev, the man who ran the Soviet Space Program. Young Yuri Ribko is recruited by his uncle to spy within the bureau and assist in identifying possible threats to the Space Program. As he grows from engineering student to cosmonaut, he has an ... $25.95
FALLING STARS by Michael Flynn - Tor HC. The triumphant conclusion of the Future-History Epic of the Space Age. Humanity has been monitoring the heavens and finds that certain asteroids have altered their orbit and are headed for a collision with earth. Can a crew of pilots, computer specialists, members of the space industry complex, and various movers & shakers, band together to save humanity? ...$25.95
MEMORY OF FIRE by George Foy - Bantam Spectra pb. In a dark future, whole populations are addicted to virtual sensation - and bureaucracies are using deadly force to rid themselves of troublemakers. Within this world, self-contained communities live in anarchistic freedom that threatens organized society. ... $6.50
CASUAL REX by Eric Garcia - Random House HC. If you think that all the dinosaurs have died out - take a closer look at your neighbor! Meet two P.I.'s, Vincent and Ernie. They've got regular problems - but being dinosaurs isn't one of them (provided their latex disguises stay in place). Not all dinosaurs agree - some have joined a back-to-basics movement to help dino's free themselves of disguises and roam as they really are. But when a member of this cult dies mysteriously, Vincent and Ernie are on the case! ... $23.95
ANONYMOUS REX by Eric Garcia - Berkley Tpb. He seems like an unusually timid young businessman, but he's harboring a deadly secret - he is actually a velociraptor in disguise, desperately trying to make it in human society. ...$12.95
PILOT'S CHOICE by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - Meisha Merlin Tpb. Two new prequels to the rest of the enthusiatically popular Liaden Universe. In LOCAL CUSTOM, a dutiful son must deal with the law that demands he consumate the contract-marriage his mother has arranged - when he has fallen in love! And in SCOUT'S PROGRESS, Aelliana has a compelling reason to leave her Clan and world. All she needs to do is come up with a spaceship - and learn how to fly it. ... $20.00
- also available PILOT'S CHOICE, HC, Signed by the Authors. ... $40.00
SILK CODE by Paul Levinson - TOR pb. relist. New York City Detective, Phil D'amato, continues his investigation of the silk code, a genetic puzzle that threatens to destroy humanity. Ones of his close friends has just died and if he doesn't find an answer soon he'll be next. ...$7.00
BORROWED TIDES by Paul Levinson - Tor HC. In a world where money for space journeys is hard to come by, even a slightly mad theory that suggests a possible shortcut to the stars is an attractive possibility. Thus it is decided that the multi-talented crew on the first trip to Alpha Centauri, will take a risky space voyage to the nearest star system - and find themselves able, or doomed, to do the impossible - return before they left. ... $22.95
SARDONYX NET by Elizabeth A. Lynn - Ace pb. reprint of 1981 book. Someone stole the dorazine that Starcaptain Dana Ikoro was smuggling onto a slaveworld. Caught in an attempt to recover his property, Dana is sentenced to 10 years of slavery on the dusty planet. But there could be much crueler masters than the beautiful and powerful Rhani Yago. Dana begins to forge a dangerous bond with his master and finds that rebellion may be the highest form of love... ... $7.00
THE STONE CANAL by Ken MacLeod - TOR pb. Life on New Mars is tough for humans, but death is only a minor inconvenience. The machines know their place and the free market rules all. Then a stranger arrives on New Mars, a clone who remembers life on Earth as Jonathan Wilde, an anarchist with a nuclear capability who was accused of losing World War III. He also remembers David, New Mars' leader...and the women they fought over. ... $7.00
DEEPSIX by Jack McDevitt - Harper HC. Deepsix is a galactic rarity - a life supporting planet. However, its 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 descend on the planet to glean what they can before its 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! ... $25.00
PEGASUS IN SPACE by Anne McCaffrey - Del Rey pb. Overpopulated Earth is getting closer to its goal of inhabiting other worlds. The Padrugoi Space Station has been completed and other colonies are being constructed. But there are those who want the outposts and plans for expansion destroyed. The Talented, individuals with awesome psychic powers, stand in their way. ... $7.00
PERDIDO STREET STATION by China Mieville - Del Rey Tpb. Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where human, Re-mades and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliment and its brutal militia. Isaac is a gifted and eccentric scientist with a penchant for Chaos Theory who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, he is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. ...$18.00
LIMIT OF VISION by Linda Nagata - Tor HC. The LoV's (on the Limits of Vision) are the first artificial life form and when implanted directly into the human brain can enhance mental functions at will. But when experiments go wrong and hundreds of minds are destroyed ,all research is contained and suspended. Yet on a small Hawaiian island, three scientists are using themselves as guinea pigs to continue the research... until one of them ends up dead and her comrades are sent on a race around the globe to protect the LoV's from exploitation and destruction. ... $24.95
COMPLETE PARATIME by H. Beam Piper - Ace Tpb. The parallel worlds of Paratime - collected for the first time in one volume. Infinite worlds allow for infinite evil - unless the doorway to those worlds is carefully guarded. The Paratime Police are an elite force of men and women charged with defending a million unsuspecting Earths from their more developed and ruthless neighbors in parallel continua. ...$15.00
BRAIN PLAGUE by Joan Slonczewski - Tor pb. An intelligent race of microbes that can live symbiotically within other species has been colonizing the human race. This is the story of Chrysoberyl: one woman's psychological and moral struggle to adjust to having an ambitious colony of microbes living permanently in her own head. ... $7.00
CASSANDRA COMPLEX by Brian Stableford - Tor Tpb. World War III, the biotech war, is on the horizon and the world we know is coming to an end. A scientist has disappeared with a secret discovery, and suddenly, Lisa is attacked in her apartment - Why are people after her and what did he discover that everyone needs? ... $24.95
THE BIG U by Neal Stephenson - Harper Collins Tpb. Back in print! Neal Stephenson's first novel stars Casimir Radon, a 30 year-old college student. His introduction to American Mega-university is fraught with red tape, Newspeak, and enrollment procedures based on the Catch-22 principle. Having struggled hard to afford a college education, Casimir must now ask himself - What am I doing at the Big U? A hilarious, satiric look at life in the American University. ...$13.00
CHANGER OF WORLDS by David Weber & Eric Flint - Baen HC. 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. 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. ...$25.00
ASHES OF VICTORY: HONOR HARRINGTON by David Weber - Baen pb. The People's Republic of Haven made a mistake when it announced the execution of Honor. They thought she was already dead - they were wrong. Now Honor's escaped from the prison planet Hell and returned to the Manticoran Alliance with half a million friends. Honor's return provides a much needed lift for the Allies' morale. ...$8.00
FLAG IN EXILE by David Weber - Baen HC. A classy hardcover reprint of this fave Honor Harrington title. ... $10.00
DARK IMBALANCE: EVERGENCE 3 by Sean Williams & Shane Dix - Ace pb. Earth is no more, but remnants of humanity still live aboard various starships orbiting the sun. However, an army of genetically enhanced warriors are determined to destoy all mankind. Renegade intelligence agent ,Morgan Roche, has been charged to protect humanity from the clone warriors. She must find the true identity of the enemy, so that she can then learn how to defeat them. ... $7.00
FLOATING POINT: GENERATOR 1 by Gregory Zbitnew - Dream Logic Tpb. This is Dream Logic's first book. November, 2022. The author (assuming a "protected" identity) has spent hours of investigation and archeology to bring you an historical record of the life and mission of Jurgen Ernst (which, until now, has remained cloaked in secrecy). Who is Jurgen Erst? Why has he been kept a secret? And why would someone go to such lengths to be sure his story was told? ...$15.00
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