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August 2002 Catalog - Science Fiction
* YEAR'S BEST SF 19TH ANNUAL COLLECTION SCIENCE FICTION edited by Gardner Dozois - Griffin/ St. Martin's Tpb. This year's Best Of includes stories by Michael Swanwick, Geoff ryman, Allen Steel, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Michael Cassott, Charles Stross and more than a dozen others as well as summations of the year and a recommended reading list. ... $19.95
* YEAR'S BEST SF 19TH ANNUAL SF, also available in HC ... $35.00
* OCEAN OF YEARS by Roger McBride Allen - Spectra pb. Oskar DeSilvo was the director of terraforming for the planet Solace, and has been dead for over one hundred years. But now, as Solace slides into ecological collapse, evidence shows DeSilvo may not be dead, and that the secrets he hold could save not only Solace, but all of humanity. ... $6.50
* HIDDEN EMPIRE: SEVEN SUNS #1 (OF 3) by Kevin J. Anderson - Aspect HC. Having colonized the worlds of the spiral arm, humanity considers itself lord of creation. After all, there are only two other known intelligent species: one harmless, and one extinct. But when humans looking for new territory turn a gas planet into a new sun to make a system inhabitable, in the proccess destroying an outpost of a new intelligent species, more powerful and numerous than ever imagined, the result is a mass war against humanity throughout the galaxy. ... $23.95
* SPHERICAL HARMONIC by Catherine Asaro - Tor pb. The Ruby Dynasty, hereditary rules of the Skolian Empire, struggle to bring together the remnants of their family in the shadow of an interstellar war. Far too many have died, and many more are missing, but they must move quickly if they wish to reclaim their rightful place as rulers of Skolia. ...$7.00
also available: SPHERICAL HARMONIC, HC ... $27.95
* CONTACTING ALIENS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO BRIN'S UPLIFT UNIVERSE by David Brin and Kevin Lenagh - Spectra Tpb. An illustrated guide to the Uplift series, showcasing artistic interpretations of the reptilian Soro, the avian Gubru and the enigmatic Kanten. ... $14.95
* STAR RISK, LTD. by Chris Bunch - Roc pb. A mercenary outfit struggling for recognition, Star Risk takes on an insane mission to spring a dangerous supersoldier from a maximum-security prison, inspired by money, fame and glory.... but mostly the money. ... $7.00
* DERVISH IS DIGITAL by Pat Cadigan - Tor Tpb. Detective Lieutenant Dore Konstantin is back, this time dealing with a bizarre, seemingly-implausible stalker. She has also attracted the attention of an East/West agent named Goku who takes on the Artificial Reality persona of a nine-year-old boy - an AR disguise Konstantin despises. But she must make a deal with Goku to get the goods on the stalker... ... $12.95
* WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET by Eleanor Cameron - Little, Brown and Company Tpb. Reprint. The adventures of Chuck and David, two boys who travel to the alien planet Basidium in their homemade spaceship. ... $7.95
* FIRST MEETINGS by Orson Scott Card - Subterranean HC. A must have for any Ender fan, this volume contains three short stories by Card, including one never before published: "Enders Game," the original short story published in 1977 that started it all, "The Polish Boy," in which Ender's father, as a child, deals with his parents defying the law and having more than two children, and "Investment Counselor," in which Ender first meets Jane, the digital assistant who will transform his life. A slim, but beautiful 149 pages. Signed by the author! ... $25.00
* BURNING HEART OF NIGHT by Ivan Cat - DAW pb. On the beautiful ocean world of New Ascention, a human colony struggles for its very existence, for their home harbors a dark secret - a fatal pathogen that affects all life-forms. As human ranks are decimated by this native virus and civil unrest threatens to erupt into full-scale war, can the special abilities of a deep-space pilot provide the colony with what it needs to survive this complicated and potentially deadly situation? ... $7.00
* STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS by Ted Chiang - Tor HC. Ted Chiang's first published story "Tower of Babylon" won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF reader poll, a second Nebula award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and the Sidwise Award. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Now, collected here for the first time are all seven stories along with a new one "Liking What You See: A Documentary" especially for this volume. ... $24.95
* METAPLANETARY by Tony Daniel - Eos pb. Where do people go when they've outgrown the planets? To the Met-the shining web of living cables that hangs across black space, holding together the inner-planetary system. But some have ventured beyond the close-knit Met to the unexplored outer worlds, wher pioneers have created a risky cultural mix of human and artificial intelligence.For the first time, signs of war are showing, and only a chosen few can avert the coming holocaust...if they can find each other in time. ... $8.00
also available: METAPLANETARY, HC ... $25.00
* FLEET #1 edited by David Drake & Bill Fawcett - Ace pb. (1988) One of the very first military SF shared-worlds, with stories from Poul Anderson, Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Weis and others. Mankind's exploration of the galaxy lead to discovery and conflict with the carnivorous Khalia, and it's up to the brave men and women of The Fleet to protect the home planets. ... $6.50
* PAYING THE PIPER by David Drake - Baen HC. Hammer's Slammers, the best mercenaries money could buy, have been hired to help 'settle' a tariff dispute. For the locals, the war was a matter of principle; to the slammers, it was a paycheck. But the Slammers are drawn into a web of private agendas, a host of street thugs, and the most powerful tanks on the planet as they try to prove once again that the Slammers simply cannot be beaten. ... $24.00
* MOCKING PROGRAM by Alan Dean Foster - Aspect HC. Angel Cardenas is a hard-working police detective in 21st century Los Angeles, with a special talent for knowing what others will do in any given situation. While investigating the murder of a businessman, Cardenas is almost killed in an explosion at the victim's home, and the woman and young girl living with him have disappeared. And why doesn't the victim's ID match his DNA scan? ... $24.95
* STAINLESS STEEL TRIO by Harry Harrison - Forge HC. Omnibus collection of A STAINLESS STEEL RAT IS BORN, THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT GETS DRAFTED and THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT SINGS THE BLUES. ... $26.95
* BLACK OXEN by Elizabeth Knox - Picador Tpb. Set in the year 2022, Carne Risk relives the adventures she had with her not quite human father as she pursues him through two worlds and three identities. ... $14.00
* CONFLICT OF HONORS: LIADEN #3 by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller - Ace pb. First published in 1988, and currently available as the first of three novels in the omnibus PARTNERS IN NECESSITY, this is the third Liaden novel by internal chronology. It is also a fine stand-alone adventure, and a good spot to try out what might become a favorite series for you. Exiled from her family as a youngster, then deserted by a corrupt starship captain, Priscilla has none-the-less become a woman of extraordinary skills. Shan yos'Galan has his own scores to settle with her previous captain. But adding her to his crew brings its own share of risk, from further encounters with his enemy to threats from her mysterious past. ... $6.50
* MED SHIP by Murray Leinster - Baen pb. Omnibus paperback of all four volumes of the Med Ship saga: THE MUTANT WEAPON (1959), DOCTOR TO THE STARS (1964), THIS WORLD IS TABOO (1961) and S. O. S. FROM THREE WORLDS (1966), which chronicle the adventures of the Interstellar Medical Service whose task is to protect human explorers and colonists from potentially lethal alien microbes. Edited by Eric Flint. ... $8.00
* MEMORIES END: WEB WARRIORS by James Luceno - Del Rey pb. Tech and marz are brothers. Orphans and misfits everywhere except on the Virtual Network, where their monster gaming skills leave challengers choking on their datastreams. Their hacking expertise earns them serious cash as freelance cyber-sleuths, and a mean game of Death Run is nothing for them. But when they're almost killed - for real - on a routine virtual mission ... $7.00
* STAR FRACTION by Ken MacLeod - Tor Tpb. The story of a mercenary, a scientist and a teenager whose lives all play a part in the Watchmaker's plans. The plans will overcome the deadly peace process set up by the UN/US forces. The events of this book set the stage for Macleod's later books but are stand alone stories that can be read in any order. ...$14.95
* CHINDI by Jack McDevitt - Ace HC. On a routine survey mission studying a neutron star, an Academy starship receives a transmission in an unknown language. Before leaving the area, the starship launches a series of satellites to find the signal - and perhaps discover its origins. Five years later, a signal is encounters, and the Contact Society provides a starship for Captain Priscilla Hutchins to find the source. From world to world, Hutch and her crew follow the siginal, but find only puzzles and lethal surprises, until they reach a planetary system far beyond the bounds of previous exploration - and find an object that may hold all the answers. ... $22.95
* SCAR by China Miéville - Del Rey Tpb. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, prisoners, slaves and a handful of desperate travelers are being transported to a fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. When the ship is besieged by pirates, the senior officials are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to a floating city constructed upon the hulls of pirated ships, a place whose leaders harbor a sinister agenda. ...$18.95
* OCTAGONAL RAVEN by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. - Tor pb. Daryn Alwyn was born to privilege, with preselected genetic advantages and the best nanotech augmentation that his father's fortune could buy. So when he chooses to leave behind the family Media Network to seek his own path as a space pilot and then media consultant - he easily rises to the top. But now he's at the receiving end of sophisticated murder attempts, and when his sister is killed, he finds himself the heir to her fortune - further throwing his world upside down. ... $8.00
also available: OCTAGONAL RAVEN, HC ... $27.95
* LIMIT OF VISION by Linda Nagata - Tor pb. A young scientist lies dead in a top-secret Hawaiian laboratory, a victim of an illegal experiment with the forbidden nanotechnology known as LoVs-intelligent organisms that live at the limits of human vision. In Vietnam's Mekong Delta, a daring journalist probes a cult rumored to have awesome powers. And in high Earth orbit, a new stage of evolution is about to begin. ... $7.00
* JANUS by Andre Norton - Baen Tpb. Omnibus tradepaperback of JUDGEMENT ON JANUS (1963) and VICTORY ON JANUS (1966). While working on the remote jungle planet of Janus, Naill Renfro begins to remember another existance as a native of this planet and embarks on a quest to uncover the mysterious source of his strange memories as well as protect the planet Janus from the human and alien invaders despoiling it. ... $15.00
* STAR SOLDIERS by Andre Norton - Baen pb. Omnibus paperback of STAR GUARD (1955) and STAR RANGERS (1953). ... $7.00
* SOL'S CHILDREN edited by Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg - DAW pb. 16 original tales of what awaits humankind as we set out to explore and colonize our solar system. Includes stories from Tomthy Zahn, Roland Green, Mike Resnick, Jack Haldeman, Michael A. Stackpole. ... $7.00
* OUTPOST by Mike Resnick - TOR Tpb. Returning to the western-style frontier space empire, Resnick tells the story of a bar, The Outpost, on the planet Henry II. The Outpost is neutral-territory, but when an alien invastion strikes Henry II, it becomes the focal point for the resistance. ... $15.95
* FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson - Tor pb. (2001) Dreamworld - the most wonderful amusement park in the world - where clever engineering and high tech tricks not only help people have the the time of their lives, but make those lives a better place. Mike, a youngster caught in a bad situation, devises a scheme to stay in Dreamworld for good. He finds unexpected friends, incredible dangers and winds up fighting for both his life and the existence of the park. ... $7.00
also available: FREE LUNCH, HC ... $22.95
* DISAPPEARED: RETRIEVAL ARTIST #1 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Roc pb. In a world where humans and aliens co-exist, where murder is sanctioned and no one can find safe haven, one group of private detectives is willing to help the "Disappeared" find their way home. ... $6.50
* CHILD OF VENUS by Pamela Sargent - Eos pb. The terraforming of Venus was begun centuries ago, and the many generations that will need to pass before the planet becomes habitable has caused strife and conflict among its population. As the alliance of home planet Earth and Venus fragments, and rumors of betrayal from the cybernetically enhanced "Habbers" lead to catastrophe, it is up to young Mahala to take steps to ensure that there is a future for this struggling race. ... $8.00
also available: CHILD OF VENUS, HC ... $25.00
* ARGONAUT by Stanley Schmidt - Tor HC. Three decades in the future, a man notices a strange flying insect unlike any he has seen before. When it stings him, he is overwhelmed by a tidal wave of memories. As he collapses, he manages to catch and hold onto the bug. At the hospital, the creature releases a swarm of even smaller insects that sting the med techs and several other people. Their investigations lead them to suspect a tiny but wide-scales invasion of earth. ... $25.95
* DARK SIDE OF NOWHERE by Neal Shusterman - Starscape/ Tor Tpb. (1965) Jason is having a bad day, the kind of day when you just don't feel like yourself. Only this time, it's not just a feeling. He really isn't himself. And it's not just him. Everyone in town is acting weird. Billington is usually such a normal town, but as Jason is about to discover, nothing will ever be normal again. ... $6.00
* ONLY FORWARD by Michael Marshall Smith - Subterranean Press HC. (1994) Stark fixes problems, but if you need his help you're in for a lot of trouble. Because when Stark fixes something, a lot of other things get broken. His new assignment to find a missing VP looks like it just CAN'T be a simple kidnapping - and he's right. Limited to 750 numbered copies, and Signed by the Author. No Discount. ... $40.00
also available: ONLY FORWARD, pb ... $6.50
* COLLECTED STORIES OF VERNOR VINGE by Vernor Vinge - Orb/ Tor Tpb. For the first time, Vernor Vinge gathers all his short fiction into a single volume. This collection is truly the definitive Vinge, capturing his visionary ideas at their very best. It also contains a never-before-published novella. ... $15.95
* FIRST LANDING by Robert Zubrin
- Ace pb. The author of The Case for Mars and Entering Space brings us his
first fiction novel, with all the careful scientific accuracy one could
expect. When the first exploratory mission to Mars is stranded, five scientists
must save themselves. The race is on - not for credit or discovery, but
for survival. ... $7.00
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