Ancient, My Enemy
10 best books like Ancient, My Enemy (Gordon R. Dickson): The Damnation Game, The Magic of Recluce, Jesus' Son, The Archer's Tale, The Thief of Always, Nightfall, Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury, Asimov's Mysteries, A Science Fiction Omnibus, The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
| Author | Clive Barker |
| ISBN | 0425188930 |
There are things worse than death. There are games so seductively evil, so wondrously vile, no gambler can resist. Amid the shadow-scarred rubble of World War II, Joseph Whitehead dared to challenge the dark champion of life’s ultimate game. Now a millionaire, locked in a terror-shrouded fortress...
| Author | L.E. Modesitt Jr. |
| ISBN | 0812505182 |
Young Lerris is dissatisfied with his life and trade, and yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. But in Recluce a change in circumstances means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the...
| Author | Denis Johnson |
| ISBN | 0060975776 |
Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory vision of contemporary American life unmatched in power and immediacy and marks a new level of achievement for this acclaimed writer. In their intensity of perception, their neon-lit evocation of a strange...
| Author | Bernard Cornwell |
| ISBN | 0060935766 |
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.
At dawn on Easter morning...
| Author | Clive Barker |
| ISBN | 0060177241 |
Master storyteller and bestselling novelist Clive Barker creates an enchanting tale for both children and adults to cherish and retell. The Thief of Always tells the haunting story of Harvey, a bright 10-year-old who is suffering from the winter doldrums, and of a creature who takes him to a place where...
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0553290991 |
Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen the Stars. Then, one by one your suns start to set, gradually leading you into Darkness for the first time ever. Image the terror of such a Nightfall.
Scientists on the planet Kalgash discover...
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
From Wikipedia--
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury is the fourth novel in the Lucky Starr series, six juvenile science fiction novels by Isaac Asimov that originally appeared under the pseudonym Paul French. The novel was first published by Doubleday & Company in March 1956. Since...
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0449210758 |
13 INCREDIBLE TALES BY THE INCOMPARABLE MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION:
THE SINGING BELL—An intergalactic criminal steals treasured, musical lunar artifacts.
THE TALKING STONE—A spaceship crew is planning on some illegal uranium mining with the help of on intelligent creature...
| Author | Brian W. Aldiss |
| ISBN | 0141188928 |
This new edition of Brian Aldiss' classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall", first published in 1941, to the 2006 story "Friends in Need" by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison,...
| Author | Ian Watson |
| ISBN | 1845297792 |
As usual, I've reviewed each story as I've come to it.
The Raft of the Titanic by James Murrow
The problem with taking the obvious route when applying alternative history to HMS Titanic is that if you create a story where the Titanic doesn’t ship it becomes a case of “so what?” The interesting...
