Lifehouse
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| Author | Manly Wade Wellman |
| ISBN | 0671654187 |
Collection of 17 short stories (written in two chronological periods, 1951-58 and 1979-86) plus a few ultra-short vignettes written in 1962-63, presented in the order they were written, and all set in Appalachia and featuring Wellman series character Silver John. John wanders the mountains on foot...
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0380507730 |
Contents include: The Science Fiction Blowgun by Isaac Asimov / A Loint of Paw by Isaac Asimov / The Advent on Channel Twelve by C. M. Kornbluth / Plaything by Larry Niven / The Misfortune Cookie by Charles E. Fritch / I Wish I May, I Wish I Might by Bill Pronzini / FTA by George R. R. Martin / Trace by Jerome Bixby...
| Author | Linda Evans |
| ISBN | 0671875949 |
The sad thing is their are some really cool ideas like the idea that Odin is a villain and that it looks at the monsters as more of as tragic characters instead of as villains like they usually are. But the problem comes mostly with the main character Randy is just really boring and seems more like a gary stu...
| Author | K.D. Wentworth |
| ISBN | 0671577883 |
This book caught my interest from the first page and I had trouble putting it down. I was up past my bedtime last night because I couldn’t go to sleep until I had finished the book.
The story centers around Heyoka Blackeagle, an alien from the hrinnti species. He was stolen from his people as a...
Jason Wood was just an information specialist - finding data for research, enhancing photos for the police, a nice, usually quiet profession whose only dangers came from and occasional crook trying to eliminate the evidence. The a body with two holes in its neck and no blood left turned up at his back...
| Author | Poul Anderson |
| ISBN | 0812530225 |
After being less than impressed by “a harvest of stars” I decided to give the sequel a go.
And let’s get it over with from the start, it is a far better story. 3.5 stars.
Where “harvest” focussed on the humans leaving earth, this one focuses on the ones who stayed behind.
In...
| Author | Tom Maddox |
| ISBN | 1419122711 |
The curse of the missing half star strikes again. Calling this book a three would be a disservice, but it's not quite entertaining enough to be a full four.
A Creative Commons novel freely available at Manybooks.net as well as the authour's own site and traditional formats, it's a trippy examination...
| Author | Eric Flint |
| ISBN | 1416555854 |
The planet Miran had sent a spaceship to rendezvous with the enormous vessel that was approaching their star system. The vessel’s design was odd—a multitude of separate globular habitats in a framework—and most of the alien team that entered one of the habitats were slaughtered by savage creatures...
| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
| ISBN | 0441771556 |
New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster presents a story of miracles amid the wreckage of modern science. Living next to a toxic chemical dump is Jake Pickett, the magic man. He can turn bullets to dust or collapse skyscrapers with his mind. But all he really wants to do with his "magic" is entertain...
| Author | Lawrence Watt-Evans |
| ISBN | 0345344391 |
The cyborg code-named "Slant" was sent out as an Independent Reconnaissance Unit during an interstellar war between Earth and its colonies. The fighting ended three hundred years ago, but Slant's computer does not admit this -- he is compelled to carry on as if the war were still raging.
Then...
| Author | Thomas J. Ryan |
| ISBN | 0671559702 |
This is the story of P-1, the most charming--and frightening--literary "child" since Robert Heinlein's Mycroft Holmes, and a tour de force in the literary exploration of artificial intelligence.
A young college student writes a self replicating computer “virus,” programed to survive,...
The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King
| Author | Lynn Abbey |
| ISBN | 0786904763 |
"I, Hamanu . . . "
Hamanu the Innocent - his parents killed by an invading party of trolls. Hamanu the Survivor - enlists as a soldier, forging himself into the same heartless mercenary that killed his parents. Hamanu the Victorious - powerful warrior-king, and scourge of the Tablelands. Hamanu...
| Author | Mercedes Lackey |
| ISBN | 0671721453 |
Though I have yet to play a game from the Wing Commander series, this book has gotten me interested in the universe and has started me looking for a sale on Origin to buy a copy. I enjoyed how the book takes some time in delving into the characteristics of the cultures and differences between the Humans, Kilrathi,...
The Magic Goes Away Collection: The Magic Goes Away/The Magic May Return/More Magic
| Author | Larry Niven |
| ISBN | 0743416937 |
Larry Niven created his popular "Magic Goes Away" universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. The success of his...
| Author | Steven Barnes |
| ISBN | 0812531523 |
This book is easily in my top 20 books of all time. It was the first book I read in the Aubrey Knight Series (though I'm not sure I would recommend starting here) and it's still my favorite. Barnes holds an amazing pace with this book. It's full of hard-hitting action and believable Science Fiction. Gorgon...
