Lord Valentine's Castle

Author	Orson Scott Card
ISBN	0765309041

Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will never be realized. He is a "rad" -- radical regenerative. A freak among people who can regenerate injured flesh... and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. For, on a planet without hard metals...

Author	Alan Dean Foster
ISBN	0743498259

When I was young and dumb--even dumber than I am now--I spent a summer as a live-in staff member at a prestigious, World's-Top-Hideaways-list-making New Zealand luxury lodge, waiting tables and working housekeeping. For a hundred bucks a week in my pocket. This is one of the numerous downsides to having...

Author	Jack Vance
ISBN	0575073748

The Elder Isles, located in what is now the Bay of Biscay off the the coast of Old Gaul, are made up of ten contending kingdoms, all vying with each other for control. At the centre of much of the intrigue is Casmir, the ruthless and ambitious king of Lyonesse. His beautiful but otherworldly daughter, Suldrun,...

Author	Spider Robinson
ISBN	0523485719

Any future book written in 1977 is not only going to get a few things wrong, but have a very different sensibility. Fortunately, this book is not handicapped by that, because of its focus on dance and music as a way to communicate-- with aliens. When you think about that, it makes sense.

Our narrator...

Author	Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN	0765312220

E. C. "Scar" Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia , but he hadn't given up his habit of scanning the Personals in the newspaper. One ad in particular leapt out at him:

"ARE YOU A COWARD? This is not for you. We badly need a brave man. He must be 23 to 25 years...

Author	John Brunner
ISBN	0345467175

One man has made it his mission to liberate the mental prisoners. to restore their freedom in a world run mad.

Nickie Halflinger, the only person to escape from Tarnover- where they raise hyper-intelligent children to maintain the political dominance of the USA in the 21st century – is on...

Author	John Varley
ISBN	0441900674

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.


Sex and Buzz Bombs: "Wizard" by John Varley


(Original Review, 1980-12-16)


It introduces more complications into the plot of the TITAN series, and clears up some nagging items as well; ever wonder...

Author	John Brunner
ISBN	0312940602

This is a collection of stories of the Traveller in Black. It is set in a world where chaos rules. One man - the man with many names, but one nature - is charged with creating order out of the warring forces of nature.

Contents:
Imprint of Chaos (1960)
Break the Door of Hell (1966)
The...

Author	Frank Herbert
ISBN	0450017982

This book may be the ultimate secret agent novel.
It could also be the most insanely ambitious work of anthropological science fiction.
It's also a gold mine for anyone interested in Frank Herbert's work.

Let me explain...

The Godmakers is a fix-up novel, a cluster of short...

Author

Peter F. Hamilton

All the best in humanity rises to meet a powerful alien threat in the sequel to Salvation—part of an all-new trilogy from “the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction” (Ken Follett).

The comparative utopia of twenty-third-century Earth is about to go dreadfully awry...