Masks of the Martyrs
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| Author | Glenn Kleier |
| ISBN | 0446605980 |
The Barnes & Noble Review:
Christmas Eve, 1999. A comet, satellite, or perhaps the finger of God, rends the night sky above Israel and rains fiery destruction on a top-secret military research facility in the Negev. Only one mute and naked survivor struggles from the ruins in the aftermath...
| Author | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| ISBN | 0441113826 |
One of Asprin's earlier works, but one that still has impact and relevance in today's world, some 35 years after he wrote it. He took his cue from one of Frederick Pohl's books, "The Space Merchants". Multi-national corporations have become bigger and more powerful that governments. Instead of just...
| Author | Christopher Anvil |
| ISBN | 1416521429 |
Humans—there’s no understanding them, and no dealing with them either. Or even their planet. Pity the poor aliens, whose shape-changing ability should let them take over the planet Earth before the humans even know they’re there—if it weren’t for all that omnipresent pollution. Or consider...
| Author | Frederik Pohl |
| ISBN | 0345339754 |
Sandy Washington was a pretty normal guy. The only unusual thing about him was that Sandy had been raised by aliens on their spaceship. The Hakh'hli had done everything they could to give Sandy an Earth-type boyhood. Now, finally, the Hakh'hli were bringing Sandy home to Earth. And while they were at...
Diskan Fentress, mutant son of an interstellar explorer, felt himself out of place on the luxury worlds of civilized space. It was not until he stole a spaceship and a travel key to the unexplored planet Mimir that he first felt his latent powers to be of some worth.
For Mimir was a world of strange...
| Author | Gordon R. Dickson |
| ISBN | 0312866623 |
Shane, a gifted linguist, has spent his life learning the language of the old and powerful alien race that has conquered Earth. He has learned it so well that the interstellar masters, old hands at enslaving planets, regard him as a valuable servant.
But Shane has a secret. One day, in a rebellious...
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
| ISBN | 0060129999 |
For the hedonistic immortals who dwell at the End of Time, the return of Jherek Carnelian with Mrs. Amelia Underwood - a reluctant time-traveler from Victorian England - is cause for jubilant celebration. Led by Jherek's mother, the Iron Orchid, the immortals set off on a mad spree of spectacular festivities....
| Author | John Wyndham |
| ISBN | 0340158352 |
Aircraft designer Dale Currance undertakes a journey to Mars in an effort to capture the prize being offered to the first man to complete an interplanetary journey, but a female stowaway throws his plans into disarray.
An international prize of one billion has been offered to the first man...
This trilling tale of dystopian espionage in a post-apocalyptic Japan completes the story that started with Whispers of the Dead—
HAVING LITTLE HOPE left, Roshike’s friends refuse to give up as they approach the endgame of their effort to take down the power behind the Batsu. Against...
| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
| ISBN | 0345246772 |
The first in a series of Star Trek: The Animated Series adaptations. Published by Ballantine Books in June 1974. Including adaptations for:
- Beyond The Farthest Star (Kirk's crew come across an ancient derelict vessel, but something is still living inside it.)
- Yesteryear (Spock...
Soul Source: Back and There Again
Would you go back in time and undo the worst thing you'd ever done if you knew there was a one percent chance it would kill everyone involved? Two percent?
When Agnes is asked to send someone back to expose her darkest secret she knows she has to prevent the mission. But Homeland Security's watching...
Dead Americans and Other Stories
| Author | Ben Peek |
| ISBN | 1771481714 |
I wrote it, so you cannot trust me to be honest. The main point of this 'review' is to simply list the stories in the volume for those curious about its contents. There are also links to story notes for each story, and a soundtrack. Consider it the online extras portion of the book.
Introduction...
| Author | Greg Bear |
| ISBN | 0316224006 |
A new planet. A new battle. Same war.
After barely surviving his last tour on Mars, Master Sergeant Michael Venn finds himself back on earth in enforced isolation. Through a dangerous series of operations he returns to Mars to further his investigation into the Drifters--ancient artifacts suddenly...
| Author | Lawrence Watt-Evans |
| ISBN | 1587156253 |
Pause with me for a moment and admire the silliness of this book's cover...
...gotta love the cheese platter that swords and sandals can provide from time to time.
What I didn't love: middle book syndrome--as in Watt-Evans increasing the amount of exposition while slowing down the...
| Author | Piers Anthony |
| ISBN | 0812530721 |
Alien Plot: A man of our world is sent across the boundaries of an alien dimension. His task is to infiltrate the native culture--But once there he discovers that an alien plot of ground can become home.
This brand-new story leads off a collection of sixteen tales by Piers Anthony--including...
| Author | Fred Saberhagen |
| ISBN | 0812505778 |
Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life for greedy mortals to scramble over. Too late, the gods learned that they had forged too well; the Swords could kill the gods themselves.
Now, ages later, the Swords are back in human hands, as powerful as ever....
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| ISBN | 0756401674 |
Three books in one volume. I am reasonably sure I've read all of these before but it would have been a really long time ago. I have most of the Darkover books in paper packed in boxes somewhere. Anyway, the Star of Danger is your basic boys' adventure story with the human boy visiting the alien locals and getting...
