The Far Side of Evil

Author	Jeffrey A. Carver
ISBN	0765315416

For forty years, the Twelve Colonies of Man experienced peace, united since the war against the man-made Cylons. The Cylons, mechanical beings created to perform the manual labor civilization required, were gone forever…or so humanity thought.

But in those years, the Cylons developed...

Author	Jerry Pournelle
ISBN	0765345315

Kit has never known any life but his existence at the protected laboratory compound known as Starswarm Station. And for all that time he has heard the Voice: an artificial intelligence chip implanted in his skull. It guides him and helps protect him from the planet's many dangers, including roaming...

Author	Monica Hughes
ISBN	0689833903

It was her tenth birthday on Isis. By Earth years, she would be sixteen. But Olwen Pendennis had never been to Earth. She had been born on Isis. And since her parents' death, she had lived there alone, manning the Isis Light -- a "lighthouse" in space designed to aid ships, and to bring settlers from Earth....

Author	Robin Klein
ISBN	0140361715

The hilarious account of a crazy alien family's stay on earth, as their extra-terrestrial powers and ignorance of earth customs get them into trouble, and adventures.

The planet Zyrgon is ruled by the galactic police called The Law-Enforcers, who are after Mortimer because has cheated the...

Author	Keith Robertson
ISBN	0140341463

Henry Reed has another sure-fire money-making plan--but the kids of Grover's Corner have plans of their own

An intelligent person like Henry should have no problem riding herd on the town's toddlers. But Henry's never tangled with such monsters as daredevil Danny, whose stunts keep Henry...

Author	Sheri S. Tepper
ISBN	0553269445

I finished this last night, and expressed a deep sigh of satisfaction as I laid it on the bedside table and turned out the light.

Vintage Tepper. And a lovely piece of work it is.

Jubal, a planet in the process of colonization by humans, is a world full of strange and wonderful things, some...

Author

Janet Kagan

Murder, Mystery, and Interstellar Intrigue Hugo Award winner Janet Kagan's Hellspark is now back in print Lassti, a newly discovered planet, is the center of political intrigue. Recently, Oloitokitok, the planet survey team's physicist was found dead. Was he killed? If so, by whom? One of his fellow...

Author	S.L. Viehl
ISBN	0451460081

It was an enjoyable, quick read except for the idiotic romance. Viehl writes great aliens. She points out potential cultural differences from humans in a way that feels objective and interesting. And she's a good story teller. But she has serious issues when it comes to love and respect. The guy in this...

Author	Zilpha Keatley Snyder
ISBN	0595370306

Eight-year-old Teera finds herself above the powerful Root that keeps her Erdling community captive underground. The Erdlings are feared and despised by the Kindar people who live in the massive trees above. Raamo and Neric, two young Kindar discover Teera and for reasons of their own decide to keep...

Author	James H. Schmitz
ISBN	0671578510

Telzey Amberdon was only in her teens when she discovered that she was a telepath. Not only a telepath, but a xenotelepath, able to communicate mentally not just with humans, but with alien intelligences. And she turned out to be one of the most powerful telepaths in the history of the galactic civilization...

Author	Nina Kiriki Hoffman
ISBN	0670060712

Great concept, lackluster execution. It wasn't horrible, it was just utterly boring. I was going to give it 3 stars, but when it came down to it, I didn't "like it", it "was ok", which is what the stars say when you hover over them. :)

The story takes place over 2-3 days, and we are supposed to just...

Author	Susan Butler
ISBN	0440228964

In the tradition of Lois Lowry's The Giver, Susan Butler's futuristic first novel tells the triumphant story of Leora's refusal to conform to the rigid rules set forth by a tyrannical government.

Leora has a gift, and a secret. She can see things no one else can, but can only draw them with her...

Author	Martin Mellett
ISBN	0671819119

Tony and Tia, those daring kids from another world, must protect their supernatural powers from the greedy Letha and her power-hungry scientist friend who want to exploit their mysterious abilities. A rousing tale written by Alexander Key, the author of Escape to Witch Mountain, plunges Tony and...

Author	Diane Duane
ISBN	0812523695

I love Segnbora (love love love Segnbora). I love dragons. I love like 95% of this book. But there are maybe 5 pages that just destroyed the story for me. You can look at other reviews for more details, as I am far from the only person to have this issue. (CW for discussion of (view spoiler)[rape (hide spoiler)].

Author	Liz Williams
ISBN	0553583778

From Liz Williams comes a bold and provocative novel of the future in which the vast Indian subcontinent, home to thousands of gods, is visited by all-powerful alien beings from a distant world of controlled, sterile perfection. But what is their purpose: to free humanity–or to enslave it?

EMPIRE...

Author	Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN	0374469849

Sixteen-year-old Bjarni Sigurdson didn’t mean to kill the man of the White Christ. But the man kicked Bjarni’s dog. So Bjarni dunked the old man’s head in the water for just a short time. How was Bjani to know the man couldn’t hold his breath very long, and so drowned? And how was Bjarni to know that...

Author

Kathryn Lasky

Darci is thirteen and just starting to wonder about her world and what (if any) sense it makes. Living as a Genhaunt in the year 3038, Darci has suddenly been interested in the Originals, the group of people who cannot afford the 48th chromosome and are therefore considered below her rank. Because of a...

Author	Connie Willis
ISBN	0446677426

These ten classic stories, each featuring well-developed, strong female characters, have garnered numerous literary awards and span every style and theme in speculative fiction.

Contents:
Inertia / Nancy Kress
Even the Queen / Connie Willis
Fool's Errand / Sarah Zettel
Rachel...

Author	Neal Shusterman
ISBN	1442451173

In this conclusion to The Star Shards Chronicles, powerful and terrifying invaders have arrived from a parallel dimension, and only the Star Shards can prevent the destruction of the human race.

Six children were conceived at the exact moment that the star Mentaras-H went supernova, and...

Author	Steven M. Gillon
ISBN	0195322789

Most Americans saw President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich as staunch foes--"the polar extremes of Pennsylvania Avenue." But as Steven Gillon reveals in The Pact, these powerful adversaries formed a secret alliance in 1997, a pact that would have rocked the political landscape, had it not...

Author	Steve Perry
ISBN	0441008151

Fifteen years after Earth, Cale Tucker still remembers the invasion of the alien Drej—but with Human survivors scattered across the galaxy, he has forgotten how to dream. Until he discovers a map left for him by his brilliant scientist father. A map that reveals the location of a legendary spacecraft...

Author	Paula Kamen
ISBN	1433205173

Iris Chang, bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking and tireless human rights activist, symbolized strength to many in the literary and social justice worlds. Her fearlessness made it all the more shocking when she committed suicide in 2004 at age thirty-six. Longtime friend and confidante Paula...

Author	Ben Bova
ISBN	0765343614

He's passed his college entrance exams with flying colors. He can do pretty much whatever he wants. But what teenager Ron Morgan wants most is for his father to quit telling him what to do. Quit running his life. What better way to unwind than having a last blowout on Labor Day in the domed playground of Fun...