The River of Time

Author	Charles Sheffield
ISBN	0345369378

It was just before Summertide, the time when the twin planets, Opal and Quake, would orbit closest to their sun, subjecting both—but Quake in particular— to vast tidal forces. And it was to be the most violent Summertide ever, due to the Grand Conjunction of the system's stars and planets, something...

Author	Gregory Benford
ISBN	0446611549

Make no mistake. There are some mind-blowing concepts in this book. A band of humans are on the run from a race of mechanical beings. They've stolen a ship and eluded pursuit, heading for a star system that should support them. But when they arrive, they find a destroyed and abandoned mech civilization--it...

Author	Philip José Farmer
ISBN	0425064875

Contents:

· Riverworld [revised from Worlds of Tomorrow Jan ’66; Riverworld] · na *
· J.C. on the Dude Ranch · ss *
· The Volcano [as by Paul Chapin] · ss F&SF Feb ’76
· The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol · ss Playboy Dec ’77
· The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among...

Author	George W. Proctor
ISBN	0380793350

ix • Introduction (Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume III) • (1981) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
2 • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman • (1965) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison
15 • The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth • (1965) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
49...

Author	Robert Silverberg
ISBN	0450032604

THOSE WHO WATCH is the strange, seductive novel of three inadvertent colonists from outer space whose accidental encounter with Earth triggers interplanetary conflict. It also the most unusual love story ever written.
VORNEEN—the seducer, in the shell of an Apollo who came out of nowhere...

Author

Robert Charles Wilson

Robert Charles Wilson's time has come. His first novel from Tor, Darwinia, was a finalist for science fiction's Hugo award, and a #1 Locus bestseller in paperback. His next novel, Bios, is a critical and commercial success. Now Wilson's brilliant short science fiction is available in book form for...

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0449209903

This is a quite varied selection of short stories based around the theme of being the last man alive. As with most collections, some are good, some less so.

"The Underdweller" by William F Nolan - A man living in the Los Angeles sewer system avoids the city's new inhabitants.
"Flight to Forever"...

Author	Greg Bear
ISBN	1857989791

Multi-award winning author Greg Bear established himself as the most ambitious & imaginative of the potential successors to Arthur C. Clarke with his bestselling space operas Eon & Eternity. Tangents is his 1st collection of short stories & includes two tales that won both Hugo &...

Author	Kim Stanley Robinson
ISBN	0312935951

They sailed out of Lisbon harbor with the flags snapping and the brass culverins gleaming under a high white sun, priests proclaiming in sonorous Latin the blessing of the Pope, soldiers in armor jammed on the castles fore and aft, and sailors spiderlike in the rigging, waving at the citizens of the town...

Author	Larry Niven
ISBN	0345321421

• The Lion in His Attic - (1982)
• Spirals - (1979) - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• A Teardrop Falls - (1983)
• Talisman - (1981) - Larry Niven and Dian Girard
• Flare Time - (1978)
• The Locusts - (1979) - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
• Yet Another Modest Proposal:...

Author	C.J. Cherryh
ISBN	0886771293

Currently resident in Spokane, Washington, C.J. Cherryh has won four Hugos and is one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed authors in the science fiction and fantasy field. She is the author of more than forty novels. Her hobbies include travel, photography, reef culture, Mariners baseball,...

Author	Joe Haldeman
ISBN	0380476053

I've read several of Joe Haldeman's novels, and enjoyed them, though he's not one of my favourite authors. His SF tends to be towards the hard end, though with plenty of human drama to it - much of it referencing his experiences in Vietnam. Hardish SF about war is a bit out of my central preference zone, so...

Author	Bruce Sterling
ISBN	0929480708

Non so davvero perché, ma non riesco ancora a farmi piacere Sterling come vorrei. E dire che lui è proprio il padre cofondatore del genere che più amo, il cyberpunk. Alla fantascienza visionaria e ipertecnologica di Gibson, che preferisco, si affianca quella più sociologica e geopolitica di Sterling....

Author	Stephen Baxter
ISBN	0006498140

I'm not usually a fan of short stories, but if you're curious about reading Stephen Baxter this is a good place to start. You get an idea of the kind of writer he is and the sort of science fiction that he's interested in.

Baxter's interest in 19th Century science fiction, alternate histories and...