Stile, a serf on Proton, escapes death by the aid of Sheen, his robot lady, who shows him the way of escape to the magic world of Phaze, where he again finds his life endangered.

In 2301, a psychopathic business magnate comes up with the ultimate plan to eliminate his competition and destroy the order of society.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to live through a bio-weapon attack or to have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology-and its various uses-run amok. 'Anda's Game' is a spin on the bizarre new phenomenon of 'cyber sweatshops,' in...

A new compilation of short fiction includes a never-before-published Heechee story and other science fiction tales.

Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.

Prompted in part by American development of SDI by the Reagan administration, the United States and the Soviet Union fight a "limited" nuclear war in 1988. Washington, DC, and San Antonio are vaporized. New York City is left in ruins. Electromagnetic pulses wipe out computers and electronic car ignitions. Radiation sickness is followed by famine and a flu epidemic. Five years after Warday, two writers tour what was the United States to assemble this...

Contains a collection of short stories written by Isaac Asimov between 1940 through the 1980s, that explore the themes of science fiction, such as robotics, space travel, and aliens

Follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. and a man so in love with Life that he refused to stop living it; and so in love with Time that he became is own ancestor.--

Friday is a secret courier and ardent lover. Employed by a man she only knows of as "Boss," she is given the most awkward and dangerous cases, which take her from New Zealand to Canada, and through the new States of America's disunion, all the way out into the stars and the new colony of Botany Bay. Thrust into one calamity after another, she uses her enhanced wits and very many skills to evade, seduce or even kill her way out of any sticky situation...

A collection of stories from Katherine V. Forrest, a pioneer of lesbian fiction and a four-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award. From erotic speculation to incisive investigation, from moral dilemma to chilling horror, and from peril to passion, Forrest takes readers across the vivid landscape of her mind.The collection features the treasured erotic novella "O Captain, My Captain." Also includes stories featuring LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield...