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Firefly [MultiFormat]
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In the far future Earth is dying. Society has reverted to a more primitive life, much like the Middle Ages. Two men, Matthew and his brother John, who calls himself "Firefly," set out to find the time traveller, the one person who can give purpose to their existence, the one individual who can still access past technology. The Firefly, he who lights his own way, seeks the age of Man's greatness, the time when the human race once owned the stars, when great cities stood in places that have now be... more info>> 2007
Words: 52589 - Reading Time: 150-210 min.
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The Gardens of Tantalus and Other Delusions [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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The stories contained herein deal, directly or indirectly, with manifest delusions. By representing the delusions they feature as delusions, they promote the delusion that delusion can eventually be undermined by the strong-minded, who will thus be enabled to avoid the "bad faith" of which some existentialist philosophers seem to have lived in mortal terror. Included are historical mysteries, fantasies, and science fiction. The tales in this collection include: "The Gardens of Tantalus," "The Lo... more info>> 2008
Words: 67533 - Reading Time: 192-270 min.
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Dark Ararat [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
by Brian Stableford
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 This book takes place several hundred years in the future, when humans have extended lifespans, into the hundreds of years. The central character has been revived from suspended animation aboard a ship that has arrived at a colony planet where there has been a murder. But a larger question, behind the murder, is: is the planet inhabited by an alien race now? There is increasing amount of evidence that the planet had such a race in the distant past, but if it survives, then the planet must become... more info>> 2002
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The Fountains of Youth [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
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 Hundreds of years in the future, Mortimer Gray is born into a world
where he will live potentially forever. After a traumatic natural
disaster killing millions nearly kills him, Gray devotes the next 500
years of his life to a study of death and its effects on human
civilization, viewed from the post-death condition. 2001
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Young Blood [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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A vampire who calls himself Maldureve comes out of the shadowy borderlands of existence in response to the unvoiced desires of philosophy student Anne Charet. By choosing to see him she gives him substance; after feeding him, she too begins to hunger for blood. Maldureve becomes Anne's lover and mentor but he cannot protect her against his own enemies, mysterious creatures of light who call themselves owls because they believe that theirs is the highest wisdom of all. Anne's boyfriend, psycholog... more info>> 1992
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Heterocosms: Science Fiction in Context and Practice [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "The Last Chocolate Bar and the Majesty of Truth: Reflections on the Concept of 'Hardness' in Science Fiction," "How Should a Science Fiction Story End?", "The Third Generation of Genre Science Fiction," "Deus ex Machina; or, How to Achieve a Perfect Science-Fictional Climax," "Biotechnology and Utopia," "Far Futures," "How Should a Science Fiction Story Begin?", and "The Dis... more info>> 2007
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Slaves of the Death Spiders and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "Slaves of the Death Spiders: Colin Wilson and Existential Science Fiction," "Is There No Balm in Gilead? The Woeful Prophecies of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale," "A Few More Crocodile Tears" "The Adventures of Lord Horror Across the Media Landscape," "Filling in the Middle: Robert Silverberg's The Queen of Springtime," "Rice's Relapse: Memnoch the Devil," "Field of B... more info>> 2007
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Omega Expedition [Secure Mobipocket]
by Brian Stableford
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The Omega Expedition is a philosophical novel, a sequel to The Fountains of Youth. It is the extraordinary life-history of Adam Zimmerman, developer of the technology of emortality. The main part of the narrative describes his long-delayed awakening into the 35th century. His exotic hosts--inhabitants of a microworld in the outer solar system--have recruited various interested parties to help with the project, one of whom (inevitably) is the famous historian of death, Mortimer Gray, who is excee... more info>> 2002
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Man in a Cage [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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Harker Lee is a survivor. His mind withstands the threat of insanity and the pressure of imprisonment. His lifelong struggle to keep mind and body together in the face of the hostile environment of the maximum-security block is struggle against the society of his fellow men. But that society can still find a need for him a need for the ability to survive which it is testing to the full. He was taken from his cell once to be used in experiments in reading minds. Now he is brought forth again, to ... more info>> 1975
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Inherit the Earth [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Brian Stableford
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 Damon Hart is the son of a scientist who, through biomedical
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the twenty-second century. He would like to just forget his famous
father and get on with his life. But a terrorist group forces Damon to
confront his heritage--and enter a game he's ill-equipped to survive. 1999
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The Cassandra Complex [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Brian Stableford
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It is the 21st century. World War Three, the biotech war, is on the horizon. The world as we know it is going to end. Lisa Frieman, a forensic researcher, is attacked in her apartment. Jordan Miller, a distinguished scientist with whom Lisa once worked, has disappeared--with his secret discovery. What has he discovered that everyone wants? 2001
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The Eleventh Hour [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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Long ago, Iridia was isolated from the stream of time by magicians trying to preserve the golden age of magic forever. Unfortunately, the land's slow, comfortable decline is about to be forever interrupted by four teenagers, former playmates of Prince Edgar, whose paths are forever entertwined. Adam will become a soldier, and Francis will become a servant. But Sophie wants to be an archivist, a career not open to girls, and Michael is far too adventurous for a gardener. When Sophie borrows a mag... more info>> 2001
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