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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2009 [MultiFormat]
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  People often wish they could keep their youth forever, but what if they really could, in an extreme way? And what if somebody else makes that decision for them, to keep the physical and mental advantages of a child while gaining some of the best features of adulthood? That's what happens in "Evergreen," Shane Tourtellotte's lead novelette in our September issue. And, as so often happens, the ramifications of a choice that sounds simple are far more complex and less clear-cut than those who make ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2009 [MultiFormat]
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World Fantasy- and Stoker-Award finalist Michael Blumlein makes his Asimov's debut in our August issue with the tender, witty, and beautifully written "California Burning." In it, a man, eager to bury his recently passed father, finds the task is much more difficult than he'd expected. Along the way, he also discovers that his father wasn't quite who he seemed, and that dealing with the aftermath of a parent's death is a much riskier and difficult affair when that parent may not have been from t... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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Quanty [MultiFormat]
by Darrell Bain
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When Mark and Alice decide to install a program of their own devising into the only quantum computer in the world, wildly unintended consequences occur. The computer not only becomes self-aware, but the new program produces an unchangeable core directive which impels it to protect Mark and Alice as well as itself. It doesn't matter what the political, religious and military establishments think of a sentient computer running rampant on the internet and into secret files of governments all over t... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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Iceworld [MultiFormat]
by James Scott DeLane
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Something strange is happening in the asteroid belt. Colonel Sydney Nichols and the crew of the Archimedes set out to find answers. They soon discover evidence a fifth planet once orbited between Mars and Jupiter. Seeking clues as to the fate of this lost world, the crew travels to the dwarf planet Ceres where they make astounding discoveries that alter mankind's future. (Published: 2009)
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The Parasite War [MultiFormat]
by Tim Sullivan
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A combat veteran leads a rag-tag group of survivors in an all-out war against invading aliens! The world's cities have been destroyed by a ghastly holocaust from space. The few remaining souls eke out an existence in the ruins, ransacking skyscrapers for food, and living in the city's sewers like vermin. Alex Ward, a man who has lost everything, and a beautiful woman named Jo, unite the survivors to battle the slithering menace of the Colloids, parasites whose seed has drifted through space for ... more info>> (Published: 1989)
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Sten [Sten Series #1] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Hailed as a "landmark science fiction series" the Sten Series has thrilled millions of readers all over the world. Set three thousand years in the future, the eight Sten novels tell the tale of a tough, street-wise orphan who escapes his fate as factory planet "delinq" to become the strong right-hand of the most powerful man in the Universe--a man hailed by his billons of subjects as "The Eternal Emperor." This edition contains a brand-new "Forward" introduction to the series as well as a select... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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In the Ocean of Night [Galactic Center Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Gregory Benford
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 2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy the comet, he discovers that it is actually the shell of a derelict space probe--a wreck with just enough power to emit a single electronic signal ... 2034: A reply is heard. Searching for the source of this signal that comes from outside the solar system, Nigel discovers the existence of a sentient ship. When the new vessel begins to communicate directly wi... more info>>
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Revenge of the Damned [Sten Series #5] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Product Description Sten had fully expected to die in a blaze of glory, taking his Emperor's greatest foe with him. Instead he was a slave laborer in a POW camp deep in the heart of enemy territory. But sitting out the action had never been Sten's style. And now that the war was building to a climax, the Eternal Emperor needed him more than ever. Not even the toughest prison in the known universe could keep Sten from his mission. (Published: 2001)
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The Return of the Emperor [Sten Series #6] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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The Eternal Emperor was dead, and the five members of the Privy Council ruled in his place. But they quickly discovered that their power would collapse around them if they didn't locate the Emperor's secret source of Anti-Matter Two, the economic keystone of the Empire. And so they sent a team of crack commandos to capture Sten, one of their late ruler's few surviving confidantes. But Sten, as usual, had his own agenda. For he knew something about the Eternal Emperor that would shake the Empire ... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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VORTEX [Sten Series #7] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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The Empire is in chaos. The once--great Imperial Navy has been shattered in battle and lies burning in space, riven by a civil war that threatens to engulf humanity's future. For the revered Eternal Emperor is not the man his subjects thought him to be--and may not even be human at all. And it is Sten--Imperial bodyguard, spy, assassin, renegade--who now leads humanity's fight for survival. Taking command of the last rebel fleet, he sets out on a desperate quest to seek and destroy the dark sour... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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The Dark Intruder & other stories [MultiFormat]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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This book is a collection of Marion Zimmer Bradley's science-fiction short stories written between 1952 and 1962. It includes the title story (also known as "Measureless to Man"), "Jackie Sees a Star", "Exiles of Tomorrow", "Death Between the Stars", "The Crime Therapist", "The Stars Are Waiting", and "Black & White." (Published: 1964)
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Fleet of the Damned [Sten Series #4] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Sten's luck seems to have deserted him. He had barely scraped through Imperial flight school when he was assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds. The enemy couldn't have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. But Sten won't give up without a fight. (Published: 1988)
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The Wolf Worlds [Sten Series #2] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Hailed as a "landmark science fiction series," the Sten Series has thrilled millions of readers all over the world. Set three thousand years in the future, the eight Sten novels tell the tale of a tough, street-wise orphan who escapes his fate as factory planet "delinq" to become the strong right-hand of the most powerful man in the Universe--a man hailed by his billons of subjects as "The Eternal Emperor." When the Emperor needs to pacify the Wolf Worlds, the planets of an insignificant cluster... more info>> (Published: 1984)
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Star Trek: The Original Series: Troublesome Minds [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Dave Galanter
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While exploring the unmapped frontier, the Starship Enterprise responds to a distress call from an unknown ship. Captain James T. Kirk turns first contact into a threat of interstellar war--by saving the life of a man left to die by his own people. Berlis, colony leader of a telepathic race calling themselves the Isitri, claims not to know why those from his homeworld want him dead. Kirk wants to believe him, but it matters little since the damage is already done: the Enterprise can neither leav... more info>>
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Semper Human [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Ian Douglas
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 The final conflict Chaos has erupted throughout the known galaxy, threatening countless colonies and orbital habitats--as the Associative struggles vainly to keep the peace. Extreme measures are called for in these times of dire crisis, and the Star Marines are awakened from their voluntary 850-year cybe-hibe sleep. But General Trevor Garroway and his warriors are about to discover that the old rules of engagement have drastically changed ... The end begins with an old-style assault on rebels a... more info>>
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Alien Infection [MultiFormat]
by Darrell Bain
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When a laboratory technician on the verge of retirement accidentally infects himself with blood from an emergency room patient, he intends to report it--until government agents swarm the hospital, confiscating every sample of blood taken from the patient--at gunpoint. Deciding not to report the incident just yet for fear of being thrown into an isolation chamber, he goes home--and falls violently ill. By the time he recovers and returns to work, scary things are happening. Everyone who has come ... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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Rewind [MultiFormat]
by Terry England
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"I am Aaron Lee Fairfax. I am forty-three years old. I am married to Janessa, but she wants a divorce. I work for Thagg, Morgan, and Edwards Brokerage Group in Kansas City, Missouri. I own a Maserati." It all sounded so false, these big words coming out of a boy's mouth. He sat alone, small in the adult-sized chair, clad only in shortie pajamas with Peanuts characters rampant. His feet did not even reach the floor. "Why did you go on the Holn ship?" "Because I was curious." "What happened in the... more info>> (Published: 1997)
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Potential [MultiFormat]
by Isaac Asimov
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A pair of genetic scientists discover a DNA pattern that may indicate a potential toward telepathy in humans. As they are pondering the immense odds against finding someone with the identical genetic makeup, they discover a farm boy in Iowa who is a virtual match, but doesn't have the personality--or intelligence--they would expect in a telepath. (Published: 1983) Locus Poll Award Nominee
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Court of a Thousand Suns [Sten Series #3] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Having fought his way from slave labour on a factory world to commander of the Eternal Emperor's bodyguard, the most dangerous weapons Sten has encountered in Prime World are the lies of Court politicians. When a bomb goes off however, he discovers the danger and corruption behind Court intrigue. (Published: 1985)
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2009 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our July/August "double" issue features two big stories. The cover is for "Seed of Revolution," the latest and possibly the best of Daniel Hatch's series about Chamal, the world where evolution works very differently than it does on Earth. (No, it doesn't matter if you haven't read the earlier stories; in fact, you may get a clearer understanding of Chamal's bizarre biology from this story than from any of its predecessors.) The differences necessarily color the way its inhabitants look at every... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2009 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Those of us who somehow find ourselves straddling the generation gap, as described by James Patrick Kelly in this month's On the Net, are the lucky ones: we are able to enjoy stories by the science fiction luminaries of today and tomorrow, all presented in Asimov's.
Consider next month's novella feature by hard SF master Stephen Baxter. "Earth II" is a sprawling, exciting adventure across a massive world filled with mystery, beauty, and danger. Upon this grand landscape, the descendants of the ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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The Defenders and Two More Classic Tales [MultiFormat]
by Philip K. Dick
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Three classic short stories by Philip K. Dick! Here are "The Defenders," in which mankind has taken refuge beneath the Earth's surface, leaving all-out war to robots--"The Crystal Crypt," in which the last Terran ship from Mars finds terrorists aboard ... and "Beyond the Door," a most unusual story in which an abusive husband ends up with more than he bargains for! (Published: 2009)
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Floating Worlds [MultiFormat]
by Cecelia Holland
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2000 years in the future, runaway pollution has made the Earth uninhabitable except in giant biodomes. The society is an anarchy, with disputes mediated through the Machiavellian Committee for the Revolution. Mars, Venus and the Moon support flourishing colonies of various political stripes. On the fringes of the solar system, in the Gas Planets, a strange, new, violent kind of human has evolved. In this unstable system the anarchist Paula Mendoza, an agent of the Committee, works to make peace,... more info>> (Published: 1976)
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Heel & The Wounded [MultiFormat]
by Philip Jose Farmer
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Two stories from Science Fiction Grand Master, Philip José Farmer. Heel--There's a great movie being made thousands of years in our past. The Director is Zeus and the screenplay writer is Apollo. Their actors are Achilles and the cast of the Trojan war. Only they're not aware of even what a movie may be. The gods/crew of the movie all have different motives. But it should all make for a great epic. The Wounded--What happens when the Master of Love gets smitten? (Published: 1954)
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The Great Gray Plague [MultiFormat]
by Raymond F. Jones
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On the surface, James Ellerbee was a crackpot with an impossible invention: a crystal cube you could hold in your hand that allowed instant communication with anyone on Earth. But the inventor came with affidavits, signed and notarized, from three unbiased witnesses: the Fire Chief, the Chief of Police, and the Community Church Pastor of Redrock... Originally published in Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. (Published: 1962)
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