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Projection Infinity
by Karl Zeigfreid Lionel Fanthorpe Patricia FanthorpeHelen Powell was a punch card operator in the test office of Elcomp, the largest and most dynamically progressive computer manufacturing company in the West. A saboteur, acting for a totalitarian regime, eluded the security network and attempted to destroy the new top secret Mark IX, the greatest computer Elcomp had ever constructed. Unfortunately for the saboteur, the Mark IX had inbuilt defence mechanisms and the secret agent died in a holocaust of high voltage sparks. From that time onwards Helen began to notice strange changes in the great electronic thinking machine. It seemed to her that the Mark IX was developing something which might almost have been described as a personality. She tried to dismiss the thoughts as imagination . . . then the face appeared . . . if it was a face! Helen saw an image on the computer's main screen. It was a face, yet not a human face in the accepted sense. The most horrible thing about it was the resemblance it bore to the dead agent.
World of Tomorrow
by Karl Zeigfreid Lionel Fanthorpe Patricia FanthorpeEverything was ordinary. Men worked in factories and fields. Women were shopping. Children were at school. Then came the four-minute warning. Wires hummed madly between heads of governments. Just before the massive retaliation went into the air the world realised that no-one had despatched the first rocket. The retaliation was checked with seconds to spare. Experts examined the ruined city. There was something else besides radiation. Deadly bacteria from an unknown source spread across the planet. More alien bombs followed the first. But there was no real pattern in the attacks, if they were genuine attacks. At last the detectors found the alien ships. They were fighting among themselves and earth was the battle-area. Could the remnants of humanity interfere? What would be the result if they did?
Dark Centauri
by Karl Zeigfreid John Glasby"My God!" he yelled. "What's happening now?" Stevens stared. Then he started abruptly to his feet. Even afterwards, when he looked back on the incident, he could never actually decide what really happened. He had a persistent, oddly unshakable memory of a man flowing suddenly into liquid. Inside the blue and gray uniform of the Interstellar Passenger Service, the man began to melt, to change into a thick gooey substance that dripped and trickled away between the rising pillars of steel. Desperately, he fought down the rising sense of nausea that tugged at the muscles of his stomach. The picture was so utterly impossible that he screwed his eyes tightly to shut it out of his mind. When he looked again, there was nothing there and Blair was looking across at him, his jaw slack and an expression of stark disbelief in his dark eyes.
These Ruthless Deeds
by Kelly Zekas Tarun ShankerEveryone’s favorite sarcastic Victorian healer is back in the sequel to These Vicious Masks, and this time she’s struggling with both a sinister secret society and an increasingly tangled love life... England, 1883. Recovering from a devastating loss, Evelyn has become determined to use her powers to save other gifted people from those who would study and oppress them. But when her rescue of a young telekinetic girl goes terribly wrong, Evelyn finds herself involved with a secret society devoted to recruiting and protecting people like Evelyn and her friends.Like magic, Evelyn’s problems start to disappear. Her reputation is repaired, her friends are provided for, and her parents are thrilled at all her new suitors. She’s even been reunited with the dashing Mr. Kent and the reclusive Mr. Braddock (who is much less brooding now that the society is helping him to control his dangerous power). Yet, somehow Evelyn can’t help fearing that there is something sinister going on…Don’t miss These Ruthless Deeds, Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas’ gripping, action-filled sequel to These Vicious Masks, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads. Praise for These Vicious Masks: "Striking a strong balance between romance and mystery, this novel captures society’s rules just as well as it does the unbelievable powers of the main characters. Readers will easily be swept up in its fast pace and sympathetic narrator, who is filled with both self-doubt and resolve to do anything to protect those she loves. This is a perfect pick for someone who wants a little magic in their Victorian novels, and its combination of historical fiction and mysticism will remind readers of Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle trilogy." —Booklist"This tale has brisk pacing, plenty of action, and a heroine with more than her fair share of girl-power confidence." —School Library Journal“So much fun! Like a story by one of the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen, except the characters are much more self-aware and genre-savvy.” —Duncan Pflaster, Swoon Reader
La princesa Gema y su esfera mística: En El Reino Más Allá de lo Imaginable
by Dan ZelazDesesperada por encontrar la manera de escapar de las garras de la muerte, busca con afán como librarse de sus enemigos. No tiene constancia de lo que queda atrás ni certidumbre de lo que encontrará hacia adelante. Ella ignora que su suerte está ligada a un propósito más relevante que salvar a su nación, pues, no sólo el futuro de El Reino De Luz está en sus manos, sino que el peso de todo el universo recae sobre sus hombros. Su única arma es una esfera de la que no tiene conocimiento, y su enemigo es más poderoso que ella. La acompañan fugitivos de diversos lugares, pero la ayuda proviene de un reino inexistente, un lugar al que no puede acceder por sí misma y cuyos habitantes son un completo misterio. ¿Quién se atrevería a confiar el destino de una guerra en manos de una joven princesa? Únete a la princesa Gema en la fantástica aventura de El Reino Más Allá de lo Imaginable
The Best of Roger Zelazny (S.F. MASTERWORKS #194)
by Roger ZelaznyFrom the far reaches of space to the hidden corners of Earth, from aliens to wizards and everything in between . . .One of the most influential SFF writers of modern times, Roger Zelazny wrote across a wide range of subgenres and themes, experimenting with form and story with mastery. He won many awards throughout his lifetime, including six Hugo awards, three Nebula awards and two Locus awards. He has inspired many of today's great SFF authors. This new collection contains a selection of his short stories and novellas which span the depth and breadth of the human imagination.'Zelazny has always had one of the most inventive imaginations in the genre' Kirkus Reviews'Paragon of the storytelling art' Robert Silverberg'Zelazny's authority never falters, and nor does the charisma of his voice' Locus
The Changing Land
by Roger ZelaznyDilvish, astride Black, the great metal horse, plunged into the fog as the land behind them exploded into a volcano of mud. They raced a hedge of flames along a boiling river. Inhuman screams rent the air, as fountains of blood gushed and tiny points of light rose from the dark waters amid showers of sparks. A winged, monkey-faced thing flew at them, shrieking, talons outstretched. Black leaped as the ground split before them, revealing huge purple hands. Then Dilvish and Black entered a curtain of blue fires that turned their limbs cobalt colored and brittle. Finally they reached a saffron cloudbank and stopped, shuddering, within a protective circle Black raised. The metal horse scarred the ground with a cloven hoof. "So much for the easy part," he remarked.
The Chronicles of Amber (Books 3-5)
by Roger ZelaznyContains three books, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, and The Courts of Chaos.
Creatures of Light and Darkness
by Roger ZelaznyTwo gods, two houses, one quest, and the eternal war between life and death To save his kingdom, Anubis, Lord of the Dead, sends forth his servant on a mission of vengeance. At the same time, from The House of Life, Osiris sends forth his son, Horus, on the same mission to destroy utterly and forever The Prince Who Was a Thousand. But neither of these superhuman warriors is prepared for the strange and harrowing world of mortal life, and The Thing That Cries in the Night may well destroy not only their worlds, but all mankind. As Zelazny did with the Hindu pantheon in the legendary, groundbreaking classic Lord of Light, the master storyteller here breathes new life into the Egyptian gods with another dazzling tale of mythology and imagination.
Damnation Alley
by Roger ZelaznyTo the squares, this was Damnation Alley. To Hell Tanner, it was still a parking lot. As far as he was concerned, the Alley started in the place that was once called Colorado.
Doorways in the Sand
by Roger ZelaznyAliens have given a precious relic, the star-stone, to the people of Earth but the harmony of the galaxy is at stake when it goes missing.
The Dream Master
by Roger Zelazny[from the back cover] The last really unexplored frontier of knowledge may well prove to be the human mind. The Dream Master is the novel of that farther frontier, of a Twenty-first Century invention which enabled a psychology engineer to actually enter a man's mind, to experience thoughts, to live with him his dreams-and to redirect and control those soaring universe-creating visions which are the essence of all thinking. This novel of Render the Shaper, in its magazine serial version, has already won Roger Zelazny the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America for the finest short novel of the year. Ace Books now proudly presents its final and complete full-length version.
The Great Book Of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10
by Roger ZelaznyRoger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now here are all ten novels, together in one magnificent omnibus volume. Witness the titanic battle for supremacy waged on Earth, in the Courts of Chaos, and on a magical world of mystery, adventure, and romance.
Knight of Shadows (Amber Chronicles #9)
by Roger ZelaznyIn this Amber novel, Merlin pursues the disappearances of 2 people: Julia, murdered and reincarnated as his enemy, and his father Corwin.
Lord of Light
by Roger ZelaznyEarth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rules their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light.<P><P> Hugo Award winner.
Lord of Light (S.F. MASTERWORKS #154)
by Roger ZelaznyImagine a distant world where gods walk as men, but wield vast and hidden powers. Here they have made the stage on which they build a subtle pattern of alliance, love, and deadly enmity. Are they truly immortal? Who are these gods who rule the destiny of a teeming world?Their names include Brahma, Kali, Krishna and also he who was called Buddha, the Lord of Light, but who now prefers to be known simply as Sam. The gradual unfolding of the story -- how the colonization of another planet became a re-enactment of Eastern mythology -- is one of the great imaginative feats of modern science fiction.Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1968.
Roadmarks (S.F. MASTERWORKS #193)
by Roger ZelaznyThe Road can go Anywhere.The Road can go Anywhen.Almost.Red Dorakeen has been on the Road for a very long time. For all of time, in fact. It stretches infinitely into the future and past, with exits that take him wherever, or whenever, he wants to go.But he can't find the place he wants to be.He's not the only one who can travel the Road, and as people join and leave, they can alter the past, or the future, to suit their whims. Exits close off, become overgrown, and working out what to change back to return to old timelines could take, well . . . forever.Fortunately, Red has all the time he could ever need.Roadmarks is a fantastically mind-bending novel from one of SFF's most influential authors. It weaves together linear and non-linear narratives in a compelling tale full of mystery and magic.
Roadmarks
by Roger Zelazny"A mindbender of a book, and a treat for Zelazny fans. " ALA BOOKLIST. The Road runs from the unimaginable past to the far future, and those who travel it have access to the turnoffs leading to all times and places--even to the alternate time-streams of histories that never happened. Why the Dragons of Bel'kwinith made the Road--or who they are--no one knows. But the Road has always been there and for those who know how to find it, it always will be!
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
by Roger ZelaznyThe Martian race was dying, until a six-foot-six poet from Earth brought them a rose without roots, a book of sorrow, and a message he didn't believe in himself...
The Second Chronicles of Amber
by Roger ZelaznyThis is the complete second chronicles containing: Trumps ofDoom; Blood of Amber; Sign of Chaos; Knight of Shadows; and Prince of Chaos.
The Second Chronicles of Amber (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
by Roger ZelaznyMerlin is a Prince of Chaos and Amber, Corwin's son and heir. He has grown up knowing that his legacy is to one day follow in his father's footsteps, live up to his father's legend. When Corwin goes missing, that day comes far sooner than he could ever have expected. Merlin must find his own identity as the ruler of the worlds, and discover what kind of King he wants to be. Will he be a warrior like his father, or embrace his own path as a hacker-magician?A generation after Corwin's rise to the throne, Merlin is aided by powers beyond anything Corwin could have imagined. The epic magic from The Chronicles of Amber is wielded alongside sentient computers, a vorpal sword, and the ghosts of those who came before.Featuring the Locus award-winning Trumps of Doom, the Locus nominated Blood of Amber and Sign of Chaos, and the final two novels Knight of Shadows and Prince of Chaos, the Second Chronicles of Amber continues the epic story of Amber and the Shadow worlds.
Sign of the Unicorn (Amber Chronicles #3)
by Roger ZelaznyCorwin accepts the responsibilities as a ruler to the world of Amber finding himself the target of sibling treachery. He seeks divine guidance in the land of visions to find a sinister prediction foretelling of his doom.
Trumps of Doom (Amber Chronicles #6)
by Roger ZelaznyOn a Shadow world called Earth, death stalks Merle Corey. He is also Merlin, the son of Amber's vanished hero Corwin.
The Black Throne
by Roger Zelazny Fred SaberhagenThis collaboration by two writers who lived in Baltimore concerns Edgar Allan Poe.