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Faringdon Dragon Country
by Cleveland W. GibsonThe author of this book donated a digital copy of this book. Join us in thanking Cleveland Gibson for providing his accessible digital book to this community.
Zathura, The Movie: The Junior Novel
by Ellen WeissBased on the action-adventure movie, this novel takes readers on a thrilling journey.
The Star Trek Reader IV
by James BlishIn addition to Blish's original Star Trek novel, Spock Must Die!, the episodes here include:<P> From "Star Trek 10":<P> The Alternative Factor<P> The Empath<P> The Galileo Seven<P> Is There in Truth No Beauty?<P> A Private Little War<P> The Omega Glory<P> From "Star Trek 11":<P> What Are Little Girls Made Of?<P> The Squire of Gothos<P> Wink of an Eye<P> Bread and Circuses<P> Day of the Dove, and<P> Plato's Stepchildren.<P> Using the original scripts, which sometimes differed from the final filmed episode, James Blish turned each episode of the original Star Trek into a short story, which were collected into anthologies and published as paperback originals. The Star Trek Reader IV collects two of these anthologies: Star Trek 10, and Star Trek 11, and Blish's original Star Trek novel, Spock Must Die!.<P> James Blish was a science fiction writer who wrote over 27 novels, most notably the Cities in Flight series, and A Case of Conscience, for which he won a Hugo Award. He also was a highly respected critic, and his criticism in collected in the books The Issue at Hand, and More Issues at Hand, (published under the pen name of William Atheling, Jr.).
Descent into Europa (Starman No. #4)
by Michael D. CooperThe Starmen have learned that a mysterious alien race visited our Solar System thousands of years ago. In the third Starman book, Journey to the Tenth Planet, Zip Foster called them "The Benefactors" because of the kindness these people showed the diminutive people who live on Titan. While they were on the tenth planet, the Starmen discovered that the Benefactors have a vicious implacable enemy-the Xenobots, a violent race that is searching for its "ancient enemy," and will demolish Earth if necessary to further the search. In Descent Into Europa, Zip Foster organizes a desperate search to find the Benefactors before the enemy does. Without their help, Earth stands no chance against the technologically superior Xenobots. With impeccable logic, the Starman leader has determined that if the Benefactors had a central base in the Solar System, it had to be on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. What the Starmen do not even suspect is that there is also a powerful enemy close to home. The authors of this book donated a digital copy to Bookshare.org. Join us in thanking David Baumann, Jon Cooper, and Mike Dodd for providing this accessible digital book to the Bookshare.org community. For more on the Starman Series, visit www.starmanseries.com.
Journey to the Tenth Planet (Starman No. #3)
by Michael D. CooperAn astronomer, harnessing telescopes located on the far side of the moon, made an astonishing discovery: there is a planet that lies beyond Pluto! Starlight Enterprise decided to send an expedition to explore the planet Nyx, and the Starman trio are going along. Trouble begins almost at once: the ship jointly built by Nolan Mining Enterprises and Starlight Enterprises experiences near catastrophic failure midway to the planet. What's worse, a spirit of fear begins creeping upon the crew: rumors abound that the planet Nyx is a planet of doom. When the ship lands, the Starmen take a shuttlecraft down to the surface to explore -- and when they return they find their ship was gone! Events soon throw the Starmen into a desperate conflict with an ancient extraterrestrial menace, and the only weapon the Starmen have is their own courage. The Starmen must battle not only alien foes, but desperate human foes as well as they fight for life on the Planet of Darkness. The authors of this book donated a digital copy to Bookshare.org. Join us in thanking David Baumann, Jon Cooper, and Mike Dodd for providing this accessible digital book to the Bookshare.org community. For more on the Starman Series, visit www.starmanseries.com.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
by Gene RoddenberryThe historic 5-year mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise is over. But when three Klingon starships are destroyed by a massive machine/organism called the V'Ger, the Enterprise is refitted and the crew is asked to investigate.
Comet in Moominland
by Tove Jansson Elizabeth Portch"One thing is certain," said the Muskrat, "something is going to happen." When a secret sign -- a star with a tail -- started to appear all over Moominvalley, Moomintroll realized that it was either a threat or a warning. On the Muskrat's advice he set out, with the small animal Sniff, to ask the Professor in the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains about the habits of comets, just in case one was headed for the earth. Moominmamma had made them sandwiches and packed woolly trousers, a frying-pan and an umbrella, so they were well equipped for the expedition. There were plenty of adventures to be met on the way, as well as some very interesting people -- Snufkin, who played cheerful tunes on his mouth-organ, the moth-collecting Hemulen, and the Snork Maiden who completely changed Moomintroll's life. They discovered, too, that they were in real danger from the comet, which appeared to be rushing toward Moominvalley. This lively and unpredictable adventure story is written with Tove Jansson's usual whimsical humor. She was awarded the 1966 international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her Moomin books.
Whodunnit (Smallville #4)
by Dean Wesley SmithBased on the WB's hit series. Clark, Lana, and Chloe search for a missing friend, but instead find an entire family murdered. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor's father is abducted. Neither Clark's superpowers nor Lex's wealth can help in either case.
Van Helsing: The Junior Novel
by Carla Jablonski Stephen SommersThe Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Dracula ... the one name they all fear is Van Helsing, legendary monster hunter. A hero to some, yet feared by many, Van Helsing wages an epic battle to save all humankind from evil.
Spectrum II (Spectrum anthology #2)
by Kingsley Amis Robert Conquest EditorsEight great science fiction stories from the 1950s Beyond Bedlam by Wyman Guin, Bridge by James Blish, There is a Tide by Brian W. Aldiss, Second Variety by Philip K. Dick, The Feeling of Power by Isaac Asimov, Sense from Thought Divide by Mark Clifton, Resurection by A. E. Van Vogt, Vintage Season by Henry Kutner
Exiles to Glory
by Jerry PournelleKevin Senecal was nobody's hero. All he wanted from life was a professional career, a strong union to protect him, and comfortable company-owned housing well away from his Welfare Slum origins. As a senior engineering student at U.C.U, Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions, when one night he was attacked by a murderous "youth gang"-and accidentally killed one of them while escaping. That's when it all changed: "You don't kill juvies in this town," the Homicide Detective told him, Suddenly Kevin Senecal was on the run, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide...
Nova
by Samuel R. DelanyCaptain Lorq van Ray's varied and exotic crew know their mission is dangerous, but they have no idea of Lorq's secret obsession to gather Illyrion from an imploding star.
Orbitsville Departure
by Bob ShawThis sequel to Orbitsville finds Dallen having more adventures, leading him home.
Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines
by Groff ConklinRead the twelve superb stories in this book, and see what the best Science Fiction writers of our time think might happen ... or what might be happening now! Stories by Asimov, Goldstone, Russell, Tenn, Simak, Bloch, Davis, Sturgeon, MacFarlane, Anderson, Miller and Townes.
The Unloved
by John SaulLush and deceptively tranquil, the secluded island basks in splendid isolation off the South Carolina coast-as does the Devereaux mansion, a once-great plantation house now crumbling amid the ancient oaks. Now, for the first time in two decades, Kevin Devereaux has returned here with his wife and children to visit Kevin's hated, frightening mother. She said she was ill-but is that really why the old woman has summoned the son she has not seen in so many years? Suddenly, horribly, one of the Devereauxs is going to die. And now, all the dark secrets of this once-proud Southern family will emerge to wrap their evil around the unsuspecting children. Until, in the shadowed corridors and dust-covered rooms of the decaying old house, they learn the true terror of..
Ship of Strangers
by Bob ShawThe lieutenant appeared to slip as he was jumping off... As his body was disappearing through the lower half of the circle one of his legs intersected the edge of the blackness, just at the ankle. A brown army boot fell into the vegetation below with an unpleasantly heavy thud. "The young fool," Giyani said disgustedly. "He's finally managed to finish himself." "Never mind that," Surgenor shouted. "Look at the circle!" The black disk of night was shrinking. "That's bad," Giyani whispered. "That's very bad." Surgenor nodded. "It looks as though the power that keeps that hole open partially expends itself when something passes through. And if the shrinkage is proportional to the mass transported... What diameter would you say it was before Kelvin went through?" "About three meters." "And it's about two now--which means the area has been ... halved." The two men stared at each other as they performed the simple piece of mental arithmetic which made them mortal enemies.
All Judgment Fled
by James WhiteSixty million miles from Earth, embroiled in all the perils of First Contact with alien life forms, astronauts haven't much time for politicians and public relations officers. Back on Earth, though, First Contact is being relayed to a breathlessly waiting public, and much of what the astronauts must do and say is coming through live-- to the total dismay of military brass and political bigwigs, whose passion for secrecy about absolutely anything that looks like a crisis is matched only by skilled ability to disseminate that "information" which paints their role in a rosy hue. Definitely they do not want their heroic astronauts to react to a hostile environment and hostile aliens in a hostile fashion. Or at least not publicly. The trouble is, the aliens don't know about this...
Undersea Fleet (Undersea Eden #2)
by Frederik Pohl Jack WilliamsonMonsters of the Deep. Everyone at the academy knew that sea serpents were, without a doubt, silly superstitions. Everyone but David Craken, that is. This young cadet from Marinia had been born and raised 4 miles beneath the waves.
Undersea City (Undersea Eden #3)
by Frederik Pohl Jack WilliamsonConcluding volume of the Undersea Eden series, when people live in cities underwater.
The Texas-Israeli War: 1999
by Howard Waldrop Jake SaundersOn August 12, 1992, England's tiny nuclear arsenal fell on Ireland, on South Africa, and finally on China. Instantly the planet went up in flames. In the first half year of what was to be called the War of '92, half the Earth's population perished.
Future Earths: Under South American Skies
by Mike Resnick Gardner DozoisThis second engaging volume in Resnick and Dozois's Future Earths series transports readers to South American latitudes that are as exotic and exciting as the farthest stars.
The Spear of Mars: The Future at War, Vol.2
by Reginald BretnorThe Future at War is a three-volume anthology. The first volume, Thor's Hammer, deals with future warfare on earth and in near space. This volume, the second, The Spear of Mars, is concerned with war in our solar system and a bit beyond, and with invasions of the earth itself. The third, Orion's Sword, ventures farther out, into interstellar and intergalactic space.
Navohar
by Hilari BellEarth's younger generations are dying of a new disease. Salvation may lie in outer space, in the DNA of humans who founded colonies before the alien attack. That is, if Earth's settlers can be found.
Triton
by Samuel R. DelanyThe human race has colonized the outer satellites. One of them is Triton, moon of Neptune, where the ideals of universal prosperity are possible. Yet Earth threatens war ... Within this strange climate of complete Utopia and certain doom, BRON HELSTROM seeks passion and purpose in a gypsy woman whose wisdom and power will forever reverse his life. THE SPIKE: The woman he loves-- a wandering playwright from Ganymede. SAM: The man he admires-- the handsome, astute chief foreign officer crippled by the responsibility of vast power. LAWRENCE: His confessor-- the master of strategic games. CHARO and WINDY: The players-- cosmic minstrels of the far future.
Orphans of the Sky
by Robert A. HeinleinFor Hugh Hoyland the Ship was the entire universe - all there was and all there ever would be. His intelligence caused his promotion to rank of scientist, raising him above the peasants who worked the crops on the lower decks. His adventurous spirit led him into dangerous encounters with the "muties" who inhabited the upper decks. But he never dreamed of the truths his brains and reckless behaviour would eventually lead him to discover.