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Year One: Chronicles Of The One, Book 1 (Chronicles of The One #1)
by Nora RobertsA deadly pandemic known as The Doom kicks off in the Scottish countryside. Who doesn't want to read this? - Emerald StreetNora Roberts weaves a powerful story of a deadly plague in this gripping, movie-like narrative - Good HousekeepingAs this world ends, a new one begins. From number one New York Times bestseller Nora Roberts - an epic, apocalyptic tale of good and evil, love and loss.With one drop of blood, the old world is gone for ever. And in its place, something extraordinary begins...They call it The Doom - a deadly pandemic that starts on a cold New Year's Eve in the Scottish countryside. There's something mysterious about the virus and the way it spreads. As billions fall sick and die, some survivors find themselves invested with strange, unexpected abilities. Lana, a New York chef, has the power to move things and people with her will. Fred can summon light in the darkness. Jonah, a paramedic, sees snatches of the future in those he touches. Katie gives birth to twins, and suspects that she has brought fresh magic into the world, along with new life. But The Doom affects people differently. Along with the light, a dark and terrifying magic will also rise. As the remaining authorities round up the immune and the 'Uncannies' for testing, Lana, Katie and others flee New York in search of a safe haven. The old world is over, and Year One has begun.'Nora Roberts weaves a powerful story of a deadly plague in this gripping, movie-like narrative' - Good Housekeeping'A deadly pandemic known as The Doom kicks off in the Scottish countryside. Who doesn't want to read this?' - Emerald Street
The Year The Cloud Fell
by Kurt R. A. GiambastianiIn an alternate 19th century American West, the United States has been in a state of undeclared war with the Indian nations of the Cheyenne Alliance. President George A. Custer orders his son, an Army captain, to fly an experimental dirigible over the Unorganized Territory to chart the location of Indian enemies. But when the aircraft crashes, Captain George Custer, Jr. is captured.
The Year When Stardust Fell
by Raymond F. JonesMayfield was the typical college town. Nothing too unusual ever happened there until a mysterious comet was suddenly observed by the scientists on College Hill. And then one day the modified engine on Ken Maddox's car began overheating mysteriously. By morning it didn't run at all. . . .
A Year Without Autumn
by Liz KesslerIf you could see into the future - would you look?Jenni Green doesn't have a choice. On her way to visit her best friend, Autumn, Jenni suddenly finds she's been transported exactly one year forward in time.Now she discovers that in the year that's gone by, tragedy has struck and her friendship with Autumn will never be the same again. But what caused the tragedy? How did Jenni skip a year? And can she find her way back to the past to try to change what lies ahead?With humour - and her customary light touch - the author of the EMILYWINDSNAP books plays a fascinating game with time, and explores thechanges that take place in friendships and families in the aftermath of adisaster.
A Year without Autumn
by Liz KesslerIf you could see into the future - would you look?Jenni Green doesn't have a choice. On her way to visit her best friend, Autumn, Jenni suddenly finds she's been transported exactly one year forward in time.Now she discovers that in the year that's gone by, tragedy has struck and her friendship with Autumn will never be the same again. But what caused the tragedy? How did Jenni skip a year? And can she find her way back to the past to try to change what lies ahead?With humour - and her customary light touch - the author of the EMILYWINDSNAP books plays a fascinating game with time, and explores thechanges that take place in friendships and families in the aftermath of adisaster.
Year Zero: A Novel
by Rob ReidAn alien advance party was suddenly nosing around my planet. Worse, they were lawyering up. . . . In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe--and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry. Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. And boy, do they have news. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on humanity's music ever since "Year Zero" (1977 to us), when American pop songs first reached alien ears. This addiction has driven a vast intergalactic society to commit the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang. The resulting fines and penalties have bankrupted the whole universe. We humans suddenly own everything--and the aliens are not amused. Nick Carter has just been tapped to clean up this mess before things get ugly, and he's an unlikely galaxy-hopping hero: He's scared of heights. He's also about to be fired. And he happens to have the same name as a Backstreet Boy. But he does know a thing or two about copyright law. And he's packing a couple of other pencil-pushing superpowers that could come in handy. Soon he's on the run from a sinister parrot and a highly combustible vacuum cleaner. With Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick now has forty-eight hours to save humanity, while hopefully wowing the hot girl who lives down the hall from him."Hilarious, provocative, and supersmart, Year Zero is a brilliant novel to be enjoyed in perpetuity in the known universe and in all unknown universes yet to be discovered."--John Hodgman, resident expert, The Daily Show with Jon StewartFrom the Hardcover edition.
The Yearbook
by Carol Masciola* A USA Today Bestseller * Misfit teen Lola Lundy has every right to her anger and her misery. She's failing in school, living in a group home, and social workers keep watching her like hawks, waiting for her to show signs of the horrible mental illness that cost Lola's mother her life. Then, one night, she falls asleep in a storage room in her high school library, where she's seen an old yearbook--from the days when the place was an upscale academy for young scholars instead of a dump. When Lola wakes, it's to a scene that is nothing short of impossible. Lola quickly determines that she's gone back to the past--eighty years in the past, to be exact. The Fall Frolic dance is going full blast in the gym, where Lola meets the brainy and provocative Peter Hemmings, class of '24. His face is familiar, because she's seen his senior portrait in the yearbook. By night's end, Lola thinks she sees hope for her disastrous present: She'll make a new future for herself in the past. But is it real? Or has the major mental illness in Lola's family background finally claimed her? Has she slipped through a crack in time, or into a romantic hallucination she created in her own mind, wishing on the ragged pages of a yearbook from a more graceful time long ago?
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One
by Paula GuranJoin twenty-five masterful authors and talented newcomers with more than 400 pages of the disturbing, unnerving, haunting, and strange. This outstanding annual exploration of the year&’s best dark fiction delivers tales of deathly possession, the weirdly surreal, mysterious melancholy, and frighteningly plausible futures. Confront your own humanity and the fears that stir you—from the darkly supernatural and painfully familiar to the disquieting terror of the unknown.
Year's Best Fantasy 2 (Year's Best Fantasy Series #2)
by David G. Hartwell Kathryn CramerUndreamed-Of Wonders From The Farthest Reaches Of ImaginationIn this second volume of the previous year's finest short fantastic fiction, acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell showcases new works by stellar literary artists -- acknowledged masters of the genre and exceptionally talented newcomers alike. Astonishing worlds come alive in these pages -- realms of strange creatures and remarkable sorceries, as well as twisted shadow versions of our inhabited earthly plain. A bold and breathtaking compendium of tales -- including a new Earthsea story from the incomparable Ursula K. Le Guin -- Years's Best Fantasy 2 is the state-of-the-art of a unique and winning genre, offering unforgettable excursions into new realities wondrous, bizarre, enchanting...and terrifying.
Year's Best Fantasy 3 (Year's Best Fantasy Series #3)
by David G. Hartwell Kathryn CramerThe door to fantastic worlds, skewed realities, and breathtaking other realms is opened wide to you once more in this third anthology of the finest short fantasy fiction to emerge over the past year, compiled by acclaimed editor David G. Hartwell. Rarely has a more magnificent collection of tales been contained between book covers -- phenomenal visions of the impossible-made-possible by some of the field's most accomplished literary artists and stellar talents on the rise. Year's Best Fantasy 3 is a heady brew of magic and wonder, strange journeys and epic quests, boldly concocted by the likes of Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Swanwick, Tanith Lee, and others. Step into a dimension beyond the limits of ordinary imagination . . . and be amazed!.
Year's Best Fantasy 5
by David G. Hartwell Kathryn CramerA collection of fantasy stories by Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Tim Powers, and more.
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Sixth Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow Terri WindlingMore than four dozen stories and poems, featuring writings by Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Yolen, Harlan Ellison, and many others, investigate the outermost perimeters of the human imagination.
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 14
by Arthur W. SahaTHE GLASS-BLOWER'S DRAGON was born of a craftsman's art to bring magic into the world of men. . . . BUFFALO GALS, WON'T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT to wander in the lands of legend where Coyote the Trickster is a power to reckon with and gods wear the skins of beasts. . . . During HAPPY HOUR those special tunes can turn back time for anyone who has the sense to hear them. . . . MAXIE SILAS was the kind of baseball player legends are created about -- but no one seemed to know exactly where or when he'd played. . . . A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY can be the magic ingredient to create an ever-growing garden of enchantment. . . . Potions are brewed, spells cast, bargains are made and destinies changed in this collection of tales from today's top word wizards THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY STORIES: 14
The Year's Best S-F: 10th Annual Edition
by Judith Merril10th Annual Edition The Year's Best S-F by Judith Merril
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation of short stories has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisTable of contents: Summation: 2000 the juniper tree John Kessel antibodies Charles Stross the birthday of the world Ursula K. he Guin savior Nancy Kress reef Paul J. McAuley going after bobo Susan Palwick crux Albert E. Cowdrey the cure for everything Severna Park the suspect genome Peter F. Hamilton the raggle taggle gypsy-o Michael Swanwick radiant green star Lucius Shepard great wall of mars Alastair Reynolds milo and sylvie Eliot Fintushel snowball in hell Brian Stableford on the orion line Stephen Baxter oracle Greg Egan obsidian harvest Rick Cook & Ernest Hogan patient zero Tananarive Due a colder war Charles Stross the real world Steven Utley the thing about benny M. Shayne Bell the great goodbye Robert Charles Wilson tendeleo's story Ian McDonald HONORABLE MENTIONS: 2OOO
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-first Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisTable of contents: Acknowledgments xi Summation: 2003 xiii off on a starship William Barton 1 it's all true John Kessel 45 rogue farm Charles Stross 61 the ice Steven Popkes 73 ej-es Nancy Kress 108 the bellman John Varley 123 the bear's baby Judith Moffett " 146 calling your name Howard Waldrop 176 june sixteenth at anna's Kristine Kathryn Rusch 187 the green leopard plague Walter Jon Williams 198 the fluted girl Paolo Bacigalupi 246 dead worlds Jack Skillingstead 264 king dragon Michael Swanwick 275 singletons in love Paul Melko 303 anomalous structures of my dreams M. Shayne Bell 319 the cookie monster Vemor Vinge 338 joe steele Harry Turtledove 377 birth days Geoff Ryman 388 AWAKE IN THE NIGHT John C. Wright 399 the long way home James Van Pelt 435 the eyes of America Geoffrey A. Landis 447 welcome to olympus, mr. hearst Kage Baker 469 night of time Robert Reed 519 \strong medicine William Shunn 533 send me a mentagram Dominic Green AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON Paul Di Filippo flashmen Terry Dowling dragonhead Nick DiChario dear abbey Terry Bisson Honorable Mentions: 2003
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fifth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction #35)
by Gardner DozoisThe multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories.In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. Featuring short stories from acclaimed authors such as Indrapramit Das, Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, Eleanor Arnason, James S.A. Corey & Lavie Tidhar, an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction #34)
by Gardner DozoisIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisTwenty eight science fiction and fantasy stories previously published in noted magazines. This collection covers the best stories of 1997.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-third Annual Collection
by Gardner Dozois[from the book jacket] "In The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Third Annual Collection, our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as: "Beyond the Aquila Rift": Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before-or so we think. "Comber": Our world is an ever-changing one, and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet's fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style. "Audubon in Atlantis": In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct. The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright .new talents, including: Neal Asher Paolo Bacigalupi Stephen Baxter Elizabeth Bear Chris Beckett David Gerrold Dominic Green Daryl Gregory Joe Haldeman Gwyneth Jones James Patrick Kelly Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold Ken MacLeod Ian McDonald Vonda N. McIntyre David Moles Steven Popkes Hannu Rajaniemi Alastair Reynolds Robert Reed Chris Roberso Mary Rosenblum William Sanders Bruce Sterling Michael Swanwick Harry Turtledove Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy Liz Williams Gene Wolfe Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart."
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisFrom Cyberspace to outer space, from the Dark Continent to the speed of light, the dozens of stories in this terrific collection represent the year's finest offerings in imaginative fiction. Among the twenty-eight tales assembled here are:<P> The Land of Nod, Mike Resnick's powerful tale of the orbital space colony Kirinyaga and how the old ways conflict with the new.<P> Foreign Devils, Walter Jon Williams's exotic revision of the War of the Worlds Martian Invasion.<P> Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland, Gwyneth Jones's unpredictable venture into the frightening territory of on-line romance.<P> Death Do Us Part, Robert Silverberg's masterful tale of love in the future.<P> In addition, there are two dozen more stories from today's and tomorrow's brightest stars, including, William Barton, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, James P. Blaylock, Damien Broderick, Michael Cassutt, Jim Cowan, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Jonathan Lethem, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Paul Park, Robert Reed, Charles Sheffield, Bud Sparhawk, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Cherry Wilder, Gene Wolfe.<P> Rounding out the volume are a long list of Honorable Mentions and Gardner Dozois's comprehensive survey of the year in science fiction.<P> In all, the stories assembled here will take you as far as technology, imagination, and hope can go. Climb aboard.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisWidely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction(Winner of the 2004 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing. The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisThe thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents.
The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020
by Jonathan StrahanThe definitive guide and a must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2019, showcasing brilliant talent and examining the cultural moment we live in, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this collection displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. The list of authors is truly star-studded, including New York Times bestseller Ted Chiang (author of the short story that inspired the movie Arrival), N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, and many more incredible talents. An assemblage of future classics, this anthology is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the vast and exciting world of science fiction.