"Delia Welegtabit discovered two things during her childhood on a South Pacific island: her love for mathematics and a novel that isn't supposed to exist. But the elusive book proves unexpectedly dangerous. Oskar Lens, a science fiction-obsessed mobster in the midst of an existential crisis, will stop at nothing to find the novel. After Delia's husband Levi goes missing, she seeks help from Daniel Chase, a young, face-blind book dealer. The infamous...

"A big auto race is happening nearby, and G.H.O.S.T. has a top-secret mission for Optimus Prime and Megatron: make sure there are no rogue Transformers robots competing in their alt modes. At first, Optimus Prime and Megatron figure this will be an easy mission... until they arrive and discover Bumblebee, the Terrans, Robby, and Mo all at the racetrack. If G.H.O.S.T. finds out about Bumblebee and the Terrans, everyone's cover will be blown! Can Optimus...

"The Return" by H. Beam Piper, John Joseph McGuire. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...

"Explore the science behind some of your favorite popular science fiction tropes--from escaping a black hole to riding a space elevator to the stars--in this illustrated guide from NASA advisor and host of the popular Tested podcast Offworld"--

Alena has momentarily, escaped her world and its imminent gravitational collapse by cheating her way into the selection process of the Board of Cosmogamy. By passing this stringent exam, she may finally learn the secrets of building a universe from first principles. But, the competition is smarter and better prepared, and even Alena's cunning and mathematical talents may not be enough to uncover the answers she has been looking for. The appearance...

This is a science fiction novel of enormous scope, filled with wonders. Set earlier in the same "future history" as Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality, and The Fountains of Youth, The Cassandra Complex is the independent story of events crucial to the creation of the universe in which the others take place. It is the twenty-first century, a world of rapid change and biotech threats and promises. World War Three, the biotech war, is on the...

Stableford has mapped out for us in engaging stories the wonderful and sometimes disturbing world of the next thousand-years, on Earth, throughout the solar system, and to worlds beyond, with emphasis on huge sociological changes and extraordinary alterations in the biological life of humans. It is one of the most detailed and plausible and fascinating projections in all of science fiction. Now, in The Omega Expedition, it takes us into another millennium,...

Die Erde ist ein sauberer Ort. Umweltverschmutzung, Gewalt, ja sogar unerwünschte Gefühlsregungen – all das gehört einer kaum mehr dokumentierten Vergangenheit an. Diese aufgeräumte Welt hat unerwünschte Bewohner längst auf dem Mond untergebracht und vergessen. Doch eine dieser ausgelagerten Strafkolonien erwacht, und mit ihr Aubrine, eine Frau, die ihrer Stimme beraubt wurde, jedoch nicht ihren Vorstellungen einer Rückkehr auf die Erde....

At the pinnacle of this demanding sport, artistry and balance is found in two moving as one. Yet the world's best pair of acrobats dare not reveal that their athletic brilliance has come at the price of their very identities.

Another dazzling collection of fact, fiction, and wit from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning master of hard science fiction! Larry Niven is the New York Times bestselling author of such classic science fiction novels as Ringworld and Destiny's Road. His previous collection, N-Space, was lauded by the Houston Post as "outstanding ... hours of entertainment," while Publishers Weekly called it "a must for science fiction fans." A follow-up volume, Playgrounds...