Melon.This random and powerful thought turns the sun into a massive honeydew melon, destroying the Earth and ruining Dr. Maximilian Tundra's day.In another even more unlikely universe, an alternative Max discovers the mining colony on Callisto has disappeared. Not only has his new home vanished, so has every shred of human civilization in the entire system!These two Maxes (and a few more) must discover the cause of this decoherence and save other universes ...

★★★★★ "Funny, yet deep, this is definitely worth venturing into the multiverse for."Amazing Stories says: "Snarky as Pratchet, insightful as Stephenson, as full of scathing social commentary as Swift or Voltaire, and weirdly reminiscent of LeGuin, Alpha Max is the only multiverse novel you need this month, or maybe ever."Maximilian Tundra is about to have an existential crisis of cosmic proportions.When a physical duplicate of him appears in his liv...

HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL 2019IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SINGA century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented-something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity, and understanding.Once every cycle, the civi...

Another timeless masterpiece in the Voyager Classics seriesMars – the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind’s dreams of space conquest.From the first pioneers who looked back at Earth and saw a small blue star, to the first colonists – hand-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert – Red Mars is the story of a new genesis. It is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dr...

'A major new voice. Read Temi Oh today. Everybody will be reading her tomorrow' Stephen Baxter. author of World Engines'A b****rilliant, beautiful debut. Reading it will change your heart' Christian Kiefer, author of PhantomsThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet meets The 100 in this unforgettable debut by a brilliant new voice.A c...

* WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD 2013 ** Includes the James S. A. Corey story 'Drive', now filmed as The Expanse, Season 2, Episode 6, 'Paradigm Shift' ** Includes the Pat Cadigan story 'The Girl-Thing Who Went Out For Sushi', winner of the Hugo Award 2013 *PRAISE FOR THE SERIES'Stories that speak to both head and heart' - SFX'Breath-taking,...

Hundreds of thousands of miles away on the dark side of the moon, the Russian lunar base has self-destructed - all personnel are dead, except one. Olga Sobakin, the lone survivor, seeks refuge at the rival American base.Olga tells the Americans her base was attacked by a horrifying and nightmarish creature - the pattern was the same: people vanished, leaving nothing behind but shredded clothing and an unidentifiable waste product. The Americans are skeptical of her story at first, b...

New friends. Deadly foes.Ethan was a normal teenager, until a freak lightning strike gave him the power to control any electronic device within range.Now he's on the run from the dangerous Agent Ferris and his killer android Gemini, whose sole goal is to terminate Ethan.But at the moment, that's the least of his worries!When Ethan accidentally interrupts a robbery by the mysterious Money Man, the villain vows to make him pay.Escaping...

E-Boy is back in an electric new adventure!Somewhere deep in the oceans lies the key to superhuman strength.Ethan's powers will be put to the ultimate test when he, Penny and Gemini find themselves in a desperate race against the corrupt government and its army of androids.Soon, they are in the clutches of the dreaded Collector.Will they be able to free themselves in time to seize the Grapes of Atlantis?

'Jack McDevitt is that splendid rarity, a writer who is a storyteller first and a science fiction writer second. In his ability to absolutely rivet the reader, it seems to me that he is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke' Stephen KingAlex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greene, who then voluntarily has her memory erased. She has no memory of her past life, or even of her plea for assistance. But sh...

'Why read Jack McDevitt? The question should be: Who among us is such a slow pony that s/he isn't reading McDevitt?' Harlan EllisonSunset Tuttle spent his life searching in vain for forms of alien life. Thirty years after his death, a stone tablet inscribed with cryptic, indecipherable symbols is found in the possession of Tuttle's onetime lover, and antiquities dealer Alex Benedict is anxious to discover what secret the tablet holds.It could be proof that ...

“A non-stop, furiously paced story.” — Robert Charles Wilson, award-winning authorA nuanced story about artificial intelligence and digital immortality, Freenet plunges readers into the far future, when humans have closed distances in time and space through wormhole tunnels between interplanetary colonies. Consciousness has been digitized and cybersouls uploaded to a near-omniscient data matrix in a world where information is currency and the truth belongs...