The crew members of Centaur II return to Earth in the late twentieth-first century after completing over 30 years on an exploratory mission to the first extra-solar planet having life. Since their departure, terrorism and global warming have radically changed the people and environment of their home planet. This story, the conclusion of a trilogy, follows the paths of three of the crew as they strive to uncover what became of their family, friends, and careers, and to rebuild their lives.

A story of the discovery of life on a planet outside the solar system, and the mounting of the first interstellar mission to explore it.

This sequel to the author's Gliese 4 depicts mankind's first exploration of an extra-solar planet, the fourth one orbiting Gliese 876, and its surprising ecology. The novel also follows the efforts of the stranded human colony to confront its own mental and physical problems, and to repair its crippled ship for a return to Earth. Then hostile representatives of an alien master race arrive!

Compared with a spaceship in distress, going to hell in a handbasket is roomy and slow! (note: very short story)

“Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick”—Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author of Ender’s Game.Four people uncover a secret that has the power to shake the foundation of faith as we know it.Reverend Joshua Barker feels that it is his duty to bring the Word to the oppressed beings on alien worlds, to teach them to repent their sins and cherish the teachings of the Good Book. It’s a noble ambition… until he discovers something that challe...

This debut sci-fi novel by the Nebula and Locus Award–winning author of The Shore of Women follows five human clones in an unforgiving world.Shock and outrage greet Paul Swenson's announcement of the success of his latest and most controversial scientific endeavor. Having taken advantage of a brief lull in legislative restrictions, the renowned astrophysicist and a team of bioscientists have created five human clones—four males and one female—from Swenson's...

In this sequel to "Mirror Earth", Elisabeth and Roger live happy lives on the other Earth. They are still adjusting, but there are many people around to help them along.Denise, Walter, Jane and Sarah are back on their home Earth. Due to what's called the failure of the time-fluxer project things aren't that great. The scientists go on because they have to. Unfortunately they only have each other to fall back on because Professor Holger has little love left for them.Everyone...

The huge tire on the freeway outside town is not an advertisement, as people think, but a vessel from another universe on a sinister mission. Can Amanda and her friends make it back out alive? The fate of the world might hinge on the outcome, or at least Melissa's fancy new bike. Book 3 of the "Time Before Color TV" series

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end.Praise for The Sparrow“A st...

Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson.It is thirty years from now, and we have colonized the moon.American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding.It is also the first visi...

While the island is still shaking from the latest high-profile case, Inspector Zoë Janssen's life is finally going in the right direction. Her co-parenting relationship with her ex has never been more amicable, and her career and love life are going well. But on the island, peace never lasts--the sexual assault of a Reformed girl breaks the calm and causes new fear for the islanders.Zoë is forced to delve into the Reformed community and uncovers suspicious activities. When the vict...

Winner of the Aurora Award for best novel of the year. Named best novel of the year by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction*.*MURDER IN SPACEStarcology Argo. A superstarship on a mission to a distant world. Controlled by a monumental computer named JASON, the Argo proceeds flawlessly . . . until death strikes its sleek decks with sudden and mysterious precision.Astrophysicist Diana Chandler is dead of ...