Civilizations must make sense somehow. But was this one the gaudy, impossible exception?

Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second—if the crews were to live. But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!

Captain of her own ship and daughter of the Queen of the Fleet, Danell never ran into an enemy she couldn't chase away or elude. Until now.

Life is tough when you're a fourteen year old girl. It's even tougher when a quick joyride in your mom's spaceship leaves you stranded light-years from home. But with the help of a well connected space Lord, Aiyela might have a big push in the right direction.If only she only she can land a job, land her ship without exploding, and generally not embarrass herself.

A stranded starship's crew races against time to create an artificial consciousness in this epic by the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune.The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hybernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three Organic Mental Cores—disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions—go insane. An emergency skeleton crew sees only ...

Three kidnapped Earthlings show Xantra of the Tillas how "docile" Earth slaves can be.

The fate of the galaxy is placed in the hands of Lunzie, who discovers the true nature of a new friend; Fordeliton, who is dying of a mysterious poison; Dupaynil, who is exiled; and Aygar, who tries to prove himself.At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

The 13th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® continues the bestselling anthology series, presenting modern and classic works of speculative fiction. This edition features an interview with author Robert J. Sawyer plus 26 great stories! Included are:SARGASSO OF LOST STARSHIPS, by Poul AndersonTHE DAY IS DONE, by Lester del ReyX MARKS THE PEDWALK, by Fritz LeiberRAFT, by Larry TrittenSPACEMAN ON A SPREE, by Mack ReynoldsTHE MASKED WORLD, by Jack Williamson

Youth' is a short novel by Isaac Asimov. It first got published by the Space Science Fiction in the May 1952 issue, and then, was reprinted in the 1955 collection titled 'The Martian Way and Other Stories'. 'Youth' is one of the rare Asimov stories with alien characters.

Time doesn’t like being messed with. Fortunately, neither does she.Ashe is a time traveler, time fixer, and general pain in the backside for anyone trying to rewrite history. Her current mission? Stop the latest cosmic villain from turning the space-time continuum into spaghetti. Her reward? Getting booted across the galaxy and dumped—literally—into the cratered lap of an alien warrior who shouldn’t even exist.Vidor Shan just wants to find his missing broth...

Prospecting on the Moon was grim, dangerous and usually unrewarding. Only most of the green-horns who came to try didn't find out until after they got there. Chris Jackson was no exception. He put everything he owned and could borrow into this, and he'd be ruined if he failed. His only chance meant going into Tycho - where three expeditions had already disappeared. He could try¿but would he come out again?

Imagination' was one of the most successful science fiction magazines of its time. While many of it contemporaries tried to push literary boundaries, 'Imagination' focused on adventure and space opera, assuring its financial success. Here are some of the finest stories ever to appear in its pages. Over 200,000 words of pulse-pounding adventure fiction. 'Mr. Spaceship' by Philip K. Dick 'The Mind Digger' by Winston Marks 'Earth Alert!' by Kris Neville 'Stopover Planet' by Robert E. Gilbert ...