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A. R. Morlan, John S. Postovit

NO ONE writes science fiction, fantasy, or horror like A. R. Morlan. Her unique characters--her unusual perspective--her enormous imagination--all of these traits combine to produce absolutely "different" views of the past, present, and future. The eight novellas and short stories in this new collection highlight some of the best of her recent explorations of the near-future: "The Best Years of Our Lives," "Contingencies and Penti-Lope-Lope" (with John S. Postovit), "Ciné Rimettato," "Boog...

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Robert A. Heinlein, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Samuel Butler, Jules Verne, John W. Campbell, Jr., E.E. Doc Smith, Philip Franics Nowlan, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Clifford D. Simak, A. E. van Vogt, Jack Williamson, Tom Easton, Avram Davidson, Philip Jose Farmer, C. M. Kornbluth, Zenna Henderson, Richard Matheson, Jack Vance, Robert Silverberg, Brian W. Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, Ben Bova, Joe Haldeman, Ann McCaffrey, R. A. Lafferty, Octavia E. Butler, Jack Dann, Larry Niven, Kitt Reed, Vonda N. MacIntyre, Joanna Russ, Keith Roberts, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Gregory Benford, H. P. Lovecraft, Alan Dean Foster, David Drake, Pat Cadigan, Lisa Goldstein, James Morrow, Terry Pratchett, Lucius Shepard, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Howard Waldrop, James Morrow, Connie Willis, Cory Doctorow

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

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John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, John R. Fultz

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Lightspeed Magazine

In our lead story this month, “Hindsight,” horror author Sarah Langan tells the story of an apocalypse-in-progress, a world in which the laws of physics no longer seem to behave properly, and a mysterious cosmic anomaly called Black Betty. The last remaining survivors have one last hope, but can the technological singularity defeat the threat of a gravitational one?In “Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back,” author Joe R. Lansdale tells the tale of a mad scientist and his fami...

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Lynda E. Rucker, Samantha Henderson, Daria Patrie, Kaaron Warren, Richard Byers, Damien Angelica Walters, Spencer Leary, Joshua L. Hood, Jeff C. Carter, Simon Bestwick, Matt Maxwell, Shannon Fay, Adam Heine, Mike Allen, Darrell Schweitzer, Cody Goodfellow, Bruce R. Cordell, Pete Rawlik, A.C. Wise, Robert Brockway, Nate Southard, Molly Tanzer, Joshua Alan Doetsch, Thomas M. Reid, Clinton J. Boomer, L.A. Knight, Lizz-Ayn Shaarawi, J.M. Rozanski, Desirina Boskovich, Scott Gable, C. Dombrowski

Super science. Madness. Transhumanism.This is the dawn of posthumanity. Some things can’t be unlearned.Gleaming labs whir with the hum of servers as scientists unravel the secrets of the universe. But as we peel away mysteries, the universe glances back at us. Even now, terrors rise from the Mariana Trench and drift down from the stars. Scientists are disappearing—or worse. Experiments take on minds of their own. Some fight back against the unknown, some gi...

A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card.Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov • Arthur C. Clarke • Robert A. Heinlein • Ursula K. Le Guin • Ray Bradbury • Frederik Pohl • Harlan Ellison • George Alec Effinger • Brian W. Aldiss • William Gibson & Michael Swanwick • Theodore Sturgeon • Larry Niven • Robert Silverberg • Harry...

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Gardner Dozois

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Year's Best Science Fiction

This collection is the second installment in the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series:Fantastic Science Fiction!The Year's Best -- And Biggest CollectionHere's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction. Writers like:Robert SilverbergLucius ShepardJack McDevittOctavia E. ButlerConnie Wil...

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Year's Best Science Fiction

Embark on a Mind-Bending Journey Through Time and Space in this Stunning Sci-Fi AnthologyThe twenty-first century has proven to be an era of unparalleled wonder and possibility, and Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection continues to explore these exciting new frontiers with captivating results. This science fiction anthology brings together twenty-six imaginative tales from both masters of the form and brilliant new talents, each one ta...

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Year's Best Science Fiction

The Future Boldly Imagined From Breathtaking New PerspectivesThe world as we will know it is far different from the future once predicted in simpler times. For this newest collection of the finest short form SF to appear in print over the preceding year, acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered remarkable works that reflect a new sensibility. Courageous and diverse stories from some of the finest authors in the field gra...

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Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell

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Year's Best SF Series

The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form sf is at hand. Once again, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered together a stunning array of science fiction that spans a veritable universe of astonishing visions and bold ideas. Hitherto unexplored galaxies of the mind are courageously traversed by some of the most exciting new talents in the field—while well-established masters rocket to remarkable new heights o...

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Greg van Eekhout

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A Tor.Com Original

What is there to do, when you have the power to do anything? John can fly, he can see through solid objects, he can take over the world and give it back again, but what he's looking for is something else…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Steve Umstead

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Gardner Dozois

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Year's Best Science Fiction

From 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:The Land of Nod, Mike Resnick's powerful tale of the orbital space colony Kirinyaga and how the old ways conflict with the new.Foreign Devils, Walter Jon Williams's exotic revision of the War of the Worlds M...