Sequel to The Legacy of Heorot.
"A new generation is growing up on the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought when their parents and grandparents first arrive from Earth. Setting out for the mainland, Setting out for the mainland, this group of young rebels feels ready to fight any Grendels that get in their way. On Avalon, however, there are monsters which dwarf the ones their parents fought, and as the group will soon learn, m...
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"Enter the world of Weinbaum. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey," introduced Tweel-that charming and inimitable Martian, the first in Weinbaum's menagerie of unforgettable aliens. Weinbaum populated his universe with many delightful creatures, most of who are collected here for the first time in paperback. Includes "A Martian Odyssey" and many others. Special introduction by Isaac Asimov."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tal...
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A collection of nine tales from . . . "The late, lamented BEYOND, edited by H. L. Gold, published during its career some of the best adult fantasy and science fiction stories written in America" (Damon Knight)
"Ray Bradbury tells the story of a man who had one of his eyes replaced with the most beautiful poker chip in the world . . ."
A startling story which shows that most of us are only puppets -- and Algis Budrys proves it . . ."
Frederik Pohl demonstrates that if you track real magic to its ...
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"Beka Cooper is no longer a Puppy. She's a Dog now - a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, which keeps the peace in Corus's streets. Beka's natural skills of observation and tenacity are augmented by her unusual magical talents, which allow her to gather information both from pigeons and from the eddies of dirt and dust that swirl on street corners. But even her magic isn't ver...
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Frances' parents have a problem. Whatever Mother serves, Frances wishes it was bread and jam and proclaims accordingly in rhyme. So one day Mother serves her just what she wants-bread and jam for every meal! Soon Frances is not quite as thrilled as she expected to be. A charming book of reverse childhood psychology which children will appreciate on one level and every parent who ever had a stubborn child to contend with will appreciate on quite a different level.
Cute color illustrations by Lillian Hoban add so much t...
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"The sole survivor of a spaceship battle, Kurt Morgan's survival capsule finds an Earth-type planet in this unknown system. Stranded for life, he must adapt quickly to the strange terrain and even stranger inhabitants. . . or face extinction. But would it be possible for him to learn the ways of this totally alien culture. . . to entirely adapt his human reactions to their fabulous civilization and complex mores? Kurt didn't know it yet, but before long...
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"The Amazing Conroy has taken his hypnosis act beyond Human Space.
"It should be show business as usual, except for the bigger-than-a-planet energy being that eants to study him, the rival aliens pulling him in opposite directions, his buffalito lapping up liquid gravity, and the small matter of a hypnotized ghost. . . "; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Signed by Author
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"The Amazing Conroy is a stage hypnotist who has parlayed an alien buffalo dog, a creature that eats anything and farts oxygen, into a powerful corporation worth billions. An ambitious plan to use these buffalitos to clean up toxic waste sites places him in direct conflict with a radical anti-alien ecoterrorist organization, and before long, Conroy is on the run with only his pet buffalito, Reggie, and his gambler pal, Left-John Mocker, to aid him.
"Conroy must elude te...
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Sequel to the Posleen series about a future alien invasion of Earth.
"For as long as Cally O'Neal could remember, she had lived in danger. While her father was fighting the invading Posteen she had been raised by her grandfather, practically on the front-lines of a war that had erased five billion humans from the earth. In the final stages she had officially 'died' and been recruited into the Bane Sidhe, a group of underground warriors dedicated to brea...
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"The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world - and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.
"Here is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever. "
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Third in the original Dune trilogy, following "Dune" (Nebula and Hugo Awards) and "Dune Messiah".
The desert planet Arrakis has begun to grow green and lush. The life giving spice is abundant. The nine year old royal twins, possessed of their father's supernormal powers are being groomed as Messiahs.
But there are those who think the Imperium ...
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"The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once again the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania. Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes ...
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" The Corset. "
" Rarely has any garment held such allure, such mystery, so much attraction for men and women alike. From a simple foundation garment to a fashion statement all its own, the corset has held the imagination for centuries.
" This collection of stories from some of the brightest fantasy writers in the world run the gamut from steampunk to hor...
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Diane Goode sumptuously illustrates this classic fairy tale of a mistreated kitchen maid, her fairy godmother, and (of course) a prince charming.
Est Level: 3rd - 6th grades; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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"Several millennia in the future, Earth has become a backwater planet, ignored by others in its galaxy. Its one jewel is Cirque, the City on the Abyss, into which the River Fundament falls in magnificent cataracts. It is a city of love and harmony, with inspiring religious rites. But in the Abyss there lives the Beast, loathsome to imagine, frightening to confront, for it was formed from castoff hates of the Cirquians: a Beast whose body is refuse, whose mind is...
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"Between the Solar Array Pumped Laser and Troy - the two trillion ton nickel-iron battlestation created by eccentric billionaire Tyler Vernon - Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and begin entering the galactic milieu.
"But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humani...
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