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In Snow Crash , Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age , he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life-and the entire future of humanity-is about to be decoded and reprogrammed....

Five Patients

by Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton takes a look at venerable Massachusetts General, giving firsthand accounts of five true and poignant cases which reveal the near-miraculous proficiency--and sometimes alarming inefficiency--of a major city hospital. A dramatic, behind-the-scenes tale from the author of Sphere. Reissue.

The Chantry Guild (Childe Cycle)

by Gordon R. Dickson

Dorsai Amanda Morgan has made it to earth with disturbing news--the Younger Worlds intend to attack Earth, unless she and mysterious Chantry Guild can prevent it. Reprint.

Insurrection

by Steve White

Reissued to tie-in with Crusade, a rousing space adventure in the spirit of David Drake and Jerry Pournelle. It's the American Revolution all over again--and this time the stakes are not a single continent, but the stars themselves. "Peopled with strong characters . . . who strive to uphold basic human values in a war of future worlds".--Greenville Piedmont.

Oath of Swords

by David Weber

Whom the gods would recruit, they first tick off . . . Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He¿s no knight in shining armor. He¿s a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, and inability to maintain civilized conduct. None of the other Five Races of man like the hradani. Besides his ethnic burden, Bahzell has problems of his own... (more)

Crusade

by Steve White

In the period of peace following the Human-Orion War, a ship from a half-forgotten history emerges from a warp point notorious for devouring ships and opens fire on the Orions.

Callahan's Lady

by Spider Robinson

A HOUSE OF HEALTHY REPUTE... Welcome to Lady Sally's, the House that is a home -- the internationally (hell, interplanetarily) notorious bordello. At Lady Sally's House, the customer doesn't necessarily come first: even the staff are genuinely enjoying themselves. Wife of time traveling bartender Mike Callahan, and employer of some of the most unusual and talented performing artists ever to work in... (more)

The Forge (The Raj Whitehall Series: The General, Book 1)

The Forge (The Raj Whitehall Series: The General, Book 1)

by S. M. Stirling

Military science fiction at its very best. First novel in the Raj Whitehall series. Reissue

Patriots

by David Drake

"Los Angeles Daily News" calls "Patriots" "enormously entertaining", while "Kirkus Review" has high praise for the novel's "punchy action and realistic consequences". The rugged individualists who have settled the frontier planet of Greenwood are threatened by politicians and bean counters on Earth, who see Greenwood only in terms of profit. The settlers must set aside their local differences in order to meet the... (more)

All the Way to the Gallows

by David Drake

A collection of side-splitting science fiction shorts includes tales of paratrooper goblins, space cops and their politically correct alien supervisor, a band of mercenary elves, and a collaboration with Larry Niven.

Kill Ratio

by David Drake, J. Morris

River of Time

by David Brin

This collection of short science-fiction stories by the author of the "Uplift" series includes "The Crystal Tears" which won a Hugo Award on publication.

Jed the Dead

by Alan Dean Foster

Forging an unlikely friendship with the three-eyed, six-limbed, alien corpse Jed, Ross Ed Hager journeys with his new companion throughout the world, catching the attention of the government and landing on the Universe's Most Wanted list.

A Good Old-Fashioned Future

by Bruce Sterling

From the subversive to the antic, the uproarious to the disturbing, the stories of Bruce Sterling are restless, energy-filled journeys through a world running on empty--the visionary work of one of our most imaginative and insightful modern writers. They live as strangers in strange lands. In worlds that have fallen--or should have. They wage battles in wars already lost and become heroes--and sometimes... (more)

Privateers: Book 2

Empire Builders

by Ben Bova

Dan Randolph never plays by the rules. A hell-raising maverick with no patience for fools, he is admired by his friends, feared by his enemies, and desired by the world's loveliest women. Acting as a twenty-first privateer, Randolph broke the political strangle-hold on space exploration, and became one of the world's richest men in the bargain. Now an ecological crisis threatens Earth--and the same politicians... (more)

Steel Beach

by John Varley

Despite their idyllic existence, the residents of Moon Colony Luna are becoming bored, apathetic, and even suicidal, but when the central computer adopts a similar pathology, the entire colony is in danger of being destroyed. Reprint. PW.

Callahan's Legacy (Callahan's Crosstime Saloon)

Callahan's Legacy (Callahan's Crosstime Saloon)

by Spider Robinson

For years, Callahan's was the place where friends met to have a few drinks, tell a few jokes, and occasionally save the world. Until that unfortunate incident with the nuke a few years ago.... But Jake Stonebender and his wife have opened a new Callahan's, Mary's Place, and all the regulars are there: Doc Webster, Fast Eddie the piano player, Long Drink McGonnigle, and of course the usual talking dogs, alcoholic... (more)

The Callahan Touch

by Spider Robinson

All the regulars from Callahan's are at Mary's Place--Jake, Doc, and Fast Eddie--along with new faces like ""Lucky Duck,"" who has an astounding gift for defying the law, and a mysterious stranger with a deadly secret. Reprint.

Wolf in Shadow (Stones of Power)

by David Gemmell

"Gemmell . . . keeps the mythic currents crackling." --Publishers Weekly John Shannow, The Jerusalem Man, lived in a world that had toppled on its axis. Civilization had been replaced by ruthlessness and savagery. Relentless in his quest for peace, Shannow followed a path that led only to bloodshed and sorrow. Abaddon, the Lord of the Pit, sought to plunge mankind into a new Satanic era. His Hellborn army spewed... (more)

Life Among the Asteroids (The Endless Frontier, Vol. 4)Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr

Life Among the Asteroids (The Endless Frontier, Vol. 4)

by Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr

A collection of fact and fiction surrounding space exploration features a work by Poul Anderson, Jerry Pournelle's look at pioneer know-how in space, Charles Sheffield's tale of a space battle between the young and old, and more.

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or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

by Neal Stephenson

by Michael Crichton

by Gordon R. Dickson

by Steve White

by David Weber

by Steve White

by Spider Robinson

by S. M. Stirling

by David Drake

by David Drake

by David Drake, J. Morris

by David Brin

by Alan Dean Foster

by Bruce Sterling

by Ben Bova

by John Varley

by Spider Robinson

by Spider Robinson

by David Gemmell

by Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr