Larry Niven
Author
Language
English
Description
Like Cloak of Anarchy, this story is peopled with fictional versions of several of Niven's friends. A discussion among friends about the theory of "Multiple Edens" suddenly becomes all too real, and the reason Tom Findlay has been asking such interesting questions over the years becomes clear.
Author
Language
English
Description
Nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, this short story introduces the Warlock, who discovers to his horror that the world's mana, the fuel that makes magic work, is rapidly dwindling. The news spells doom for magic-based society. Unfortunately, no secret that powerful can stay hidden for long.
23) Inconstant Moon
Author
Language
English
Description
How would you spend your last night on Earth? When the moon suddenly starts shining brighter, Stan and Leslie realize the sun must have gone nova, and they only have a few hours until the earth rotates into the deadly sunshine. This story won a Hugo award and was made into an episode of The Outer Limits.
24) Wait It Out
Author
Language
English
Description
The tragic story of the first manned expedition to Pluto, and the fate of the surviving astronaut who finds a unique way to prolong his lifespan in hopes of rescue.
27) Becalmed in Hell
Author
Language
English
Description
Eric is the "Brain" of the first ship to explore Venus. Howie is his human crewmember. When a fault develops, forcing the ship down onto the hostile Venusian surface, Howie must figure out the problem with Eric, be it mechanical or psychological. "Becalmed in Hell" first appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction in July 1965.
Author
Series
Heorot series volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Avalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named "grendels" were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon's new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the...
Author
Series
Heorot series volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A powerhouse trio of science fiction greats has united to further explore the planet Avalon, first introduced in their classic novel The Legacy of Heorot.
"Once upon a long, long time ago, our parents and grandparents left a place called Earth. They traveled across the stars in a ship called Geographic to find paradise."
A new generation is growing up on the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought when their
...30) N-space
Author
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
529 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
CoDominion universe. Second Empire volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
401 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Ringworld series volume 2
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
c1980
Physical Desc
xi, 357 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Ringworld series volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
viii, 424 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dream Park volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
364 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offered a dream job escorting a teenage heir on a fabulous moon role-playing vacation, Scotty Griffin, a personal security specialist, becomes embroiled in a violent reality game involving armed terrorists, psychological tests, and a large audience.
36) Lucifer's hammer
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1983.
Physical Desc
629 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the great Hamner-Brown comet, dubbed Lucifer's Hammer by the press, approaches Earth, various business executives, politicians, criminals, journalists, and scientists await the impending cataclysm and its general and personal effects with decidedly differing feelings.
37) Destiny's road
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
351 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
38) Escape from hell
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
332 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
40) Fleet of worlds
Author
Series
Ringworld series prequels volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
299 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a chain reaction of supernovae explosions at the core of the galaxy unleashes a deadly wave of radiation that will sterilize the entire galaxy, the Citizens--accompanied by Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs, a descendant of human survivors--flee into the unknown.