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MASTER AND APPRENTICEThe Force is strong in twelve-year-old Anakin Skywalker . . . so strong that the Jedi Council, despite misgivings, entrusted young Obi-Wan Kenobi with the mission of training him to become a Jedi Knight. Obi-Wan? like his slain Master Qui-Gon?believes Anakin may be the chosen on... More

There are a number of stories in this collection that won awards and a number that should have won. There is a feast of good reading for anyone who appreciates a well told story with credible science.... More

Corona An awesome, sentinent force of protostars -- Corona -- has taken control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists. The U.S.S Enterprise has come on a rescue mission, with a female reporter and a new computer that can override Kirk's command. Suddenly, the rescuers must save themselves and th... More

In an age of regular journeys into space and the tunnel under the English Channel - when billions of dollars are spent on future communications technology, and a "Star Wars" defence can change world politics - science fiction is more a part of our daily lives than ever before. Greg Bear, the bestsel... More

Greg Bear's Nebula Award-winning novel,Darwin's Radio, painted a chilling portrait of humankind on the threshold of a radical leap in evolution--one that would alter our species forever. Now Bear continues his provocative tale of the human race confronted by an uncertain future, where "survival of ... More

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Multi-award winning author Greg Bear established himself as the most ambitious and imaginative of the potential successors to Arthur C. Clarke with his bestselling space operas Eon and Eternity. Tangents is his first collection of short stories and includes two tales that won both Hugo and Nebula Aw... More

"just a small-planet girl" may hold the key to the future of the Universe! Join the crew of the Enterprise as they struggle against weird aliens, the fourth estate, and Star Fleet monotirs as they once again try to save the Universe!... More

The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The editor, selected by SFWA's anthology Committee (chaired by Mike Re... More

The Ship of the Law travels space, carrying survivors of Earth's devastation whose mission is to destroy the Planet Killers. Being cut off from people they left behind forever, they have to confront entities whose technologies are far more advanced and whose psychology is alien.... More

Among the pioneer families colonising the moon, hard work and loyalty overrides any intrigue and faction forming that develops. But as the colonists settle, they have more to protect. Mickey Sandoval finds this out the hard way...... More

Do you dream of a city at the end of time? In a time like the present, on a world that may or may not be our own, three young people-Ginny, Jack, and Daniel-dream of a fabulous, decadent city in the distant future: the Kalpa. The dreams of Ginny and Jack overtake them without warning, leaving their... More

Following the death of a friend, Michael Perrin is bequeathed a key to an ancient house, which he discovers is a gateway to the Realm of the Sidhe. Upon crossing over into this fantastic new world, he learns that the immortal Fey folk are dangerous and that mortals are both unwelcome and unsafe. Bu... More

Michael Perrin returns to Los Angeles after years as a captive in the land of Sidhe and only wants a normal life. Then he discovers the script of "The Infinity concerto". In the course of the performance, Michael finds the Sidhe have followed him home - and they have plans for the world...... More

One of Jupiter's moons disappears; a spaceship and an alien creature bearing bad news are found in the Californian desert; and another spaceship carrying friendly robots appears in Australia. The ensuing encounter between humans and two alien races threatens to destroy the Earth.... More

In the tradition of the greatest cyberpunk novels, Blood Music explores the imminent destruction of mankind and the fear of mass destruction by technological advancements. The novel follows present-day events in which the fears concerning the nuclear annihilation of the world subsided after the Cold... More

Fifty years after Professor Challenger's discovery of the Lost World, America's last dinosaur circus has gone bankrupt, leaving a dozen avisaurs, centrosaurs, ankylosaurs, and one large raptor abandoned. Now a daring expedition plans to do the impossible: return the Jurassic giants to the wild. Two ... More

In the second half of the twenty-first century, nanotechnology has transformed every aspect of society. Humans can now change their abilities, their appearance, their very bodies on microscopic level. Advanced psychotherapy seems to have wiped away violence and illness. The world is sane and in bala... More

A harrowing thriller based on real-life discoveries in cell theory and the battle against aging and death by the bestselling author of Darwin's Radio and War Dogs Scientist Hal Cousins is on the brink of success in his quest to determine the biological underpinnings of immortality. Funded by angel i... More

7 remarkable stories, newly revised for this collection, showcase the award-winning talents of one of the 21st century’s finest writers of speculative fiction Whether penning science fiction (Moving Mars, Queen of Angels, War Dogs), alternate history (the Mongoliad series with Neal Stephenson), or... More

In this prequel to EON, Greg Bear continues to explore the possibilities presented by the asteroid Thistledown, a remnant of a lost human civilization. The Way is a tunnel through space and time that leads to other worlds, some more like planet Earth than Earth itself. It is perhaps the most formida... More

The New York Times Book Review hails this collection of thirteen dazzling stories and a rare screenplay by Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Greg Bear as a “solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer.” Greg Bear—author of Queen of Angels, Eon, and Hull Zero Three, among many other hug... More

From a New York Times–bestselling author: A new kind of phone awakens the dead in this technological horror novel “reminiscent of Koontz at his best” (Booklist). Ever since his life was shattered by the kidnapping and murder of his young daughter, Peter Russell has become a ghost of a man. Once a ... More

In this Nebula Award-winning short story by master SF writer Greg Bear, humans are engaged in a long war against an advanced alien race, the Senexi, but the possibility for peace may exist thanks to a young girl who learns the enemy's larger role and humanity's opportunity to evolve.... More

In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization. Constantly moving, growing and decaying, taking care of every need their inhabitants might think of, the cities have decided that humans are no longer a necessary part of their architecture, casting them ... More