Science Fiction

Philadelphia, some time in the 21st century--Casper Beech is a corporate drone, a man beaten down by debt, a wage-slave to the Consortium that dominates the American economy. One day his boss sends him in for neural imprinting--to have new job skills implanted directly in his brain, because it's faster and cheaper than training him by older methods. But a computer glitch loads the wrong file, and Casper is programmed with something that has nothing to do with his job. Instead of learning a new s... more info>>

Do you think its easy being an alien, a satanic creature or anything else not considered part of the Homo sapiens only club? They have tough days just like humans do and their frustration is growing. Don't believe it? Well, what about Lucifer, the prince of darkness, who runs a car dealership--what about his feelings when he is faced with that impossible sale and he can't get that signature on form 666, the standard soul contract? Or maybe you wondered about how an extremely vain alien copes wit... more info>>

Commonwealth history says part of the reason for the Downfall was because some people were classed as mutants and made into slaves, and the slaves eventually rebelled. Bain and Lin go on an exploring mission and meet Leapers--descendants of people who escaped from the abuse and slavery of First Civ. Leap ships travel vast distances in a few heartbeats by slipping through the fabric of space and time. Journeys of years with Spacer pilots take days on Leap ships. Captain Lorian and the crew of the... more info>>

When terrorists try to poison undergraduate schools with a nerve agent, the scheme backfires. Instead of causing death, the chemical stimulates the mirror neurons in the students' brains, causing them to multiply and become hyperactive. This, in turn, leads to unusual talents. As the children grow, their teachers and other institutions become very interested in the odd perceptive ability they begin displaying. Government, industry, military, drug cartels, businesses and the underworld all want t... more info>>

She Championed Love Against Science! Here is the rarely reprinted and highly-acclaimed classic, a stunning mixture of passionate romance and scientific adventure, that The Science Fiction Encyclopedia calls, "one of the outstanding products of the early sf magazines * an elaborate time-travel adventure which helped extend the horizon of pulp sf." Some time in the far past or distant future, in the advanced, scientific world of Eos, which just might be Earth, the woman Cheryl demands the right to... more info>>

This is an updated version of the original article, with comment, descriptions and additional novels added. It is an entertaining discussion and listing of more than 130 science fiction novels, dubbed by Darrell Bain as his "Most Readable (and re-readable) Science Fiction Novels". His selections have been culled from more than 10,000 science fiction novels read over his lifetime, beginning at age twelve. Almost anyone who loves the genre is bound to find at least a few great books listed here th... more info>>

The three-year occupation by the Triden Empire has ended, and Orgon's latest Incarnation of Evil is free to rule as he sees fit. The Highlord of Darkness should be happy. But Narragan has traded a sadistic military governor for a smooth-talking political emissary and a telepathic spy, the Emperor insists he produce an heir, Orgon's Council of Lords is plotting behind his back, and the woman he loves has returned after a five-year absence, decked out in Triden leathers and pregnant courtesy a hus... more info>>

The sound of the teacher's voice droned in his ear, "Battles have been lost before men have stepped a foot on the battlefield. Your tactics are the plans you make for the upcoming battle and strategy is the careful planning and managing of your activity on the battlefield. Heed this lesson well young man as the lives of men are in your hands, and should always be in your heart." Attalee, a twelve year old boy king, must face the threat of a barbarian army that outnumbers his own, three to one. I... more info>>

It was the chance of a lifetime, to visit Centralis, home of the Commonwealth Council and the Commonwealth Upper University. While Lin testified about Sunsinger's visit to the Mashrami home planet, Bain explored the grounds of the university with his new friend, Gorgi Cole. Then a researcher was attacked, his laboratory ransacked and deadly cultures stolen. With the possibility of a plague being loosed under the domes of Centralis, Bain and Gorgi knew they had to help. But it could cost them the... more info>>

"Fans of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Stargate Will Love Matt Kirkby's Work!" says Jean Marie Stine, former personal assistant to Gene Roddenberry. From the author of the bestselling novel of military sf, The Price to Be Paid: A Novel of the Stellar Republic, comes a new saga set thousands of years later, when the Republic has become decadent. The government has lost touch with its citizens and corruption has spread throughout its bloated bureaucracy. Now the Republic is torn by the call of rebelli... more info>>

Due to his research into the lives of geniuses, Dr Julius Conrad of the Wellington Institute for the Study of the Humanities has developed a radical hypothesis: Namely, that the work of most geniuses, past and present, has been directed by minds from a ruthless future which take possession of either the unstable geniuses themselves or else of unstable people who are in a position to change the course of the geniuses' work. When Conrad is murdered on the eve of announcing his theory, journalist H... more info>>

Atlantis Anat'ellon is ancient Greek for Atlantis Rising. This is the story of a team of adventurers searching for the lost city. After a narrow escape from the jungles of South America the team begins translating the tablet. Shortly after their return to the states the tablet is stolen out from under their noses.

Should there be rules determining who--or what--is allowed to bear children?

You may think you have a simple way of dealing with criminals and that nothing can go wrong, but time travel always has room for another paradox.

Edek Fallon, born with a Shaman's seal on his wrist, lives an Astral Guard officer's life and never thinks about the chants his father taught him. Not until they start to come true ...When the shadow-men shall conquer, When ten billion suns shall blaze With the brightness of destruction, Comes the time of interphase.

Mylar was an expert at fragrances. The sophisticated smells he helped to concoct were selling better than ever. Yet when he visited Sokolov, he expected more than just one more sale.

A group of space soldiers is sent marching across a moon surface, to test the army's new phased camouflage, which makes the wearer invisible. But deadly aliens have the camouflage too, and Pvt. Ball is starting to wonder whether the familiar voices he hears are even human at all.

A touch of Sci-Fi. Genetic engineering. Hybrids. A dramatic escape. When Jenny takes the job, she has no inkling what it entails.

Dan Casey was an unsuccessful commerical illustrator until he got a commission to paint a very unusual portrait.

After landing on the first extrasolar world discovered capable of supporting human life, Major Jack Killian and his group of Terran Republic Marines encountered a creature, a multiton carnivore that killed one of the Marines. Upon closer inspection of the beast, Jack discovered a brand, evidence of domestication. Jack showed this evidence to Vladimir Chenzokov, captain of the exploratory vessel Envoy, who dismissed it as coincidental. The colony world, now dubbed New Eden, was human property, an... more info>>

At the age of sixteen, Abigail Wyeth was thirty-three years old. Born in the twentieth century, she now lived in the twenty-seventh. Having died in 2026 at the age of thirty-one, her mind and soul were harvested and placed into a computer "for the good of mankind". After she'd served the purpose intended, her mind was used to oversee Earths' PlanNet defenses and end the Terran/Martian Wars. She was the housekeeper to madman. An environmental control for an apartment building. A seductress who wo... more info>>

A recurring nightmare... A winning lottery ticket... A blasted planet... These are just the beginning signs of the coming of a terrible force of evil. As chaos spreads and civilization crumbles, three men called by God make their way to Earth to take a stand against an enemy of unimaginable power and terror. Set hundreds of years in the future, this is the story of a dark and frightening judgment upon a human race that has forgotten its Creator. He who has ears, let him hear...

Two ships, Alcyone and Solira, an alien vessel, in trouble from unprovoked attacks and in need of help. Two captains, one still aboard his disabled ship, the other picked up by Alcyone's sister ship Electra, and accused of desertion. A daughter eager for reunion with a father she hasn't seen in years. The father who all but abandoned her, who has long been secretly conducting illegal scientific experiments and profiting from the venture. An ambassador in a hurry, eager to take credit for first c... more info>>

"Will Inevitably Remind Readers of the Hyperion Series!" Says SF Sagas. In the final installment of this classic, and some say first-ever, science fictional bodice-ripper, it is up to Evela, witch of the Dark Star, and Moxol the Murderer, son of Aleta, heroine of Book I, The Woman from Eternity, to fulfill Aleta's vow and purge the galaxy of "the madness of war" forever! Why are there wars? Why have the followed humankind thousands of years into the future? What seemed to be a war of revenge bet... more info>>

Since their introduction in Medics Wild!, the zany Williard brothers' adventures have become increasingly science fictionish in nature, involving a real dinosaur in the Congo one time and factual evidence of Bigfoot (or more likely an alien) the next, but this escapade tops even those past exploits for strangeness. Three For The Money takes place after the turn of the century when the Williard brothers of Vietnam war fame are beginning to show their age, but aren't ready to slow down yet. They a... more info>>