| Authors | Title | Series | Description | Format |
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| Piers Anthony | On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) | Incarnations of Immortality | When Zane shot Death, he learned, too late, that he would have to assume his place, speeding over the world riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others. Sooner than he would have thought possible, Zane found himself being drawn to Satan's plot. Already the Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved...unless he could discover the only way out....
The first novel of the INCARNATIONS OF IMMORATLITY series. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition. | Hardcover |
| Piers Anthony, Robert Margroff | Dragon's Gold (Kelvin of Rud) | | Spiced by some genuinely frightening moments. A persuasive performance...that should swell the ranks of Anthony's already huge audience. —Kirkus Reviews
Anthony and Margroff mix fantasy and science much as Mark Twain did in A Connecticut Yankee. Action, character development, and romance blend nicely in this captivating tale. —Kliatt Paperback Book Guide
Good quest fantasy...one of the better examples of its type. —Science Fiction Chronicle
This pleasant...fantasy adventure possesses the added irony and realism one expects from Anthony. —Publishers Weekly.
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition. | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | Macroscope | | | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | Night Mare (The Magic of Xanth, No. 6) | The Magic of Xanth | Although the Nextwave of barbarian warriors was invading Xanth, Mare Imbrium discovered that ever since she had gained the half soul, the night mare had begun to mishandle her job of delivering bad dreams. Exiled to the day world with a message for King Trent, Mare met the relentless, unforgiving Horseman. For the night mare, it began to be all a horrible nightmare! --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition. | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | Being a Green Mother (Incarnations of Immortality #5) | Incarnations of Immortality | A young girl's lifelong pursuit of the "Llano"the elusive Song of Natureleads her to her destiny as the Incarnation of Nature and tricks her into a bargain with the Incarnation of Evil to halt the world's destruction. This conclusion to one of Anthony's most popular series abounds with the author's love for logical conundrums and coy humor. Recommended. JC
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. | Hardcover |
| Piers Anthony | Chaos Mode (The Mode Series Book Three) | The Mode Series | Despite some fresh characters and situations, the uneven third installment of Anthony's new series (after Virtual Mode and Fractal Mode ) ultimately lapses into formula. Escaping an unhappy childhood, 14-year-old Colene has discovered travel on the Virtual Mode, a buffer zone that connects Earth with thousands of alternate realities. With three companions--Darius, Nona and the telepathic horse Seqiro--she meets Burgess, a tentacled being from a world whose evolutionary development differs dramatically from that of Earth. Anthony effectively conveys Burgess's radical otherness through the creature's community-oriented vocabulary, but he is less successful with the human characters, each of whom is defined by an overly simple trait: Darius is honest, Nona beautiful, Colene intelligent but depressed. Travel along the Virtual Mode allows for several imaginative settings and encounters, including a land of giants and a world where horses keep humans as slaves. The plot lacks a strong through-line, however, and the group's adventures soon become cliched; there seems to be no problem their combined abilities can't wrap up quickly and tidily, leaving them poised for the next adventure.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. | Hardcover |
| Piers Anthony | Castle Roogna (Xanth, No. 3) | The Magic of Xanth | Millie, a ghost for 800 years wants only one man--Jonathan, and he's a zombie. To prove himself, Magician Dor volunteers to get the potion that can restore Jonathan to full life. But he has to go back through time to do it, to a peril-haunted, ancient Xanth, where danger lurks at every turn.... --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition. | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | And Eternity (Incarnations of Immortality #7) | Incarnations of Immortality | With this seventh book Anthony concludes his series called the Incarnations of Immortality. Previous works have focused on Death, Time, Fate, War, Earth, Evil; the subject here is the Incarnation of Good, and the setting is an alternate Earth where Magic and Science share power. Each of the offices of these Incarnations must be filled by a human who will not age while occupying the position. Following the theme of the series, this book is concerned with the transition to a new Incarnation of Good. Each Incarnation has different rules for change, and that of Good requires the agreement of all six other Incarnations, including Evil, a decided complication that the other five must deal with. Anthony's excellent prose and well-thought-out plotting deliver an enjoyable and logical surprise solution to the conflict, following the resolution of Luna Kaftan's critical vote (a subplot of the entire series).
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. | Hardcover |
| Piers Anthony | Prostho Plus | | What's keeping you from your grand tour of the universe? Are you afraid of being caught out in the vastness of space with a painful cavity and no one capable of fixing it? Well fear not--the galaxy is simply teeming with dentists!
For Dr. Dillingham, dentist of Earth, it was the shock of his life--captured by aliens, forced to fix a strange cavity in an even stranger mouth; then whisked off to deep space. But luckily for the good dentist, Dillingham discovered that he liked zooming about the galaxy, solving unprecedented problems and making new and decidedly different acquaintances. And when he was offered the chance to apply to the Galactic University of Dentistry as Earth's first (and only) applicant, Dillingham had a choice to make: go back to his safe little world of bored housewives and miles of braces, or make a mark for mankind among the teeth of the stars.
It was really no choice at all. | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | The Source of Magic (The Magic of Xanth #2) | The Magic of Xanth | Ordered by King Trent to determine the source of Xanth's magic, Bink and his companions were harried by an unseen enemy determined to thwart them. When even their protector turned against them, Blink still managed to reach his goal and carry out the King's orders...but the king did not expect Blink's next act--to destroy utterly the magic of Xanth! --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition. | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | Centaur Aisle (The Magic of Xanth, No. 4) | The Magic of Xanth | Dor agreed to act as King of Xanth so long as Trent was gone for a week. But the weeks passed and Trent did not return. Dor knew he had to rescue his king but with no magic powers, how could it be done...? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | Paperback |
| Piers Anthony | Ox (Of Man and Manta #3) | Of Man and Manta | | Hardcover |
| K.P. Appleby | The Voice of Cepheus | | | Paperback |
| Nathan Archer | Predator: Cold War | Predator | When a Predator ship crashes in a frozen Russian wasteland, NYPD detective Shaefer reluctantly follows his orders to investigate, but upon his arrival a fiesty Russian female warrior challenges him to a deadly battle to claim the ship and its technology. | Paperback |
| Nathan Archer | Concrete Jungle (Predator) | Predator | During a brutally hot summer, New York Police detectives Rasche and Shaefer come across the murderous work of an alien predator and soon receive a sinister warning from the military to mind their own business.
Based on Dark Horse Comics graphic novel by Mark Verheiden. | Paperback |
| Kelley Armstrong | The Reckoning (Darkest Powers #3) | Darkest Powers | Grade 8 Up Fifteen-year-old Chloe Saunders and her friends Tori, Simon, and Derek are genetically altered supernaturals on the run from the evil corporation that created them. Hiding out with a family friend, they are trying to make sense of their predicament and discover what sinister plans the Edison Group has in store for them. As a powerful necromancer who can raise the dead in her sleep, Chloe struggles to control her abilities and figure out how to best use them to keep everyone safe. To further complicate matters (as if running for your life were not enough), Chloe wrestles with her feelings for Simon, a good-natured sorcerer, and Derek, a misunderstood werewolf. This nail-biting climax to the series continues to captivate readers with its edge-of-one's-seat pacing. Armstrong's story is full of action, romance, deception, and intrigue as well as complex characters and serious teenage issues. A satisfying addition for fans of the supernatural. Donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, NY
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. | Hardcover |
| Kelley Armstrong | The Awakening (Darkest Powers #2) | Darkest Powers | Grade 9 Up—When Chloe Saunders escapes from a group home for troubled teens, she has no idea that she'll be dealing with a treacherous aunt; a nascent werewolf; a prissy witch; guns, guards, and ghosts; and the harsh everyday realities of being a teen on the run. She'd come to terms with the fact that the home was obviously not your run-of-the-mill state facility, or she wouldn't have discovered her powers as a necromancer or found the witch, Tori; the warlock, Simon; and the werewolf, Derek, also in residence. Now the four of them and the ghost of the recently deceased telekinetic Liz, are trying to find the one adult who can help them. Things are complicated by Simon's diabetes, Derek's imminent transformation, and Tori, who, despite her magical powers, is best described by a different word, which rhymes with witch. Armstrong does an admirable job of walking the fine line between making things too easy for the group and putting unnecessary obstacles in their path. Separating them from the adults, she delves into character and relationships among the teens, giving this title a depth that some supernatural fare lacks. It is easy to read out of sequence, and even surpasses its predecessor, The Summoning (HarperCollins, 2008). If you buy it, teens will read it.—Cara von Wrangel Kinsey, formerly at New York Public Library END | Hardcover |
| Kelley Armstrong | The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) | Darkest Powers | Grade 6 Up—A well-written opening to a paranormal series. Chloe, 15, has the ability to see dead people, but before she can figure out what is happening, she has a breakdown, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and placed in a group home. She befriends some of the teens at Lyle House and tries to accept her treatment. However, two of her more mysterious housemates suggest that maybe she isn't crazy. Derek tells her to look up necromancy on the Internet, and she finds out that it's the ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead. He appears to have superstrength, and his foster brother has magical powers. Chloe's roommate, who causes things to fly around the room when she becomes angry, is taken away to a hospital and never heard from again. When she returns in Chloe's visions, Chloe suspects foul play, a misgiving confirmed when the dead speak to her again and reveal that they were "supernaturals" who were experimented on, killed, and buried in the home's basement many years before. Together with her new friends, Chloe escapes Lyle House, only to be betrayed. This suspenseful novel sets up a secret underworld where some people support and help supernaturals, while others persecute them. Armstrong combines bits of horror, teen relationships, and a dash of mystery to create a page-turner. Readers will look forward to the next installment.—Corinda J. Humphrey, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | Trade Paperback |
| Eleanor Arnason | Ring of Swords | | "Immensely satisfying....I will not be a bit surprised to see Ring of Swords on the next round of award ballots." -Tom Easton, Analog
"A remarkably suspenseful book....I plan to devour [Arnason's next book] with the same delight and intellectual relish that I found in this one." -Russell Letson, Locus
"At last, a non-predictable, thought-through, can't-stop-reading-it story, full of complicated and irresistible people, some of them human....Enjoy! Enjoy!" -Ursula K. Le Guin | Trade Paperback |
| Eleanor Arnason | In the Light of Sigma Draconis (A Woman of the Iron People, Part 1) | A Woman of the Iron People | An expedition sets out from an ecologically ruined Earth to find a planet suitable for human exploration in this excellent, anthropologically oriented SF tale.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. | Paperback |
| Isaac Asimov | The Gods Themselves | | Winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.
Review by Bill Johnston (PSSFS):
A nifty book about an alien race and the energy source which causes us to contact them. Despite all the abuse Asimov takes (especially for his later stories), I think he actually did deserve the token award he was given for this book. | Hardcover |
| Isaac Asimov | The Early Asimov; or, Eleven Years of Trying (Book 2) | | | Paperback |
| Isaac Asimov | Robot Dreams | | Robot Dreams collects 21 of Isaac Asimov's short stories spanning the body of his fiction from the 1940s to the 1980s----exploring not only the future of technology, but the future of humanity's maturity and growth. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | Trade Paperback |
| Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Alfred Bester, Robert Silverberg (ed.), James Blish, Phillip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg (ed.), William Tenn | Beyond Control; Seven Stories of Science Fiction | | | Hardcover |
| Isaac Asimov | Nightfall and Other Stories | | | Hardcover |