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The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars by Steven Brust
Feb
.
27th
,
2025
07:05 am
As his artist's collective threatens to disintegrate, an artist questions the purpose of it all.
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars by Steven Brust
To Reign In Hell by Steven Brust
Feb
.
11th
,
2025
08:53 am
Yaweh's ambitious construction project raises serious labour relations issues.
To Reign In Hell by Steven Brust
Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells
Jan
.
23rd
,
2025
08:41 am
Having survived World War Three, British teen Danny Lodge and his young brother Ben face lingering radiation, dwindling supplies and the Local Commission.
Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells
The Man Who Used The Universe by Alan Dean Foster
Jan
.
2nd
,
2025
09:22 am
What motivation fuels Kees vaan Loo-Macklin's speed-run towards power?
The Man Who Used The Universe by Alan Dean Foster
Circumpolar! (Twin Planets, volume 1) by Richard A. Lupoff
Dec
.
19th
,
2024
08:50 am
What secrets await on Earth's obverse side?
Circumpolar! (Twin Planets, volume 1) by Richard A. Lupoff
High Frontier by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham
Nov
.
14th
,
2024
08:50 am
SPACE! and LASER CANNON will save America from having to choose between suicidal atomic commiegeddon or accepting Russian domination!
High Frontier by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham
Child of Fortune (Second Starfaring Age, volume 2) by Norman Spinrad
Nov
.
7th
,
2024
08:11 am
A very sexy teen sets out to find herself amidst the stars.
Child of Fortune (Second Starfaring Age, volume 2) by Norman Spinrad
The Man From Earth by Gordon R. Dickson
Aug
.
13th
,
2024
09:19 am
An assortment of short stories from the late Gordon R. Dickson.
The Man From Earth by Gordon R. Dickson
Fevre Dream by George R R Martin
Aug
.
1st
,
2024
09:11 am
Steamboat entrepreneur Abner Marsh is rescued from financial disaster by a mysterious benefactor who is curiously averse to direct sunlight.
Fevre Dream by George R R Martin
In the Red Lord’s Reach (Tales of Alaric the Minstrel, volume 2) by Phyllis Eisenstein
May
.
7th
,
2024
09:07 am
The second and thus far final fix-up of Alaric the Minstrel stories.
In the Red Lord’s Reach (Tales of Alaric the Minstrel, volume 2) by Phyllis Eisenstein
Starships edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, & Charles G. Waugh
Apr
.
23rd
,
2024
09:42 am
An assortment of vintage SF stories featuring starships, written by a variety of authors.
Starships edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, & Charles G. Waugh
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (War Surplus, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans \
Mar
.
7th
,
2024
07:05 am
Slaved to an inflexible, suicidal computer, a soldier is forced to keep fighting a war long since over.
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (War Surplus, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Nightside City (Carlisle Hsing, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Feb
.
22nd
,
2024
09:10 am
Why would someone buy doomed real estate?
Nightside City (Carlisle Hsing, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Misenchanted Sword (Legends of Ethshar, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Feb
.
15th
,
2024
09:05 am
A common-place soldier's life is complicated by a magic sword's deadly flaw.
The Misenchanted Sword (Legends of Ethshar, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Borderland (Chronicles of the Borderlands, volume 1) edited by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold
Jan
.
25th
,
2024
09:00 am
Stories from the city caught between technology and magic.
Borderland (Chronicles of the Borderlands, volume 1) edited by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold
Second Game by Charles V. De Vet & Katherine MacLean
Oct
.
24th
,
2023
09:16 am
Can one cunning intelligence agent save the Ten Thousand Worlds Federation from conquest by a single barbarian world?
Second Game by Charles V. De Vet & Katherine MacLean
Being Alien (Becoming Alien, volume 2) by Rebecca Ore Having mastered his professional duties, T
Aug
.
22nd
,
2023
09:19 am
Having mastered his professional duties, Tom Gentry is ordered by his alien bosses to attend to his personal life.
Being Alien (Becoming Alien, volume 2) by Rebecca Ore
Anubis Gates (Anubis Gates, volume 1) by Tim Powers
Aug
.
17th
,
2023
09:45 am
A challenging literary foray makes a new man out of a depressed widower.
Anubis Gates (Anubis Gates, volume 1) by Tim Powers
The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Jul
.
13th
,
2023
09:13 am
An American nurse's tour in Vietnam is enormously complicated by her acquisition of magic powers.
The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Limits by Larry Niven
Jul
.
6th
,
2023
09:41 am
A Reagan-era collection of minor Niven stories.
Limits by Larry Niven
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Page Summary
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars by Steven Brust
To Reign In Hell by Steven Brust
Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells
The Man Who Used The Universe by Alan Dean Foster
Circumpolar! (Twin Planets, volume 1) by Richard A. Lupoff
High Frontier by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham
Child of Fortune (Second Starfaring Age, volume 2) by Norman Spinrad
The Man From Earth by Gordon R. Dickson
Fevre Dream by George R R Martin
In the Red Lord’s Reach (Tales of Alaric the Minstrel, volume 2) by Phyllis Eisenstein
Starships edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, & Charles G. Waugh
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (War Surplus, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans \
Nightside City (Carlisle Hsing, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Misenchanted Sword (Legends of Ethshar, volume 1) by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Borderland (Chronicles of the Borderlands, volume 1) edited by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold
Second Game by Charles V. De Vet & Katherine MacLean
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