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Greg Bear
The furthest chamber contains the greatest mystery ever to confront the Stone’s scientists. But tombstone or milestone, the Stone is not an alien structure: it comes from the future of…
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Greg Houlgate
Three children befriend Tobias, after waking him from a hundred year sleep, when they play an old fun fair game called the Mystery Machine, which uses magic to whisk them…
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Giant reptiles thought to have been extinct survived in isolation for 70 million years on the plateau of El Grande, Venezuela. Then Professor Challenger found their lost world, and they…
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Three stories with a common theme: the female psyche, multiplied and divided, says Greg Bear in his introduction to\“Women in Deep Time.\” There s probably something Jungian in common with…
All the accumulated knowledge of Hegira’s First-Born is graven on giant Obelisks that tower into the sky; beyond mankind’s power to reach and read. But as knowledge advances, so the…
Collecting six stories in old paradigms, Sleepside features Greg Bear’s outstanding fantasy writing: Webster, The White Horse Child, Sleepside Story, Dead Run, Through Road No Whither, and Petra. This edition…
This is the first published collection of short stories by one of the foremost voices in science fiction today. This significant volume contains many characters and situations that later evolved…
Music, myth, and magic mix in this tale of a melody not meant for human ears, from the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of Darwin’s Radio.
Michael Perrin is…
This collection of newly revised stories and rare screenplay by Greg Bear combines his intense concern with the human condition with a deep understanding of science. Here are mind-bending explorations…
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Kawashita passed up the chance to die honourably with the carrier HIRYU. When the aliens plucked him from the sea, he thought they would kill him, but instead they gave…
The third book in Halo’s Forerunner trilogy.
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Man had made the Cities, but he had made them too well. For though they were perfect, their inhabitants were not. And so the Cities rejected their creators, threw them…
The 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…
A brilliant physicist and the daughter of one of Mars’ oldest colonizing families–both involved in the student uprising of 2171–see the revolution take a dramatic, unexpected turn.
Curiosity may kill Larry Fowler. A scientist from New Mexico, Fowler is hot on the trail of a mysterious phenomenon that is known to freeze animals instantly and can demolish…
A virus hunter at the Epidemic Intelligence Service has pursued an elusive flu-like disease that strikes down expectant mothers and their offspring. Then a major discovery high in the Alps–the…
Same war. Different enemy.
Includes excerpts from Take back the skies: War Dogs: book 3 by the Greg Bear and Forsaken skies by D. Nolan Clark.
Award-winning author Bear is one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism are reflected in this mind-bendingly epic novel that may well…
Three FBI agents. One armageddon. It’s the near future - sooner than you might hope - and the war against terrorism is almost lost.
In the decade since women began giving birth to a new human species, Homo sapiens novus, the world has been engulfed in political, medical, and social turmoil as these new…
6 dazzling stories, freshly revised for this volume, plus new introductions, commentary, and reminiscences from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of War Dogs, Eternity, and The Forge of God
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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…
A small community travels the infinite enormity of space on a quest for war and vengeance. This book is a meditation on the art, terror and pity of war. The…
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Bear returns with a new pulse-pounding, adrenaline-fueled military space adventure set on Mars.
A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination: unknown. Its purpose: a mystery. Its history: lost. Now, one man wakes up. Ripped from a dream of a new…
In the sixth decade of the 21st century, Earth has been transformed. Nanotechnology has been perfected, giving humans the ability to change their environment and themselves down to the cellular…
From the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of The Infinity Concerto, the fantasy saga continues …
After five years trapped in the Realm of the Sidhedark, Michael Perrin has…
In a world of wonders, wealth, and perfect mental health, a famous poet commits gruesome murder … Why? That crime, that question, leads a policewoman to a jungle of torture…
A new planet. A new battle. The same war. The new hard SF novel from a master of the genre.
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The Gurus made their presence on Earth known thirteen years ago. Providing technology and scientific insights far beyond mankind’s capability, they became indispensable advisors and promised even more gifts. But…
A sweeping Elizabethan historical fantasy from an internationally renowned author that evokes the seafaring adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson and the magic of The Bear and the Nightingale
The Force is strong in 12-year-old Anakin Skywalker, he is training to become a Jedi Knight. Dispatched to the mysterious planet Zonama Sekot, Obi-Wan, Anakin’s teacher, and the boy are…
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Greg Bear’s masterpiece returns to print in a trade paperback edition. This remarkable novel of alien invasion shows off Bear’s talents to their full effect: science-fictional extrapolation that is stunningly…
Originally published: New York: Warner Books, 1988.
The year’s best science fiction and fantasy selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Based on the bestselling video game for Xbox.
A terrifying disease, or the next step in human evolution? Three scientists must battle to find the truth in this heart-stopping technothriller.
Scientist Hal Cousins is close to discovering the key to immortality but someone has already found it and will kill him to keep it secret.
Ring, ring. You’re dead.
