Marvin Piltch is a computer hacker and sleaze-fiction author with writer's block. When Marvin decides Meter Maids in Bondage needs the expert touch of Sir Francis Bacon and re-creates him with his computer, the Elizabethan ghostwriter shows up with a 500-year-old grudge and a bad attitude. more »
A long narrative poem set in a neodecadent future and embodying shades of the Frankenstein mythos and the eternal enmity of the sexes. [Author Comment: If you are looking for a light entertainment, this story is not for you. Pavane for a Cyber-Princess is dense, surreal, and full of allusions. If you ...more »
Model Number: BBFEBBASE_13873DLDA
Author: O'Neill, Gene
Product Info A scientist discovers and reproduces the pheromone cluster involved in sexual attraction ... then exploits his discovery, becoming a sexual predator. more »
Model Number: BBSS0743456769DLDA
Author: DeCandido, Keith R. A.
Beginning a gripping untold tale of the dominion war! Twice, Overseer Biron of the Androssi has been thwarted by the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci . In order to be prepared for their next encounter, he has obtained the records of the crew's past adventures during the brutal war against the Dominion... ...more »
Model Number: BBR0345454898DLDA
Author: MIEVILLE, CHINA
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Mievilles Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of ...more »
Hugo nominated The Bones of the Earth is a tale of the relationship between apprentice and teacher, and of ultimate sacrifice. Set in Le Guin's beloved Earthsea universe. In the story, a profound relationship develops between apprentice Silence and his wizard teacher, Dulse. In Silence's thoughts, Dulse ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743420284DLDA
Author: Oltion, Jerry
Unlike most planets, Rimillia does not spin upon its axis so its day and night sides are subject to perpetual extremes of hot and cold. Habitation has only been possible on a thin band of the planet's surface...until now. Using gigantic impulse engines of unimaginable power, the alien Dumada intend to ...more »
Model Number: BBFEBBASE_9923DLDA
Author: Silverberg
They were fifth-generation sign-language chimps. Their intelligence seemed almost human at times, but they didn't quite understand what humans were all about. They thought of humans as immortal gods, until one day a scientist on the project contracted fatal cancer. Now the chimps must be told the truth ...more »
Model Number: BBS0312709730DLDA
Author: Sawyer, Robert J.
The Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit, a character you will never forget, returns to our world and to his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughn, in this sequel to Hominids, as cultural exchanges between the two Earths begin. Robert J. Sawyer, the award-winning and bestselling writer, hits the peak ...more »
Product Info Bart Chester was a small-time hustler. When the alien ship arrived in Times Square, he realized it was the chance of a lifetime to cash in. more »
