The Cosmic Rape – Theodore Sturgeon
An alien spore infects a homeless alcoholic, first steps towards infecting and dominating the world… but it expected to face a hive-mind, not a species of individuals.
An alien spore infects a homeless alcoholic, first steps towards infecting and dominating the world… but it expected to face a hive-mind, not a species of individuals.
Father Ruiz-Sanchez, biologist and Jesuit priest, struggles with a moral and ethical dilemma: a planet whose inhabitants are innately peaceful, moral, and without God.
Four tales from Lawrence Block’s early days, living on the border between sleaze and crime: south-o-the-border short novel Border Lust, two short stories, and the detective novella “Stag Party Girl.”
Zach Blake and his daughter Penny return to Martha’s Vineyard, seeking the truth behind the “accidental” death of their wife/mother Mary.
When the Japanese scientists who’ve developed a prognostication device set their machine to track an individual, they uncover the greatest scientific conspiracy of their age.
Four human crewmen are stranded light-years from earth when their ship is damaged; the novel tells the how they cope while attempting repairs.
Pregnant policeman’s wife is nabbed along with the loot following a massive department-store heist; she’s now a hostage, as her husband fights against time to find her.
Roy Nichols is up to his neck in debt. His salvation comes in the form of a briefcase packed with cash. However, the money’s Mafia owners may have something to say about Roy using it.
Ex-Syndicate hood gone clean is pulled back into the underworld when his former boss’s life is threatened by a mysterious figure from the depths of the shady past.
A lengthy look at a rest and recuperation center for soldiers fighting a war across the time-streams. A unique Hugo winner closer to a stage play than a novel.
Drunken vagrant and ex-detective Matt Cordell agrees to help an acquaintance solve some petty theft. They stumble upon murder. Looks like Cordell’s got a job to do.