The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe – D.G. Compton
In a future where death has become all but extinct, the last days of those with terminal illnesses are televised before a pain-starved public. But one terminal woman, Katherine Mortenhoe, resists.
In a future where death has become all but extinct, the last days of those with terminal illnesses are televised before a pain-starved public. But one terminal woman, Katherine Mortenhoe, resists.
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Forty-thousand conditioned clones and humans abandoned on the colony world of Gehenna develop their own culture and civilization with the planet’s natives.
Pell’s World and Downbelow Station become the heart of turmoil in an interstellar war, the fulcrum where the fate of Earth and Union will be decided.
1970s-era scientist is thrust forward in time into the mind of a organic computer, living a verdant future where primitive humans are losing ground to their evolutionary adversaries—the Birds.
A collection of the greatest science fiction stories and novellas from the year 1943, with notes by Asimov. A great selection, with many excellent authors and stories represented.
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Irascible Irish rogue gets caught up in a treasure hunt to track down the secret of the powerful space-drives, with an attractive Earth Government secret agent tagging along.
Sociopathic artist is picked to be Earth’s representative in a multi-species armada trying to hold back the titular Horde, which is decimating every planet in its path.
The coming-of-age of one alien warrior, and the acculturation of one human soldier, set to the epic backdrop of recent galactic war and inter-species intrigue.
Hardboiled time cop is stranded in a time loop during the age of dinosaurs, and has to untangle a muddled web of intrigue and time paradoxes to get home alive.