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Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Joy to the world. or, joy to the worlds! Let heaven and nature--and also the supernatural--sing. A Cosmic Christmas presents twelve stories of Christmas in very unusual circumstances, ranging from vampires to robots, from the hills of Appalachia to a high orbit space station, all celebrating the holiday in their own, off-beat ways. New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia sends his popular tough guy detective and magicwielder, Jake Sullivan,...
62) Final reckonings
Author
Series
Short stories volume 1
Publisher
Carol Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1990,c1987
Language
English
63) Now and forever
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Presents two novellas, including "Somewhere a Band Is Playing," in which a young writer discovers that all is not as it seems in a nostalgic community, and "Leviathan '99," in which Ishmael Hunnicut Jones prepares for a first interstellar hunt.
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Bending and stretching its conventions to imagine new, more feminist futures and new ways of experiencing gender, visionary women writers have been from the beginning an essential if often overlooked force in American science fiction. Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, SF-expert Lisa Yaszek presents the best of this female tradition, from the pioneers of the Pulp Era to the radical innovators of the 1960s New Wave, in a landmark...
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of hard science fiction tales that examines both the benefits and detriments of science and technology on humanity, the future, and the cosmos, and includes tales from Gregory Benford, Robert Reed, Aliette de Bodard, and Jack McDevitt.
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Adventure! Danger! Revenge! And a mail-order robot gunslinger in a wedding dress? Only in the wildest parts of space could this happen. It's time again to get in your ramshackle rocket ship and journey to the universe's western territories with this follow-up to Gunfight on Europa Station. Meet the employees of a space bordello as they're drawn together to pull a con on a con. Or the crew filming a Western on a colony ship only to fight gravity and...
71) Arkdust
Author
Publisher
Rosarium Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Pain, hope, and love collide in this explosive collection of speculative fiction. Arkdust demands revolutions while seeking compassion and understanding. Alex Smith gives us abandoned Black Panthers, disillusioned queer anarchists, warrior queen grocery clerks, all fighting for a better future against sadistic superheroes and white supremacist automatons - while a high-heeled bag lady with utopia in her eyes leads the way. Worlds we hope to never...
73) The Beatrix Gates: plus the woman who didn't come back, plus Trans Central Station, and much more
Author
Series
PM Press outspoken authors volume no. 22
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Beatrix Gates is a colorful mix of science fiction, magic realism, memoir, and myth exploring themes of spirituality and transformation. Courage and cowardice contend in a literary odyssey unlike any other. Written especially for this volume, "Trans Central Station" is Pollack's personal and political take on the transgender experience then and now--and tomorrow? "Burning Beard" is a fiercely revisionist Bible tale of plague and prophecy told...
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A collection of tales set in the Honor Harrington universe includes contributions by such best-selling authors as Timothy Zahn, Charles E. Gannon and Joelle Presby and is complemented by a new novella by David Weber featuring a young Manticoran Royal Navy commander.
77) Moonsinger
Author
Publisher
Baen Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In the first of two stories, the Free Traders' ship is forced down on a seemingly uninhabited planet while on a mission for the Thothian priests; and in the second, Krip, a Free Trader, is changed into an animal by the Moon Singer maiden and faces the danger of not being able to return to his human form.
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