"Key Selling Points- David Weber is the brightest star in the new century's science fiction firmament. His best-selling Honor Harrington novels top all the charts and his thousands of readers grab every book with his name on the cover.- Weber's recent War of Honor was a hardcover general best seller on the New York Times (#8), New York Daily News (#7), Wall Street Journal (#10), Publishers Weekly (#7), and online and chain booksellers' l ..."
"Key Selling Points- David Weber is the science fiction phenomenon of the decade. His best-selling Honor Harrington novels top all the charts.- Weber's recent War of Honor was a hardcover general best seller on the New York Times (#8), New York Daily News (#7), Wall Street Journal (#10), Publishers Weekly (#7), and online and chain booksellers' lists. His previous Honor Harrington novel, Ashes of Victory, was also a smash hit national be ..."
War of Honor(Reprint) (A Honor Harrington Novel) by DavidWeber, JamesBaen Paperback, 976 Pages, Published 2003 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-7167-1, ISBN: 0-7434-7167-9
"David Weber's Honor Harrington series continues in this 10th novel, which picks up the action several years after the previous volume, Ashes of Victory. With a ceasefire in place with the Peeps, the new government of the Star Kingdom ignores the wishes of Queen Elizabeth and then threatens the very fabric of the Manticore Alliance against the People's Republic of Haven. We find Honor in the role of a senior political advisor, perf ..."
"Honor Harrington series. The dangerous and multifaceted world of Honor Harrington starship captain, admiral, and interstellar heroine comes to life in a collection of short fiction that includes "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington," "Changer of Worlds," "From the Highlands," and "Nightfall.""
"Publisher Jim Baen joins two of his top authors to collect the stories which made them SF readers in their youth and fitted them to make major impacts on the SF field today. The quality of the stories in this huge volume compares favorably with that of any collection in the past fifty years--there's been nothing of equal size and quality since Groff Conklin's Omnibus of Science Fiction in 1952. Nevertheless the selection wasn't through ..."
"This is a collection of short stories and nonfiction pieces of speculation about the future. Part of an ongoing series of paperbacks."
The Amazing Dr. Darwin(1st Edition) The Adventures of Charles Darwin's Grandfather by Charles Sheffield, JamesBaen Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2003 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-3613-7, ISBN: 0-7434-3613-X
"Key Selling Points- Charles Sheffield won the prestigious Nebula and Hugo Awards, and his Baen novel The Mind Pool has an 86% sellthrough.- He was also author of two nonfiction best sellers, Man on Earth and Earthwatch, and writes an online column, "The Borderlands of Science."- A physicist and mathematician, Sheffield published over a hundred technical papers and was Vice President of the Earth Satellite Corporation.- A past president ..."
"The powerful alien armadas that have conquered half the galaxy are suddenly confronted by a dangerous new obstacle to their goal of ultimate power--the tricky human inhabitants of a backwater planet called Earth. Original."
New Destinies III(1st Edition) (New Destinies) by Jim Baen, JamesBaen Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1988 by Baen Books ISBN-13: 978-0-671-65385-9, ISBN: 0-671-65385-7
"Stories and articles deal with robots, time travel, artificial intelligence, superconductors, space warfare, eugenics, and intelligent dogs"
"Spring 1987, Volume 1. Editor: Jim Baen. An anthology of original stories and articles. FICTION INCLUDES: "Point Man" by Timothy Zahn; Iron (serial, part 2 of 2) [Man-Kzin Wars] by Poul Anderson (first part appeared in "Far Frontiers" Volume VII, Winter 1986); "Not for Country, Not for King" by Joel Rosenberg; "Lifeguard" by Doug Beason; "The Graphic of Dorian Gray" by Fred Saberhagen; "Rank Injustice" [Retief] by Keith Laumer.ARTICLES: ..."
"As a new Ice Age imperils the world, a lunatic fringe of the environmental movement has taken control of the U.S. government. Finding themselves abandoned by the new regime, the once-thriving space colonies must now replenish their air from scoopships that illegally dive into the atmosphere. But when Alex and Gordon's ship is hit by a missile, they are sent tumbling to Earth--only to be hunted by authorities with ghastly plans for the t ..."
"Another fascinating science fiction book from Poul Anderson.
In the beginning was World War III
Out of the flames there was born a new civilization, a new humanity, dedicated to one world rather than to many nations, to one peace rather than many wars. Never again on Planet Earth would one group of humans "defend" themselves agains t another group equally convinced that all their actions were 'defensive'. Never again on Planet Earth.
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Janus by Andre Norton, JamesBaen Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2004 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-7180-0, ISBN: 0-7434-7180-6
"On the distant jungle world of Janus, Naill Renfro hopes to work off his debts and begin his life anew. But soon Naill begins to remember another place, in another time--when he was not human, but something else: a native of Janus, in the days before its civilization fell. Embarking on a quest to learn more of his alien heritage, Naill will discover the mysterious source of his strange new memory, the fate of the others of his kind--and ..."
"What SAS Captain Trevor Stirling doesn't know may kill him--along with every man, woman, and child alive. His mission: follow a terrorist into the year A.D. 500 to stop a murder. If the fanatic succeeds in killing Artorious, later to be known as King Arthur, the Briton Lord of Battle and the most revered icon of British history, before his greatest military victory, the time-space continuum will fracture and the world will be destroyed. ..."
Digital Knight(1st Edition) by Ryk E. Spoor, JamesBaen Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2003 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-7161-9, ISBN: 0-7434-7161-X
"When Journalist Jason Wood finds that a suspected drug kingpin doesn't appear on photographs, he decides to investigate, suspecting that the kingpin is actually a vampire. But things don't turn out to be that simple, and Wood finds himself in grave danger from the last person he would have suspected. Trying to survive in a bizarre night world, Wood learns not only that vampires exist, but that they are part of a universe far stranger th ..."
"Will Sverdrup's role as Hamlet in an amateur production of Shakepeare's play takes on a bizarre twist when he and his fellow actors are swept back in time, into the body of the historical Hamlet and other real-life members of the cast in sixth-century Denmark, where they must play out their roles and try to save their lives. Original."
"The powerful Kzin warriors' plans for galactic domination under feline control are turned upside down by the cunning and pesky humans, but the Kzin have come up with a new scheme to achieve their goals, in a science fiction anthology featuring contributions by Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Paul Chafe, and Hal Colebatch. Reprint."
"It is the year 1537. The great winged Lion stares over a Venice where magic thrives. The rich Venetian Republic is a bastion of independence and tolerance. Perhaps for that reason, it is also corrupt, and rotten with intrigue. But for the young brothers Marco and Benito Valdosta, vagabond and thief, Venice is simply home. They have no idea that they stand at the center of the city's coming struggle for its very life. They know nothing o ..."
Paying The Piper(Reprint) (Hammer's Slammers Series) by David Drake, JamesBaen Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2003 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-7172-5, ISBN: 0-7434-7172-5
"When the situation on a planet has gone beyond desperate into hopeless, it's time to call in Hammer's Slammers: the toughest, meanest bunch of mercenaries who ever wrecked a world for pay. If your planet is threatened by invaders or insurgent rebels, pray that you can meet Colonel Hammer's price, and he'll be fighting on your side. But if you're on the side he's attacking, then you had better start praying as well--because nothing else ..."