"Reprint anthology of 9 science fiction stories about time travel. Contents: An Infinite Summer, by Christopher Priest [1977 Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Place: 14]; The King's Wishes, by Robert Sheckley; Manna, by Peter Phillips; The Long remembering, by Poul Anderson; Try and Change the Past, by Fritz Leiber; Divine Madness, by Roger Zelazny; Mugwump 4, by Robert Silverberg; Secret Rider, by Marta Randall; The Seesaw, by A. E. v ..."
"Samson made a school-kid face. He switched off the fluor lamps that
supplemented the illumination from a narrow window in the supervisor's office—
... "What fortune, my dear Stephen?" "I convinced him at last. He's jetting a man
over tonight. He told me to go fishing." "Injunction unnecessary, I ... that to your
investigator." A few moments later he murmured as if to himself: "What a haunt!
Ingenious devils." But when Stephen Samso ..."
"In 1933, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Willis O'Brien created more than movie magic. King Kong is a pop-cultural icon and a central part of American mythology. But more than just another "Beauty and the Beast" tale, Kong Unbound also allows us to examine such themes as: The Great Depression and America's place in the world Kong as Avatar of Repressed Sexual Energy Kong as a Symbol of Slavery and Racism Kong as Alternate Pa ..."
"A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2002, by some the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of SF's most respected editors. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It is the second in a prestigious new series from ibooks. Robert Silverberg, a multiple winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards as a writer, has complied a dis ..."
"Writers were present from Britain, Ireland, America, Germany, and Hungary. There were talks on translation, creativity, ... George RR Martin, and Joe Haldeman all sold paperback rights to new books for advances in excess of $30000."
"In extreme fantasy anything can happen. In Mike Ashley's breathtaking new anthology the only rules are those the writer makes - these are stories to liberate both the writers' and readers' imagination. They will take you to hell and back (literally - two of the stories involve hell in ways never explored before). For too long fantasy fiction has become synonymous with vast heroic-fantasy adventures in imitation of "The Lord of the Rings ..."
"Another Anthology of Sci-Fi Stories from some of our best writersof the genre.
John Brunner; Kathleen Brennan; A E van Vogt; Ursula K LeGuin; Robert P Holdstock; Ian Watson; Christopher Priest; D Letts; Edward Allen; A Chapdelaine; Andrew Darlington; Josephine Saxton; David I Masson."
"African-American Classics presents great stories and poems from America''s earliest Black writers, illustrated by contemporary African-American artists. Featured are ''Two Americans'' by Florence Lewis Bentley, ''The Goophered Grapevine'' by Charles W. Chesnutt, ''Becky'' by Jean Toomer, two short plays by Zora Neale Hurston, and six more tales of humor and tragedy. Also featured are eleven poems, including Langston Hughes' ''Danse Afri ..."
"Celebrate the greatest comic-book wedding of all in this oversized Gallery Edition containing the complete story of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's 1980s nuptials -- from proposal, to ceremony, to honeymoon!"
""A reliable guide to what science fiction is" Christopher Priest, award-winning science fiction author "A really good introduction to the genre" SFX Magazine "Perceptive and glorious" Ian Watson, author of the screenplay for Steve Spielberg's A.I. Want to become a science fiction buff? Want to expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich se ..."
"Our second story arc begins with our women of the evening, having lost the woman who'd drawn them together, Lilith of Drakulon, but discovering a new and more powerful incentive to stay and defend the peaceful vampires of Ashthorne: cold, ..."
"The repercussions of the worst day in Avengers history reverberate throughout the lives of the mightiest of them all: Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America! The end is nigh for the gods of Asgard, and only Thor and his Avengers allies might be able to stave off Ragnarok - but will the Thunder God be Asgard's savior, or the architect of its downfall? Beset by allegations that Tony Stark has lost his battle with the bottle, Iron Man must f ..."