Science Fiction category: 192947 books

Joanna Russ, a feminist writer best known for The Female Man (1975), has produced a fierce, intense body of fiction and essays whose influence has been wide-ranging and complex. Her many publications include How to Suppress Women's Writing (1983), and she has won both of science fiction's most prestigious...

Ranging from humorous to dark and gritty, to the downright dark, every story in the Alien Science Fiction series has one thing in common — aliens. The first five stories here either directly take an alien's viewpoint, or feature the effect of alien life on humans, or journey to alien worlds,...

Radiation Can Really Mess Things Up, is a classic Sci-Fi story about what happens when you aren’t monitoring the site of a nuclear disaster like Chernobyl, quite closely enough. The Last Sunset On Earth, is an erotic story about a future world--one that’s all gray; gray buildings, gray thoughts,...

Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a “Dialogue” in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, for more than a decade. These collected columns explore every aspect...

Reunion Gate: A Classic Science Fiction Fantasy Short Story - A large mall springs up seemingly overnight in place of an apple orchard and suddenly; the number of stores inside intrigues the townspeople. Most advertise for Help Wanted and several of the locals apply. The startling thing is that that...

Empathy – A man with psychic and empathetic powers decides that the fragile and topsy-turvy state of the union is about to collapse, so he devises a plan to fix it. This is a thought provoking, near future science fiction short story perfect for an election year. The Right to Bear Arms - A physics...

This collection of five stories reflects my love of science fiction and fantasy about ghosts, aliens, warriors and pirates, danger, and adventure on far away worlds and places of imagination. In these stories you will discover a planet for sale, and doorways to other times and worlds where...

A collection of 'neo-pulp' stories in the style of the classics but with a modern outlook and twist.Cichol's Children - Mythos/WeirdStain - DetectiveShanks - WesternThe Black Rat - Masked vigilanteThe Dastard - Sword and SorceryWild - Jungle adventureRink Rash - Exploitation/Post...

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) — known as H. G. Wells — was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and...

Spectra is the new digital magazine bringing you the best in new sci-fi, horror and fantasy short fiction, news and reviews. With four new stories from established writers and rising talent every issue, Spectra Magazine delivers the cutting edge of digital fiction direct to your favourite eBook platform....

Dean Wesley Smith, famous for being one of the most prolific and wide ranging authors working today, draws on his library of science fiction short stories to produce this strangely twisted collection, Alien Vibrations. From two androids falling in lust on an alien planet to a story that spans...

In the opening story of this extraordinary collection, “California Burning,” a man must come to terms with a strange truth about his dead father, whose corpse refuses to be cremated. In “Snow in Dirt,” a man finds the woman of his dreams buried in a state of suspended animation in his garden....

William Fitzgerald Jenkins is an obscure name in literary circles, and it certainly doesnt seem appropriate for an author who wrote thousands of short stories in science fiction, alternate fantasy, and other types of weird fiction genres. Perhaps thats why Jenkins chose a more eccentric pen name, Murray...

The Guardians – All hell breaks loose when a young girl tries to fulfil her curiosity about the prohibited knowledge of her universe and defies the orders of her elders… Perchance to Dream – What do you do in a totalitarian society when even your dreams are under the control of state? Can you...