Phoenix Pick: 180 books

A must-read for any science fiction fan, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two (published in two volumes, A & B) is a compilation of twenty-two of the best novellas published between 1895 and 1962. The two volumes were originally published in 1973 (Two-A) and 1974 (Two-B) after the...

“Innovative take on the well-loved theme of fairies and dangerous wishes.”−Publishers Weekly Pop goddess Selane has made some bad choices in her life on her road to success. All of her past connections have dropped her and she’s desperately trying to get them (and her reputation) back. While...

The rise and fall of a cursed town in rural Wisconsin, Tucker’s Grove, where legends and nightmares lurk in the shadows, a place where the dead don't necessarily stay dead, where preachers collect demons rather than cast them out, where haunted trains and a shadowy circus exist side by side with ancient gods and prehistoric echoes seeping up from the ground.

When Keelarah, Lead Interrogator in the Neuropsych subdivision of the Cartheeli Military Caste, first meets the alien, she is prepared to do her duty. He is a trespasser on her planet, has caused the death of someone dear to her, and it is imperative she find out where he’s come from and whether...

“Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick”—Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author of Ender’s Game. Four people uncover a secret that has the power to shake the foundation of faith as we know it. Reverend Joshua Barker feels that it is his duty to bring the Word...

"His best since The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." Jerry Pournelle "A charming protagonist in a story as sleekly engineered as a starship. This one should fly."—Publishers Weekl "One of Heinlein's best, which is to say one of the best in all of Science Fiction—terrific...

The legendary John Brunner wrote the original Threshold of Eternity in 1957. Sixty years later Damien Broderick revisits the world Brunner created in that classic, forward-looking story and modernizes it to retell the exciting tale of time travelers, augmented intelligences and aliens. When...

Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.Nathan Brazil is a starship captain carrying passengers and cargo from planet...

The Hemingway Hoax is a Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella that weaves an intricate plot of a fake Hemingway manuscript with time travel, multiple universes, and the potential destruction of the omniverse itself. Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, lost a bag containing the manuscript of his first...

Here is a collection of some of the finest short fiction penned by one of the "fathers" of modern science fiction. These stories were selected (and edited) by Hamilton's wife, Leigh Brackett -- an author and a screenwriter. Her screenwriting credits include work on such films as The...

Welcome to Mars…circa 1900. Cecil Rhodes rules Mars and is on his way to transforming the British Empire into his vision of a powerful force, managed by the “right” type of people.But what of Savinkov…presumably on board the British aethership Agincourt, traveling from Earth to Mars?...

“Pure swashbuckling fun with a touch of bawdiness.”—P. Schuyler Miller, reviewer for Astounding Science Fiction and Analog. “A remarkable job.”— Galaxy Science Fiction magazine Celebrated author L. Sprague de Camp recaptures our imaginations with this accounting of the relationship...

Bundle contains: Beggars in Spain (Hugo & Nebula Winner) by Nancy Kress The Hemingway Hoax (Hugo & Nebula Winner) by Joe Haldeman

The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora, inhabited by "immortals" who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life. Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption...