Phoenix Pick: 180 books

Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds becuase of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond.Seeking a unique solution, each of the four...

Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds because of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond.Seeking a unique solution, each of the four...

Berdan Geanar has had a difficult life. Unsure of himself, and apparently hated by the grandfather he has lived with since the death of his parents, he has no idea of what to do with his life. But when his grandfather abandons him, taking all the family money and the special space suit that should...

Rogue Queen is a ground-breaking novel that was one of the first science fiction books to deal with sexual themes, paving the way for more daring works by future authors. Part of the Viagens Interplanetarias series, the story takes place on a planet circling the star Lalande 21185, also known...

A scientist from Earth at heart, Rod Gallowglass has come to terms with the "magic" of Gramarye, and is just beginning to understand his own powers. But when his family accidentally goes through a portal to what appears to be an alternate universe, he must follow them into a world...

Christopher Stasheff wrote the original King Kobold in 1971. Twelve years later, based on feedback from readers as well as his own personal dissatisfaction with the book, he decided to rewrite the story. While King Kobold Revived follows the same basic outline as the original 1971 edition,...

The Bronze God of Rhodes is written as the memoirs of Chares of Lindos.Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. A pupil of Lysippos, Chares eventually built the Colossus of Rhodes, now considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.These memoirs...

Whitey O’Thraight, the Ship’s Armorer on the first interstellar vessel launched by his home planet Vespucci, finds himself stranded on a strange planet with just one other survivor. Captured by the local Baron, they are freed by a group of monks who are much more than they initially appear...

Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most celebrated novellas ever written. It not only won both the Hugo and Nebula, but also the HOMer award and the SF Chronicle Poll and was a nominee for the Locus Award and the Sturgeon Award. It was also nominated for a number of international awards, winning...

Mike Resnick introduces us to Lucifer Jones, a con man traveling in Africa presenting himself as a missionary. As the author puts it, Lucifer unfortunately "isn't the brightest bulb in the lamp" and mirth rather than wealth is often the result of his endeavors. Volumes II and III...

In Volume I, Adventures, Mike Resnick introduced us to Lucifer Jones, a con man traveling in Africa presenting himself as a missionary. As the author puts it, Lucifer unfortunately "isn't the brightest bulb in the lamp" and mirth rather than wealth is often the result of his exploits. This...

Robert ole Buthelezi is a man of destiny. He is the one the Zulu nation has waited for. He is the ancient one the prophesies talk about. He is the reincarnation of the great  leader Shaka. He will unite his people, he will lead massive forces of spaceships to conquer...

In Volume I, Adventures, Mike Resnick introduced us to Lucifer Jones, a con man traveling in Africa presenting himself as a missionary. As the author puts it, Lucifer unfortunately "isn't the brightest bulb in the lamp" and mirth rather than wealth is often the result of his endeavors. Volume...

In March 1909, Theodore Roosevelt went on a safari to central Africa. In this fictionalized account of that trip, Mike Resnick takes us on an amusing “what-if” with Roosevelt deciding to “liberate” the native Africans from Belgian rule and to set up a model democratic state in the heart of Africa.