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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September-October 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
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 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Tempestuous weather is forecast for our September issue. Our first stop is Venus, where Hugo and Nebula Award winner and NASA scientist Geoffrey A. Landis escorts us on a wild ride full of pirates, intrigue, and the stunning scenery of the second planet's upper atmosphere and introduces us to "The Sultan of the Clouds." The roiling skyscapes in this novella are gloriously captured by Jeroen Advocaat's dramatic cover art. If the clouds were Terran and the air-borne kayak was a two-seater biplane,... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our October issue again includes a variety of human-alien contact stories. John G. Hemry's lead novella, with the deceptively simple title "The Rift," deals with two different kinds of alienness: one within a species, and one between ours and another that has started behaving in a way startlingly (and lethally) different from what human colonists have come to expect. The question, of course, is why, and what can be done about it. The answer requires understanding each side from its own point of ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Iceworld [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by James Scott DeLane
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When the Dawn probe detects strange energy readings in the asteroid belt, Colonel Sydney Nichols and the crew of the Archimedes are sent to find answers. They soon discover evidence a fifth planet once orbited between Mars and Jupiter. Seeking clues as to the fate of this lost world, the crew travels to the dwarf planet Ceres where they make astounding discoveries that alter mankind's future. (Published: 2010)
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Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine #228 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by TTA Press Authors
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Interzone magazine, which is now in its 28th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our September issue features a couple of decidedly unusual and decidedly different kinds of alien contact stories. David D. Levine's "Pupa," as its name suggests, shows a highly charged incident in international politics from the viewpoint of someone too young--and otherwise immature--to participate in it in a conventional way, but uniquely placed to play a pivotal role. Stories told from an alien viewpoint are one of the hardest kinds to pull off, but I think you'll find this an outstanding and... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Human by Choice [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Darrell Bain, Travis S. Taylor
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Best-selling science fiction print author Travis S. "Doc Travis" Taylor and best-selling eBook author Darrell Bain have combined talents to produce a new science fiction thriller. Several alien lifeboats make it to earth in widely separated spots after their interstellar spaceship malfunctions. One of the aliens comes down near the home of Kyle Leverson, a former army intelligence officer and now a widowed science journalist. The aliens think they can never go home but they are able to convert t... more info>> Dream Realm Award Winner
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Recycled Hero [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by R.L. Wayman
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John Scully was just another busted-up soldier from a score of little-known conflicts, intending to live out his life on the coast of Maine. But that was before he discovered the injured alien craft up on Jacob's Notch. If it hadn't been for the baby, maybe he wouldn't have gotten involved. But the crew was hurt and hungry, with no way to get home. With Gert's veterinary skills and his engineering experience, maybe they could get off-planet before someone else stumbled across the crash site.... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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The Green Girl [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Jack Williamson
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Love transcends. This doesn't hold truer than in this pulp classic by Jack Williamson. Melvin Dane has been seeing a vision of a green girl since he was a child. Images of her came over the ether. Is she just fantasy? Or a reality that managed to cross time and space? And now, with the Earth under threat of extinction, will Melvin ever meet that girl of his dreams? With an alien force trying to bring Earth back to the Ice Age, Melvin and his foster father, scientist Sam Walden, embarked on a h... more info>>
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Deathworld II: The Ethical Engineer [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Harry Harrison
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On the planet Pyrrus, human colonists have fought a centuries-old war with the native life forms. These life forms adapt to human tactics and technology, evolving new species so rapidly that natives returning from even brief trips off planet must be carried in protective armor canisters from their ship to the safe buildings, where they will learn of the latest deadly threats. "The Ethical Engineer" is the second volume in the DEATHWORLD series. It was originally published as a two-part serial i... more info>> (Published: 1963)
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Deathworld [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Harry Harrison
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"Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money. In a fit of ennui, he decides to accompany Kerk to his home, despite b... more info>> (Published: 1960)
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The Key [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Pauline Baird Jones
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When Sara Donovan joins Project Enterprise she finds out that what doesn't kill her makes her stronger.... An Air Force pilot--the best of the best to be assigned to this mission--Sara isn't afraid to travel far beyond the Milky Way on an assignment that takes her into a galaxy torn apart by a long and bitter warfare between the Dusan and the Gadi. After she's shot down and manages to land safely on an inhospitable planet, Sara encounters Kiernan Fyn--a seriously hot alien with a few secrets of ... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Lightspeed Magazine, August 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by John Joseph Adams, Catherynne M. Valente, Joe Haldeman
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The August 2010 issue of Lightspeed Magazine features all types of sf, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between: Catherynne M. Valente teaches us "How to Become a Mars Overlord," with her step-by-step program that enables each and every one of us to find the right Mars for us to rule over; Tananarive Due tells the tragic story of "Patient Zero" in her chilling account of a child being raised in isolation, ignorant of an ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Second Chance: King of Ariby [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by R. Richard
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Justin Imperiale returns from Ifrequeh, after winning battles against Warlords there. He's managed to acquire a third scroll and he begins to try to acquire the knowledge contained in the scroll. Once again, He finds drug smugglers operating in his territory. Justin figures out a way to defeat them and also a way to obtain the high tech mini submarines that the drug smugglers were using. In addition, he raids the ship that's smuggling in the drugs and obtains a valuable cargo. The real source... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Three big novelettes form the centerpiece of our August issue, perfect for the beach or poolside, (and the cabana, if you don't care for the sun). The first features the return of recent Asimov's discovery Gregory Norman Bossert and his "Slow Boat"--the boat here is on its leisurely way to Mars containing a most unwilling passenger, a young woman threatened with interplanetary exile for her hackerly ways. Can she, with little but her own wits, turn the tides on her mysterious captors? Next, in "... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Brain of the Galaxy [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Jack Vance
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 Arthur Caversham of 22nd-century Boston finds himself naked at a dinner party. Bearwald the Halforn battles the Brands from Mount Medallion. Ceistan seeks a parchment in the dead city of Therlatch filled with treasure that is now worthless. Dobnor Daksat is competing with artists of the top order to create worlds with the imagicon, a device unknown to him. What is the connection of these disparate tales? Not even the Brain of the Galaxy understands their full ramifications. First published in 1... more info>> (Published: 1951)
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Cluster [Cluster Series Book 1] [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Piers Anthony
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The CLUSTER series of SF adventures is set in a future focused on colonization of distant planets. Sphere Sol is about 100 light years in diameter, centered on the Earth's sun. Surrounding this sphere are other, similar spheres each centered on another star such as Polaris or Canopus. Colonization is accomplished by: instantaneous teleportation, called matter transmission or mattermission (very expensive); "freezer" ships in which colonists are sent in cryonic preservation at very high speeds (... more info>> (Published: 1977)
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2010 [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our July/August double issue takes full advantage of its extra space to offer a range of features that wouldn't fit in a regular issue. Bob Eggleton's cover heralds "Doctor Alien's Five Empty Boxes," a new novella by Rajnar Vajra about the psychiatrist (introduced last year) who has to treat troubled extraterrestrials--without knowing what they consider "normal." In this one he has an added challenge, related to the venerable observation that things are seldom what they seem. . . .
We'll also ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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The Cresperian Alliance [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Stephanie Osborn, Darrell Bain
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As Earth becomes an interstellar species, the ramifications hit home -- literally. Alien Cresperians scattered all over Earth; enemy Snappers seeking to expand their interstellar empire in any way they can. And Sergeant Edward "Bang" Bangler finds himself in the midst of two of the biggest battles he's ever been in -- a battle for his heart, and a battle for his home. In one mission of interstellar exploration, Earth finds perhaps its greatest allies and its greatest enemies, as they and t... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Thin Ice [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Phill Jones
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An investigation turns personal for Detective Thadeus Rede when the priest who practically raised him is slaughtered by a serial killer. 2037 was turning out to be a bad year for Thadeus Rede. After an unexpected promotion over his former partner in the Seattle Police Department, he's now the lead investigator in a politically charged case of brutal murders. A serial killer is targeting members of a powerful organization--a group that promotes a ban on the deliberate genetic alteration of any l... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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A Stranger in Paradise [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Edward M. Lerner
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Enter the peripatetic and creative mind of speculative-fiction author Edward M. Lerner . . . "A Stranger in Paradise" -- The Firster generation ships spread humanity thinly across a million cubic light-years, in hundreds of tiny enclaves in as many alien environments. Many colonies eventually died out. Some managed to eke out a hard-scrabble existence, their memories of Earth warped or nonexistent. Few retained any vestige of civilization ? and for those who somehow survived, there is the Reuni... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Ashes of Victory [Honor Harrington Series #9] [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by David Weber
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The People's Republic of Haven made a tiny mistake when it announced the execution of Honor Harrington. It seemed safe enough. After all, they knew she was already dead. Unfortunately, they were wrong. Now Honor has escaped from the prison planet called Hell and returned to the Manticoran Alliance with a few friends. Almost half a million of them, to be precise … including some who know what really happened when the Committee of Public Safety seized power in the PRH. Honor's return from the dead... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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Gold [Novelet] [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Isaac Asimov
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Compu-drama director Jonas Willard is looking for a new project when he is successfully bribed by a wealthy author to dramatize his science fiction novel. The creative challenge is a bit daunting, but when Jonas learns the payment of the bribe will be in actual gold coins if the author approves of the final piece... (Published: 1991) Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
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Her Commander [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Cathryn Cade
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She destroyed his resistance. His ship could be next.... The Orion, Book 2 As commander of the Orion, self-control is Captain Steve Craig's mantra. He'll do whatever it takes to keep his ship safe from predators, including keeping his romantic liaisons off ship. The women of his crew are strictly off limits--especially those among the lithe, lethal Serpentian Guard. Tessa Alligon is trained to kill with her bare hands, but nothing could prepare her innocent heart for the likes of the iron-willed... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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War of Honor [Honor Harrington Series #10] [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by David Weber
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No one wanted another war. Thomas Theisman didn't. After risking his life and a fresh round of civil war to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution, an interstellar war was the last thing he wanted. Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had. No one was shooting anyone else at the moment, and as long as he could spin out negotiations on the formal treaty of peace, his... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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