A masterful achievement that ranks with "Brave New World" and "1984", this mesmerizing tale of the terrible aftermath of nuclear war has captivated generations of readers since its first publication in 1959. "Prodigiously imaginative, richly comic, terrifyingly grim".--"Chicago Tribune."

A small human band flees from an enemy it cannot hope to combat--superior artificial minds in great insectlike machines.

Abarrach, the Realm of Stone. Here, on a barren world of underground caverns built around a core of molten lava, the lesser races-humans, elves, and dwarves-seem to have all died off. Here, too, what may well be the last remants of the once powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo and Alfred-enemies by heritage, traveling companions by necessity-Abarrach may reveal more than either dares to discover about the history of Sartan...and the...

"Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don't dare leave their mansions. Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse,...

"West of the land called Artemisia, past mountains, valleys, arroyos, and mesas, atop a sinuous, canyon-climbing road, the Place of Power spreads clawlike at the edge of the chasm. Here are walls to hold out the dragons, ogres, and goblins of the ruined lands. And from here the Witch, Quince Ellel, peers out into a world of faded pageantry, archetypal villages, and gang-filled cities decimated by violence and plague." "The scattered remnants of humanity...

A thriller set in the world of virtual reality. In Florida, a company creates an amusement park which gives people the impression they are walking on the moon, swimming under the ocean, or playing major league baseball. But delusion has its downside and in this case it is deadly. By the author of Dream of the Wolf.

On Mars, a war of independence is brewing in an effort to end the exploitation of the planet by Earth-based multinational corporations. In a bid to forestall the conflict, Earth sends Art Randolph to negotiate with the revolutionaries

In the early hours before dawn, a small Michigan town vanishes from the face of the earth. That morning the men and women of Two Rivers wake up in a world strangely different from their own.

On the planet Jijo, humans and aliens organize to defend themselves from space pirates in search of genes. The inhabitants are illegal immigrants, making them easy picking for the pirates who know galactic authorities will look the other way. By the author of The Uplift War.

A collection of Star Wars stories centering on characters from the Mos Eisley cantina by authors such as Timothy Zahn, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dave Wolverton.