About Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney’s all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these twelve stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives. The time to which they escape—through time travel—doesn’t always fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes, they can still find their dreams.
They came in peace …
… or so they said. Here are eighteen examples of how they lied. This is an exciting collection of first contact science fiction stories, all completely different! Take a risk—venture into the unknown with us. Who is out there? What will they want from us? Come join us in our adventure to find out how first contact pans out. It will be a great adventure!
When Vernia, empress of Reabon, mightiest land of all Venus, was kidnapped by the strange marauders of the sea, it presented the Earthman, Robert Grandon, with his greatest challenge. On a world replete with terrifying beasts and unearthly antagonists, Grandon had already achieved fame for his swordplay and courage - but the search for Vernia would take him against foes beyond all he had previously encountered.
THE PORT OF PERIL, Otis Adelbert Kline's concluding novel of Venusian adventure, amply demonstrates his high skill with fast-action science-fiction.
The Prince of Peril - Using his secret method Dr. Morgan projects a young Martian's astral body into a certain Harry Thorne on Earth, who then gets transported to an ancient Venus. He arrives there in the body of Prince Zinlo of Olba, and he is soon forced to escape assassination, since an ambitious noble is killing off the Royals in a bid to seize the throne. With the help of the fellow interplanetary traveler Vorn Vangal he gets to know the planet and the rules of it.
When Robert Grandon swapped bodies with a prince of the planet Venus, he was concerned only with the thrill and interest of living on a different world. But the situation he found himself in was hardly that of a leisurely sightseer. Instead he found himself smack in the center of a whirlwind of intrigue, danger and desperation.
PLANET OF PERIL is a science-fiction adventure on a world of semi-barbaric nations, ferocious beasts, gigantic reptiles and maidens in distress.
Deep in a South American mountain hideaway lies a Secret Kingdom of Incas, descended from the race which Pizarro, the Spaniard, conquered. Into this realm Alfred Bell, scientist, finds himself transported by the Inca's men, forever to remain. Here he finds his true love, Nona. But, Tupac, the High Priest, is betrothed to her. How will Bell rescue Nona from the evil clutches of Tupac and to escape from this Incan Kingdom?
Spencer is beside herself. Her normal ten-year old son Alex is receiving subliminal extraterrestrial messages describing Earth's demise in ten years. He describes two others children receiving the same messages. Spencer globe-trots looking for the other children her son calls 'Conduits'; she must validate her son's messages. The US President believes the children are being manipulated by bad actors in a nefarious scheme to destabilize democracies; he wants them silenced. Jack, an ex-SEAL leads the Conduits on a cat-and-mouse chase, as they stay one step ahead of the US agents. This first book of the trilogy ends with a small group of Catholic Cardinals believing Satan has arisen and manifested the Antichrist trough the conduits.
After years of searching, Finn has finally found the motherload. Unfortunately, there's no way to get it home. And he's got to meet John Wayne.Stranded and alone in Denver, Colorado, Finn and his partner Penny (a foot and a half long Faerie Dragon) search for friends and allies in this strange new land.But something about this place isn't right. Magic has gone underground, and has anyone seen John Wayne?Lucky for Finn he's a Dwarf, and underground is where he does his best work.Join Finn, Penny, and their new friends on an adventure that spans the globe and holds the fate of an entire planet in its twists and turns. And just maybe a tall Dwarf and a small dragon can find their place in the universe.
In a small town in Northwestern Vermont, Tom Woods has never really stood out in a crowd. In fact, his closest friend was his younger brother, Levi. It was no small wonder when a local doctor started a study for a drug that he claimed would cure his brother’s epilepsy, Tom was one of the first to sign up to help him. However, the study didn’t go as planned and Tom’s world is turned upside down as he discovers that a concussion isn’t the only thing he got during the experiment.
As Tom sets out to master his new abilities, he attracts the attention of a corrupt group of men that would do anything to get him to use his powers to advance their own greedy ambitions. When the idealistic teen refuses, the lines are drawn and Tom’s life will never be the same again.
Now forced to defend himself and the ones he loves, Tom joins forces with a small group of outcasts to fight against an overwhelming number of well trained, private ex-military soldiers. How far will he have to go? What will he have to be willing to do in order to finally be free of the group only known as The Wall?
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In the days preceding Camelot, before Arthur was as we remember him; when his youth and lack of seasoning were still a source of vexation to his ministers; it is said that, early in his reign, just after the sun had brought a bright but chilly Spring morning, the guardian of the gate came and reported that the king did have a visitor. The king asked the guardian the name of this man, and ‘twas nought he knew; but the guardian told his liege that this man was a gentleman, who said he brought news to King Arthur from the court of the far-away king, Ballizar, who did rule the kingdom of Tabithia.
They are known as Team Midnight, an elite force trained to disappear behind enemy lines, to wreak havoc where an enemy least expects it. Their job is simple--hide in the shadows, kill without hesitation, and complete the mission at all costs. They are America's secret weapons. Books 4, 5 and 6 from the Force Recon series.
Interlibrary Loan is the brilliant follow-up to A Borrowed Man: the final work of fiction from multi-award winner and national literary treasure Gene Wolfe
Hundreds of years in the future our civilization is shrunk down but we go on. There is advanced technology, there are robots.
And there are clones.
E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human.
As such, Smithe can be loaned to other branches. Which he is. Along with two fellow reclones, a cookbook and romance writer, they are shipped to Polly’s Cove, where Smithe meets a little girl who wants to save her mother, a father who is dead but perhaps not.
And another E.A. Smithe… who definitely is.
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