Some Science Fiction for June
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The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves …
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The Essential Ellison
by Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison is probably best known as a script writer for sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series such as the original Outer Limits, The …
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Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as …
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Hebrewpunk
by Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar gathers some of his best work in one collection. Stories that are infused with centuries of tradition and painted with Hebrew mythology. We …
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Salon Fantastique
by Ellen Datlow
Featuring pieces set in the contemporary, historical, and alternate-world arenas, a collection of thirty original fantasy tales includes contributions by such writers as Delia Sherman, …
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Into the Dreamlands
by Jason Andrew
Through our dreams, we explore our greatest fears and desires. Some believe that we tap into a vast ocean of human consciousness and experience. Other …
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God Laughs When You Die
by Michael Boatman
A host of drug dealers meets a foe they cannot kill. The president accidentally invites demons into the country and watches the pope turn into …
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Queen of the Country
by dgk Goldberg
This isn't your daddy's collection of dark fiction. In fact, it's your mama's. From the suicide bombers of Palestine to the whooping fans of NASCAR, …
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
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Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private …
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired …
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Mona Lisa Overdrive
by William Gibson
William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive. …
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Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Case, a burned-out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system, …
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A Good Old-fashioned Future
by Bruce Sterling
Presents seven short science fiction stories by Bruce Sterling.
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Holy Fire
by Bruce Sterling
The 21st century is coming to a close, and the medical industrial complex dominates the world economy. It is a world of synthetic memory drugs, …
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Humans
by Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer, the award-winning and bestselling writer, hits the peak of his powers in Humans, the second book of The Neanderthal Parallax, his trilogy …
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Golden Fleece
by Robert J. Sawyer
Aboard Argo, a colonization ship bound for Eta Cephei IV, people are very close--there's no other choice. So when Aaron Rossman's ex-wife dies in what …
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Unwelcome Bodies
by Jennifer Pelland
Pain. Pleasure. The sensation of touch... we feel everything through our skin, that delicate membrane separating "I" from "other," protecting the very essence of self. …
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The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
by Ellen Datlow
An anthology of contemporary original science fiction and fantasy short stories features such works as "Sonny Liston Takes the Fall" by Elizabeth Bear, "Daltharee" by …
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Red Spikes
by Margo Lanagan
A collection of ten tales to take you to places that you do not usually go.
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The Tankermen
by Margo Lanagan
A vivid, scary fantasy adventure about sinister bionic Tankermen who take people prisoner and pump poison into Sydney's drains.
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964
by Robert Silverberg
Twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. Robert Heinlein in "The Roads Must Roll" describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up …
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Trapped
by Douglas E. Richards
This fast-paced science fiction adventure about an underground city built by an advanced alien civilization teaches children about science and technology while engaging their imaginations. …
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
by Gardner R. Dozois
Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology.
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Breakfast in the Ruins
by Barry N. Malzberg
Barry N. Malzberg reflects back over four decades of writing science fiction, giving an insiderAs view of the field during that time which few can …
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On a Planet Alien
by Barry N. Malzberg
SCOPis the tale of a time traveller trying to stop some of history's worst moments before they happen. He has witnessed the last minutes of …
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Gypsies Stole My Tequila
by Adrienne Jones
Like most people on the cusp of turning 40, former punk rock star Joe Blood is wrestling with the demons of his past. Unfortunately, one …
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Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinarylife, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he …
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Seedlings on the Solar Winds and Other Stories
by J. Alan Erwine
America as a fascist state, soldiers driven to terrorism, insane computers, insane humans, insane aliens, these are just some of the things waiting for readers …
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Gods and Monsters
by Jason Andrew
Caught up in the bright lights of the modern world, it is easy to pretend that the old myths and legends have lost their hold …