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Sci-Fi, Taken Thomas H. Cook Paperback

Three people know the truth. Three families will be changed forever. In the last days of World War II a strange phenomenon saves a doomed Air Force pilot named Russell Keys–and plunges him into torment. Continue reading

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Entertain, The Years Best Science Fiction Gardner Dozois Paperback

Get other Gardner Dozois here The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field’s finest practitioners are represented here along with stories from promising newcomers including: William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois’s insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today. The Years Best Science Fiction Gardner Dozois Paperback Continue reading

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Even better, The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac Vicki Pettersson Paperback

Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Vicki Pettersson here When she was sixteen Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert.By rights she should be dead.Now a photographer by day she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset — a grim secret Sin Citywhere Light battles Shadow — seeking answers to whom or what she really is . . Continue reading

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Great reading, The Best Horror of the Year Ellen Datlow Paperback

Get other Science Fiction Anthologies hereGet other Ellen Datlow here Legendary editor Ellen Datlow winner of multiple Hugo Bram Stoker and World Fantasy awards joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year Volume 2. The Best Horror of the Year Ellen Datlow Paperback Continue reading

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Great SF, South China Sea Jeff VanderMeer Paperback

Get other Jeff VanderMeer here On a remote South China Sea island a deadly hunt is underway… but not the kind of expedition the participants expected. As the hunters battle for survival they discover there is another creature out for blood: a Predator with an unstoppable lust for conquest Continue reading

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Great reading, The Throat Peter Straub Paperback

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereGet other Peter Straub here Straub completes the Blue Rose trilogy with this searing novel of psychological terror. Continue reading

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SF, Fate of the Jedi: Omen Christie Golden Paperback

Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Christie Golden here The second novel in the bestselling Fate of the Jedi series–for fans of the Legacy of the Force series the Dark Lords of the Sith and the most popular characters in ‘Star Wars’: Luke Leia and Han.The Jedi Order is in crisis. The late Jacen Solos shocking transformation into murderous Sith Lord Darth Caedus has cast a damning pall over those who wield the Force for good: Two Jedi Knights have succumbed to an inexplicable and dangerous psychosis criminal charges have driven Luke Skywalker into self-imposed exile and power-hungry Chief of State Natasi Daala is exploiting anti-Jedi sentiment to undermine the Order s influence within the Galactic Alliance. Continue reading

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Good, Dead City Joe McKinney Paperback

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereGet other Joe McKinney here In the wake of five cataclysmic hurricanes a deadly virus breaks out in Texas returning the dead to life with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Original Continue reading

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Entertain, Ship of Destiny Robin Hobb Paperback

Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Robin Hobb here In the powerful conclusion to the Liveship Traders trilogy Robin Hobb weaves the spellbinding story of a once-thriving city on the brink of ruin a glorious and mythic species on the edge of extinction and the Vestrit clan whose destiny is intertwined with both…. As Bingtown slides toward disaster clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit branded a traitor searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against the Chalcedean threat. Meanwhile Althea Vestrit unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship “Vivacia from the ruthless pirate Kennit Continue reading

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Interesting, Insomnia Stephen King Hardcover

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereGet other Stephen King here Old Ralph Roberts hasn’t been sleeping well lately. Every night he wakes just a little bit earlier and pretty soon he thinks he won’t get any sleep at all. It wouldn’t be so bad except for the strange hallucinations he’s been having Continue reading

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Classic, Psychomech Brian Lumley Paperback

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereGet other Brian Lumley here The first novel of a trilogy begins with “Psychomech” where Richard Garrison the heroic survivor of a terrorist attack becomes the target of a megalomaniac who wants to claim Garrison’s body for his own destroying Garrison’s mind with the aid of a terrifying machine. Psychomech Brian Lumley Paperback Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Guest Authors: The Third Collection Ron Curtis Hardcover

Get other Ron Curtis here Guest Authors the Third Collection contains exciting stimulating stories and tantalizing terrorizing tales carefully selected from only the world’s most reclusive rarely read and virtually unknown authors. Continue reading

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SF, Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Droids Daniel Wallace Paperback

Get other Star Wars Science Fiction Books hereGet other Daniel Wallace here The all-new full-color updated and complete revised edition of the comprehensive history of the “Star Wars” universe has been entirely rewritten covering all six films the novels comics cartoons and games–all in chronological order. Full color Continue reading

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Interesting, Men at Arms Terry Pratchett Paperback

Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Terry Pratchett here He’s now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork Discworld’s greatest city from Barbarian Tribes miscellaneous marauders and unlicensed thieves. It’s a big job–but an even bigger job awaits when an ancient document reveals that Ankh-Morpork has a secret sovereign Continue reading

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Interesting, Bumper Crop Joe R. Lansdale Paperback

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereGet other Joe R. Lansdale here Joe R Continue reading

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SF, The Demon Tree J. J. Kremsky Paperback

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereA middle-aged woman fights evil apparitions surrounding a dead tree when she returns to her family home after serving five years in a mental institution. The Demon Tree J. J. Continue reading

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Classic, Night Wars Graham Masterton Paperback

Get other Horror Science Fiction Books hereGet other Graham Masterton here They are five ordinary people forced to do battle on the most terrifying field imaginable- the landscape of nightmares. They are the Night Warriors and only they can defeat the evil that has invaded our world through our dreams. Only they would even dare to try. Continue reading

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Great, Trading in Danger Elizabeth Moon Paperback

Get other Elizabeth Moon here Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons and her father’s only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky it’s no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. Continue reading

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Sci-Fi, Sleight of Hand Peter S. Beagle Paperback

Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Peter S. Beagle here Abundant with tales of quiet heroism life-changing decisions and determined searches for deep answers this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy explores the realms between this world and the next Continue reading

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Great, Star Wars: Millennium Falcon James Luceno Paperback

Get other Star Wars Science Fiction Books hereGet other James Luceno here Two years have passed since the death of Sith Lord Darth Caedus–once known as Jacen Solo. For the grieving Han and Leia the only bright spot is Jacen’s daughter Allana who makes a curious discovery aboard her grandfather’s beloved spacecraft–the much-overhauled but ever-dependable “Millennium Falcon.” Star Wars: Millennium Falcon James Luceno Paperback Continue reading

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