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This frighteningly prophetic tale from the progenitor of modern science fiction remains as powerful today as when it was written-more than a century ago.

The groundbreaking novella that gave rise to science fiction's original space hero, Buck Rogers.

A gifted gambler fights to survive on a hostile planet in this classic novel from the creator of science fiction antihero the Stainless Steel Rat. The gravity is twice that of Earth.

Hugo Award Finalist: A mystery at the heart of a desert planet and its ruling class must be solved in this thrilling tale from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.

Two young boys find some very unusual new pets in this short story from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.

New writings on our fear of-and fascination with-the "other" from Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, and more.Alien is a powerful and flexible word.

A "spellbinding account" of Wall Street deregulation in the 1980s, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post series (The New York Times Book Review).

A New York Times-bestselling author's "superbly reported" account of the dismantling of the world's largest corporation (The Washington Post).

A provocative and fascinating exploration of male-female relationships by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth. Pearl S.

This saga of parallel universes from a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author "may be the best constructed hard SF epic yet" (The Washington Post).

Three love stories set against great American landscapes in an acclaimed series by a New York Times-bestselling author and "romance legend" (Publishers Weekly).

An Albuquerque pottery dealer looking for artifacts finds murder and intrigue in this "smartly funny" series (Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter).

An American psychologist accepts an invitation to her estranged husband's isolated English estate in this suspenseful tale by an Edgar Award-winning author.

A woman investigates the mysterious death of her mother in Santa Fe in this New York Times bestseller by a "master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark).

A woman is forced to face the tragedies of the past when she's summoned back to her Colorado home in this novel from "a master of suspense " (Mary Higgins Clark).