Sorcery meets science when an astronaut is stranded on a primitive planet in this satirical sci-fi classic by two Hugo and Nebula Award–winning authors. Shoogar is the greatest wizard his village has ever known. His powerful spells strike terror in the hearts of even his most formidable enemies. But the enemy he faces now is unlike any he has known before. The stranger seems to have come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most basic customs...

Trekkies and Trekkers alike will get starry-eyed over this eclectic mix of essays on the groundbreaking original Star Trek series. Star Trek writers D. C. Fontana and David Gerrold, science fiction authors such as Howard Weinstein, and various academics share behind-the-scenes anecdotes, discuss the show’s enduring appeal and influence, and examine some of the classic features of the show, including Spock’s irrationality,...

Hella is a planet where everything is oversized--especially the ambitions of the colonists. The trees are mile-high, the dinosaur herds are huge, and the weather is extreme--so extreme, the colonists have to migrate twice a year to escape the blistering heat of summer and the atmosphere-freezing cold of winter. Kyle is a neuro-atypical young man, emotionally challenged, but with an implant that gives him real-time access to the colony's computer network,...

Almost a century ago, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise™ first encountered the irresistible (and astonishingly prolific) life-form known as the Tribbles5, resulting in one of the most unusual adventures in the annals of Starfleet. Now Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the Defiant are transported back in time to that historic occasion, where Darvin, a devious Klingon spy, plots revenge against Captain Kirk. Using...

An anthology inspired by a meeting at the 2001 Worldcon of songwriter Janis Ian with science fiction writers affected by her music collects thirty stories, each based on one of her songs.