Catalog Search Results
61) Ægypt
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Is there more than one history of the world? In the 1970s, historian Pierce Moffett, newly jilted and jobless, gets off a bus in the Faraway Hills and steps unawares into a story that has been awaiting him there. He has moved to the New England countryside to write a book, driven by an idea he dare not believe--that the physical laws of the universe once changed, and may change again; that before science defined the modern age, other powers, wondrous...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the twenty-first century, the multinational crew of scientists stationed on Halley's Comet set aside personal prejudices and unite to survive in the bleak, ice-covered environment and transform it into a source of life.
70) Divergence
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Rescued from a deep space near disaster by mysterious machines owned by DIANA, Judy is sent back to Earth when something strange is found in her genetic code and discovers that she is destined to destroy the Watcher, an omnipotent AI that controls the entire planet.
71) The Universe
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
The chapters consist of essays by astronomers, speculations by science fiction authors, and illustrations by space artists and deep space photographers. Writers include Isaac Asimov, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, Ray Bradbury, David Brin, William J. Kaufmann, Frederik Pohl, Allan Sandage, Robert Silverberg, Hyron Spinrad, Connie Willis, and others.
72) November mourns
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
After spending two years in jail for assaulting his siter's attacker, Shad Jenkins returns to the southern mountain town of Moon Run Hollow, only to find that Megan is dead. In order to find out the truth about his sister's attacker he must pierce the townsfolk's superstitions and secrets.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
The Bishop of Mars--a woman--is kidnaped by hostile elements along with an agnostic German engineer and they are ordered to make love. The woman, a nun, refuses to break her vow of chastity and the hostile elements resort to force. By the co-author of Rama Revealed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
"Scientist and grand master of the genre (2001: A Space Odyssey) Clarke has given us a memoir of his youth. It centers on three editors, Harry Bates, F. Orlin Tremaine, and John W. Campbell, who created the magazine now known as Analog (until 1960 it was called Astounding Science Fiction). Clarke gives his reaction to the writers and illustrators who first aroused his interest in science fiction. The scientific ferment of the 1930s and the 1940s is...
76) Dead reign
Author
Publisher
Bantam Spectra
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"As chief sorcerer of Felport, Marla Mason thought she's faced every kind of evil the magical world had to offer. But she'd never faced a killer like this. He's dark, glib, handsome as the devil--and exactly who he says he is. Death--in the flesh. He's arrived in Felport with a posse composed of a half-insane necromancer and the reanimated corpse of John Wilkes Booth, and he isn't leaving until he gets what he came for. Only Marla is crazy enough...
77) The Bacta War
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Tyrant Ysanne Isard has seized control of Thyferra, intending to use its supply of medicinal bacta for a decidedly unhealthy purpose--to destabilize and annihilate the New Republic. Undermanned and without Alliance support, Rogue Squadron faces an overwhelmingly superior force--and nearly impossible task: to oppose Isard's plans, defeat her Star Destroyer fleet, and free Thyferra from the grip of a madman in a winner-take-all battle.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request