Nola is born into poverty in Sarsenay City. When her mother realizes that Nola has the Othersight and can foretell the future, she sells her to a brothel seer, who teaches the girl to harness her gift. But she will soon learn a harsh lesson: that being ab
When Pippin, a fawn abandoned by her mother, cries out for help, she is found by author Isobel Springett. After carrying the tiny fawn back to her home, Isobel places Pippin next to Kate, a Great Dane who has never had puppies of her own.What follows is a
A savagely lacerating satire, this is an example of the sort of literature of ideas sf was before commercial formulae & interminable series took over. A lot of today's readers won't get it & may be pissed off by its unresolved ending. But it's a v
A fitting tribute to a great philosophical writer who found science fiction the ideal form for the expression of his ideas - The IndependentThe third volume of the definitive five-book set of the complete collected stories of the twentieth century's great
In a society revolutionised by a device that lets you walk through a door and be anywhere in the world - instantly...At a time when unauthorised travel has caused millions to die violent deaths...In a world where invasion of privacy is the ultimate crime.
"Built in the heart of the jungle, The City was an architect's masterpiece--& the scene of a flesh-&-blood game of chess where the unwitting pawns were real people!" The Squares of the City is a science fiction novel written by John Brunner and fi
After the King presents an outstanding collection of new fantasy stories by an extraordinary assemblage of some of the very best writers to ever continue the tradition Tolkien began with The Lord of the Rings.Stephen R. Donaldson, Peter S. Beagle, Andrew
