Born With the Dead (the novella) was nominated for every major science fiction award when it was originally published in 1974, winning the Nebula and Locus awards. ***The author now revisits the classic story with Australian author Damien Broderick. Brode...
When Edward the Confessor, King of England, died in January 1066 without an obvious heir to the throne, his death precipated two invasions of England and a series of battles for the crown by three men: King Harold II of England, King Harold Hardrada of...
Beginning in 1095, Christianity and Islam clashed repeatedly over a 200-year period in the Middle East, in the series of wars we call The Crusades. This era saw naked scheming, selfish grabs for power, treachery of all kinds, and horrific battles--and...
In the fifteenth century, two families of royal descent, the Houses of York and Lancaster, clashed in an epic series of civil wars to win and control the throne of England. The crown slipped precariously from one family to the other, and not until the...
Included: "The Mindworm," by C.M. Kornbluth; "Psyclops," by Brian W. Aldiss; "Novice," by James H. Schmitz; "Liar!," by Isaac Asimov; "Something Wild Is Loose," by Robert Silverberg; "Riyaâs...
Included: "The Golden Man," by Philip K. Dick; "Danger -- Human!" by Gordon R. Dickson; "All the People," by R.A. Lafferty; "Oddy and Id," by Alfred Bester; "The Man with English," by Horace L. Gold; "To...
In the twenty-first century, a battered world is ruled by a crafty old tyrant, Genghis II Mao IV Khan. The Khan is ninety-three years old, his life systems sustained by the skill of Mordecai Shadrach, a brilliant young surgeon whose chief function is to...