As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his talent for explaining complex subjects in clear, concise prose. This book is a condensation of his three-volume autobiography, which spans Asimovs life.
Delightfully blending literary fiction with speculative genres, the stories in The Church of Divine Electricity somehow manage to feel as though they could take place today. In Emily Mitchell's created worlds, as in our own, technology bewitches us, especially with its ability to heighten both connections and isolation. Whether being held by a ......
A Novel of Mind Control, Altered States, and Music
It's 2052. Sergeant Juanita Carbajal of the Columbia Police Department in Missouri is assigned the job of tracking down the latest incarnation of Elvis Presley, who is haunting the local countryside. Lincoln Koufax, a pop music reporter for Philadelphia-based tabloid Deep-Fried America, has flown into the region to interview a woman claiming to ......
Discover the hidden depths of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol in the W.A.S.P. Technical Operations Manual - your ultimate guide to the secrets of underwater exploration and defence. Uncover the advanced technology behind Stingray, the cutting-edge combat submarine piloted by Captain Troy Tempest. Explore the inner workings of W.A.S.P.'s ......
Battle Lines starts with Stingray's final epic storyline from TV Century 21. From there, the anthology includes Stingray's adventures from the pages of Countdown in the early 1970s involving underwater tremors, cyber saboteurs and Martian monsters, plus the standalone adventures from the seasonal special editions of TV Century 21; Marina, Girl of ......
An Ecocritical Look at Dune and The Lord of the Rings
Analyzing how the mythopoeic fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert portray the natural world Finding the Numinous explores the premise that the environments depicted in The Lord of the Rings and the Dune saga are not only for the purpose of world-building rather, these imagined worlds' environments are sacred spaces fundamental to ......
The Oracle of Atlantis picks up where Legacy of Atlantis left off. Fresh from saving the world from Rusha, the maniacal Lemurian vampire, and Arthur DeMarco, the deranged multi-billionaire, Charlie Thomas and his friends retreat to his Uncle Merl's castle in Scotland for a brief respite. But rest is not in the cards for Charlie. Distressed by ......
Once every generation comes a story of the world on the brink that has such scope, such imagination, such humanity that readers can only gasp at the vision. Only Some Can Hear My Voice is this generation's. Set just a few years in the future, it imagines a world where tensions have risen to the point where any number of events could lead to ......