More than any individual author, Richard Powers showed the public that science fiction could be written by intelligent adults, for intelligent adults. His superior aesthetics...still overshadow most rivals....I am delighted his talent is again on splendid display!”—Michael Moorcock

';The Ender saga stands as one of the very few serious moral tales set among the stars ... enthralling ... an extraordinarily talented author'; The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction';Every volume of the Ender saga comprises some of the most hauntingly brilliant writing of decade';Interzone

One of the greatest stories in the history of science fiction continues ...';Every volume of the Ender saga comprises some of the most hauntingly brilliant writing of the decade';Interzone';Almost impossible to put down';Locus

Edited by one of SF';s outstanding writers and critics, ";Far Horizons"; contains new works by eleven of the most acclaimed authors in the field, set in their best-known worlds and each with an introduction by the author, This volume is a showcase of breathtaking imagination, challenging ideas, compelling storytelling and the sense of wonder inspired by science fiction at its very best.

Form stone tools, to metal plows, to nuclear reactors - people have always strived to find a better, easier way. But no matter how far science takes us, some things remain: love and lust, art and entertainment,...and war. Technology has changed everything but our most basic instincts. And in this century and beyond, as we spread our will and ourselves across the galaxies, we will carry those insticts with us. From the Battle of Troy to the Battle of the Bugle - to a battle many light-years away-war tages on...in this explosive anthology, nine of science fiction';s best new and classic writers imagine the soldiers who will one day fight and die on distant worlds.

Pick a famous historical figure and experience your own life as that person. What would you do? Excel in science under the extraordinary influence of Leonardo da Vinci? Spice ip your daily grind with a dash of Mata Hari? Unnerve your neighbors as Edgal Allan Poe? Or, for those who like to live dangerously, there are whispers of a black market - where no one is forbidden.A word of cauction: Previous performance does not guarantee future predicatability. And in the hands of these masters of science fiction and fantasy, your experience of past live reborn may not be at all what you expect...

In the winter palace, the King';s new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palace across the mountains, in the service of the regicidal Protector General, the chief bodyguard, too, has his enemies.But his enemies strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more traditional. Spiralling round a central core of secrecy, deceit, love and betrayal, INVERSIONS is a spectacular work of science fiction, brilliantly told and wildly imaginative, from an author who has set genre fiction alight.

A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visions is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visions is truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing.With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams.

Last and First Men is not so much a novel as a history of the future, written with breathtaking imagination. Over the course of 2,000 million years it describes the evolutionary rise and fall of eighteen distinct races of men, of which Homo sapiens is the first and most primitive. Apart from Stapledon himself, in the equally ambitious Star Maker, no other science fiction writer has attempted, let alone achieved, a work on this scale.

One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age'; - New YorkerThe twelve tales in this collection, which include ";Rescue Party";, his first published short story, display the unique blend of scientific realism and soaring visionary imagination that have made Artur C. Clarke the world';s best-loved writer of science fiction. ";Here is the rich variety we have come to expect from the master. Worth grabbing"; Kingsley Amis