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A collection that includes the Nebula Award-winning titular novella
and "Light and Shadow," the story that begins the Saga of the
Skolian Empire series. In "The Spacetime Pool," recent MIT grad
Janelle Aulair is hiking through the Great Smoky Mountains when a
man appears out of nowhere to request her help. Shaken by his
impossible appearance, she steps away--and falls through a portal
onto a beach in another universe. That's when Dominick, the man who
waylaid Janelle, reveals she is part of a prophecy. It foretells a
bizarre future: if Dominick marries Janelle, he'll depose his twin
brother and become Emperor of the land. If Dominick doesn't marry
her, his brother--a brutal tyrant who will do anything to keep his
throne--will murder him. Janelle finds herself caught in a conflict
that could destroy the realm. If that's not mind-blowing enough,
she discovers books that prove this civilization achieved
interstellar travel five centuries ago. Yet now they're living in a
culture that doesn't have electricity, riding two-horned creatures
that definitely aren't horses, and sword-fighting. To find her way
home, Janelle must figure out what happened between then and now .
. . The Spacetime Pool also includes Catherine Asaro's first-ever
published story, "Light and Shadow," featuring Kelric, a popular
character from the Saga of the Skolian Empire series, and an
illustrated essay on the math in her fiction titled "A Poetry of
Angles and Dreams." Praise for Catherine Asaro "Readers seeking the
harmonious meld of hard SF's rigor and human chemistry's heat
should read Catherine Asaro's fiction." --SciFi Weekly
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Bryan Thomas Schmidt; Robert Silverberg, David Weber, Jack Campbell, Elizabeth Moon, …
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INFINITE STARS
This is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today s finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta s War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more.
Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre. Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, and Science Fiction Grand Masters these authors take us to the farthest regions of space.
The modern masters of space opera and military science fiction, with 14 brand new stories set in their most famous universes exclusive to this volume!
"New York Times" bestselling authors Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley,
and Lois McMaster Bujold join forces with award-winning authors
Catherine Asaro, Jennifer Roberson, and Deb Stover in this all-new
anthology of original stories proving that love can conquer
all...even the boundaries of time and space.
From sixteenth-century Britain to the farthest reaches of outer
space, from medieval adventures to tales of inter-galactic love,
here is a compilation that explores the wonderfully kinetic forces
that lovers share-forces too great to resist...
The first book in the Skolian Empire saga by the Nebula
Award-winning author. "Fast, smart, speculative . . . another
stellar debut." --Los Angeles Daily News Soz Valdoria, a
bioengineered fighter pilot--and first in line for the military
command of her people--has found refuge with her squad on the
sanctuary planet of Delos. It offers a respite from the war that
rages between her Skolian people and their enemies, the Traders.
Looking for rest and relaxation, they must still be on their guard
for the Trader soldiers who also visit the sanctuary. In a bar,
they confront the worst of the worst: an Aristo from the Trader
ruling caste, seemingly on the prowl for a "provider" he can use
for his barbaric impulses. His presence takes Soz back to her days
as a prisoner of war, when she became the plaything of a sadistic
and soulless Aristo. And yet something is off about this Aristo.
Unable to ignore her instincts, Soz searches the city until she
finds him in a secured mansion. Breaching its fortifications and
eluding its guards, she discovers a devastating truth: this man is
no true Aristo. He is a genetic anomaly like Soz, one of the few
people who can handle the massive neurological demands of the
psibernet, the technological marvel that gives the Skolians their
only advantage over the Traders. This false Aristo, this sheep in a
wolf's clothing, is heir to the Trader throne. The emperor created
him for one reason--to take control of the Skolian network and
conquer Soz's people. But Soz has never felt such a connection as
she does to this Trader heir. It may prove her--and the
universe's--undoing . . . "This is one of the best SF first novels
in years." --Booklist
"Powerful characterization and intriguing scientific concepts . . .
an elegant subtlety and a far-reaching sense of destiny that
carries [Asaro] to the highest rank of master storyteller."
--Romantic Times Reeling from a battle, pilot Kelric Valdoria
crash-lands his Jag starfighter on Coba, the closest safe planet he
can find after a Trader squad cripples his ship. Although the
military of Kelric's people have given Coba Restricted status,
Kelric sees no reason for such draconian measures to isolate the
seemingly benign world. While recovering, the dashing Kelric
becomes the target of affection for high-powered women in Coba's
matriarchal society, including Deha Dahl, an Estate Manager, and
young Ixpar Karn, the chosen successor of the Minister. Distracted
by their flirtations, Kelric doesn't at first realize the
Restricted status of the planet was their own choice--and that they
can't risk letting him go. However, Kelric's internal biomech
system is failing, causing his brain to malfunction. His only hope
is to escape. But when his attempt fails, ending in the death of a
guard, he must face a trial that could mean his execution, unless
he can win the trust of the people who both covet and fear him . .
. "Well-written, entertaining, classic science fiction fun." --The
Plain Dealer "Impossible to put down." --L. E. Modesitt, Jr., New
York Times-bestselling author "A smoothly absorbing space opera
that mixes high-tech gimmickry with galactic politics and plenty of
romance." --Publishers Weekly
The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually
since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories in the
Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction &
Fantasy Writers of America(R). The editor selected by SFWA's
anthology committee (chaired by Mike Resnick) is two-time Nebula
winner, Catherine Asaro. This year's volume includes stories and
excerpts by Connie Willis, Jo Walton, Kij Johnson, Geoff Ryman,
John Clute, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Ferrett Steinmetz, Ken Liu, Nancy
Fulda, Delia Sherman, Amal El-Mohtar, C. S. E. Cooney, David
Goldman, Katherine Sparrow, E. Lily Yu, and Brad R. Torgersen.
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