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An in-depth sci-fi and fantasy writing guide by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author and writer of the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles."
David Gerrold, the acclaimed author of science fiction classics including The Man Who Folded Himself and the Star Wolf series, shares his expertise in writing compelling fantasy and science fiction.
For fans and fellow writers, Gerrold reveals his techniques for crafting plot, setting, character,...
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The Morthans consider the human race to be little better than animals-even though they came from humans themselves. Now they are determined to conquer the worlds still controlled by their physical and mental inferiors. Docked for repairs after a harrowing battle with a Morthan ship, Jonathan Korie and his crew discover they have a Morthan imp aboard: a weapon so quick they have no chance of catching it, so clever they have no hope of outsmarting it-and...
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Welcome to the 10th Science Fiction MEGAPACK™! This time we present 30 stories (including several full-length novels) by some of the biggest and best in the science fiction field, plus 2 poems and the first (of 3) installments in our first novel serial.
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TORQUING VACUUM, by Jay Lake
COLLECTORS, by Pamela Sargent
VICTORY, by Lester del Rey
THE TREE OF LIFE, by C. L. Moore
YE OLDE RESIGNATION, by Rhys Hughes
FACE TO FACE, by Adrian...
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A father and daughter face danger on an Earthlike world, in this follow-up to Child of Earth from the Hugo Award–winning author. Young Kaer and her family have undergone rigorous training in order to immigrate to Linnea, a parallel world characterized by huge horses, dangerous giant wolves, and a primitive culture. But Linnea has been disrupted by the Hale-Stones, a band of religious zealots seeking to convert other Earthlings to their native planet's...
5) Jobe
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In the distant future, a woman struggles to find her identity and her destiny... She was born in the moonstar's shadow, when the storms of Satlik raged their worst. Because of this, Jobe was different. The family never spoke of it, but everyone knew Jobe was special. So Jobe came to know of it, too. She had a destiny beyond that of Choice, beyond that moment when she would finally have to decide for Reethe, Mother of the World, or for Dakka, Father,...
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From the award-winning science fiction author who created it, the behind-the-scenes story of one of the Star Trek's most famous episodes. Aired in 1967 as part of the second season, "The Trouble with Tribbles" was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation-though it lost out to another Star Trek episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever"-and has been a mainstay of best-of and fan-favorite lists ever since. Here, David Gerrold, the creator...
7) Star Hunt
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A prequel in the space adventure series by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author. In the prequel to Voyage of the Star Wolf, the starship Roger Burlingame is obsolete as it drifts through space on the brink of collapse. Yet, as its demoralized crew hopes for reassignment and its weary captain counts the days before his promotion to a desk job, a fanatical first officer named Korie refuses to succumb to apathy. He believes he has seen the enemy-no...
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Take an interstellar journey through a ruined empire in this novel by a Nebula Award–winning author... Mass comes from a harsh world named Streinveldt, where the gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth and only genetically engineered people can reside. Mass is humanoid, genetically evolved to cope with greater pressures, stronger gravity, and heavier densities than those of an ancient planet he never knew, and probably never would. For Mass, Earth is...
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H.A.R.L.I.E. (Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine) is an artificially intelligent machine. David Auberson, the psychologist responsible for guiding HARLIE from childhood into adulthood, struggles to understand his erratic behavior.
When humans begin vocalizing their wishes that HARLIE be shut down, he has to prove his existence and value to his warm-blooded counterparts. Throughout HARLIE's fight to stay alive, Auberson discovers...
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In this action-packed tale of military science fiction, the human members of the Star Wolf space vessel are pitted against the superhuman Morthan crew. Cpt. Jonathan Korie has been hampered by the loss of most of the human fleet to the Morthans and a nearly disabled ship of his own. Now he must face the Morthan threat driven by the need for survival and the desire for revenge...
11) Deathbeast
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Eight time travelers journey into the Cretaceous period in this action-packed adventure from a Hugo and Nebula Award winner. Six hunters and two official guides are going on the trip of their lifetime. Their destination? Earth as it was a hundred million years ago, long before human dominion, when the great hot-blooded dinosaurs reigned supreme. Each of the time travelers has a different motive. Some are on the strange safari for pay. Others are taking...
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From the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author, the sequel to the classic space opera Under the Eye of God. The Phaestor, a genetically altered vampiric race, have set in motion their final plan for the complete enslavement of the galaxy. However, they will not go unopposed, for on numerous worlds, humans, androids, and bioforms have joined forces against their vampiric overlords. A government of vampires, dragons, and mutated humans displays its...
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A collection of early short fiction by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction legend. Dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, this volume includes all the stories from David Gerrold's collection With a Finger in My I, including "In the Deadlands"-a bizarre and disturbing journey into a landscape of madness, nominated for the Nebula Award for best novelette of the year. Also featured are four additional works written during the same...
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Stories by a Nebula Award winner! In "Franz Kafka, Superhero!" Kafka employs his unusual metamorphosis to fight evil throughout the world-and take on Sigmund Freud. Two characters who hope to better themselves experience "The Seminar from Hell"-while "The Firebringers" features Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Stewart as soldiers charged with dropping the first atom bomb. A team of anthropologists struggles to understand the...
15) Blood and Fire
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The Morthans were physically and mentally superior. Descended from humans, they were now, literally, "more-than" human... and considered the human race to be little better than animals. They would stop at nothing to conquer the remaining human-controlled worlds. Formerly a never-filmed script for Star Trek: The Next Generation, this conclusion to the Star Wolf trilogy finds Executive Officer Korie and the crew of the Star Wolf answering a distress...
16) Child of Earth
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Want to visit another world? It might not be as easy as you think... When Kaer's extended family signs up to emigrate to Linnea, a planet known for horses as large as houses and dangerously mistrustful natives, Kaer is certain the move will bring the divided household closer together. What none of them are prepared for is the grueling emigration training in the Linnean dome, a makeshift environment designed to be like Linnea in every possible way,...
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From the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Martian Child: "This playful, intricate game of survival . . . is one of Gerrold's best books." -Publishers Weekly
The human race has been played for a fool. Though welcomed into the galactic community and given access to the combined knowledge of thousands of intelligent species, humans are largely regarded as an evolutionary mistake. Reptilian, insectoid, and other unclassifiable...
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