Blast off into the unknown with a stellar collection of classic science fiction adventures. Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey brings together stories from acclaimed science fiction writers including Andre Norton, Lester del Rey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, and Philip K. Dick. Across these diverse tales, readers encounter distant planets, alien civilizations, futuristic technology, space travel, scientific discoveries, strange worlds, and humanity's uncertain future. The collection sho...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through the imagination of some of science fiction's most celebrated authors. Discover "Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey," an exciting anthology featuring classic science fiction stories by renowned writers including Andre Norton, Lester del Rey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, Philip K. Dick, and others. Spanning imaginative worlds, futuristic technologies, and extraordinary adventures, this collection celebrates the enduring creativity that has made s...

In this new collection, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative.Exploring the boundaries of the genre, Bova not only writes of spaceships, aliens, and time travel in most of his titles, but also speculates on the beginnings of science fiction in “Scheherazade and the Storytellers,” as well as the morality of man in “The Angel’s Gift.” Stories such as “The Café Coup” and “We’...

When all the best of Earth's scientists are forced into exile to a space station to prevent their work from upsetting the status quo, they decide to embark on an even grander adventure to the stars. An epic three-volume saga from a science fiction master, all in one book:EXILED FROM EARTHFLIGHT OF EXILESEND OF EXILE

In the Future, Everything is Different.But Nothing Has Changed."The Earth has been poisoned by pollution, choked by overpopulation, and ravaged by the mindless greed of power-hungry corporations. A fragile peace is threatened by landless revolutionaries and global anarchy seems imminent.Yet a single ray of hope remains..."Island One is a celestial utopia, and David Adams is its most perfect creation—a man with a brain as advanced as any computer and a body fr...

Six time Hugo winner Ben Bova's first and possibly best novel, THE STAR CONQUERORS, has been long out of print. There was only one small hardback print run, never reprinted, and used copies are rare, costing upwards of $500. Until now! ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the publication of THE STAR CONQUERORS in this special ebook edition!To Explore New Worlds... and Resistance is Futile... all found their home here first with the Captain of the Star Watch vessel in what some say...

Danny wasn't a bad kid at heart, but the government put Danny in prison for a long list of crimes, with no end to his sentence. He had to get back to his girl. He had to get back to Laurie. Watched over at all times by a Big Brother-like sentient computer, there was no way out of the escape-proof prison except to... Escape!"Escape! ... has generated more mail from readers than any other single story I have ever written."—Ben BovaFrom six-time Hugo Award-winning autho...

Fresh from a space battle, Orion finds himself thrust back in time to confront gods in the ancient world, to Greece where he must prevent the Greek army from destroying the citadel of Troy, to Jericho to bring down the walls, to Egypt... If he fails, he will lose the only woman he has ever loved. But if he succeeds, the history of the world will be changed forever.Praise for the Orion Saga"Nonstop action and mind-bending concepts combine to make Orion absolutely unforgettab...

ANCIENT EARTH IS DOOMED...Earth's Sun will explode, not millions of years hence but in mere lifetimes—violently enough to scour Earth clean and leave the Empire of the Hundred Worlds adrift.The Empire's scientists deem that nothing can be done. The age of heroism is past: this is the long, stagnant afternoon of the human race.Until—over massive opposition—a single young woman makes her way to the Emperor with that rarity, a new scientific insight... and a plan, flow...

A sci-fi thriller of humanity’s first contact with aliens—and the global cover-up it sparks—from the New York Times–bestselling author of Mars.Ex-astronaut turned physicist Keith Stoner knows that the signals he’s picking up at his space station are anything but random. The fiery object heading toward Earth is an alien spacecraft. Yet the world may never know, for Keith is trapped in an iron cordon of secrecy: His discovery has shattered the world...

The six-time Hugo Award–winning author of Voyagers continues his first contact trilogy with a novel of an alien takeover of the mind.Keith Stoner has been in a state of suspended animation for eighteen years, ever since he was an American member of a joint US-Soviet venture to capture an alien ship. But when the Soviets had to pull out, Stoner willfully persisted and it was then, during that time on the ship, that Stoner fell into the strange state that wa...

As on a Darkling Plain is the chronological first book in The Others Saga by SF master and six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova.The discovery of huge alien machines operating on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is just the beginning of a nightmare for Dr. Sidney Lee. He is convinced that, without the intervention of his crew, these machines will destroy mankind.