A fantastic adventure in time…His name was Hugh Macklin. He had a good life in our time with a beautiful wife and a promising career. Then, without warning, in a fraction of a second, he was shot 80 years into the future. He was out ahead of everything he knew, excavating for uranium on the moon in another man’s body!Here is a provocative story of tomorrow and of one man forced to fight through future eras to return to his own world and his own identity.

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) began primarily as a discipline-based movement, committed to exploring the signature pedagogical and learning styles of each discipline within higher education, with little exchange across disciplines. As the field has developed, new questions have arisen concerning cross-disciplinary comparison and learning in multidisciplinary settings This volume by a stellar group of experts provides a state-of-the-field review of recent SoTL scholarship ...

A terrifying and chilling anthology of over 20 stories exploring cursed and haunted books from award winning authors including Eric LaRocca, A. G. Slatter, and Alison Moore.You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in the attic, desperate to be read; lurking on your bookshelf, never seen before. Crack the spine, feel the ancient pages. Read it aloud, if you dare.This anthology brings together horror's best and brightest to...

The second volume in the classic hard sci-fi series by the renowned physicist and Nebula Award–winning author: "So good it hurts" ( Washington Post Book World ).Technology has propelled the world into a new age of enlightenment. Nigel has left Earth to explore space and search for alien life. But while on this captivating mission, humanity's birthplace has fallen prey to attack and its seas are seeded wi...

Harry Harrison was recognized as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was best known for his 'Deathworld' and 'Stainless Steel Rat' series. He was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Sideways Awards. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. This omnibus edition of his work includes four complete novels and six short stories. Both of his best known series, 'Deathworld' and 'The Stainless Steel Rat' are represented herein. Hours of science...

The third novel in the Nebula Award–winning author's classic series: "A challenging, pacesetting work of hard science fiction that should not be missed" ( Los Angeles Times ).Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machines that dominate the universe, a few hundred humans survive. Trapped on Snowglade, a barren world near the center of the galaxy, people like Killeen of Family Bishop and his child Toby are primiti...

Edmond Hamilton. For most people, this name conjures visions of two-fisted space opera -- pure pulp science fiction. And Hamilton -- known as the author of the "Captain Future" series -- was indeed one of the foremost writers of pulp space opera. Over the years, as his work became more polished and sophisticated, he evolved into far more than that: a visionary of the future whose imagination knew no bounds. He was truly a cosmic writer, as stories such as "Devolution" (in this collection) ...

Includes an active table of contents so you can easily navigate to each book.ContentsAsk a Foolish Question (1953)The Status Civilization (1960)Cost of Living (1952)Diplomatic Immunity (1953)Warm (1953)Keep Your Shape (1953)Warrior Race (1952)Death Wish (1956)The Hour of Battle (1953)One Man's Poison (1953)Beside Still Waters (1953)Forever (1959)The Leech (1952)Watchbird (1953)-...

Table of ContentsList of Works by Author List of Works in Alphabetical Order Authors' BiographiesEdwin Abbott Abbott :: Edgar Rice Burroughs :: John Wood Campbell :: Raymond King Cummings :: Arthur Conan Doyle :: Tom Godwin :: Andre Norton :: H. Beam Piper :: Mack Reynolds :: Mary Shelley :: Edward Elmer Smith :: Jules Verne :: H. G. WellsEdwin Abbott AbbottFlatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsEdgar Rice BurroughsThe Chessmen of Mars The Gods of Mars The Land that Time Forgot The Mucker a...

In the vein of the hit television show Battlestar Galactica comes Earth Strike—the first book in the action-packed Star Carrier science fiction series by Ian Douglas, author of the popular Inheritance, Heritage, and Legacy Trilogies and one of the most adept writers of military sf working today. Earth Strike rockets readers into a vast and deadly intergalactic battle, as humankind attempts to bring down an evil empire and establish itself as the new major power. ...

When a landing party is sent to find out why, the Shipstar is on the same trajectory as a human party, half of the group is captured, the other half must go on the run from the bizarre inhabitants. The free group must find a way off of the object and back to their vessel. In the course of their attempt, however, they will uncover the secrets of the Shipstar—secrets that will forever upend their understanding of the universe, and mankind's place in it.

Center of Gravity is the second book in the explosive Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas—and a breathtaking new high in military sf, the strongest of the science fiction subgenres. Battlestar Galactica fans will adore this saga of ultimate war in deep space, as humankind risks its very future, battling a vast alien evil empire in order to achieve transcendence and become a major power in the universe. Douglas’s Center of Gravity belongs on every action-lover’s sf...