Victor Frankenstein is the richest man on Earth. In 1994 he shocked the world by patenting a process for reanimating and controlling human cadavers. Twenty-five years later, his technology has transformed every aspect of society. Zombies drive cabs, serve tables, pick crops, police the streets, fight wars, and much more, their slightest motions coordinated by the iGor computer network. Dr. Frankenstein sits atop a vast corporate empire that reaches for the stars, while the poor survive by ...

YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD.Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never gone but never found. No one seems to notice the insanity surrounding them... or if they do, they keep it to themselves. After all, those who notice and call attention to it ten...

One of the longest-lived communal societies in North America, the Hutterites have developed multifaceted communitarian perspectives on everything from conflict resolution and decision-making practices to standards of living and care for the elderly. This compellingly written book offers a glimpse into the complex and varied lives of the nearly 500 North American Hutterite communities.North American Hutterites today number around 50,000 and have common roots with and beliefs akin to...

The third in an action-packed new adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners! A multi-cast audiobook with sound effects and original music will bring the Dungeon alive!"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesKit thought he was ready for anything, but whe...

Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, so when a space opens up for a new team Kit doesn't want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends, Sandy and Thorn, they're ready to take on anything - mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure and most of all adventure!

The fourth book in this action-packed adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood. Packed full with with sound effects, original music, and read by Adrian Gray, Kristin Atherton, and Max Dowler, young listeners will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!/b>"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, BITE!Kit and his trusty teamm...

ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE? It's time to fight or take flight!A multi-cast audiobook with SFX and original music, written by Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and illustrated Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton.Kit can hardly believe he's now a professional Dungeon Runner. With his teammates Sandy and Thorn, they set off to a city in the clouds to compete.But with new danger...

There's a delicate balance between mental health and mental illness…Who are STRANGERS AMONG US?We are your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and lovers. We staff your stores, cross your streets, and study in your schools, invisible among you. We are your outcasts and underdogs, and often, your unsung heroes.Nineteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle the division between mental health and...

This hugely acclaimed collection is now in its 14th successful year, and Gardner Dozois's selection for 2001 maintains its high standards of excellence with more than 25 SF stories from contemporary talents such as John Kessel, Ursula K Le Guin, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Brian Stableford, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Charles Stross, Ian McDonald and many other bright stars of SF, as well as the usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists.

IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS.You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is a groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide.From text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, ...

Michael Swanwick, Geoff Ryman, Allen Steele, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Michael Cassott, Charles Stross are just some of the high-profile names that feature in this volume of what is now regarded as essential reading for every science-fiction fan. This year's edition includes not just the biggest names in science-fiction writing but also many of its other brightest young talents too, as well as even more stories than ever before. All this, and the usual thorough summations of the year, plus...

Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft’s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos.In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft. Inside you’ll find:“Details” by China Miévill...