Vision Writers, founded in 1996, brings speculative fiction writers together to learn and build their craft. As a nod to the cultural phenomenon of nostalgia every 30 years, this anthology, which celebrates the group's 30th anniversary, is a collection of works from past and present members that echoes across time, space and memory.Thank you to all the members of Vision Writers who contributed to this anthology:Meredith AndersonHarrie BlakeDave Bri...

Jonah Barnes didn’t think he’d end up on the Moon with no job and his brother’s ashes in his hand luggage. Chang’e lunar base couldn’t care less about its newest arrival and that suits Jonah fine. All he wants is to escape his dark past and start a new life mining Helium, until a chance meeting in a bar sweeps him into the raging undercurrent of the Moon's racial tensions and politics.Now, Jonah is on the run and wanted for murder. With his new friend Lucien, he must grope his way ...

Yesha Chen, Empress of the Moon, thought it was hard to lead a rebellion. Now she must subdue one, but her stolen battle droids have other ideas. To survive, she must choose between the man she loves and the woman she has to become before it is too late.Every government on Earth will stop at nothing to seize control of the Moon’s lucrative energy supply. Yesha knows she is all that stands between the Moon Folk and a return to slavery. Her people are restless, the Europeans are sett...

The Reality Dysfunction is a modern classic of science fiction from Peter F. Hamilton, an extraordinary feat of storytelling on a truly epic scale."A space opera that is big, boisterous, and has something for everyone." —Science Fiction WeeklySpace is not the only void. . .In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy...

Now with a new introduction for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works.A Hugo Award-winning Novel!“Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.”-David BrinThousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, fro...

In the third book of the legendary Revelation Space trilogy, the last remnants of humanity realize that forging an alliance with a greater and even more mysterious alien force may be their only chance for survival.**"A landmark in hard SF space opera." —**Publishers WeeklyThe Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence—and they've targeted Humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag g...

Part 3 of the Touchstone Trilogy.Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she's for. But she knows she's running out of time.Since Cass was rescued from the abandoned world of Muina, the Aussie teen has proven more than useful to the people of Tare. Expeditions to their home world no longer end in slaughter. The teaching city of Kalasa has been unlocked. After years of searching for answers, they are starting to make progress.But space is tearing itself apart. Ionoth atta...

All seven books set in the REVELATION SPACE universe, now collected in one bundleNine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merelty intellectual ...

Reubin Flood, the most wanted man in the history of the Federation of Planets, is one of the few remaining survivors of "Olde Earthe," as it's now called. He's also the most dangerous human alive, when he finds himself cornered on an agricultural planet named Snister. Following his wife's murder, Reubin vowed to destroy the company world government; but to do so, he has to find some way of controlling the alternate personality that lurks deep in his subconscious--Habu, a primeval berserker...

Born to a star, Wiali faced fifteen hundred years of stasis followed by ten years of work in the Citadel. While frozen, the entire Archive of the Alliance ran through her mind, her education was controlled by her whims.When her father went nova, she was finally and definitely alone until the moment Suek’s last Avatar came to tell her she was transferred from Citadel Aria to Citadel Lowel, the adjunct to Sector Guard Base Udell.Braenar knew that Suek had chosen him for Wiali...

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.

Set in the blazing future of Voice of the Whirlwind, "Wolf Time" continues the story of the mercenary Reese, who finds herself in the employ of a shadowy corporation intent on killing its own rogue employees.  Not only is Reese assigned the impossible task of assaulting a fortified asteroid whose defenders know perfectly well she is coming, but soon she discovers that her greatest threat might just come from her own side . . .