Science Fiction
epub |eng | 2013-07-13 | Author:Catherynne M Valente [Valente, Catherynne M]

THE EMPEROR OF TSUKAYAMA PARK When first the word was spoken, I heard: Tsuki-yama—Lord Moon. And for me, the moon settled onto a dais, with sixteen-pointed chrysanthemums in his phosphor-hands, ...
( Category: Humor & Satire Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-04 | Author:George R R Martin [Martin, George R R]

Bagabond leaned forward, away from the brick wall of the alley. She steadied herself with a dumpster. The alley smelled of recent garbage. Rosemary was looking around a bit apprehensively. ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 1986-01-01 | Author:Clifford D Simak [Simak, Clifford D]

The Grotto of the Dancing Deer Luis was playing his pipe when Boyd climbed the steep path that led up to the cave. There was no need to visit the ...
( Category: Literary Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 1990-02-01 | Author:George R R Martin [Martin, George R R]

10:00 P.M. Spector was relieved when it was time to leave. Everyone said their goodbyes, except Armand, who didn’t look like he could say anything. Tony slipped Shelly an envelope ...
( Category: Action & Adventure Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:C J Cherryh [Cherryh, C J]

232 / C. J. CHERRYH In unforgiving sunlight the coats and patches of all his guard were a slight mismatch: it was the king’s bright Marhanen scarlet with the black ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-15 | Author:Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois [Dann, Jack & Dozois, Gardner]

It was still dark when they left the farmhouse. Roy and Abner and Aaron walked together, Abner carrying a large tattered carpetbag. Hank and Raymond ranged ahead with shotguns, in ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Iain M Banks [Banks, Iain M]

Victory! Commander Risingmoon Parchseason IV of the Farsight tribe nudged the suit forward, floating out through the torn doors of the airlock and into the hangar space. The ships were ...
( Category: Literary Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2002-05-14 | Author:Philip K Dick [Dick, Philip K]

NINE As if a benign harbinger, Patricia Weaver was at home; she opened the door of her conapt and said, “Oh goodness, so you’re the man with the my script. ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1968-01-01 | Author:John D MacDonald [MacDonald, John D]

Ten On Thursday evening I reached Preston LaFrance by phone at his home in Sunnydale. I taped it so that Meyer and I could study the playback. “McGee? Trav? I’ve ...
( Category: Literary Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 1980-05-01 | Author:Walter M Miller [Miller, Walter M]

He thought the whole thing over while he worked. When he was finished, he went back in the house and stopped in the hall to call Chief Franklin. It was ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-15 | Author:Philip José Farmer [Farmer, Philip José]

13 THE PLANET DOKAL Home is where the tail is goes an old Dokal proverb. There was a good reason for this. The Dokalians looked much like Earthpeople except for ...
( Category: Contemporary Literature & Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 1971-01-01 | Author:Robert Silverberg [Silverberg, Robert]

TWENTY-NINE WHEN SCHWEIZ WAS GONE I sat a long while with my back to my desk, closing my eyes and replaying in my mind the things we had just said ...
( Category: Genre Literature & Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 1979-01-01 | Author:Hal Clement [Clement, Hal]

Had there been no results he would not have been surprised; he had no reason to expect any. He would probably have dismissed the matter, perhaps with a faint hope ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-15 | Author:Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois [Dann, Jack & Dozois, Gardner]

### You have to forget everything you think you know about space flight. The SLIPPER operators aren’t astronauts. In fact, there are damned few astronauts here in 2026, just a ...
( Category: Action & Adventure Fiction October 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-08-14 | Author:Robert E Howard [Howard, Robert E]

“Sweet William lies in the upper churchyard, And by his side, his lover, And on his grave grew a lily-white rose, And on hers grew a briar. They grew, they ...
( Category: Graphic Novels October 1,2020 )