Collections & Anthologies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156716864Author Stanislaw LemFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Gathered here for the first time are Miles J. Breuer's first publication, "The Man with the Strange Head"; his neglected dystopian novel Paradise and Iron (appearing here in book form for the first time); stories such as "Gostak and the Doshes" and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596067653Author Robert SilverbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Subterranean PressPublisher Subterranean PressWeight(grams) 708gDimensions(mm)...

The third annual instalment to the 'excellent, lovingly curated' (Financial Times) The Best of World SF series The Best of World SF series is a fixture on the global science fiction scene. If you want to find the most exciting SF authors writing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250306067Author Cixin LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 25mm

From Ellen Datlow-"the venerable queen of horror anthologies" per the New York Times-comes a new entry in the series that has brought you thrilling stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, the best horror stories available. For more than four decades,...

First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, then a blockbuster movie, the immensely successful Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams needs no introduction.A phenomenon across the galaxy, this paperback omnibus contains the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451450647Author Isaac AsimovFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Ace BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 108mm *...

'A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.' - The GuardianWith Stories of Your Life and Others, his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789990546Author Dan AbnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 944Imprint Games Workshop LtdPublisher Games Workshop LtdWeight(grams) 615gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

A No. 1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 1986 Locus Award for Best Collection, SKELETON CREW is a classic collection of riveting stories from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time, now with a stunning new cover look...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598530988Author Kurt VonnegutFormat HardbackPage Count 848Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 720gDimensions(mm)...

'A magic of words' Neil GaimanSet in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, these five linked stories follow far-future human colonies living in the distant solar system. Here is the complete suite of five linked stories...

One hundred classic stories from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451. In this, the first volume of Ray Bradbury's short stories, some of the author's finest works are published together, among them 'Homecoming', 'Veldt', 'A Sound of...

In A Conventional Boy, the fate of the world will depend on a roll of the dice... twenty-sided dice, that is. In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another teenage nerd growing up in middle England. But his love of D&D caused him to fall afoul of the Laundry, a...

Italo Calvino's enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures, The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks and William Weaver in...

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions.The classic work that transformed Ray Bradbury into a household name. Written in the age of the atom when America and Europe...

'Ted Chiang is one of the most exciting writers in science fiction . . . These parables are filled with hope and humanism.' - The Daily TelegraphFrom the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others - the basis for the Academy Award-winning film...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770412927Author Kevin J. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 424g

An impressive joint project, this outstanding new anthology brings the best of Chinese and English-language science fiction in a mediation on the theme of Exploration in Space. New, emerging, established and much-lauded writers from both cultures are...

From the far reaches of space to the hidden corners of Earth, from aliens to wizards and everything in between . . .One of the most influential SFF writers of modern times, Roger Zelazny wrote across a wide range of subgenres and themes, experimenting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Locus Awards 1996.Book InformationISBN 9781583226988Author Octavia E ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven...

'Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men. A time will come - but I must not and cannot think!' H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines...

The Salmon of Doubt is Douglas Adams's indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. It includes short stories and eleven chapters of a Dirk Gently novel that Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death, and features an introduction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593099209Author Laurell K. HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

From Ellen Datlow-"the venerable queen of horror anthologies" per the New York Times-comes a new entry in the series that has brought you thrilling stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, the best horror stories available. For more than four decades,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101910092Author Jeff VanderMeerFormat PaperbackPage Count 1216Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1599gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

When Frank Poole, whose body has been frozen in deep space for 1000 years, is resurrected, his second life brings him enlightening culture shocks a-plenty, but his Odyssey eventually leads him to defy the limitless power of an alien technology. The final...

A collection of award-winning short stories by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award-winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner. Harlan Ellison's work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the...

To the spaceship Discovery, floating in the silent depths of space since Dave Bowman passed through the alien 'Star Gate', comes Heywood Floyd on a mission of recovery. What he finds near Jupiter is beyond the imaginings of any mere human.About the...

Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need "This is a glorious book that challenges our conceptions of bookmaking as much as it questions our conceptions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372549Author David R. BunchFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

The best collection ever of Arthur C. Clarke's short fiction, including the stories on which 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End were based. The Sentinel is a magnificent retrospective showcase of Arthur C. Clarke's finest shorter...

A Financial Times Book of the Year From the author of The Three-Body Problem, a collection of award-winning short stories - a breath-taking selection of diamond-hard science fiction. In Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Shirley Jackson Award 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781912697281Author M. John HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Comma PressPublisher Comma Press

Winner of a PEN Translates! grant. Selected as a 'book to look out for in 2017' by The Guardian and BuzzFeed Books. In these witty, postmodern stories, Yoon riffs on pop culture, experiments with punctuation, flirts with sci-fi and, in a metafictional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626868014Author Jules VernePage Count 1024Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams) 1408gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 53mm

Based on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) and Michael Dinner (Justified, Masters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617207358Author Allen SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Fantastic BooksPublisher Fantastic BooksWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science-fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound,...