( Read more... )

( Read more... )

The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004)
eidted by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan
512 pages - Eos

I've always been a bit perplexed about Locus when I've seen it on the magazine racks -- it's a magazine about science fiction, but doesn't actually contain any science fiction. The introduction to this ( Read more... )

Roadside Picnic (1972 ( Read more... )

The Dark Descent (1987 ( Read more... )

The Best Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard (1977)
411 pages - Orbit

'Each of us is little more than the meagre residue of the infinite unrealized possibilities of our lives.' (pg.390)

Seventeen short stories are collected here, selected by the author, spanning ten years, from 1957 to 1967. Some of the highlights are "Concentration City" about people ( Read more... )

The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age (1967 ( Read more... )

The Lost World: Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee and Mr Ed Malone of the Daily Gazette (1912 ( Read more... )

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files (1995 ( Read more... )

( Read more... )