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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction E. Amalia Andujar,Conway Conley,Patricia Nurse,Randall Garrett,George H. Scithers,Nancy Kress,Martin Gardner,F. Paul Wilson,J. M. Dillard,Isaac Asimov,Jo Clayton,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Anne Lear,Garry R. Osgood,Melisa C. Michaels In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See - short story by Melisa Michaels Proud Rider - novelette by Barry B. Longyear The Three Robots of Professor Tinker - short story by Martin Gardner On th… OL14959265W
Crossfire Crossfire Nancy Kress "Crossfire is the story of a human colony settling on a distant planet, a colony formed by Jake Holman - a man trying to escape a dark past. But as this diverse group of thousands comes to terms with… OL15842257W
Probability moon Probability moon Nancy Kress From back cover: A Desperate Bid to Save Humanity Humankind has expanded out into interstellar space using star gates -- technological remnants left behind by an ancient, long-vanished race. B… OL15844694W
Oaths and miracles Oaths and miracles Nancy Kress From back cover: Two people, the widow of a murdered scientist and an unstable, hard-boiled FBI agent, join forces to follow a trail of science and death. It leads them through a biotech company … OL16478951W
Terrors Terrors Dennis Etchison,Robert Bloch,Charles L. Grant,Stephen King,Nancy Kress,Henry Slesar,Orson Scott Card,Lou Fisher,Steve Rasnic Tem,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Bill Pronzini,Thomas F. Monteleone,Alan Ryan undifferentiated,Michael Bishop,David Drake,Scott Baker,Al Sarrantonio,Stuart H. Stock Contains: Baby's blood / Alan Ryan -- Smokie Joe / David Drake -- The poor / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Identity crisis / Thomas F. Monteleone -- Disturb not my slumbering fair / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -… OL1684397W
Crucible Crucible Nancy Kress A sequel to Crossfire finds the distant-future human settlers of a new world, having allied themselves with the plant-like Vines race, facing a war against the technologically superior Furs and sprea… OL17730503W
Flash point Flash point Nancy Kress Amy had dreams of going to college, until the Collapse destroyed the economy and her future. Now she is desperate for any job that will help support her terminally ill grandmother and rebellious youn… OL17764912W
Lightspeed Lightspeed Alastair Reynolds,Tobias S. Buckell,Adam-Troy Castro,Geoffrey Landis,Joe R. Lansdale,Stephen Baxter,Anne McCaffrey,Stephen King,Nancy Kress,Bruce Sterling,Robert Reed,George R. R. Martin,Robert Silverberg,Tanith Lee,James Patrick Kelly,Orson Scott Card,Sarah Langan,Joe Haldeman,Carol Emshwiller,Carrie Vaughn,Julie E. Czerneda,Catherynne M. Valente,Jack McDevitt,Ursula K. Le Guin,Eric Gregory,Cat Rambo,Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Tananarive Due,Caitlín R. Kiernan,Ken Liu,Charles Yu,Ted Kosmatka,John R. Fultz,John Joseph Adams,Genevieve Valentine,David Tallerman,Nnedi Okorafor,Yoon Ha Lee,An Owomoyela,Tessa Mellas,Tom Crosshill,Maggie Clark,Vylar Kaftan,Alice Sola Kim,David Barr Kirtley,Corey Mariani,Susan Palwick Collects short stories from Lightspeed, the online science fiction magazine. Contains: I'm alive, I love you, I'll see you in Reno / Vylar Kaftan -- The Cassandra project / Jack McDevitt -- Cat… OL18169427W
Beggars ride Beggars ride Nancy Kress From back cover Tor paperback December 1997: Two hundred years in the future regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to … OL1847175W
Beginnings, middles, and ends Beginnings, middles, and ends Nancy Kress Get your stories off to a roaring start. Keep them tight and crisp throughout. Conclude them with a wallop. Is the story or novel you've been carrying around in your head the same one you see on… OL1847177W
Wastelands 2 Wastelands 2 Cory Doctorow,Rudy Rucker,Nancy Kress,Bruce Sterling,George R. R. Martin,Robert Silverberg,Orson Scott Card,James Van Pelt,Christopher Barzak,Jack McDevitt,Ann Aguirre,David Brin,Paolo Bacigalupi,Tananarive Due,Toiya Kristen Finley,Lauren Beukes,Seanan McGuire,Hugh Howey,John Joseph Adams,Genevieve Valentine,Milo James Fowler,Christie Yant,Keffy R.M. Kehrli,Megan Arkenberg,Ramsey Shehadeh,D. Thomas Minton "This companion volume to the critically acclaimed Wastelands, offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction." --Back cover. OL19760487W
Yesterday's kin Yesterday's kin Nancy Kress Marianne Jenner, a geneticist and mother of three, has 10 months to try to avert a disaster and keep her family intact after aliens land in New York. "Aliens have landed in New York. A deadly cloud … OL19985507W
The New Hugo Winners The New Hugo Winners Lucius Shepard,Connie Willis,Nancy Kress,Charles Sheffield,Harry Turtledove,Gregory Benford,Isaac Asimov,Geoffrey A. Landis,Janet Kagan A Walk in the Sun - short story by Geoffrey A. Landis Gold - novelette by Isaac Asimov Beggars in Spain - novella by Nancy Kress Even the Queen - short story by Connie Willis The Nutcracker Coup … OL8108770W