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Time travel is one of the staples of science fiction, right up there with aliens, space opera, and robots. Most science fiction authors have written at least one time travel story. This collection samples some of the best. <P> TIME OUT, by Edward M. Lerner<BR> THESE STONES WILL REMEMBER, by Reginald Bretnor<BR> PROJECT MASTODON, by Clifford D. Simak<BR> 12:01 P.M., by Richard A. Lupoff<BR> TIME CONSIDERED AS A SERIES OF THERMITE BURNS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, by Damien Broderick<BR> TIME AND TIME AGAIN, by H. Beam Piper<BR> TRY, TRY AGAIN, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> THE ETERNAL WALL, by Raymond Z. Gallun<BR> THE MAN FROM TIME, by Frank Belknap Long<BR> OF TIME AND TEXAS, by William F. Nolan<BR> THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE, by H. Beam Piper<BR> THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (10), by Grendel Briarton<BR> TIME BUM, by C.M. Kornbluth<BR> NEBOGIPFEL AT THE END OF TIME, by Richard A. Lupoff<BR> UNBORN TOMORROW, by Mack Reynolds<BR> LOST IN THE FUTURE, by John Victor Peterson<BR> THE WINDS OF TIME, by James H. Schmitz<BR> ARMAGEDDON – 2419 A.D., by Philip Francis Nowlan<BR> THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE, by Edmond Hamilton<BR> A TRAVELER IN TIME, by August Derleth<BR> THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (71), by Grendel Briarton<BR> FLIGHT FROM TOMORROW, by H. Beam Piper<BR> IN THE CRACKS OF TIME, by David Grace<BR> SWEEP ME TO MY REVENGE!, by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> THE SOLID MEN, by C.J. Henderson THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (Epsilon), by Grendel Briarton <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» to see many more entries in this series, covering westerns, mysteries, science fiction, pulp fiction, and much, much more!

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Our third offering of kitty delights and delectables features 25 cat stories, 2 nonfiction compilations of cat anecdotes, and 9 poems–but the emphasis overall is decidedly more modern than in our previous cat Megapacks. Heading the list this time are: Mary A. Turzillo, who contributes 8 tales and poems; A. R. Morlan, author of 6 stories; Michael Hemmingson, who's penned 3 moving poems; Damien Broderick, writer of 2 otherworldly cat tales; Kathryn Ptacek, contributor of 2 fantasies; Douglas Menville, who provides a couple of kitty poems; and pieces by Darrell Schweitzer, David C. Smith, and Marilyn «Mattie» Brahen–not to mention Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Bram Stoker, and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. So, settle back in your chair, your couch, and your bed, cat-lovers everywhere, and enjoy this new anthology of frisky feline tales! <P> "The Cheshire-Cat," by Lewis Carroll<BR> "All in the Golden Afternoon," by Marilyn «Mattie» Brahen<BR> "Fat Cat," by Robert Reginald<BR> "Alex," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "The Cat-Tracker Lady of Asad Alley," by A. R. Morlan<BR> "A Limp Dead Cat in My Arms," by Michael Hemmingson<BR> "The Ruined Queen of Harvest World," by Damien Broderick<BR> "Stories of Cat Sagacity," by W. H. G. Kingston<BR> "Mau," by Douglas Menville<BR> "Cat in the Box," by A. R. Morlan<BR> "Purple," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "Ebenezer Wheezer (c1972-1990)," by Douglas Menville<BR> "Concerning the 'Pretty Lady'," by Helen M. Winslow<BR> "The Boys," by Kathryn Ptacek<BR> "Reverence for Cats," by Mark Twain<BR> "'…And Mongo Was His Name-O'," by A. R. Morlan<BR> "Tommy's Cat," by David C. Smith<BR> "Tatiana," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "Lin Jee," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "The Squaw," by Bram Stoker<BR> "How the Former Pets Survive or Die," by Michael Hemmingson<BR> "Cat Burglar," by Kathryn Ptacek<BR> "Puss in Boots: Two Versions," by Charles Perrault and Dinah Maria Mulock<BR> "No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be…," by A. R. Morlan<BR> "The Queen's Cat," by Peggy Bacon<BR> "Chocolate Kittens from Mars," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "Cats Can Colonize Mars," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "Cat Anecdotes," edited by Adam White<BR> "The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires," by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> "The Beancounter's Cat," by Damien Broderick<BR> "A Little Pinch Is All You Need," by A. R. Morlan<BR> "They Always Die," by Michael Hemmingson<BR> "Scout," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "The Cat," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman<BR> "The Hunter's Mothers," by Mary A. Turzillo<BR> "Hunger," by A. R. Morlan <BR> "Ryah's Guest," by Robert Reginald <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» to see more entries in the series, covering mysteries, westerns, science fiction, adventure – and much, much more!

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In the mid-1960s, British science fiction and fantasy were convulsed by the «New Wave.» This movement emerged from the SF magazines edited by John Carnell. Such brilliant NEW WORLDS and SCIENCE FANTASY writers as J. G. Ballard, Brian W. Aldiss, John Brunner, and Michael Moorcock heralded the rise of this new kind of fantastic fiction. John Boston and Damien Broderick's concluding volume of their critical trilogy examines the history and development of these important magazines–and the fiction that they championed. By the end of this period (1964), Carnell had set the stage for that major development in UK science fiction–the new wave adventures of the transformed NEW WORLDS, under the editorship of Moorcock–and had himself shifted gear into the next mode of SF publishing as editor of the paperback anthology series, New Writings in SF. Boston and Broderick's series will become the definitive critical histories of these important British magazines. Complete with indices of names and titles cited.

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In the year 4004 AD, the entire universe of habitable worlds has been filled with human beings, thanks to an ancient teleport network and unlimited growth. Humans live on more than a hundred quadrillion terraformed planets, all woven into a bureaucratic and restrictive Empire. VALENCIES tracks a frustrated group of libertarian anarchists on the marginal planet Victoria. Kael, son of three gay doctors, and Theri, daughter of a man and woman bound by maniacal doctrinal tenets, are a young couple in a cosmos of complacent immortals. Ben and Anla the clone rage and passionately make up in a cycle of dominance and submission as old as history or myth. And slipping like a mad trickster between the four is Catsize, former commander, terrible poet crazed by two millennia of thwarted revolutions, hilarious prankster, an instigator of mischief and healer of souls. VALENCIES tells with pathos and humor a richly detailed portrait of the struggle against an Empire that's prepared to obliterate an entire world. Brian W. Aldiss said about this book: «One of the most playful SF novels of recent years.»

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Building New Worlds is a history of a pivotal decades-long episode in the birth and growth of today's science fiction. Enthralling and amusing, it's written with affection and wit. This is no dry, modishly theorized academic analysis. Nor is it a rah-rah celebration of the «Good Old Days.» Here is a candid and astute reader's response to a magazine that, by today's standards, was often comically bad–but was also immensely important in its time, and improved, like the Little Engine (or maybe Starship) That Could. New Worlds is best remembered today as the fountainhead of the New Wave of audacious experimental SF in the second half of the 1960s, under editor Michael Moorcock. But these first pioneering issues, from 1946-59, were edited by the magazine’s founder, John «Ted» Carnell (1912-72). Carnell was a pillar of the old-style UK SF establishment, but gamely supportive of innovators–most famously, of the brilliant J. G. Ballard, Brian W. Aldiss, and John Brunner, whose early work he nurtured. The story of how New Worlds got started, survived, and got better is essential to the history of the genres of the fantastic in the UK–and indeed, the world. And huge fun to read. Watch for the companion volumes, New Worlds: Before the New Wave, and Strange Highways, dealing with New World's companion magazine, Science Fantasy.

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Science Fantasy blends science fiction AND fantasy, so it tends to be bolder and more highly colored than pure science fiction. In the middle of the last century, the British magazine SCIENCE FANTASY created its own distinctive strains of fantasy narrative, most famously by such writers as Brian W. Aldiss, J. G. Ballard, John Brunner, Michael Moorcock, and Thomas Burnett Swann, among others. This book looks closely at the whole trajectory of that lost magazine, from its birth in 1950 through 1967, when it was briefly called (SF) Impulse. John Boston provides a brilliantly insightful and often every funny account of the rise, evolution, and final fall of SCIENCE FANTASY, its writers, and its quirky editors. Boston is joined by writer and critic Damien Broderick, adding his own waspish and nostalgic comments. This volume, the first of three dealing with the history and development of the major British SF magazines, is a compelling night journey into the past, where the future took a turn down paths not often explored. It's a trip not to be missed.

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In his Foreword, Rich Horton says: «First rate stories…»Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order" is a clever and very funny time travel romp; «The Beancounter's Cat» is set in a far future with Clarkean science sufficiently advanced to appear magical; «Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone» (with Barbara Lamar) is another look at the mystery of human destiny; «Under the Moons of Venus» is a remarkable, evocative homage to one of SF's greats." Well-known editor Gardner Dozois has said of «The Beancounter's Cat» that it «…starts out reading like fantasy, and gradually turns into very far-future SF.» Also included is an original tale with Paul Di Filippo, «Luminous Fish,» taking Mike Moorcock's famous character Jerry Cornelius for a spin in the 21st century! Nine scintillating science fiction stories by a major writer in the field.

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R. Doubting Thomas Perdue, tough Aussie former P.I. and jailbird, is in trouble, and it can only get worse. Tom's *Feng shui* consultancy implodes when some bastard drives a Mack truck through his heritage office. Fatal things keep happening to his phones. And who's been blabbing about his racehorse-doping past? The love of his life has made a ten-year vow of celibacy to the Virgin Mary. Tom's Goth daughter's girlfriend's obese sister has vanished, extremely foul play suspected. Meanwhile, an unusual racing camel named Nile Fever has become an animal of interest to the Australian Federal Police, and Tom is up to his neck in the middle of the mess. I'm Dying Here is a darkly comic crime caper that leaves no taboo, or cell phone, unviolated. «This is a comic, crazy, original crime novel. You won't find another one like it this year, or, more likely, ever.» Bill Crider. «What it reminds me of, powerfully, is a Donald Westlake comic novel about Dormunder. If you did smart, funny caper novels, I suspect you'll like this one as much as I do.» Todd Mason. «Think anything Joseph Wambaugh, and then make it much more funny, and you start to get an idea of how much fun this is to read.» Amazon five-star review.

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Jenny Kane loves weird science–but it's gone way, WAY out of control. Her mother's moved out, her dad's still moping around, and she's not sure how to cope any longer. And she keeps getting these weird phone calls from a scientist named Rod who's…where?…when?–another time zone? Another time altogether? Another reality? But that'd be crazy, wouldn't it? <P> She also has the strangest feeling that she's done all this before. Who's this odd boy she just crashed into–this Tristan? How does she even know his name–or the fact that he can perform parlor-type «magic» tricks? <P> Hilarious, exciting, touching, ZONES is a classic adventure of time travel: a great SF adventure that grabs you with its opening lines–and then never lets you go!

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immortality, longevity, science fiction, robin cook, michael crichton

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