false 29535 60931 0807083690 9780807083697 756 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1232805354m/60931.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1232805354s/60931.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60931.Kindred 4.09 4278
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned across the years to save him. After this first summons, Dana is drawn back, again and again, to the plantation to protect Rufus and ensure that he will grow to manhood and father the daughter who will become Dana's ancestor. Yet each time Dana's sojourns become longer and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not her life will end, long before it has even begun.


]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1979 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 368 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.14 2650 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1993 60925 0446696161 9780446696166 371 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553713m/60925.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553713s/60925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60925.Fledgling 3.89 1832 Fledgling, Octavia Butler's first new novel in seven years, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted--and still wants--to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.

Octavia E. Butler is the author of 11 novels, including Kindred, Dawn, and Parable of the Sower. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, and numerous other literary awards, she has been acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations that range from the distant past to the far future.

"Octavia E. Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction--period. . . . A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature." -The Washington Post Book World

"Readers familiar with . . . Parable of the Sower and Bloodchild will recall that [Butler] never asks easy questions or settles for easy answers." -Gerald Jonas in The New York Times]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 2005 60932 0446610380 9780446610384 128 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553715m/60932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553715s/60932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60932.Parable_of_the_Talents 4.12 1419 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1998 52318 0446676977 9780446676977 96 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170386908m/52318.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170386908s/52318.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52318.Wild_Seed 4.16 1151 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1980 60929 0446603775 9780446603775 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553713m/60929.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553713s/60929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60929.Dawn 4.06 1222 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1987 60926 0446676101 9780446676106 107 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553713m/60926.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553713s/60926.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60926.Lilith_s_Brood 4.19 960 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1989 60930 1583226982 9781583226988 88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553714m/60930.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553714s/60930.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60930.Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories_Second_Edition 4.14 865 St. Petersburg Times

"Bloodchild is a compelling and horrifying novella . . . [by an] exceptionally talented writer."-Publishers Weekly

"The title story is justly famous . . . splendid pieces, set forth in calm, lucid prose with never a word wasted."-Kirkus Reviews

"Butler graces new mansions of thought with her eloquent, distinguished, and poignant prose. Although this book is little in size, its ideas and aims are splendidly large."-Booklist

This New York Times Notable Book of the Year includes the Hugo and Nebula awards-winner Bloodchild and the Hugo Award-winner Speech Sounds.

Octavia E. Butler is the author of 11 novels, including Kindred, Dawn, and Parable of the Sower. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, and numerous other literary awards, she has been acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations that range from the distant past to the far future.]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1995 116249 0446603783 9780446603782 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721685m/116249.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721685s/116249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116249.Adulthood_Rites 4.07 795 Dawn, who struggles to cope with the isolation of being neither human nor alien. Reissue.]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1988 60934 0446603635 9780446603638 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190097800m/60934.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190097800s/60934.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60934.Imago 4.10 784 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1989 116254 0446361887 9780446361880 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721728m/116254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721728s/116254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116254.Mind_of_My_Mind 4.02 696 PW. K. ]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1977 60933 0446603708 9780446603706 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553715m/60933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553715s/60933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60933.Clay_s_Ark 3.87 628 PW. ]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1984 116256 0446362816 9780446362818 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721728m/116256.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721728s/116256.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116256.Patternmaster 3.93 584 PW. ]]> 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1976 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 121 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 456 1161372 3.77 936 232 12581 3.83 7430 1863 346732 4.29 51849 3999 54462 3.71 2628 387 6404 3.71 22395 2950 29535 4.06 19867 2563 3389 3.75 736385 33042 23069 4.04 11613 1078 589 3.90 228149 15700 2008 60924 0446698903 9780446698900 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553712m/60924.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553712s/60924.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60924.Seed_to_Harvest 4.14 265 29535 4.06 19867 2563 2007 256890 0451086732 9780451086730 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186985614m/256890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186985614s/256890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256890.Survivor 3.88 121 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1978 2578241 0965089662 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2578241.Parable_of_the_Sower_Parable_of_the_Talents_Kindred 4.46 28 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1999 798127 0060594268 9780060594268 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178475725m/798127.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178475725s/798127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/798127.The_Locus_Awards_Thirty_Years_of_the_Best_in_Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy 4.17 29 Now, for the first time, the best of the Locus Awards for short fiction are gathered in one volume. Spanning the absolute finest in science fiction and fantasy short fiction for the last thirty years, this anthology is an indispensable guide to speculative fiction from the classic to the outrageous by the leaders of the field.

Contents:

The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe
The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin
Jeffty is Five by Harlan Ellison
The Persistence of Vision by John Varley
The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Souls by Joanna Russ
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree, Jr.
Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter by Lucius Shepard
Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson
Buffalo by John Kessel
Even the Queen by Connie Willis
Gone by John Crowley
Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling
Border Guards by Greg Egan
Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman

]]> 418126 4.26 54 15 1221698 4.13 286042 26519 27341 3.86 3828 349 346732 4.29 51849 3999 56352 3.79 262 94 52310 3.70 862 118 15188 3.89 1127 246 29535 4.06 19867 2563 26767 3.85 672 99 73422 3.77 783 127 73421 3.86 436 80 14032 3.95 11547 1704 52074 3.98 2641 569 34429 3.59 6361 499 23069 4.04 11613 1078 32699 3.88 1666 234 874602 3.93 48620 4151 130698 4.35 475 127 7415 4.05 10100 674 1065820 4.11 787 94 2004 587202 0060469412 9780060469412 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176053910m/587202.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176053910s/587202.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/587202.Science_Fiction_The_Science_Fiction_Research_Association_Anthology 4.33 15
Includes:
(1) Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Birthmark"
(2) H. G. Wells, "The Star"
(3) H. G. Wells, "The Country of the Blind"
(4) E. M. Forster, "The Machine Stops"
(5) Stanley G. Weinbaum, "A Martian Odyssey"
(6) John W. Campbell, Jr., "Who Goes There?"
(7) Isaac Asimov, "Nightfall"
(8) C. L. Moore, "No Woman Born"
(9) Theodore Sturgeon, "Thunder and Roses"
(10) Henry Kuttner, "Private Eye"
(11) Ray Bradbury, "There Will Come Soft Rains"
(12) Arthur C. Clarke, "The Sentinel"
(13) James Blish, "Common Time"
(14) Cordwainer Smith, "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
(15) Alfred Bester, "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"
(16) Daniel Keyes, "Flowers for Algernon"
(17) Roger Zelazny, "A Rose for Ecclesiastes"
(18) Samuel R. Delany, "Driftglass"
(19) Philip K. Dick, "Faith of Our Father"
(20) Harlan Ellison, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
(21) Ursula K. Le Guin, "Nine Lives"
(22) Joanna Russ, "When It Changed"
(23) Vonda N. McIntyre, "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand"
(24) James Tiptree, Jr., "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?"
(25) John Varley, "Options"
(26) Octavia E. Butler, "Bloodchild."
]]> 132578 4.27 22 3 26064 3.56 4936 594 44199 3.82 457 79 3001511 3.99 358 59 52310 3.70 862 118 43625 3.69 3004 230 1630 3.92 150329 7590 49111 3.87 4909 578 29535 4.06 19867 2563 11390 4.24 751 98 4764 3.88 55423 4043 12531 4.04 2624 248 2935421 4.28 214 34 1065820 4.11 787 94 7779 3.71 46010 2517 7415 4.05 10100 674 27341 3.86 3828 349 2103 3.81 26042 2191 7799 3.33 68855 3262 192309 4.09 324 40 880695 3.61 33897 2129 11072 3.85 26233 1671 3619 3.94 24915 1361 70167 3.84 739 79 16667 3.90 104386 3730 874602 3.93 48620 4151 10992 4.09 3860 440 23503 3.38 2434 161 1988 2107852 0948164778 9780948164774 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193761001m/2107852.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193761001s/2107852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2107852.Best_New_SF_2 4.50 2
Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy;
Dream Baby by Bruce McAllister;
Flowers of Edo by Bruce Sterling;
At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball by Alexander Jablokov;
Dinosaurs by Walter Jon Williams;;
The Temporary King by Paul J. McAuley;
Perpetuity Blues by Neal Barrett, Jr.;
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin;
The Pardoner's Tale by Robert Silverberg;
Glass Cloud by James Patrick Kelly;
The Evening and the Morning and the Night By Octavia E. Butler;
Night of the Cooters by Howard Waldrop;
Angel by Pat Cadigan;
Shades by Lucius Shephard;
The Faithful Companion at Forty by Karen Joy Fowler;
Candle in a Cosmic Wind by Joseph Manzione;
The Emir's Clock by Ian Watson;
Ever After by Susan Palwick;
The Forest of Time by Michael Flynn;
The Million-Dollar Wound by Dean Whitlock;
The Moon of Popping Trees by R. Garcia y Robertson;
Diner by Neal Barret, Jr.;
All the Hues of Hell by Gene Wolfe;
Halley's Passing by Michael McDowell;
America by Orson Scott Card;
For Thus Do I Remember Carthage by Michael Bishop;
Mother Goddess of the World by Kim Stanley Robinson.]]> 12052 3.87 1831 352 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1988 256914 1561465380 9781561465385 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1220472328m/256914.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1220472328s/256914.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256914.The_Evening_and_the_Morning_and_the_Night 4.38 8 29535 4.06 19867 2563 1991 256928 0884048233 9780884048237 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/25/928/256928-m-1255686835.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/25/928/256928-s-1255686835.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256928.L_Ron_Hubbard_Presents_Writers_of_the_Future_Volume_IX 3.86 7
Contents
Adjusting the Moon • short fiction by Karawynn Long
Fire • short fiction by Elizabeth E. Wein
An Afternoon With George • short fiction by Steve Duff
Ghosts of the Fall • short fiction by Sean Williams
Borealis • short fiction by D.A. Houdek
The Dictates • short fiction by Vaughn Heppner
The Monitor • short fiction by John Richard DeRose
The Witchin' Man • short fiction by Douglas Jole
Memorease of Tommy • short fiction by Pete D. Manison
Los Muertos • short fiction by Lisa Smedman
Lady's Portrait, Executed In Archaic Colors • short fiction by Charles M. Saplak
Cinders of the Great War • short fiction by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
Messages • short fiction by Stoney Compton
M • short fiction by Lisa Maxwell
A Child's Handful of the Moon • short fiction by David Phalen
The Children China Made • short fiction by Tom Drennan
Entropy, and the Strangler • [Joe's World] • short fiction by Eric Flint
Story Vitality • essay by L. Ron Hubbard
Breaking Into Comics • essay by Julius Schwartz
No Excuses: Finding the Time to Write • essay by Kevin J. Anderson
Furor Scribendi • essay by Octavia E. Butler]]> 86137 3.52 1929 103 397716 4.08 13 3 2904155 4.00 9 2 52320 3.97 872 174 2918194 3.88 8 2 31321 3.54 1961 113 2918193 3.88 8 2 702995 3.78 91 4 2918195 3.88 8 2 2918196 3.88 8 2 2914844 3.86 73 3 32913 3.70 819 25 2914648 3.80 186 8 2914657 3.80 148 5 61668 3.70 20 3 733057 3.47 15 2 126170 3.88 8 2 2918198 3.88 8 2 8688 3.79 6221 441 33503 3.30 5733 519 134535 3.81 27 6 4845 3.52 31070 1715 29535 4.06 19867 2563 2918199 3.88 8 2 2918200 3.88 8 2 2918201 3.88 8 2 2918202 3.88 8 2 2918203 3.88 8 2 2918205 3.88 8 2 2918207 3.88 8 2 2918206 3.88 8 2 2918204 3.88 8 2 450389 3.88 8 2 298923 3.60 20 6 2918208 3.88 8 2 1993 6192815 2841901890 9782841901890 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6192815.Paraboles 5.00 1 29535 4.06 19867 2563 2003 256921 1574535307 9781574535303 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173205332m/256921.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173205332s/256921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256921.2000X_Tales_of_the_Next_Millennia 3.00 1 51503 4.02 873 103 29535 4.06 19867 2563 2002 256926 0890834490 9780890834497 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256926.Chrysalis_Volume_4 2.00 1 Introduction (Chrysalis 4) • essay by Roy Torgeson
When Dark Descends • novelette by Charles L. Grant and Thomas F. Monteleone
The Word • novella by Gregory Long
St. Poleander's Eve • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
Wires • short story by Karl Hansen
Local Champ • short story by Spider Robinson
Fugitive Colors • novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Near of Kin • short story by Octavia E. Butler
Vibrations • novella by Robert Thurston
Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory • novelette by Orson Scott Card
Good Night, Thou Child of My Heart • novelette by Alan Ryan ]]> 2509839 2.67 9 0 126801 3.90 560 51 150211 3.15 13 3 19317 3.91 5970 304 48909 3.57 459 21 40173 3.80 2936 322 589 3.90 228149 15700 68082 3.81 170 24 29535 4.06 19867 2563 335781 3.61 460 5 717781 3.47 958 82 207766 3.64 447 53 334898 3.33 3 0 1979 6192813 2846261245 9782846261241 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6192813.Novice 0.0 0 29535 4.06 19867 2563 263188 4.75 4 0 2008