Harlan Ellison
42) More Than Human
In this genre-bending novel, among the first to have launched science fiction into literature, a group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover that their combined powers render them superhuman. There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts; Janie, who moves things without touching them; and the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. There's Baby, who invented an antigravity engine
...Orson Scott Card is "a master of the art of storytelling" (Booklist), and The Worthing Saga is a story that only he could have written.
It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever, then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful—they lived their lives at the rate of one year every ten. Some created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal
More of the Greatest Mysteries of All Time is the second in a series featuring the finest short story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present. From Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, Jack London, Vincent Starrett and everyone in between, this unique collection edited by multi-award winning mystery connoisseur, Otto Penzler is a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.
The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone writer, with a foreword by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by William Shatner
It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for The...
47) Apocalyptic Sci-Fi - 7 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Frederik
The first volume in a sterling collection of stories from legendary hard science fiction master Ben Bova
These are selected stories from Bova's amazing career at the center of science fiction and space advocacy. He is the creator of the New York Times bestselling Grand Tour series, a six-time Hugo Award winner, and past president of the National Space Society. The very best of Ben Bova, these stories span the five decades of Bova's
...50) King Kong
SPECIAL COLLECTORS' EDITION with commentary by eight science-fiction writers
KING KONG: His very name inspires awe, horror, and, for some of the greatest masters of contemporary science fiction, a strong affection. Find out why in this special collector's edition of the original 1932 novelization of Wallace and Cooper's movie, which includes commentary by eight masters of science fiction. Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Orson Scott Card,
...This follow-up tothe national bestseller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume oforiginal stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S.Klinger.
The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wererecently voted the top mystery series of all time, and they have enthralledgenerations of readers—and writers.
Now, Laurie R. King, author of the New York Times bestsellingMary
...An incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other worlds to those living among us,...
53) The Dybbuk
In the folklore of Eastern European Jewry, a dybbuk is a wandering soul that comes to rest in the body of a living person. In this case, the dybbuk is an impoverished student that possesses a young bride on her wedding day. She is taken to a great Chassidic rabbi for exorcism. But before he can expel the spirit, the sage must discover who the dybbuk was in life, why he has possessed the maiden, and most importantly, how to balance the scales of
...A Hugo Award–winning anthology with stories by Ursula LeGuin, Kurt Vonnegut, Dean Koontz, Thomas Disch, Ben Bova, and many more.
Over the course of his legendary career, Harlan Ellison has defied—and sometimes defined—modern fantasy literature, all while refusing to allow any genre to claim him. A Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers