The Selkie

A young American couple having marriage difficulties come to the coast of northern Scotland to work on the development of nuclear power in the area and discover the Selkies, a horrifying race of mutants living in nearby sea caves

Literature & Fiction

Charles, Sheffield

David Bischoff

United States

Scribner

Sight of Proteus

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Arrow Legend

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1985 (Volume CV, No. 3)

Ray Brown

Edward Llewellyn

John, Gribbin

W. R. Thompson

Davis Publications

Rob Merlin, a famous and sought-after engineer, is recruited by Darius Regulo, the aged, wealthy, and eccentric "king of space" to construct a bridge between earth and space

The Web Between the Worlds

Del Rey

14 stories originally purchased for the Destinies anthology series, printed here for the first time: Introduction, by Richard S. McEnroe; Terrific Park, by George Alec Effinger; 'Til Human Voices Wake Us, by Michael Swanwick; Acute Triangle, by Rob Chilson; Nothing But, by J. A. Lawrence; Parasites Lost, by Charles Sheffield; The Jennerization of H. Truman Buster, by Reginald Bretnor; Contact, by Eileen Gunn; Games Children Play, by Jack C. Haldeman, II; Ten Times Your Fingers and Double Your Toes, by Craig Strete; Tripaner's Day, by H. C. Petley; The Road to the Sea, by Takashi Ishikawa (Translated by Judith Merrill with Tetsu Yano); Getting Near the End, by Andrew Weiner; Certain Fathoms in the Earth, by Jean E. Karl; Drift Away, by Simon Hawke.

Proteus: Voices for the 80's

J.A. Lawrence

George Alec Effinger

Michael Swanwick

Jack C. Haldeman

Rob Chilson

Reginald Bretnor

Eileen Gunn

Craig Strete

Ace Books

The Web Between The Worlds

Rob Merlin was the best engineer who had ever lived. That was why "The King of Space" had to have him for the most spectacular construction project ever-even though Rob was a potentially fatal threat to his power... Thus begins a breakthrough novel by the former President of the American Astronautical Society, about an idea whose time has come: a shimmering bridge between Earth and space that mankind will climb to the stars! Sound like fantasy? The concept has been in the literature of physics for over three decades, but only a writer with the scientific background of a Sheffield or a Clarke could bring the idea to life.

Ace Science Fiction

Proteus Unbound

Fantasy

New English Library Ltd.

A young man raised by the powerful Trader's Guild in a world drastically changed by nuclear war discovers that his business of negotiation masks a hidden agenda.

Trader's World

The search for the Builders, the legendary alien race whose unfathomable constructs continued to perplex scholars and explorers alike, had led Builder expert Darya Lang, adventurer Hans Rebka, and treasure hunters Louis Nenda and Atvar H'sial to an unknown Builder artifact far outside the spiral arm. There they found the Zardalu, once the greatest menace ever known to the worlds of the spiral arm, enslaving entire races and exterminating others, guided by an unswerving belief in their own supremacy. The only chance to eliminate the Zardalu threat was to wipe them all out before they had time to breed back up to strength and once again threaten civilized beings everywhere. But as they closed in, it was becoming clear that the Zardalu and their world were closely entwined with the fate--and the plans--of the Builders themselves.

Transcendence (Heritage Universe)

Gollancz

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