Relativity

Literature & Fiction

Robert J., Sawyer

Literary

ISFiC Press

Otto of Schlepsig is risking his neck as an acrobat in a third-rate circus in the middle of nowhere when news arrives that the land of Shqiperi has invited Prince Halim Eddin to become its new king. Otto doesn t know the prince from Adam, but he does happen to look just like him a coincidence that inspires Otto with a mad plan to assume Halim s identity and rule in his stead. True, Shqiperi is an uncivilized backwater, but even in uncivilized backwaters kings live better than acrobats. Plus, kingship in Shqiperi comes with a harem. Rank, as they say, has its privileges. With his friend Max, a sword-swallowing giant whose chronic cough makes every performance a potential tonsillectomy, Otto embarks on a rollicking journey filled with feats of derring-do, wondrous magic, and beautiful maidens well, beautiful women. And that s before he enters a royal world that is truly fantastical.

Every Inch a King

HARRY TURTLEDOVE

Humor & Satire

SIGNED by author. Hardcover in dust Jacket. First printing. Book is in perfect shape. A true collector's copy. Dust jacket also in perfect shape and housed in mylar cover.

The Cunning Blood

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jeff Duntemann

Science Fiction

Contents 1939 Frank R. Paul 1940 E.E. "Doc" Smith 1941 Robert A. Heinlein 1946 A.E. van Vogt 1948 Robert Bloch 1949 Lloyd A. Eshbach 1951 Fritz Leiber 1952 Hugo Gernsback 1954 John W. Campbell 1958 Richard Matheson 1962 Theodore Sturgeon 1963 Murray Leinster 1965 Brian W. Aldiss 1968 Philip José Farmer 1970 Robert Silverberg 1971 Clifford D. Simak 1973 Robert Bloch 1978 Harlan Ellison 1980 Kate Wilhelm 1985 Gene Wolfe 1987 Doris Lessing 1987 Boris & Arkady Strugatsky 1988 Donald Wollheim 1990 Joe Haldeman 2000 Ben Bova 2001 Greg Bear 2001 Gardner Dozois 2002 Vernor Vinge 2003 George R.R. Martin 2004 Terry Pratchett 2005 Christopher Priest

Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches

Mike Resnick

Joe Siclari

A collection of Jack McDevitt stories and novellas, with essays & contributions by other authors.\nWays Of Considering An Absent Introduction (2006) essay by Barry N. Malzberg 
The Candidate (2006) short fiction 
Henry James, This One's for You (2005) short story 
Date with Destiny (1991) novelette 
Windows (2004) short story 
Combinations (1986) short fiction 
Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City (2001) short story 
The Mission (2004) short story 
Melville on Iapetus (1983) short story 
The Far Shore (1982) short story 
In the Tower (1987) novelette 
Whistle (1989) short story 
Valkyrie (1991) short story 
Act of God (2004) short story 
Ignition (2005) short story 
Lighthouse (2006) short story with Michael Shara 
Collaboration For "Lighthouse", With Michael Shara (2006) essay with Michael Shara 
The Big Downtown (2005) novella 
Where Do You Get Those Crazy Ideas? (1999) essay 
Infinity Beach essay 
Why We Should All Be Reading Science Fiction essay 
Blundering Through essay 
A Golden Dozen: Twelve Stories To Demonstrate to Reluctant Seniors What They're Missing (2000) essay 
Science Fiction: An Eye on Tomorrow (2003) essay 
Interview, conducted by Thomas Harbach for PHANTASTISCH 2004 (2005) interview of interview with Thomas Harbach 
Celebrating Jack McDevitt (2003) essay by Michael Bishop 
Bibliography essay by uncredited

Outbound

Jack McDevitt

United States

Seventeen stories moves from vampiric fantasy to skateboarding versions of fairy tales, to worlds of magic and power we can only dream of.

Finding Magic

Tanya Huff

Grunts, Tommies, Gropos, Dogfaces. Whatever you call them, these are the men, women, and aliens who fight the wars the politicians come up with.Join nine outstanding authors as they explore the ever and never changing role of the soldier in ISFiC Press's latest collection of short stories.In these stories, selected by Eric Flint and Mike Resnick, brave veterans and the rankest recruits face, not only expected threats such as gunfire and bombs, but dragons, man-tanks and cyborg soldiers and, not the least threat, the incompetents and would-be heroes that every cause attracts (and kills). Beginning with the 19th-century poem by Rudyard Kipling, honoring those who really fight their country's wars to the United States Navy of 1632 to the star navies of the future, these stories highlight the soldier's view of war and command.Each story included develops the human side of the soldiers. From a not-quite-human superweapon to balloon-traveling mercenaries, each character shows the human side of war and its cost — the obvious, physical wounds and the not-so-obvious mental ones. From experienced veterans who expect to win every battle to those who can't win anything, they are all here.

When Diplomacy Fails

Eric Flint

A collection of an original novel, an unpublished teleplay, and four short stories, including the Hugo-Award nominated "The Locusts." The novel, Assassin, follows a young boy during the Crusades who learns he might have to put aside revenge as he is brought into the clan of assassins.

Assassin and Other Stories

LARRY NIVEN

Steven Barnes

Tananarive Due

Velveteen: How dare you? I never asked for you to hunt me down! No, Velma Martinez hadn't. But when you had once been Velveteen, child super-heroine and one of The Junior Super Patriots, West Coast Division, you were never going to be free, even if your only power was to bring toys to life. The Marketing Department would be sure of that. So it all came down to this. One young woman and an army of misfit toys vs. the assembled might of the nine members of The Junior Super Patriots, West Coast Division who had come to take her down. They never had a chance. Velveteen lives in a world of super-heroes and magic, where men can fly and where young girls can be abducted to the Autumn Land to save Halloween. Velma lives from paycheck to paycheck and copes with her broken-down car as she tries to escape from her old life. It's all the same world. It's all real. And figuring out how to be both Velveteen and Velma is the biggest challenge of her life, because being super-human means you re still human in the end. Join us as award-winning author Seanan McGuire takes us through the first volume of Velveteen's and Velma's adventure.

Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots

Seanan McGuire

Carrie Vaughn

Jim C. Hines

He was the last great hero of his generation. Velma Martinez -- Velveteen -- had never intended to be a great hero, but she was out of choices."Hello, Jolly Roger.""Hello, bunny-eared girl who's taken over my ship. Have you come to collect the bounty on my head?""I've come because Dame Fortuna told me how to find you, and we need your help." Velveteen crossed her arms. "The Super Patriots are corrupt, and I think Marketing is evil, and they have my best friend, and we want her back."Jolly Roger blinked, several times, before turning to the Princess. "Is she for real?""She is," said the Princess, sounding smug. "She would have been happy stayin' out of the way for her entire life, but The Super Patriots forgot the first rule of rabbits. Don't follow them into their dens. They're meaner than they look."Velma hadn't wanted to be a superhero, had walked away from it all once before. But when love and friendship call Velveteen to fight, she can't run away, no matter the odds. Award-winning author Seanan McGuire chronicles Velveteen's ultimate battle in this concluding (for now!) volume of her adventures.

Velveteen vs. The Multiverse

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