science fiction

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New Stories From the Red Planet

Old Mars edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

In the vast expanse of the solar system there are eight planets and none has fired the imagination more than the red planet, Mars. From Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom Series to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, the mysteries of Mars have inspired authors for decades.

In this new anthology edited by A Game of Thrones author Geroge R.R. Martin, a new generation of science fiction authors (Michael Moorcock, Iain McDonald, Mike Resnick, Joe Lansdale, and many more) pays tribute to the Golden Age of Science Fiction with new stories set on the Mars of yesterday’s imagination. An exotic world of mystery and danger where adventure is waiting to be found and heroes are waiting to be made.

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Endless Worlds, Endless Possibilities: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

Imagine the possibility of another world, in fact, imagine thousands of them stretching out in a line beyond the horizon. Millions upon millions of Earths just a step away, all it takes is a wooden box, a few bits of electrical components, a three-way switch, and…a potato. Thousands of empty worlds empty of sentient life (human or otherwise), or so everyone thought. But just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean that there isn’t something there and because you come in peace does not mean whatever’s out there is happy to see you.

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When Worlds Collide: The Daedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinez.

Lt. Shaila Jain is an astronaut with a troubled past stationed at a mining station on Mars. Lt. Thomas Weatherby is an honest English gentleman, an officer on the HMS Daedalus sailing the oceans of Earth and the empty void between the Known Worlds. Shaila Jain’s investigation into a sudden rash of siesmic disturbances (Mars is dead, it is not supposed to have earthquakes!) and the Daedalus’ pursuit of a murderous alchemist may have more in common then the sudden and mysterious appearance of Lt. Weatherby’s journal (a journal that appears to be writing itself) two paths that could lead to the spetacular collission of two very different worlds.