The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
Bantam Books NY,NY 1895
Permission granted
by Bantam Books.
When the
Time Traveler courageously stepped out of his machine for the first
time, he found himself in the year 802,700-and everything had changed.
In another, more utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in
perfect harmony. The Time Traveler thought he could study these marvelous
beings-unearth their secret and then return to his own time-until he
discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen.
Galapagos
by Kurt Vonnegut
Dell Publishing NY,NY 1985
Permission granted
by Bantam Books.
Galapagos
takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation
cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse,
a small group of survivors stranded on the Galapagos islands are about
to become the progenitors of a brave new, and totally different human
race. Here, America's master satirist looks at our world and shows us
all that is sadly, madly awry-and all that is worth saving.
Barlowe's Guide
to Extraterrestrials
by Wayne Douglas Barlowe
Workman Publishers NY,NY 1979
Reproduced with permission
of Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
In his
classic guide, Wayne Douglas Barlowe's brilliant portraits bring to
life 50 aliens from science fiction literature: Larry Niven's Thrint
and his Puppeteer, Arthur C. Clarke's Overlord, Frank Herbert's Steersman,
Robert Silverburg's Sulidor and more. Humanoids, insectoids, reptillians-even
protoplasmic, gaseous, and crystalline life forms-are all faithfully
and naturalistically depicted so that you can now visualize what could
only before be imagined.
Dune
by Frank Herbert
Ace Books NY,NY 1965
Set on
the desert Planet Arrakis, a world more awesome than any other in literature,
Dune begins the story of the man known as Muad'dib-and of a great family's
ambition to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable
dream.
A Door into
Ocean
by Joan Slonczewski
Arbor House NY,NY 1986
Permission granted
by the author.
Shora was
a peaceful world. Completely covered in water, with living rafts to
support its inhabitants, Shora was a beautiful planet. Its occupants,
the Sharers, lived a peaceful existence on their rafts. An all female
race, they had a strong belief in peace. But, from off-planet, the Sharers
would face a strong test of their resolve for peace.
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crighton
Ballantine Books NY,NY 1990
An astonishing
technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered.
Now, one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true. Creatures
extinct for eons now roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence
and profound mystery and all the world can visit them-for a price.
Until something
goes wrong...
Brain
Plague
by Joan Slonczewski
Tor Books, 2000
What
if alien microbes could give us whatever
our brains imagined--at a price?
"Brain
Plague gives new epic meaning to hearing voices inside your
head.
Tune in or you’ll be sorry." -- Eva,
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