<div>This collection of stories showcases the work of George Zebrowski, one of science fiction&rsquo;s masters and a writer Hugo and Nebula Award winner Robert J. Sawyer has called &ldquo;one of the most philosophically astute writers in science fiction.&rdquo; Like the writers Olaf Stapledon, Arthur C. Clarke, and Stanislaw Lem, Zebrowski explores the &ldquo;big questions&rdquo;&mdash;the expansion of human horizons, and the growth of power over our lives and the world in which we live. In the title story, scientists push the boundaries of human mentality to keep pace with ever-evolving AIs. In &ldquo;The Eichmann Variations,&rdquo; a finalist for the Nebula Award, exact copies of captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann stand trial for his crimes against humanity, while in &ldquo;The Word Sweep,&rdquo; all speech must be rationed because spoken words take on physical form. In &ldquo;Wound the Wind,&rdquo; another Nebula Award finalist, unchanged humans roam freely until captured by those who know what&rsquo;s best for them, and in &ldquo;Stooges,&rdquo; a visiting alien hijacks the persona of Curly Howard. From hard science fiction (&ldquo;G&ouml;del&rsquo;s Doom&rdquo;) to alternate history (&ldquo;Lenin in Odessa&rdquo;) to first alien contact (&ldquo;Bridge of Silence&rdquo;), and with an introduction by renowned physicist/writer Gregory Benford, this collection presents one of the most distinctive voices writing in the field of science fiction today.</div>

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<div>The authorized sequel to Arthur C. Clarke&rsquo;s science fiction classic Against the Fall of Night, set on a dying planet Earth millions of years in the future. In Against the Fall of Night, a young man named Alvin ventures beyond the domed city of Diaspar to explore a planet Earth left nearly barren by a centuries-old cataclysm. What he discovers is the thriving rural civilization of Lys and an insane non-corporeal being known as the Mad Mind&mdash;a danger to humanity that is safely imprisoned. In Beyond the Fall of Night, author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford has written the authorized sequel to Clarke&rsquo;s tale&mdash;one that takes us centuries even further into the future. Having reunited Diaspar and Lys, Alvin now works to repopulate the Earth with original species resurrected from a library of ancient genetic information. Among these resurrected beings is Cley, a Cro-Magnon and sole survivor of her tribe. Cley joins forces with Alvin and a large, intelligent rodent named Seeker to eliminate the threat from the Mad Mind once and for all&mdash;and clear the way for life in the Solar System to thrive.</div>

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<div>An archaeologist discovers a mysterious ancient object in Greece that could destroy the world in this science fiction adventure. A small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean tomb. An incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age, its purpose, and its origins are unknown. Its discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft, and espionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war. Its substance has scientists baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth. It is mystery and madness&mdash;an enigma with no equal in recorded history. It is mankind&rsquo;s greatest discovery . . . and worst nightmare. It may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next. Praise for Artifact &ldquo;What do you get if you cross a James Bond movie with an Indiana Jones movie? A Gregory Benford novel. That seems to be a pretty accurate description of the pace and theme of Artifact. It&rsquo;s an engaging tale. . . . Artifact skillfully blends physics and archeology with a fast-paced plot worthy of any blockbuster action flick.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site</div>

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<div>“What Back to the Future might have been like if Robert A. Heinlein and Albert Einstein had been involved in its production.” —Gary K. Wolfe, Locus In this thematic sequel to Gregory Benford’s award-winning bestseller Timescape, a history professor finds that he is able travel back to 1968, the year he was sixteen . . . It’s 2002, and Charlie, in his late forties, is a bit of a sad-sack professor of history going through an unpleasant divorce. While flipping the cassette of an audiobook he gets into a car accident with a truck, and wakes up, fully aware as his adult mind, in his sixteen-year-old body in 1968. Charlie does the thing we all imagine: he takes what he remembers of the future and uses it for himself in his present, the past. He becomes a screenwriter, anticipating the careers of Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg, and then, in a 1980s life of excess, he dies, and wakes up again in his bedroom at sixteen in 1968. Charlie realizes things he didn’t see the first time: that there are others like him, like Albert Einstein, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein. In fact, there is a society of folks who loop through time to change the world for their agenda. Now, Charlie knows he has to do something other than be self-indulgent and he tries to change one of the events of 1968 in this clever thriller. “With a clever, twisting plot, this sequel to Timescape presents a smart sf tale of second chances.” —Library Journal (starred review) “A successful novel of true speculative fiction.” —Analog Magazine</div>

Rewrite

<div>A scientist facing personal tragedy discovers a sentient black hole targeting humanity in this “tense and thrilling” hard sci-fi thriller (Kirkus). Dr. Benjamin Knowlton’s private world is crumbling around him. On the threshold of their greatest achievement, the renowned astrophysicist learns that his beloved wife and partner, Channing—an ex-astronaut-turned astronomer—is dying of cancer. Meanwhile, something looms alarmingly on the far edge of the solar system: at once a scientific find of unparalleled importance that could ensure the Knowltons’ immortality, and a potential earth-shattering cataclysm that dwarfs their private one. For Benjamin and Channing have discovered “Eater,” an eons-old black hole anomaly that devours stars and worlds. Yet its most awesome and devasting secrets are still to be revealed . . . and feared.</div>

Eater

<div>The classic sci-fi saga continues in this “intriguing and engrossing” first installment of a new trilogy that “extends and embellishes Asimov’s vision” (Kirkus). Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction. It is the monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline, and the secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the inevitable Dark Age with the science of psychohistory. Now, with the permission—and blessing—of the Asimov estate, the epic saga continues. Fate—and a cruel Emperor's arbitrary power—have thrust Hari Seldon into the First Ministership of the Empire against his will. As the story opens, Hari is about to leave his quiet professorship and take on the nearly impossible task of administering 25 million inhabited worlds from the all-steel planet of Trantor. With the help of his beautiful bio-engineered "wife" Dors and his alien companion Yugo, Seldon is still developing the science that will transform history, never dreaming that it will ultimately pit him against future history's most awesome threat.</div>

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