Frank Carlson Library

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new. This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since The Iliad-in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus "with minds and wisdoms"-humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval...

After becoming a part of the Tau, one of twenty-two large global network Affinities in the near future, young Adam Fisk thinks his life has improved for the better until the different Affinities begin to go to war with one another -- in a conflict that will change Adam's world forever.

A town in Michigan is transported into a new world. Instead of democracy and the pursuit of happiness the citizens find a repressive theocracy.

The New York Times–bestselling author presents five paranormal adventures featuring the lycanthropic British spy introduced in The Wolf's Hour. Roaming the globe in a fight against Nazi Germany, shapeshifter Michael Gallatin stars in stories that are "tremendous fun as McCammon mashes 007 and the Wolfman in a League of Extraordinary Gentleman fashion" (SFcrowsnest). "The Great White Way" In 1927, the wife of the star wrestler in a Russian...

Deep in the heart of Amazonas, in the Cloud Forest, a baby girl is born: Mila Tzofia Ferro, whose name means "warrior, wisdom, and iron." Many years before, in the same place, an exceptional gift was entrusted to a group of warriors called the Cloud People. While Mila's life will lead her away from the Cloud Forest, she will inevitably be drawn back into the secret of the Cloud People. But first, Mila must confront her own secrets. While still a...

It's 1690, and the wily lawyer and convicted criminal, Simon Taylor, is sentenced to indentured service in America but enlists instead. Quickly promoted, he is sent back to England on a vital secret mission. Can he succeed or will his own duplicitous character be the death of him? Henry, Earl of Sherborne, is keen to fight for his country, although as a Catholic he can never be an officer. Sent to Ireland, his section forms part of the diversionary...

L'histoire des reptiliens, tout comme celle des humains, est enveloppée de mystères. L'auteure plonge dans le passé des reptiliens de Gaïa et leur interaction avec les humains à une période de paix entre les espèces ; ceci avant que l'arrivée des Annunaki, des reptiliens d'Alpha Draconis et d'Orion ne vienne tout bouleverser. À PROPOS DE L'AUTRICE Nicoleta Light Soul entretient une connexion profonde avec les mondes de l'invisible et aide...

The title novella, "The Atheist in the Attic," appearing here in book form for the first time, is a suspenseful and vivid historical narrative, recreating the top-secret meeting between the mathematical genius Leibniz and the philosopher Spinoza caught between the horrors of the cannibalistic Dutch Rampjaar and the brilliant "big bang" of the Enlightenment. Plus, equal parts history, confession, complaint, gossip, and personal triumph, Delany's "Racism...

In 1987, the New York Times published their first front-page review of a science fiction anthology for a collection called In the Field of Fire, themed around the war in Vietnam. "Vietnam was science fiction," the reviewer wrote, and writing about it through that lens found meaning in a war few understood. This idea, that speculative fiction is a vital tool to understanding the inexplicable, is just as relevant nearly thirty years later. Deserts...

Four Seasons. Two Books. One Story. ETLT Season 1: The grandfather of your god, Enki, was Anunnaki Ea. Are you with me? The mother fee-suckers are after gold. A great generator of space wars. Hop on that ship! Take the conflict to the Originals; creators of the gods and mankind. Do battle on moons Earth and Mars, crash a spy ship onto Jupiter! With genetic engineering and surgery, the gods of moon Heaven have modified what nature did for you, and...