A science fiction novel about vampires...

One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time

Gateway: an artifical spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control - some come back with discoveries which make their pilots rich; others return with their remains barely identifiable.

'It is to the Vietnam War what Catch-22 was to World War II, the definitive, bleakly comic satire' Thomas M. Disch

Philip K. Dick is the bestselling author of MINORITY REPORT and BLADE RUNNER

Award winning account of a man changed beyond all recognition so that he can be part of a bold experiment to live on Mars.

'EDUCATION: NONE. SKILLS: NONE. MERITS: NONE RECOMMENDATIONS: NONE'

Shevak, a brilliant scientist, wants to tear down the wall of hatred that has isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. So he journeys to the utopian Urras in an attempt to ignite the fires of change.

The future is an interstellar empire ruled by the Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality; a future in which wealthy humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals made to look human.

In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible, but one man is about to change that.

Classic novel of a daring experiment in human intelligence.

Through his dreams, George Orr can make alternate realities real

A brilliant on space opera from one of the great stylists of SF

The first published novel of England's greatest living SF writer

First published nearly 70 years ago, this text is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction novels of the 20th century. Olaf Stapledon creates a history of the evolution of humankind over the next two billion years.

Far in the future, the craftsmen of the distant planet Halma create goods which are the wonder of the galaxy, but the use of automation is punishable by death. When Amiante is executed for processing old documents with a camera, his son Ghyl rebels and decides to bring down the system.

Returning from a field trip, Isherwood Williams discovers that a mysterious plague has destroyed civilization during his absence. Eventually returning to San Francisco, he finds a female survivor and together they and their children build a small community, living like their pioneer ancestors.

James Blish's volume explores a future in which two crucial discoveries -- antigravity devices which enable whole cities to be lifted from the Earth to become giant spaceships, and longevity drugs which enable their inhabitants to live for thousands of years -- lead to the establishment of a unique Galactic empire.

Classic visionary SF tale of the 30's which inspired Arthur C. Clarke

On the twin colony planets of Saintes Anne and Croix, civilization is a mix of the archaic and the futuristic, with slavery and advanced science co-existing. Were the shapeshifting alien inhabitants of Sainte Anne exterminated by the colonists, or did they kill the humans and adopt their identity?