FICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 1951
"The story of this colony's survival and eventual command of the broken empire sustains the narrative which is- this time-better science than fiction."
First of a three-book series covering the world of remote tomorrows, the effectiveness of this first volume is curtailed by its attempt to cover more than a century in time with its many generations of characters.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 25, 1955
"Combinations and permutations by the dozen."
Time theories set the story of Technician Harlan's journeys upwhen and down-when until he meets Noys Lambent who cracks his observer's objectivity.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 16, 1963
A new edition of the by now classic collection of affiliated stories which has already established its deserved longevity.
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FICTION
Released: May 5, 1972
"Asimov's following will enjoy the innovative clutter of math, physics, and those oozy para-Universe "Soft Ones," but articulated speculations proceed at a long, slow crawl."
Asimov's first full-length science fiction novel in 15 years features an impossible glut of protons, called "Plutonium-186," starter for a two-way energy-flow project between Earth and a parallel universe.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 1973
"A perfect science fiction novel."
Only superlatives will do for Arthur Clarke's dazzlingly polished, wonderfully original exploration of a gigantic alien space ship that passes briefly through the solar system on its way to an unimaginable destination.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 29, 1978
"Not much of a novel, but the idea is one of Clarke's most captivating."
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1989
"A low-key, oddly likable performance considering that, despite all the complicated maneuvering, nothing much happens: the old Asimov charm keeps the pages turning."
From the author who needs no introduction: a medium-future space drama, often quite absorbing despite the absence of a theme or even much of a plot.
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FICTION
Released: June 26, 1991
"Knight's novels, paradoxically, have an irritatingly juvenile feel, with disappointingly vacuous contents; whereas his stories are almost always charming, vivid, subtle and—as, emphatically, here—a pleasure to read."
Seventeen variations, 1965-86, from respected editor-writer- critic Knight (most recently the CV trilogy), each a delightful fusion of craft and ideas.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1996
"An impeccably crafted, absorbing, and enjoyable reworking of mostly familiar material that, while satisfyingly self-contained, seems perfectly poised for sequels."
Award-winning veteran writer-editor Pohl (The Voices of Heaven, 1994, etc.) takes a hoary science fiction clichÇ—alien abduction—and turns it on its head.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 19, 1997
"But when reality finally caught up, he fizzled out."
A major retrospective, comprising 15 tales from 194179 (mostly from the '50s and '60s), together with two previously unpublished pieces, though readers should note that the word ``selected'' has been omitted from the subtitle.
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FICTION
Released: July 3, 2001
"An intelligent and imaginative use of cosmic concepts for a takeoff in time and space."
A futurama projects the end of the world when an invasion by the Overlords brings their unchallenged control of life on earth.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 27, 2005
"A fine sampler. "
FICTION
Released: Oct. 17, 2006
"A thin work, heavily reliant on dialogue, but one that serves as an intriguing coda to one of Bradbury's classics."
