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Cover art for I, ROBOT
FICTION
Released: Aug. 16, 1963

A new edition of the by now classic collection of affiliated stories which has already established its deserved longevity. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 1984

"Still, the long passages focusing on Ender are nearly always enthralling—the details are handled with flair and assurance—and this is altogether a much more solid, mature, and persuasive effort than Card's previous full-length appearances."
A rather one-dimensional but mostly satisfying child-soldier yarn which substantially extends and embellishes one of Card's better short stories (Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories, 1980). Read full book review >
Cover art for PROBABILITY SUN
FICTION
Released: July 1, 2001

"Kress's always-excellent characters wrestle with a splendid array of puzzles and problems, human, alien, and scientific: another resounding success for this talented, sure-footed writer."
Sequel, as predicted, to Kress's wonderful alien-contact yarn Probability Moon (2000). Read full book review >
Cover art for CHILDHOOD'S END
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. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE XENOCIDE MISSION
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2002

"A rip-roaring read. (Fiction. YA)"
Jeapes rockets into the YA hardcover sci-fi market with an attack by aliens on an observation base located far in space and staffed by humans and an extraterrestrial species, the First Breed. Read full book review >
Cover art for FARSEED
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2007

"It most clearly resembles life itself: a murky, unresolved struggle for survival. (Science fiction. YA)"
In Earthseed (1983), Sargent told the story of Ship, sent into space with a mission to find new worlds for humanity to populate and regenerate in lieu of extinction on a dying planet. Read full book review >