Stephen Baxter

A volume written as homage to Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart, featuring original stories from many of today's top genre writers, including Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter, James Lovegrove, Liz Williams, Adam Roberts, Eric Brown, Ian Watson, and David Langford.The Fountain: a traditional London pub situated in Holborn, just off Chancery Lane, where Michael, the landlord, serves excellent real ales and dodgy ploughman's, ably assisted by barmaids Sally and Bogna.The Fountain, in whose Paradise bar a group of friends - scientists, writers and genre fans - meet regularly on a Tuesday night to swap anecdotes, reveal wondrous events from their past, tell tall tales, talk of classified invention and, maybe, just maybe, save the world...1. Introduction - Peter Weston 2. No Smoke without Fire - Ian Whates 3. Transients - Stephen Baxter 4. Forever Blowing Bubbles - Ian Watson 5. On the Messdecks of Madness - Paul Graham Raven 6. The Story Bug - James Lovegrove 7. "And Weep Like Alexander" - Neil Gaiman 8. The Ghost in the Machine - Colin Bruce 9. The Hidden Depths of Bogna - Liz Williams 10. A Bird in Hand - Charles Stross 11. In Pursuit of the Chuchunaa - Eric Brown 12. The Cyberseeds - Steve Longworth 13. Feathers of the Dinosaur - Henry Gee 14. Book Wurms - Andy West 15. The Pocklington Poltergeist - David Langford 16. The Last Man in Space - Andrew J Wilson 17. A Multiplicity of Phaedra Lament - Peter Crowther 18. The Girl With the White Ant Tattoo - Tom Hunter 19. The 9,000,000,001st Name of God - Adam Roberts 20. About the Authors

The Spacetime Pit Plus Two collects three collaborative stories by two of science fiction's finest writers. Never before published in one volume, the triptych showcases the authors' ability to create narratives on a vast scale, and yet never to lose sight of the all-important human element.In the award-winning 'The Spacetime Pit', spacer Katerina Wake crash-lands on a primitive alien world and faces certain death unless she can harness her ingenuity, and technical know-how, to bend the destiny of an entire race to her will...'Green-Eyed Monster' follows Richard as he wakes up after a night on the tiles to find himself inhabiting the body of a toad - and that's just the start of his troubles... In 'Sunfly', Onara and her people live on a world very different from our own - a vast ribbon encircling a sun. But a change is coming to the land, a mysterious narrowing that threatens not only the stability of her world, but the very order of everything she has taken for granted."With every passing year, the oft-made remark that Baxter is Arthur C Clarke's heir seems more and more apt" - SFX"Eric Brown spins a terrific yarn" - SFX "There's real beauty and excitement to Baxter's writing" - Starburst"British writing with a deft, understated touch: wonderful" - New Scientist on Eric Brown

The War of the Worlds, the best alien invasion novel ever written, gets a superb sequel from the man who knows Wells' work best, the author of the official sequel to The Time Machine.

One of the great SF writers returns with a collection of stories including a brand new novella! From the co author (with Terry Pratchett) of the LONG EARTH series.

Bit by bit, byte by byte, they assemble a computer the size of a continent â?? a device that will alter the Long Earthâ??s place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message.

Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's Nebula Award winning A Meeting with Medusa, this is a epic adventure from two of the greatest science fiction writers of our time.

"A wholly satisfying conclusion." -- Publishers Weekly The thrilling conclusion to the internationally bestselling Long Earth series explores the greatest question of all: What is the meaning of life?2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day, a new society continues to evolve in the Long Earth. Now, a message has been received: "Join us."The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence known as The Machine. But to build this computer the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind.Meanwhile, on a trek in the High Meggers, Joshua Valient , now nearing seventy, is saved from death when a troll band discovers him. Living among the trolls as he recovers, Joshua develops a deeper understanding of this collective-intelligence species and its society. He discovers that some older trolls, with capacious memories, act as communal libraries, and live on a very strange Long Earth world, in caverns under the root systems of trees as tall as mountains.Valient also learns something much more profound about life and its purpose in the Long Earth: we cultivate the cosmos to maximize the opportunities for life and joy in this universe, and to prepare for new universes to come.The complete list of books in the Long Earth series include: The Long EarthThe Long WarThe Long MarsThe Long UtopiaThe Long Cosmos

The Xeelee return in this long awaited collection of stories including a brand new novella! From the co author (with Terry Pratchett) of the LONG EARTH series.

Lobsang now understands the enormity of whatâ??s taking place beneath the surface of his earth â?? a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth. To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind, machine and the super-intelligent Next.

Stories set in a variety of futures from the award-winning heir of Arthur C. Clarke: Traces gives a kaleidoscopic vision of the possibilities for humankind.

In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and his universally acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent, fantastic ideas, unprecedented cosmic insights as well as page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to produce the most awesome novel of the future since 3001.

The highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wellsâ??s The Time Machine, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke.

"A wholly satisfying conclusion." -- Publishers WeeklyThe thrilling conclusion to the internationally bestselling Long Earth series explores the greatest question of all: What is the meaning of life?2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day, a new society continues to evolve in the Long Earth. Now, a message has been received: "Join us."The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence known as The Machine. But to build this computer the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind.Meanwhile, on a trek in the High Meggers, Joshua Valient , now nearing seventy, is saved from death when a troll band discovers him. Living among the trolls as he recovers, Joshua develops a deeper understanding of this collective-intelligence species and its society. He discovers that some older trolls, with capacious memories, act as communal libraries, and live on a very strange Long Earth world, in caverns under the root systems of trees as tall as mountains.Valient also learns something much more profound . . . about life and its purpose in the Long Earth: We cultivate the cosmos to maximize the opportunities for life and joy in this universe, and to prepare for new universes to come.The complete list of books in the Long Earth series include: The Long EarthThe Long WarThe Long MarsThe Long UtopiaThe Long Cosmos

What if John F. Kennedy survived?

Venus has exploded.

Signs of life have been found on Titan, Saturnâ??s largest moon.

Yellowstone'i katastroofiline purse teeb tsivilisatsiooni jätkumise võimatuks. Terved rahvad põgenevad lugematute kõrvalmaailmade suhtelisse turvalisusesse. Sally Linsay, Joshua Valiente ja Lobsang tegelevad ohtliku purskejärgse puhastusega Null-Maal.Joshua peab aga hakkama saama kriisiga, mis on talle lähemal. Pärast pikka lapsepõlve Pikkmaa sügavustes on välja ilmumas uus inimese järglaste, noorte üliarukate olendite tõug. "Normaalne" inimkond pöördub rumalusest ja hirmust aetuna nende vastu. Joshua jääb kahe tule vahele ja paistab nii, et tema jaoks on dramaatiline lõpplahendus vältimatu.Samal ajal asub Ühendriikide mereväe komandör Maggie Kauffman uskumatule retkele ning juhib õhulaevaekspeditsiooni Pikkmaa läbiuurimata piirimaile.Sallyga võtab ühendust tema kaua kadunud olnud isa Willis Linsay, sammuri leiutaja. Ta on alati olnud isepäine uitaja, nüüd aga on ka temal kavas fantastiline reis - reis läbi Pikkmarsi. Kuid mis on tema tõelised motiivid? Nii Joshua, inimkonna kui ka Pikkmaa jaoks on kõik muutunud.