Trouble with Lichen - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Trouble with Lichen - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to

Midwich Cuckoos - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Hidden Wyndham - Life, Love, Letters (Binns Amy)(Paperback / softback)

John Wyndham redefined science fiction with dystopian classics The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. In Hidden Wyndham, Amy Binns reveals the woman who was the inspiration for his strong-minded heroines. Their secret love affair sustained this gentle and desperately shy man through

Kraken Wakes - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people. This book narrates how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we

Seeds of Time - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

In Chronoclasm a man is pursued by his own future. We meet a robot with an overactive compassion circuit. And what happens when the citizens of the future turn the past into a giant theme

Plan for Chaos - Classic Science Fiction (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

In a city that could well be New York, a series of identical women are found dead in suspicious circumstances. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing, who is reporting on the suspected murders, is chilled to discover that his fiancee looks identical to the victims too - and then she

Chrysalids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Secret People (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Stowaway to Mars (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Day of the Triffids (Wyndham John)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning new clothbound edition of one of the most famous science-fiction novels of the twentieth century, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith.When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that

Valis (Dick Philip K.)(Paperback / softback)

Classic science fiction from the

Classic Science Fiction (Editors of Canterbury Classics)(Paperback)

Classic works of speculative fiction from the earliest masters of the genre. Classic Science Fiction includes nine stories from masters of early science fiction: H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Fitz James O'Brien, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Stanley G

Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein Robert A.)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary objectivist science fiction classic by Robert A

Ghost Brigades (Scalzi John)(Paperback / softback)

Hard-core science fiction at its very best, The Ghost Brigades follows John Scalzi's military SF novel Old Man's

Consider Her Ways - And Others (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a collection of author's short

Will Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Us? - Stephen Hawking

'Real science can be far stranger than science fiction, and much more satisfying'Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?Is there other intelligent life in the universe?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its

I, Robot (Asimov Isaac)(Paperback / softback)

Voyager Classics - timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy. The classic collection of robot stories from the master of the

Starship Troopers (Heinlein Robert A.)(Paperback / softback)

The science fiction masterpiece - and basis for Paul Verhoeven's 1997 cult classic

Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (Ashley Mike)(Paperback)

A new anthology of the most inventive and prescient classic ecological science fiction stories Science fiction has always confronted the concerns of society, and its greatest writers have long been inspired by the weighty issue of humanity's ecological impact on the planet. This volume explores a

Trouble with Teachers (Orme Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Science Fiction Omnibus(Paperback / softback)

Aims to bring together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov's 'Nightfall', first published in 1941, to the 2006 story 'Friends in Need' by Eliza Blair. This title includes stories which portray struggles against machines, epic journeys, genetic

Chrysalids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, and his son's cousin Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret abberation which would label them as

Representation of Children in Contemporary African Fiction (Kearney John)(Paperback / softback)

Filled with interesting and original insights, Children in Contemporary African Fiction makes for engrossing reading, both for the general reader and the academic. With a keynote tone at once empathetic and non-sentimental John Kearney explores an impressive number of novels by writers from a

Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy (Verne Jules)(Leather)

Blast off into the unknown with this collection of ten classical works of science fiction and fantasy. Long before we ventured into outer space or explored the most remote regions of the planet, writers have spun stories of what might lie in those unknown worlds, or what awaits humanity in the