A marooned outpost of humanity struggles to survive on a startlingly alien world: science fiction as it ought to be from British science fiction's great white hope.
You live in Eden.You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of...
Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from
her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she
is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the
all-powerful...
In that precise, antiseptic, post-war society, thirteen hell-raising old space-warriors were as obsolete as brass knuckles in a debate... and somewhat more of a nuisance.
So brass-bands played, and brass-hats brayed... and a coffin ship left for...
For the hedonistic immortals who dwell at the End of Time, the return of Jherek Carnelian with Mrs. Amelia Underwood - a reluctant time-traveler from Victorian England - is cause for jubilant celebration. Led by Jherek's mother, the Iron Orchid, the...
"O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That hath such people in't!"
Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The...
"O wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is!O brave new worldThat hath such people in't!"Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The...
Population has doubled within the last twenty years, leading to a living hell where poverty, crime, and claustrophobia rule. Those who can afford it, have withdrawn to the well-protected gated communities, while the police have left entire...