Julia Barth and her fellow
astronauts came to Mars to win a $30 billion prize -- but they'll have
to find a way home before they can collect! Benford puts Robert Zubrin's
Mars Direct ideas to good use in this very plausible look at how the exploration
of Mars might progress.
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Forever Free, by
Joe Haldeman
Ace Books, $21.95
William Mandella lives a
peaceful agrarian existence on a harmless planet far from the hive mind
of the rest of humanity. He hates it, so much that he's conceived a daring
plan to steal a starship and use relativistic travel to jump forward nearly
40,000 years in time. Unfortunately, Mandella's plan has consequences that
could change the universe. A sequel to Haldeman's classic novel The
Forever War
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The Naked God, by
Peter F. Hamilton
Warner Aspect, $26.95
The conclusion to Hamilton's
massive space opera trilogy. As the Confederation's resources begin to
fail, most of its richer worlds begin to consider sacrificing the rest
of humanity to the Possessed, while Joshua Calvert must somehow awaken
a dormant god if he hopes to defeat the force that is devouring reality
itself.
Change of Command, by
Elizabeth Moon
Baen Books, $21.00
Esmay Suiza and Barin Serrano
have reconciled with each other, but their universe is falling apart as
bad drugs threaten the safety and stability of a new form of rejuvenation
therapy. Third in the Esmay Suiza series.
New Paperbacks
The Sea is Full of Stars,
by Jack L. Chalker
Del Rey Books, $6.99
Chalker returns to his Well
World series, exploring a previously unknown interstellar civilization
with an all new cast of characters.
Drifter, by
William C. Dietz
Ace Books, $5.99
A beautiful woman hires a
cocky smuggler for a simple job, landing him smack in the middle of a group
of rampaging revolutionaries. Reprint.
Men of War, by
William R. Forstchen
Roc Books, $6.99
The eighth and final novel
in the "Lost Regiment" series finds Colonel Andrew Keane and the soldiers
of his 35th Maine unit preparing to wage war against the alien hordes for
the last time.
Isaac Asimov's Solar System,
edited by
Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams
Ace Books, $5.99
The latest collection from
the pages of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, this one exploring
the various worlds of the solar system.
Avalanche Soldier, by
Susan R. Matthews
Avon Eos, $6.50
A soldier in the elite paramilitary
force of a repressive religion must track down her own brother when he
turns heretic and vanishes. Matthews is no stranger to tough issues --
her Andrej Koscuisko series explores the mind of a doctor who must also
serve as a torturer, and Avalanche Soldier looks like it will be
equally thoughtful and disturbing.
Rules of Engagement, by
Elizabeth Moon
Baen Books, $7.99
Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager
should be natural allies, but their rivalry keeps getting in the way --
until Brun falls into the hands of a repressive religious militia movement
and Esmay is blamed for her capture. Second in the Esmay Suiza series and
sequel to Once a Hero.
Aliens vs. Predator: War,
by S.D. Perry
Bantam Spectra, $5.50
A band of predators has been
planting Alien eggs on uninhabited planets to provide prey for their hunts.
But when a trio of humans on one of the planets also becomes prey, a human
that hunts with the predators must choose where her loyalties lie.
Starfist: Blood Contact,
by David Sherman
and Dan Cragg
Del Rey Books, $6.50
Fourth in the "Starfist"
series, which follows the adventures of a platoon of futuristic Marines.
When a scientific team exploring an obscure planet fails to make its regular
communications check, a Marine platoon is sent to investigate, but what
they find on Society 437 is a horror beyond description.
The Long Night of Centauri
Prime, by
Peter David
Del Rey Books, $6.50
The first in a new Babylon
5 book trilogy begins the story of Emperor Londo Mollari, who is struggling
to rebuild Centauri Prime after the events of the show's fifth season.
The malevolent Drakh have their own plans for Centauri Prime, forcing Londo
to watch almost helplessly as they reshape his world into a brutal police
state and prepare to strike out again at the Interstellar Alliance. How
can Londo save his world when he can't even save himself?
Minds, Machines &
Evolution, by
James Hogan
Baen Books, $6.99
Reprint of Hogan's 1989 collection
of stories and essays.
Star Trek: The Lives of
Dax, edited
by Marco Palmieri
Pocket Books, $14.00
An anthology of stories spanning
nine incarnations and over 350 years in the life of Dax, the Trill symbiont
character from Deep Space Nine.
Tales from the New Republic,
edited by
Peter Schweighofer and Craig Carey
Bantam Spectra, $5.99
Eleven Star Wars tales previously
published in the Star Wars Adventure Journal. Includes a novella
co-written by Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole.
Major, by
Rick Shelley
Ace Books, $5.99
Lon Nolan is sent to the
planet Bancroft on what he thinks will be a routine mission. But the raiders
in the area have a different idea, and when they're done, not everyone
will make it out alive.
Star Trek: The Badlands
#1, by Susan
Wright
Pocket Books, $6.50
When Capt. Kirk confronts
a Romulan Bird of Prey in the Badlands, the ensuing battle releases a quantum
singularity into space that will trouble Capt. Picard a generation later.
Star Trek: The Badlands
#2, by Susan
Wright
Pocket Books, $6.50
Capt. Janeway and Capt. Sisko
struggle to survive and then control the quantum singularity that could
tip the balance of power in the Alpha Quadrant.
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