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This Month in Space Fiction: May
By Chris Aylott
Associate Editor
posted: 02:38 pm ET
28 April 2000

This Month in Space Fiction: June 2000  
Media tie-ins rule this month, with a new Babylon 5 book and an Earth: Final Conflict novel rounding out the usual selection of Star Wars and Star Trek books.


Star Wars: the Essential Chronology, 
by Kevin Anderson and Daniel Wallace

A compilation of everything currently known about the history of the Star Wars universe. (Del Rey Books, $18.95 paperback)


Navohar, 
by Hilari Bell

To save the world from an alien invasion, humanity altered its children’s genetic code – and is now paying the price. Earth’s younger generation is dying of a new disease, and Earth’s only hope of salvation lies in finding its lost star colonies and the DNA of the humans who founded them before the alien attack. (Daw Books, $6.99 paperback)


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Foundation’s Triumph,
by David Brin

Conclusion of the "Second Foundation Trilogy". Hari Seldon escapes exile and risks everything in a final quest for knowledge and the power it bestows. (Harper Collins, $6.99 paperback)


Half Life, 
by Hal Clement

With the rapid evolution of diseases threatening the extinguish the human race, a crew of young men and women travels to Saturn in hopes of finding something on the moon of Titan that might save the Earth. (Tor Books, $6.99 paperback)

Read our review!


Babylon 5: Armies of Light and Dark, 
by Peter David

The "Centauri Trilogy"continues – Centauri Prime has been infiltrated by the malevolent Drakh, and as the Centauri struggle to rebuild their war-torn planet, the Drakh work feverishly toward their ultimate goal of crushing the Interstellar Alliance. (Del Rey Books, $6.50 paperback)


Earth: Final Conflict – Requiem for Boone, 
by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald

The story of original series protagonist William Boone, told during the days before and during the arrival of the Taelons. (Tor Books, $24.95 hardcover and $13.95 paperback)


The Stars Asunder,
by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald

The most powerful Mage-circle ever is determined to bridge a great gap of space and get rich from lost human worlds. But blood will be spilled and dynasties overthrown as the worlds of mankind are reunited, and for the first time the Mages will go to war with themselves. (Tor Books, $6.99 paperback)


Star Colonies, 
edited by Ed Gorman, Martin Greenberg and John Helfers

A collection of stories about space colonies by Jack Williamson, Alan Dean Foster, Allen Steele, Pamela Sargent and other authors. (Daw Books, $6.99 paperback)


The Year’s Best SF #5, 
edited by David Hartwell

Hartwell’s fifth annual collection of the year’s most memorable SF, including the work of Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Gene Wolfe and other authors. (Harper Collins, $6.99 paperback)


Invasions, 
by Nancy Holder

The richest man on Earth has announced his intentions to muscle in on the Mafia-controlled moon, a conflict that will lead to war between the worlds. (Avon Books, $5.99)


Cradle of Saturn, 
by James P. Hogan

A small colony of scientists must save Earth when Jupiter spits out a protoplanet that can destroy it. (Baen Books, $6.99 paperback)


Ancient of Days, 
by Paul J. McAuley

On Confluence – an artificial planet created by the long-vanished Preservers – the young man Yama pursues his origins and destiny as the last child of the Builders. (Avon Books, $6.99 paperback)


The Tower and the Hive,
by Anne McCaffrey

For generations, the descendants of the powerful telepath known as the Rowan have used their talents to benefit humanity as it colonizes the stars. Now – with their goals of peace and prosperity so close at hand – they face the looming destruction of all that they have suffered to achieve. (Ace Books, $6.99 paperback)


The X-Files: Skin,
by Ben Mezrich

When medical students harvesting skin from a corpse accidentally take it from the wrong donor, a New York City hospital is destroyed in a bloodbath. (Harper Collins, $5.99 paperback)


Rainbow Mars , 
by Larry Niven

When Harry Svetz learns that Mars was once inhabited and how the sapient Martian species were wiped out, he realizes that Earth could soon fall victim to the same fate. (Tor Books, $6.99 paperback)


Stronghold Rising,
by Lisanne Norman

Delicate negotiations for an alliance are underway with the Primes, a previously unknown faction of the hated Valytegan race. But the Sholans and Humans must avert a full-fledged rebellion that begins in a laboratory engaged in illegal breeding experiments. (Daw Books, $6.99 paperback)


Marrow, 
by Robert Reed

A team of explorers finds a planet of the center of a gigantic starship. (Tor Books, $25.95 hardcover)


Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #27 – A Stitch in Time, 
by Andrew J. Robinson

The life story of Garak, told by the actor who played him for seven years on Deep Space Nine. (Pocket Books, $6.50 paperback)


Starfire, 
by Charles Sheffield

Fifty years after Alpha Centauri exploded, a storm of high-energy particles from the blast that could destroy life on Earth is arriving. Can humanity complete its defense grid in time? (Bantam Books, $6.50 paperback)

Read our review!


Lieutenant Colonel,
by Rick Shelley

Lon Nolan prepares to lead the Dirigent Mercenary Corps into a savage war on a frontier mining planet. But can he bring his men out alive? (Ace Books, $5.99 paperback)


Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart, 
by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz

Captain Spock and Commander Saavik must put aside their mating drives long enough to warn the Klingons of a dastardly sneak attack threatening the outpost of Narrendra III. (Pocket Books, $6.50 paperback)


Far Horizons, 
edited by Robert Silverberg

An anthology collecting new stories by SF’s star authors – including Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman,Gregory Benford and more – working in their favorite worlds. (Avon Books, $6.99 paperback)


Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III, 
edited by Dean Wesley Smith

An anthology of winning entries in the third annual contest of short stories by Star Trek fans. (Pocket Books, $13.95 paperback)


Forge of the Elders,
by L. Neil Smith

An expedition to an asteroid uncovers an alien race called the Elders, who come to Earth from a parallel universe and are the ultimate capitalists of any universe. (Baen Books, $25.00 hardcover)


Through Alien Eyes,
by Amy Thomsen

Aliens land on earth and struggle to survive in a land with different bodies, customs and languages. (Ace Books, $6.50)


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