Fantascienza / Racconti brevi

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition

di Charlie Jane Anders, James Alan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee & Nnedi Okorafor etc.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2011. Includes stories by Charlie Jane Anders, James Allan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee, Nnedi Okorafor, Paul Park, Matthew Sandborn Smith,...

After the Battle on Starship Hill

di Vernor Vinge

"After the Battle on Starship Hill" is more than 12000 words of prologue from Vernor Vinge's forthcoming novel, The Children of the Sky. Taking place on Tines World, this mini e-book describes events of the...

Exams

di Luca Poggi

A fantastic tale from the collection "Di Stella in Stella" by the same author.

We Have Always Lived on Mars

di Cecil Castellucci

Nina, one of the few descendants of human colony on Mars that was abandoned by Earth, is surprised to discover that she can breathe the toxic atmosphere of the Martian surface. The crew, thinking that their...

The Fierce Reads Anthology: Volume 2

di Ann Aguirre, Gennifer Albin, Elizabeth Fama & Lish McBride etc.

This anthology includes short stories from six fierce young adult authors! Inside, you’ll find a futuristic zombie tale from Ann Aguirre, a science fiction thriller from Gennifer Albin, a nautical mermaid...

Lawful Interception

di Cory Doctorow

An all-new tale of Marcus Yallow, the hero of the bestselling novels Little Brother and Homeland -- as he deals with the aftermath of a devastating Oakland earthquake, with the help of friends, hacker allies,...

After the Coup

di John Scalzi

In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to an interplanetary diplomatic mission sometimes...

The President's Brain is Missing

di John Scalzi

The question is, how can you tell the President's brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back?

At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied....

Overtime

di Charles Stross

Introduced to readers in the novels The Atrocity Archive and The Jennifer Morgue, the Laundry is a secret British government agency charged with preventing dark interdimensional entities from destroying the...

The Back Channel

The Human Division #6

di John Scalzi

The sixth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear...

The B-Team

The Human Division #1

di John Scalzi

The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear...

The Weird

di Ann VanderMeer & Jeff Vandermeer

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The...

A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings

di James Alan Gardner

Award-winning science fiction author James Alan Gardner brings us Damon Runyon-esque tale of courteous guys, bulletproof dolls, and the fedora-clad spacemen that bring them together.

At the publisher's request,...

The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland--For a Little While

di Catherynne M. Valente

This original short story tells the tale of how a girl named Mallow defeated King Goldmouth with the help of the Red Wind, Mr. Map, and many fairyland friends new and old--from Catherynne M. Valente, author...

The Time Traders Omnibus

di Andre Norton

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of Time Traders books by Andre Norton:

The Defiant Agents

Key Out of Time

The Time Traders

Earth Below, Sky Above

The Human Division #13

di John Scalzi

The final episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear...

Harry Harrison Anthology (10 stories)

di Harry Harrison

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of stories by Harry Harrison:

Arm of the Law

DEATHWORLD

THE ETHICAL ENGINEER

The K-Factor

THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP

NAVY DAY

Planet of the Damned

The Repairman

Toy Shop

The...

The Fredric Brown Collection

di Fredric Brown

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of stories by Fredric Brown:

Earthmen Bearing Gifts

Happy Ending

Hall of Mirrors

Keep Out

Two Timer

Love Machine

di Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and Love Machine are but two of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life’s cosmic questions....

The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads

The Human Division #12

di John Scalzi

The twelfth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear...