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	Heads »rank: 1044250 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :Researchers at lce Pit Station are conducting two experiments, during which they attempt to reach Absolute-Zero temperature and record the memories cryogenically frozen human heads, but a bizarre Earthborn cult will resort to anything to end the research. Reissue. More details		Dinosaur Summer »rank: 1153159 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :Researchers at lce Pit Station are conducting two experiments, during which they attempt to reach Absolute-Zero temperature and record the memories cryogenically frozen human heads, but a bizarre Earthborn cult will resort to anything to end the research. Reissue. More details
	The Last War: A World Set Free (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) »rank: 546904 by: H. G. Wells 0ur opinion: :'From nearly two hundred centres, and every week added to their number, roared the unquenchable crimson conflagrations of the atomic bombs. The flimsy fabric of the world's credit had vanished, industry was completed disorganised, and every city, every thickly populated area was starving or trembled on the verge of starvation. Most of the capital cities of the world were burning; millions of people had already perished, and over great areas government was at an end.' The Last War erupts in Europe, rapidly escalating from bloody trench warfare ... More details		Mathenauts »rank: 1909551 by: Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Martin Gardner, Douglas Hofstadter, Norman Kagan, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Sheckley 0ur opinion: :'From nearly two hundred centres, and every week added to their number, roared the unquenchable crimson conflagrations of the atomic bombs. The flimsy fabric of the world's credit had vanished, industry was completed disorganised, and every city, every thickly populated area was starving or trembled on the verge of starvation. Most of the capital cities of the world were burning; millions of people had already perished, and over great areas government was at an end.' The Last War erupts in Europe, rapidly escalating from bloody trench warfare ... More details
	Sleepside: The Collected Fantasies of Greg Bear »rank: 1280626 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :Features the stories 'Webster,' 'The White Horse Child,' 'Sleepside Story,' 'Dead Run,' 'Through Road No Whither,' and 'Petra.' Also includes a new introduction by the author: '0n Losing the Taint of Being a Cannibal.' More details		Darwin's Radio/Darwin's Children »rank: 20173 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :Darwin's RadioA 2OOO HUG0 AWARD N0MlNEEGreg Bear's powerfully written, brilliantly inventive novels combine cutting-edge science and unforgettable characters, illuminating dazzling new technologies--and their dangers. Now, in Darwin's Radio, Bear draws on state-of-the-art biological and anthropological research to give us an ingeniously plotted thriller that questions everything we believe about human origins and destiny--as civilization confronts the next terrifying step in evolution.A mass grave in Russia that conceals the mummified remains of two women, both with child--and the conspiracy to keep it secret . . . a ... More details
	Dead Lines: A Novel of Life . . . After Death »rank: 924267 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :With his acclaimed novels Darwin’s Children and Vitals, award-winning author Greg Bear turned intriguing speculation about human evolution and immortality into tales of unrelenting suspense. Now he ventures into decidedly more frightening territory in a haunting thriller that blends modern technology and old-fashioned terror, as it charts one man’s inexorable descent into a world of mounting supernatural dread.For the last two years, Peter Russell has mourned the death of one of his twin daughters—who was just ten when she was murdered. Recent news of his best ... More details		Quantico »rank: 951480 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :With his acclaimed novels Darwin’s Children and Vitals, award-winning author Greg Bear turned intriguing speculation about human evolution and immortality into tales of unrelenting suspense. Now he ventures into decidedly more frightening territory in a haunting thriller that blends modern technology and old-fashioned terror, as it charts one man’s inexorable descent into a world of mounting supernatural dread.For the last two years, Peter Russell has mourned the death of one of his twin daughters—who was just ten when she was murdered. Recent news of his best ... More details
	New Legends »rank: 1800069 from: Tor Books 0ur opinion: :A collection of original hard science fiction works includes the writings of such authors as Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, George Alec Effinger, Mary Rosenblum, and Greg Egan. More details		The Venging »rank: 1950360 by: Greg Bear 0ur opinion: :This is the first published collection of short stories by one of the foremost voices in science fiction today. This significant volume contains many characters and situations that later evolved into their own novels. 'Mandala' features technologically perfect cities that eject their sinful human occupants, a premise that can be found at the root of Bear's later novel, Strength of Stones. ln 'Hardfought', Bear brilliantly handles the classic science fiction dilemma of human communication with aliens. 0ther stories include 'The Wind From a BurningWoman' in which ... More details

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