Classic science fiction
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Animal Farm
£8.99Animal Farm
Having got rid of their human masters, the animals of Manor Farm look forward to a life of freedom and plenty. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite emerges and the other animals discover that they are not as equal as they thought.
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Brave New World
£9.99Brave New World
The World Controllers have created the ideal society. Genetic science has brought the human race to perfection. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon Semi-Morons, man is bred and educated to be content with his pre-destined role.
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Fahrenheit 451
£9.99Fahrenheit 451
The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.
Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.
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Frankenstein
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Life, the Universe and Everything
£9.99Life, the Universe and Everything
Part three of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five. Featuring additional material from the Adams archives, and an introduction from Simon Brett, producer of the original radio broadcast.
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Mostly harmless
£9.99Mostly harmless
The fifth and final installment of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five. Featuring additional material from the Adams archives, and an introduction from Dirk Maggs.
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
£9.99So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Part four of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five. Featuring additional material from the Adams archives.
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Starship troopers
£12.99Starship troopers
Told through the eyes of Starship Trooper Johnny Rico, Robert A. Heinlein’s classic story of war and warriors is set 5000 years in the future.
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Tales from beyond the stars
£20.00Tales from beyond the stars
Long before humans ventured into outer space, writers spun stories of what might lie in the unknown worlds beyond our planet and speculated about the future. This striking collection features retellings of seven classic science ficition stories. From tales of space exploration, to time travellers and alien invaders, this striking anthology is the perfect introduction to the world of science fiction. Includes: The Star by H G Wells Micromegas by Voltaire The Last Man by Mary Shelley From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Buck Rogers: Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan Written by Adam Roberts and with vivid illustrations by artist Evangeline Gallagher.
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The big book of cyberpunk. Vol. 2
£25.00The big book of cyberpunk. Vol. 2
In ‘The Big Book of Cyberpunk’, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five different countries that both establish and subvert the classic Cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic – from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pounding action. Here, urban rebels undermine monolithic corporate overlords, daring heists are conducted through back alleys and the darkest parts of the online world, and dangerous new technology, cybernetic enhancements, scheming AIs, corporate mercenaries, improbable weapons and roguish hackers all collide into rich, thrilling entertainment.
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The big book of cyberpunk. Volume 1
£25.00The big book of cyberpunk. Volume 1
‘The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.’ Forty years ago, William Gibson wrote the line that began Neuromancer and, more importantly, ‘Cyberpunk’ – a literary movement that would change the face of science fiction forever. In ‘The Big Book of Cyberpunk’, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five different countries that both establish and subvert the classic Cyberpunk tropes and aesthetic – from gritty, near-future noir to pulse-pounding action. Here, urban rebels undermine monolithic corporate overlords, daring heists are conducted through back alleys and the darkest parts of the online world, and dangerous new technology, cybernetic enhancements, scheming AIs, corporate mercenaries, improbable weapons and roguish hackers all collide into rich, thrilling entertainment.
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The illustrated man
£9.99The illustrated man
A classic collection of stories – all told on the skin of a man – from the author of Fahrenheit 451.
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The last man
£12.99The last man
Written while Mary Shelley was in a self-imposed lockdown after the loss of her husband and children, and in the wake of intersecting crises including the climate-changing Mount Tambora eruption and a raging cholera outbreak, ‘The Last Man’ (1826) is an early work of climate fiction and a prophetic depiction of environmental change. Set in the late twenty-first century, a deadly pandemic leaves a lone survivor, and follows his journey through a post-apocalyptic world, devoid of humanity and reclaimed by nature.
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The machine stops and other stories
£7.99The machine stops and other stories
Like his much-loved novels, E.M. Forster’s short stories are rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds. Telling tales of violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings, his sharp and vivid prose has the ability to throw the characters’, and reader’s, perceptions and beliefs off balance.
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The poison belt and other Professor Challenger’s stories
£7.99The poison belt and other Professor Challenger’s stories
Summoned from London, journalist Edward Malone, narrator of Arthur Conan Doyle’s prehistoric-adventure novel ‘The Lost World’, finds himself reunited with his erstwhile travelling companions at the country home of their leader, the indomitable Professor Challenger, who, confining his guests in a sealed room with the cylinders of oxygen they have brought at his request, informs them that the Earth is passing through an immense miasma of poisonous ether that will likely extirpate all life. And so the isolated inmates begin a grim and terrifying vigil – but will the toxic vapour dissipate before their limited supply of oxygen is exhausted?
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The Restaurant At the End of the Universe
£9.99The Restaurant At the End of the Universe
Part two of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five. Featuring additional material from the Adams archives, and an introduction from Monty Python star, Terry Jones.
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