While the Gods Sleep
by
Johnny Fincham
Not too far in the future, there is a cataclysmic event that turns nature against humanity. The air becomes poisonous, plants die and virulent strains of super viruses infect millions. That was year zero, for fifteen years Zach has been locked away from the world, in a high security prison.Zach is also somewhat unique, in a world where everyone is altered to stop ageing, disease, illness and for vanity, he is the original unaltered human with a natural resistance to illness. Somewhat a celebrity and a distinguished mystic healer, who is rumoured to be 112 years old and able to exist without even food.
Galileo’s Dream
by
Kim Stanley Robinson
Galileo’s Dream is a brand new novel from Kim Stanley Robinson and follows Galileo on an amazing journey from the dawn of the modern age to a future on the brink of a scientific breakthrough.While on the brink of the modern world, Late Renaissance Italy is still surrounded by Alchemy and the teachings of Aristotle. All this is set to change though with Galileo's new telescope, perhaps the first true modern scientist, Galileo is met by a stranger, unsure if this is a dream or not he is given a glimpse of the Blasted Wasteland of Jupiter, but he is not looking at the present planet but Jupiter in 3 thousand years, a world of human settlement.
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Allen Steele is the Author of the much loved series Coyote
For the most part, Allen steele has concentrated on writing single volumes and short stories, with the exception of the Coyote series and the Near Space Series.
In 1996 Allen Steele won the Hugo award for best novella for his story "the Death of Captain Future". In 1998 he won the award for a second time, with "Where Angels Fear to Tread".
Allen Steele is on the Board of Advisors for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Space Frontier Foundation, which is a private sector space exploration organisation.