Title
Author/Editor
ISBN
©date
Publisher
Summary

Noon, 22nd Century
Arkadii & Boris Struatskii
0-02-615150-2
1978
Macmillan Publishing
Collection of short stories that do a better job of conveying the Russian mindset of the ’60’s than of being science fiction. Some oddball stuff.

The Hammer of God
Arthur C. Clarke
0-553-09557-9
1993
Bantam
Asteroid heads for Earth but Captain Singh and crew save the day with the super thruster device despite religious fanatics and Murphy’s Law.

Alien Plot
Piers Anthony
0-312-85394-7
1992
Tor/Tom Doherty Associates
Collection of mostly fantasy but some good SF including many of the author’s too bad to be published anywhere else work.

Honor Among Enemies
David Weber
0-671-87723-2
1996
Baen/Simon&Schuster
Honor Harrington’s return to the Royal Manticoran Navy is the command of armed merchant ships, which she uses most effectively against pirates.

The Positronic Man
Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg
0-385-26342-2
1992
The novelized “Bicentennial Man,” the story of a robot that spends 200 years becoming human and his legal quest to be declared one.

Metamorphosis
Jean Lorrah
0-671-68402-7
1990
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Star Trek NG— Data goes on a Quest, becomes human and gets laid, then finds out it’s just a dream and he’s better off being an android.

The Moon Children
Jack Williamson
73-186646
1972
G.P. Putnam
Oddball story about mutant children and how they save the world from the space aliens defending themselves from obnoxious human disease.

Cascade Point
Timothy Zahn
0-312-94041-6
1986
Bluejay
Collection of shorts that include the title story, about a lost star freighter and how it gets found. Also stories about telepathy and one with dragons.

Intergalactic Mercenaries
Sheila Williams/Cynthia Manson
0-451-45580-0
1996
ROC/Penguin
Actually, inTRAgalactic mercenaries—in fact, pretty much close to home. A good collection of shorts, especially entries by Pohl, Zahn and Bujold.

The Outskirter’s Secret
Rosemary Kirstein
0-345-36885-1
1992
Del Rey/Ballentine
Rowan the Steerswoman journeys across the Outskirts with a nomadic tribe to find the downed Guidestar and attempt to uncover the wizard’s plot.

Maelstrom
Paul Preuss
0-380-75345-6
1988
Avon Books
Bionic girl and her not-quite-bionic friend discover pieces to the puzzle of the writings of Culture X, and the mysterious organization of Übermensch.

Bolos, Book 4: Last Stand
Bill Fawcett
0-671-87760-7
1997
Baen/Simon&Schuster
A collection of Bolo shorts including “The Traitor” by David Weber where a psychotic Bolo turns out to be doing its duty after all.

Diaspora
Greg Egan
0-06-105287-7
1998
Harper Collins
Sentient computer programs explore the multiverse after an interstellar catastrophe fries the earth. Imaginary physics and virtual reality run amok.

The Currents of Space
Isaac Azimov
0-553-29341-9
1952
Spectra/Bantam
The mindless worker begins to regain memories of his past as a researcher while his boss goes on a killing rampage to escape the overlords.

Flag in Exile
David Weber
0-671-87681-3
1995
Baen/Simon&Schuster
Honor Harrington is promoted to Admiral on her adopted planet. She faces fanatics at home and commies in space and deals with them effectively.

The Wild
David Zindell
0-553-28966-7
1996
Bantam/Spectra
Long and tedious read about a lightship pilot searching for a cure and along the way he meets a computer goddess and religious fanatics.

Bolos, Book 1: Honor of the Regiment
Bill Fawcett
0-671-72184-4
1993
Baen/Simon&Schuster
Another collection of Bolo shorts, including a story about a Bolo that declares itself to be the defender of Camelot, and one on Rommel in the desert.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Babes from Outer Space
Linda Jaivin
0-7679-0165-7
1998
Broadway Books
The Aussie music scene is overcum by three sexy aliens. A slacker boy gets hooked on one. The bad aliens try to mess things up. Douglas Adamsesque.

Bolos Book 2: The Unconquerable
Bill Fawcett
0-671-87629-5
1994
Baen/Simon&Schuster
Stories about killer robot tanks that never give up. “You’re It” a Bolo learns about the game of tag, and utters that phrase after blowing the enemy to slag.

Camalot 30K
Robert Forward
0-812-51647-8
1993
Tor/Tom Doherty Associates
30K as in Kelvin. Really cold intelligent prawns that live on a cometoid and run off of radioactivity. Oddball critters build themselves a nuke. Cooley.

The Lost Years
J.M. Dillard
0-671-70795-7
1989
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
A Star Trek adventure between the series and the movies. Kirk and crew help to destroy a berserk Vulcan mind bent on destruction and chaos.

A Call to Arms
Alan Dean Foster
0-345-35855-4
1991
Del Rey/Ballantine
Rat-people and troll-people fight the minions of evil mind control slug beings with the help of outcast humans. The slugs attack Earth, but are repelled.

Recovery
J.M. Dillard
0-671-88342-9
1995
Pocket/Simon&Schuster
Giant Federation rescue ship runs amok because its head programmer is taken over by the nasty Tholian triad bent on revenge for Kirk’s actions.

How to Buy Stocks
Louis Engel Brendan Boyd
0-553-26977-1
1983
Bantam
An old but many times revised overview of investing with emphasis on the stock market. Plenty of history with basic beginner’s knowledge.

The Sentinal
Arthur C. Clarke
0-76070-178-4
1983
Barnes & Noble
A collection of shorts including the title story, rumored to be the spark of 2001, and others with emphasis on Jupiter exploration.