Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Collections 2009

Explore the best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror book collections of 2009. Discover top titles in speculative fiction, chilling horror, and epic fantasy from this iconic year.

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Across the Sky

by Mark Rich

In 19 ventures into the future, Rich travels from a moving moment during human-alien contact to madcap conflict between human and vegetable, to a vision …
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Call Me Joe

by Poul Anderson

Presents a collection of short stories, including "Call Me Joe," "The Immortal Game," "The Live Coward," and "Then Death Will Come.".
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Men of the Otherworld

by Kelley Armstrong

This compendium of four tales introduces the Men of the Otherworld, a werewolf pack, and includes a new story.
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A is for Alien

by Caitlín R. Kiernan

From the wastelands of Mars to the streets of a late 21st-century Manhattan, from the moons of Europa and Saturn to an iceless Antarctica, these …
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We'll Always Have Paris

by Ray Bradbury

Over the course of a storied literary career that has spanned more than half a century, Ray Bradbury has taken us to wonderful places: across …
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Worlds

by Eric Flint

Take a guided tour through the many worlds of "New York Times"-bestselling author Eric Flint. Known for his alternate history novels, he is equally a …
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Threshold

by Roger Zelazny

Presents a collection of short stories, including "And the Darkness is Harsh," "Museum Piece," "Bok," and "From a Seat in the Chill Park."
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Power and Light

by Roger Zelazny

"This six volume collection includes all of Zelazny's know short fiction and poetry, three excerpts of important novels, a selection of non-fiction essays, and a …
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Cyberabad Days

by Ian McDonald

This collection of seven stories and a thirty-one thousand word original novella revisits the vivid world of near future India that McDonald so successfully depicted …
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Cryptic

by Jack McDevitt

A 200,000 word gathering of the best short fiction by Jack McDevitt.
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Returning My Sister's Face

by Eugie Foster

Enchantment, peril, and romance pervade the shadowy Far East from the elegant throne room of the emperor's palace to the humble teahouse of a peasant …
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We Never Talk about My Brother

by Peter S. Beagle

The nine extraordinary stories in Peter S. Beagle's new fantasy collection are profound explorations of love, death, transformation, and the choices that define just who …
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The Best of Gene Wolfe

by Gene Wolfe

The best stories of a long and influential career by “quite simply a superb writer” (The Washington Post Book World)
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The Sound of Dead Hands Clapping

by Mark Rich

"From the exquisitely odd to the disquietingly familiar ... Six tales - lifting the frayed edges of our multi-textured times to reveal hidden regions rarely …
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Robots Have No Tails

by Henry Kuttner

Hounded by creditors and heckled by an uncooperative robot, binge-drinking inventor Galloway Gallegher must solve the mystery of his own machines before his reckless lifestyle …
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Marionettes, Inc

by Ray Bradbury

In five stories (one of them original to this collection, plus a rare, previously unpublished screen treatment) Bradbury explores the concept of Robotics and examines …
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Metamorphosis

by James P. Blaylock

Metamorphosis: three stories, each one involving a man who discovers that he has come to dwell, for an hour or for a lifetime, in a …
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The Best of Michael Moorcock

by Michael Moorcock

This collection ranges from the genre tales that continue to define heroic fantasy to the author's critically acclaimed mainstream works.
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The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg

by Robert Silverberg

Subterranean Press's definitive collection of Silverberg's short fiction, with stories produced during the years 1953 to 2009. The volumes include commentary by the author.
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Of Berserkers, Swords and Vampires

by Fred Saberhagen

In a book that will be irresistible for the thousands of Saberhagen fans, all three of his most popular series--Berserkers, Lost Swords, and Dracula--are represented …
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Wild Thyme, Green Magic

by Jack Vance

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This Mortal Mountain

by Roger Zelazny

This Mortal Mountain covers the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Zelazny's breadth of interests developed into a variety of styles.
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Last Exit to Babylon

by Roger Zelazny

"This six volume collection includes all of Zelazny's know short fiction and poetry, three excerpts of important novels, a selection of non-fiction essays, and a …
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Wireless

by Charles Stross

The Hugo Award-winning author of such groundbreaking and innovative novels as "Accelerando, Halting State," and "Saturn's Children" delivers a rich selection of speculative fiction in …
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Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks

by Michael D. Resnick

"Resnick's avid interest in safaris and Africa are highlighted in this collection of his futuristic hunting stories; several of the stories were directly inspired from …
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Crystal Nights and Other Stories

by Greg Egan

A representative sampling of Hugo winner Egan's distinctive hard science fiction drawing from previously uncollected stories.
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Slow Sculpture

by Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon was a model for his friend Kurt Vonnegut’s legendary character Kilgore Trout, and his work was an acknowledged influence on important younger writers …
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Fire

by Robin McKinley

Five tales of creatures who live and die by fire from both the present day and the prehistoric past.