A collaboration to excite the mind and dazzle the eye, probing such mysteries as: Where the first dinosaurs appeared and how they evolved How the giant sauropods lived and reared their young Hunting strategies among the predators Migratory habits and family life of the dinosaurs Possible causes of extinction and much more... An extraordinary new look at the prehistoric life of the dinosaurs by some of the world's foremost paleontologists,...

This collection contains ten stories reflecting the endless variety of life on the planet Majipoor. The stories include "Thesme and the Ghayrog", "In the Fifth Year of the Voyage", "The Desert of Stolen Dreams" and "Voriax and Valentine".

On Majipoor, a fantasy land where aliens and humans live side by side, tradition has it that a son cannot succeed his father to the throne. But one man tries, staging a coup d'etat with the aid of sorcerers and the result is civil war.

The plot centers around four college students who, after finding and reading a dusty volume "The Book of Skulls", set out to find a secretive group of monks whose religous practice includes the key to immortality. We get brief sketches of Timothy, Oliver, Ned and Eli in the beginning, but as the boys find the monks and enter the monastery as postulants in this mysterious religion, we learn their most inner and dark secrets. When four come together...

"This is hard sci-fi done right." -Publishers Weekly (starred review). "One of the enduring classics of science fiction." -George R.R. Martin Deep in the future, natives of the planet Hydros, an ocean planet whose inhabitants live on artificial floating islands, force the entire human population of the island of Sorve into exile, leaving the outcasts to ponder their fate, their past, and the true purpose of humanity. After a human offense against...

A tale of an Imperial Rome that never fell follows the great city as it continues to expand its civilization, from the conquest of the Mayans of Mexico to the attempt of the Hebrews to flee Rome's tyranny by escaping to another planet.

Abridged version of Mound Builders of Ancient America, archeology of a myth. index & bibl.

"the archeology of a myth" Includes index and bibl.