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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 14

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ISBN 13 : 1780337175
Pages : 732 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (337 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 14 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hugely acclaimed collection is now in its 14th successful year, and Gardner Dozois's selection for 2001 maintains its high standards of excellence with more than 25 SF stories from contemporary talents such as John Kessel, Ursula K Le Guin, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Brian Stableford, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Charles Stross, Ian McDonald and many other bright stars of SF, as well as the usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists.


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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 23

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ISBN 13 : 1849016607
Pages : 768 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 23 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 23 the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre. Praise for Gardner Dozois: 'Dozois's definitive must-read short story anthology takes the pulse of science fiction today' Publishers Weekly 'For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's The Mammoth Book of Best New SF has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.' - Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus Magazine


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ISBN 13 : 1472117077
Pages : 512 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2 PDF Format Full Free by Mike Ashley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new collection of exciting murder-mysteries with historical settings This new volume of historical murder and mystery contains over 20 specially commissioned stories ranging in period from Ancient Rome to the reign of Good Queen Bess. It features original stories from such masters as Steven Saylor, Peter Tremayne, Philip Gooden, Susanna Gregory, Kate Ellis, Michael Jecks, Edward D. Hoch and Marilyn Todd. · In Steven Saylor’s Roman tale, Poppy and the Poisoned Cake, Gordianus the Finder feels his latest assignment is suspiciously easy to solve. · Edward D. Hoch puts a novel twist on the locked-room mystery by setting it on a “locked ship” — Christopher Columbus’s, in fact! · In Flibbertigibbet Paul Finch unleashes a deranged serial killer on Elizabethan London. · Falstaff ’s successor Sir Johan de Mandeville turns sleuth in Keith Taylor’s Bene?t of Clergy. · Sister Fidelma must solve the mystery of a murdered Celtic monk in Death of an Icon by Peter Tremayne. · A pig provides the key to Michael Jecks’s latest Sir Baldwin mystery.- · Cherith Baldry turns Geoffrey Chaucer into a secret agent in her version of The Pilgrim’s Tale. · Anarchy and murderous intent rule when the Romans leave the British Isles in Richard Butler’s The Last Legion. . . . plus many more tales of dark age murder and mayhem!


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Publisher : Hachette UK
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ISBN 13 : 1780337159
Pages : 353 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (337 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 PDF Format Full Free by Stephen Jones and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number 13 - lucky for horror fans! This award-winning anthology series has now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Steve Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of the horror genre. Contributors to this volume include: Gala Blau, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Charles Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Chico Kidd, Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul J. McAuley, Conrad Williams. Also featuring the most comprehensive overview of the year, a fascinating necrology and a list of useful contacts, this is the one book that all lovers of the supernatural and psychological terror will want on their shelves.


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ISBN 13 : 1780332726
Pages : 512 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots PDF Format Full Free by Jon E. Lewis and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From yesteryear's flying aces to today's top guns... Veteran anthologist Jon E. Lewis has assembled firsthand accounts from all the great military campaigns of aerial warfare, including World Wars I and II, the Spanish Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands, the Gulf, and Bosnia. Page after exciting page of this singular collection brings into vivid play the exploits of such legendary pilots as Manfred von Richtofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Douglas Bader, and Johnnie Johnson; the Luftwaffe World War II aces Heinz Knoke, Gerd Barkhorn, and Johannes Steinhoff; and forty other brave airmen from America, Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and North Korea. Here, too, are the planes in which these pilots flew into modern historythe Spitfire, the Mustang, the Me 109, the Zero, the F-16, the MiG, and the Harrier. Together with the death-defying drama of combat, this volume vividly captures other facets of the fighter pilot's life, including the perils of bailing out in enemy territory, the daily horrors of internment in a Japanese POW camp, and a harrowing account of being shot down in a blazing Spitfire. The true-life aerial combat adventures in this stirring collection provide a vicarious, adrenaline-fueled expedition into the shell-blasted skies of war in the twentieth century.


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The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits

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ISBN 13 : 1472114892
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (114 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits PDF Format Full Free by Mike Ashley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery and murder from the Sands of Time; This anthology covers two periods in history - the time of 'Ancient Egypt' which stretches from the First Dynasty in 4000 BC to the time of the Roman Empire, and the time of the Discoveries, which covers the Napoleonic and Victorian periods of excavation. The anthology will be a collection of new stories and rare reprints, including contributions from Lynda Robinson, featuring Lord Meren, Lauren Haney and a Lieutenant Bak mystery, plus stories from Gillian Linscott, Kate Ellis, Marilyn Todd, Paul Doherty, Suzanne Franke, Amy Myers, Michael Pearce, Elizabeth Peters and many more. So from the famed Cleopatra to Howard Carter and the Curse of the Pharaohs, here are 25 stories to enthral and enchant devotees of the genre.


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ISBN 13 : 1780337167
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (337 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003 PDF Format Full Free by Stephen Jones and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.


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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

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Publisher : Running PressBook Pub
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ISBN 13 : 9780786712373
Pages : 544 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror PDF Format Full Free by Stephen Jones and published by Running PressBook Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the best horror stories of 2002 showcases the work of such authors as Neil Gaiman, Paul McAuley, Kim Newman, Brian Hodge, Kelly Link, Jay Russell, and David J. Schow.


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Publisher : Hachette UK
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ISBN 13 : 1849017697
Pages : 784 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 24 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this the twenty-fourth edition of his celebrated annual Mammoth Book of Best New SF (its 28th as The Year's Best SF in the United States), award-winning editor Gardner Dozois presents 33 of 2010's most outstanding pieces of short science fiction, along with his typically informative notes on each author. Many are the work of award-winning writers, but there are also some surprising newcomers. The collection is prefaced, as ever, by Dozois's Summation of 2010 in SF, a review of the year's highlights in publishing and film - including non-fiction, media and awards - obituaries and an insightful look at emerging trends.


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ISBN 13 : 1780334184
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (334 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of 20th Century SF II PDF Format Full Free by David G. Hartwell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, covering the period from the 1890s to the future, includes stories from founding fathers of the field like H. G. Wells and C. S. Lewis; beloved mainstays of the genre, such as Philip Jose Farmer, Roger Zelazny and Jack Vance; notable female writers, including Nancy Kress, and authors like Bruce Sterling, William Gibson and James Morrow, who have hit their stride in the last two decades. Also featured are those widely recognised outside the genre, the celebrated writing of E. M. Forster and Michael Shaara, as well as translations of foreign writers' formative work including that of Wolfgang Jeschke and Dino Buzzati.


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ISBN 13 : 1849015279
Pages : 720 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely acclaimed as the benchmark annual anthology for science fiction fans, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF is now in its 22nd successful year. Best SF 22 comprises over two dozen fantastic new pieces from the world's best writers of science fiction. This collection encompasses every aspect of the genre: soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military, and adventure. As ever, a bonus extra is an insightful review of the year's best books and an extensive list of recommended reading. Gardner Dozois is the world's leading SF anthologist, and has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.


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ISBN 13 : 1472137698
Pages : 704 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 29 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over a quarter of a century, Gardner Dozois has been defining the field with his annual selection of the very best of recently published science fiction. Every year he showcases truly exceptional contemporary writing, both by undisputed masters of the genre and outstanding up-and-coming writers. Comprising thirty-three fantastic stories by authors of the calibre of Paolo Bacigalupi, James S. A. Corey, Ann Leckie, Paul McAuley and Ian McDonald, and including, as ever, Dozois' illuminating summation of the year in science fiction and his extensive recommended reading guide, this year's collection is better than ever. Voted Year's Best Anthology by the readers of Locus magazine an unparalleled eighteen times, Dozois's annual selection has become the definitive must-read anthology for both devoted sci-fi fans and newcomers to SF.


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The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction

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Publisher : Constable & Robinson Ltd
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ISBN 13 : 9781841194042
Pages : 684 pages
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21

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Publisher : Hachette UK
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ISBN 13 : 1849015309
Pages : 620 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the benchmark anthology for every science fiction fan, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 continues to uphold its standard of excellence with over two dozen stories from the previous year. This year's volume includes many bright young talents of science fiction, as well as a host of established masters. It covers every aspect of the genre - soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military and adventure. Also included is a thorough summation of the year and a recommended reading list. PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS 'It's not often you get a book that's exactly what it says on the spine like this one is. Big, Crammed with the Best. Exactly so. SFX magazine 'Quantity as well as quality... every piece is a treasure' The Times 'These 30 stories cover a tremendous amount of ground...the stories themselves are the stars.' 4-star rating! SFX Magazine


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Publisher : Constable
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Pages : 548 pages
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Download The Mammoth Book of how it Happened in Ancient Rome PDF Format Full Free by Jon E. Lewis and published by Constable. This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using memoirs, letters and official reports, this book provides an vivid account of the Roman way of war, empire building, civilization and pax. It covers all the great events of Roman history, from the Battle of Mylae, the triumph of the barbarians to Rome's social, cultural and religious life in all its grandeur and depravity. Sources as varied as inscriptions, temple visits, household accounts, gladiatorial games open a window into a world of Ancient Rome, a civilization which still marks contemporary landscape with its roads and aquaducts, the western calendar, our laws, traditions and thoughts.


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ISBN 13 : 1472106075
Pages : 768 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (16 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 26 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly three decades, Gardner Dozois has been presenting his weighty and eclectic annual selection of short science fiction that deserves to be better known to a wider audience. It has consistently been voted Year's Best Anthology by the readers of Locus magazine, overwhelmingly more often than any other collection. Unfailingly, Dozois's selection offers the very best stories of the year, showcasing outstanding new talents alongside acknowledged masters of the genre. This year's collection is no exception, including the work of over 30 writers, including: Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley, Linda Nagata, Indrapreamit Das, Pat Cadigan, Andy Duncan, Brit Mandelo, Carrie Vaughn and many more. It includes, as ever, Dozois's magisterial summation of 2012 in SF. Praise for previous editions: This annual compilation of the previous year's best short stories and novellas, together with a comprehensive summation of the state of the genre and an extensive "honourable mentions" list, has become an institution over the past three decades. The Guardian. Quantity as well as quality . . . every piece is a treasure. The Times. For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's Mammoth Book of Best New SF has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall. Charles N. Brown, publsiher of Locus Magazine. New authors rub shoulders with old hands, and strong work from relative novices Hannu Rajaniemi and Lavie Tidhar suggest that SF's future is as bright as ever. Financial Times.


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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27

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Publisher : Hachette UK
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ISBN 13 : 1472118774
Pages : 784 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (118 downloads)

Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 PDF Format Full Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades now Gardner Dozois has been presenting his annual selection of the very best of recently published SF stories, both by undisputed masters of the genre and by outstanding up-and-coming writers. It has been voted Year’s Best Anthology by the readers of Locus magazine an unparalleled eighteen times and remains the definitive anthology for both diehard sci-fi fans and newcomers to the genre. Without fail, Dozois pinpoints the previous year’s most exciting and ambitious science fiction, showcasing truly exceptional contemporary writing. This year’s collection is better than ever, comprising 33 fantastic stories by writers of the calibre of Robert Reed, Aliette de Bodard, Alastair Reynolds, Carrie Vaughn, Ian R. MacLeod and Jay Lake. The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 includes, as ever, Dozois’s extensive recommended reading guide and his illuminating and incisive summation of the year in science fiction. Praise for previous editions: 'This annual compilation of the previous year's best short stories and novellas, together with a comprehensive summation of the state of the genre and an extensive "honourable mentions" list, has become an institution over the past three decades.' Guardian 'Quantity as well as quality . . . every piece is a treasure.' The Times 'For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's Mammoth Book of Best New SF has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.' Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus 'New authors rub shoulders with old hands, and strong work from relative novices Hannu Rajaniemi and Lavie Tidhar suggest that SF's future is as bright as ever.' Financial Times ‘The most respected editor in the field.’ George R. R. Martin