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Horse Passages (Medallion, 2005.)
Colonists find a breed of horse which can open gateways among the worlds.
Promise, The (?)
A virus kills all the adults in the world.
Virtual Murder (Novelbooks, 2003.)
Someone is killing the tour guides of a virtual world.
MACALISTER, KATIE (Pseudonym of Martha Arends. Also writes Fantasy.)
Steamed (Signet, 2010.)
Romance in an alternate Victorian world with computers.
MACALISTER, V.A.
Mosquito, The (Forge, 2001.)
Marginal thriller about a man who starts a plague of malaria in the US to provoke scientists into finding a cure.
MACAPP, C.C. (Pseudonym of Carroll M. Capps, whom see.)
Bumsider (Lancer, 1972.)
The planet Lucerne is divided into two societies, the highly technological, law minded Inside, and the exiled Bumsiders who range from brutal predators to reasonable and inventive entrepreneurs. The young protagonist is allowed to emigrate Inside, his secret mission to uncover the mystery of a man gone missing.
Omha Abides (Paperback Library, 1968.)
The alien Gaddyl have conquered the Earth and divided it into fiefdoms, but the primitive human survivors and various strains of mutants stage a successful revolt when they capture forbidden technology and enlist the aid of a computerized defense system.
Prisoners of the Sky (Lancer, 1969.)
Vivid action novel set on a lost colony world where humans have colonized the heights of an unfriendly terrain and wage war using helium filled blimps. The son of a disgraced officer takes on a hopeless mission to escape a blockade and turns the tide of the entire war.
Recall Not Earth (Dell, 1970.)
The last few male survivors of a destroyed Earth hire out as mercenaries, hoping to be reunited with females of the species in return for a diplomatic and military coup against their primary enemies. They are assisted by a subject race which has discovered the secrets of a long vanished alien species.
Subb (Paperback Library, 1971.)
A young man searches for his father on a far world, is kidnapped by space pirates, and becomes involved with stolen weapons from an alien civilization which has been transferring human brains from the dying into artificial bodies called subbs.
MACARI, MARIO D. & CHARETTE, BEVERLY
Star Rangers Meet the Solar Robot (TSR, 1984.)
A multi-path gamebook.
MACARTNEY, CLEM (See also B. Flackes.)
Dark Side of Venus (Hamilton, 1951.)
An invasion by Martians based on Venus is thwarted in the nick of time.
Ten Years to Oblivion (Hamilton, 1951.)
Scientifically illiterate story of a rogue planet on a collision course with Earth.
MACAULAY, L.
Decadence, The (Watts, 1929.)
Didactic future history of England.
MACAULAY, ROSE
Mystery at Geneva (Collins, 1922.)
Not seen. The Bolshevik revolution is in turn overthrown.
What Not: A Prophetic Comedy (Constable, 1919.)
Satire about an autocratic British government that uses a form of mind control.
MACAULEY, ROBIE
Secret History of the Time to Come, A (Knopf, 1979.)
Years after the fall of civilization, a man sets out on a journey across North America, encountering small communities each of which have evolved in their own fashion, some successfully, some headed toward disaster.
MACAVOY, R.A.
Third Eagle, The (Doubleday, 1989, Bantam, 1990.)
A young warrior from a primitive world decides to pursue his fortunes among the stars and travels by starship to visit the other six sentient races of the galaxy before finally discovering that his destiny lies aboard an enormous colony ship.
Ninth Day, The (Bookwire, 2001.)
Aliens come to find out if Earth's population has survived.
MACCABEE, JOHN
Day One (Bantam, 1978.)
A scientist discovers that he is part of a secret government project to develop a virus that can selectively attack different strains of humanity, and that the security measures are not adequate to prevent their being used injudiciously.
MACCLOUD, MALCOLM
Gift of Mirrorvax, A (Atheneum, 1981.)
A duplicate Earth is discovered on the far side of the sun.
Tera Beyond, The (Atheneum, 1981.)
A precocious student discovers that there are two distinct strains of bacteria on his planet, but when he tries to make his discovery known, the reaction is steadily escalating hostility. Eventually he is on the run from the secret police of his government, determined to suppress the truth.
MACCLURE, VICTOR
Ark of the Covenant, The (Harper, 1924. Harrap, 1924, as Ultimatum.)
Scientific adventure involving marvelous airships built by daring pirates who sweep from the skies, and the eventual formation of a force capable of dealing with the menace, an organization of pacifists who enforce world peace.
Ultimatum. (See The Ark of the Covenant.)
MACCOLL, HUGH
Mr Stranger’s Sealed Packet (Chatto & Windus, 1889.)
Not seen. A trip to Mars.
MACDANIEL, CHARLES (Pseudonym of Charles M. Garrison.)
Murder on the Moon (Vantage, 1968.)
Not seen.
MACDONALD, CAROLINE
Lake at the End of the World, The (Hodder, 1989, Dial, 1989.)
A boy escapes from his underground world and encounters a family living on the surface. There he and a young girl exchange very different ideas about the history of the human race.
MACDONALD, JAMES D. (See Victor Appleton and collaborations with Debra Doyle.)
MACDONALD, JOHN D.
Ballroom of the Skies (Gold Medal, 1952, Greenberg, 1952.)
Following a nuclear war, India has become the major world power, but a second nuclear conflict is already imminent. Then the protagonist discovers that we are being secretly manipulated toward constant warfare by alien agents secretly living on the Earth.
Other Times, Other Worlds (Gold Medal, 1978.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Planet of the Dreamers. (See Wine of the Dreamers.)
Time and Tomorrow (Doubleday, 1980.)
Omnibus of Ballroom of the Skies, Wine of the Dreamers, and The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything.
Wine of the Dreamers (Greenberg, 1951, Hale, 1954, Gold Medal, 198. Pocket, 1953, Viking, 1957, as Planet of the Dreamers.)
Human dreams are invaded by the thoughts of aliens from a distant world. At first the aliens believe us to be creatures of their own imagination, but eventually they accept our reality and act to prevent us from expanding into space. Then one of their kind falls in love with a human and the course of history is changed for both species.
MACE, DAVID
Demon 4 (Granada, 1984, Ace, 1986.)
A cyborg is sent on a suicide mission to destroy a robot undersea installation still active from the recently concluded nuclear war. But the human part of the cyborg’s operating system isn’t willing to sacrifice itself.
Fire Lance (Grafton, 1986, Ace, 1989.)
A gigantic warship survives a nuclear war, and is then ordered by the surviving military authorities to use its weaponry to continue the slaughter, even if that means the extinction of the entire human race.
Frankenstein’s Children (New English Library, 1990.)
Not seen. Ecological disaster.
Highest Ground, The (New English Library, 1988.)
Not seen.
Nightrider (Granada, 1985, Ace, 1987.)
A cyborg starship is sent to destroy a rebel base on a colony world, but soon begins to question the authority of its human crew, ultimately choosing them as its enemies instead of the original objective.
Shadow Hunters (New English Library, 1991.)
Not seen.
Out There (Greenwillow, 1975. ?, as Ransome Revisited.)
Young adult novel in a catastrophically depopulated future.
Ransome Revisited (See Out There.)
MACEY, PETER
Alien Culture (Dobson, 1977.)
Earth is invaded.
Distant Relations (Dobson, 1975.)
Not seen.
Stationary Orbit (Dobson, 1974.)
Not seen. The dolphins prove to be intelligent.
MACFARLANE, JOHN
Door to Yesterday, The (Vantage, 1982.)
Not seen.
MACGREGOR, ELLEN (See also collaborations which follow.)
Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter (McGraw Hill, 1953, Scholastic, 1972.)
Miss Pickerell #2.
Miss Pickerell discovers a vein of uranium in a most unlikely place.
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (McGraw Hill, 1951, Whittlesey, 1951, Scholastic, 1965.)
Miss Pickerell #1..
Miss Pickerell finds a spaceship in her field and is off on a visit to Mars.
Miss Pickerell Goes to the Arctic (McGraw Hill, 1954, Scholastic, 1968.)
Miss Pickerell #4..
Miss Pickerell gets stranded on the ice.
Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea (McGraw Hill, 1953, Scholastic, 1972.)
Miss Pickerell #3.
Miss Pickerell gets involved with undersea rescue, atomic submarines, and a spy ring.
MACGREGOR, ELLEN & PANTELL, DORA (Numbering coincides with Archway’s enumeration.)
Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales (McGraw Hill, 1983.)
Miss Pickerell #15.
Not seen.
Miss Pickerell and the Supertanker (McGraw Hill, 1978.)
Miss Pickerell #12.
Not seen.
Miss Pickerell and the Weather Satellite (McGraw Hill, 1971, Archway, 1980.)
Miss Pickerell #8.
The planet’s weather control system is malfunctioning, so Miss Pickerell must go into orbit personally to repair the problem and save her home town from being flooded.
Miss Pickerell Goes on a Dig (McGraw Hill, 1966, Archway, 1980.)
Miss Pickerell #6.
Miss Pickerell is investigating artifacts uncovered in a construction project when she is trapped underground.
Miss Pickerell Harvests the Sea (McGraw Hill, 1968, Archway, 1980.)
Miss Pickerell #7.
While investigating the mysterious death of crops being grown in an experimental ocean farm, Miss Pickerell varies from the proper procedures and is nearly lost in the ocean depths.
Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. H.U.M. (McGraw Hill, 1974.)
Miss Pickerell #9.
Not seen.
Miss Pickerell on the Moon (McGraw Hill, 1965.)
Miss Pickerell #5.
Miss Pickerell solves a mystery on the moon.
Miss Pickerell on the Trail (McGraw Hill, 1982.)
Miss Pickerell #14.
Not seen.
Miss Pickerell Tackles the Energy Crisis (McGraw Hill, 1980.)
Miss Pickerell #13.
Not seen.
Miss Pickerell Takes the Bull by the Horns (McGraw Hill, 1976, Archway, 1980.)
Miss Pickerell #10.
An unscrupulous farmer not only clones his livestock, but gets a law passed that makes it illegal for people to own naturally produced animals.
Miss Pickerell to the Earthquake Rescue (McGraw Hill, 1977, Archway, 1980.)
Miss Pickerell #11.
Miss Pickerell is off to rescue some scientists lost after an earthquake, because they may have found the secret of preventing another one.
MACGREGOR, G.
From a Christian Ghetto (Longmans, 1954.)
Five centuries from now, Christianity has virtually disappeared from the world.
MACGREGOR, LOREN
Net, The (Ace, 1987.)
An interplanetary adventurer bites off more than she can chew when she gets involved in a clever but dangerous robbery plot masterminded by a telepath.
MACGREGOR, RICHARD
Creeping Plague, The (Digit, 1963.)
Not seen.
Day a Village Died, The (Digit, 1963.)
Not seen.
Deadly Sun, The (Digit, 1964.)
The moon has left its orbit and Earth is being covered with mysterious dust which conceals a terrible plague that threatens to extinguish all life.
First of the Last, The (?, 1964.)
Not seen.
Horror in the Night (Digit, 1963.)
Not seen.
Taste of the Temptress (?, 1963.)
Not seen.
Threat, The (?, 1964.)
Not seen.
MACGREGOR, ROB & WILLIAMS, BILLY DEE
Justin/Time (Forge, 2000.)
Trent Calloway #2.
A pair of psychic ex-spies are reluctant to accept a job investigating a charismatic cult leader. Then someone releases a deadly plague in Washington and they reconsider, eventually tracking down the people responsible.
Psi/Net (Tor, 1999, Forge, 2000.)
Trent Calloway #1.
An ex-soldier who participated in experiments in extrasensory perception discovers that he was drugged and that there is a lingering effect which links him to others who were involved.
MACGROON, VECTOR
Burning Void (Scion, 1952.)
A conniving man seeks to dominate all space travel.
MACISAAC, FRED
Hothouse World, The (Avalon, 1965.)
A man wakens from suspended animation to discover that most of the Earth is uninhabitable. The human population survives in a single domed city which, he discovers, technically belongs to him personally.
Vanishing Professor, The (Waterson, 1927.)
Not seen.
MacIntyre's Improbable Bestiary (Wildside, 2001.)
Collection of unrelated stories and poems.
Woman Between the Worlds, The (Dell, 1994.)
A tattoo artist is commissioned to create a tattoo on an invisible woman and gets involved with an invasion of the Earth.
MACK, CAROL K. & EHRENFELD, DAVID
Chameleon Variant, The (Dial, 1980, Popular Library, 1981.)
An experimental substance is stolen from a laboratory and shortly thereafter a wave of inexplicable violence including murder and suicide devastates a small town.
Gods of Night (Pocket, 2008.)
A Star Trek Destiny novel.
An ancient menace threatens the civilized galaxy.
Harbinger (Pocket, 2005.)
A Star Trek novel.
A new starbase is the focus of a complex plot.
Mere Mortals (Pocket, 2008.)
A Star Trek Destiny novel.
A Borg invasion threatens the Federation.
Promises Broken (Pocket Star, 2009.)
A 4400 Novel.
Time travel and paranormal abilities, based on the tv series.
Reap the Whirlwind (Pocket, 2007.)
A Star Trek Vanguard novel.
A military clash takes place in a mysterious star system.
Road of Bones (Pocket Star, 2006.)
A Wolverine novel.
A superhuman gets involved with a drug that might cure all human diseases.
Sorrows of Empire, The (Pocket, 2010.)
A Star Trek Mirror Universe novel.
Spock becomes dictator of the mirror universe and tries to reform it.
Warpath (Pocket, 2006.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
A conditioned warrior has doubts about his mission.
MACKAY, KENNETH
Yellow Wave, The (Bentley, 1895, Wesleyan University Press, 2003.)
An Asian invasion of Australia.
MACKAY, SCOTT
Meek, The (Roc, 2001.)
A supposedly deserted asteroid colony proves inhabited after all when a team of engineers discovers that survivors of a genetically altered variant of humanity has managed to survive even in an airless environment.
Omega Sol (Roc, 2008.)
An alien device on the moon is programmed to destroy the sun.
Omnifix (Roc, 2004.)
An alien attack with a tailored virus devastates the Earth.
Orbis (Roc, 2002.)
In an alternate universe, aliens have revealed themselves and proclaim to be benefactors. The Roman Empire never falls, and in the 20th Century, a few people begin to suspect the aliens' motives.
Outpost (Tor, 1998.)
A woman is sent to a remote prison world where dream technology is used to control her. Eventually she regains touch with reality and discovers that the alien technology which runs the prison is breaking down, and that some of her fellow prisoners have already escaped into a wilderness inhabited by dangerous beasts.
Phytosphere (Roc, 2007.)
Aliens enclose the Earth in an impenetrable sphere in order to wipe out humanity.
Tides (Pyr, 2005.)
On a distant world where two separate intelligent races evolved, the first contact between them changes everything for both parties.
Panchronicon, The (Scribners, 1904.)
Not seen. Time travel.
MACKEL, KATHY
Alien in a Bottle (HarperCollins, 2004.)
A boy finds two aliens in a bottle on the beach and they trade three wishes for his help.
Can of Worms (Avon Camelot, 1999.)
A youngster discovers that he is actually from another planet and has various adventures among a group of aliens.
MACKELWORTH, R.W.
Diabols, The (Paperback Library, 1969. Hale, 1968, as Firemantle.)
The Diabols are an alien lifeform which is systematically burning the surface of the Earth, and killing any humans in the area. The protagonist travels into the future, where the invaders have nearely won their war, looking for the secret that will enable the timeline to be changed.
Firemantle. (See The Diabols.)
Shakehole (Hale, 1981.)
Not seen.
Starflight 3000 (Ballantine, 1972, New English Library, 1976.)
Earth is ruled by two rival agencies which have effectively become one, and on the moon, which has been given a thin atmosphere of its own, a new form of life is evolving whose existence could change humankind.
Tiltangle (Ballantine, 1970, Hale, 1971.)
The few survivors of a new ice age live in underground caverns, occasionally sending foraging parties out onto the surface to avoid the creatures that live there and harvest supplies from the ruined cities.
Year of the Painted World, The (Hale, 1975.)
A Martian virus is loose on Earth which infects humans and turns them into bellicose maniacs until the plague is brought under control.
MACKENROTH, NANCY
Trees of Zharka, The (Popular Library, 1975. )
A colony world ruled by a powerful theocracy that forbids all happiness as penance for the unnamed sins of the past sentences two young people to death for daring to be joyful. This causes one of their priests to turn renegade himself, which eventually undermines their control of the people.
MACKENZIE, COMPTON
Lunatic Republic, The (Chatto & Windus, 1959.)
Not seen. An expedition to the moon finds a civilization there.
Rival Monster, The (Chatto & Windus, 1952.)
Not seen. The Loch Ness monster.
MACKENZIE, NIGEL
Adventure in Space (Wright & Brown, 1967.)
Not seen.
Day of Judgment (Wright & Brown, 1956.)
Not seen. A plot to take over the world.
Invasion from Space (Wright & Brown, 1954.)
Not seen. Martians invade with good intentions.
Moon Is Ours, The (Wright & Brown, 1958.)
Not seen.
Storm Is Rising, A (Wright & Brown, 1958.)
Not seen.
Terror in the Sky, The (Wright & Brown, 1955.)
Not seen. An expedition to Mars.
World Without End (Wright & Brown, 1955.)
Not seen. An attempt to survive the death of Earth.
Wrath to Come, The (Wright & Brown, 1957.)
Not seen. The invasion of Earth and how the world was saved.
MACKEY, DOUGLAS A.
Weird Scenes Inside the Godmind (Qubik, 2002.)
Satire in which a group of strange contemporary humans are pursued by aliens.
MACKEY, MARY
Horses at the Gate, The (HarperCollins, 1995, Onyx, 1996.)
Prehistory #2.
A handful of people flee from the warriors of a nomadic horde that threatens to prevent them from worshipping the Mother Goddess.
Year the Horses Came, The (HarperCollins, 1993, Onyx, 1995.)
Prehistory #1.
Not seen.
MACKIN, RICK (Pseudonym of Michael Kasner, whom see.)
Chopper Cops (Pinnacle, 1990.)
Chopper Cops #1.
Organized criminal bands act openly in the near future, dealing drugs without interference from the police, who are outgunned and outmanned. This is the initial adventure of high tech, high powered aerial police called in to wipe out the bad guys, in this case a group that has stolen a missile with which to hold the entire West Coast hostage.
Gulf Attack (Pinnacle, 1990.)
Chopper Cops #2.
A group of terrorists is attacking off shore oil rigs in an attempt to cripple US industry by cutting off its fuel source.
Recon Strike Force (Pinnacle, 1991.)
Chopper Cops #3.
An elite strike force is sent to destroy a stronghold from which an orbiting satellite can be used to destroy a nuclear power plant.
Sky War (Pinnacle, 1991.)
Chopper Cops #4.
A criminal organization launches a reign of terror across the US, using drug addicted victims as pawns in their bid for power.
MACKINNON, DOUGLAS
America’s Last Days (Leisure, 2007.)
A cabal within the American government plots a revolution.
Apocalypse Directive, The (Leisure, 2008.)
A crackpot President decides to hasten the apocalypse by setting off a nuclear war.
MACKSEY, KENNETH
First Clash (Arms & Armour, 1985.)
Future war novel.
Invasion (MacMillan, 1980, Arms & Armour, 1980.)
An account of the German invasion of England during 1940, written in the form of an historical record rather than a novel.
MACKWORTH, JOHN
Menace of the Terribore, The (Harrap, 1936. Lippincott, 1937, as The Raid of the Terribore.)
A criminal with a machine that travels through the ground sets off a crime wave in England.
Raid of the Terribore, The. (See The Menace of the Terribore.)
MACLAREN, BERNARD
Day of Misjudgment, The (Gollancz, 1956.)
Computers benevolently rule the world.
MACLAY, JOHN (See collaboration with J.N. Williamson.)
MACLEAN, ALISTAIR (See also Ian Stuart.)
Circus (Doubleday, 1975, Crest, 1975.)
A circus aerialist with ESP is recruited by the CIA to penetrate a foreign base and discover the secret of an antimatter bomb.
Goodbye California (Doubleday, 1977, Crest, 1978.)
The theft of fissionable material from a nuclear power station is followed by a threat to use an explosion to trigger a devastating earthquake. The protagonist must track down the culprit before he succeeds.
MACLEAN, KATHERINE (See also collaborations which follow.)
Diploids and Other Flights of Fancy, The (Avon, 1962, Manor, 1973, Wildside, 2002.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Missing Man (Berkley, 1976, Wildside, 2002.)
A man with an odd form of ESP is involved in the search for a missing girl and discovers various dangers and conspiracies lying hidden from view.
Trouble With You Earth People, The (Starblaze, 1980.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MACLEAN, KATHERINE & CONDIT, TOM
Trouble with Treaties (Lanthorne, 1975.)
Not seen.
MACLEAN, KATHERINE & DE VET, CHARLES V.
Cosmic Checkmate. (See Second Game.)
Second Game (DAW, 1981. Ace, 1962, in shorter form as Cosmic Checkmate, bound with King of the Fourth Planet by Robert Moore Williams.)
The human empire is confronted by an inimical alien species who are absolutely determined to conquer them, but the conflict may be resolved by a pair of games played between their representative and a human secret agent.
MACLEAN, KATHERINE & WEST, CARL
Dark Wing (Atheneum, 1979.)
A teenager living on an Earth dominated by a repressive government comes into contact with an underground resistance movement. Among other things, the practice of medicine is illegal, and this in particular attracts his interest.
MACLENNAN, HUGH
Voices in Time (St Martins, 1980, Macmillan, 1980.)
A generation after nuclear war destroyed civilization, much of the old knowledge has been deliberately destroyed. Now a treasure trove of books allows members of the new generation to discover the truth about the good as well as the evil of the past.
MACLEOD, ANGUS
Body’s Guest, The (Dobson, 1958, Roy, 1959.)
Not seen. Body switching.
MACLEOD, IAN R.
Breathmoss and Other Exhalations (Golden Gryphon, 2004.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Great Wheel, The (Harcourt, 1997.)
A priest travels to a ruined, pestilent North Africa of the not too distant future and by studying the plight of the people there gains insight into the nature of the settled Europeans nations.
Past Magic (PS, 2006.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Voyages by Starlight (Arkham, 1996.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MACLEOD, J.G.
Overture to Cambridge (Unwin, 1936.)
A state of never ending war dominates the future.
MACLEOD, KEN
Cassini Division, The (Legend, 1997, Tor, 1999.)
Star Fraction #3
Intrigue and adventure in a solar society recovering from a war against rebellious artificial intelligences, plagued with nanoviruses and other dangers. Are the Jovian rebels willing to trade with the rest of the solar system, or are they planning further disruption?
Cosmonaut Keep (Orbit, 2000, Tor, 2001.)
Engines of Light #1.
The novel alternates between two generations of the same family. In one, humans make the first contact with an alien race. In the other, humans and aliens are jointly colonizing other planets.
Cydonia (?, 1998.)
A Web novel.
Teens using a world wide web connection get involved with what appears to be the coverup of an alien landing on Earth.
Dark Light (Orbit, 2001, Tor, 2002.)
Engines of Light #2.
An expedition to a far world discovers an artificial ecosystem created by aliens with godlike powers.
Divisions (Tor, 2009.)
Omnibus of The Cassini Division and The Sky Road.
Engine City (Orbit, 2002.)
Engines of Light #3.
A highly advanced colony world has fallen into decay when a projected alien attack never happened, and now a newcomer is coming to prepare them for war.
Execution Channel, The (Tor, 2007.)
In a near future world riddled by terrorism, a mysterious broadcast depicts actual deaths.
Fractions (Orb, 2008.)
Omnibus of The Star Fraction and The Stone Canal.
Human Front, The (PS, 2002.)
In an alternate world where Europe and America turned on Russia during World War II, the protagonist discovers that the Americans are using aliens to fly their aircraft.
Learning the World (Tor, 2005.)
As humanity expands into space, new kinds of intelligence are discovered.
Newton's Wake (Tor, 2004.)
An interstellar entrepreneur has adventures in the aftermath of a collapse of human civilization caused by a rebellion of artificial intelligences.
Sky Road, The (Legend, 2000, Tor, 2000.)
Loosely related to the Star Fraction series. An attempt to help humanity return to the stars is dependent upon an understanding of problems from the distant past.
Star Fraction, The (Legend, 1996, Tor, 1998.)
Star Fraction #1
An interplanetary crisis is in the making when a new drug is developed in a scientist’s lab, and a high tech mercenary finds himself in the middle of it.
Stone Canal, The (Legend, 1996, Tor, 2000.)
Star Fraction #2
A clone searches for the truth about the death of his original. A robot woman struggles to reconcile her nature with her emotions. A man battles against artificial intelligences to preserve human freedom.
MACLEOD, SHEILA
Circuit Breaker (Bodley Head, 1978.)
An astronaut’s only hope of survival is to forge a telepathic bond with people he has known and use their combined kinetic powers to alter his craft’s orbit.
Snow White Soliloquies, The (Viking, 1970, Secker & Warburg, 1970.)
Not seen. Suspended animation.
Xanthe and the Robots (Bodley Head, 1977, Penguin, 1979.)
The human race is debating the advisability of pursuing the manufacture of two new forms of robotic worker, each of which is humanoid and one of which seems capable of much of the intellectual creativity of human beings.
MACMILLAN, IAN
Blakely’s Ark (Berkley, 1981.)
A devastating new plague has wiped out more than ninety percent of the world’s population, and many of the survivors are insane or deformed or live in violent, roving bands. The protagonist is possibly the last sane, unaffected man in the world, and he’s getting lonely as he travels about looking for companionship.
Ancient, The (Xlibris, 2002.)
Military and political thriller set among the stars.
MACPHERSON, DONALD
Go Home, Unicorn (Faber, 1935.)
Reggie Brooks #1.
People’s thoughts manifest themselves by means of a new device.
Men Are Like Animals (Faber, 1937.)
Reggie Brooks #2.
Not seen. Mind control.
MACTYRE, PAUL (Pseudonym of R.J. Adam.)
Doomsday, 1999 (Ace, 1963. Hodder, 1962, as Midge.)
The world has been nearly destroyed by an atomic war and the survivors are struggling to build a new society when a new menace arises to throw their future into jeopardy. A mutated insect form with a mass mind begins to divide what remains of the human race, preventing them from organizing any effective resistance. The protagonists are on the run from a variety of human foes when they discover that they alone can somehow communicate and co-exist with the swarms.
Midge. (See Doomsday, 1999.)
MACVICAR, ANGUS
Lost Planet, The (Burke, 1953.)
Jeremy Grant #1.
A race to visit a far planet, with the good guys finally beating the villains, who are aided by a spy plotting to sabotage their rivals. For younger readers.
Peril on the Lost Planet (Burke, 1960.)
Jeremy Grant #5.
Not seen.
Red Fire on the Lost Planet (Burke, 1959.)
Jeremy Grant #4.
Not seen.
Return to the Lost Planet (Burke, 1954.)
Jeremy Grant #2.
A spacecrew returns to a planet to solve a fresh mystery.
Satellite 7 (Burke, 1958.)
Not seen.
Secret of the Lost Planet (Burke, 1953.)
Jeremy Grant #3.
An interplanetary battle for a mind controlling device.
Space Agent and the Ancient Peril (Burke, 1964.)
Jeremy Grant #8.
Not seen.
Space Agent and the Isles of Fire (Burke, 1962.)
Jeremy Grant #7.
Not seen.
Space Agent from the Lost Planet (Burke, 1961.)
Jeremy Grant #6.
Not seen.
Super Nova and the Frozen Man (Brockhampton, 1970.)
Super Nova #2.
Not seen.
Super Nova and the Rogue Satellite (Knight, 1969.)
Super Nova #1
A young spaceman tries to disable a satellite that is malfunctioning and finds more trouble than he bargained for.
Tiger Mountain (Burke, 1952.)
Not seen.
MADDEN, S.
Memoirs of the Twentieth Century, The (Osborn and Longman, 1733.)
A future history.
MADDEN, TIMOTHY A.
Outbanker (TSR, 1990.)
The Outbankers are a group of roving space patrolmen whose job is to protect their independent colony worlds from the encroachment of a ruthless interplanetary corporation. They discover the job isn’t a particularly easy one.
MADDOCK, LARRY (Pseudonym of Jack Jardine. See also Howard L. Cory.)
Emerald Elephant Gambit, The (Ace, 1967.)
Agent of Terra #3.
Aliens from another world try to interfere with the history of Earth, so agents of a time travel force go back to ancient India in order to ensure that the world remains faithful to its original course.
Flying Saucer Gambit, The (Ace, 1966.)
Agent of Terra #1.
The agent of a combined space and time intelligence group returns to 20th Century Earth to prevent its takeover by an exterior power that is trying to change the course of history.
Golden Goddess Gambit, The (Ace, 1967.)
Agent of Terra #2.
Time agents are investigating an anachronistic artifact in ancient Crete when they stumble across evidence of the existence of Atlantis. On that fabled continent, they uncover a plot to sabotage the time lines.
Time Trap Gambit, The (Ace, 1969.)
Agent of Terra #4.
The evil agents of EMPIRE are manipulating the time lines again, this time specifically to lure a topnotch agent into a paradox that will take him out of the game and allow them to pursue their plans to alter history to their liking.
MADDOCK, REGINALD
Time Maze, The (Nelson, 1960.)
Two youngsters find a gateway that leads from one time period to others.
MADDOX, CARL (Pseudonym of E.C. Tubb, whom see.)
Living World, The (Titbits, 1954.)
Adventures among strange worlds.
Menace from the Past (Titbits, 1954.)
Aliens from another dimension are trapped in the solar system.
MADDOX, TOM
Halo (Tor, 1991.)
Aboard an orbiting habitat, an experiment with artificial intelligence has taken an unexpected turn. For some reason, more and more resources are being devoted to the project, and it appears that no human agency is responsible for the changes.
MADER, FRIEDRICH
Distant Worlds (Scribners, 1932, Hyperion, 1976, translated from the German by Max Shachtman.)
Dated but occasionally interesting book of a spaceship that wanders around the solar system for a series of adventures before establishing a Utopian society on a planet around another star.
MADLEE, DOROTHY (See collaborations with Andre Norton.)
MADSEN, AXEL
Unisave (Ace, 1980.)
There have been so many violations of the voluntary laws of reproduction in a very overpopulated Earth that drastic actions must be taken. In this case, they take the form of euthanasia, randomly applied.
MADSEN, DAVID
U.S.S.A (Morrow, 1989, Pinnacle, 1991.)
A murder investigation takes place in the aftermath of a nuclear war that left the US as the ruling authority in Russia. The protagonist discovers that a form of unique Russian culture still exists beneath the veneer of capitalism that has been superimposed on their country.
Under the Sea to the North Pole (Sampson Low, 1894.)
An expedition by submarine.
MAGGIN, ELLIOT S. (See also collaboration with Scott Lobdell.)
Kingdom Come (Warner, 1998, Aspect, 1999.)
An interesting premise for this novel. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the other superheroes have retired, disappeared, or become reclusive. A new gene is growing more common among the general population, creating more and more superhumans, although some who claim to be heroes are anything but. Eventually, the old guard has to come out of retirement to restore order.
Last Son of Krypton (Warner, 1978.)
A Superman novel.
A retelling of the origin of Superman, his exile from the doomed planet Krypton as an infant, his adoption by the Kent family, and his early battles with Lex Luthor and other villains.
Miracle Monday (Warner, 1981.)
A Superman novel.
Superman nearly meets his match in the form of a time traveling, alien creature from another dimension whose powers are virtually supernatural. And to top things off, Superman can’t use his Clark Kent alias to gain a respite from the battle.
MAGNUS, LEONARD
Japanese Utopia, A (Routledge, 1905.)
Not seen.
MAGON, JYMN (See Robin Tallis.)
MAGROON, VECTOR (Pseudonym of Julian Franklyn.)
Burning Void (Scion, 1952.)
A villain’s plan to dominate space travel is thwarted by the hero.
MAGRS, PAUL (See also collaboration which follows.)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (BBC, 2002.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor must prevent a film from being made after visiting a future in which it causes interplanetary trouble.
Scarlet Empress, The (BBC, 1998.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor arrives on a planet whose civilization is so old that their technology resembles magic. A renegade timelord has arrived as well, hoping to learn the secrets of this technology in order to gain great power over the rest of the universe.
Sick Building (BBC, 2007.)
A Doctor Who novel.
?
Verdigris (BBC, 2000.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor has to head off a group of disparate aliens who want to invade the Earth by taking the shapes of fictional characters.
MAGRS, PAUL & HOAD, JEREMY
Blue Angel, The (BBC, 1999.)
A Doctor Who book.
A series of episodic adventures on the comic side as the Doctor becomes involved with the crew of a starship and with strange societies on different planets.
MAGUIRE, GREGORY
I Feel Like the Morning Star (Harper & Row, 1989.)
Tensions make life difficult for a colony on a far world which is forced to live in very restricted quarters and with a highly rigid social structure.
MAGUIRE, J.F.
Next Generation, The (Hurst & Blackett, 1871.)
A very long history of the future.
MAHON, TOM
Special People, The (Scythe, 1995.)
In a future American dictatorship, several people hold out hope for a return of freedom.
MAHR, KURT (See also collaborations with K.H. Scheer & Walter Ernsting. The Perry Rhodan novels are a multi-author series originally published in Germany.)
Action: Divison 3 (Ace, 1976.)
Perry Rhodan #94.
A team of human adventurers deals with a planet whose seas are filled with deadly predators.
Ambassadors from Aurigel, The (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #64.
Human colonists on a dangerous new world face an added threat when an alien force invades the planet.
Atom Hell of Grautier, The (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #75.
Rhodan's wife is dead and it appears that he may have followed suit, causing chaos to spread through his empire.
Beasts Below, The (Master Publications, 1979.)
Perry Rhodan #128.
Not seen.
Between the Galaxies (Master Publications, 1978.)
Perry Rhodan #119.
Not seen.
Beware the Microbots (Ace, 1973.)
Perry Rhodan #35.
A planet inhabited by a deadly species of insects is explored by potential human colonists.
Blue Dwarfs, The (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #54.
Colonists exiled from Earth seem to have mastered their new home, but internal conflicts threaten their future.
Caves of the Druufs (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #72.
There are rumors once again that Perry Rhodan is dead, rumors which threaten the stability of the empire he created.
Checkmate: Universe (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #74.
Forces from Earth attempt to manipulate two powerful rival empires to reduce their threat to universal peace.
Death's Demand (Ace, 1977, bound with Heritage of the Lizard People by Clark Darlton.)
Perry Rhodan #114.
The Arkonide empire is in danger of falling as its government becomes unstable and rival empires press against its borders.
Death Waits in Semispace (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #61.
In order to maintain his immortality, Rhodan must travel to a distant world and overcome the usual variety of dangers.
Desert of Death's Domain (Ace, 1976.)
Perry Rhodan #100.
A spaceship full of humans has adventures on a far world.
Dimension Search (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #60.
The planet that holds the secret of eternal youth has mysteriously disappeared.
Enemy in the Dark (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #85.
A robot ruler ceases to function, which causes violent unrest in the empire it ruled.
Fleet of the Springers, The (Ace, 1973.)
Perry Rhodan #23.
Rhodan is off to rescue some kidnapped humans and finds himself outgunned by an alien force.
Fortress in Time (Master Publications, 1978.)
Perry Rhodan #123.
Not seen.
Galactic Alarm (Ace, 1969.)
Perry Rhodan #3.
Rhodan attempts to build the first human starship while fearful forces on Earth strive to prevent any contact with the civilization beyond our solar system.
Ghosts of Gol, The (Ace, 1971.)
Perry Rhodan #10.
In order to secure the secret of eternal life, Rhodan must solve a series of mysterious challenges posed by an alien creature.
Guardians, The (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #58.
More action and bloodshed as human colonists try to defend their new world from a force of alien invaders.
Idol from Passa, The (Ace, 1976.)
Perry Rhodan #98.
Several thousand human beings mysteriously vanished and the newly founded government of a united Earth sets out to track them down.
Menace of Atomigeddon (Ace, 1977, bound with Flight from Tarkihl by Clark Darlton.)
An unnumbered Perry Rhodan book.
The uproar caused by the discovery of a galactic civilization unsettles the governments of Earth and pushes them toward a nuclear war.
Menace of the Mutant Master (Ace, 1972.)
Perry Rhodan #18.
A super hypnotist raises an army to challenge Perry Rhodan's plans to unite Earth under a single government.
Peril on Ice Planet (Ace, 1973.)
Perry Rhodan #23.
A desperate effort to rescue a party of humans from an icebound world before they are killed or captured by a marauding force of hostile aliens.
Planet of the Dying Sun, The (Ace, 1972.)
Perry Rhodan #11.
Searching for the secret of immortality, a band of Earthman face unexpected danger on a primitive world.
Planet of the Gods (Ace, 1973.)
Perry Rhodan #27.
Rhodan's companions help rebels to successfully overthrow the dictator of their world.
Plasma Monster, The (Ace, 1976.)
Perry Rhodan #95.
A new batch of alien monsters threatens the stability of Perry Rhodan's universe.
Renegades of the Future (Ace, 1975.)
Perry Rhodan #65.
Colonists are faced with the choice of abandoning their world and returning to the solar system, or remaining to face an imminent attack by a bellicose alien race.
Return from the Void (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #51.
Humans struggle against a robot mastermind which is hampered by the fact that it can't adjust to the perturbations disturbing the steady flow of time.
Sgt. Robot (Ace, 1977, bound with The Stolen Spacefleet by Clark Darlton.)
Perry Rhodan #110.
A mysterious figure worries Rhodan because he might represent yet another threat to the survival of the human race.
Silence of Gom, The (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #39.
Rhodan must decide whether or not to risk rescuing a group of his friends, kidnapped by a mysterious alien force, when doing so may expose Earth to attack.
Solar Assassins (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #49.
Various of his enemies on Earth conspire to assassinate Perry Rhodan and destroy his carefully constructed worldwide government.
Station of the Invisibles (Master Publications, 1979.)
Perry Rhodan #133.
Not seen.
To Arkon! (Ace, 1973.)
Perry Rhodan #30.
While trying to return some of his alien friends to their home world, Rhodan and company are taken prisoner by another race of star traveling aliens.
Unknown Sector: Milky Way (Ace, 1974.)
Perry Rhodan #45.
Rhodan gets caught in the battle between one race and their alien masters.
Venus in Danger (Ace, 1972.)
Perry Rhodan #14.
As if the dangers of the jungle planet Venus were not enough, an alien warfleet is en route to the solar system to enslave the human race.
Venus Trap, The (Ace, 1972.)
Perry Rhodan #17.
Various adventures in the jungles of Venus, avoiding dinosaurs and less scaley villains.
Wonderflower of Utik (Ace, 1976.)
Perry Rhodan #105.
The usual web of conspiracy, battles, and such, this time involving a mysterious plant with parapsychic abilities.
MAHY, MARGARET
Aliens in the Family (Scholastic, 1985, Methuen, 1986.)
A teen discovers that the new kid in school is actually from another dimension. Helping the newcomer complete his mission gets more complicated when the door between the worlds proves to work both ways.
MAIKOWSKY, MICHAEL F. (See collaboration with Chris L. Wolf)
MAILE, BEN
Land of Tomorrow, The (Book Guild, 1990.)
Land #1.
Not seen.
Run Fox Run (Book Guild, 1990.)
Land #2.
Not seen.
MAIN, CAROL
Planet of Adventure (Hodder, 1986.)
Fraser #3.
Not seen.
Planet of Evil (Hodder, 1983.)
Fraser #2.
Not seen.
White Planet, The (Hodder, 1982.)
Fraser #1.
Not seen.
Maiden Voyager (Five Star, 2005.)
A young girl with unusual mental powers finds herself in a world that seems to violate natural law when she travels into outer space.
MAINE, CHARLES ERIC (Pseudonym of David McIlwain.)
Alph (Doubleday, 1972, Ballantine, 1972.)
Almost exactly the same plot as World Without Men, but a completely different novel. Men are extinct and the government is concealing the truth about their departure.
Atomic Man, The. (See The Isotope Man.)
B.E.A.S.T. (Hodder, 1966, Ballantine, 1967, Coronet, 1967.)
The authorities are suspicious of a scientist who seems to be straying from the work assigned to him and send in an investigator. He eventually discovers that the installation’s computer has evolved into an artificial intelligence.
Big Death, The. (See The Darkest of Nights.)
Calculated Risk (Hodder, 1960, Corgi, 1962.)
In the aftermath of a terrible war, two people from the future plan to escape the ruins by mentally traveling back through time and displacing the personalities of two people in that era. But things don’t work out exactly as they had planned.
Count Down. (See Fire Past the Future.)
Crisis 2000 (Hodder, 1955, Corgi, 1958. Magazine title Wall of Fire.)
A flying saucer from Saturn lands on Earth.
Darkest of Nights, The (Hodder, 1962, Panther, 1965. Gold Medal, 1968, as Survival Margin. Sphere, revised, 1978, as The Big Death.)
A mutated virus wipes out half the population of Earth and brings an end to international commerce. In the British Isles, the draconian decisions of the beleaguered government lead to an open civil war.
Escapement. (See The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep.)
Fire Past the Future (Ballantine, 1959, Hodder, 1959, Corgi, 1961, Panther, ?, as Count-Down. Magazine title The Big Countdown.)
Tension and murder surround a group of scientists on a remote island as they prepare to test a new rocket that is powered by an antigravity drive.
He Owned the World (Avon, 1960, Avalon, 1960. Hodder, 1961, Panther, 1963, as The Man Who Owned the World.)
An astronaut is frozen in space and revived centuries later after a series of devastating wars has completely changed the political structure of Earth. To his surprise, he discovers that his investments have grown to the point where he literally owns the world, although that doesn’t stop people from trying to use him to suit their own purposes.
High Vacuum (Ballantine, 1957, Hodder, 1957, Corgi, 1959.)
The first flight to the moon crashlands and the crew must find a way to survive even though they have a limited supply of oxygen and other supplies.
Isotope Man, The (Hodder, 1957, Lippincott, 1957, Corgi, 1958. ?, as The Atomic Man.)
Mike Delaney #1.
A strangely luminescent corpse is discovered, which appears to be the exact duplicate of a scientist still alive and working on a secret project.
Man Who Couldn’t Sleep, The (Lippincott, 1956. Hodder, 1956, as Escapement.)
The inventor of a device that allows emotions to be recorded and played back must battle his own invention when an entrepreneur uses it to lure a large portion of the population into dream palaces where they withdraw completely from the real world.
Man Who Owned the World, The. (See He Owned the World.)
Mind of Mr. Soames, The (Hodder, 1961, Panther, 1964, Pyramid, 1970.)
Marginal story about a man who was comatose for the first thirty years of his life, and the unusual adjustments he makes to the world when a miraculous event makes him conscious for the first time.
Never Let Up (Hodder, 1964.)
Mike Delaney #3.
Not seen.
Random Factor, The (Hodder, 1971.)
Not seen.
Spaceways (Hodder, 1953, Pan, 1954. Avalon, 1958, as Spaceways Satellite.)
Originally a radio play, then a movie. A mysterious disappearance following the failure of a rocket launch causes a security officer to suspect murder and possibly sabotage.
Spaceways Satellite. (See Spaceways.)
Subterfuge (Hodder, 1959. Magazine title Counter Psych.)
Mike Delaney #2.
Marginal thriller about a murderer lurking around a scientific project in Australia that seems to have some link between brain functions and rocketry.
Survival Margin. (See The Darkest of Nights.)
Thirst! (See The Tide Went Out.)
Tide Went Out, The (Hodder, 1958, Ballantine, 1959, Corgi, 1960. Sphere, 1977, Charter, 1977, revised as Thirst!)
A series of climatic changes and earthquakes leads to a massive drop in the sea level, which reduces rain, which leads to a worldwide drought. The story follows the adventures of some of the people attempting to survive in the suddenly hostile environment.
Timeliner (Hodder, 1955, Rinehart, 1955, Bantam, 1956, Corgi, 1958.)
The protagonist is cut loose from his body and his consciousness travels forward through time, inhabiting the bodies of various people until he finally reaches a civilization which can control the phenomenon and send him back to his own time.
World Without Men (Ace, 1958, Digit, 1963.)
In the distant future, there are no men left alive, although the government claims to be attempting to recreate the sex. Then a newscaster sees the body of a preserved male and subsequently discovers that the authorities are suppressing the truth.
MAIR, GEORGE B.
Day Khrushchev Panicked, The (Cassell, 1961, Random House, 1961, Digit, 1962, MacFadden, 1963.)
A secret history novel. During the Cuban missile crisis, the Soviets launched a superweapon system into orbit that would have let them conquer the world, but the launch ultimately failed.
MAITLAND, DEREK
Alpha Experience, The (Allen, 1974.)
Not seen.
Minus Tower, The (MacGibbon & Kee, 1971.)
Not seen. A hotel in space.
MAITLAND, EDWARD
By and By (Bentley, 1873.)
A novel of Utopia.
MAJOR, H.M. (Pseudonym of Sharon Jarvis, whom see, and Kathleen Buckley.)
Alien Trace, The (Signet, 1984.)
Alien Trace #1.
A low key, alien police officer on a planet of empaths is faced with a new problem. Since violence is virtually unknown among his kind, the arrival of a trading post of humans introduces a whole new level of complexity into his society.
Time Twister (Signet, 1984.)
Alien Trace #2.
An alien empath sets off to other worlds to track down the person who killed his family. To pay the bills, he hires out to track down a woman kidnapped by space pirates, although he eventually suspects she may be his personal quarry as well.
MAKEPEACE, LOTT
Escape to Venus (Rich & Cowan, 1956.)
Not seen.
MALAMUD, BERNARD
God’s Grace (Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982.)
The last human following a nuclear war tries to create a new race by interbreeding with suddenly intelligent apes.
MALANOWSKI, JAMES
Coup, The (Doubleday, 2007.)
Marginal thriller about a vice-president who decides to promote himself.
MALAQUAIS, JEAN
Joker, The (Doubleday, 1954, Gollancz, 1954, Warner, 1974, translated from the French by H. Briffault.)
In a regimented future, the protagonist discovers one day that his wife and child have disappeared and that his entire life appears to have been erased, so he sets out to find out what happened to it.
MALCOLM, DONALD
Iron Rain, The (Laser, 1976.)
Unprecedented meteor showers buffet the Earth and destroy most of civilization. The protagonist carves out a new life for himself in the aftermath.
Unknown Shore, The (Laser, 1976.)
A starship becomes lost in the universe and eventually finds an unknown planet on which to land and found an involuntary colony.
MALCOLM, ED
Tele-Sex (Greenleaf, 1968.)
Pornography.
MALCOLM, GRANT (Pseudonym of Dennis Talbot Hughes, whom see.)
Green Mandarin Mystery, The (Curtis Warren, 1950.)
Mystery story in which it is eventually revealed that the villains plot to take over the world and use superhumans to rule.
MALCOLM, IAN
Rip 7 (Musson, 1976, Paperjacks, 1977.)
Organized crime gets hold of a new drug that allows people to have endless, voluntary orgasms and uses it to change the world forever. Its originator, however, escapes to a South American jungle with his family.
MALCOLM, MARY
Chaucer and the Flying Saucer (Exposition, 1954.)
Not seen.
MALCOLM, SALLY
Cost of Honor, The (Fandemonium, ?)
A Stargate novel.
Humans negotiate with a race of paranoids.
Matter of Honor, A (Fandemonium, ?)
A Stargate novel.
An interstellar rescue mission.
MALEC, ALEXANDER
Extrapolasis (Doubleday, 1967, Curtis, 1968.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Serpent and the Butterfly, The (Hale, 1980.)
Not seen.
MALLORY, TESS
To Touch the Stars (Leisure, 1998.)
A woman raids a space station searching for a missing child and takes captive a man with whom she eventually falls in love.
Tales from the Crypto-System (Prime, 2003.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MALONEY, MACK (Pseudonym of Brian Kelleher.)
Battle at Zero Point (Ace, 2003.)
Starhawk #4.
A rebel fighting an inept interstellar empire finds a portal to another dimension.
Chopper Ops (Berkley, 1999.)
Chopper #1.
Marginal thriller about the theft of a revolutionary new helicopter.
Circle War, The (Zebra, 1987.)
Wingman #2.
There are rumors that the Soviet Union is massing another naval and air armada to assault the west coast of North America, so Hawk Hunter marshals his forces and prepares to repel a fresh invasion.
Final Storm, The (Zebra, 1989.)
Wingman #6.
When the Soviets realize that they have lost their last chance of conquering America, extremists in an Arctic base plan a fresh nuclear assault that will wipe out everyone who survived the nuclear war.
Fourth Empire, The (Ace, 2002.)
Starhawk #3.
Semi-literate nonsense about a rebellion against a galactic empire.
Freedom Express (Zebra, 1990.)
Wingman #7.
Improbable story of a military train literally miles in length which is escorted by an ace fighter pilot when it sets out to reclaim the American southwest from an army of neo-Nazis intent upon creating a new nation.
Ghost War, The (Zebra, 1993.)
Wingman #11.
Having been foiled in their attempt to invade America, an evil Asian empire sends its forces to conquer Southeast Asia. Hunter receives a desperate plea for help and organizes a relief mission to defend that region from the invaders.
Lucifer Crusade, The (Zebra, 1987.)
Wingman #3.
With the Soviet armies defeated and retreating, Hunter goes to North Africa to pursue a villainous terrorist who has escaped there and who plans to exploit the conflict in that part of the world to further undermine the survival of the free world.
Planet America (Ace, 2001.)
Starhawk #2.
A mysterious man abandons the traditional space force of the human empire in order to protect a planet from an alien invasion.
Return from the Inferno (Zebra, 1991.)
Wingman #9.
Post apocalypse America is being invaded by Germanic peoples from Europe on the east coast and Asians on the west. Hawk Hunter is missing in action and the forces of freedom seem doomed. But there are persistent rumors of an army gathering secretly under his leadership, and naturally the rumors turn out to be true.
Shuttle Down (Berkley, 2000.)
Chopper Ops #3.
A space shuttle with a high tech camera aboard is diverted to China, so a crack helicopter commando team is sent to retrieve or destroy it.
Skyfire (Zebra, 1990.)
Wingman #8.
The neo-Nazis have still not been completely defeated in their bid to conquer parts of North America, and now they launch a series of cleverly designed attacks against eastern cities in their last desperate attempt to conquer the continent.
Sky Ghost, The (Pinnacle, 1997.)
Wingman #14.
After preventing a comet from striking the Earth, Hunter has his strangest adventure yet. He is knocked into an alternate world where World War II is still underway and the Germans have nuclear weapons.
Starhawk (Ace, 2001.)
Starhawk #1.
In a repressive interstellar dictatorship, an obscure man has an unusual talent, and its discovery puts him in peril when the authorities decide he's a threat.
Storm over Saturn (Ace, 2004.)
Starhawk #5.
Old style interstellar war story told with incredible ineptness.
Target: Point Zero (Pinnacle, 1996.)
Wingman #12.
A Russian warlord with a space shuttle has been gathering derelict satellites in order to build a world dominating weapons system, but he underestimates the resourcefulness of Hawk Hunter and is ultimately thwarted.
Thunder in the East (Zebra, 1988.)
Wingman #4.
The western half of America is free, but the east has been subdued by traitors and the remnants of an invasion force. Hunter organizes a fresh series of attacks to liberate that area when he learns that his enemies are preparing to strike against the last bastions of freedom.
Twisted Cross, The (Zebra, 1989.)
Wingman #5.
A group of neo-Nazis with stolen nuclear bombs are threatening to blow up the Panama Canal unless their demands are met. Instead of paying them off, Hunter takes on a new mission, to destroy them before they have a chance to use the weapons.
War of the Sun (Zebra, 1992.)
Wingman #10.
Hunter sets out on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier for a daring strike against the capital of a resurgent Asian empire, hoping to wreak enough destruction to force the abandonment of their plans to conquer North America.
Wingman (Zebra, 1987, Pinnacle, ?)
Wingman #1.
The US lost a limited nuclear war and Soviet armies have taken over much of the country. Out of the wreckage appears an extraordinary hero, a fighter pilot who dares to keep fighting the war that most believe is already over.
Zero Red (Berkley, 2000.)
A Chopper Ops novel.
American special forces units are enlisted in an attempt to recapture a Soviet aircraft carrier that has been hijacked along with its store of nuclear weapons. Marginal.
Best of Barry N. Malzberg, The (Pocket, 1976.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Beyond Apollo (Random House, 1972, Faber, 1974, Pocket, 1974, Carroll & Graf, 1989.)
The only survivor of the first expedition to Venus returns to Earth, refusing to divulge information about the creatures he found on Venus. But is the planet really inhabited, or is the last astronaut merely insane?
Chorale (Doubleday, 1978.)
When a scientist discovers that the past doesn't exist, people from the present must be sent back to fill in the missing parts.
Conversations (Bobbs Merrill, 1974.)
Not seen.
Cross of Fire, The (Ace, 1982.)
In the future, dream therapy has become so real that one can live an entire life tailored to particular psychological problems. The protagonist decides to relive the life of Jesus, and thereafter tells his story.
Day of the Burning, The (Ace, 1974.)
A minor government official is contacted by agents of an alien force who advise him that he has a limited time to prove that the human race is worthy of admission to the interstellar community. If he fails, Earth and everyone on it will be destroyed.
Destruction of the Temple, The (Pocket, 1974, New English Library, 1975.)
Strange novel about a man who wants to re-enact Kennedy’s assassination against the background of the now destroyed New York City.
Down Here in the Dream Quarter (Doubleday, 1976.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Falling Astronauts, The (Ace, 1971, Arrow, 1975.)
His last mission to the moon resulted in a nervous breakdown, so the protagonist is reduced to doing public relations work for the space program. But then a new mission is planned, and his strange delusions are about to interact with reality.
Galaxies (Pyramid, 1975, Carroll & Graf, 1989.)
A space pilot carrying a cargo of cyborg engineers falls into a black hole and is caught in a dilemma. An attempt to escape to normal space might literally destroy the universe.
Gamesman, The (Pocket, 1975.)
In a boring future utopia, the only source of excitement is an elaborate game, the consequences of which could be fatal to those participants who lose.
Guernica Night (Bobbs-Merrill, 1975, New English Library, 1978.)
A wave of inexplicable suicides shakes a future Earth.
Herovit’s World (Random House, 1973, Pocket, 1974, Arrow, 1976.)
?
In the Enclosure (Avon, 1973, Hale, 1976.)
An alien arrives on Earth and is imprisoned by humans, who systematically sift through his brain seeking all of his knowledge.
In the Stone House (Arkham, 2000.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Last Transaction, The (Pinnacle, 1977.)
The President of the US must deal with terrorists who threaten nuclear explosions unless he sets up a world government designed according to their specifications.
Malzberg At Large (Ace, 1979.)
Omnibus of Dwellers in the Deep and The Final War and Other Fantasies, both originally published as by K.M. O’Donnell.
Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady, The (Doubleday, 1980.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Many Worlds of Barry Malzberg, The (Popular Library, 1975.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Men Inside, The (Lancer, 1973, Arrow, 1976, Magnum, ?)
In a future where miniaturized humans perform medical procedures on the full sized, a new religion begins to spread across the world.
On a Planet Alien (Pocket, 1974.)
The first human visitors to a barbaric planet find a number of mysteries including a strange artifact and hints that an earlier group of star travelers might have touched down on this world. And the captain suspects as well that there are traitors among his crew, but his own memory is flawed.
On a Planet Alien (Ibooks, 2002.)
Omnibus of Scop, On a Planet Alien, and In the Enclosure.
Out from Ganymede (Warner, 1974.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Overlay (Lancer, 1972, New English Library, 1975.)
Alien invaders who infiltrate the minds of humans seem to have an easy task in conquering the world. But then they encounter a single man whose mind is different, and who could spell disaster for their plans.
Passage of the Light, The (NESFA, 1994.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Phase IV (Pocket, 1973, Pan, 1973, from the screenplay by Mayo Simon.)
A mass of ants turns an American city into a ghost town and the human race finally wakens to the fact that the world of insects is challenging us for rule of the world.
Remaking of Sigmund Freud, The (Del Rey, 1985.)
Standard equipment aboard exploratory starships is a simulacrum of Sigmund Freud, designed to help with the psychological problems of the crew. But when the Freuds begin to interact with aliens, the future of the entire universe is altered.
Revelations (Paperback Library, 1972, Avon, 1977.)
A controversial talk show host arranges for a future program to include the 29th man to have walked on the moon. But that individual quietly announces that he plans to tell the truth about the space program, and now someone is trying to prevent him from appearing.
Scop (Pyramid, 1976.)
The protagonist is a time traveler who goes back to attempt to prevent the assassinations of John Kennedy and others, but all of his efforts are not only unsuccessful, they seem almost to have caused the killings to succeed.
Sodom and Gomorrah Business, The (Pocket, 1974, Arrow, 1979.)
A group of men have been trained as professional soldiers by the Institute, beyond whose gates supposedly lies a savage world where women are even more of a rarity than law and order. Their training completed, some of them decide to find out the truth.
Tactics of Conquest (Pyramid, 1974.)
The protagonist is contacted by the Overlords of the universe and told that he will engage in a series of chess matches against an agent of evil, and that the outcome of the matches will determine the fate of the entire universe.
On Account of Darkness (Five Star, 2004.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MAMATAS, NICK
Under My Roof (Soft Skull, 2007.)
A man builds a nuclear bomb and secedes from the US.
MANACHINO, ALBERT J.
Noctet (Argo, 1997.)
Collection of loosely related stories.
MANCOUR, T.L.
Spartacus (Pocket, 1992.)
A Star Trek: Next Generation novel.
The Enterprise is assisting a disabled ship from the planet Vemla when more of their kind show up, claiming that the first lot are escaped slaves. Picard has to decide whether or not the Prime Directive applies or whether he can intercede.
MANCUSO, TED
Granville Hypothesis, The (Manor, 1979.)
A future civilization is governed by benevolent computers that manage all aspects of human life. Suddenly the systems begin to malfunction, causing great problems throughout the world. A computer specialist investigates and discovers that a terrorist is sabotaging the system in his quest to seize world power.
MANES, STEPHEN & SOMERSON, PAUL
Computer Monsters (Scholastic, 1984.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Computer Space Adventures (Scholastic, 1984.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MANGELS, ANDY (See collaborations which follow.)
Pursuit (Simon, 2003.)
A Roswell novel.
The FBI follow the human and alien fugitives as they leave Roswell.
Skeletons in the Closet (Simon, 2002.)
A Roswell novel.
The alien teens try to track down human DNA donors.
MANGELS, ANDY & MARTIN, MICHAEL A.
Cathedral (Pocket, 2002.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
An alien artifact wakens a personality in Doctor Bashir that had been long suppressed.
Forged in Fire (Pocket, 2007.)
A Star Trek Excelsior novel.
The story of Sulu after he left Kirk.
Good That Men Do, The (Pocket, 2007.)
A Star Trek Enterprise novel.
An investigator tries to find out why Starfleet falsified history.
Kobayashi Maru (Pocket, 2008.)
A Star Trek Enterprise novel.
A starship on picket duty discovers an interstellar plot.
Last Full Measure (Pocket, 2006.)
A Star Trek Enterprise novel.
Earth is attacked by an alien superweapon.
Red King, The (Pocket, 2005.)
A Star Trek Next Generation novel.
Human and Romulan ships encounter an offshoot of humanity.
Rogue (Pocket, 2001.)
A Star Trek novel.
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Sundered, The (Pocket, 2003.)
A Star Trek Lost Era novel.
Captain Sulu gets involved in negotiations between two alien races that could result in a war against the Federation.
Taking Wing (Pocket, 2005.)
A Star Trek Next Generation novel.
The threat of civil war within the Romulan Empire disturbs the galaxy.
Trill (Pocket, 2005, bound with Bajor by J. Noah Kym.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
An entire planetary population is keeping a dangerous secret.
Turnabout (Simon, 2003.)
A Roswell novel.
Liz has a vision of alien Isabel's death in Los Angeles.
MANN, A. PHILO
Kingdom of Fukkian, The (Belmont, 1969.)
The world of the future has become obsessed with a single subject - sex, and every aspect of human existence is designed to make it easier and more frequent.
MANN, GEORGE
Affinity Bridge, The (Snowbooks, 2008, Tor, 2009.)
In an alternate Victorian England, technology takes an unusual turn.
Child of Time (Telos, 2007.)
A Time Hunter novel.
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Human Abstract, The (Telos, 2004.)
A mystery on a colony world watched over by artificial intelligences.
Severed Man, The (Telos, 2004.)
A Time Hunter novel.
Murders and the appearance of an angel are linked to a mystery outside the normal flow of time.
MANN, KLAUS
Alexander (Brewer & Warren, 1930.)
A Utopian novel.
MANN, PAUL
Prime Objective (Pinnacle, 1989.)
After a devastating terrorist attack at Heathrow Airport, an intelligence operative resigns from the service and joins a group financed by a millionaire to bring about the assassination of Khadafy.
MANN, PETER & DAN, URI
Ultimatum: Pu 94 (Leisure, 1977.)
A group of terrorists steal enough plutonium to make a nuclear bomb and intelligence agencies all over the world are rushing about in order to find them before they use it.
MANN, PHILLIP
Burning Forest, The (Gollancz, 1996.)
Land Fit for Heroes #4.
Conclusion of the series set in a Europe where the Roman Empire never fell and Britain is still an occupied colony. The rebellion against imperial rule has now reached its final stages.
Eye of the Queen, The (Gollancz, 1982, Arbor House, 1983, Granada, 1984.)
A linguist trying to decipher the language of an alien race whose world has recently been discovered finds that the alien present a subtle but potentially lethal threat.
Fall of the Families, The (Gollancz, 1987, Grafton, 1988.)
Gardener #2.
The empire of the human race is about to come to an end as myriad oppressed races unite to overthrow their rulers.
Master of Paxwax (Gollancz, 1986, Grafton, 1987.)
Gardener #1.
Not seen.
Pioneers (Gollancz, 1988.)
Not seen. Genetic engineering.
Wulfsyarn (Gollancz, 1990, Avon, 1992.)
Following an interstellar war, a gigantic starship sets out to return thousands of alien refugees to their home worlds. It disappears instead and returns much later with only its captain alive, and he doesn’t seem to remember what happened to his passengers.
MANNES, MARYA
They (Doubleday, 1968, Curtis, 1968.)
A group of young people discover the meaningless of a future world in which pleasure is considered the only valuable commodity and anyone reaching the age of 65 is routinely put to death.
MANNHEIM, KARL
Vampires of Venus (World, 1950, Five Star, 1973.)
Lassiter #2.
An unlikely adventure on the planet Venus, where vampirish creatures are just some of the dangers which the protagonist must face.
When the Earth Died (World, 1950, Five Star, 1972.)
Lassiter #1.
A group of explorers on Venus struggle to survive after the Earth is destroyed in the final war.
MANNING, LAURENCE
Man Who Awoke, The (Ballantine, 1975, Sphere, 1977.)
Collection of related short stories from the 1930’s about a man who wakens from suspended animation in a succession of strange futures.
MANNING, P.L.
Destroyers, The (Badger, 1958.)
Earth is destroyed in a nuclear war, but a colony on Mars is self sufficient. A generation later, the descendants of the original inhabitants of Mars return from the stars to reclaim their homeworld.
Earthly Pleasures (Circlet, 1997.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MANNION, MICHAEL
Death Cloud (Leisure, 1976.)
A strange cloud begins to hover over a city, killing people who fall under its shadow. The cloud has been formed by pollution, and it has become a living creature. Sure, I believe that.
MANO, D. KEITH
Bridge, The (Doubleday, 1973, Signet, 1974.)
Didactic novel about a future when liberals have seized power and forbidden the killing of animals even for food. Eventually they decide that since by the act of living, we kill bacteria, the entire human race must commit suicide. A handful of rebels holds out and starts a newer society.
War Is Heaven (?, 1970.)
Not seen. Future war in South America.
MANTELL, PAUL & HART, AVERY
Cyclops and Phoenix (Sprinters, 1995. Based on comic scripts by Scott Lobdell.)
An X-Men novel.
Two people are kidnapped two thousand years into the future to help raise a mutant child whose destiny is to save the world. For younger readers.
MANTLEY, JOHN
27th Day, The (Dutton, 1956, Michael Joseph, 1956, Odhams, 1958, crest, 1958, Four Square, 1961.)
Aliens give five humans a superweapon each, and let them loose on Earth. The weapons will cease to work after 27 days, but the aliens believe that at least one of them will be used to destroy a continent before that period expires.
MANVILLE, ELMER C.
Paradise Island in the Midst of Hell (Carlton, 1975.)
A group of people on a remote Pacific Island are the only ones who survive a nuclear war.
MARAS, KARL (House pseudonym.)
Peril from Space (Comyns, 1954.) (Kenneth Bulmer.)
Not seen. Spy story set among the moons of Jupiter.
Plant from Infinity, The (Paladin, 1954.) (Peter Hawkins.)
Alien seeds enter the solar system and take route on various inhabited planets.
Zhorani (Comyns, 1953.) (Kenneth Bulmer.)
Not seen. Mysterious aliens have conquered the galaxy and humans are plotting a rebellion.
MARCH, GENE
Shakwa, The (Zebra, 1979.)
The hero finds himself called to astrally project himself to the stars.
MARCH, GIDEON & PETERSEIL, YAACOV
Secret of the Space Scrolls and Cholent, The (Pitspopany, 2003.)
Two unrelated short novels for children.
Memory Bank (Barclay, 2001.)
The world has been largely depopulated by a series of plagues, and the survivors are attempting to find a solution by acting as hosts to personalities of the great from the past.
MARCONI, DAVID (See collaborations with Flint Dille.)
Notable American Women (Vintage, 2002.)
In a future America, a young boy is raised by a strange cult.
MARCUS, MORTON
Brezhnev Memo, The (Dell, 1980.)
A spy uncovers the startling fact that the Russians have developed a way to induce earthquakes and are using it to undermine the free world.
MARCUS, ROBERT B. JR.
Shadow on the Stars (Laser, 1977.)
A telepath hunted by normal humans who fear his powers and believe him responsible for a terrible crime takes refuge on a starship. From there he is propelled into the future, where alien intelligences wish to use him as their tool.
MARDER, NORMA
Eye for Dark Places, An (Little, Brown, 1993.)
A woman learns to join the resistance against a repressive future British government.
MARFAX, CLYDE (Pseudonym of Errol Collins, whom see.)
Planets of Peril (Baker, 1954.)
Not seen. A convulsion on the planet Jupiter sends a spaceship into a weird parallel universe.
MARGRIE, WILLIAM
Story of a Great Experiment, The (Watts, 1927.)
Not seen. England uses eugenics to create a better humanity.
MARGROFF, ROBERT E. (see collaborations with Piers Anthony.)
MARINER, DAVID (Pseudonym of David McLeod Smith.)
Countdown 1000. (See A Shackleton Called Sheila.)
Shackleton Called Sheila, A (Hale, 1970. ?, 1974, as Countdown 1000.)
Not seen.
MARIOTTE, JEFF (See also collaboration which follows and collaboration with Christopher Golden.)
Deny Thy Father (Pocket, 2003.)
A Star Trek Lost Era novel.
Riker and his father are targets of a mysterious conspiracy within Starfleet.
Trail of Time (Warner, 2007.)
A DC Universe novel.
Superman has amnesia imposed by sorcery.
Time and Chance (Ace, 2001.)
A Gen 13 novel.
A group of young superheroes must foil a villain who plans to market the method of creating their powers to evil forces.
MARK, JAN
Ennead, The (Crowell, 1978, Kestrel, 1978, Pocket, 1988.)
An ambitious man secures the services of a sculptor from another planet, but she has plans that don’t coincide with his, and her disdain for the conventions of his world are about to cause even greater problems.
Useful Idiots (Delacorte, 2004.)
In a flooded future Great Britain, archaeology is banned.
MARK, TED (Pseudonym of Ted Gottfried.)
Back Home at the O.R.G.Y. (Berkley, 1968.)
A Steve Victor novel.
A secret agent gets caught up in a time machine and visits various periods of history, managing to have sex with a variety of famous women from the past.
Come Be My O.R.G.Y. (Berkley, 1968.)
A Steve Victor novel.
Another round of sexual encounters through the ages as Victor once more finds himself using a time machine to visit other eras.
Dial “O” for O.R.G.Y. (Dell, 1973.)
A Steve Victor novel.
A sexy superagent is targeted for assassination by a super computer.
Hard Day’s Knight, A (Lancer, 1966.)
A Steve Victor novel.
A special agent is sent to track down an insane scientist who has disappeared, and who possesses the secret of an alloy that could make a big difference in the space program.
Man from Charisma, The (Dell, 1970.)
The protagonist has a weird ESP power which makes him appear as hero or sex symbol to everyone he encounters, with funny and frequently sexy results.
9-Month Caper, The (Lancer, 1965.)
A Steve Victor novel.
Marginal spy thriller spoof about a secret agent’s unlikely adventures in Cuba and elsewhere.
Pussycat Transplant, The (Berkley, 1968.)
A female agent finds her mind shifted into the body of a virile young man, so she goes out to explore an alternate form of sexuality.
Unhatched Egghead, The (Lancer, 1966.)
A young genius of unprecedented intelligence finds that smarts aren’t the only thing of value when he encounters adventure in the form, frequently, of sexually active young women.
MARKMAN, SHERWIN
Election, The (Random House, 1970, Pinnacle, 1972.)
Near future political drama in which the state electors buck tradition and effectively thwart the will of the voting public.
MARKS, ALAN
Antenna Syndrome, The (Belmont Tower, 1979.)
A private detective looking for a missing girl discovers that the world is secretly being taken over by a horde of oversized, intelligent insects.
MARLEY, LOUISE (Also writes Fantasy as Toby Bishop.)
Absalom’s Mother (Fairwood, 2007.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Child Goddess, The (Ace, 2004.)
An anthropologist studies a child on a lost colony world who appears to be immortal.
Glass Harmonica, The (Ace, 2000.)
Two young musicians, separated by more than two centuries, are psychically linked.
Maquisade, The (Ace, 2002.)
When a woman loses her family in the conflict between rich and poor populations a century from now, she discovers the truth about her government and becomes a rebel.
Receive the Gift (Ace, 1997.)
Nevya #3.
An ambitious man has gathered several singers to his banner and plans to use their unusual powers to ensure his power over the planet Nevya. Opposed to him is the woman who was disavowed by the very people she now seeks to defend.
Singers of Nevya (Fairwood, 2009.)
Omnibus of Sing the Light, Sing the Warmth, and Receive the Gift.
Singer in the Snow (Viking, 2005.)
Nevya #4.
An abused child is central to the tension in this story of planetary adventure and psi powers.
Sing the Light (Ace, 1995.)
Nevya #1.
On the ice planet Nevya, only a handful of people are chosen to learn the power of song, which has an unusual extra sensory power that enables them to sustain their civilization. A young novice discovers that there are levels of intrigue even within that supposedly selfless order.
Sing the Warmth (Ace, 1996.)
Nevya #2.
Although labeled a traitor after she flees the city in which she was imprisoned, a young singer seeks to teach others her extraordinary power to sustain life in the face of a five year long winter.
Terrorists of Irustan, The (Ace, 1999.)
A traveling healer on a primitive planet where women are treated as chattel agrees to get involved in an act of terrorism that undermines her world’s culture.
MARLEY, STEPHEN
Dread Dominion (Virgin, 1994.)
Judge Dredd #6.
Judge Dredd and his evil cloned twin brother battle not only in our universe but in a parallel one where history turned out differently.
Dreddlocked (Virgin, 1993.)
Judge Dredd #3.
Not seen.
Managra (Doctor Who Books, 1995.)
A Doctor Who Missing Adventure
In an artificial world set to mimic a fantastic version of Europe, the Doctor is accused of murdering the Pope and must clear his name with the assistance of a vampire hunter.
Nano (Forge, 2004.)
Government agents murder a businessman before he can announce the development of nanotechnology, then inadvertently let loose a horde of their own creations whose programming is faulty.
MARLOW, MAX (Pseudonym of Christopher Nicole and Diana Backman.)
Meltdown (New English Library, 1991.)
Not seen.
Red Death, The (New English Library, 1989.)
Not seen.
MARQUIS, ROY
Moon Monsters, The (Barrington-Grey, 1951.)
Travel to the moon and the discovery of an underground civilization.
MARR, JOHN S. (See collaboration with Gwyneth Cravens and John Baldwin.)
MARRIOTT, RONALD & ADAIR, HAZEL
Stranger from Space (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953.)
Not seen.
MARS, ALASTAIR
Arctic Submarine (Elek, 1955.)
Not seen. A submarine journey to the Arctic.
Atomic Submarine (Elek, 1957. Morrow, 1958, as Fire in Anger.)
A single submarine defeats a joint Russian Chinese assault on England.
Fire in Anger. (See Atomic Submarine.)
MARSDEN, JOHN
Dead of Night, The (Dell Laurel, ?)
War #2.
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Killing Frost, A (Dell Laurel, 1999.)
War #3.
A group of children secretly wage war against a dictatorial power that has seized control of Australia and imprisoned their parents.
Out of Time (Tor, 2005.)
A young boy meets a scientist who can travel through time.
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Dell Laurel, ?)
War #1.
Not seen.
MARSH, JOHN
Breakdown (Longmans, 1952.)
Marginal thriller about a super weapon.
MARSHAK, SONDRA & MYRNA CULBREATH
Fate of the Phoenix, The (Bantam, 1979.)
A Star Trek novel.
Kirk and company must once again battle Omne, a villain who has the ability to rise from death, and who is once again plotting to exploit rifts in the Federation and in the Romulan empire.
Price of the Phoenix, The (Bantam, 1977.)
A Star Trek novel.
Captain Kirk dies but is brought back from the dead by Omne, an immortal with the power of rebirth, but also with the ambition to rule the galaxy.
Prometheus Design, The (Pocket, 1982.)
A Star Trek novel.
Someone has found a way to cause people to have violent hallucinations which affect their own personalities, and an entire planet is in the throes of irrational violence. Unfortunately, when the Enterprise shows up, the crew is similarly affected.
Triangle (Pocket, 1983.)
A Star Trek novel.
Kirk and Spock both fall in love with the same woman while they are on a mission to defeat the power of a dictatorial mass mind.
MARSHALL, ARCHIBALD
Upsidonia (Stanley Paul, 1915.)
Utopian satire involving parallel worlds.
MARSHALL, DEBORAH (See collaboration with A.C. Crispin.)
MARSHALL, EDISON
Dian of the Lost Land. (See The Lost Land.)
Lost Land, The (Curtis, 1972. Kinsey, 1935, Chilton, 1966, as Dian of the Lost Land. Magazine version 1935.)
Explorers follow a series of clues to a lost valley in the Antarctic where animals from prehistoric times still exist, and a human civilization is approaching a crisis in its history.
MARSHALL, ELLIS
Return to Darkness (Magnum, 1981, Critics Choice, 1987.)
A war in the Middle East so cripples the flow of fuel that eventually there are energy shortages all over the world, and industrialized civilization begins to break up into anarchy and civil war.
MARSHALL, HALLIE
Mighty Joe Young (Disney, 1998, from the screenplay by Mark Rosenthal & Lawrence Konner.)
A giant gorilla is brought to Los Angeles where it escapes, causing considerable mayhem even though the animal is basically gentle. Young readers’ version of the movie.
MARSHALL, JAMES. (See collaboration with Margaret Marshall.)
MARSHALL, MARGARET & MARSHALL, JAMES
1960 (Rowny, 1919. Marshall, 1954, as World of Tomorrow.)
Not seen.
World of Tomorrow. (See 1960.)
MARSTEN, RICHARD (Pseudonym of Evan Hunter, whom see.)
Danger: Dinosaurs! (Winston, 1953.)
A group of people are inadvertently sent back through time to the age of the dinosaurs in this young adult adventure.
Rocket to Luna (Winston, 1952, Hutchinson, 1954.)
A journey to the moon.
MARTEL, SUZANNE
City Under Ground, The (Viking, 1964, Archway, 1975, translated from the French by Norah Smaridge.)
Following a nuclear war, the survivors moved to underground cities where a thousand years passed. Then an earthquake damages the power supply for the city of Surreal, and opens a chasm that provides access to the upper world, where eventually the inhabitants find a safe haven.
MARTER, IAN
Ark in Space, The (Target, 1977.)
A Doctor Who book.
To escape a dead Earth, humans are put in suspended animation in a space station to wait until the planet is habitable again. But an alien invader has happened upon the scene, and plans to destroy the sleepers before they have a chance to waken.
Dominators, The (Target, 1984, from the 1968 script by Norman Ashby.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Doctor visits a peaceful planet whose inhabitants have so forsworn war that they are unable even to defend themselves. The Dominators are an alien race with no such qualms, and they plan to conquer that world and enslave its people.
Earthshock (Target, 1983, from the 1982 script by Eric Saward.)
A Doctor Who book.
When a group of paleontologists are murdered, suspicion falls on the Doctor, who is able to subsequently prove his innocence by uncovering a new plot by the Cybermen to conquer the Earth.
Enemy of the World, The (Target, 1981, from the 1968 script by David Whitaker.)
A Doctor Who book.
A series of natural disasters has devastated 21st Century Earth, and an Australian calling himself the Salamander has taken advantage of the situation to become a major political figure. But the Doctor suspects there's more to the situation than meets the eye.
Harry Sullivan's War (Target, 1986.)
A Doctor Who Companion novel.
An adventure of one of Doctor Who's companions after they parted company. Harry Sullivan is a scientist assigned to a top secret weapons project who has reservations about the work, and who finds himself the target of a mysterious assassination plot.
Invasion, The (Target, 1985, from the 1968 script by Kit Pedler & Derrick Sherwin.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Tardis is attacked by a missile from the moon and flying saucers are sighted over England. And on Earth itself, a large corporation is the front for a new invasion by the robotic Cybermen.
Reign of Terror, The (Target, 1987, from the 1964 script by David Spooner.)
A Doctor Who book.
When the Doctor visits the French Revolution, he is imprisoned as an aristocrat and thrown into jail, pending a visit to the guillotine. To escape he must enlist the aid of a legendary spy.
Rescue, The (Target, 1987, from the 1965 script by David Whitaker.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Doctor discovers that the peaceful inhabitants of a planet he has visited before have turned implacably hostile, most recently having murdered the survivors of a crashed spaceship. His investigations uncover a secret power influencing events from behind the scenes.
Ribos Operation, The (Target, 1979.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Doctor sets out to find the six scattered pieces of the Key of Time, an artifact that controls the fate of the entire universe. His first stop pits him against a clever confidence man and a vicious political power struggle.
Sontaran Experiment, The (Target, 1978.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Tardis arrives on an uninhabited future Earth where an alien warrior and his robot assistant are waylaying visiting space travelers and using them in experiments. The Doctor rightly suspects the Sontarans are planning an invasion of Earth back in the past.
MARTIN, CARL (See collaboration with John Dalmas.)
MARTIN, DAVID
Crisis in Space (Ballantine, 1986.)
A Doctor Who multi-path gamebook.
Garden of Evil (Ballantine, 1986.)
A Doctor Who multi-path gamebook.
Search for the Doctor (Ballantine, 1986.)
A Doctor Who multi-path gamebook.
MARTIN, DUNSTAN
Dream Wall, The (?)
England as a Communist state.
Time Slip (Unwin, ?)
Not seen.
MARTIN, GEORGE R.R. (See also collaborations which follow.)
Dreamsongs (Gollancz, 2006. Bantam, 2007, in two volumes.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Dying of the Light (Pocket, 1978, Gollancz, 1978, Baen, 1990, Millennium, 2000, Bantam, 2004.)
A wanderer travels to a remote planet to meet the woman he loves, discovers that she is linked to another, and finds himself in danger when he dares to risk violating the traditions of that world.
GRRM: A RRetrospective (Gollancz, 2006.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Nightflyers (Bluejay, 1985, Tor, 1987. Dell, 1981, bound with True Names by Vernor Vinge.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Pear Shaped Man, The (Pulphouse, 1991.)
Short story in pamphlet form.
Portraits of His Children (Dark Harvest, 1987, Baen, 1992.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Sandkings (Pocket, 1981, Futura, 1983, Baen, 1986.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Song for Lya, A (Avon, 1976, Coronet, 1978.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Songs of Stars and Shadows (Pocket, 1977.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Songs the Dead Men Sing (Dark Harvest, 1983, Gollancz, 1985.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Tuf Voyaging (Baen, 1986, Gollancz, 1987.)
Collection of related stories about a star traveler’s varied adventures.
MARTIN, GEORGE R. R. & ABRAHAM, DANIEL & DOZOIS, GARDNER
Hunter's Run (Eos, 2008.)
A reclusive human prospector stumbles upon a hidden alien race.
MARTIN, GEORGE R.R. & TUTTLE, LISA
Windhaven (Timescape, 1981, Pocket, 1982, New English Library, 1982, Millennium, 2000, Bantam, 2001.)
Adventure on a colony world where a dense atmosphere and low gravity make it possible for people to fashion artificial wings and actually fly. And in the secret of flight may be the survival of their culture.
MARTIN, GRAHAM
Dream Wall, The (Unwin, 1987.)
The Soviet Union conquers Great Britain.
Half a Glass of Moonshine (Unwin, 1988.)
Marginal story speculating about the limitations of human senses.
Time-Slip (Allen & Unwin, 1986.)
Survival in post nuclear war Scotland.
MARTIN, JACK. (Pseudonym of Dennis Etchison, who writes horror fiction under both names.)
Videodrome (Zebra, 1983, from the screenplay by David Cronenberg.)
A bizarre story about a mysterious television station that specializes in torture and sexual violence, and its growing influence on a man who decodes the signal and watches it.
MARTIN, JAY (See also Morton Golding.)
Ban the Bra (Lancer, 1968.)
Sexy spy spoof about two brothers who invent a gas that forces everyone to engage in wild orgies. They’re trying to sell it to a foreign power as a weapon, and the side effects are predictable.
MARTIN, JOHN
Revolt on Jupiter (Manor, 1978.)
Scientifically illiterate story of a professional soldier sent to suppress a rebellion on the planet Jupiter who finds himself siding with the rebels and eventually becoming their leader as they successfully throw off the bonds of a repressive Earth.
MARTIN, LES (See also collaboration which follows.)
Bladerunner (Random House, 1982.)
Version of the film for younger readers.
Darkness Falls (Harper, 1995.)
An X Files novel.
Something mysterious is abducting men in a remote wooded area.
Die, Bug, Die (HarperCollins, 1997.)
An X Files novel.
Insects acquire a taste for human flesh.
E.B.E. (HarperCollins, 1997.)
An X Files novel.
The government searches for a possible fugitive extraterrestrial after discovering what appears to be a crashed spaceship.
Fear (Harper, 1996.)
An X Files novel.
Threatening messages begin appearing on ATM machines across the country.
Fresh Bones (HarperCollins, 1997.)
An X Files novel.
The agents encounter what appears to be a genuine zombie in Haiti. Or is it?
Ghost in the Machine (Harper, 1997.)
An X Files novel.
A computerized security system causes the death of an executive, apparently at the instigation of the computer itself.
Host (HarperCollins, 1997.)
An X Files novel
A mysterious creature living in a city’s sewer system begins committing murders.
Humbug (Harper, 1996.)
An X Files novel.
Mysterious goings on surrounding a murder in a freak show.
Quarantine (HarperCollins, 1998.)
An X Files novel.
Not seen.
Tiger, Tiger (Harper, 1995.)
An X Files novel.
The FBI investigates a series of bizarre phenomena surrounding circus animals with extraordinary powers.
X Marks the Spot (Harper, 1995.)
An X Files novel.
Mulder suspects that some members of a high school class are actually dead, reanimated by aliens.
MARTIN, LES & WELLS, H.G.
Time Machine, The (Random House, 1990.)
An adaptation of the Wells short novel.
Tom Corbett: A Trip to the Moon (Wonder, 1953.)
Illustrated children's story about a trip to the moon.
MARTIN, MARK O. (See collaboration with Gregory Benford.)
MARTIN, MICHAEL A. (See collaboration with Andy Mangels.)
MARTIN, PETER (Not the Pseudonym of Peter Martin Leckie as is often quoted.)
Summer in 3000 (Quality, 1946.)
An enlightened new country arises in opposition to an increasing fascist America.
MARTIN, PHILIP
Invasion of the Ormazoids (Ballantine, 1986.)
A Doctor Who multi-path gamebook.
Mindwarp (Target, 1989.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Doctor is on trial for crimes he supposedly committed during his wanderings, but the records he is seeing vary from his memories.
Mission to Magnus (Target, 1990.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Doctor is pursued by several of his old enemies, and his personality seems to be altering, allowing them to terrify and dominate his actions.
Vengeance on Varos (Target, 1988.)
A Doctor Who book.
The Doctor stops on the planet Varos to find fuel for the Tardis, promptly rescues a condemned man, and gains the enmity of the corporate governor of that world. He is forced to join the rebels to save his life, and that makes him a wanted outlaw.
Island in a Strange Sea (F.E.B.S., 1970, translated from the Finnish.)
Future Armageddon novel with Israel dominating the world.
MARTIN, ROD (See collaboration with John Dalmas.)
MARTINE-BARNES, ADRIENNE (See also uncredited collaboration with Marion Zimmer Bradley.)
Dragon Rises, The (Ace, 1983.)
A heroic intelligence that wakens periodically within human heroes in times of danger finds himself commanding a space fleet defending Earth against an alien invader. His most dangerous enemy, however, is a group of traitors hidden within his own forces.
MARTINEZ, A. LEE
Automatic Detective, The (Tor, 2008.)
A robot tries to gain citizenship and saves the world instead.
MARTINEZ, RON
Star Crystal, The (Bantam, 1984.)
Be an Interplanetary Spy #6.
Gamebook in which you track down an interplanetary villain.
MARTINSEN, MARTY (Pseudonym of Ken Follett, whom see.)
Power Twins, The. (See The Power Twins and the Worm Puzzle.)
Power Twins and the Worm Puzzle, The (Abelard Schuman, 1976. Morrow, 1990, as The Power Twins.)
Not seen.
MARTINSON, HARRY
Aniara (Hutchinson, 1963, Knopf, 1964, Avon Equinox, 1976, adapted from the Swedish by Hugh McDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert. Swedish edition, 1956.)
An epic poem about a man’s odyssey through outer space.
MARTYN, WYNDHAM
Stones of Enchantment (Jenkins, 1948.)
A lost world novel.
Counting Heads (Tor, 2005.)
Heads #1.
In a future in which technology has solved most of the world's problems, an assassination leaves a young woman as head of a business empire.
Getting to Know You (Del Rey, 2008.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Mind Over Ship (Tor, 2009.)
Heads #2.
Complex political battle over colonization of the stars involving corrupt business people and secretive artificial intelligences..
MARVELL, ANDREW
Minimum Man (Gollancz, 1938.)
A new political movement turns England into a dictatorship, which is subsequently overthrown.
Three Men Make a World (Gollancz, 1939.)
A new bacteria that eats petroleum renders the internal combusion engine useless, and the world is forced to adapt to a less mechanical civilization.
MASEFIELD, L.
Cross Double Cross (Putnam, 1936.)
Political satire set in the future.
MASON, ANITA
War Against Chaos, The (Hamish Hamilton, 1988.)
Great Britain under a repressive dictatorship that employs thought control.
MASON, ANNE
Dancing Meteorite, The (Harper & Row, 1984.)
Kira Warden #1.
Not seen.
Stolen Law, The (Harper & Row, 1986.)
Kira Warden #2.
A translator who is sworn to secrecy decides to break her vows when she learns that her current employer is author of an interstellar conspiracy of staggering proportions.
MASON, COLIN
Hostage (Walker, 1973, Macmillan, 1973, Pinnacle, 1974.)
Israel destroys Cairo with nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union gives an ultimatum. Unless Israel is dissolved within a year, they will launch a nuclear strike against the US. The President must find a way to defuse the crisis or face World War III.
MASON, DAVID
Shores of Tomorrow, The (Lancer, 1971, Wildside, 2002.)
A group of people are lost in a maze of alternate worlds, manipulated by a mysterious woman with the ability to grow older or younger in seconds, determined to find their way back to their original reality.
MASON, DOUGLAS R. (Pseudonym of John Rankine, whom see.)
Dilation Effect (Ballantine, 1971, Hale, 1980.)
The civilized galaxy is hard pressed by forces attacking from the rim, now aided by races from outside the galaxy who have made use of a time gate to cross the immense differences. One of the rearguard human ships makes a desperate effort to disrupt the time gate and restore the balance of power.
Eight Against Utopia (Paperback Library, 1967. Doubleday, 1966, Hale, 1968, as From Carthage Then I Came.)
Humankind has survived a new ice age by sheltering in a giant, domed city. When eight people discover that the outer world is habitable once again, they run into trouble from the secret police who read their thoughts and attempt to prevent them from escaping.
End Bringers, The (Ballantine, 1973, Hale, 1975.)
Earth has become a virtual utopia with all of the work being done by androids and the human population doing whatever it wants. Then one of the latter begins to notice that the human population is steadily declining, perhaps with a little help.
Euphor Unfree (Hale, 1977.)
Not seen.
From Carthage Then I Came. (See Eight Against Utopia.)
Horizon Alpha (Ballantine, 1971, Hale, 1981.)
In a megacity of the future, everything seems to be running perfectly, but unbeknownst to its inhabitants, the systems are on the verge of catastrophic failure.
Janus Syndrome, The (Hale, 1969.)
Not seen.
Landfall Is a State of Mind (Hale, 1968.)
Not seen.
Matrix (Ballantine, 1970, Hale, 1971.)
A minor functionary in a government run almost exclusively by computers is puzzled by a series of decisions which seem totally arbitrary, and which cause great distress to the people they affect. Initially he suspects that there is a flaw in the programming, but then he begins to believe that the decisions were deliberate.
Mission to Pactolus R (Hale, 1978.)
Not seen.
Omega Worm, The (Hale, 1976. Probably retitled Resurrection of Roger Diment.)
Phaeton Condition, The (Putnam, 1973, Berkley, 1974, Hale, 1974.)
Standard tale of one man who finds out that the supposedly utopian government under which he lives is concealing a dark secret, and he’s off on a chase across the planet with the authorities diverting every resource to find him and silence him.
Pitman’s Progress (Elmfield, 1976.)
Not seen.
Resurrection of Roger Diment, The (Ballantine, 1972.)
Androids do the work in a regimented future world where no one ever has to get old and ugly, because they’re quietly eliminated long before they reach that point. But eventually even the most well ordered society runs into a problem.
Ring of Violence (Hale, 1968, Avon, 1969.)
The leader of a band of survivors of a nuclear war sets out to build a new society, but quickly learns that the old civilized standards don’t work any longer, and eventually has to resort to violence in order to restore order.
Satellite 54-Zero (Ballantine, 1971, Pan, 1971.)
An agent smuggles himself aboard a privately owned orbiting habitat because of suspicions about what might be happening there. His investigations turn up a plot involving genetic modification of living tissue.
Tower of Rizwan, The (Hale, 1968.)
Not seen.
Typhon Intervention, The (Hale, 1981.)
Aliens invade the Earth.
MASON, GREGORY (Pseudonym of Doris Meek and Adrienne Jones.)
Golden Archer, The (Twayne, 1956.)
The United States becomes a brutal dictatorship.
MASON, LISA
Arachne (Morrow, 1990, Avon, 1992.)
Web #1.
In a post earthquake California, a lawyer submits to robotic surgery after having trouble interfacing with a virtual reality network of the near future, and discovers that artificial intelligences are involved in a conspiracy against the living.
Cyberweb (Morrow, 1995, Avon, 1996.)
Web #2.
A woman recovering from an addiction is helped by a robot to regain control of her life, but then finds herself caught up in a conspiracy by other machine intelligences to supplant the human race.
Golden Nineties, The (Bantam, 1995.)
A political prisoner in a future China volunteers to travel back through time to late 19th Century California, where despite her feminism, she ends up as an indentured servant to a prominent occidental woman.
Pangaea I (Bantam, 1999.)
Pangaea #1.
Pangaea is ruled by a tyrannical interstellar empire that suppresses freedom by using enhanced dreams to pacify the population. Although the status quo has endured for thousands of years, there are sudden sporadic acts of rebellion that indicate a revolutionary group has formed.
Pangaea: Imperium Afire (Bantam, 2000.)
Pangaea #2.
The planet Pangaea is experiencing earthquakes and other disasters mirroring the imminent collapse of the repressive government, which is now resorting to torture to try to contain revolutionary movements. Naturally this only deepens the resentment and widens the conflict.
Summer of Love (Bantam, 1994.)
Time travel back to the days of the hippies to find one individual whose fate shapes the future.
MASON, LOWELL B.
Bull on the Bench, The (Arcturus, 1967.)
The story of a judge in the nation that arose to replace America after an atomic war.
MASON, MARY (See collaborations with Stephen Goldin.)
MASON, MICHAEL
71 Hours (Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1972, Zebra, 1974.)
Government agents struggle to uncover the conspirators behind an assassination attempt aimed at a meeting between the US President and the Soviet Premier, apparently in order to provoke a nuclear war.
MASON, ROBERT
Solo (Putnam, 1992.)
Solo #2.
A self aware robot that escaped the sinister government organization that created it discovers that there is another of its kind, but one more compliant. He decides to free his fellow, and perhaps affect its outlook on the world, despite suspecting that news of its existence is bait to lure him into a trap.
Weapon (Putnam, 1989, Charter, 1990.)
Solo #1.
The US government builds a self aware, robot fighting machine that looks like a human being and send it on a mission to Nicaragua. But it is so intelligent that it decides its mission is a mistake, and creates a new one for itself.
MASON, F. VAN WYCK
Deadly Orbit Mission, The (Doubleday, 1969, Popular Library, ?.)
A Colonel North novel.
The Russians claim that an orbiting nuclear weapon has malfunctioned and that’s why it’s threatening the US. A top spy has to find out whether they’re telling the truth, or whether a third party has managed to gain control of the satellite.
MASON, TOM (See collaborations with Dan Danko.)
MASSON, DAVID I.
Caltraps of Time, The (Faber, 1968, New English Library, 1976.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
MASTERS, DEXTER
Cloud Chamber, The (Little, Brown, 1971.)
The United States has largely retreated underground from which it launches a series of planned nuclear and conventional wars against the rest of the world.
MASTERS, J.D. (Pseudonym of Simon Hawke, whom see.)
Cold Steele (Charter, 1989.)
Steele #2.
A cyborged police officer equipped with weapons built into his body conducts a one man war against a crimelord and his minions.
Jagged Steele (Charter, 1990.)
Steele #4.
?
Killer Steele (Charter, 1990.)
Steele #3.
?
Renegade Steele (Charter, 1990.)
Steele #5.
?
Steele (Charter, 1989.)
Steele #1.
?
Target Steele (Charter, 1990.)
Steele #6.
?
MASTERSON, WHIT (Pseudonym of Robert Wade and Willis Kingsley Winn.
Dark Fantastic, The (?, 1959, Avon, 1966.)
A freighter carrying a deadly plague that could wipe out the entire human race is on its way toward shore and only a handful of people are aware of the danger it poses.
MASTERTON, GRAHAM
Condor (Tor, 1985. Star, 1983, as by Thomas Luke.)
An ex-Nazi working with the Soviets masterminds a plot involving an invariably fatal plague in an attempt to manipulate the American elections and put a puppet fascist leader in the office of the President.
Famine (Ace Charter, 1981, Sphere, 1981.)
All over America, the crops begin to rot inexplicably, threatening the nation with the worst famine in its history. Is it a natural phenomenon, or has an enemy nation found a way to strike secretly at our food source?
Ikon (Star, 1983, Tor, 1984.)
Fifth columnists within the US government have secretly arranged things so that our major weapons will be completely ineffective against Soviet aircraft. The protagonist stumbles across this fact while investigating the disappearance of a prominent official, and becomes the target of professional assassins.
Plague (Star, 1977, Ace, 1978.)
Polluted oceans and a virulent super plague have caused the entire East Coast to be quarantined from the rest of the world. Within that zone a man and his daughter attempt to survive as law and order breaks down all around them.
MASTIN, JOHN
Immortal Light, The (Cassell, 1907.)
An expedition to the South Pole finds an underground city with an advanced culture that has also found a way to physically approach God.
Stolen Planet, The (Wellby, 1906.)
Meredith #1.
Not seen. A journey through the solar system.
Through the Sun in an Airship (Griffin, 1909.)
Meredith #2.
Not seen. Space travel.
MASTORAKIS, NICO (See collaboration with Barnaby Conrad.)
MATHESON, HUGH
Third Force, The (Wingate, 1959, Washburn, 1960.)
Not seen. A new invention changes the world.
Born of Man and Woman. (See Third from the Sun.)
I Am Legend
Rationalized vampires.
Incredible Shrinking Man, The. (See The Shrinking Man.)
Seven Steps to Midnight (Tor, 1993.)
Marginal story about spies and possibly an alteration in the nature of reality.
Shadow on the Sun (?, 1994, Tor, 2010.)
?
Shock! (Dell, 1961, Corgi, 1962, Berkley, 1979.)
Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are SF.
Shock II (Dell, 1964, Corgi, 1965.)
Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are SF.
Shock III (Dell, 1966, Corgi, 1967.)
Collection of short stories, not all of which are SF.
Shock Waves (Dell, 1970, Berkley, 1979.)
Collection of short stories, not all of which are SF.
Shores of Space, The (Bantam, 1957, Corgi, 1958.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Shrinking Man, The (Gold Medal, 1956, Bantam, ?, Tor, 1995. Muller, 1956, Sphere, 1988, Tor, 2001, as The Incredible Shrinking Man.)
A mysterious fog affects the protagonist's biochemistry in such a way that he begins to shrink. Science is unable to help him, and a series of accidents leads to his abandonment and subsequent battle against a comparatively gigantic spider in the basement of his home.
Third from the Sun (Bantam, 1955. Chamberlain, 1954, Reinhardt, 1956, Corgi, 1961, as Born of Man and Woman.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Woman (Gauntlet, 2005.)
Short novel about a woman who is the product of an evolved female collective consciousness.
Vienna Blood (HarperCollins, 1999.)
A reporter investigates the death of a friend, which he believes to be a murder, in the city of Vienna approximately thirty years in the future.
MATIASZ, G.A.
End Time (AK Press, 1994.)
As a civil war wages in Russia, the US is clandestinely involved in a fight to suppress a popular revolutionary group in Mexico, and anti-war protesters appear in growing numbers.
MATSON, NORMAN
Doctor Fogg (Benn, 1929, Macmillan, 1929.)
A scientist on a remote island makes contact with another world and slowly introduces their technology into our world, to the consternation of everyone else.
MATTHEWS, ANN
Earthquake (Ballantine, 1986.)
A Transformers multi-path gamebook.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Wanderer, 1985, based on the screenplay by ?)
Young readers’ version of the movie.
MATTHEWS, CLAYTON (See uncredited collaboration with Gary Brandner.)
MATTHEWS, HUGH
Lifeblood (Pocket Star, 2007.)
A Wolverine novel.
?
MATTHEWS, R.
Red Sky at Night (Hollis & Carter, 1951.)
The Russians rise up and proclaim themselves Christians and drive out the communists.
MATTHEWS, SUSAN R.
Avalanche Soldier (Avon, 1999.)
A woman enrolled in the religious police on a repressive colony world is troubled when her brother defects to a heretical sect. She is even more troubled when it appears that the center of the heresy is a woman who may be the one prophesized by the true religion.
Colony Fleet (Avon, 2000.)
Earth converted several asteroids into generational starships and sent them out of the solar system. Hundreds of years later, they are reaching the first planet targeted for colonization, but a peculiar caste system has developed over time and a mysterious intrigue may alter the proposed future of humanity.
Devil and Deep Space, The (Roc, 2002.)
Torturer #4.
A professional government torturer and the crew of the ship on which he travels are caught in a power struggle between rival factions after an accident in space.
Exchange of Hostages, An (Avon, 1998.)
Torturer #2.
Assigned to a remote space station, a doctor turned torturer/inquisitor for an interstellar civilization impresses his superiors, but discovers that he has serious problems with their mission.
Hour of Judgment (Avon, 1999.)
Torturer #3.
The combination physician/torturer in a repellent future world finds himself investigating a murder following a sexual assault on the starship to which he is assigned. His actions are hindered by a pair of intelligence agents who are more interested in protecting their interests than in pursuing justice.
Prisoners of Conscience (Avon, 1998.)
Torturer #1.
An inquisitor for an interstellar civilization is sent to a prison to interrogate the many political prisoners there, but shortly after arriving he discovers that there is a dark secret hidden there.
MATTHIES, DALE B.
Exile to the Stars (Ardent, 2008.)
An earthquake transports a man into a primitive world.
MATTHIAS, LEE A.
Pandora Plague, The (Leisure, 1981.)
Sherlock Holmes and Houdini team up with Marie Curie to prevent a villain from releasing a new plague into the world.
MATZ, MARC
Nocturne for a Dangerous Man (Tor, 1999.)
A professional manhunter in a future Earth accepts a contract to rescue a company's employee from terrorists. The mission turns out to be more dangerous than he expected, and complicated by treachery.
MATZKIN, M.
Outer Fleet, The (Manor, 1978.)
A lone star system is holding out against a repressive dictator and his massed forces, and their only hope for continued survival is a fabled fleet from the rim of known space.
MAURICE, MICHAEL (Pseudonym of Conrad Skinner.)
Not in Our Stars (Unwin, 1923.)
Meteorites cause a disturbance in time.
MAUROIS, ANDRE
Next Chapter, The (Trubner, 1927, Dutton, 1928.)
Not seen.
Thought Reading Machine, The (Jonathan Cape, 1938, Harper, 1938, Crowell, 1944.)
Not seen.
Weigher of Souls, The (Cassell, 1931, Appleton, 1931.)
Arguably fantasy but since the protagonist captures the essence of human souls in a scientific way, I’ve included this here. The protagonist wants his soul mixed with that of the woman he loves following his death, but things go awry.
Weigher of Souls & The Earth Dwellers, The (Macmillan, 1963, translated from the French by Hamish Miles.)
Omnibus of the novel and a short story.
Shadow Runners, The (Love Spell, 2004.)
Romance novel set in a future Australia that has become a penal colony.
Wired (Shomi, 2007.)
A woman becomes aware of tenuous connections linking people's lives.
MAXON, P.B.
Waltz of Death, The. (Mystery House, 1941, Bart House, 1944, Pony, 1946.)
A man makes use of a scientific breakthrough to commit an undetectible crime.
MAXWELL, ANN
Change (Popular Library, 1975, Pinnacle, 1996.)
The parans are a new form of humanity with psychic powers and predictably they are hated by normals. To escape persecution they flee to another planet. But it’s only a matter of time until they are found, so the protagonist travels to an alien world to try to find the secret of survival.
Dancer’s Illusion (Signet, 1983, Pinnacle, 1996.)
Senya #3.
The fire dancer arrives on a planet famous for its civilized demeanor, intent upon returning more of the freed slaves in her charge. On that planet, however, she discovers that there is a rottenness at the heart of their society, and that the evil is about to come out into the open.
Dancer’s Luck (Signet, 1983, Pinnacle, 1995.)
Senya #2.
The fire dancer and her companion have thwarted a group of slavers and freed their prisoners, and now they’re trying to fulfill their promise to return each to the proper homeland. Along the way, they stop on an obscure planet that is dangerous enough to threaten their entire mission.
Dead God Dancing, A (Avon, 1979.)
A Galactic Concord novel.
A mission to a planet on the verge of being destroyed by its sun, which is going supernova, discovers that their technology cannot save the day. Instead they need to explore the psychic powers of the local inhabitants in order to resurrect a psychic deity from the far past.
Fire Dancer (Signet, 1982, Pinnacle, 1995.)
Senya #1.
The only two survivors of a planet that was consumed by its sun set out to find others of their kind. One is a dancer whose art has almost mystical powers, the other her warrior bodyguard and companion. Despite their care, they run into trouble with slavers who see a big profit in possessing the last of the dancers of Senya.
Jaws of Menx, The (Signet, 1981.)
A Galactic Concord novel.
The hero travels to a remote planet to explore the last moment’s of his brother’s life. That planet, meanwhile, is on the brink of deciding whether or not to join the Galactic Concord, and his mission is about to have a significant effect on that choice.
Name of a Shadow (Avon, 1980.)
A Galactic Concord novel.
A member world of the Galactic Concord wages warfare against a former colony even though that means that their entire planet is subject to destruction by the other worlds. The protagonist travels to their planet to find out why they risked almost certain annihilation for no apparent reason.
Singer Enigma, The (Popular Library, 1976.)
A psychic human boy who fled intolerant Earth to be raised by aliens discovers that his abilities may turn the tide of battle when a terrible danger threatens to wipe out all life in the galaxy.
Timeshadow Rider (Tor, 1986.)
Two psi powered individuals are the key to saving the civilized galaxy from a plague of psychotic madness that is sweeping the worlds.
MAXWELL, EDWARD
Quest for Pajaro (Heinemann, 1957.)
A journey to the future.
MAXWELL, JACK (Pseudonym of Ernest McKeag. See also John King.)
Invaded by Mars (Amalgamated, 1934.)
Not seen.
Terror from the Stratosphere (Amalgamated, 1937.)
Not seen.
MAXWELL, JOHN (Possibly John Glasby.)
World Makers, The (Badger, 1958.)
Not seen.
MAXWELL, LISA
Berserker’s Horse, The (Ace, 1995.)
A woman whose job is to raise horses for a brutal post-collapse dictatorship rebels and runs away with a horse she has saved from the psychic bonding which would have linked it forever to one of the berserker warriors who enforce the rule of their masters.
MAXXE, ROBERT (Pseudonym of Robert Rosenblum.)
Arcade (Doubleday, 1984.)
The new arcade game in a small town seems unique to that locality. It also appears to be altering the personalities of the children who play it, until one mother suspects that its origin is not of this world.
MAY, ERNEST
Private War With Russia (Dorrance, 1963.)
Not seen.
MAY, JULIAN (The Intervention, Galactic Milieu, and Pliocene Exile series are loosely linked.)
Adversary, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1984, Pan, 1984, Del Rey, 1985, HarperCollins, ?)
Pliocene Exile #4.
A human with unusual psi powers is about to change the balance of power among two warring alien races forever, and secure a new future for humanity in its own past.
Brede’s Tale (Starmont House, 1982.)
Short story in pamphlet form.
Diamond Mask (Knopf, 1994, HarperCollins, 1994, Del Rey, 1995.)
Galactic Milieu #2.
A growing rebellion against the trend for humanity to join a galactic civilization is helped by the activities of an insane psychic with extraordinary powers. Opposed to him is Jack the Bodiless, also psychic, and with even more unusual resources.
Golden Torc, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1982, Pan, 1982, HarperCollins, ?, Del Rey, 1983.)
Pliocene Exile #2.
Exiles to prehistoric Earth have been captured by an alien race that awaited them, and with humans as its involuntary allies, the aliens now have enough power to overcome their traditional enemies.
Intervention (Houghton Mifflin, 1987.)
Omnibus of Surveillance and Metaconcert.
Jack the Bodiless (Knopf, 1991, HarperCollins, 1992, Del Rey, 1993.)
Galactic Milieu #1.
The human race is on the brink of admission into the Galactic Milieu, led by a prominent family of psychics. As the day of judgment approaches, someone or something begins murdering prominent members of Earth’s leadership.
Magnificat (Knopf, 1996, HarperCollins, 1996, Del Rey, 1997.)
Galactic Milieu #3.
The final confrontation between two psychic brothers, one who wants humanity to merge with the rest of the universe, the other plotting to artificially augment human talents to make them superior to the rest of the races of the universe.
Many Colored Land, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1981, Pan, 1982, HarperCollins, ?, Del Rey, 1983.)
Pliocene Exile #1.
Earth is united in a peaceful, though perhaps somewhat stifling society. When a timegate to the prehistoric path is discovered, all of the misfits of that time choose to go back to a place where they can enjoy the freedom they believe they have been unfairly denied.
Many Colored Land & The Golden Torc, The (Doubleday, 1982.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Metaconcert, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1987, HarperCollins, 1988, Del Rey, 1989.)
Intervention #2.
The mutants among us are attempting to bond all humanity in a kind of group consciousness that will make us worthy of admission to a greater galactic civilization. There are some individuals, however, who prefer that humanity follow a different course, even if it leads to ruin.
Nonborn King, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1983, Pan, 1983, HarperCollins, ?, Del Rey, 1984.)
Pliocene Exile #3.
Two strains of aliens battle for supremacy on prehistoric Earth, and the humans who have traveled back through time in search of freedom discover that they have been reduced to pawns in a game they cannot affect. Or perhaps they can.
Nonborn King & The Adversary, The (Doubleday, 1984.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Orion Arm (Harper, 1999, Del Rey, 2000.)
Rampart Worlds #2.
A man who has chosen a life of laziness and sloth is forced to perform heroic tasks when his sister reveals that she has been genetically altered by aliens, and that those same aliens have sinister plans for the human race. His efforts are hindered by the presence of a traitor within his own family.
Perseus Spur (Harper, 1998, Del Rey, 1999.)
Rampart Worlds #1.
A recluse on a distant planet is involuntarily caught up in a galactic conspiracy when someone tries to assassinate him and others kidnap his sister.
Sagittarius Whorl (Harper, ?)
Rampart Worlds #3.
?
Surveillance, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1987, HarperCollins, 1988, Del Rey, 1988.)
Intervention #1.
Starting in the 1940’s, mutant children have been secretly born among us, children with extraordinary mental powers which could be the salvation of the human race. Unfortunately, those powers can sometimes be used for evil as well as good.
MAYER, BOB
Operation Synbat (Presidio, 1994.)
A team is sent to track down escaped experimental apes that have enhanced intelligence and an abiding hatred for human beings.
Superfolks (Dial, 1977, St Martins, 2005.)
A spoof of comic superheroes.
MAYHAR, ARDATH (See also collaborations which follow.)
Exile on Vlahil (Doubleday, 1984.)
Earth is a repressive society which uses psychological conditioning to make its citizens conform. A rebel refuses the treatment and is exiled to a primitive world where she becomes involved in a crisis affecting the local intelligent species, and thereby finds a way to free humanity as well.
Golden Dream (Ace, 1982.)
A novel set in the universe of H. Beam Piper’s Fuzzy novels. This is the story of their first contact between humans and the small, lovable, but intelligent inhabitants of Zarathrustra.
Khi to Freedom (Ace, 1983.)
A human serves as indentured servant to an alien race, and helps them explore planets and meet new races. Then he discovers that his employers are not entirely selfless. In fact, they aren’t averse to vivisecting one of their new friends for purely scientific purposes.
Place of Silver Silence, A (Walker, 1988, Hutchinson, 1990.)
A woman recovering from the loss of a loved one takes up residence on a remote planet that is supposed to have no intelligent indigenes. Strange events begin to happen following her arrival, and she discovers that the preliminary survey was wrong.
Sword and the Dagger, The (FASA, 1987.)
A Battletech novel.
The warring houses that rule what's left of an interstellar empire protect themselves with giant robots. But someone is working from within that society to undermine one of the houses through treachery.
World Ends in Hickory Hollow, The (Doubleday, 1985, Cascade Mountain, 1998.)
Following a nuclear war, a family in rural Texas must learn to kill in order to survive when they are menaced by a band of ruthless, crazed survivors who lurk in the nearby wilderness.
MAYHAR, ARDATH & FORTIER, RON
Monkey Station (TSR, 1989.)
A terrible new plague, apparently the result of human experimentation gone awry, is devastating the world. In a remote jungle, scientists attempt to cause monkeys to evolve faster, hoping that this will provide a way to escape the virus. They succeed, and one of the apes develops the ability to speak.
Trail of the Seahawks (TSR, 1987.)
In the aftermath of a great plague which destroyed civilization, a woman gathers several sentient animals to her aid and goes off to rescue her son, who has been kidnapped by barbarian tribes raiding along the coast of the land where her people are attempting to rebuild society.
MAYHEW, VIC & LONG, DOUG
Fire Ball (Methuen, 1977, Signet, 1979.)
A giant planetoid is on a collision course with Earth, so a space mission is organized to destroy it before it can strike the Earth. This precursor to a rash of films on the same theme has the same predictable twists and turns before the heroes save the day.