Robots and Empire — Isaac Asimov

Robots and Empire -- Isaac AsimovElijah has been dead for many decades, but Gladia, Daneel and Giskard are still going strong, as is Earth and its second galactic-diaspora, settling any empty planets that are suitable.

On Aurora, Hans Fastolf has just died leaving a vacuum that Kelden Amadiro is eager to fill, in order to enable him to take his ultimate revenge upon Earth and the Settlers.

Daneel and Giskard know that something is planned, but have no idea what it is.

Meanwhile, on Solaria, all the humans have disappeared and been replaced by overseer robots who only recognise people with Solarian accents as human — under the three laws.   This leads Daneel to creating the Zeroth law in order to save humanity.

And there’s lots more besides.

Another super well written sci-fi novel from one of the masters of the genre.

Next up in Robots and Foundation will be The Stars, Like Dust.

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The Sandman — Anthology

The Sandman -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 1996.

Standalones

Masquerade and High Water — Colin Greenland
Chain Home, Low — John M. Ford
Stronger Than Desire — Lisa Goldstein
Each Damp Thing — Barbara Hambly
The Birth Day — Brenda W. Clough [as by B. W. Clough]
Splatter — Will Shetterly
Seven Nights in Slumberland — George Alec Effinger
Escape Artist — Caitlín R. Kiernan
An Extra Smidgen of Eternity — Robert Rodi
The Writer’s Child — Tad Williams
Endless Sestina — Lawrence Schimel
The Gate of Gold — Mark Kreighbaum
A Bone Dry Place — Karen Haber
The Witch’s Heart — Delia Sherman
The Mender of Broken Dreams — Nancy A. Collins
Ain’t You ‘Most Done? — Gene Wolfe
Valóság and Élet — Steven Brust
Stopp’t-Clock Yard — Susanna Clarke

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Tails of Wonder and Imagination – Anthology

Tails of Wonder and Imagination - Anthology

Standalones

No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be . . . . – 1996 — A.R. Morlan
The Price – 1997 — Neil Gaiman
Dark Eyes, Faith, and Devotion – 2005 — Charles de Lint
Not Waving – 1996 — Michael Marshall Smith
Catch – 1996 — Ray Vukcevich
The Manticore Spell – 2007 — Jeffrey Ford
Catskin – 2003 — Kelly Link
Mieze Corrects an Incomplete Representation of Reality – 1993 — Michaela Roessner
Guardians – 1981 — George R. R. Martin
Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats – 1991 — Michael Bishop
Gordon, the Self-Made Cat – 2006 — Peter S. Beagle
The Jaguar Hunter – 1995 — Lucius Shepard
Arthur’s Lion – 2006 — Tanith Lee
Pride – 2007 — Mary A. Turzillo
The Burglar Takes a Cat – 1994 — Lawrence Block
The White Cat – 1987 — Joyce Carol Oates
Returns – 2002 — Jack Ketchum
Puss-Cat – 2007 — Reggie Oliver
Cat in Glass – 1989 — Nancy Etchemendy
Coyote Peyote – 1994 — Carole Nelson Douglas
The Poet and the Inkmaker’s Daughter – 2004 — Elizabeth Hand
The Night of the Tiger – 1978 — Stephen King
Every Angel is Terrifying – 1998 — John Kessel
Candia – 2000 — Graham Joyce
Mbo – 1997 — Nicholas Royle
Bean Bag Cats® – 1983 — Edward Bryant
Antiquities – 1977 — John Crowley
The Manticore’s Tale – 2007 — Catherynne M. Valente
In Carnation – 1991 — Nancy Springer
Old Foss is the Name of His Cat – 2008 — David Sandner
A Safe Place to Be – 2009 — Carol Emshwiller
Nine Lives to Live – 1992 — Sharyn McCrumb
Tiger Kill – 2000 — Kaaron Warren
Something Better Than Death – 2009 — Lucy Sussex
Dominion – 2008 — Christine Lucas
Tiger in the Snow – 1984 — Daniel Wynn Barber
The Dweller in High Places – 2007 — Susanna Clarke
The Puma – 2009 — Theodora Goss
Healing Benjamin – 2009 — Dennis Danvers

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The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories — Susanna Clarke

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories -- Susanna Clarke

Standalones

The Ladies of Grace Adieu – 1996
On Lickerish Hill – 1997
Mrs Mabb – 1998
The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse – 1999
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower – 2000
Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby – 2001
Antickes and Frets – 2004
John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner – 2006

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