VOLUME ONE OF TWOA genre-defining-and redefining-collection of fiction\'s boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient genre, featuring a smorgasbord of stories from across the globeIn The Big Book of Cyberpunk, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hundred stories from more than twenty-five different countries. Here are tales that both establish and subvert the classic Cyberpunk

‘Loved it from start to finish, was hooked all the way.’‘This book deserves to be read by everyone.’‘This book is filled with amazing one liners that I would legit tattoo on my forehead!’‘Brilliant, thought provoking.’‘Literally dying for more.’Goodreads ReviewsLegendborn meets Percy Jackson in this dark and thrilling debut fantasy romance.When consumed by shadow, even the

Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender\'s Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Melange, or \'spice\', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe.

Records the author\'s visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged \"The Playboy of the Western World\" and his other major dramas.

Imagine how different our world would be if our ancestors had looked up and there were no stars . . . For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. One of our species\' most enduring and universal relationships has been with the night sky itself, yet in the glow of today\'s artificial lighting, we have forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos.

\'If only we could all write as brilliantly on Italy and its food as John Dickie does. He may well know Italy and Italians better than they know themselves\' Stanley Tucci

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. \'The deeply atmospheric novel blends horror, science fiction, and historical events\' Time, 100 \'Must Read Books of 2022\'Carlota Moreau: growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict

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\'And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acorns\' While hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a solitary shepherd called Elzeard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzeard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.

\'One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius\' - David Walliams An international phenomenon and pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV series, novel, stage play, comic book and film.

Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus \'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon\' WASHINGTON POST Herbert\'s evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the most valuable

\'Made me almost tearful with gratitude that a book as clever as this could give such uncomplicated pleasure ... And when you find a book like this, you grab it, and you hold it close.\' JOHN SELF \'A delight ... As funny and vivid as Dickens, as moving and memorable as Nabokov ... An extraordinarily large-hearted work.\' THE CRITIC mountweazel, noun: a fake entry deliberately inserted into a dictionary

An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius: not since Albert Einstein has a scientific figure held such a position in popular consciousness. In this enthralling memoir, writer and physicist Leonard Mlodinow tells the story of his friend and their friendship, offering an intimate account of this giant of science.

New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing because of rising sea levels or fragmenting due to shrinking ice. It is a strange planetary spectacle, an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with.

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It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked.

`Think of this atlas as the beginning of a journey and a kind of island guidebook, a rough guide to far-flung places, a Baedeker of make-believe, and a new page waiting to be filled. The cycle of Crusoes continues\' Huw Lewis-Jones Islomania is a recognized affliction.

Toru Okada\'s cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day.

Can we truly know the one we love? In this painfully candid book Marcel Proust looks straight into the green eye of every lover\'s jealous struggle.

‘A brilliant, glittering intelligence’ Sunday TimesOn Women brings together Susan Sontag\'s most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deservesWritten during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag\'s essays remain strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in sync and at others powerfully