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Lifeburst is a novel by Jack Williamson published in 1984.
Lifeburst is a novel by Jack Williamson published in 1984.
Lifeburst is a novel in which huge spaceships in the 22nd century attack the peaceful ships that come to contact them. [1]
Dave Langford reviewed Lifeburst for White Dwarf #89, and stated that "This book will take you right back, probably to before you were born." [1]
The Memory of Whiteness is a science fiction novel written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published in September 1985. It shares with the Mars trilogy a focus on human colonization of the Solar System and depicts a grand tour that travels from the outer planets inward toward the Sun, visiting many human colonies along the way. The different human societies on the various planets and planetoids visited are depicted in detail. The purpose of the tour is to stage concerts by the "Holywelkin Orchestra", a futuristic musical instrument played by a selected master. Readers follow the Orchestra and its entourage together with a journalist, who after some time detects a conspiracy that seems to be connected with a group of gray-clad, sun-worshipping monks. The tour ends near the planet Mercury in a solar station belonging to these "Grays", which controls the white line energy source for the whole Solar System.
Valentine Pontifex is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1983.
Null-A Three, usually written Ā Three, is a 1985 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic.
A Stainless Steel Rat is Born is a novel by Harry Harrison published in 1985.
The Invaders Plan is a novel by L. Ron Hubbard published in 1985.
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon is a book by American writer Philip K. Dick, a collection of 10 science fiction short stories and one essay. It was first published by Doubleday in 1985 and was edited by Mark Hurst and Paul Williams. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Worlds of Tomorrow, Amazing Stories, Interzone, Rolling Stone College Papers, The Yuba City High Times, Omni and Playboy.
Black Star Rising, published in 1986, is a dystopian science fiction novel by American author Frederik Pohl. It is about a post-nuclear war future in which a conquered United States becomes a Chinese farming colony. The main character is an American who the Chinese send to meet a race of warlike aliens who come to Earth.
The Tides of Time (ISBN 0-345-31838-2) is a science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in the United States by Ballantine Del Rey Books in 1984. The novel tells the story of two people on an isolated island, each time they awoke from sleep, they lived a different life in a different time.
The Book of the Stars is a novel by Ian Watson published in 1984.
The Years of the City is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1984.
Ladyhawke is a novel by Joan D. Vinge published in 1985.
Circumpolar! is a novel by Richard A. Lupoff published in 1984.
The Sceptre Mortal is a novel by Derek Sawde published in 1985.
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were is a book by Robert Ingpen and Michael Page published in 1985.
Welcome, Chaos is a novel by Kate Wilhelm published in 1983.
The Skook is a novel by JP Miller published in 1984.
Sun's End is a novel by Richard A. Lupoff published in 1984.
Green Eyes is a novel by Lucius Shepard published in 1984.
The Dragon in the Sword is a novel by Michael Moorcock published in 1986.
In Yana, the Touch of Undying is a novel by Michael Shea published in 1985.