JANUARY 1) Integral Trees, The (by Larry Niven) A gigantic torus of air circling a star seemed an ideal place for a starship mutiny. Now, 200 years later, the expedition's descendants are still learning to survive in this strange place. February 4 weeks Out of the Silent Planet (by C.S. Lewis of Narnia fame) A university don on holiday is shanghaied to an expedition to Mars. His concepts of both science and religion are turned on their heads as he flees what he thinks is certain death from "Martian monsters." March 5 weeks The Ugly Little Boy (by Isaac Asimov) A woman takes a job to be a nanny. Her charge is strange, lonely and by our standards homely. With a large head, brow ridges and sloping brow and muscles like a five year old weightlifter he's a perfect example of Homo neanderthalensis. April 4 weeks Higher Space (by Jamil Nasir) A corporate lawyer gets involved with a custody case that pulls him into a world of computers, magic and an ancient Native American Shaman. May 4 weeks Illusions (by Richard Bach) Richard meets the former "Mechanic Messiah" who shows him that the world might (or might not) be however he perceives it. June 5 weeks Spock's World (by Diane Duane) various excerpts from this very long novel. A history of Vulcan as seen during a debate on Vulcan to secede from the Federation. July 4 weeks Colossus (by D.F. Jones) In a grandiose measure to end the cold war, the USA turns over its entire defense to a super-computer codenamed Colossus. August 5 weeks Voyage to the City of the Dead (by Alan Dean Foster) On a world nicknamed Horseye a man and wife geologist and sociologist team explore the world from its steam room environment at the sea up to the frozen wastes at the top of the world. September 4 weeks Anything You Can Do (by Darrel T. Langart) A powerful alien stranded on Earth cannot believe the slow weak humans are the top species. His search for the true people results in death and destruction until a genetically enhanced "superman" confronts him. October 4 weeks Running from the Deity (Alan Dean Foster) A young man with psychic abilities tries to help people and learns to his dismay that they now consider him a god. November 5 weeks |
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The Stone God Awakens (by Philip Jose Farmer)
Ulysses Singing Bear a modern Native American suddenly wakes to find himself on a throne, worshiped and fought over by tribes of humanoid cats and dogs. He learns how he'd slept as a stone figure for eons and now tries to deal with a bizarre world of the future.
Ulysses Singing Bear a modern Native American suddenly wakes to find himself on a throne, worshiped and fought over by tribes of humanoid cats and dogs. He learns how he'd slept as a stone figure for eons and now tries to deal with a bizarre world of the future.
