A Writer’s Conscience

November 20: “The writer is of service to humankind only insofar as the writer uses the word even against his or her own loyalties, trusts the state of being…”  

Old Mars

Editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois assemble a stellar crew of high-powered contributors to cover an inhabited Mars full of aliens, canals and ruins, recreating the exotic ambiance of Bradbury and Burroughs.

Life at the Speed of Light

The esteemed science writer of A Life Decoded is back, with a wealth of bold new research on the study which has emerged as his professional life’s great passion: the Human Genome Project.

The Elixir of Immortality

An ancient family who has passed down instructions to achieving eternal life for centuries faces extinction when its last descendant realizes he has no heirs to whom he can entrust the secret.

Star-Struck in Nebraska

November 19: “It struck me that Basil couldn’t be a name-dropper; these were the people he knew and worked with. It was his world. And oh, God, how I wanted to be a part of it.”