Item category 1: Science Fiction

Set in an alternate universe, Victorian England is a land where the Information Age has dawned a century early. Sybil Gerrard faces an uncertain future - a choice between the suave Mr Radley or the enigmatic General Houston. Gibson is the author of "Count Zero" and Sterling wrote "Schismatrix".

The final part of a saga set against a history of 7000 years of struggles of gods and kings and men. The Orb of Aldur was restored - but the Prophecy was unfulfilled. It drove Garion on, but it gave no answer to the question that haunted him: how does a man kill an immortal god?

A night-time prowler is turning the inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city in Discworld, into something resembling charcoal biscuits. Captain Vimes of the City Watch is given the task of tracking down the culprit, a seventy-foot dragon.

His name is Parmenion. Despised by Spartans and Macedonians alike, he must fight for his place in the world. Yet he will survive. Dark forces have marked out his destiny as the most fearsome warlord Greece has ever known. For he will become the Lion of Macedon - and will reshape the glory of Gre...

From the author of "Foundation", "Robot" and "Empire", this story is set in a futuristic world where Nemesis, a dwarf star, is on a collision course for the Earth. Isaac Asimov has won numerous awards and has received 14 honorary academic degrees.