Secondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2814

Secondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2814

Three Star Wars novels — including the first and third books of Timothy Zahn's celebrated Thrawn Trilogy — are joined by three Frank Herbert Dune sequels, Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee's Rama Revealed, and Anne McCaffrey's Acorna series in a science fiction box rich in expanded universes and genre-defining series. Roger Zelazny's Prince of Chaos, Margaret Weis across two series, a pair of Marvel superhero prose adaptations, and Herbert's standalone The Eyes of Heisenberg round out eighteen titles spanning the full width of 1990s science fiction publishing.

1. Acorna: The Unicorn Girl — Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball — The opening book of the Acorna series, introducing an alien girl with a healing horn who crash-lands among humans; McCaffrey at her most inventive and warm-hearted.
2. The Last Command — Timothy Zahn — The thrilling conclusion to the Thrawn Trilogy, as Grand Admiral Thrawn makes his final move against the New Republic; one of the finest Star Wars expanded universe novels ever written.
3. Tales from Jabba's Palace — Edited by Kevin J. Anderson — An anthology of original stories from the denizens of Jabba's palace, expanding the world of Return of the Jedi with characteristic invention and variety.
4. Heir to the Empire — Timothy Zahn — The novel that launched the Star Wars expanded universe; Grand Admiral Thrawn emerges from the Unknown Regions to rebuild the Empire, and the struggle for the galaxy resumes.
5. King's Sacrifice — Margaret Weis — The third book in the Star of the Guardians series; Weis's space opera epic reaches a climax of sacrifice and revelation as the battle for the galaxy's soul enters its final phase.
6. Prince of Chaos — Roger Zelazny — The tenth and final book of the Chronicles of Amber, bringing the Merlin Cycle to its conclusion; Zelazny's labyrinthine fantasy of shadow-walking princes and cosmic conspiracy at its most inventive.
7. Acorna's Quest — Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball — The second Acorna novel, as the unicorn girl searches for her home planet while continuing to use her gifts to heal and help those around her.
8. The Knights of the Black Earth — Margaret Weis & Don Perrin — The first novel in the Mag Force 7 series; mercenaries in a vividly imagined future navigate loyalty, identity, and a conspiracy that threatens the galactic order.
9. Barracuda: Final Bearing — Michael DiMercurio — A tense submarine warfare thriller pitting American and Japanese nuclear submarines against each other in the Pacific; DiMercurio's technical precision and narrative momentum at full strength.
10. Heretics of Dune — Frank Herbert — The fifth Dune novel, set 1500 years after the events of God Emperor; the Bene Gesserit face a new challenge as the descendants of humanity's great scattering return.
11. Chapter House: Dune — Frank Herbert — The sixth and final Dune novel written by Herbert himself; the Bene Gesserit are besieged and must make impossible choices as the series reaches its extraordinary, unresolved conclusion.
12. God Emperor of Dune — Frank Herbert — The fourth Dune novel, set 3500 years after the original; the God Emperor Leto II has ruled for millennia and his death will unleash forces that reshape the universe.
13. Rama Revealed — Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee — The fourth and final novel of the Rama series; humanity's encounter with the alien megastructure reaches its climax as the ultimate purpose of the Ramans is finally made clear.
14. The Ultimates — A Marvel Universe prose adaptation; superhero action on an epic scale drawing on the characters and conflicts of Marvel's most celebrated team.
15. X-Men — A prose novelisation of Marvel's mutant superhero team; the complex world of Xavier's School and the ongoing conflict between humans and mutants rendered in full narrative form.
16. X-Men / Avengers — A crossover prose novel bringing together Marvel's two greatest superhero teams; large-scale action and character drama across the full width of the Marvel Universe.
17. Crystal Line — Anne McCaffrey — The third book of the Crystal Singer trilogy, following Killashandra Ree through the final chapter of her long and turbulent life as a crystal singer; McCaffrey bringing one of her best-loved series to a satisfying close.
18. The Eyes of Heisenberg — Frank Herbert — An early Herbert novel exploring genetic engineering, immortality, and corporate power; prescient and compulsively readable, with the same probing intelligence that shaped the Dune universe.