Phoenix Pick publishes reprints and new works of some of thebest known authors in speculative fiction including Robert A. Heinlein, Larry
Niven, Joe Haldeman, Robert Silverberg, Sprague L. de Camp, Daniel F. Galouye
and many more.
Since 2013, we have also
published a bi-monthly magazine, Galaxy's Edge, edited by Mike
Resnick. In 2015 Mike Resnick was nominated for a Short Form Editor Hugo Award,
and Kary English’s story "Totaled," (published in Issue #9) was nominated for a
Best Short Story Hugo Award. In 2016 Ron Friedman was nominated for the Aurora awards for his short story, "Game Not Over."
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selection of books
RECENTLY RELEASED
The essential resource for anyone who reads, writes, watches, or studies science fiction.
TROPE-ING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE FICTION
by Edward M. Lerner
"A must-have for every science-fiction writer.
Edward M. Lerner has produced the best-ever guide to putting the science in
science fiction, and he's done it with clarity, wit, and panache. A terrific
book — I'm recommending it to all my colleagues, and to all those who hope someday to be
professional SF writers."—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum
Night
"This is a book
which covers a huge number of topics well and provides great scientific and science
fictional stimulation."—Dave Truesdale, Tangent Online
"I am entertained and enlightened."—Larry Niven, author of Ringworld
"A great source book for SF writers."—Bud Sparhawk, author of Distant
Seas
"Worth your time, your money, and
your consideration, whether you're interested in accessible science, looking tounderstand trends in science fiction, or—optimally—both."—Trevor Quachri, editor of Analog
Science Fiction and Fact (excerpted
from his guest foreword to the book)
Men have walked on the Moon. Siri and Alexa manage—at least often enough to be helpful—to make sense of the things we say. Biologists have decoded DNA, and doctors have begun to tailor treatments to suit our individual genetic make-ups. In short: science and tech happen.
But faster-than-light travel? Time travel? Telepathy? A six million dollar—as adjusted, of course, for inflation—man? Starfaring aliens? Super-intelligent computers? Those, surely, are mere fodder for storytelling. Or wild extrapolations. Just so many “sci fi” tropes.
Sometimes, yes. But not necessarily.
In Trope-ing the Light Fantastic, physicist, computer engineer, science popularizer, and award-winning science-fiction author Edward M. Lerner entertainingly examines these and many other SF tropes. The science behind the fiction.
Each chapter, along with its eminently accessible scientific discussion, surveys science fiction—foundational and modern, in short and long written form, on TV and the big screen—that illustrates a particular trope. The good, the bad, and occasionally the cringe-worthy. All imparted with wit (and ample references to learn more).
So forget what the Wizard of Oz advised. Let’s pull back the curtain…
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THRESHOLD OF ETERNITY
by John Brunner and Damien Broderick
The legendary John Brunner wrote the original Threshold
of Eternity in 1957. Sixty years later Damien Broderick revisits the world
Brunner created in that classic, forward-looking story and modernizes it to
retell the exciting tale of time travelers, augmented intelligences and aliens.
When Korean war vet
Ret. Corporal Lawrence “Red” Hawkins stumbles across a doctor from the future,
he embarks on the most important journey of his life…with the future of
humanity at stake. For he must travel thousands of years into the future to
join in a galactic Time War where alien beings are poised to eradicate humanity
in a conflict that never ends.
Spearheading the fight against the alien race (known only
as the Enemy) is Artesha, a human so advanced, so damaged by a war she’s been
fighting across endless time and space, that her physical form has been
destroyed; she not only has been uploaded into the Center’s web where she runs
humanity’s vast communication network—she has become it.
While Artesha tries to calculate the best way to victory
in a playing field being continuously altered by time surges, it is all that
she and her fleet coordinators, Paulo Magwareet and Burma Brahmasutra, can do
to keep up with the fallout. For there is also another presence at play whom
the humans know as the Being, and the Enemy label the Beast. It will take all
of the time travelers, across many different eras of humanity, working together
to uncover this mysterious entity’s goal, to make right a time torn asunder so
they can forge a future for the human race.
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ALSO IN THE WORKS
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Volume Two A (reprint)
edited by Ben Bova
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Volume Two B (reprint)
edited by Ben Bova
The Hounds of Skaith (reprint)
by Leigh Brackett
Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars (reprint)
by Leigh Brackett
The Stars Must Wait (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
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Kinship Wars: Contact (new)
by Doug Dandridge
Conversations From the Edge:
The Galaxy's Edge Interviews (new)
edited by Joy Ward
The Reavers of Skaith (reprint)
by Leigh Brackett
Bolo (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
Assignment in Nowhere (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
Worlds of the Imperium (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
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Red Planet (reprint)
by Robert A. Heinlein
The Number of the Beast (reprint)
by Robert A. Heinlein
The Ginger Star (reprint)
by Leigh Brackett
Rogue Bolo (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
The Other Side of Time (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
Zone Yellow (reprint)
by Keith Laumer
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Phoenix Pick/Galaxy's Pick at Conventions- San Jose Worldcon, 2018
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A gathering of friends at the Phoenix Pick/Galaxy's Edge tables in the exhibit hall. From Left to right: George R.R. Martin, Barb Galler-Smith, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Shahid Mahmud, Robert J. Sawyer
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Shahid Mahmud holding the Chinese edition of Galaxy's Edge with the team from the Chengdu Eight Light Minutes Culture Communications Co., Ltd, who created the Chinese edition, led by Yang Feng (2nd from right)
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr. and Harry Turtledove with his lovely family
visiting our tables.
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Lezli Robyn (who works at Arc Manor) accepting her Science Fiction and Fantasy Trading Card at the 76th Worldcon
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WHEN PARALLEL LINES MEET
Mike Resnick with Lezli Robyn and Larry Hodges
ISBN 978-1-61242-307-4, 228 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
When Keelarah, Lead Interrogator in the Neuropsychsubdivision of the Cartheeli Military Caste, first meets the alien, she is
prepared to do her duty. He is a trespasser on her planet, has caused the death
of someone dear to her, and it is imperative she find out where he’s come from
and whether his kind poses a threat to her and her people.
Often ruthless in her techniques, the interrogator uses
her telepathic and empathic abilities to assault his mind, to draw out any
whisper of information that can give them a better idea of what—who—they are
dealing with. But she isn’t prepared for the prisoner to defend himself with
comparable talents, to disarm her with equally astute observations.
Chief Surveyor Forrest Brown might not be the best
example of humanity, but he doesn’t have to be to show Keelarah what it is to
be humane. As they get to know each other, the line between captor and prisoner
blur, which begs the question: is having different origins a more important
factor, or the ability to find common ground? What if mutual alienation leads
to the most profound bond of all.
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What will it mean to be human in the future? How will we evolve
in order to reach the stars?
Fifteen short stories collected in this book examine how
interstellar flight might change humanity itself. Will we choose to upload our
minds into a singularity? Enhance ourselves with alien DNA? Will our bodies
remain the same, but our culture and societal norms adapt to accommodate for
effects of time dilation, or become subsumed by advanced alien cultures?
Hugo and Nebula award winning authors, bestsellers, and
some of the hottest new writers in the field of hard science fiction imagine an
array of possible futures—from bright to dystopian—and different permutations
of what's in store for us as a species.
Includes stories by Robert J. Sawyer, John Varley, Robert
Silverberg, Brenda Cooper, Ken Liu, Mike Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye and many more.
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"This book will be remembered as one of the major
collections of the decade."—Robert
J. Sawyer
Multiple award-winning authors, Mike Resnick and Lezli
Robyn, get to the heart of the matter in Soulmates, which showcases all the
words they have penned together over their years as collaborators (with a bonus
solo piece by each). Whether a robot, alien, some kind of supernatural being or
human, rising above our prejudices and ignorance allows us to make emotional
connections that can have a profound effect on our lives.
Each of these stories examine a facet of the simple, yet
incredibly complex, concept of companionship. They will make you laugh; will
make you cry…but most importantly they will make you look at the very basic
notion of soul-mates in a different light.
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Phoenix Pick at Conventions- Balticon 2016
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George R. R. Martin visiting the Phoenix Pick/Galaxy's Edge table. He had a crazy schedule being the guest of honor, but still found time to sign 200+ copies of the Galaxy's Edge magazine which featured him (interview plus a story).
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Dinner hosted by Phoenix Pick. From lower left: Joe Haldeman, Lee Emmet, John Varley, Lisa Turteldove, Harry Turtledove, Eric Flynn, Shahid Mahmud Larry Niven, Alex Shvartsman, Gay Haldeman (Kim Stanley Robinson later joined, Lezli Robyn taking the picture).
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