New US Science Fiction Paperbacks arrived today:

Alliance Space: Merchanter's Luck/40,000 - Cherryh, C. J.
Antagonist - Dickson, Gordon R.
Death's Head - Gunn, David
Echoes of an Alien Sky - Hogan, James P.
Elysium Commission - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Emissaries from the Dead - Castro, Adam-Troy
Final Inquiries - Allen, Roger MacBride
Goetia - Odom, Mel
Grimspace - Aguirre, Ann
Harp, Pipe, & Symphony - Di Filippo, Paul
Jumper - Gould, Steven
Maelstrom - McCaffrey, Anne
Marseguro - Willett, Edward
Octagonal Raven - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Outback Stars - McDonald, Sandra
Provenance - Archer, Alex
Quantico - Bear, Greg
Rollback - Sawyer, Robert J.
To Ride the Chimeraa - Killiany, Kevin
Whitechapel Gods - Peters, S. M.
Worlds on Fire - Costello, Matthew

You can email me to reserve any you want
I have improved my volume discout so now if you get 7 new books 2 of them are free, or 4 from 12

I have just received a small order of the latest Executioner titles - Firestorm & Carnage Code - plus Deathlands : desert Kings & Outlanders: Dark Goddess

MARK MILLAR

I noticed I got this reference from Mark Millar some time ago

killed time by spending the equivalent of 60 bucks in Futureshock on books I'd never seen before. I just eat them up and it's still, by far, the medium I'm most comfortable in. The autonomy of comics is still hard to beat.

IMPROVED DISCOUNT

With new US books coming in & no shortage of stock (!) I have decided to extend the paperback discount scheme for the immediate future. Previously I have given 2 free 2nd hand books out of every 7 taken or 4 out of 12 or 1 new free out of 7 & 2 free out of 12.

I am now extending the discount on new books to match that on 2nd hand ones.

My discount schedule now reads:

1 GRAPHIC NOVEL HALF PRICE FOR 4 PURCHASED

1 GRAPHIC NOVEL FREE OUT OF 7 PURCHASED

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NEW & 2ND HAND PAPERBACKS

BUY 7 - GET 2 FREE

BUY 12 - GET 4 FREE

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BACK ISSUE COMICS

BUY 7 OR MORE & SAVE 50P ON EACH

BUY 20 OR MORE & SAVE £1 ON EACH

BUY 50 OR MORE & SAVE £1.20 ON EACH

Minimum is 30p for any comic, free books will be taken from the lowest priced ones.

NEW

US Paperbacks
Alliance Space: Merchanter's Luck/40,000 - Cherryh, C. J.
Antagonist - Dickson, Gordon R.
Death's Head - Gunn, David
Echoes of an Alien Sky - Hogan, James P.
Elysium Commission - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Emissaries from the Dead - Castro, Adam-Troy
Final Inquiries - Allen, Roger MacBride
Goetia - Odom, Mel
Grimspace - Aguirre, Ann
Harp, Pipe, & Symphony - Di Filippo, Paul
Jumper - Gould, Steven
Maelstrom - McCaffrey, Anne
Marseguro - Willett, Edward
Octagonal Raven - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Outback Stars - McDonald, Sandra
Planet of the Damned - Harrison, Harry
Provenance - Archer, Alex
Quantico - Bear, Greg
Rollback - Sawyer, Robert J.
To Ride the Chimeraa - Killiany, Kevin
Whitechapel Gods - Peters, S. M.
Worlds on Fire - Costello, Matthew

Also have got Absolute Sandman vol 1 back in (£65\) of which first 7 so far only printings are running low

2nd hand - An as new slipcase edition of 2 books of Atlas of Middle earth

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HYPERSPACE DRIVE

This is really off the wall & while I wouldn't hold my breath. However it is clear that some serious USAF investment is available.

The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe, could potentially allow a spacecraft to travel to Mars in three hours and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days, according to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.


The theoretical engine works by creating an intense magnetic field that, according to ideas first developed by the late scientist Burkhard Heim in the 1950s, would produce a gravitational field and result in thrust for a spacecraft.

Also, if a large enough magnetic field was created, the craft would slip into a different dimension, where the speed of light is faster, allowing incredible speeds to be reached. Switching off the magnetic field would result in the engine reappearing in our current dimension.

The US air force has expressed an interest in the idea and scientists working for the American Department of Energy - which has a device known as the Z Machine that could generate the kind of magnetic fields required to drive the engine - say they may carry out a test if the theory withstands further scrutiny.

Professor Jochem Hauser, one of the scientists who put forward the idea, told The Scotsman that if everything went well a working engine could be tested in about five years.

However, Prof Hauser, a physicist at the Applied Sciences University in Salzgitter, Germany, and a former chief of aerodynamics at the European Space Agency, cautioned it was based on a highly controversial theory that would require a significant change in the current understanding of the laws of physics.

"It would be amazing. I have been working on propulsion systems for quite a while and it would be the most amazing thing. The benefits would be almost unlimited," he said.

"But this thing is not around the corner; we first have to prove the basic science is correct and there are quite a few physicists who have a different opinion.

"It's our job to prove we are right and we are working on that."

He said the engine would enable spaceships to travel to different solar systems. "If the theory is correct then this is not science fiction, it is science fact," Prof Hauser said.

"NASA have contacted me and next week I'm going to see someone from the [US] air force to talk about it further, but it is at a very early stage. I think the best-case scenario would be within the next five years [to build a test device] if the technology works."

The US authorities' attention was attracted after Prof Hauser and an Austrian colleague, Walter Droscher, wrote a paper called "Guidelines for a space propulsion device based on Heim's quantum theory".

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A personal niggle - every time something new comes up somebody says "this is no longer science fiction" & then next time the media glitterati are once again surprised - they should try reading some & not keep getting caught by surprise.