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Apprentice Adept is a sci-fi/fantasy series by American author Piers Anthony. The series is set on two worlds – called Phaze and Proton – that occupy the same place in two completely separate dimensional planes. The planet Phaze is full of magic, while Proton is a mining planet based on science.
The Cluster series is a series of science fiction novels by American author Piers Anthony. Humanity has colonized an area of the galaxy called Sphere Sol. Sphere Sol is the sphere of influence of the race from the sun and it is 100 light years in diameter. There are also other spheres centered around other […]
Piers Anthony is an English-American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He has written several series, including Xanth, Cluster, Apprentice Adept, Incarnations of Immortality and several others. Before he became an author, Piers spent two years serving in the U.S. Army, edited the battalion’s newspaper and then worked as a public school teacher. He […]
Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was an American scientist and author. His fields of research were in astronomy and natural sciences. During his career as an author/writer, he published over 600 scientific papers and wrote and edited over 20 books. As far as fiction goes, Carl only wrote one novel, Contact, which was adapted to the 1996 […]
Christopher Pike is the pen name of Kevin Christopher McFadden, an American author of young adult thrillers, horror, sci-fi and children’s novels. Pike started out writing adult mysteries until it was suggested by an editor that he try his hand at teen thrillers. Pike is a private person, rarely giving interviews, but he has acknowledged […]
Harry Harrison (1925-2012) was an American novelist of science fiction, best known for his Stainless Steel Rat character. His novel Make Room! Make Room! was loosely adapted into the film Soylent Green, starring Charlton Heston. Before he starting writing, Harrison was an artist for EC Comics series Weird Fantasy and Weird Science. He also wrote […]
The Wardstone Chronicles is a series of dark fantasy novels by English author Joseph Delaney. Interestingly, in North America, the series is known as The Last Apprentice and each book has a different title and cover. The central character in the series is Tom Ward, who is being apprenticed to become a “Spook.” However, he […]
Neil Gaiman is an English author of fantasy, horror and science fiction novels, graphic novels, short stories, comic books, audiobooks and screenplays. He is best known for his Sandman comic book series. Gaiman became interested in comics when he saw an issue of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore at the Victoria Tube station in London. […]
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American novelist of adventure, fantasy, science fiction, western and romance novels. He is best known for his Tarzan and John Carter of Mars characters. Burroughs began writing fiction when he thought he could at least write as good as the pulp fiction magazine writers at the time.
Elizabeth Lowell is a pen name of American author Ann Maxwell. Her books fall into various genres, including romance, suspense, science fiction, mystery and historical fiction. She has also written under the pen name A.E. Maxwell (a collective pen name along with her husband Evan), Lowell Charters, Annalise Sun and her real name. She has […]