{"title":"Science-Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-clash-of-kings-george-rr-martin-9780006479895","title":"A Clash of Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky - a comet the colour of blood and flame - five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George R.R. Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47253766242547,"sku":"9780006479895","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"As New","offer_id":47253766275315,"sku":"9990002671067","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fair","offer_id":43171999482099,"sku":"8880002709178","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/HXCj2MNTr4bMpdufcA8y6YJXI51qRxDjy9uC_FOp2dHXqA.jpg?v=1770162978"},{"product_id":"a-clockwork-orange-anthony-burgess-9780241951446","title":"A Clockwork Orange","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe daring and electrifying book that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'What we were after was lashings of ultraviolence'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSocial prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Burgess","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43171999645939,"sku":"9780241951446","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780241951446.jpg?v=1662046913"},{"product_id":"a-dance-with-dragons-george-rr-martin-9780006486114","title":"A Dance With Dragons","description":"\u003cp\u003eHBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is the fifth volume in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf, Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King's Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew, King Joffrey. But not before killing his hated father, Lord Tywin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but he has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall, where the wildling armies are massing for an assault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George R.R. Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172005150963,"sku":"9780006486114","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/5UHqHXCPupzgTX-8ZaxdzI52lf2KPIFzkaMyADNapiVESA.jpg?v=1770163004"},{"product_id":"a-deadly-education-naomi-novik-9781529100877","title":"A Deadly Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the leading talent in fantasy, a magical coming-of-age trilogy with a female anti-hero - for fans of Dark Academia and Harry Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'For all fans of Harry Potter, Wednesday or even Fourth Wing, Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education trilogy is a must-read.' STYLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sunday Times bestseller!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death - until one girl begins to rewrite its rules.\n\u003cbr\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEnter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEl Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExcept, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying her hardest not to use it . . . that is, unless she has no other choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a heroine for the ages - a character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will live on in hearts and minds for generations to come.\n\u003cbr\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Hilarious and wild! Take any fictional magic school, make it as over-the-top dangerous as possible, and populate it with a bunch of snarky teenagers; the result is pure batshit fun.'\n\u003cbr\u003eN.K. Jemisin, three-time Hugo Award winner and author of The Fifth Season\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Novik deliciously undoes expectations about magic schools, destined heroes, and family legacies. A gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness, chockablock with action, cleverness, and wit.' Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Scholomance is the dark school of magic I've been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I'd happily follow anywhere-even into a school full of monsters.' \n\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Arden, Sunday Times  bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The wonderful cast of characters will grab a hold of your heart and you'll never want to leave this deadly school ... a fantasy that delights on every level. I loved this brilliant book.'\n\u003cbr\u003eStephanie Garber, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Eyeball-meltingly brilliant. Novik is, quite simply, a genius.'\n\u003cbr\u003eKiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sharp, witty, and darkly effervescent, A Deadly Education is Naomi Novik's fresh take on the concept of the magic school. One of my favorite reads of the year.'\n\u003cbr\u003eRory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fresh, smart, and delightfully unique. It's Hogwarts with higher stakes and sharper claws, and I absolutely loved it.'\n\u003cbr\u003eAlix E. Harrow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A nightmare from which I never wished to wake. Savage, inventive, and soulful, Novik grasps the totems of childhood that linger in your mind-schools of magic, curses, cutthroat classmates, monsters-only to twist them into a grand new tale that'll make you believe in magic again.' \n\u003cbr\u003ePierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Deadly Education, Sunday Times bestseller - October 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naomi Novik","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172006789363,"sku":"9781529100877","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781529100877.jpg?v=1662046981"},{"product_id":"a-feast-for-crows-george-rr-martin-9780006486121","title":"A Feast for Crows","description":"\u003cp\u003eHBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A FEAST FOR CROWS is the fourth volume in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel. As plots, intrigue and battle threaten to engulf Westeros, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George R.R. Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172018094323,"sku":"9780006486121","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"As New","offer_id":46144118718707,"sku":"9990002662577","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46331202207987,"sku":"8880002517711","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fair","offer_id":46144118784243,"sku":"8880002573212","price":8.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":46144118751475,"sku":"8880002573199","price":9.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/FqMiqmAWV78YXt-2BLzTeF1HR0EARkP9atj3qo1ZDTM4Nw.jpg?v=1770163129"},{"product_id":"a-game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-9780006479888","title":"A Game of Thrones","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, starring Sean Bean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George R.R. Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172023763187,"sku":"9780006479888","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/FdO5Wswa3voIgtZwPfJDdcLGN033cPVAvE4JhNAG6fg6RA.jpg?v=1770162899"},{"product_id":"a-storm-of-swords-part-1-steel-and-snow-george-rr-martin-9780006479901","title":"A Storm of Swords: Part 1 Steel and Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third volume, part one of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Winter approaches Westeros like an angry beast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. And Robb's defences are ranged against the South, the land of the cunning and cruel Lannisters, who have his younger sisters in their power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout Westeros, the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the Wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George R.R. Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172091953395,"sku":"9780006479901","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780006479901.jpg?v=1662047699"},{"product_id":"abaddons-gate-james-s-a-corey-9781841499932","title":"Abaddon's Gate","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James S. A. Corey","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172128129267,"sku":"9781841499932","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781841499932.jpg?v=1662047961"},{"product_id":"acceptance-jeff-vandermeer-9780008139124","title":"Acceptance","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Genuinely potent and dream-haunting writing' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Powerful and echoing' NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Helen MacDonald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArea X has rebuffed expedition after expedition for decades, refusing to reveal its secrets. As it expands alarmingly, the Southern Reach agency tasked with its investigation has collapsed in confusion. Now, one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may yet hold vital answers. How was Area X created, and why? Can it be stopped?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this climactic volume of the Southern Reach trilogy, reality mutates and mysteries resolve, but now that so many questions have answers, the consequences are no less profound - or terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable' NEW YORKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47401495724275,"sku":"9780008139124","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"As New","offer_id":47401495757043,"sku":"9990002789526","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":43172138287347,"sku":"8880002738581","price":7.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/acceptance_4.jpg?v=1769739391"},{"product_id":"american-gods-neil-gaiman-9780755322817","title":"American Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN ACCLAIMED, EMMY-NOMINATED TV SERIES ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE HUGO, LOCUS AND BRAM STOKER AWARDS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'To give him his full title: Neil Gaiman, Architect of Worlds, Svengali of Plot, Shaman of Character, Exploder of Cliche, Master Craftsman of Style, Dreamer Laureate of the Republic of Letters' DAVID MITCHELL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant and unique' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is about the soul of America, the idea that everyone came here from somewhere' NEIL GAIMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter three years in prison, Shadow Moon is free to go home. But hours before his release, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Numbly, he boards a plane where he meets an enigmatic stranger who seems to know Shadow and claims to be an ancient god - and king of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. But all around them a storm of unnatural proportions is gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWar is coming, an epic struggle for the very soul of America. And Shadow is standing squarely in its path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNEIL GAIMAN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Includes a brand-new author preface, introduction to the author's preferred text, The Monarch of the Glen novella, reading-group discussion questions, an interview with Neil Gaiman and 'How Dare You', an essay on American Gods**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neil Gaiman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172250484979,"sku":"9780755322817","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780755322817.jpg?v=1662048793"},{"product_id":"annihilation-jeff-vandermeer-9780008139100","title":"Annihilation","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A contemporary masterpiece' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Creepy and fascinating' STEPHEN KING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A psycho-geograpical tour de force' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e ADAPTED INTO A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by award-winning author Karen Joy Fowler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's now-classic Southern Reach series, Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades and nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilisation. Expedition after expedition into Area X has failed to uncover its mysteries and the true nature of its danger to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow a twelfth expedition makes the attempt, a group of four women: an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist and the narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA harrowing cosmic mystery at the vanguard of eco-fiction, Annihilation has only become more pertinent to our reality ten years after its first publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Genuinely potent and dream-haunting' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable' NEW YORKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The best bits turn your mind inside out' WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Shot through with echoes of Lovecraft, Orwell, and Kafka ... compulsively readable' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172305764595,"sku":"9780008139100","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780008139100.jpg?v=1662049200"},{"product_id":"artemis-andy-weir-9781785030253","title":"Artemis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gripping science fiction novel set on the moon, by the bestselling author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROJECT HAIL MARY, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING.READ THE NOVEL THAT PREDICTED THE FUTURE OF NASA SPACE TRAVEL.__________\n\u003cbr\u003eEver had a bad day? Try having one on the moon...WELCOME TO ARTEMIS. The first city on the moon.\n\u003cbr\u003ePopulation 2,000. Mostly tourists.\n\u003cbr\u003eSome criminals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJazz Bashara is one of the criminals. She lives in a poor area of Artemis and subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. But it's not enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo when she's offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it. But though planning a crime in 1\/6th gravity may be more fun, it's also a lot more dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you live on the moon, of course you have a dark side...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating' Tim Peake, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ask an Astronaut\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andy Weir","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172364714227,"sku":"9781785030253","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781785030253.jpg?v=1662049678"},{"product_id":"assassins-apprentice-robin-hobb-9780007562251","title":"Assassin's Apprentice","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child's name is Fitz, and he is despised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRaised in the castle stables, only the company of the king's fool, the ragged children of the lower city, and his unusual affinity with animals provide Fitz with any comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo be useful to the crown, Fitz is trained as an assassin; and to use the traditional magic of the Farseer family. But his tutor, allied to another political faction, is determined to discredit, even kill him. Fitz must survive: for he may be destined to save the kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robin Hobb","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172396892403,"sku":"9780007562251","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780007562251.jpg?v=1662050000"},{"product_id":"atlas-shrugged-ayn-rand-9780451191144","title":"Atlas Shrugged","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil,Atlas Shruggedis Ayn Rand's magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller-nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator?Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this book. You will discover why a productive genius becomes a worthless playboy...why a great steel industrialist is working for his own destruction...why a composer gives up his career on the night of his triumph...why a beautiful woman who runs a transcontinental railroad falls in love with the man she has sworn to kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAtlas Shrugged, a modern classic and Rand's most extensive statement ofObjectivism-her groundbreaking philosophy-offers the reader the spectacle of human greatness, depicted with all the poetry and power of one of the twentieth century's leading artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayn Rand","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172425171187,"sku":"9780451191144","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780451191144.jpg?v=1662050206"},{"product_id":"autonomous-annalee-newitz-9780356511221","title":"Autonomous","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the internet' NEAL STEPHENSON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'Something genuinely and thrillingly new' WILLIAM GIBSON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable' LAUREN BEUKES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2018 LAMBDA AWARD FOR SFF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEarth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Hot on her trail is an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his indentured robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack's drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e And underlying it all is one fundamental question: is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annalee Newitz","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172461904115,"sku":"9780356511221","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780356511221.jpg?v=1662050515"},{"product_id":"babylons-ashes-james-s-a-corey-9780356504292","title":"Babylon's Ashes","description":"\u003cp\u003eNOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBabylon's Ashes is the sixth book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets.  The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJames Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun.  As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens.  Pirate fleets, mutiny and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems.  And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Expanse:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Expanse series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeviathan Wakes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaliban's War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbaddon's Gate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCibola Burn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNemesis Games\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBabylon's Ashes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePersepolis Rising\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTiamat's Wrath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeviathan Falls \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMemory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James S. A. Corey","offers":[{"title":"Fair","offer_id":43172495950067,"sku":"8880002864815","price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780356504292.jpg?v=1662050726"},{"product_id":"battle-royale-remastered-koushun-takami-9781421565989","title":"Battle Royale: Remastered","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a dystopian future Japan, forty-two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKoushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan-where it became a runaway best seller-Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koushun Takami","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172536516851,"sku":"9781421565989","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781421565989.jpg?v=1662051051"},{"product_id":"borne-jeff-vandermeer-9780008159214","title":"Borne","description":"\u003cp\u003eA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Neither of us had control of our monsters anymore'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a ruined city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the fur of a despotic bear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe names him Borne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe reminds her of her homeland lost to rising seas, but her lover Wick is intent on rendering him down as raw material for the special drugs he sells. Nothing is quite what it seems, and if Wick is hiding secrets, so too is Rachel - and Borne most of all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172706386163,"sku":"9780008159214","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780008159214.jpg?v=1662052335"},{"product_id":"calibans-war-james-s-a-corey-9781841499918","title":"Caliban's War","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army, or if the danger lies closer to home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James S. A. Corey","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172826349811,"sku":"9781841499918","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781841499918.jpg?v=1662052960"},{"product_id":"children-of-dune-frank-herbert-9781473233782","title":"Children Of Dune","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Children of Dune, the third book in one of the most influential series of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs, can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead the series which inspired the Academy Award-winning and jaw-dropping cinematic events Dune: Part One  and Dune: Part Two. A science fiction spectacular like no other, this is a deeply climate conscious novel, and a compelling family saga for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDune reading order:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Dune Messiah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Children of Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e God Emperor of Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Heretics of Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Chapterhouse Dune\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Herbert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46205258039539,"sku":"9781473233782","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46205258072307,"sku":"8880002624266","price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"As New","offer_id":43172907122931,"sku":"2770002408262","price":14.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781473233782.jpg?v=1662053591"},{"product_id":"cloud-atlas-david-mitchell-9780340822784","title":"Cloud Atlas","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Richard \u0026amp; Judy Best Read of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSouls cross ages like clouds cross skies . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the  globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, CLOUD ATLAS erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*Please note that the end of p39 and p40 are intentionally blank*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172946936051,"sku":"9780340822784","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780340822784.jpg?v=1662053974"},{"product_id":"count-zero-william-gibson-9781473217409","title":"Count Zero","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey set a Slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the colour of his hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Maas Biolabs and Hosaka zaibatsus fight it out for world domination, computer cowboys like Turner and Count Zero are just foot soldiers in the great game: useful but ultimately expendable.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Turner wakes up in Mexico - in a new body with a beautiful woman beside him - his corporate masters let him recuperate for a while, then reactivate his memory for a mission even more dangerous than the one that nearly killed him: the head designer from Maas Biolabs says he wants to defect to Hosaka, and it's Turner's job to deliver him safely. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCOUNT ZERO is a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the designer's defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo gods in the Net and angels in the software, he can only hope that the megacorps and the super-rich have their virtual hands too full to notice the amateur hacker with the black market kit trying desperately to stay alive . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Gibson","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172997431539,"sku":"9781473217409","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781473217409_9d9a991a-9681-457d-83dc-ffa0396de687.jpg?v=1662054526"},{"product_id":"dark-age-pierce-brown-9781473646780","title":"Dark Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe broke the chains. Then he broke the world . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  A decade ago Darrow led a revolution and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he's an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, he wages rogue war on Mercury. Is he still the same hero? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  In Darrow's darkening shadow, the Lysander au Lune, displaced heir to the old empire, rises. First, he must survive Gold backstabbing, then Darrow. Will he bring peace to mankind at the edge of his sword?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e On Luna, Mustang, the Republic's embattled sovereign, fights to save both democracy and her exiled husband. But one may cost her the other - and her son is not yet returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Fear dims the hopes of the Rising, and as power is seized, lost and reclaimed, the worlds spin on toward a new dark age . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierce Brown","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173069291763,"sku":"9781473646780","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781473646780.jpg?v=1662055075"},{"product_id":"deaths-end-cixin-liu-9781784971656","title":"Death's End","description":"\u003cp\u003eRead the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon - now a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHalf a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEarth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge and, with human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But peace has made humanity complacent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the start of the Trisolar Crisis, and her presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Three-Body Problem: \n\u003cbr\u003e'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' Wired \n\u003cbr\u003e'Immense' Barack Obama \n\u003cbr\u003e'Unique' George R.R. Martin \n\u003cbr\u003e'SF in the grand style' Guardian \n\u003cbr\u003e'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail \n\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cixin Liu","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173112348915,"sku":"9781784971656","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781784971656.jpg?v=1662055389"},{"product_id":"do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-philip-k-dick-9780575094185","title":"Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal - the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But in Deckard's world things were never that simple and his assignment quickly turned into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit - and the threat of death for the hunter rather than the hunted...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip K Dick","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173198397683,"sku":"9780575094185","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780575094185_41745b47-b1fc-4f1d-b81d-d835907c2537.jpg?v=1662056020"},{"product_id":"drums-of-autumn-diana-gabaldon-9781784751340","title":"Drums Of Autumn","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Two decades later, Claire travelled back again to reunite with Jamie, this time in frontier America. But Claire had left someone behind in her own time - their daughter Brianna. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she risks her own future to try to change history - and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past - or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diana Gabaldon","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173277860083,"sku":"9781784751340","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781784751340.jpg?v=1662056532"},{"product_id":"dune-frank-herbert-9780340960196","title":"Dune","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person's life-span to making intersteller travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Emperor transfers stewardship of Arrakis from the noble House Harkonnen to House Atreides, the Harkonnens fight back, murdering Duke Leto Atreides. Paul, his son, and Lady Jessica, his concubine, flee into the desert. On the point of death, they are rescued by a band for Fremen, the native people of Arrakis, who control Arrakis' second great resource: the giant worms that burrow beneath the burning desert sands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  In order to avenge his father and retake Arrakis from the Harkonnens, Paul must earn the trust of the Fremen and lead a tiny army against the innumerable forces aligned against them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  And his journey will change the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Herbert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173285265651,"sku":"9780340960196","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780340960196.jpg?v=1662056565"},{"product_id":"dune-the-graphic-novel-book-1-dune-frank-herbert-9781419731501","title":"DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune","description":"\u003cp\u003eDune, Frank Herbert's epic sciencefiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics, Dune takes an unprecedented look into our universe, and is transformed by the graphic novel format into a powerful, fantastical tale for a new generation of readers. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's adaptation retains the integrity of the original novel, and Raul Allen and Patricia Martin's magnificent illustrations truly bring the book to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Herbert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173285724403,"sku":"9781419731501","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781419731501.jpg?v=1662056571"},{"product_id":"fahrenheit-451-ray-bradbury-9780006546061","title":"Fahrenheit 451","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver 1 million copies sold in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe classic novel of a post-literate future, 'Fahrenheit 451' stands alongside Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World' as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray Bradbury","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44034937553139,"sku":"9780006546061","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780006546061.jpg?v=1662057794"},{"product_id":"firestarter-stephen-king-9781444708103","title":"Firestarter","description":"\u003cp\u003e'You're a firestarter honey....just one big zippo lighter'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA year ago, he was an upstanding instructor of English at Harrison State College. Now Andy is on the run with his daughter. A pigtailed girl named Charlie. A girl with an unimaginably terrifying gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA gift which could be useful to corrupt authorities. Soon Charlie will be caught up in the menace of a fateful drug experiment and a sinister government ploy. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet the reader beware: FIRESTARTER is Stephen King at his most mesmerising. . . and menacing. . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173535711475,"sku":"9781444708103","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781444708103.jpg?v=1662058371"},{"product_id":"flowers-for-algernon-daniel-keyes-9781474605731","title":"Flowers For Algernon","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. All Charlie wants is to be smart and have friends, but the treatment turns him into a genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Keyes","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173567496435,"sku":"9781474605731","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781474605731.jpg?v=1662058641"},{"product_id":"god-emperor-of-dune-frank-herbert-9781473233805","title":"God Emperor Of Dune","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting God Emperor of Dune, the fourth book in one of the most influential series of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in DUNE. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead the series which inspired the Academy Award-winning and jaw-dropping cinematic events Dune: Part One (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). A science fiction spectacular like no other, this is a deeply climate conscious novel, and a compelling family saga for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDune reading order:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Dune Messiah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Children of Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e God Emperor of Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Heretics of Dune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Chapterhouse Dune\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Herbert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173729337587,"sku":"9781473233805","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781473233805_c533d58c-e03e-4da2-9066-af48887d21fe.jpg?v=1662059826"},{"product_id":"golden-son-pierce-brown-9781444759037","title":"Golden Son","description":"\u003cp\u003eENDER'S GAME meets THE HUNGER GAMES in this, the second in an extraordinary trilogy from an incredible new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I'm still playing games. This is just the deadliest yet.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Darrow is a rebel forged by tragedy. For years he and his fellow Reds worked the mines, toiling to make the surface of Mars inhabitable. They were, they believed, mankind's last hope. Until Darrow discovered that it was all a lie, and that the Red were nothing more than unwitting slaves to an elitist ruling class, the Golds, who had been living on Mars in luxury for generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn RED RISING, Darrow infiltrated Gold society, to fight in secret for a better future for his people. Now fully embedded amongst the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his dangerous work to bring them down from within. It's a journey that will take him further than he's ever been before - but is Darrow truly willing to pay the price that rebellion demands?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable hero at  its heart, GOLDEN SON guarantees Pierce Brown's continuing status as one of fiction's most exciting new voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierce Brown","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173735792883,"sku":"9781444759037","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781444759037.jpg?v=1662059888"},{"product_id":"good-omens-neil-gaiman-9780552159845","title":"Good Omens","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs heard on Radio 4 - the classic dark and hilarious take on mankind's final judgment, from bestselling authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeople have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr you could just try to do something about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neil Gaiman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173743821043,"sku":"9780552159845","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780552159845.jpg?v=1662059967"},{"product_id":"hyperion-dan-simmons-9780575099432","title":"Hyperion","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is the 29th century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike Ousters looms and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore bring chaos ever closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of disaster, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to the legendary Time Tombs on Hyperion, home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits of time and space. The pilgrims have resolved to die before discovering anything less than the secrets of the universe itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Simmons","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174042697971,"sku":"9780575099432","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780575099432.jpg?v=1662062429"},{"product_id":"i-who-have-never-known-men-jacqueline-harpman-9781529111798","title":"I Who Have Never Known Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale meets The Road in this haunting, heartbreaking tale of female resilience in a post-apocolyptic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWatched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an outcast in the corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE WATER CURE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Orlanda, the next sensation from Jacquline Harpman, is available now**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jacqueline Harpman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174075957491,"sku":"9781529111798","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781529111798.jpg?v=1662062701"},{"product_id":"iron-gold-pierce-brown-9781473646575","title":"Iron Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Another sizzling space epic to entice, excite and tease. *****' - Starburst\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**********\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDarrow was born a slave. He became a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe ended centuries of Gold rule, broke the chains of an empire, and now he's the hero of a brave new republic. But at terrible cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the edge of the solar system, the grandson of the emperor he murdered dreams of revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his hidden fortress in the oceans of Venus, the Ash Lord lies in wait, plotting to crush the newborn democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, at home, a young Red girl who's lost everything to the Rising questions whether freedom was just another Gold lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a fearsome new world where Obsidian pirates roam the Belt, famine and genocide ravage Mars, and crime lords terrorise Luna, it's time for Darrow and a cast of new characters from across the solar system to face down the chaos that revolution has unleashed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**********\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFurther praise for IRON GOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'Fascinating . . . This is one you absolutely will have to read' - The BiblioSanctum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  '[IRON GOLD] offers us both a continuation of the story Brown has been telling for years right alongside an eye-opening widening of his universe, as though we're watching it all through an exquisitely calibrated telescope that can slide on perfect bearings from one side of the solar system to the other without the slightest blur . . . Mature science fiction existing within the frame of blazing space opera' - NPR Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'The books are an exhilarating fusion of THE HUNGER GAMES, BLADE RUNNER and DUNE. Amid a pulse-pounding narrative, they fearlessly tackle major issues like the fragility of democracy and the fallibility of human nature to betray its ideals even when freedom is attained' - Express\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  '[A] thoughtful blend of action, intrigue, and prosaic human drama' - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'IRON GOLD offers more of everything we loved about the first three books. Pierce Brown builds upon the foundations of the incredible universe and story he spun in the first trilogy, pivoting on his characters' flaws and fallibility to steer the narrative in unexpected directions. Suffice it to say, readers will be soon be dying to read the next one' - Barnes \u0026amp; Noble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'This book lives up to every expectation I have for Pierce Brown . . . you MUST read this, it will not disappoint!' - The Speculative Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brown succeeds not only in writing a great book, but adding to the world and Red Rising's mythos . . . The mix of political intrigue, action and thematic journeys elevate this book from a simple sci-fi adventure into something more thought-provoking and rewarding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierce Brown","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174189826291,"sku":"9781473646575","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781473646575_7a1edc68-4de5-4ebf-9556-718b77a338ee.jpg?v=1791329723"},{"product_id":"kindred-octavia-e-butler-9781472258229","title":"Kindred","description":"\u003cp\u003eOctavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayobami Adebayo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' JUNOT DIAZ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again. Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it's even begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**MAJOR TV SERIES NOW ON DISNEY+**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Unnervingly prescient and wise' YAA GYASI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Butler's evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Octavia Butler was a visionary' VIOLA DAVIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' VANITY FAIR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' LUPITA NYONG'O\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174362317043,"sku":"9781472258229","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781472258229.jpg?v=1662064531"},{"product_id":"leviathan-wakes-james-s-a-corey-9781841499895","title":"Leviathan Wakes","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumanity has colonised the planets - interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions - the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James S. A. Corey","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174490800371,"sku":"9781841499895","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781841499895.jpg?v=1662065309"},{"product_id":"mob-psycho-100-volume-1-one-9781506709871","title":"Mob Psycho 100 Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the creator of One-Punch Man and now a Netflix Live Action Series! Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the creator of One-Punch Man and now a Netflix Live Action Series! Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power--his student assistant Shigeo--less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2017 Shogakukan Prize for Best Shonen Manga.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ONE","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174871433459,"sku":"9781506709871","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781506709871.jpg?v=1662068341"},{"product_id":"mona-lisa-overdrive-william-gibson-9781473217423","title":"Mona Lisa Overdrive","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ghost was her father's parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMona is a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is turned upside down when her pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon in New York and overnight she's turned into someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAngie Mitchell is a famous Hollywood Sense\/Net star with a special talent. And despite the efforts of studio bosses to keep her in ignorance, Angie's started remembering things. Soon she'll discover who she really is . . . and why she doesn't need a deck in order to enter cyberspace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom inside the matrix, plots are set in motion and human beings are being played like pieces on a board.  And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr so they think . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Gibson","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174878380275,"sku":"9781473217423","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781473217423_3761c156-b07f-4081-b48f-43132917552e.jpg?v=1662068422"},{"product_id":"morning-star-pierce-brown-9781444759075","title":"Morning Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eDarrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are the only hope humanity has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Until the day Darrow learns that it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Until the day Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierce Brown","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174897156339,"sku":"9781444759075","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781444759075.jpg?v=1662068596"},{"product_id":"mort-terry-pratchett-9780552166621","title":"Mort","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth Discworld novel, revamped for a new generation of readers...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'Incredibly funny, compulsively readable' The Times\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'A masterful blend of wit, satire, and philosophy' 5-star reader reivew\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'You cannot interfere with fate. Who are you to judge who should live and who should die?'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeath comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeath is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eSoon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's an offer Mort can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eIt's a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMort is the first book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the Discworld series:\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e' Pratchett's  spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'Pratchett is a master storyteller' Guardian\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone' Daily Express\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Masterful and brilliant' Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'Nothing short of magical' Chicago Tribune\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e' Discworld is  compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...There's never been anything quite like it' Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terry Pratchett","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174898106611,"sku":"9780552166621","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780552166621.jpg?v=1662068607"},{"product_id":"necronomicon-hp-lovecraft-9780575081567","title":"Necronomicon","description":"\u003cp\u003eWikipedia says: 'H.P Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eH.P Lovecraft's tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis handsome leather-look tome collects together all of Lovecraft's tales of terror, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were originally published. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft's fiction, as well as being a must-buy for those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive, highly attractive volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H.P. Lovecraft","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175005421811,"sku":"9780575081567","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780575081567.jpg?v=1662069698"},{"product_id":"nemesis-games-james-s-a-corey-9780356504254","title":"Nemesis Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eNOW A PRIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNemesis Games is the fifth book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land-rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShips are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd as a new human order is struggling to be born in blood and fire, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante must struggle to survive and get back to the only home they have left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Expanse is the biggest science fiction series of the last decade and is now a major TV series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Expanse:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Expanse series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeviathan Wakes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaliban's War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbaddon's Gate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCibola Burn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNemesis Games\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBabylon's Ashes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePersepolis Rising\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTiamat's Wrath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeviathan Falls \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMemory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James S. A. Corey","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175020134643,"sku":"9780356504254","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780356504254.jpg?v=1662069743"},{"product_id":"network-effect-a-murderbot-novel-martha-wells-9781250229854","title":"Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since. The series has grown with every release, with book #2 debuting at 95 on the USA Today Bestseller List, #3 at 77, and #4 at 48. A quarter of a million copies later, Murderbot is back in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel. Network Effect offers an opportunity like never before for bookstore readers to dive into the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eCome for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you'll read this century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eI'm usually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eDrastic action it is, then.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martha Wells","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175024951539,"sku":"9781250229854","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781250229854.jpg?v=1662069759"},{"product_id":"neuromancer-william-gibson-9781473217386","title":"Neuromancer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future. His later work, The Peripheral, has been adapted into a series by Amazon Prime, starring Chloe Grace Moretz. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders are hooked on Neuromancer:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wow. This is a wild ride. If you liked Philip K. Dick's writing . . . if you liked Bladerunner, if you liked The Matrix . . . you will love Neuromancer' Goodreads reviewer,          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Like nothing I have read before . . . Gibson's writing is poetry, not jargon . . . [it's] slick and jagged like a serrated knife . . . Yeah I am a big, big fan . . . a unique, important and truly amazing reading experience' Goodreads reviewer,          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Basically a futuristic crime caper. The main character is Case, a burnt-out hacker, a cyberthief . . . Challenging? Yes. But it's electrifying once you get it . . . Neuromancer is in me like a teabag, flavouring my life, and I can't imagine what it would be like if I hadn't pressed on' Goodreads reviewer,          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'For me it was a sci fi thriller, two of my favourite genres rolled into one. I was grabbed immediately by the characters of Cole and Molly - especially Molly with her attitude, her mirror eyes and the blades under her fingernails . . . This is a very visual book and it was easy to start choosing who would play the roles in a movie' Goodreads reviewer,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Gibson","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175025180915,"sku":"9781473217386","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781473217386.jpg?v=1662069762"},{"product_id":"neverwhere-neil-gaiman-9780755322800","title":"Neverwhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE EXTRAORDINARY FIRST NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF STORYTELLING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Prose that dances and dazzles . . . Gaiman describes the indescribable' SUSANNA CLARKE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Much too clever to be caught in the net of a single interpretation' PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eACCLAIMED BBC RADIO 4 DRAMATISATION WITH ALL-STAR CAST INCLUDING JAMES MCAVOY, NATALIE DORMER, DAVID HAREWOOD, SOPHIE OKONEDO AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I love doors. Anything that leads to possibilities' NEIL GAIMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Richard Mayhew stops to help a girl he finds bleeding in the street, his unremarkable life changes in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis act of kindness leads him to a place filled with murderers and angels, pale girls in black velvet, a Beast in a labyrinth and an Earl who holds Court in a tube train. It is strangely familiar yet utterly bizarre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is London Below, the city of people who have fallen between the cracks. And for Richard Mayhew, it's just the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNEIL GAIMAN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Includes an introduction to the author's preferred text, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back short story, reading-group discussion questions, an 'Altogether Different Prologue' and an interview with Neil Gaiman**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neil Gaiman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175038124275,"sku":"9780755322800","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780755322800.jpg?v=1726627650"},{"product_id":"nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell-9780241341650","title":"Nineteen Eighty-Four","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175055229171,"sku":"9780241341650","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780241341650.jpg?v=1662070008"},{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower-octavia-e-butler-9781472263667","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis first EARTHSEED novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to THE HANDMAID'S TALE, you'll love this beautiful new edition of a seminal American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it's one written in the past that has already begun to come true. This is what makes PARABLE OF THE SOWER even more impressive than it was when first published' Gloria Steinem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are coming apart. We're a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmerica is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  All that you touch,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  You Change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  All that you Change,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Changes you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat readers are saying about Octavia Butler:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'KINRED was written in 1979 but could have been written last year. Incredible. I couldn't put it down'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Emotionally and viscerally alive and challenging. I don't know how I missed it before now'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece by a matchless artist. Butler is simply sublime'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Reading these books will change your life'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A finely crafted work, rife with emotional power, horrifying in its believability, with a message that cannot be ignored'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octavia E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175198785779,"sku":"9781472263667","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781472263667.jpg?v=1662071549"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/collections\/science-fiction.oembed?page=15","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}