by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee (1988)
In 1994, a missile mysteriously disappears off the coast of Florida during military testing. While investigating the link between the disappearance and some unusual whale sightings, journalist Carol Dawson finds much more-an enigmatic artifact that may not be of earthly origin. The artifact may be worth millions-and Dawson and her colleagues must outwit thieves and criminals to keep it safe. But the artifact leads to another, bigger discovery deep beneath the ocean's surface-a discovery that could change the face of humanity forever.
Brian W. Aldiss
"After the 'Accident, ' all males on Earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First, toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function. Now Earth's population lives in spread-out, isolated villages, with its youngest members in their fifties"--Amazon.com.
John Wyndham [pseud
It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people . . .For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water – one of the compounds upon which life depends – is turned against them. Finally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise . . .The Kraken Wakes is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive.
presented by Isaac Asimov
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Bill Pronzini
Contents: Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle by Charles Dickens The Furnished Room by O. Henry Lost Hearts by M. R. James The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker Phantas by Oliver Onions On the Moors by William F. Harvey The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde The Panelled Room by August Derleth The Skull of the Marquis de Sade by Robert Bloch Silver Spectre by Jon L. Breen Deathlove by Bill Pronzini Fish Night by Joe R. Lansdale Dust to Dust by Marcia Muller Chained by Barry N. Malzberg Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates