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R.A. MacAvoy

From back cover Bantam Spectra paperback October 1986: **Re-enter the fantastic world of the Black Dragon....** If you were among the many readers who lost their hearts to R. A. MacAvoy's remarkable first novel *Tea with the Black Dragon*, you are invited to rejoin Mayland Long and Martha Macnamara in an astonishing new adventure filled with music, mystery, and magic. And if, by some chance, you've not yet had the pleasure of their company, prepare yourself for a special sort of treat. But be warned. In the world of the Black Dragon, nothing is quite what it seems....

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Ian Watson

He is a finical giant but the Sponsor wants more, he wants to become a super human, to be the modern-day Adam, father to a new generation of humans with heightened DNA. He had the viral injection to change himself, the will to do it, and now all he needs is an Eve to join him on his journey. He thinks he’s found the perfect match in Jean Sandra Norwich, a woman convinced she is trapped between the genes of her mother and daughter. The Sponsor offers her freedom and so much more, the chance to bet he mother of all Superbeings, but she will get more than she bargained for. CONVERTS is a masterpiece of science fiction and Ian Watson has superbly reworked Ovid’s METAMORPHOSES to create an extraordinary futuristic tale.

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presented by Isaac Asimov

Souls - novella by Joanna Russ Fire Watch - novelette by Connie Willis Melancholy Elephants - short story by Spider Robinson Cascade Point - novella by Timothy Zahn Blood Music - novelette by Greg Bear Speech Sounds - short story by Octavia E. Butler Press Enter ▮ - novella by John Varley Bloodchild - novelette by Octavia E. Butler The Crystal Spheres - short story by David Brin

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John Robert Marlow

"Mitchell Swain is the richest man in the world, until he announces the "ultimate technological breakthrough." The world stops for the press conference--and sees him assassinated. No one knows what he was going to say. Almost no one. Jennifer Rayne intends to find out. A leading journalist covering high-tech, she was scheduled to interview Swain after the press conference. Instead, she investigates his murder. What she finds is a scientist to whom Swain has funneled billions, a desperate U.S. government following the same clues, and a bizarre technology that promises invincibility, immortality, and the ability to destroy any enemy--or the earth itself. Mankind has entered the final arms race. It will last two days"--Publisher's description.