Although the colonists' attempt to win independence is defeated in the quiet war, and Earth's Three Powers takes full control of their city states, the spread and divergence from the norm of new kinds of humanity continues.
Three American workers are left behind in China by their employer, biding their time in an abandoned factory as the communists approach.
Here, from the other side of time, come:THISTLEDOWN, the asteroid starship of a future that is not quite ourfuture;GAIA, a parallel reality where Alexander the Great's empire has ruled fortwo thousand years;andTHE WAY, an infinite corridor ...
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456.
When Roger and Virginia Lindhal enroll their son Gregg in Mrs Alt's Los Padres Valley School in the mountains of Southern California, their marriage is already in deep trouble.
Perhaps the most bizarre and frightening examination of what Nanotechnology could mean
The Outers' city states on the moons of Jupitar and Saturn have fallen to Earth's Three Powers Alliance.
Gaining a reputation as one of the UKżs leading SF stylists and masters of the high-concept, Roberts, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke award with his debut novel SALT, confirms his extraordinary potential with POLYSTOM.