Russell's ebook Library
Robots and Empire
Isaac Asimov
Elijah Baley [4]: DECLINE AND FALL OF SOLARIAGladia Delmarre’s homeworld, the Spacer planet Solaria, has been abandoned – by its human population. Countless robots remain there. And when traders from Settler worlds attempt to salvage them, the robots...
The Robots of Dawn
Isaac Asimov
Elijah Baley [3]: Plainclothesman Elijah Baley must travel to the planet Aurora to investigate the murder of Robot Jander. He would rather not. His last trip off-Earth on police business resulted in a TV drama being made of the case – as a result of ...
The Rock Rats
Ben Bova
Asteroid Wars [2]: Independent "rock rat" prospectors trying to get rich out there face not only the bleak hazards of space but ruthless claim-jumping and piracy from hissable bad guy Martin Humphries. Though exposed for murderous sabotage in book 1,...
Rocketship Galileo
Robert A. Heinlein
They called themselves the Galileo Club - not a bad name for a group of space-minded young men who had high hopes of putting one of their homemade rocket ships in orbit.But it wasn't until they teamed up with Doc Cargraves that their impossible dream...
Rogue Dragon
Avram Davidson
Kar-Chee [2]: Prime World: Home of the Universe’s Most Elite Dragon HuntGenerations after Liam and his tribe defend Britland from the Devils that threatened Earth, new danger stalks on her forests and rebuilt cities.The Hunt Corporation has turned th...
Rogue Moon
Algis Budrys
Before 1969, every science fiction writer wrote his or her own version of the first Moon landing. Few carry the horror of Budrys' unsettling story.During all recorded history, the Moon has hovered above our heads, a timeless symbol for lovers' ecstas...
Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [3]: Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas? Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importa...
Rollback
Robert J. Sawyer
Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens.Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now 87, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too... if she lives long enough.A wealthy industriali...
Rosewater
Tade Thompson
Wormwood Trilogy [1]: Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its ...
The Rosewater Insurrection
Tade Thompson
Wormwood Trilogy [2]: The year is 2067. The city of Rosewater is chaotic, vibrant and full of life - some of it extra-terrestrial. The charismatic mayor, Jack Jacques, has declared Rosewater a free state, independent to Nigeria. But the city's alien ...
The Rosewater Redemption
Tade Thompson
Wormwood Trilogy [3]: Life in the newly independent city state of Rosewater isn't everything its citizens were expecting...Mayor Jacques finds that debts incurred during the insurrection are coming back to haunt him.Nigeria isn't willing to let Rosew...
Ruby
Nina Allan
Ruby tells the story of Ruby Castle told in snapshots and fleeting glimpses and secret histories, in tales repeated and reinvented by those who fall under the horror film actress's spell: her childhood sweetheart, an antiquarian bookseller with a pas...
The Ruby Dice
Catherine Asaro
Skolian Empire [12]: Two men, two empires. Jaibriol ruled the Eubian Concord: over two trillion people across more than a thousand worlds and habitats. Kelric ruled the Skolian Imperialate. War had come before — ten years ago, Jaibriol had lost his p...
Ruins
Brian W Aldiss
Science fiction maestro Brian Aldiss at the top of his writing powers in a rare foray into literary fiction. With a sparse elegance, Aldiss crafts a heart-breaking, heart-fixing novella delving into ideas of selfhood and human connection.The Guardian...
Rule 34
Charles Stross
Halting State [2]: Meet Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crimes Investigation Unit, otherwise known as the Rule 34 Squad. They monitor the Internet for potential criminal activity, analyzing trends in the extreme fr...
Rules of Redemption
T. A. White
Firebird Chronicles [1]: The war everyone thought was over is just beginningKira Forrest is a survivor. She's risen above the pain of her beginnings to become a war hero only to leave it all behind in the pursuit of a simple life. Now a salvager, she...
Runcible Tales
Neal Asher
This is a 'chapbook' of five short stories.It consists of: Always With YouWebster engages on a mission to destroy a Prador planet breaker. It helps if you have Horace Blegg on your side, and an internal medic, but are these enough to overcome overwhe...
Rushing to Paradise
J. G. Ballard
Led by a charismatic and slightly unhinged woman, a group of environmentalists wrest control over a small South Pacific island in hopes of cultivating it into their own private Eden.But paradise is not quite what it seems in this "searing" (Kirkus Re...
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