Zoe's Tale: An Old Man's War Novel Saturn's Children: A Space Opera
Hardcover
by John Scalzi
Hardcover
by Charles Stross
The Last Colony Vicious Circle
Mass Market
by John Scalzi
Hardcover
by Mike Carey

Featured Titles

The Road (Oprah's Book Club Selection #57)
by Cormac McCarthy

Recommended
award winner by our staff
Powells.com Staff Pick
Strike-me-dead beautiful and bleak — this is the book I put into every customer's hands. Absolutely the best thing out of 2006, and perhaps many years preceding, The Road reminds me of McCarthy's early novels, only matured to perfection. Recommended... (read more)
 
Your Price $14.95
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

Science Fiction Book Group
Come to Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Tuesday, September 9, at 7:00PM. Rip-roaring discussion included.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Pastwatch Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
by Orson Scott Card
One of the most universal myths is that of the Green Man — the spirit who stands for Nature in its most wild and untamed form. For this anthology, the editors have gathered some of today's finest writers of magical fiction to interpret the spirits of nature in short stories and poetry.
add to cart | New - Mass Market: $7.99
UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS
One Foot in the Grave October 14, 2008
One Foot in the Grave
by William M. Simmons

Little Fuzzy November 11, 2008
Little Fuzzy
by H Beam Piper

Dark is Rising December 9, 2008
Dark is Rising
by Susan Cooper

A to Z

The Host
by Stephenie Meyer

Recommended
by our staff
Powells.com Staff Pick
You may know Stephenie Meyer's name due to her wildly successful young adult vampire series, The Twilight Saga. She takes a break from that with her latest, The Host; touted as her first book for "adults," it's a fun science fiction novel, with just a... (read more)
 
List Price $25.99
Your Price $17.95
(Used - Hardcover)
check for new and sale copies

General

The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One
by Patrick Rothfuss

Publisher Comments
The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime- ridden city, to his daringly... (read more)
 
Your Price $7.99
(New - Mass Market)
check for used and sale copies

Classics

1984 (Signet Classics)
by George Orwell

Recommended
by our customers
Publisher Comments
George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision of Negative Utopia is timelier than ever-and its warnings more powerful.... (read more)
 
Your Price $3.95
(Used - Mass Market)
check for new and sale copies

Criticism

The Zombie Survival Guide
by Max Brooks

Publisher Comments
Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, "The Zombie Survival Guide"is one's key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking thestreets right now.... (read more)
 
Your Price $6.95
(Used - Trade Paper)
check for new and sale copies

Sale Books

Marvel 1602 (Quill Award Edition)
by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove

Recommended
award winner
Publisher Comments
All's not well in the Marvel Universe in the year 1602 as strange storms are brewing and strange new powers are emerging! Spider-Man, the X-Men, Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Dr. Doom, Black Widow, Captain America, and more appear in the waning days... (read more)
 
Your Price $9.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)
check for used copies

Series Adventure

Fool Moon: The Dresden Files #02
by Jim Butcher

Publisher Comments
Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn't been able to dredge up... (read more)
 
Your Price $7.99
(New - Mass Market)
check for used and sale copies

Star Wars

Anakin in Action! (DK Readers: Level 2)
by Star Wars

Synopsis
A tie-in reader to the full-length CGI-animated feature film "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," this storybook follows Anakin Skywalker as he fights in battle. Full color.... (read more)
 
Your Price $3.99
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

Film, Television, and Media Tie Ins

The Dark Knight
by Dennis O'neil

Publisher Comments
Based on the blockbuster Warner Bros. Pictures film starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Allied with both the police department and the district attorney's office, the vigilante known as Batman continues to bring justice and hope to Gotham City. But... (read more)
 
Your Price $7.99
(New - Mass Market)
check for used and sale copies

  1. The Road (Oprah's Book Club Selection #57) by Cormac McCarthy
  2. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
  3. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
  4. The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger
  5. The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss
  6. Cry Wolf: An Alpha and Omega Novel by Patricia Briggs
  7. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  8. Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy) by C S Lewis
  9. Spook Country by William Gibson
  10. Ender's Game (Ender Wiggins Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card

ENTER to WIN!
Sign up for email updates from Powells.com, and you could win $250 in books! You may unsubscribe at any time.



Powells.com is proud to be the official bookseller of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center. Read about our privacy policy here.
Sale Books

Cryptonomicon Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson

Recommended
by our staff by independent booksellers
Publisher Comments
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century.... (read more)
 
Your Price $7.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

Browse more featured Sale titles

Used Books

Thirteen Thirteen
by Richard K. Morgan

Recommended
by our staff
Powells.com Staff Pick
Thirteen is a futuristic techno-thriller and a sci-fi masterpiece. I was reminded of Dan Simmons's Hyperion — the world and its people are that richly drawn. At once gripping and thoughtful, this is a novel worthy of the top awards. It's got my vote.... (read more)
 
Your Price $10.50
(Used - Trade Paper)

Browse more featured Used titles
Sign up to get our most recent used additions in Science Fiction and Fantasy to your inbox


Science Fiction and Fantasy


Wednesday, September 3rd
S. M. Stirling

Tuesday, September 9th
Science Fiction Book Group

Tuesday, September 16th
Neal Stephenson

Thursday, September 18th
Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson

Tuesday, September 23rd
Steven Erikson
  more author events

General

The Sci-fi Dollar Mystery Book The Sci-fi Dollar Mystery Book
by Team Geeky @ Powell's Books

From Powells.com
Just can't get enough sci-fi? Have a deep affection for the forgotten, out-of-print sci-fi gems of yesteryear? Unafraid to try your luck? Have a dollar that's just burning a hole in your pocket? Then the sci-fi team at our Hawthorne store has just the book for you — and it's only a dollar! Order the Sci-Fi Dollar Mystery Book today and they'll pull one of the many outstanding $1 sci-fi books they've lovingly collected and placed on their special shelf. One of them has your name on it! ...(read more)
 
Your price $1.00
(Used - Mass Market)

Add to Cart
 

Forgotten Realms Novels

Sentinelspire (Forgotten Realms Novel: The Citadels)
by Mark Sehestedt

Synopsis
A ranger and his apprentice are captured by assassins who demand their help in overthrowing the ruler of the fortress of Sentinelspire, the Old Man of the Mountain. The ranger discovers the Old Man's plans may involve the master druid who gave him a new... (read more)
 
Your Price $6.99
(New - Mass Market)
check for used and sale copies

Steampunk

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: #01
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

Publisher Comments
Sirs and Madams: We are delighted to bring you, due to popular demand of the general comics-reading populace, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen hardcover, collecting all six chapters of the exciting Victorian adventure periodical in one exceptional... (read more)
 
Your Price $9.95
(Used - Trade Paper)
check for new and sale copies

Fantasy Art

WWW HR Giger Com (25 Spring)
by H R Giger

Synopsis
HR Giger first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasy landscapes. However, he scored his breakthrough in applied art, and particularly in his high-profile movie work on Ridley Scott's Alien. In 1980, he received an Oscar for "Best... (read more)
 
Your Price $12.99
(Sale - Hardcover)
check for used copies

Anthologies

The New Weird
by Ann Vandermeer

Publisher Comments
This avant-garde anthology that presents and defines the New Weird—a hip, stylistic fiction that evokes the gritty exuberance of pulp novels and dime-store comic books—creates a new literature that is entirely unprecedented and utterly... (read more)
 
Your Price $14.95
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

Dragonlance Novels

Dragonlance Saga Novel: Heroes #01: The Legend of Huma
by Richard A Knaak

Publisher Comments
The Legend of Huma title is the only Dragonlance novel not written by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman to hit the New York Times best-seller list.... (read more)
 
Your Price $1.95
(Used - Mass Market)
check for new and sale copies