Bailey Cove Science Fiction

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (April 1, 2010)

Book jacket: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

The story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur's Age of Chivalry the "great and beneficent" miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the collision of past and present, Twain exposes the insubstantiality of both utopias, destroying the myth of the romantic ideal as well as his own era's faith in scientific and social progress.

Turnabout by Margaret Haddix (May 6, 2010)

Book jacket: Turnabout

Melly and Anny Beth have gotten shots that make them grow younger by the day in Project Turnabout. Soon they will be too young to take care of themselves and they need to find help before time runs out.

Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny (June 3, 2010)

Thoth administered the different forces in the universe to keep things in balance. In time, he delegated this administration to his other godlike beings, "angels." At some point, Thoth awakened a dormant, malevolent force, the Thing That Cries In The Night. Thoth works to contain and destroy the creature, and in so doing, neglects his duties in maintaining the cosmos. In the resulting power vacuum, the angels fight amongst themselves for dominance. 

The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt (July 1, 2010)

Book jacket: The Voyage of the Space Beagle

This is the story of a great exploration ship sent out into the unknown reaches of space on a long mission of discovery. They encounter several terrifying alien species, including the Ix, who lay their eggs in human bodies, which then devour the humans from within when they hatch.

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