science fiction

Bullied and unhappy at school, thirteen-year-old Mike, who has always thought that he might be an alien, sends a distress call into space asking to be rescued from the ignorance and cruelty of his life on Earth.

Kristin Bjornsen is kidnapped by an alien people, the Cattenis. After refusing to be a slave, she is dropped on an uninhabited planet, along with others, to survive on her own.

Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.

Princess Leia finds herself plagued with internal disputes among the many races that make up the New Republic at a time when it is vital that the alliance draw together to defeat the threat posed by the return of ruthless Imperial warlord Grand Admiral Thrawn.

The female-dominated culture of a distant planet encounters human beings for the first time.

In the year 2000, a young man discovers ice-nine, which can set off a chain reaction more deadly than a nuclear bomb, and discovers a new prophet whose teachings sweep the world.

The Starways Congress decides that the deadly virus on Lusitania must be wiped out and sends a fleet to destroy it. After the fleet disappears, Gloriously Bright is selected to solve the mystery.

The students of Starbridge Academy--a training school for Earth's young diplomats, translators, and explorers--meet representatives from sixteen other races and, together, they journey across the universe.

A collection of nine science fiction stories about children who have traveled in space.

At end of title on cover: 1976-1979. Contains 13 stories.