The first of the "very big thing" high concept works and still the best. Influnces many works in both fiction and video games yet at it heart is a simple story of conspiracy, betrayal and escape.

The book which ressurected British Sci-Fi from dystopian doldrums and tv series novelisations. Simply brilliant.

Sci-fi philoso-drama covering humanities end and the birth of their successors. Poignant and thought provoking.

Not as well known as WotW but a grim prediction of total war which was to become horrific reality in less than 40 years.

True philosophical Sci-Fi, covering two billion years of human existance where each triumph is eclipsed by a greater disaster as humanities story unwinds.

A master work from a master author, just think about how many ideas and concepts have been stolen from this novel by other writers in other genres and mediums. A high water mark in space opera

I don't care what anyone else thinks, this is a sci fi novel and a bloody good one.

The best written and most moving indictment of war yet composed and with a happy ending.

A brilliant collection of short stories, of it's time but no worse for that and the novella "pandora's planet" is still as brilliant as it was when I first read this book over 25 years ago

Fast paced high concept auctioneer with one of the more compelling imagining of the dangers of malevolent ultra intelligence combined with an early flagged semi deus ex machina ending.

collection of short works about Nicky van Rjinn, merchant prince to the stars.

naturally immortal humans live love and loose from across throusands of years from classical Greece to the stars. A flawed masterpiece byt still compelling reading.