Item category 1: Science Fiction Paperback

This hauntingly prophetic novel centres around a not-too-distant future where happiness is allocated on a TV screen, individuals and scholars are outcasts and books are burned by a special task force of firemen.

Earth is finally part of the Galactic Milieu. But the next step is to achieve Unity with other galactic races. To attain this higher state, we must gather sufficient numbers of the metapsychically talented. However, a rebel group want to keep Earth forever separate.

Feersum Endjinn is a science fiction novel of great imagination, from the highly celebrated Iain M. Banks. His previous titles include Use of Weapons and Against a Dark Background.

This is the latest in the X-Files series, based on the cult television programme. F.B.I. agents 'Spooky' Mulder and Dana Scully are called upon to solve another supernatural mystery.

This is the story of Charlie, the subnormal floor sweeper at Donner's bakery and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes. Charlie is the subject of a daring experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence.

This is a space fiction set in a cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires. The final days of our planet are told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canopus.

For the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. As the altered climate threatens extinction to the giant sandworms, fanatics challenge the rule of the Atreides family.

This is a collection of chilling fiction, including Hugo and Nebula Award-winning stories, from Octavia E. Butler.

The spice Melange is the rarest and most valuable element in the universe. It does everything from increasing a person's lifespan to makinginterstellar travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice....