Books published by Phoenix Pick

Who is Richard Jarrow?Is he the unassuming, mild-mannered teacher he thinks himself to be or something much more?And how does the brilliant scientist named Ashling fit into the picture?The Multiplex Man (winner of The Prometheus Award) is an intriguing thriller set in a future where every aspect of life on Earth is micromanaged by authorities who consider any deviation from the proscribed path as dangerous.Off-world colonies are considered dangerous enemies threatening to take Earth's precious resources .Jarrow must find Ashling who hold the key, not only to Jarrow's own identity, but to freedom itself.

"An unbelievably wonderful book"-Isaac Asimov*****The World Beyond the Hill is a unique book-a story about stories. It tells not only where science fiction came from and how it got that way, but what science fiction means. *** Science fiction has been the myth of modern times. The World Beyond the Hill is the tale of that myth from Frankenstein to Galactic Empire. *** By setting forth this evolving story, The World Beyond the Hill sheds light not only on what modern culture has been thinking and doing, but where we are going next and what we need to become. *** The World Beyond the Hill won a non-fiction Hugo Award in competition with books by Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Ursula LeGuin and Robert Heinlein