Whipping Star
by Frank Herbert | 
A World Out of Time
by Larry Niven | 
Imperial Earth
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Integral Trees
by Larry Niven | 
Slan
by A. E. van Vogt | 
The Ophiuchi Hotline
by John Varley | 
Nightfall
by Isaac Asimov | 
Norstrilia
by Cordwainer Smith | 
The Jesus Incident
by Frank Herbert | 
Nemesis
by Isaac Asimov | 
Steel Beach
by John Varley | 
The Hammer of God
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Destiny's Road
by Larry Niven | 
Feersum Endjinn
by Iain M. Banks | 
I Will Fear No Evil
by Robert A. Heinlein | 
The Practice Effect
by David Brin | 
Glory Season
by David Brin | 
Pushing Ice
by Alastair Reynolds | 
Otherness
by David Brin | 
The River of Time
by David Brin |
TIME IS RUNNING OUT Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into the Earth's core. As scientists frantically work to prevent the ultimate disaster, they discover that the entire planet could be destroyed within a year. But while they look for an answer, some claim that the only way to save Earth is to let its human inhabitants become extinct: to reset the evolutionary clock and start over.