A harrowing coming of age. A friendship ending in tragedy. A love spanning five centuries. A terrifying far future. And a gritty portrayal of a unique time in American history affecting (for better or for worse) our society to this day.Visit my Amazon Author Page for one-stop shopping and all the links to print books.
Summer of Love, A Time Travel
A harrowing coming of age. A friendship ending in tragedy. A love spanning five centuries. A terrifying far future. And a gritty portrayal of a unique time in American history affecting (for better or for worse) our society to this day.
May, 2010 (Bast Books)
A San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book of the Year
A Philip K. Dick Award Finalist
“Remarkable. The intellect on display within these psychedelically packaged pages is clear-sighted, witty, and wise.” Locus
“A fine novel packed with vivid detail, colorful characters, and genuine insight.” Washington Post Book World
“Captures the moment perfectly and offers a tantalizing glimpse of its wonderful and terrible consequences.” San Francisco Chronicle
“Mason has an astonishing gift. Her characters almost walk off the page. And the story is as significant as anyone could wish. This book will surely be on the prize ballots.” Analog
“Graceful, lyrical prose. A priority purchase.” Library Journal
Pangaea, Book II: Imperium Afire
Book Two in an epic of astonishing originality by one of the most imaginative voices in science fiction. Includes the complete Orb of Eternity and all thirty of Tom Robinson’s drawings of the Facets.
A world in cataclysm. A tyranny in turmoil. An ancient oracle foretelling apocalypse—or redemption.
"I couldn't put the blasted book down. A compelling, complex world written with fiery eloquence." Blue 7
"In the best SFnal tradition, Lisa Mason turns our most basic assumptions about life upside down in this truly exotic, erotic world." Kigomacher
May, 2000 (Bantam Spectra Books)
Pangaea, Book I: Imperium Without End
Book One of a powerful visionary epic from a celebrated voice in science fiction. Pangaea, an ancient world stabilized over millennia by the laws of the all-powerful Imperium, prides itself as the apex of civilization. Society is divided into rigid castes, entertained by state-controlled dreams, and kept “pure” by state-run genetic laboratories. But the global landmass of Pangaea is shaking with cataclysmic earthshocks foretold by the Oracle, forbidden passions infiltrate the sharemind of the Imperium, and the ancient order is threatened by desperate and violent revolutionaries.
May, 1999 (Bantam Spectra Books)
“Mason’s tale is filled with an operatic assemblage of exotic characters, dramatic events, and glorious language.” The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Golden Nineties
San Francisco, 1895. A madam with the busiest brothel in town has a feisty mind of her own. A young man, the alcoholic heir to a dissipating fortune, is hell-bent on self-destruction. And a zealot time-traveler from the far future is conscripted to save her own life and her child—in the past. Can they all come together to save the future from destruction?
June, 1995 (Bantam Spectra Books)
A New York Times Notable Book
A New York Public Library Recommended Book
“A winning mixture of intelligence and passion.” New York Times Book Review
“Should both leave the reader wanting more and solidify Mason’s position as one of the most interesting writers in science fiction.” Publisher’s Weekly
“Rollicking, dazzling. Mason’s characters are just as endearing as her world.” Locus
“A complex and satisfying plot.” Library Journal
Summer of Love
San Francisco, 1967. A troubled teenage runaway. A wise poetess with a shameful secret. And a young man from five hundred years in the future with an impossible mission. They have only the summer to save the Universe from annihilation.
May, 1994 (Bantam Spectra Books)
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"Captures the moment perfectly." San Francisco Chronicle
Cyberweb
Carly Nolan, a disgraced telelinker. A robot therapist harboring secrets about telespace. A handsome urban aborigine drawn to Carly against everything he believes in. And a deadly conflict among AI entities who would destroy humanity—or preserve the life-force.
June, 1995 (William Morrow hardcover, Avon Books mass market paperback, Eos trade paperback)
“Mason’s endearing characters and their absorbing adventures will hook even the most jaded SF fan.” Booklist
"Mason spins an entertaining tale." Locus
Arachne
Introducing Carly Nolan, an idealistic young lawyer in a hellish telespace future. The redoubtable Pr. Spinner, a robot therapist who latches onto Carly when she seeks psychiatric help after nightmares crash her telelink. And D. Wolfe, Carly’s mentor who’s got more on his mind than helping her with her career crisis.
January, 1990 (William Morrow hardcover, Avon Books mass market paperback, Eos trade paperback) Japanese edition, 1991 (Hayakawa)
“Imagine ‘L.A. Law’ scripted by William Gibson.” San Francisco Chronicle
“Powerful. . . .entertaining. . . .imaginative.” People Magazine
“A cyberpunk classic.” The Boston Globe
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