Hailed as “America’s finest realistic novelist” by the Boston Globe, Richard Yates, author of Revolutionary Road, garnered rare critical acclaim for his bracing, unsentimental portraits of middle-class American life.
Disturbing the Peace is no exception. Haunting, troubling, and mesmerizing, it shines a brilliant, unwavering light into the darkest recesses of a man’s psyche.
To all appearances, John Wilder has all the trappings of success, circa 1960: a promising career in advertising, a loving family, a beautiful apartment, even a country home. John’s evenings are spent with associates at quiet Manhattan lounges and his weekends with friends at glittering cocktail parties. But something deep within this seemingly perfect life has long since gone wrong. Something has disturbed John’s fragile peace, and he can no longer find solace in fleeting affairs or alcohol. The anger, the drinking, and the recklessness are building to a crescendo—and they’re about to take down John’s career and his family. What happens next will send John on a long, strange journey—at once tragic and inevitable. Views: 429
Many complications follow when a dog attaches himself to the Aldens on a bicycle trip. Views: 429
BETWEEN DIMENSIONS! DIMENSION 4...DIMENSION 5... AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN–SEMISPACE!The unknown realm of the halfplane must be penetrated if the planet Wanderer is to be reached in time. For it is the year 2042, the critical date when Perry Rhodan and Reginald Bell must have a biological booster from the physiotron on the artificial world: without the cell shower renewal they will degenerate into old age! The venture between the dimensions turns them temporarily into giants who cause devastating storms as they cross an entire ocean with one step! But even giants can be felled (as David demonstrated to Goliath) and our intrepid Terranians discover that—DEATH WAITS IN SEMISPACE! Views: 429
CRITICAL SPOT: HeperaisTwo members of the Mutant corps have broken their loyalty to Perry Rhodan and now he must risk detection by going in person to the trouble area of Heperais. Before his mission is through, there is excitement unlimited in this, the first adventure of the interstellar colonists. And the Robot Regent of Arkon learns to its dismay that the long-thought-dead Administrator of an Earth destroyed... still lives! And by a chance of cosmic proportions, Talamon the Mounder is shocked when he has an insight that leads him to realise that— THE DEAD LIVE! Views: 429
David Morgan, heir to a family fortune, rebels and becomes a jet fighter pilot. Meeting Debra, an Israeli writer, he follows her to her homeland and becomes involved in her country's war for national survival, at a terrible cost to both Debra and himself. Views: 428
THE EARTH TRIPPERTock Von calmly watched them stretch the huge net beneath his tree. He saw the man in the uniform go and return with an odd gun cradled in his arms. He looked down at the command post the fuzz had established at a sufficiently safe distance from his tree and then up at the rising muzzle of the gun. He had a chilling moment of misgiving as he imagined crosshairs, himself frozen in their hairline juncture. But there were always risks involved in dealing with an alien species, he reminded himself. He was perfectly willing to take them. He rose up on his toes, gave Devlin a smart salute and waited for the drug dart to strike, planning on initiating peace talks later and presenting a persuasive argument for the reordering of certain earthly priorities. Views: 428
Dr. Bloodmoney is a post-nuclear-holocaust masterpiece filled with a host of Dick's most memorable characters: Hoppy Harrington, a deformed mutant with telekinetic powers; Walt Dangerfield, a selfless disc jockey stranded in a satellite circling the globe; Dr. Bluthgeld, the megalomaniac physicist largely responsible for the decimated state of the world; and Stuart McConchie and Bonny Keller, two unremarkable people bent on the survival of goodness in a world devastated by evil. Epic and alluring, this brilliant novel is a mesmerizing depiction of Dick's undying hope in humanity. Views: 428
“I swear by the stars that you and the others slain tonight will be the first of many. Of that you have my word.”
With Aven Dalmarta now hiding in the shadows of Meya, Alex is desperate to save Jordan and keep the Rebel Prince from taking more lives.
Training day and night to master the enhanced immortal blood in her veins, Alex undertakes a dangerous Meyarin warrior trial that separates her from those she loves and leaves her stranded in a place where nothing is as it should be.
As friends become enemies and enemies become friends, Alex must decide who to trust as powerful new allies—and adversaries—push her towards a future of either light… or darkness.
One way or another, the world will change… Views: 428
It was a big joke on all concerned. When you look back, the whole thing really began because his father had a sense of humor. Oh, the name fit all right, but can you imagine naming your son.... Noble Redman Views: 427
Aboard a fishing boat named “Genevieve,” a small group of British officers and French fishermen—armed only with a flame thrower and small arms—plan a secret commando mission against the might of the German army after the fall of France in World War II. Each man has experienced a terrible loss of one kind or another, and each is fully prepared to face the risks of their desperate gesture of defiance. Most Secret is classic Shute: a thrilling tale of sacrifice and courage and the heroism of ordinary men that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Views: 427
A Collection of Stories about Fish, Fishermen, and Favorite Fishing Spots with Action on Every PageThe incomparable Philip Wylie is here writing about one of the things he likes best—fishing. Anyone who has ever wet a line, and perhaps those few benighted souls who haven't, will be thrilled to read these true tales about the big ones, hooked (and sometimes lost) in tropic waters.In Denizens of the Deep, which was originally published in 1947, there are wonderful chapters on marlin, the admirable" barracuda, and the shark, whom Wylie calls that misunderstood fish." The bursting pride when you catch that first big one is recaptured with fine nostalgia in the essay What Makes a Great Day's Fishing?" and the tragedy of the clean getaway in Listen to This Tale of Woe."Serious fishermen with an interest in the pastime's history will also find much valuable information in the chapter on the International Game Fish Association. Views: 427
Ugetsu Monogatari, or Tales of Moonlight and Rain numbers among the best-loved Japanese classics. These nine illustrated tales of the supernatural from eighteenth-century Osaka combine popular appeal with a high literary standard. The author expressed his complex views on human life and society in simple yet poetic language. Akinari questioned the prevailing moral values and standards of his age whilst entertaining his readers with mystery and other-worldly occurrences. This is a reissue of Leon Zolbrod's definitive English translation of the work, first published in 1974. Views: 427
Beautiful, rebellious, and proud, young Maggie Hamilton was determined to rise above the crude, impoverished life her blacksmith father had imposed on the family.
The town women laughed at Maggie's ambition -- until John Hobart, the richest, most powerful man in the county, fell in love with her.
John had not dreamt of marrying her; he had set out to seduce her. But Maggie would not be seduced; the price she had set was more than marriage. And if this man couldn't meet it, she would find another who could..... Views: 427
Highways in Hiding is a science fiction novel by author George O. Smith first published in 1955.
Strange signposts led to an underworld of ESP, espionage... and untold danger. Follow Steve Cornell's weird and terrifying race with time and unseen enemies to locate and stop a dread menace from outer space!
The novel concerns ESP and a disease that turns men into supermen. It contains multiple plotlines concerning the interactions of people that can sense things (espers) and people that can read thoughts (telepaths). This is set against the plot of a secret society that is harboring people that are infected with a spaceborne illness called Mekstrom's Disease.
J. Francis McComas found Highways in Hiding to be "a tasty enough dish for those on a diet of pure melodrama," concluding that "Our hero's adventures go on a bit too long, but over all, his exploits are entertaining." Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel for its "suspense [and] crackling, hard-boiled dialogue."
Highways in Hiding was first published in the magazine Imagination in 1955, and as a book in 1956 (the novel was also published in an abridged version as Space Plague in 1957.)
George Oliver Smith (1911-1981) (also known by the pseudonym Wesley Long) was an American science fiction author. He is not to be confused with George H. Smith, another American science fiction author.
Smith wrote mainly about outer space, with such works as Operation Interstellar (1950), Lost in Space (1959), and Troubled Star (1957). Smith continued regularly publishing science fiction novels and stories until 1960. He was given the First Fandom Hall of Fame award in 1980. Views: 427
