Well known as the author of MISSION OF GRAVITY, CYCLE OF FIRE, CLOSE TO CRITICAL and for his many other extraordinarily realistic creations of extraterrestrials, it is remarkable that Hal Clement's novelettes have never appeared in book form before. — Here are three of the best — each dealing with a different aspect of communication with creatures so alien to mankind that the first thing to do is throw speech out the window! Views: 24
MAX SMART LOSES CONTROL
This is really Max's most Smart-alecky caper, and that's saying a lot. Just imagine, if you can, Max trying to outthink Number One, the world's most intelligent computer, which has been kidnapped by KAOS and brainwashed to do its evil deeds. It's an incredible, unforgettable duel between the slowest brain in the world (Max's) and the marvelous mental mechanism of nimble-minded Number One. The results, as expected, are amazing, amusing and mostly confusing.
Beautiful Agent 99 and Hymie the Robot join Max in the dangerous assignment to recapture Number One from his two kooky KAOS captors, Wayne Ways and Melvin Means. The action is fast and furiously funny as 86 fumble-fingers his way in and out of Max-imum trouble. In one explosive scene he actually causes a wristwatch storm! And only Max could enter a candy factory and leave it as a giant Fudgy-Nut bar, completely wrapped and packaged. To top it off, there is Max's agonizing ordeal at Las Vegas when he goes on a gambling spree and can't stop.
It's all part of a hard-to-believe series of madcap misadventures that sets a new high in hair-raising hilarity. For when Max Smart Loses Control, what else can you expect but KAOS? Views: 24
It had been seven years since Orin Locke had left Highpoint, but he found it pretty much unchanged. Even Dr. Fletcher Bannon, who had the makings of a fine medico but wasted his talents, was still drowning his sorrows at the same table in the same dingy saloon. Locke, however, brought back to the Wild Buttes a reputation he had not had before: a rep as the fastest man with a gun in a land of fast men, the coldest-hearted marshal that ever tamed a town.Ordinarily, funerals took place after he hit a place. Therefore, he was sardonically surprised to see one that had obviously been scheduled before his arrival, and to learn that the corpse was the former sheriff.That meant a potential job for Locke. The only question was: would toting a star interfere with the vengeance mission on wihich Orin was bound, a mission directed primarily against his own brother whom he hated? Views: 24
Ruark’s most sought-after book is back in print. In the early 1950s famous newspaper columnist Robert Ruark and his wife, Virginia, went to British East Africa (now Kenya and Tanzania) for a nine-week safari with their professional runners, a Jeep, and an old lorry, ventured into the bush for an adventure none of them soon forget—and neither will you! In this book Ruark shares with you the ferocity of the wounded buffalo and the acid sweat of fear—no other book will give you the “feel” of Africa like this one can. This is what one of our readers had to say: “If you’ve ever dreamed of going on a safari in Africa, but don’t have the money or the grumption, books about safaris, hunting in Africa, etc. (like Peter Capstick), but this is what I always imagined it would really be like. If you’ve stumbled upon this book by accident and don’t know who Robert Ruark was, you’re in for a treat. Ruark was a journalist, author, and big-game hunter who wrote from the late 40s until his death in the mid 60s. He was hugely popular during his life time, but now has been almost totally forgotten…. This book contains Ruark’s own tale of his first safari in Africa in the early 1950s and is an incredibly entertaining and detailed account of safaris…Ruark discusses the regular comings and goings of the safari, but he talks about a wide range of other topics including his experiences in WWII in the merchant marine, Hollywood safari movies, the habits of various game animals in Africa, a bit about the diverse natives, and a host of other topics. It really is as if you are sitting with Ruark at the end of a hard day hunting enjoying a cocktail around the campfire. For anyone interested in safari hunting or safari literature, this is a must own/must read.” Views: 24
The revolutionary culture critic delivers an edgy, exhilarating tribute to her beloved Chicago, recalling the gritty clubs and ramshackle neighborhoods where she found her voice a decade ago. Views: 24
Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe… and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he is...in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!
Won: Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1977; Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978; Locus Award for Best Novel in 1978; John W. Campbell Award in 1978. Views: 24
When you're on death row, minutes from the electric chair, and a hook-handed monk offers to save your life if you'll just swallow a simple little pill... what've you got to lose? You take the pill. Then you wake up, officially "dead," in the back of an ambulance, headed for an undisclosed location. Welcome to your new life, working for CURE, the most secret, most deniable, most extra-judicial government agency ever to exist. Only the President knows about it, and even he doesn't control it.That's what happened to Remo Williams, a New Jersey cop framed for a murder he didn't commit. Framed by the very people who saved him, in fact. And now, trained in esoteric martial arts by Chiun, master of Sinanju, he's going to become the ultimate killing machine. Remo will be America's last line of defense against mad scientists, organized crime, ancient undead gods, and anything else that threatens the Constitution. Remo Williams is the Destroyer.An action-adventure series leavened with social and political satire, the Destroyer novels have been thrilling readers worldwide for decades. Views: 24
A major American novel, and arguably the finest work of literature ever to emerge from a US prison, On the Yard is a book of penetrating psychological realism in which Malcolm Braly paints an unforgettable picture of the complex and frightening world of the penitentiary. At its center are the violently intertwined stories of Chilly Willy, in trouble with the law from his earliest years and now the head of the prison's flourishing black market in drugs and sex, and of Paul, wracked with guilt for the murder of his wife and desperate for some kind of redemption. At once brutal and tender, clear-eyed and rueful, On the Yard presents the penitentiary not as an exotic location, an exception to everyday reality, but as an ordinary place, one every reader will recognize, American to the core. Views: 24
The first chapter in the saga of the Savage family in India.'A fast and vivid adventure' (Sunday Times), in which Jason Savage, a farm-boy in seventeenth-century Wiltshire, makes his way to the legendary coast of Coromandel in search of the treasure of Meru. Views: 24
What if we were all designed to be smarter than we actually are? That is the premise of master science fiction novelist Poul Anderson's 1954 debut work, Brain Wave. Unbeknown to its inhabitants, the solar system has for millions of years been caught in a force field that has had the effect of supressing intelligence. When in the course of normal galactic movement the solar system breaks free of the force field that has held it in its sway for so long, gone are the inhibiting effects and a remarkable change begins to sweep across the earth.In fact, the entire world is turned upside-down and Anderson's novel is devoted to detailing the sometimes surprising, sometimes chilling aftereffects of this watershed event. In one of the novel's opening scenes, Archie Brock, a mentally disabled man, finds himself suddenly awash in new kinds of thought as he ponders the night sky. In another scene, a young boy on a summer break works out the basic fundamental foundations of calculus before... Views: 24
Clemmie, one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook.Married, straitlaced, and struggling to rise out of middle management, Craig Fitz is stuck in a life of boredom and routine - until he meets the irresistible Clemmie Bennet. A rich girl who plays by her own rules, Clemmie is the shot in the arm Craig has been looking for. She gives him his first taste of what it's like to live on the edge - and it's intoxicating. But beneath her fun-loving, thrill-seeking facade, this intoxicating sex kitten is an unpredictable terror. And the deeper he falls into Clemmie's nightmarish games, the closer Craig comes to losing everything: his family, his career, even his life. Features a new Introduction by Dean KoontzPraise for John D. MacDonald"The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." - Stephen King"My favorite novelist of all time." - Dean Koontz"To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen." - Kurt Vonnegut"A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about thebest." - Mary Higgins Clark Views: 24
This is a crime novel from the author of "The Sundowners" and "The High Commissioner". It was Lisa Malone's misfortune to share a lift with the wife of the Mayor, for whom a political kidnapping had been arranged. For Malone, private detective, it was a new experience to be the victim. Views: 24
Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is a novel which was originally written and published in 1898 by Morgan Robertson. This novel is the story of an ocean liner, called the Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic ocean after hitting an iceberg. There are many similarities between this novel and the facts in the sinking of the Titanic fourteen years later. Morgan Robertson revised his work in 1912 after the sinking of the Titanic and made the ship larger as well as changing the ending of the story. FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem Views: 24
Dead Low Tide is an iconic early thriller from John D. MacDonald, the mastermind behind Cape Fear and the Travis McGee novels. On the coast of Florida, a working stiff is wrongfully accused of murdering his boss - and must outwit one of MacDonald's signature villains to save his life. Introduction by Dean Koontz A college graduate and amateur fisherman, Andy McClintock is stuck toiling in the office of a construction company. But when Andy tries to quit, his boss offers him a promotion and a raise - and then promptly kills himself with a harpoon gun. At least, that's what it looks like, until the police rule it homicide - with the murder weapon belonging to Andy. The harpoon gun had been stolen out of Andy's garage, and the boss's wife makes the outrageous claim that she and Andy were having an affair. He's been set up. To clear his name, he'll have to find the real killer. But Andy soon discovers that he's up against more than a two-bit thief - he's been targeted by absolute evil, a monster with no compassion for his fellow man. Praise for John D. MacDonald and *Dead Low Tide* "John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." - Stephen King "The writing is marked by sharp observation, vivid dialogue, and a sense of sweet warm horror." - The New York Times "To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen." - Kurt Vonnegut Views: 24
