This collection, structured around a reprint of Vernor Vinge's enormously influential novella "True Names," includes several essays as well as other short fiction inspired by Vinge's revolutionary tale.
Comment by the transcriber: This is as complete and accurate an etext of the 1984 edition of True Names as I can make. I agree with Project Gutenberg, regarding the superiority of hard formatted plain ASCII over other formats. Except that this work requires some italics, so I've used a bastard mix of plain text and HTML. If you want to read it as plain text, the HTML codes for italics are not too annoying; yet in HTML it will still preserve the original work's line formatting (minus right justification). Also included is the Afterword by Marvin Minsky, and .GIFs of all illustrations from the book. These are linked in at the correct places in the etext. One zip file contains the whole lot, for portability. Enjoy! The Rectifier, Feb 1998 Views: 30
There was no excuse for her response. The ruthless Andreas Nikolaides had lured Gemma to his remote villa in Crete with a single purpose in mind: to punish and humiliate her in revenge for her brother's seduction of a local girl. — He was a man Gemma had cause only to hate, a man who was using her as the instrument of a vengeance she could barely understand. And yet within hours she was falling into his arms, begging him to make love to her exactly as Andreas had so arrogantly promised she would. Views: 30
Continuation of the BBC TV Series after Blakes death Views: 30
A tie-in to the new television series, this book takes up the story after the aliens have been defeated, but one of their leaders, Diana, escapes and must be recaptured before she can organize a new invasion Views: 29
The most violent Westerns in print. On Saturday, the fun-loving citizens of Prospect, Texas, slaughtered a band of harmless Indians, who were just passing through. On Sunday, they received the blessing of their preacher. And on Monday, the man called Edge rode into town--and before he could wash the acrid dust from his throat, the trigger-happy town was on his back. Views: 29
Caroline Lexham has inherited a London mansion—for six months. If she can inhabit it and make a go, she'll get to keep it. But turning it into an exclusive hotel brings out the worst in her enemies. At every step they try to thwart her, from her odious cousin the Earl to Sir Henry Seymour's rumored soon-to-be bride, Lady Chaddington. And Sir Henry himself... Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet Views: 29
THERE WERE THREE WARNINGS:
1. DO NOT EXPOSE THEM TO LIGHT.
2. DO NOT GET THEM WET.
3. ABOVE ALL, NO MATTER HOW THEY CRY, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY BEG, NEVER, NEVER FEED THEM AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HE IGNORED THE WARNINGS... Views: 29
Taking its inspiration from Jane Austen’s relationship with her niece, Letters to Alice follows eighteen-year-old Alice and her “Aunt Fay,” whose letters preach the value of great artWith the dire warning, “You must read, Alice, before it’s too late,” Fay Weldon, or “Aunt Fay,” implores her “niece” to immerse herself in the works of enduring authors. Alternating between passages from Jane Austen’s novels and accounts of her own career, Weldon reveals the connections between art and life, and charts Alice’s trajectory from unpublished writer to celebrated author, her success ultimately outstripping that of her famous “aunt.” Letters to Alice puts Austen’s works into a contemporary perspective as it explores the craft of writing fiction, the pitfalls of publishing too early, the conventions that stifle the creative impulse, and more. In paying tribute to Austen, Weldon opens an illuminating window onto reading, writing, and why literature matters. Views: 28
Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan Innocent Brooke Beauclere knows that to Adam Henderson she's just an object of fleeting desire—the perfect conquest for an alpha male with a fortune at his disposal. But how dare he assume that she could be bought for his pleasure! He's clearly no better than the high-society snobs who taunted him for his working-class roots. Against all reason, Brooke is attracted to him, but can she reveal her love and risk losing Adam completely? Originally published in 1984 Views: 27
