Mary Anne and Stacey are in Sea City working as mother's helpers for the Pike family. When each of the girls meets up with her boyfriend from last summer, things start to get complicated. Views: 972
On an L.A. talk show Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. The Baltimore Sun and Kirkus Reviews have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last several decade."
Now Larry Niven presents us with his undisputed masterwork. N-Space contains, very simply, the best SF of his career--marvelous fiction, a wealth of anecdotes and gossip, plus Niven's own special brand of wit and excitement.
Contents:
1 • Introduction: The Maker of Worlds • (1990) • essay by Tom Clancy
3 • On Niven • (1992) • essay by Frederik Pohl and Steven Barnes and David Brin and John Hertz and Wendy All and Gregory Benford
15 • Dramatis Personae • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
25 • Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
31 • From World of Ptavvs (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
36 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • shortstory by Larry Niven
56 • Convergent Series • (1967) • shortstory by Larry Niven (variant of The Long Night)
62 • All the Myriad Ways • [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven
73 • From A Gift From Earth (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
90 • The Meddler • (1968) • novelette by Larry Niven
112 • Passerby • [State] • (1969) • shortstory by Larry Niven
126 • Down in Flames • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven
139 • From Ringworld (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
148 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • interior artwork by William Rotsler
199 • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven
208 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
234 • What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? • (1971) • shortstory by Larry Niven
245 • Cloak of Anarchy • [Known Space] • (1972) • shortstory by Larry Niven
269 • From Protector (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
279 • The Hole Man • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven
293 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State] • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven
305 • Flare Time • (1978) • novella by Larry Niven
347 • The Locusts • (1979) • novelette by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
389 • From The Mote in God's Eye (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
394 • Building the Mote in God's Eye • [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
420 • Brenda • (1988) • novella by Larry Niven
465 • The Return of William Proxmire • (1989) • shortstory by Larry Niven
475 • The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters • (1988) • shortstory by Larry Niven
491 • Madness Has Its Place • [Man-Kzin Wars] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven
519 • Niven's Laws (1990 version) • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
528 • The Kiteman • [Integral Trees] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven
571 • The Alien in Our Minds • (1987) • essay by Larry Niven
580 • Space • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
597 • Bibliography of Larry Niven • (1990) • essay by uncredited Views: 967
Here is a collection of short pieces about the many marvelous discoveries made by humankind using Heechee technology. Each piece includes illustrations by Kelly Freas. Views: 962
Hans Thomas and his father set out on a car trip through Europe, from Norway to Greece—the birthplace of philosophy—in search of Hans Thomas's mother, who left them many years earlier. On the way, Hans Thomas receives a mysterious miniature book—the fantastic memoir of a sailor shipwrecked in 1842 on a strange island where a deck of cards come to life.
Structured as a deck of cards—each chapter is one in the deck—"The Solitaire Mystery" weaves together fantasy and reality, fairy tales and family history. Full of questions about the meaning of life, it will spur its listeners to reexamine their own. Views: 960
It's no secret that Claudia and her sister are different. For one, they don't look alike at all. Claudia loves her wild clothes and funky jewelry, and Janine dresses. . .well, kind of nerdy. Janine is a genius, and Claudia brings home C's--when she's lucky.
Claudia opens the family photo album to see what she and her sister looked like when they were little. But there are hardly any baby pictures of Claudia! And when she goes searching for her birth certificate and birth announcement in the newspaper, Claudia can't find them.
Is Claudia Kishi who she thinks she is? Or is there something her parents aren't telling her? Views: 955
To a New York City girl like Stacey, the fact that an old--supposedly haunted--house in Stoneybrook is being torn down is no big deal. But then her friend Kristy discovers the house was built on a graveyard, and when Stacey sees a horrible face in one of the windows, she wonders if the house really could be haunted! Views: 953
A moving story of love, grief, and coming to terms with death, this is the story of elderly Sam Peek, who is mourning the death of his beloved wife when a mysterious white dog appears. Views: 951
En este enorme volumen hay 46 historias, repartidos en cinco partes: diez fábulas y fantasías, cuentos de hadas que a veces nos dicen la verdad sobre nosotros mismos; once cuentos de terror; siete historias sobre el futuro de los humanos - ciencia ficción del maestro de la extrapolación y los caracteres; seis cuentos de muerte, esperanza y santidad, donde Card explora el lado más espiritual de la naturaleza humana; y doce canciones perdidas. Views: 944
While restoring a 15th-century painting which depicts a chess game between the Duke of Flanders and his knight, Julia, a young art expert, discovers a hidden inscription in the corner: Quis Necavit Equitem. Translation: Who killed the knight? Breaking the silence of five centuries, Julia's hunt for a Renaissance murderer leads her into a modern-day game of sin, betrayal, and death. Views: 942
It's the most advanced computer role-playing game ever: When you play you're really there in a dark dream teeming with evil creatures, danger-filled fortresses, and malevolent sorceries.
The game plugs directly into your brain--no keyboard, no modem, no monitor. And for game hacker Arvin Rizalli and his friends, no cash up front, no questions asked . . . and no hope of rescue when the game goes horribly, deathly wrong. Views: 929
"Rivals anything Chaim Potok has ever produced. It is a book written with passion about passion. You're not likely to read anything better this year."
THE DETROIT NEWS
Twenty years have passed for Asher Lev. He is a world-renowned artist living in France, still uncertain of his artistic direction. When his beloved uncle dies suddenly, Asher and his family rush back to Brooklyn--and into a world that Asher thought he had left behind forever....
From the Paperback edition. Views: 924
The first one-volume paperback of two novels, "Tunc" and "Nunquam", previously available singly, and as a one-volume hardback. The story is about a brilliant young inventor working for an all-powerful international company called Merlin, who creates a perfect robot facsimile of a beautiful woman. Views: 922
From Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed author of *Flight Behavior,* *The Lacuna*, *The Bean Trees,* and other modern classics, *Animal Dreams* is a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman’s struggle to find her place in the world.
At the end of her rope, Codi Noline returns to her Arizona home to face her ailing father, with whom she has a difficult, distant relationship. There she meets handsome Apache trainman Loyd Peregrina, who tells her, “If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.”
Filled with lyrical writing, Native American legends, a tender love story, and Codi’s quest for identity, *Animal Dreams* is literary fiction at it’s very best.
This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more. Views: 915
James often finds himself gazing out the window at night, wondering about other worlds, and what it might be like to live somewhere else. But it is all just a dream--until the memorable night he slips into the laboratory of his friend, Mr. Woodforde. Brilliant but eccentric, the elderly physicist lets James in on a secret. For years, he has been working on a secret project: a time machine.
Welcome aboard, James. Next stop: the Past. Or…the Future…. Views: 909
Nancy spends a winter weekend on campus -- and finds that crime is on the curriculum
Ned invites Nancy, Bess, and George to Emerson College's Winter Carnival for four days of nonstop skiing, skating, and sleigh riding. But a jewel heist on campus puts a big chill on the weekend, and the police believe they have their man cold. His name is Rob Harper, and he's one of Ned's best friends!
Convinced of Rob's innocence, Nancy undertakes an investigation of her own. But the action on ice proves more slippery than she expected. Someone at Emerson is out to teach Nancy a lesson and show her just how dangerous winter sports can be. When it comes to jewelry, some like it hot -- and the carnival of crime is heating up fast! Views: 909
