Giltek, a reptilian robotics engineer on the technical planet Ban Zaadan, receives an unwelcome visit from a man carrying a troublesome item.The book is a mixed bag of satire, mordant and/or playful wit as well as other forms of non-realistic fiction. One has an upper class man obsessed with propriety and decorum who gets his comeuppance; one, exploring a major problem with democracy, is in the form of a gothic chiller; another takes the form of a medieval tale; two are bird fables roughly in the tradition of Aesop; another a satiric take-off on literary interviews. The title piece satirizes American ethnic identity and its unawareness of history. Most are humorous in spirit, though of course they have an underlying seriousness. There’s even one about an alcoholic, mentally ill street person and a man who had a near-death experience that is structured as a dialectic with a thesis, antithesis and synthesis. And so on. The poet and editor Sonja Skarstedt said in a review of the book when published in 2000 that the collection is “a witty, humorous and enthralling blend of tales” and that the “stories have a distinctive, even sharp-edged narrative tone, with undercurrents of the recognizable, rich tradition.” Arnold Skemer in a review in ZYX #24 (2001) observed that “I've been accustomed to Burnham's essays in THE LONG STORY but hadn't realized that he turns out fables and satires, and has a nasty little wit.” Views: 289
The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literature’s most beloved “bad guys,” Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys—and girls—and grownups.
An unofficial sequel to the most popular pirate tale ever told—Treasure Island. In this story inspired by the opening line of the famous novel, in which Jim Hawkins tells of a “treasure not yet lifted” still hidden on an unknown island, find out what happens to out what happens to literature’s most beloved “bad guys”—Long John Silver—and whatever happened to the remaining treasure.
FROM THE AUTHOR:
Wibberley, in his foreword, tells how he came to write Flint's Island: “I realized I must myself, however unworthy, attempt to supply the story of what happened to the remaining treasure or die with that question, raised in childhood, unanswered.” and goes on to say, “Flint took over my own work without my willing it. He seemed to be always present as I wrote. I can truthfully say that when I started this tale I had no idea how it would end. Flint told me.” Told by Flint or not, it is a gratifyingly bloody and piratical tale, dominated by one of fiction's great hero-rogues, the endlessly cunning, forever evil Long John Silver.
"There is still treasure not yet lifted" - Treasure Island. 31 Aug 1760. Long John Silver returns. Tom Whelan 17 narrates fatal trip ashore for abstinent first mate Arrow to cautious Captain Edward Samuels on Baltimore brig Jane. Chest shot, missing pistol, empty brandy bottle, one-legged shipwrecked cook on crutch. Greed, mutiny, betrayal -- survival?
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Here's what happened to “the treasure not yet lifted” from Flint's Island. Though Wibberley claims that this is not a sequel to Treasure Island (“Who would dare such a thing?”), it is precisely that. The return of Long John Silver is chronicled with an American accent by the youngest crew member of the Jane, a trading vessel out of Salem, Massachusetts. The Jane stops at Flint's Island to gather timber to replace the mast, but finds instead the marooned Silver who wins over the crew with promises of treasure. Even after his attempt to capture the ship is thwarted by loyal members of the crew, Long John's charisma is strong enough to cause a second mutiny and, in a manner of speaking, Silver comes out on top even though the treasure goes to the bottom of the ocean. Wibberley is not Stevenson, and there's none of the precise detail or timing which makes Treasure Island an archetypal adventure, but Silver's wiliness and Flint's mystique are perfectly captured and the American seamen -- prudent Captain Samuels, the unimaginative Yankee carpenter Smigley, the impulsive mutineer Green and the loyal, but mean-spirited Peasbody are worthy of their Hispaniola counterparts.
Four stars:
“Suspense see-saws over betrayal, disasters, triumphs, escapes, more losses than gains. Brutality of deceptive pirate - death, starvation, thirst, exposure - exceeds natural danger from sea storms.”—Goodreads Reviewer
“It was truly a pleasure to meet once again the infamous Long John Silver.”—Goodreads Reviewer
OPENING LINE TO TREASURE ISLAND:
“Squire Trelawnay, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen…and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof.”
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The South Pacific - 1942When most of Matt Turner's fighter squadron is destroyed by Japanese Zeroes with demonic protection, he expects his after-action report to land him in the loony bin. Instead, he finds himself recruited by a shadowy government agency to test a supernatural countermeasure before the Japanese strike a deathblow against the U.S. Navy and win the war in the Pacific theater.The South Pacific - 1942When most of Matt Turner's fighter squadron is destroyed by Japanese Zeroes with demonic protection, he expects his after-action report to land him in the loony bin. Instead, he finds himself recruited by a shadowy government agency to test a supernatural countermeasure before the Japanese strike a deathblow against the U.S. Navy and win the war in the Pacific theater.Other pulp horror stories in The Big Weird One series:With The FishesOperation Perseus Views: 288
She’s forbidden.
Saffron Carlton is the darling of the big screen, starlet on the red carpet, and wife of mega producer Felix Carlton. Her life seems perfect with her overflowing bank balance, adoring fans, and luxury homes around the world. Everyone thinks they know her. But no one truly does.
He’s flawed.
Raised in squalor, fed on violence and poverty, Cas Smith knows the underbelly of the world. He’s not looking for fame or fortune. He’s looking for the woman who ran from him all those years ago.
He wants her.
She ran from him.
Now she's forbidden.
What happens when forbidden and flawed collide?
Total annihilation.
Author's Note: The first part of the story was released in the boxset Owned - An Alpha Anthology however the remainder of the book is postponed indefinitely. Views: 288
This job is easy because I never get attached. It takes a lot to impress me, and so far, no one has ever impressed me.Until I have a one-night stand on New Year's Eve...with one hell of a woman.When I wake up the next morning to take her to breakfast, she's gone. She left a note, but not her name.But fate steps in...and now she's my new client. Views: 288
Once upon a time, on the Old Tumbledown Farm, in The Middle of Nowhere, in the Forgotten Corner of the Kingdom, two sisters are still arguing over their destinies. Sadly, neither of their plans are really working. Eliza's archery skills are dangerous to everything but the target, and her trusty steed is merely their goat, Gertrude. Meanwhile, a sudden rash of royal weddings has sabotaged Lavender's plan to marry a prince.Obviously, magic is the only answer. One rash Thumbelina-inspired wish on a magical snail later, and the Old Tumbledown Farm is suddenly a giant's birthday present-and this giant is not willing to let go of her new toys. Can Eliza and Lavender actually work together to come up with a cunning escape plan or will Lavender be too distracted by the sudden appearance of a handsome prince?Hold on to your socks (or Gertrude will eat them!) as author Sarah Courtauld delivers everything fans of fractured fairytales could want from... Views: 288
Adelia Kreegan begins her new life as a pupil under the tutelage of a master wizard, Gaston Camlann. He will educate her in all the spells and rituals that she will need to know to make her way in the dangerous world of Tellest. When an intruder comes to the city of Forsynthia, peace is nowhere to be found. Adelia will have to venture outside of the safety of her master's keep to find the truth.In this fantasy magician series, Adelia Kreegan begins her new life as a pupil under the tutelage of a master wizard, Gaston Camlann. He will educate her in all the spells and rituals that she will need to know to make her way in the dangerous world of Tellest, where dragons and dark magic abound. Though hers are spells for beginners, Gaston is confident that she will become a truly capable sorceress.When an intruder comes to the city of Forsynthia, peace is nowhere to be found. Adelia will have to venture outside of the safety of her master's keep to find the truth. Views: 288
Emery
No matter how hard I try, I never seem to be able to escape my family’s world. Their madness controls my life, just like insanity consumes my mind.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s real.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell who I really am. The person everyone sees? Or the one I keep trapped inside?
I wonder which person Ryler sees. Just like I wonder who I can trust.
Wonder. Wonder. Wonder.
I wonder too much.
I wish I could just find a way to escape it all and finally be free.
Ryler
I live a double life and sometimes I hate myself for it. Watching Emery fall apart—pretending I don’t care—is killing me inside.
I want to tell her the truth, but I also want a new life.
Want. Want. Want.
I want too much. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what I really desire.
I wish I could be free from the confusion, free from this life. Views: 288
From a bold new feminist voice, a book that will change the way you think about your sex life.Fifty years after the sexual revolution, we are told that we live in a time of unprecedented sexual freedom; that if anything, we are too free now. But beneath the veneer of glossy hedonism, millennial journalist Rachel Hills argues that we are controlled by a new brand of sexual convention: one which influences all of us—woman or man, straight or gay, liberal or conservative. At the root of this silent code lies the Sex Myth—the defining significance we invest in sexuality that once meant we were dirty if we did have sex, and now means we are defective if we don’t do it enough. Equal parts social commentary, pop culture, and powerful personal anecdotes from people across the English-speaking world, The Sex Myth exposes the invisible norms and unspoken assumptions that shape the way we think about sex today. Views: 288
Seventeen year old Daniel Snow a Chef from San Fransisco receives an email from someone claiming to have some startling truths about humanity's plans for the future. Daniel's Guardian Henry Bradford a Professor of Physics too has just been summoned to Washington in a haste to decipher a voice recording which scientists from the SETI institute think might be First Contact from an alien race.Seventeen year old Daniel Snow a Chef from San Fransisco receives an email from someone claiming to be his Granddad. Apparently, He has some startling truths about humanity's plans for the future. The sender is on Earth one hundred years into the future trapped in another galaxy. Daniel's Uncle and Guardian Henry Bradford a Professor of Physics too has just been summoned to Washington in a haste to decipher a voice recording which scientists from the SETI research Institute in Mountain View think might be First Contact from an alien race. Daniel must make an unlikely and uneasy alliance with his Uncle, his colleague doctor Lynn and Eel, the sender of the email if they are to survive people determined to keep this a secret. Boundless is a sci-fi novelette that questions our place in this universe, our very beliefs, our knowledge of the origins of the universe, and our attempts at redefining what we think is impossible. It will also take you on vicarious Journey through time, with mind bending twists and turns until the most amazing climax. Views: 288
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timePronounced obscene when it was first published in 1915, The Rainbow is the epic story of three generations of the Brangwens, a Midlands family. A visionary novel, considered to be one of Lawrence's finest, it explores the complex sexual and psychological relationships between men and women in an increasingly industrialized world. "Lives are separate, but life is continuous—it continues in the fresh start by the separate life in each generation," wrote F. R. Leavis. "No work, I think, has presented this perception as an imaginatively realized truth more compellingly than The Rainbow." Views: 287
