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The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future.Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time. Views: 27
The time for whittling away star systems from lizard territory is over, with Star Force mounting an assault on the lifeline connecting the two halves of their empire, intent on severing their supply lines and cutting off their core worlds from their Skarron conquests.
"Resistance" is the 75th episode in the Origin Series.
Word Count: 30,500
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She'll move heaven and earth to save her only family. On Brigitta Holtzer's 21st birthday, her father - one of the greatest witches of his generation - falls mysteriously, violently ill. To save him, Gitta must travel to the depths of hell accompanied only by a sexy, irritable vampire... named Scott. To secure her father's salvation, Gitta must risk her very soul and give up her freedom - not to mention expose herself to the darkness of her father's hidden world, and the inkiest corners of her own psyche. Nothing remains unbroken in FRAGILE MAGICK. Views: 27
Henry Ford wasn't wrong when he said that, "history is bunk". He could still remember the days when the wireless transmission of energy had powered motorcars, mighty airships and space cruisers. And when Britannia ruled not only the waves, but all of the Earth and much of the cosmos besides. Have you ever wondered how Victorians such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells managed to dream up all that fantastic futuristic fiction? Did it ever occur to you that it might just have been based upon fact? That War Of The Worlds was a true account of real events? That Captain Nemo's Nautilus even now lies rusting at the bottom of the North Sea? That there really was an invisible man? No? Then what about the other stuff? Views: 27
Across the sands of Egypt, Nayland Smith pursues Fah Lo Suee, the deadly daughter of Fu-Manchu. Possessed of all her father's subversive secrets and driven by his unquenchable thirst for power, she has pillaged the tomb of the Black Ape for the key to its ancient mysteries - and therefore leadership over all the evil cults of the East. No one can stop her - except perhaps Fu-Manchu himself!A brand-new edition of the classic novel. Views: 27
