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If you like Heinlein, you'll enjoy POINT ULTIMATE.
Welcome to the future where the Enemy rules the world. Resistance is futile: The Enemy maintains control by having released a lethal virus, then forcing everyone to get a monthly antidote injection, lest they die a horrible, painful death without it.
Resistance is never entirely futile, and freedom-loving men, women, and children attempt to sneak their way to the secret "Point Ultimate" where they can be free. But the Enemy wants to know: Where is Point Ultimate?
Very Heinlein-esque in feel, it's like finding Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel or Farnham's Freehold in an attic if they hadn't been published before, the way people find a "new" Mozart or Beethoven piece in a trunk somewhere.
"Jerry Sohl undoubtedly possesses one of the most imaginative minds of our day." —Houston Post
Jerry Sohl is an acclaimed writer for Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and scores more novels and TV/movie scripts.
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Living in the city of Kathmandu in the Kingdom of Nepal are dozens of American and British expatriates who are in love with the Himalayas. George Fergusson is one of them--he works as a trek guide for "Take You Higher, Ltd.", leading groups of tourists into the back country and occasionally assisting on serious climbs. George "Freds" Fredericks is another--a tall, easy-going American who converted to Buddhism while in college. He visited Nepal one year and never went home.
The adventures started when George and Freds got together over the capture of a Yeti--an abominable snowman--by a scientific expedition. The thought of such a wild and mysterious creature in captivity--in prison--was too much for them to bear. And in freeing the Yeti, a great partnership was born. George and Freds will go on to greater heights as they explore the mysteries of Nepal, from Shangri-La to Kathmandu's governmental bureaucracy, in Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Robinson has expanded a previously published novelette into the title story of this enjoyable collection, and added three sequels. All four tales are about mountain climbers George Fergusson and George "Freds" Fredericks, and their supernormal encounters in the mountains of Nepal and the capital city of Kathmandu. The title story is a delightful romp in which they rescue a yeti from the scientific team which kidnapped him; the chase scene is classic, the red herring perfect, and the yeti supplies a few surprises of his own. In "Mother Goddess of the World" George and Freds scale Mount Everest to help a llama, while trying to evade a video nut who wants to record their illegal trespass into Tibet. In "The True Nature of Shangri-La" the writing turns dark as Robinson vividly depicts the endemic poverty and illness affecting much of Tibetan society. "The Kingdom Underground" is lacking in both plot and resolution, but redeemed through its descriptions of starkly beautiful scenery and exotic, appealing people.
From Library Journal
A mismatched pair of American adventurers in Nepal rescue a yeti from captivity in the title story of this collection of four tall tales set against the background of the mysterious Himalayas. Robinson ( The Gold Coast ) injects a generous dose of the absurd into his heroes' encounters with reincarnated monks, vast underground tunnels, hidden kingdoms, and runaway elephants. These fast-paced sf action adventure stories are recommended for large libraries.
“Robinson's prose is so consistently superior that anything he depicts comes vividly to life.” ―Chicago Sun-Times
About the Author
Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952. A native Californian, he is the author of the Nebula Award-winning Red Mars and several other highly regarded SF novels, including his acclaimed Three Californias trilogy. Views: 470
Kale is part of the darkness that seeks to corrupt mortals and Ariel is part of the light at the end of the tunnel. They are at odds; their duty to tip the scales in their favor. But sometimes, there’s more to duty than what you know. Sometimes, there’s a greater purpose. And sometimes…It involves love.A short love story about the angels and devils that sit on our shoulders and whisper in our ears.Kale is part of the darkness that seeks to corrupt mortals and Ariel is part of the light at the end of the tunnel. They are at odds; their duty to tip the scales in their favor. But sometimes, there’s more to duty than what you know. Sometimes, there’s a greater purpose. And sometimes…It involves love. Views: 470
One Hole in time.Two Points of view.A whole world of trouble.Dare you enter Number Thirteen?" The notion that he had travelled in time was both alarming and thrilling, but there had been no time machine, no pimped-out DeLorean DMC-12 in which to ride. He’d only walked through that abandoned house."Going back in time 13 minutes was a neat trick for Austin Baker. It allowed him to get to school at the same time he left his house. But when Jordan Baxter followed him into Number 13, he disappeared completely.Where (and when) Jordan went is a mystery that Austin is compelled to solve. It will take him on the strangest and most dangerous journey of his life... Views: 470
She's not the woman he thinks she is...in this novel by USA TODAY bestselling author Patricia Davids. Falling for a fiancé she doesn't remember... Traveling to Maine in search of family, Mari Kemp is injured in an accident—and ends up with amnesia. Mistakenly believing she's the fiancée he's been exchanging letters with, wheelwright Asher Fisher will do anything to help Mari recover her memories. He's kind, caring—maybe even her perfect match. But she'll need to remember the past before she can see their future.From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.North Country Amish Book 1: Shelter from the StormBook 2: The Amish Teacher's DilemmaBook 3: A Haven for ChristmasBook 4: Someone to TrustBook 5: An Amish Mother for His TwinsBook 6: Mistaken for His Amish Bride Views: 470
A cyborg assassin opts to save—not take—her target's life, in this post-apocalyptic adventure by the author of Afterwar and the Dante Valentine series. Her name is unimportant. She is her job: a liquidator. Deep in debt for cyborg modifications, the agent eliminates whatever target she's given. It's a relatively simple job—until now. Her latest assignment is to kill a child, and she can't refuse—because refusal means Dismissal, a fate worse than death. Instead, the operative smuggles her target out of the city, away from his corporate caretakers. But little Geoff is a gifted, genetically engineered, profitable experiment, and everyone—bounty hunters, fellow cyborgs, brain-fried cannibals, and other monsters—is desperate to get their hands on him. The agent may be practically indestructible, but she's about to test her limits. Hell hath no fury like a mother protecting her own . . . Views: 469
When Cheri dies from an overdose, Lead Belly falls into a pit of despair. His bros in the Road Dogs motorcycle club try to help, but when they leave, Lead Belly picks up his 357 and starts playing Russian Roulette, but that's when Cave Man showed up. With death only a trigger pull away, Cave Man jumps on his spirit bike and rides, because Biker Heaven can wait, when one of the bros are in trouble.Auntie Beryl is a career optimist, unable to see the bad side of anything or anyone. But can she keep her cool in the hot place no one likes to talk about? Views: 469
A Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner
“Dazzling.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Charlotte and Emily Brontë enter a fantasy world that they invented in order to rescue their siblings in this “lovely, fanciful” (Booklist, starred review) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This make-believe land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school. But then something incredible happens: a train whisks them all away to a real Glass Town, and the children trade the moors for a wonderland all their own.
This is their Glass Town…almost. Their Napoleon never rode into battle on a fire-breathing porcelain rooster. And the soldiers can die; wars are fought over a potion that raises the dead, a potion Anne would very much like to bring back to England. But returning is out of the question—Charlotte will never go back to that horrible school.
Together the Brontë siblings must battle their own imaginations in this magical celebration of authorship, creativity, and classic literature from award-winning author Catherynne M. Valente. Views: 469
InkStains is a random collection of stories – fiction and nonfiction of any genre – handwritten daily over the course of a year and published one month at a time.InkStains is a random collection of stories – fiction and nonfiction of any genre – handwritten daily over the course of a year.When John Urbancik started this project, he aimed to write a story every day for a year. By hand. He found an inexpensive yet fancy fountain pen, started with a Moleskine notepad, and on 1 January 2013 set to writing.He took one mandatory day off monthly. Stories did not have to be fiction. Nonfiction, essays, reviews, memoirs – all genres – everything was open, so long as they were complete.These are the results: failures and successes both. Everything is included.He cleaned up grammar and spelling, and spent months typing up the almost 250,000 handwritten words; he did my best to strengthen the writing where it was weak. The author is very happy with a lot of the stories, and disappointed with others, but some are fantastic. (I’m biased. You decide.) Views: 469
Sweeping adventure, breathtaking twists of fate, and immersive worlds based in Norse mythology are woven into this first volume of the Runestone Saga, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Realms and Shattered Realms series. Since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods and the forces of chaos—the human realm of the Midlands has become a desperate and dangerous place, bereft of magic.Sixteen-year-old Eiric Halvorsen is among the luckier ones—his family has remained prosperous. But he stands to lose everything when he's wrongly convicted by a rigged jury of murdering his modir and stepfadir. Also at risk is Eiric's half-systir, Liv, who's under suspicion for her interest in seidr, or magic. Then a powerful jarl steps in: He will pay the blood price if Eiric will lead a mission to the fabled Temple at the Grove—the rich stronghold of the wyrdspinners, the last practitioners of... Views: 469
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch . . .A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasmA sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy's biggest chip on his shoulderAn alien warrior with anger management issuesA tomboy pilot who's totally not into him, in case you were wonderingAnd Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem—that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could... Views: 469
Becca Chandler is suddenly getting all the guys-- the ones she doesn't want. Ever since her ex-boyfriend spread those lies about her.
Then she saves Chris Merrick from a beating in the school parking lot. Chris is different. Way different: he can control water--just like his brothers can control fire, wind, and earth. They're powerful. Dangerous. Marked for death.
And now that she knows the truth, so is Becca.
Secrets are hard to keep when your life's at stake. When Hunter, the mysterious new kid around school, turns up with a talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, Becca thinks she can trust him. But then Hunter goes head-to-head with Chris, and Becca wonders who's hiding the most dangerous truth of all.
The storm is coming. . . Views: 469