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Daniel Stillman's Life: 42 Facebook friends 18 Cell phone contacts 6 Twitter followers 4 blog subscribers Now a category five storm is about to take this all away. And replace it with a neighbor he's never met. Views: 396
New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author.Gritty urban fantasy set in an alternate noir 1930s. A tough P.I. battles aninterdimensional monster that wants to suck magic power out of the world.Sequel to Hard Magic and Spellbound. Book Threein the Grimnoir Chronicles.Grittyurban fantasy adventure set in an alternate noir 1930s, Book Three in theGrimnoir chronicles.Onlya handful of people in the world know that mankinds magic comes from a livingcreature, and it is a refugee from another universe. The Power showed up herein the 1850s because it was running from something. Now it is 1933, and thePowers hiding place has been discovered by a killer. Itis a predator that eats magic and leaves destroyed worlds in its wake. Earth isnext. Formerprivate eye, Jake Sullivan, knows the score. The problem is hardly anyonebelieves him. The worlds most capable Active, Faye Vierra, could back him up,but she is hiding from the forces that think she is too dangerous to let live.So Jake has put together a ragtag crew of airship pirates and Grimnoir knights,and set out on a suicide mission to stop the predator before it is too late. Aboutthe Urban Fantasy of Larry Correia:[A] no-holds-barred all-out page turner that is part science fiction, parthorror, and an absolute blast to read.Bookreporter.com If you love monsters and action, youll love this book. If you love guns,youll love this book. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy,youll love this book.Knotclan.comA gun person who likes science fictionor, heck, anyone who likes sciencefictionwill enjoy [these books]The plotting is excellent, and Correia makesyou care about the charactersI read both books without putting them downexcept for workso whaddaya waitin for? Go and buy somefor yourself and forstocking stuffers.Massad AyoobThis lighthearted, testosterone-soaked sequel to 2009's Monster HunterInternational will delight fans of action horror with elaborate weaponry,hand-to-hand combat, disgusting monsters, and an endless stream of blood andbody parts.Publishers Weekly onMonster Hunter VendettaAbout the AuthorLarryCorreia is an award-winning competitive shooter, a movie-prop-gun master and,yes, an accountant by daybut an urban noir adventure master by night. He isthe creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestsellingMonster Hunter series as well as urban fantasy hardboiled adventure saga, theGrimnoir Chronicles. Correia is very tall, very bald, and lives in Utah withhis wife and family. Views: 396
To anyone interested in the roots of modern science fiction, the name of Ray Cummings should be well known. He wrote science fiction and fantasy before the name "science fiction" had been coined, publishing fantastic yarns in Argosy, Munsey's Magazine, and other mainstream magazines. Of course, as soon as the science fiction pulps debuted, he moved to them, where his work received a hearty welcome from fans. Cummings publishing more than 750 novels and short stories over his long career, producing work in many genres, including the mystery field (see "Atom Boy" in this MEGAPACK®for one prime example). We are pleased to showcase 25 of his tales, ranging from science fiction to fantasy to mystery...more than 2,000 pages of great reading!Included are:THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN ATOM (1919-1920)THE SILVER VEIL (1921)THE FIRE PEOPLE (1922)TWO PROPOSALS (1923)JETTA OF THE LOWLANDS (1930)THE WHITE INVADERS (1931)REQUIEM FOR A SMALL PLANET... Views: 396
“SF writing of a rare quality”
lifts this collection of stories from the renowned author of The
Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth – Time Out
The author of the competitive pool
thriller “The Hustler” and the groundbreaking sci-fi novel
“The Man Who Fell to Earth”, Walter Tevis was also a
master of the short story. His work was published in Playboy,
Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and many other magazines. This anthology
collects some of his best short work. Full of wit, surprise, dark
humor, and deep emotion, these stories pack a punch – and are ideal
for fans of his longer work or those looking for an introduction to
one of America’s most iconic sci-fi writers.
“The poetic imprints of a fine
writer’s trail.” – The Times (London)
Contents
PART ONE: CLOSE TO HOME
1. Rent Control (1979)
2. A Visit From Mother (1981)
3. Daddy (1981)
4. The Apotheosis of Myra (1980)
5. Out of Luck (1980)
6. Echo (1980)
7. Sitting in Limbo (1981)
PART TWO: FAR FROM HOME
8. The Other End of the Line (1961)
9. The Big Bounce (1958)
10. The Goldbrick (1957)
11. The Ifth of Oofth (1957)
12. The Scholar’s Disciple (1969)
13. Far From Home (1958) Views: 396
Year 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead.Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as the murdering looters, know.While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills. I can manipulate the Q-net like never before. But the looters have blocked us from communicating with the rest of the galaxy and now they believe we've gone silent, like Planet Xinji (where silent really means dead).A Protector Class spaceship is coming to our rescue, but we still have to survive almost two years until they arrive - if they arrive at all. Until then, we have to figure out how to stop an unstoppable alien threat. And it's only a matter of time before the looters learn I'm not dead and returns to finish what they started.There's no way I'm going to let the looters... Views: 396
Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a "future history" science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates the science of genetic engineering, and is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically-linked individuals. A controversial part of the book depicts humans, in the far-off future, escaping the dying Earth and settling on Venus - in the process totally exterminating its native inhabitants, an intelligent marine species. Stapledon's book has been interpreted by some as condoning such interplanetary genocide as a justified act if necessary for racial survival, though a number of Stapledon's partisans denied that such was his intention, arguing instead that Stapledon was merely showing that although mankind had advanced in a number of ways in the future, at bottom it still possessed the same capacity for savagery as it has always had. Views: 395
Celebrating Jewish holidays has never been sillier than in Chelm, the Village of Fools! While the Chelmites try to solve problems—like outsmarting bees to get Rosh Hashanah honey, and keeping menorah candles lit without enough oil—their foolishness causes even more chaos. Enjoy these tall tales, old and new, one for each of ten holidays throughout the Jewish year. Views: 395
What if you could fix the worst parts of yourself by confronting your worst fears?
Dr. Jennifer Webb has invented proprietary virtual reality technology that purports to heal psychological wounds by running clients through scenarios straight out of horror movies and nightmares. In a carefully controlled environment, with a medical cocktail running through their veins, sisters might develop a bond they’ve been missing their whole lives—while running from the bogeyman through a simulated forest. But…can real change come so easily?
Esther Hoffman doubts it. Esther has spent her entire journalism career debunking pseudoscience, after phony regression therapy ruined her father’s life. She’s determined to unearth the truth about Dr. Webb’s budding company. Dr. Webb’s willing to let her, of course, for reasons of her own. What better advertisement could she get than that of a convinced skeptic? But Esther’s not the only one curious about how this technology works. Enter real-world threats just as frightening as those created in the lab. Dr. Webb and Esther are at odds, but they may also be each other’s only hope of survival. Views: 395
In 2105, getting big things to tumble from the sky is possible. After ex-marshal Webb's torture at the hands of a Syndicate fixer, it's time to figure out who was involved and hold them accountable. After a deep confession from Webb, Mina realizes the risk the fixer poses, and authorization comes for her and her team to track him down. The laser fires hot when a Syndicate team searches the fixer's unit and the colonel-in-arms' DNA is identified. Everything involved with this case must stay well under the radar or it will place Mina and the entire department in jeopardy. That means completing an unprecedented mission in hopes of bringing down a notorious crime ring for good. With the help of her partner, Lee Adams, and the extremely talented hacker Harmony Biggins, they hatch a plan that qualifies as the most ambitious of Mina's career. The race is on, and with the help of the colonel-in-arms, they just might pull it off. Views: 395
Magic hides in the snowbound Sierras; Time abides in an Arizona grill. Art forgeries surface on Mercury; Uranian miners rediscover Dixieland jazz.. Tourists loot the treasures of sunken Venice...and in the black air of of battle, amid the haunting doom of the Invincible Armada, a saint and an angel give blessing to a simple young man.
These are such dreams as worlds are made of. Views: 395
The turmoil in Africa is only beginning - and it must grow worse before it's better. Not until the people of Africa know they are Africans - not warring tribesmen - will there be peace....The turmoil in Africa is only beginning - and it must grow worse before it's better. Not until the people of Africa know they are Africans - not warring tribesmen - will there be peace.... Views: 395
A series of stories loosely connected by the narrative device of different speakers swapping yarns around the campfire at the end of each trail-riding day."A series of spirited tales emphasizing some phase of the life of the ranch, plains and desert, and all, taken together, forming a single sharply-cut picture of life in the far Southwest. All the tonic of the West is in this masterpiece of Stewart Edward White." Views: 395
The "enchanting" (Publishers Weekly) Jane Jameson series is back with a new paranormal romantic comedy about werewolf yearning to find her own place world, and the group of admittedly unique vampires who help her find love.Tylene McClaine, black sheep of the McClaine Half-Moon Hollow werewolf pack, has spent a lifetime blocking out the criticisms of her boisterous pack. They say she's too bookish, too sarcastic, and worst of all, too picky when it comes to finding a nice werewolf boy and settling down.But when she meets vampire and Half-Moon Hollow music teacher, Alex Bonfils, Tylene starts to wonder if she could create the life she's always wanted. She takes every precaution to meet her sexy vamp in secret, but when a vandal around town starts targeting vampire businesses, she fears her family might have found her out. When the damage in town escalates, Tylene and Alex join forces with Jane Jameson, Dick Cheney, and the whole vampire gang to find the culprit... Views: 395
