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Acts of Godby James BeauSeigneurISBN 0446613290 (0-446-61329-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 0451525361 (0-451-52536-1)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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- Animal Farm: ISBN 0451526341 (0-451-52634-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452277507 (0-452-27750-7)
Softcover, Plume - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452284244 (0-452-28424-4)
Softcover, Plume - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451521560 (0-451-52156-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451524667 (0-451-52466-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452262771 (0-452-26277-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452264901 (0-452-26490-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451525361 (0-451-52536-1)
Softcover, Signet
- Animal Farm: ISBN 0451526341 (0-451-52634-1)
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Animal Farmby Naura HaydenISBN 0582530083 (0-582-53008-3)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Babylon Rising: The Secret on Araratby Tim Lahaye, Bob PhillipsISBN 0553586076 (0-553-58607-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Bili the Axeby Robert AdamsISBN 0451129288 (0-451-12928-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Birth of an Ageby James BeauSeigneurISBN 0446613282 (0-446-61328-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Blood Musicby Greg BearISBN 0441067972 (0-441-06797-2)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood Music'Book summary:The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Moving Mars presents the book that launched his career, featuring a scientist who conducts an experiment in cell restructuring that takes on a threatening life of its own. Reprint. AB. LJ. [via]
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Brimstoneby Douglas Preston, Lincoln ChildISBN 0446612758 (0-446-61275-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brimstone'Book summary:A body is found in the attic of a fabulous Long Island estate. There is a hoofprint scorched into the floor, and the stench of sulfur chokes the air. When FBI Special Agent Pendergast investigates the gruesome crime, he discovers that thirty years ago four men conjured something unspeakable. Has the devil come to claim his due? [via]
Cat of Silvery Hueby Robert AdamsISBN 0451133056 (0-451-13305-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Catastrophesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0449244253 (0-449-24425-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Champion of the Last Battleby Robert AdamsISBN 0451156307 (0-451-15630-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Children of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0441104029 (0-441-10402-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children of Dune'Book summary:The desert planet of Arrakis has begun to grow green and lush. The life-giving spice is abundant. The nine-year-old royal twins, possesing their father's supernatural powers, are being groomed as Messiahs.[via]But there are those who think the Imperium does not need messiahs...
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A Choice Of Catastrophesby Isaac AsimovISBN 0449900487 (0-449-90048-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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A Choice of Catastrophes: The Disasters Thata Threaten Our Worldby Isaac AsimovISBN 0449901580 (0-449-90158-0)
Softcover, Granite Impex Ltd
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The Darkeningby Chandler McGrewISBN 0553586033 (0-553-58603-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Day after Judgment: A Novelby James BlishISBN 0571094503 (0-571-09450-3)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber Ltd
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A Day for Damnationby David GerroldISBN 0553277650 (0-553-27765-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Day for Damnation'Book summary:McCarthy was drafted from his college biology studies and became a member of the Special Forces. Then he is given the opportunity to contact the Chtorr, but when a helicopter crash leaves him and his companions stranded in enemy territory, he must decide whether to communicate with the Chtorr--or kill them! [via]
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The Death of a Legendby Robert AdamsISBN 0451129350 (0-451-12935-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Death of a Legend'Book summary:Paperback w/ light edgewear, small scraped area, lightly tanning pages, bookstore stamp on flyleaf, NAL First Printing, November, 1981, full print line 1-9. 185 pages by Robert Adams. [via]
The Drive inby Joe R. LansdaleISBN 0553274813 (0-553-27481-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dune: House Atreidesby Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank HerbertISBN 0553110616 (0-553-11061-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune: House Atreides'Book summary:THE EPIC PREQUEL TO DUNE
"DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES is a terrific prequel, but it is also a first-rate adventure on its own. Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision."Dean Koontz
Frank Herbert's Dune chronicles became an enduring classic and the most popular science fiction series of all time. Working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and best-selling novelist Kevin J. Anderson bring us Dune: House Atreides, the prequel, which captures all the complexity and grand themes of the original work while weaving a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than thirty years ago.
Complex, brilliant, and prophetic, Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imaginations of millions of readers worldwideand transformed their perception of what the future could be. By his death in 1986, Frank Herbert had completed six novels in the Dune series. But much of his visionvast, sprawling, and multilayeredremained unwritten. Now, working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the first volume in the prequel to Dunewhere we step onto planet Arrakis...decades before Dune's hero, Paul Atreides, walks its sands.
Beginning nearly four decades before Dune, House Atreides introduces pivotal characters, alliances, base treacheries, and bright hopes that form the foundation of Dune. On the planet Arrakis, an aging tyrant sits on the Golden Lion Throne and rules all of the known universe, while his son grows dangerously impatient for the crown. A quasi-religious order of black-robed women move their secret breeding program one momentous step closer to creating a god-child they call the Kwisatz Haderach. And a minor family among the nobility, House Atreides, chooses a course of honor that will bring it to destruction at the hands of its mortal enemy, House Harkonnenor take it to new heights of power.
Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created in his classic series, in the time leading up to the momentous events of Dune. As Emperor Elrood's son Shaddam plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves his lush, water-rich planet for a year's education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes is dispatched by the Emperor to the desert planet Arrakis, or Dune, to discover the secrets of the addictive spice known as melange; and the eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance. But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegadesand shapers of history.
Covering the decade when Shaddam wins his throne, the teenager Leo Atreides becomes unexpectedly the rule of House Atreides, and Pardot Kynes uncovers one of the planet Dune's greatest secrets, House Atreides stands next to Dune in its power and scope. While this new novel solves some of Dune's most baffling mysteries, it presents new puzzles springing from the sands where one day Paul Muad'Dib Atreides will walk. But now, in the years before Paul's birth, an unforgettable new epic begins. Fans of the Dune chronicles will relish the opportunity to return to the rich and exotic universe created by Frank Herbert, while new readers will be introduced to an incomparable imaginationa future where the fate of the entire cosmos is at stake.
The Story Behind Dune: House Atreides
by Brian Herbert
When my father first sat down with me to go over one of my manuscripts, he told me that he couldn't teach me how to write; instead, he would teach me what he called "the care and feeding of editors": how to make manuscripts look presentable so that they wouldn't be tossed into a slush pile, unread. He then proceeded to teach me how to write. I remember many instances when we would brainstorm ideas and dissect my own novel manuscripts. He taught me how to develop worlds, to create characters, to invent action...and to describe all of it. We collaborated on the novel Man of Two Worlds, Frank Herbert's last published work, and even talked about working together on a new Dune novel, but we'd set no date, had established no specific details or direction.
That novel was not to be. When my father died in 1986, he left several projects unfinished. For years there were rumors that I would write another novel set in my father's Dune universe, a sequel to the sixth book in the series, Chapterhouse: Dune. Prominent writers approached me with offers of collaboration, but in tossing ideas around with them I couldn't visualize the project coming to fruition. They were excellent writers, but in combination with them I didn't feel the necessary synergy for such a monumental task. Along with Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and a handful of other works, Dune stood as one of the greatest creative achievements of all time, and arguably the greatest example of science fiction world-building in the history of literature. For the sake of my father's legacy, I could not select the wrong person.
It wasn't until I began conversation with Kevin J. Anderson, a critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling author, that I found someone whose enthusiasm and passion for the Dune universe match my own. Much of Kevin's writing had been influenced heavily by the work of Frank Herbert. I read everything I could get my hands on that Kevin had written, and did more checking on him. It soon became clear that he was a brilliant writer and that his reputation was sterling. We hit it off immediately, both on a personal and professional level; new story ideas fairly exploded from our minds and together, we found the energy to tackle such a massive project.
Frank Herbert had left behind literally thousands of pages of notes, ideas, and sketches. Of all the possible Dune stories we could tell, Kevin and I chose to concentrate on an immediate prequel, to go back to the heart of Dune's readership, the core characters and situations that had made this the best-selling science fiction novel of all time: The love story of Duke Leto and Lady Jessica; their first battle with Baron Harkonnen; the quest of the planetologist Kynes, sent to the desert world of Dune to investigate the precious spice and the sandworms and the Fremen...and the power-hungry Crown Prince Shaddam, who would do anything to secure the Imperial throne.
The Dune universe is a vast canvas, with ample opportunity for many stories, but we have chosen to start here, featuring the characters with whom all Dune fans are familiar. Dune: House Atreides is a personal story that means a great deal to us; we hope booksellers and readers alike will feel the same way.
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Dune: La Batalla De Corrinby Frank HerbertISBN 0441013597 (0-441-01359-7)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune: La Batalla De Corrin'Book summary:This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck [via]
Dune: La Cruzada De Las Maquinas/ the Crusader of the Machinesby Kevin J. Anderson, Brian HerbertISBN 0553580272 (0-553-58027-2)
Softcover, Spectra
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Dune Messiahby Frank HerbertISBN 0441172695 (0-441-17269-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune Messiah'Book summary:mass market paperback book [via]
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Earthby David BrinISBN 055329024X (0-553-29024-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth'Book summary:The long-awaited new novel by the award-winning, bestselling author of Startide Rising and The Uplift War--an epic novel set fifty years from tomorrow, a carefully-reasoned, scientifically faithful tale of the fate of our world. "One hell of a novel . . . has what sci-fi readers want these days; intelligence, action, and an epic scale".--Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Line drawings. [via]
The Fifth Sacred Thingby StarhawkISBN 0553373803 (0-553-37380-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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First Horsemanby John CaseISBN 0449911020 (0-449-91102-0)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Horseman'Book summary:The fictional bioterror of Richard Preston's The Cobra Event was scary enough, but The First Horseman is based on the real Spanish flu, a hideous virus that killed over 20 million people in 1918. From the opening pages, this second novel by investigative reporter John Case (author of The Genesis Code) thrusts readers into the thick of a rapid-fire plot. In New York, a man and a woman are murdered at their home by a cult whose motivations remain mysterious. Immediately, the action shifts to Tasi-ko, North Korea, where a medical worker flees to the mountains to escape a disease that has decimated his village. While he looks on from his hiding spot, North Korean soldiers pour into Tasi-ko and incinerate it and all of its suffering inhabitants. The CIA investigates the events at Tasi-ko, and realizing that the disease could well be a hybrid Spanish flu being tested as a biological weapon, recruits a team of American scientists to uncover the only known sample of the 1918 pandemic--which is frozen into the bodies of miners buried in the Arctic. From there the novel traces scientists Anne Adair and Benton Kicklighter on their expedition to the frozen town of Kopervik to uncover the miners' corpses. Not knowing that the CIA is behind Adair and Kicklighter's work, Washington Post reporter Frank Daly follows their story. When the scientists return empty-handed, though, he begins to suspect that a medical curiosity is on the verge of becoming a global catastrophe.
The strength of the novel is the eerie suspense that Case sustains by revealing only enough about the Korean plot and the Temple of Light cult to keep the reader fully engaged and wanting more. While Case doesn't spend much time delving into the lives and motivations of his characters, the Spanish flu is the real star. Case propels the novel with the constant reminder that a new plague is on the verge of exploding, and his several enigmatic subplots keep you turning the pages and praying that this is only fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Friends of the Horseclansby Robert Adams, Pamela AdamsISBN 0451147898 (0-451-14789-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0553571338 (0-553-57133-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver'Book summary:A Newbery Medalwinning classic is reinvented in a gift edition format with illustrations from the acclaimed artist Bagram Ibatoulline.
Since winning the Newbery Medal in 1994, Lois Lowrys The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time.This new illustrated edition, a celebration of the books standard of excellence and of Lowrys illustrious writing, makes a perfect gift. The text is complemented by thirteen
new illustrations from the acclaimed artist Bagram Ibatoulline. Also included are a new introduction by the author and her inspiring Newbery Medal acceptance speech. The new content and gift packaging now make it easier than ever to introduce young readers to this riveting modern classic, and provide a fresh edition for its legions of fans. The story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. The Giver is the first in the trilogy of books that includes Gathering Blue and The Messenger. [via] 
God Emperor of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0441294677 (0-441-29467-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Greybeardby Brian Wilson AldissISBN 0451146611 (0-451-14661-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greybeard'Book summary:Ecological disaster has left the English countryside a wasteland. Humanity faces extinction, unless Greybeard and his wife Martha are successful in their quest for the scarcest and most precious of resources: human children. [via]
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Heretics Of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0441328008 (0-441-32800-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heretics Of Dune'Book summary:With more than ten million copies sold, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. In this, the fifth and most spectacular Dune book of all, the planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying. And the children of Dune's children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love...[via]More editions of Heretics Of Dune:
Hiroshimaby John HerseyISBN 0553260588 (0-553-26058-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Horseclans Odysseyby Robert AdamsISBN 0451156277 (0-451-15627-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Horses of the Northby Robert AdamsISBN 0451136268 (0-451-13626-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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How I Live Nowby Meg RosoffISBN 0553376055 (0-553-37605-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How I Live Now'Book summary:Possibly one of the most talked about books of the year, Meg Rosoff's novel for young adults is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2004. Heralded by some as the next best adult crossover novel since Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, who himself has given the book a thunderously good quote, this author's debut is undoubtedly stylish, readable and fascinating.
Rosoff's story begins in modern day London, slightly in the future, and as its heroine has a 15-year-old Manhattanite called Daisy. She's picked up at the airport by Edmond, her English cousin, a boy in whose life she is destined to become intricately entwined. Daisy stays at her Aunt Penn's country farmhouse for the summer with Edmond and her other cousins. They spend some idyllic weeks together--often alone with Aunt Penn away travelling in Norway. Daisy's cousins seem to have an almost telepathic bond, and Daisy is mesmerized by Edmond and soon falls in love with him.
But their world changes forever when an unnamed aggressor invades England and begins a years-long occupation. Daisy and Edmond are separated when soldiers take over their home, and Daisy and Piper, her younger cousin, must travel to another place to work. Their experiences of occupation are never kind and Daisy's pain, living without Edmond, is tangible.
Rosoff's writing style is both brilliant and frustrating. Her descriptions are wonderful, as is her ability to portray the emotions of her characters. However, her long sentences and total lack of punctuation for dialogue can be exhausting. Her narrative is deeply engaging and yet a bit unbelievable. The end of the book is dramatic, but too sudden. The book has a raw, unfinished feel about it, yet that somehow adds to the experience of reading it. (Age 14 and over) --John McLay [via]
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Hyperionby Dan SimmonsISBN 0553283685 (0-553-28368-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hyperion'Book summary:On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.
A stunning tour de force, this Hugo Award-winning novel is the first volume in a remarkable new science fiction epic by the author of The Hollow Man. [via]
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The Jewels of Aptorby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0575071001 (0-575-07100-1)
Softcover, Gollancz Limited, Victor
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Jobby Robert A. HeineinISBN 0517649128 (0-517-64912-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Last Dayby Glenn KleierISBN 0446605980 (0-446-60598-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Day'Book summary:Just in time for the millennium, Glenn Kleier mixes bioengineering and religion, miracles and modern warfare, politics and physics to produce a gripping tale set in the Middle East at the dawn of the 21st century. When a mysterious explosion destroys a top-secret laboratory in the Negev desert on Christmas Day 1999, Jonathan Feldman, a reporter, isn't satisfied with the official explanation. Neither is the Vatican, nor an American fundamentalist preacher, nor the patriarch of the Jehovah's Witnesses, all of whom believe that Armageddon may truly be at hand. After a New Year's Eve earthquake strikes the temple at the Well of David and a mysterious figure appears in the ruins, strange things begin to happen. Reports of miracles filter in from throughout the region, and the legend of Jeza takes on a life of its own. When the young miracle worker chooses Jonathan to connect her to the world and broadcast her warning of the cataclysm to come, the world's religious leaders are plunged into conflict. Seeking to discredit her, they spread the secret of her high-tech, bioengineered birth. But their actions backfire; Jeza's influence grows. Holy wars break out in the Middle East and chaos erupts all over the world. As Easter 2000 approaches, the political situation grows even more tense: Will there be another crucifixion, another resurrection? Kleier handles this complicated plot with ease, and fans of futuristic thrillers won't be disappointed. --Jane Adams [via]
A Man Called Milo Moraiby Robert AdamsISBN 0451141288 (0-451-14128-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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A Matter for Men No. 1by David GerroldISBN 0553277820 (0-553-27782-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Mayflower Projectby Katherine ApplegateISBN 0590879979 (0-590-87997-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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The Memories of Milo Moraiby Robert AdamsISBN 0451145488 (0-451-14548-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Night Lives On: The Untold Stories and Secrets Behind the Sinking of the "Unsinkable" Ship - Titanic!by Walter LordISBN 0515092509 (0-515-09250-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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A Night to Rememberby Walter LordISBN 0553278274 (0-553-27827-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Night to Remember'Book summary:comprehensive telling of the Titanic disaster, including interviews with survivors and two page detail illustration of the ship. [via]
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Nightfallby Isaac AsimovISBN 0553290991 (0-553-29099-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Only Begotten Daughterby James MorrowISBN 0441630413 (0-441-63041-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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OUR FINAL HOUR: A Scientist's warning How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century--On Earth and Beyondby Martin ReesISBN 0465068634 (0-465-06863-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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What happens here on Earth, in this century, could conceivably make the difference between a near eternity filled with ever more complex and subtle forms of life and one filled with nothing but base matter.
For many technological debacles, Rees places much of the blame squarely on the shoulders of the scientists who participate in perfecting environmental destruction, biological menaces, and ever-more powerful weapons. So is there any hope for humanity? Rees is vaguely optimistic on this point, offering solutions that would require a level of worldwide cooperation humans have yet to exhibit. If the daily news isn't enough to make you want to crawl under a rock, this book will do the trick. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Parable of the Talentsby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 0446610380 (0-446-61038-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parable of the Talents'Book summary:Octavia Butler tackles the creation of a new religion, the making of a god, and the ultimate fate of humanity in her Earthseed series, which began with Parable of the Sower, and now continues with Parable of the Talents. The saga began with the near-future dystopian tale of Sower, in which young Lauren Olamina began to realize her destiny as a leader of people dispossessed and destroyed by the crumbling of society. The basic principles of Lauren's faith, Earthseed, were contained in a collection of deceptively simple proverbs that Lauren used to recruit followers. She teaches that "God is change" and that humanity's ultimate destiny is among the stars.
In Parable of the Talents, the seeds of change that Lauren planted begin to bear fruit, but in unpredictable and brutal ways. Her small community is destroyed, her child is kidnapped, and she is imprisoned by sadistic zealots. She must find a way to escape and begin again, without family or friends. Her single-mindedness in teaching Earthseed may be her only chance to survive, but paradoxically, may cause the ultimate estrangement of her beloved daughter. Parable of the Talents is told from both mother's and daughter's perspectives, but it is the narrative of Lauren's grown daughter, who has seen her mother made into a deity of sorts, that is the most compelling. Butler's writing is simple and elegant, and her storytelling skills are superb, as usual. Fans will be eagerly awaiting the next installment in what promises to be a moving and adventurous saga. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Patrimonyby Robert AdamsISBN 0451133005 (0-451-13300-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Patron Saint of Plaguesby Barth AndersonISBN 0553383582 (0-553-38358-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Patron Saint of Plagues'Book summary:In this biological thriller of the near future, postinsurrection Mexico has undermined the superpower of the United States. But while the rivals battle over borders, a pestilence beyond politics threatens to explode into a worldwide epidemic. . . .
Since the rise of the Holy Renaissance, Ascensiononce known as Mexico Cityhas become the most populous city in the world, its citizens linked to a central government net through wetware implanted in their brains. But while their dictator grows fat with success, the masses are captivated by Sister Domenica, an insurgent nun whose weekly pirate broadcasts prophesy a wave of death. All too soon, Domenicas nightmarish prediction proves true, and Ascensions hospitals are overrun with victims of a deadly fever. As the rampant plague kills too quickly to be contained, Mexico smuggles its last hope over the violently contested border. . . .
Henry David Stark is a crack virus hunter for the American Center for Disease Control and a veteran of global humanitarian efforts. But this disease is unlike any hes seen beforeand there seems to be no way to cure or control it. Racing against time, Stark battles corruption to uncover a horrifying truth: this is no ordinary outbreak but a deliberately unleashed man-made virus . . . and the killer is someone Stark knows. [via]More editions of The Patron Saint of Plagues:
Plague of Angelsby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0553568736 (0-553-56873-6)
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Savage Mountainsby AdamsISBN 0451156285 (0-451-15628-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Scardownby ELIZABETH BEARISBN 055358751X (0-553-58751-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scardown'Book summary:The year is 2062, and after years on the run, Jenny Casey is back in the Canadian armed forces. Those who were once her enemies are now her allies, and at fifty, shes been handpicked for the most important mission of her lifea mission for which her artificially reconstructed body is perfectly suited. With the earth capable of sustaining life for just another century, Jennyas pilot of the starship Montrealmust discover brave new worlds. And with time running out, she must succeed where others have failed.
Now Jenny is caught in a desperate battle where old resentments become bitter betrayals and justice takes the cruelest forms of vengeance. With the help of a brilliant AI, an excrime lord, and the man she loves, Jenny may just get her chance to save the world. If it doesnt come to an end first& [via]More editions of Scardown:
Season for Slaughterby David GerroldISBN 0553289764 (0-553-28976-4)
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The Secret on Ararat: Book 2by Tim Lahaye, Bob PhillipsISBN 0553383507 (0-553-38350-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivorsby Jack Winocour, Lawrence BeesleyISBN 0486206106 (0-486-20610-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Tales of the Horseclansby Robert AdamsISBN 0452257263 (0-452-25726-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Theology of the Book of Revelationby Richard BauckhamISBN 0521356911 (0-521-35691-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Timescapeby Gregory BenfordISBN 0553297090 (0-553-29709-0)
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Wandererby Fritz LeiberISBN 0575071125 (0-575-07112-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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War Day and the Journey Onwardby Whitley StrieberISBN 0446357278 (0-446-35727-8)
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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypseby Stephen KingISBN 0451173317 (0-451-17331-7)
Softcover, Signet
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William Golding's Lord of the Fliesby William Golding, Nigel WilliamsISBN 0571160565 (0-571-16056-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Witch Goddessby Robert AdamsISBN 0451140273 (0-451-14027-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Wolf of Shadowsby Whitley StrieberISBN 0449210898 (0-449-21089-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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A Woman of the Horseclansby Robert AdamsISBN 0451133676 (0-451-13367-6)
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