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The Adversaryby Julian MayISBN 0345352440 (0-345-35244-0)
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Angel Fire Eastby Terry BrooksISBN 0345379640 (0-345-37964-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angel Fire East'Book summary:Angel Fire East marks the close of Terry Brooks's Nest Freemark-John Ross saga, which began with 1997's Running with the Demon. After a long layover in Seattle for the middle book, Knight of the Word, the fantasy-meets-modernity action returns to Nest's native Hopewell, where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void, this time in the form of ancient demon Findo Gask, who favors a black-clad evil preacher getup for his menacing needs.
Brooks's well-realized and likable cast from the previous books is back, from Nest (now 29) to Ross (haggard as ever) to Pick (still just a few inches tall) and even grown-up versions of Nest's childhood friends from Running, including Bennett, now a junkie with child. Of course, Findo Gask has assembled a creepy little Legion of Doom to harry these nice folks: a giant albino demon; a formless, flesh-eating ur'droch; and a knife-wielding Orphan-Annie-gone-bad named Penny Dreadful. And Angel Fire's main plot thread is even compelling: John Ross has caught a shape-changing, wild-magic creature of enormous power, a gypsy morph, that he and Nest must discover how to turn to the Word before Gask and his crew can capture it for the Void.
But as with Knight of the Word, wooden pacing and unconvincing transitions keep this tale from rising to the level of Brooks's previous masterworks, such as the excellent Shannara and Landover series. If you've read the first two books, it's certainly worth seeing off your old friends in Angel Fire East. But if you're--heaven forbid--new to Terry Brooks, check out his earlier work, or even his very capable novelization of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. --Paul Hughes [via]
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At the Earth's Coreby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345366689 (0-345-36668-9)
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The Belgariadby David EddingsISBN 0345400046 (0-345-40004-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Belgariad'Book summary:David Eddings acclaimed series, The Belgariad, reaches its stunning conclusion in these final two gripping novels. Continue on this magnificent journey and be entranced by a saga of strange lands and peoples, of prophecy and strife set against the background of a seven-thousand-year war of men, Kings, and Gods.
The quest may be nearing its end, but the danger continues. After discovering a shocking secret about himself he never could have imaginedall in pursuit of the legendary OrbGarion and his fellow adventurers must escape a crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a vast desert filled with ruthless soldiers whose only aim is to destroy them. But even when the quest is complete, Garions destiny is far from fulfilled. For the evil God Torak is about to awaken and seek dominion. Somehow, Garion has to face the God, to kill or be killed. On the outcome of this dread duel rests the future of the world. But how can one man destroy an immortal God?
Fabulous . . . Eddings has a marvelous storyteller style . . . exceedingly well portrayed and complex people. . . . More! More! More!
ANNE MCCAFFREY
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Beyond the Farthest Starby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345378369 (0-345-37836-9)
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Blood and Goldby Anne RiceISBN 0345409329 (0-345-40932-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood and Gold'Book summary:Time heals all wounds, unless, of course, you're a vampire. Cuts may heal, burns vanish, limbs reattach, but for the "blood god," the wounds of the heart sometimes stay open and raw for centuries. So it is for Marius, Anne Rice's oft-mentioned and beloved scholar. We've heard parts of his tale in past volumes of the Vampire Chronicles, but never so completely and never from his own lips. In Blood and Gold, Rice mostly (but not entirely) avoids the danger of treading worn ground as she fills out the life and character of Marius the Lonely, the Disenchanted, the Heartsick--a 2,000-year-old vampire "with all the conviction of a mortal man."
Plucked from his beloved Rome in the prime of his life and forced into solitude as keeper of the vampire queen and king, Marius has never forgiven the injustice of his mortal death. Thousands of years later, he still seethes over his losses. Immortality for Marius is both a blessing and a curse--he bears "witness to all splendid and beautiful things human," yet is unable to engage in relationships for fear of revealing his burden.
New readers to the Chronicles may wish for a more fleshed-out, less introspective hero, but Rice's legions of devoted fans will recognize Blood and Gold for what it is: a love song to Marius the Wanderer, whose story reveals the complexities and limitations of eternal existence. --Daphne Durham [via]
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The Book of Lost Talesby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345375211 (0-345-37521-1)
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Call of Madnessby Julie Dean SmithISBN 0345363272 (0-345-36327-2)
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A Caress of Twilightby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0345423429 (0-345-42342-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Caress of Twilight'Book summary:Faerie princess and private detective Meredith Gentry juggles love, sex, intrigue, magic, and more in this witty and sensual novel from Laurell K. Hamilton. Merry has her hands full: she's desperate to conceive a child and thereby claim the Unseelie throne; she's the target of intrigue from both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts; her newest client is an exiled goddess with a secret that could get them all killed; and a hideous fey force that alarms even her formidable lover-warriors is loose in Los Angeles.
A Caress of Twilight is infused with Hamilton's characteristic appealing blend of sex, magic, wit, and romantic dilemma. The mystery takes a back seat to the concerns of Faerie power and politics, making the book less balanced, but Merry's growth in leadership and power, along with a bang-up ending, won't leave fans disappointed. Readers new to Hamilton might be advised to start with A Kiss of Shadows or the extremely popular Anita Blake series. --Roz Genessee [via]
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Carson of Venus: Carson of Venus & Escape on Venusby Edgar R. BurroughsISBN 0345370104 (0-345-37010-4)
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Castle Roognaby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345350480 (0-345-35048-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castle Roogna'Book summary:Millie, a ghost for 800 years wants only one man--Jonathan, and he's a zombie. To prove himself, Magician Dor volunteers to get the potion that can restore Jonathan to full life. But he has to go back through time to do it, to a peril-haunted, ancient Xanth, where danger lurks at every turn....
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The Cave Girl: Library Editionby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345378334 (0-345-37833-4)
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The Changeling Seaby Patricia A. McKillipISBN 0345360400 (0-345-36040-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Changeling Sea'Book summary:A young girl, bereft of her parents' care by the sea, tries her newly acquired magic skills against it. She evokes from the sea a monster--and a Prince with a strange compulsion. [via]
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The Chessmen of Marsby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345350383 (0-345-35038-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chessmen of Mars'Book summary:Held captive by grotesque bodiless heads, Princess Tara of Helium was rescued by a warrior who dared not reveal his name. But escape led the daughter of the Warlord of Mars into even more loathesome peril -- as the prize in a bloody game of living chess. [via]
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Crewel Lye : A Caustic Yarnby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345418565 (0-345-41856-5)
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Cry to Heavenby Anne RiceISBN 0345373707 (0-345-37370-7)
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The Dark Hand of Magicby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345358074 (0-345-35807-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Hand of Magic'Book summary:Sun Wolf knew he had the power of magic, but he needed a master wizard to teach him to fully use his skills. But there was no one who could do the job. When he was called upon to help old friends against the ancient wizard, he did -- thus ensuring a curse that would be executed, unless Sun Wolf could harness his own powers and find a way out.... [via]
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Dark Princeby David GemmellISBN 0345379101 (0-345-37910-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Prince'Book summary:Reading this sequel to Lion of Macedon is like reading a compressed, accelerated Lord of the Rings crossed with the classic Star Trek episode, "Mirror, Mirror." Preternaturally precocious 4-year-old Alexander is kidnapped by Philippos, a demonic parallel-universe twin of King Philip of Macedon. Philip's strategos (chief general and strategist), Parmenion, and Philip's assassin, Attalus, form an uneasy alliance in order to retrieve Alexander. Passed (by the sorcerer Aristotle) through a portal to Makedones, a world geographically similar to but historically different from their own, they must first find Alexander and then make their way through hostile, enchanted territory inhabited by magical creatures to a rendezvous with Aristotle. But Philip of Macedon isn't the only person who has a twin in this parallel world, and as Parmenion discovers more about Makedones, he finds that the similarities rather than the differences are the most troubling.
There are two stories here. First, Alexander's mystic quest for redemption (carried out by the chosen few) and Parmenion and the Spartans' parallel last-ditch battle (fought with ordinary weapons); then, David Gemmell follows Alexander and Parmenion home. Although they have beaten a horrific demon in Makedones, they have yet to face the demons of Macedon: Alexander's life and soul are at stake in another battle against darkness. [via]
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Deryni Magicby Katherine KurtzISBN 0345361172 (0-345-36117-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deryni Magic'Book summary:Here, for the first time, the secrets of the Deryni, that mysterious race of wizards and healers blessed with arcane mental powers, are revealed. [via]
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Dog Wizardby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345377141 (0-345-37714-1)
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Dragon on a Pedestalby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345418557 (0-345-41855-7)
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Dragonlover's Guide to Pernby Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye, James Clouse, Todd Cameron HamiltonISBN 0345412745 (0-345-41274-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonlover's Guide to Pern'Book summary:A much-needed update to the classic companion to Anne McCaffrey's canonical novels and numerous short stories about Pern, this book includes a few recipes, information about knitting patterns, Craft and Hold badges, and more. As a reference, it is marred by the lack of cross-referencing within the book, although there is an index, and by the lack of scales with the drawings of various animals and places. It will be invaluable to readers like me who can't recall just where they read that name before, or what Weyr a rider is from, or where that small Hold is, and it provides a useful overview of the high points of Pernese history--though it's no substitute for the pleasure of reading the stories! [via]
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Escape on Venusby Edgar R. BurroughsISBN 0345370112 (0-345-37011-2)
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The Feast of All Saintsby Anne RiceISBN 0345376048 (0-345-37604-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Feast of All Saints'Book summary:Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free People of Color--men and women caught periolously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion and pain.
"Anne Rice seems to be at home everywhere....She makes us believe everything she sees."
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The First Chronicles of Druss the Legendby David GemmellISBN 0345407997 (0-345-40799-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend'Book summary:He was known as Druss. The Deathwalker. Though the blood of merciless butchers coursed through his veins, he had found a fragile peace through his love for beautiful, mystical Rowena. Then came the day when Druss returned to their village and found everyone dead--massacred by slavers who had stolen the women to sell for gold. Rowena was among the missing.
Armed with only his powerful double-bladed ax, Snaga, Druss went after Rowena. His journey would carry him from the highest thrones of power to the deepest dungeons of depravity. Along the way, he would battle savage monsters and descend into terrifying lands of black magic and demons.
Yet one thing was certain. Druss would have victory . . . or death. [via]More editions of The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend:
Ghost Kingby David GemmellISBN 0345379020 (0-345-37902-0)
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Golem in the Gearsby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345418573 (0-345-41857-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Golem in the Gears'Book summary:Grundy Golem got no respect. So, to prove himself, he volunteered for a quest to find the long-lost dragon, Stanley Steamer. On the way, he somehow manages to free a damsel in distress-- but not without incurring the wrath of the Sea Hag in the process. And when it comes to avenging herself on Grundy, the Sea Hag will never give up....
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The Harrowing of Gwyneddby Katherine KurtzISBN 0345363140 (0-345-36314-0)
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Horrors of the Dancing Godsby Jack L. ChalkerISBN 0345376927 (0-345-37692-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Horrors of the Dancing Gods'Book summary:MORTAL DILEMMA
An ancient evil was seeping forth from the Sea of Dreams: the Old Ones were rising from the depths to challenge both Heaven and Hell. Their assault boded ill for Earth, and worse for the magical land of Husaquahr, where magic was played by the Book. Under the Rules, only the Great McGuffin could stop that looming menace.
But the McGuffin was lost, somewhere in Hell....
Master wizard Throckmorton P. Ruddygore once again summoned a handful of heroes to stave off disaster. But Joe, the truck-driver-barbarian-turned-wood-nymph, was busy with his--or her?--own problems, so Ruddygore had to assign Marge, the changeling nymph, to shepherd an untried youngster on his first quest. Her new protégé was none other than Irving, Joe's human son: estranged, bitter--and irresistibly attractive!
Marge wanted to turn down the mission, but too much depended on it! Once in the dark realm, though, her good intentions began to erode. Could any nymph just say "no" to a son of Joe? [via]More editions of Horrors of the Dancing Gods:
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How Few Remainby Harry TurtledoveISBN 0345406141 (0-345-40614-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Few Remain'Book summary:From the master of alternate history comes an epic of the Second Civil War. It was an epoch of glory and success, of disaster and despair. Twenty years after the South won the Civil War, America writhed once more in the bloody throes of battle. Furious over the annexation of key Mexican territory, the United States declared total war against the Confederate States of America. And so, in 1883, the fragile peace was shattered.
But this was a new kind of war, fought on a lawless frontier where the blue and gray battled not only each other, but the Apache, the outlaw, and even the redcoat. Along with France, England entered the fray on the side of the South, with blockades and invasions from Canada.
Out of this tragic struggle emerged figures great and small. The disgraced Abraham Lincoln crisscrossed the nation championing socialist ideals. Confederate cavalry leader Jeb Stuart sought to prevent wholesale slaughter in the desert Southwest, while cocky young Theodore Roosevelt and stodgy George Custer bickered over modern weapons--even as they drove the British back into western Canada.
Thanks to the efforts of journalists like Samuel Clemens, the nation witnessed the clash of human dreams and passions. Confederate genius Stonewall Jackson again soared to the heights of military expertise, while the North's McClellan proved sadly undeserving of his once shining reputation as the "young Napoleon." For in the Second War Between the States, the times, the stakes, and the battle lines had changed . . . and so would history.
Once again, Harry Turtledove has created a thoroughly engrossing alternate history novel, a profoundly original epic of blood and honor, courage and sacrifice, set amidst the raw beauty of young America's frontier wilderness. [via] 
Icefalcon's Questby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345388240 (0-345-38824-0)
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The King Beyond the Gateby David GemmellISBN 0345379055 (0-345-37905-5)
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A Kiss of Shadowsby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0345423402 (0-345-42340-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Kiss of Shadows: Library Edition'Book summary:Laurell K. Hamilton revitalized vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the popular Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. In this new series, she updates faeries. A Kiss of Shadows introduces Merry Gentry, a.k.a. Meredith NicEssus, a faerie princess of the Unseelie Court, where politics is a blood sport. Merry, who's part sidhe (elvish), part brownie, and part human, never really fit in. She's short, not skilled in offensive magic, and mortal because of her human blood. These are real liabilities when your family, especially aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, is out to kill you. Merry has been in hiding for three years, living in Los Angeles and working for the Grey Detective Agency, which specializes in "supernatural problems, magical solutions." A new case sets her against a man who uses forbidden magic to seduce fey women and drain their power. A plan to trap him goes awry and Merry's cover is blown. Now Andais knows where she is. But things have changed in Andais's court, and Merry is changing too.
Despite the selkies, brownies, goblins, and ogres in this book, it's not for children. The fey are "creatures of the senses"--and in the Unseelie court, sex and pain go together. Merry is sexually adventurous and surrounded by gorgeous, powerful males, most of whom want her badly. She's politically savvy and no coward, though she's not the warrior Anita is. Hamilton fans and readers of adult fairy tales like Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy will want to give Merry a look. --Nona Vero [via]
A Knight of the Wordby Terry BrooksISBN 0345379632 (0-345-37963-2)
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Knights of Dark Renownby David GemmellISBN 034537908X (0-345-37908-X)
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Land of Terrorby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345366727 (0-345-36672-7)
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The Land That Time Forgotby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 034537407X (0-345-37407-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Land That Time Forgot'Book summary:Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was a prodigiously productive writer of pulp fictions--literary entertainments, that is, published in inexpensive, easily obtained periodicals. His style was simple and instantly accessible, his stories riveting if often implausible tales of adventure, and of good overcoming evil. Burroughs wasn't much of an artist. But, as Mike Resnick writes in his introduction to this commemorative edition of Burroughs's immensely popular trilogy The Land That Time Forgot, first published in 1924, almost every book Burroughs wrote remains in print, and countless readers turn to his Mars and Tarzan novels every day.
In Land, Burroughs concocts a fabulous microworld, located somewhere in the South Pacific, called Caspak. On this mountainous island live winged, humanlike creatures, dinosaurs, ferocious beasts of prey, Neanderthals, "wild ape-men," and monstrous reptiles; they terrorize each other, to say nothing of the mixed crew of World War I-era adventurers who inadvertently land on a Caspakian beach and fight their way across the island, dining on Plesiosaurus steaks and having a grand old time in the company of a jungle princess. The story streaks onward like a bullet toward its surprise ending, and it's pure fun all the way. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Last Sword of Powerby David GemmellISBN 0345379012 (0-345-37901-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Sword of Power'Book summary:BLOOD KING
The Goths followed a bloodthirsty new leader, one who sought to open the Gates of Hell: Wotan. His immortal power stemmed from human sacrifice and dark sorcery, and no sword could touch him. He rode the winds on a leather-winged steed, while his armies cut a deadly swath across the northern kingdoms. Even death's icy hand could not stop them.
Only Uther Pendragon could save Britannia. To do so he must wield his birthright--Cunobelin's blade, the legendary Sword of Power.
But Uther was chained in Hell, the sword lost in swirling Chaos. All hope lay with the warrior known as Revelation, with the magic of the Sipstrassi Stones, and with Anduine, a blind girl possessed of arcane powers. Only if these unlikely allies united could they hope to stop the invincible foe before the world plunged into darkness. [via]More editions of Last Sword of Power:
Lays of Beleriandby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345388186 (0-345-38818-6)
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Legendby David GemmellISBN 0345379063 (0-345-37906-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Legend'Book summary:Druss, Captain of the Axe, was the stuff of legends. But even as the stories grew in the telling, Druss himself grew older. He turned his back on his own legend and retreated to a mountain lair to await his old enemy, death. Meanwhile, barbarian hordes were on the march. Nothing could stand in their way. Druss reluctantly agreed to come out of retirement. But could even Druss live up to his own legends? [via]
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Lost on Venusby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345370090 (0-345-37009-0)
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The Magicians of Nightby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345362594 (0-345-36259-4)
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Memnoch the Devilby Anne Rice, Clare FerraroISBN 0345389409 (0-345-38940-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memnoch the Devil'Book summary:The fifth volume of Rice's Vampire Chronicles is one of her most controversial books. The tale begins in New York, where Lestat, the coolest of Rice's vampire heroes, is stalking a big-time cocaine dealer and religious-art smuggler--this guy should get it in the neck. Lestat is also growing fascinated with the dealer's lovely daughter, a TV evangelist who's not a fraud.
Lestat is also being stalked himself, by some shadowy guy who turns out to be Memnoch, the devil, who spirits him away. From here on, the book might have been called Interview with the Devil (by a Vampire). It's a rousing story interrupted by a long debate with the devil. Memnoch isn't the devil as ordinarily conceived: he got the boot from God because he objected to God's heartless indifference to human misery. Memnoch takes Lestat to heaven, hell, and throughout history.
Some readers are appalled by the scene in which Lestat sinks his fangs into the throat of Christ on the cross, but the scene is not a mere shock tactic: Jesus is giving Lestat a bloody taste in order to win him over to God's side, and Rice is dead serious about the battle for his soul. Rice is really doing what she did as a devout young Catholic girl asked to imagine in detail what Christ's suffering felt like--it's just that her imagination ran away with her.
If you like straight-ahead fanged adventure, you'll likely enjoy the first third; if you like Job-like arguments with God, you'll prefer the Memnoch chapters. --Tim Appelo [via]
Mission of Magicby Julie Dean SmithISBN 0345366271 (0-345-36627-1)
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The Monster Menby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345378326 (0-345-37832-6)
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The Moon Maid: A Tale of Barsoomby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345374053 (0-345-37405-3)
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Morningstarby David GemmellISBN 0345379098 (0-345-37909-8)
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Mostly Harmlessby Douglas AdamsISBN 0345379330 (0-345-37933-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mostly Harmless'Book summary:Douglas Adams is back with the amazing, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Here is the epic story of Random, who sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. Line drawings.
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The Mummy or Ramses the Damnedby Anne RiceISBN 0345360001 (0-345-36000-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mummy or Ramses the Damned'Book summary:"The reader is held captive, and, ultimately, seduced."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLERamses the Great has awakened in Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. Although he pursues voluptuous aristocrat Julie Stratford, the woman for whom he desperately longs is Cleopatra. And his intense longing for her, undiminished over the centuries, will force him to commit an act that will place everyone around him in the gravest danger.... [via]
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My Son, the Wizardby Christopher StasheffISBN 0345376021 (0-345-37602-1)
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Nerilka's Storyby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345419588 (0-345-41958-8)
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The Oathbound Wizardby Christopher StasheffISBN 0345385470 (0-345-38547-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oathbound Wizard'Book summary:Matt Mantrell had discovered the gift of poetry in a place where it worked magic. He won fame and power, but as a commoner, he could not marry his true love. He swore against fate, and that he'd conquer a kingdom, if that's what it took to claim his bride. Then he discovered that such an oath can't be broken. Marching off against a tyrrant to win a land, he was about to face the loathsome and evil Gordogrosso. If he was to win this lopsided war, Matt was going to need more than a few stout companions and some well-worded verse.... [via]
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Ogre, Ogreby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345354923 (0-345-35492-3)
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Pellucidarby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345366697 (0-345-36669-7)
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Pirates of Venusby Edgar R. BurroughsISBN 0345370082 (0-345-37008-2)
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Polgara the Sorceressby David EddingsISBN 0345422554 (0-345-42255-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Polgara the Sorceress'Book summary:She soars above a world of warriors, kings, and priests. The daughter of Belgarath and the shape-shifter Poledra, she has fought wars, plotted palace coups, and worked her powerful magic for three thousand years. Now, Polgara looks back at her magnificent life, in this fitting crown jewel to the saga that is the Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean cycles.
Her hair streaked white by her father's first touch, her mind guided by a mother she will not see again for centuries, Polgara begins life in her Uncle Beldin's tower, and in the prehistorical, magical Tree that stands in the middle of the Vale. There, she first learns the reaches of her powers. There she assumes the bird shapes that will serve her on her adventures. And there she starts on the path toward her destiny as Duchess of Erat, shepherdess of the cause of good, adversary of Torak the One-Eyed Dragon God, and guardian of the world's last, best hope: the heir to the Rivan throne.
Here is the legendary life story of a woman of wit, passion, and complex emotions, a woman born of two majestic parents who could not have been more unlike one another. Ordained to make peace and make war, to gain love and lose love, Polgara lives out her family's rich prophecy in the ceaseless struggle between the Light and the Dark.
Polgara is the epic culmination of a magnificent saga, and a fitting farewell to a world which, once experienced, will never be forgotten. [via]More editions of Polgara the Sorceress:
Rainbow Abyssby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345371011 (0-345-37101-1)
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The Rivan Codex : Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreonby David Eddings, Geoff Taylor, Leigh EddingsISBN 0345424026 (0-345-42402-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rivan Codex : Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon'Book summary:So you want to write a multivolume, bestselling epic fantasy? Here's the book to help you. The Rivan Codex was published to answer the many letters David and Leigh Eddings have received from students, teachers, and aspiring writers. It's a companion to the 12-book fantasy series comprised of The Belgariad (five books), The Malloreon (five books), Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. In David Eddings's words, The Rivan Codex "may give the student of our genre some insights into the creative process--something on the order of 'connect wire A to wire B. Warning! Do not connect wire A to wire C, because that will cause the whole thing to blow up in your face." This is a collection of the groundwork David and Leigh Eddings laid for the Belgariad and Malloreon series. On this firm foundation they imagined and built their world in book after book.
There's a fascinating introduction, a personal history of Belgarath the sorcerer, Holy Books, Gospels, Histories, King Anheg's diary, and an afterword. Footnotes tell how the authors used and changed these materials in writing the books. And of course, there are plenty of maps (the starting point for all epic fantasies). --Nona Vero [via]
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Running with the Demonby Terry BrooksISBN 0345422589 (0-345-42258-9)
Softcover, Del Rey
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Running With the Demon'Book summary:Terry Brooks's Running with the Demon is billed as "A Novel of Good and Evil," but he could've called it "A Novel of Here and Now." The fantasy master behind the Shannara series switches his focus from neo-Tolkien jungles to the woebegone steel town of Hopewell, Illinois. Though Illinois teenager Nest Freemark (where does he get these names?) looks like your average kid, she spends her free time in the woods asking her 6-inch pal Pick for advice in dodging the Demon and his creepy Feeders, spirits who gobble the souls of humans. Nest is also being tailed by John Ross, a shining Knight of the Word who wants to keep her from the Feeders' jaws.
Meanwhile, in the real world that dominates the novel, Nest Freemark is being stalked by a handsome, evil classmate who she has rejected, and a pack of surly, insurgent striking steelworkers plot a bombing at the company's Fourth of July picnic. The boy and the bombers are unaware that they're being subconsciously manipulated by the Demon. The book's matter-of-fact take on the uncanny is a bit like The X-Files. (And if you want to compare the two, check out Ted Edwards's X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Compendium.)
Brooks's plot has more strands than a plate of pasta, yet his mind is logical to a fault--he used to be a lawyer. There's something for everyone: gory monster attacks, a dread family secret, magical mind-game duels, even a (rather flat) teen-romance subplot. The setting has real grit and the countdown to the Independence Day bombing peps up the tale. Brooks sometimes prosaically explains things a better literary stylist would dramatize, and his minatory visions of environmental apocalypse are more fun than the obvious, nagging, don't-be-a-litterbug message they exist to convey. Brooks will never be as deep as Tolkien, and many readers will find him less awesome as their adolescence recedes. Still, he's the genuine article, and with this book, he raises the stakes he's playing for. [via]
Rusalkaby C. J. CherryhISBN 0345369343 (0-345-36934-3)
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Sage of Sareby Julie Dean SmithISBN 0345371542 (0-345-37154-2)
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Savage Pellucidarby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345366735 (0-345-36673-5)
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The Secular Wizardby Christopher StasheffISBN 0345388542 (0-345-38854-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secular Wizard'Book summary:Life should have been looking up in Latruria, the sundrenched land south of Merovence. The wicked old king was dead. [via]
The Silver Wolfby Alice BorchardtISBN 0345423615 (0-345-42361-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Silver Wolf'Book summary:Regeane is a fatherless royal relation who happens to be a werewolf. Her guardian, Gundabald, and his venal son Hugo plan to recoup their fortunes by marrying Regeane to a wealthy bridegroom, even though she might inadvertently make him into a bedtime snack. Gundabald forces her into apparent compliance by threatening to reveal her secret to the Church, which would burn her at the stake. As the bridegroom, Maeniel, journeys to Rome to claim her, Regeane discovers allies in her quest to defeat Gundabald's machinations, including some very strong, funny, and levelheaded women. Unfortunately for Regeane, she also has more powerful enemies than Gundabald.
Alice Borchardt brings 8th-century Rome vividly to life. Her language is earthy and sensuously descriptive: "The wolf visited Regeane's eyes and ears. The girl staggered slightly with the shock. The light in the square became intense. Smells an overwhelming experience: wet stone, damp air, musty clothing, perspirations shading from ancient sticky filth to fresh acrid adrenal alarm."
Borchardt is Anne Rice's sister, but she writes a very different sort of tale. Ghosts, the dead, and supernatural forces are here, but so is laugh-out-loud humor and a happy ending. --Nona Vero [via]
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Stranger at the Weddingby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345380975 (0-345-38097-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stranger at the Wedding'Book summary:Kyra was preparing for her final wizard test before the Council. But suddenly, something was twisting her magic, weaving sinister portents of doom into even the simplest of her spells. Then she knew for certain that her young sister Alix was soon to marry--and soon to die. And so she journeyed back to the family who had disowned her. To save her sister, Kyra would have to face down her father's rage, stand firm against the venomous rivalries of her family's enemies, and confront the Inquisition. Then she must defeat a still deadlier foe--if only she could find it! [via]
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Tarzan and the Castawaysby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345352556 (0-345-35255-6)
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Tarzan and the Madmanby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345350375 (0-345-35037-5)
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Tarzan : Tarzan at the Earth's Core/Tarzan the Invincibleby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345413490 (0-345-41349-0)
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A startling radio transmission summoned Tarzan to the savage land of Pellucidar, hidden deep inside the Earth. His challenge? Rescue a kidnapped emperor. But first he was forced to emerge victorious over titanic pterodactyls, fierce snake men, and other demonic creatures who hungered to destroy him.
TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE
When Tarzan tried to stop some greedy tyrants in Opar, an ancient outpost of Atlantis, he was captured by a merciless band of warrior priests who yearned to sacrifice him on the bloody altars of the Flaming God. It took Tarzan's most magnificent display of nerve, courage, and raw animal power to free himself and vanquish the enemy. [via]More editions of Tarzan : Tarzan at the Earth's Core/Tarzan the Invincible:
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Time for the Starsby Robert Anson HeinleinISBN 0345351916 (0-345-35191-6)
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Timelineby Michael CrichtonISBN 0345417623 (0-345-41762-3)
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To Ride Pegasusby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345369971 (0-345-36997-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Ride Pegasus'Book summary:They were four extroardinary women who read minds, healed bodies, diverted disasters, foretold the future--and became pariahs in their own land. A talented, elite cadre, they stepped out of the everyday human race...to enter their own!
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Traveling with the Deadby Barbara HamblyISBN 0345407407 (0-345-40740-7)
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Vittorio the Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 0345422392 (0-345-42239-2)
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Waylanderby David GemmellISBN 0345379071 (0-345-37907-1)
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Wit'Ch Fireby James ClemensISBN 0345417062 (0-345-41706-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wit'Ch Fire'Book summary:Wit'ch Fire grabs you in the first scene, and doesn't let go until the very end. This is the beginning of a new fantasy series--the Banned and the Banished--by first-time author James Clemens, but its sophistication and style are reminiscent of experienced fantasists such as Guy Gavriel Kay and George R.R. Martin. Elena is "the wit'ch of spirit and stone," born of a deadly alliance between three powerful mages in fulfillment of prophecy. But can she learn how to use her powers in time to resist the forces of the Dark Lord? She is joined in her battle by some unlikely allies, but the motley crew may be the only hope for a threatened world. Clemens handles plot and characterization deftly, but the addition of lots of un'neccesary apos'trophes to let you know you're reading a fantasy is a little distracting. Still, Wit'ch Fire is a fast-moving, entertaining read that's definitely worth your time. [via]
The Witch Doctorby Christopher StasheffISBN 0345388518 (0-345-38851-8)
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The Wizard Kingby Julie D. SmithISBN 0345371534 (0-345-37153-4)
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The Wizard of Venus and Pirate Bloodby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345370120 (0-345-37012-0)
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The Wounded Landby Stephen R. DonaldsonISBN 0345418468 (0-345-41846-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wounded Land'Book summary:Four thousand years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. But he is back, and Convenant, armed with his stunning white gold magic, must battle the evil forces and his own despair....
THE SECOND CHRONICLE OF THOMAS COVENANT
Book OneTHE WOUNDED LAND
Book TwoTHE ONE TREE
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