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Acorna's Questby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0061057908 (0-06-105790-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acorna's Quest'Book summary:This SF team's earlier novel, Acorna, introduced the alien girl Acorna, an orphan rescued and reared by space-faring humans. Though generally human-shaped, she shares some features with the unicorn of myth--notably, a forehead horn that can heal and purify. Now Acorna blasts off with human friends in search of her own race, who shortly turn up looking for her. These gentle, horned nonhumans are fleeing other aliens who are wanton murderers and torturers that resemble huge cockroaches. Meanwhile, a starship full of dispossessed human miners picks up a scientist whose devastating system of planetary weather control inspires some on-board criminals to stage a coup and use the weather machine to blackmail whole planets; Acorna stumbles into this conflict. Meanwhile, a spacefleet of killer roaches is on its way.
These storylines mix romance, light comedy, and some violent action, which is generally downplayed or dealt with offstage. Of course, the verminous villains find humanity a tougher proposition than nice unicorn-folk and complain bitterly: "They are barbaric and vicious beyond belief; when attacked, they actually fight back!" Happy endings emerge, with room for more sequels. Overall, Acorna's Quest feels like a romping, uncomplicated SF adventure intended for younger readers and Anne McCaffrey devotees. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk [via]
The Beasts of Tarzanby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0345324331 (0-345-32433-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Beowulfby Fredrick R. RebsamenISBN 0060573783 (0-06-057378-3)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:A verse translation of the first great narrative poem in the English language that captures the feeling and tone of the original.
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Beowulfby Michael AlexanderISBN 0140449310 (0-14-044931-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:A translation of the first epic poem in the English language. [via]
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Beowulfby E. Talbot DonaldsonISBN 0393096874 (0-393-09687-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
Accurate and literally faithful, the Donaldson translation conveys the full meaning and spirit of the original.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with the historical, linguistic, and literary settings of Beowulf, including Robert C. Hughes on the origins of the Old English language, E. Talbot Donaldsons presentation of the major features of Old English poetry, new material on Beowulfs tribes and genealogies, three maps, and a facsimile illustration of the manuscript.
"Criticism" collects seven new and wide-ranging interpretations of Beowulf by Fred C. Robinson, Roberta Frank, John D. Niles, Michael Lapidge, Joyce Hill, Helen Bennett, and Nicholas Howe.
A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included. Maps and illustrations [via] -
Beowulf: An Illustrated Editionby Seamus HeaneyISBN 0393320979 (0-393-32097-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition'Book summary:In Beowulf warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with instant action, monsters abound, and fights are always to the death. The Anglo-Saxon epic, composed between the 7th and 10th centuries, has long been accorded its place in literature, though its hold on our imagination has been less secure. In the introduction to his translation, Seamus Heaney argues that Beowulf's role as a required text for many English students obscured its mysteries and "mythic potency." Now, thanks to the Irish poet's marvelous recreation (in both senses of the word) under Alfred David's watch, this dark, doom-ridden work gets its day in the sun.
There are endless pleasures in Heaney's analysis, but readers should head straight for the poem and then to the prose. (Some will also take advantage of the dual-language edition and do some linguistic teasing out of their own.) The epic's outlines seem simple, depicting Beowulf's three key battles with the scaliest brutes in all of art: Grendel, Grendel's mother (who's in a suitably monstrous snit after her son's dismemberment and death), and then, 50 years later, a gold-hoarding dragon "threatening the night sky / with streamers of fire." Along the way, however, we are treated to flashes back and forward and to a world view in which a thane's allegiance to his lord and to God is absolute. In the first fight, the man from Geatland must travel to Denmark to take on the "shadow-stalker" terrorizing Heorot Hall. Here Beowulf and company set sail:
Men climbed eagerly up the gangplank,
After a fearsome night victory over march-haunting and heath-marauding Grendel, our high-born hero is suitably strewn with gold and praise, the queen declaring: "Your sway is wide as the wind's home, / as the sea around cliffs." Few will disagree. And remember, Beowulf has two more trials to undergo.
sand churned in the surf, warriors loaded
a cargo of weapons, shining war-gear
in the vessel's hold, then heaved out,
away with a will in their wood-wreathed ship.
Over the waves, with the wind behind her
and foam at her neck, she flew like a bird...Heaney claims that when he began his translation it all too often seemed "like trying to bring down a megalith with a toy hammer." The poem's challenges are many: its strong four-stress line, heavy alliteration, and profusion of kennings could have been daunting. (The sea is, among other things, "the whale-road," the sun is "the world's candle," and Beowulf's third opponent is a "vile sky-winger." When it came to over-the-top compound phrases, the temptations must have been endless, but for the most part, Heaney smiles, he "called a sword a sword.") Yet there are few signs of effort in the poet's Englishing. Heaney varies his lines with ease, offering up stirring dialogue, action, and description while not stinting on the epic's mix of fate and fear. After Grendel's misbegotten mother comes to call, the king's evocation of her haunted home may strike dread into the hearts of men and beasts, but it's a gift to the reader:
A few miles from here
In Heaney's hands, the poem's apparent archaisms and Anglo-Saxon attitudes--its formality, blood-feuds, and insane courage--turn the art of an ancient island nation into world literature. --Kerry Fried [via]
a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch
above a mere; the overhanging bank
is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface.
At night there, something uncanny happens:
the water burns. And the mere bottom
has never been sounded by the sons of men.
On its bank, the heather-stepper halts:
the hart in flight from pursuing hounds
will turn to face them with firm-set horns
and die in the wood rather than dive
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Beowulfby David WrightISBN 0140440704 (0-14-044070-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest and epic scope. Although the first manuscript of Beowulf dates from around the year 1000 CE, it is thought that the poem existed in its present form from the year 850. Beowulf's adventures themselves stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this heroic background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf first kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and later defends his people against a dragon in a battle that leaves them both mortally wounded.
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@Eazy-B Uh oh. Grendel's mom showed up. She is really pissed. Wait. Monsters have feelings?
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Beowulfby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Charles KeepingISBN 0192723693 (0-19-272369-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:This is the story of a young man who travelled far across the sea to fight two terrifying monsters-one who could rip a man apart and drink his blood, the other who lived like a sea-wolf at the bottom of a dark, blood-stained lake. The young hero's name was Beowulf, and his story, first written in Anglo-Saxon in the eighth century, has become one of the world's most famous epics. Kevin Crossley-Holland retells the story for children in quick-paced, rhythmical prose accompanied by Charles Keeping's striking illustrations. Together they bring to life the beauty and power of one of the first great English poems. [via]
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Beowulfby Not AvailableISBN 0141026391 (0-14-102639-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:When an evil monster terrorizes the land, only one man can stop him. A new horror stalks the ancient kingdom of the Danes. Grendel, a hideous beast, has crawled from hell to lay waste to the country and devour its people. His reign of slaughter seems unstoppable. The mighty warrior Beowulf comes forward to fight this demonic enemy. But Grendel has a powerful and deadly ally. Can Beowulf survive the rage of a fiendish mother who will destroy anyone who harms her child? [via]
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Beowulf : A Dual Language Editionby Howell D. ChickeringISBN 0385062133 (0-385-06213-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf : A Dual Language Edition'Book summary:This presentation of the translation and the Old English Text on facing pages allows the reader to approach the first major poem in English literature in a fresh and exciting new way. Includes a Guide to Reading Aloud, Introduction, Commentary and notes for translation from the original. [via]
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Beowulf: A Verse Translationby Daniel Donoghue, Seamus HeaneyISBN 0393975800 (0-393-97580-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: A Verse Translation'Book summary:Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaneys translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" (New York Times Book Review).
The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" (The Observer) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed. Heaneys clear and insightful introduction to Beowulf provides students with an understanding of both the poems history in the canon and Heaneys own translation process. [via]More editions of Beowulf: A Verse Translation:
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Beowulf: An Imitative Translationby Ruth LehmannISBN 0292707711 (0-292-70771-1)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: An Imitative Translation'Book summary:The name "Beowulf" lingers in our collective memory, although today fewer people have heard the tale of the Germanic hero's fight with Grendel, the dreadful Monster of the Mere, as recounted in this Anglo-Saxon epic.
This edition of Beowulf makes the poem more accessible than ever before. Ruth Lehmann's imitative translation is the only one available that preserves both the story line of the poem and the alliterative versification of the Anglo-Saxon original. The characteristic features of Anglo-Saxon poetry-- alliterative verse with first-syllable stress, flexible word order, and inflectional endings--have largely disappeared in Modern English, creating special problems for the translator. Indeed, many other translations of Beowulf currently available are either in prose or in some modern poetic form. Dr. Lehmann's translation alone conveys the "feel" of the original, its rhythm and sound, the powerful directness of the Germanic vocabulary.
In her introduction, Dr. Lehmann gives a succinct summary of the poem's plot, touching on the important themes of obligation and loyalty, of family feuds, unforgivable crimes, the necessity of revenge, and the internal and external struggles of the Scandinavian tribes. She also describes the translation process in some detail, stating the guiding principles she used and the inevitable compromises that were sometimes necessary.
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Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburhby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Heather O'DonoghueISBN 0192833200 (0-19-283320-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburh'Book summary:The finest literary work passed down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf celebrates the existence of heroism in a dark world of feuds, violence, and uncertainty. Set in the legendary Scandinavian past, Beowulf comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar by killing the terrifying monster Grendel and its vengeful mother. A lifetime later, Beowulf courageously prepares for another great battle when a fiery dragon threatens his own kingdom. This acclaimed translation contains a critical introduction, a full index of names, and extensive notes. [via]
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Black Horses for the Kingby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345422570 (0-345-42257-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Horses for the King'Book summary:Anne McCaffrey is back with this precious, well-researched yarn that follows a Celtic lad in service to King Arthur. Set in fifth-century Britain, McCaffrey's first historical novel for young adults rejects a fantastical, Hollywood treatment of King Arthur in favor of realism and solid storytelling. Take away the Round Table and the usual knights-in-shining-armor hoo-hah, and you're left with an engaging, endearing chapter from the life of Artos, Comes Britannorum, a young war leader in search of horses strong enough to carry his armored warriors into battle against the savage Saxons.
The story is told through the eyes of polite, earnest young do-gooder Galwyn Varianus, who has fled the service of his cruel, brutish, seafaring uncle to take up with the charismatic Artos. Galwyn quickly proves his value with his affinity for languages and horses, and he accompanies Artos and the Companions (proto-Knights of the Round Table) as they execute their plan: acquiring and then breeding a handful of fabled Libyans, the horses of the book's title, and then mastering and disseminating the knowledge of horseshoe-making. The action revolves around Galwyn's role in this plan and never rises above the pace of, say, an after-school special. But rich details, McCaffrey's obvious love of the subject matter, and involving characters go a long way to make up for the story's slow trot. (In particular, you'll find yourself waiting eagerly for the comeuppance of one character, a sneering rider named Iswy, Goofus to Galwyn's Gallant.) --Paul Hughes [via]
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- Black Horses for the King: ISBN 0345468635 (0-345-46863-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - Black Horses for the King: ISBN 0152273220 (0-15-227322-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Black Horses for the King: ISBN 0345408810 (0-345-40881-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - Black Horses for the King: ISBN 0345422570 (0-345-42257-0)
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Bridge to Terabithiaby Katherine Paterson, Donna DiamondISBN 0060734019 (0-06-073401-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridge to Terabithia'Book summary:The story starts out simply enough: Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade--he wants it so bad he can taste it. He's been practicing all summer, running in the fields around his farmhouse until he collapses in a sweat. Then a tomboy named Leslie Burke moves into the farmhouse next door and changes his life forever. Not only does Leslie not look or act like any girls Jess knows, but she also turns out to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. After getting over the shock and humiliation of being beaten by a girl, Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay.
Despite their superficial differences, it's clear that Jess and Leslie are soul mates. The two create a secret kingdom in the woods named Terabithia, where the only way to get into the castle is by swinging out over a gully on an enchanted rope. Here they reign as king and queen, fighting off imaginary giants and the walking dead, sharing stories and dreams, and plotting against the schoolmates who tease them. Jess and Leslie find solace in the sanctuary of Terabithia until a tragedy strikes and the two are separated forever. In a style that is both plain and powerful, Katherine Paterson's characters will stir your heart and put a lump in your throat. [via]
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- Bridge to Terabithia: ISBN 006073941X (0-06-073941-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - Bridge to Terabithia: ISBN 0061227285 (0-06-122728-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - Bridge to Terabithia: ISBN 0061253707 (0-06-125370-7)
Softcover, Harper Entertainment - Bridge to Terabithia: ISBN 0064401847 (0-06-440184-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - Bridge to Terabithia: ISBN 0064471470 (0-06-447147-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - Bridge to Terabithia: ISBN 0060734019 (0-06-073401-9)
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Bridge to Terabithia: The Official Movie Companionby David PatersonISBN 0061215317 (0-06-121531-7)
Softcover, Harper Entertainment
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridge to Terabithia: The Official Movie Companion'Book summary:Now a major motion picture, discover the beloved Newbery Medal-winning story of Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke. Join Jess and Leslie as they form an unlikely friendship and create the imaginary land of Terabithia. There they rule as king and queen, until a terrible tragedy occurs that helps Jess understand just how much he has learned from Leslie. [via]
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Charmed Destiniesby Mercedes Lackey, Rachel Lee, Catherine AsaroISBN 0373218338 (0-373-21833-8)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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The Children of Green Knowe: Library Editionby L. M. Boston, Peter BostonISBN 0152024689 (0-15-202468-9)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Green Knowe: Library Edition'Book summary:This is not an easy book, and therein lies its charm. L.M. Boston's classic is a sophisticated mood piece disguised as a children's ghost story. As young Toseland goes to live with his grandmother in the family's ancestral home, the reader is plunged immediately into the world of Green Knowe. Like Toseland, who actually rows up to his new home in the midst of a flood, we have a hard time finding our bearings. Toseland discovers a funny kind of grandmother awaiting him--one who speaks elliptically of the children and animals she keeps around the house: they might be memories, they might be ghosts. It's never quite clear where real life leaves off and magic begins. Toseland admires a deer: "A deer seems more magic than a horse." His grandmother is quick to respond: "Very beautiful fairy-tale magic, but a horse that thinks the same thoughts that you do is like strong magic wine, a love philtre for boys."
With this meshing of the magical and the real, Boston evokes a childlike world of wonder. She compounds the effect by combining gorgeous images and eerily evocative writing. Toseland goes out on a snowy morning: "In front of him, the world was an unbroken dazzling cloud of crystal stars, except for the moat, which looked like a strip of night that had somehow sinned and had no stars in it." The loosely plotted story is given more resonance still through liberal use of biblical imagery and Anglo-Saxon mythology. For those willing to suspend their disbelief and read carefully, the world of Green Knowe offers a wondrous escape. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - The Children of Green Knowe: Library Edition: ISBN 0156168707 (0-15-616870-7)
Softcover, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich - The Children of Green Knowe: Library Edition: ISBN 0152024689 (0-15-202468-9)
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The Dispossessedby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 006051275X (0-06-051275-X)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dispossessed'Book summary:Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.
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A Dream of Eaglesby Jack WhyteISBN 0140170480 (0-14-017048-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dream of Eagles'Book summary:In The Eagles' Brood, the third novel in his Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte introduces a new narrator. Caius Merlyn Britannicus, known to his friends as Merlyn, is growing from a young boy to Commander of Camulod and living a life that will establish his place in legend. Whyte's great talent in the Camulod Chronicles is the use of everyday historical detail to make the world of fifth-century England as real to the reader as it is to his characters, and in The Eagles' Brood, this approach really pays off. As Roman influence declines, other factors, including restless local warlords and kings and a Christian church growing in strength, take its place. One result is an increase in warfare and adventure, and there may be as many sword fights in The Eagles' Brood as in the previous two volumes combined. Yet it is typical of Whyte's attention to detail and to the intellectual life of the Britons that some of the bloodiest action takes place en route to a debate over the theology of Saint Augustine.
The Eagles' Brood also offers an alternative starting point for someone who has not read the earlier books and doesn't want to tackle the entire series of fairly large volumes. This is possible because Merlyn is the bridge that takes us from the Roman-dominated world of Publius Varrus to the world of the Britons, in which the baby Arthur will grow up. Wherever you start, though, the Camulod Chronicles offers flesh-and-blood characters living in an historical era so well portrayed that it's easy to see how it became legend. --Greg L. Johnson [via]
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The Eagles' Broodby Jack WhyteISBN 0312852894 (0-312-85289-4)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Empire of Unreasonby Greg KeyesISBN 0345406109 (0-345-40610-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Empire of Unreason'Book summary:Ten years have passed since Europe plunged into chaos following a directed comet strike on London by Louis XIV's alchemists. The resulting nuclear winter forced everyone southward. The Russian Empire of Peter the Great holds sway, but Tsar Peter has mysteriously disappeared and his chief alchemist, Adrienne de Montchevreuil, has been attacked by a creature of the malakim, who provide the power for many of the technological innovations created by alchemists. Ben Franklin now lives in Charleston and is part of a secret organization, the Junto, that seeks to destroy the malakim and their agents in the New World. Only here have their evil intentions been fully recognized. Now the enemy is on American soil in the form of Scottish king James Stewart and his troops in the East and a mysterious but terrifyingly powerful army led by the Sunboy in the West. Only an alliance of English, French, and Spanish settlers with the Native American tribes have a chance of defeating them.
The series continues to provide an intriguing blend of fantasy and historical characters, plenty of action, and fine writing. This episode, however, begins and ends abruptly. Read the first two books (Newton's Cannon and A Calculus of Angels) first, and be prepared for a cliffhanger ending that will leave readers anxious for the next book. --Nona Vero [via]
The Faces of Fantasyby Patti PerretISBN 0312862164 (0-312-86216-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Firelordby Parke GodwinISBN 0380775514 (0-380-77551-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Fires of Merlinby T. A. BarronISBN 0399230203 (0-399-23020-3)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fires of Merlin'Book summary:There has never been a magic like Merlins, and T. A. Barron reveals how the legend was born in his adventure-loving five-book epic featuring the heroic young wizard and his unforgettable band.
To celebrate the epic, which has sold over a million copies, Philomel has created a stunning paperover-board edition with fantastical new cover art by Justin Sweet to enchant and enthrall a whole new generation of readers! [via]
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Freedom's Choiceby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0399142703 (0-399-14270-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freedom's Choice'Book summary:A group of slaves, brought to an uninhabited planet by their catenni masters, who have taken over earth, must learn to survive in their new surroundings, but some struggle with calling their new planet home and consider a rebellion in order to return to their true home [via]
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God Emperor of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0399125930 (0-399-12593-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God Emperor of Dune'Book summary:More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in DUNE. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species. But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall ... [via]
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Gryphon's Eyrieby Andre Norton, A.C. CrispinISBN 0312932855 (0-312-93285-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Into the Darknessby Harry TurtledoveISBN 0312868952 (0-312-86895-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Into the Darkness'Book summary:Harry Turtledove is known for his alternate histories; from The Guns of the South to The Great War: American Front, he's practiced at imagining the ways society would have changed if various things had been different in history. Sometimes it's a key figure surviving (or dying); other times it's a strange new variable, like aliens landing during World War II. With Into the Darkness, Turtledove investigates a new wrinkle in this successful field: What if a world war were fought using magic?
Although Into the Darkness doesn't take place on Earth, the characters are humans, and they react in plausible ways. In fact, the uses of magic for political ends are eerily similar to the ways weapons have been used to wage cold wars in our own world. And as the magic grows more powerful, the destructive cost of war to the people of Derlavai grows as well. This is no enchanting fantasy world where kindly old wizards use their magic to kill dragons and save fair maidens. Turtledove has envisioned a place where the humans are decidedly political and greedy, and where magic is just a way of getting what you want. --Adam Fisher [via]
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Invisible Citiesby Italo Calvino, William WeaverISBN 0156453800 (0-15-645380-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Invisible Cities'Book summary:"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his." So begins Italo Calvino's compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla, which "has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be," the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting some of the myriad possible forms a city might take. [via]
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The Isle of Battleby Sean RussellISBN 0380793229 (0-380-79322-9)
Softcover, Eos
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Isle of Battle'Book summary:With The Isle of Battle, the second book of the high- fantasy Swan's War trilogy, acclaimed novelist Sean Russell returns to the world of the Wynnd, a great river that does not always follow the maps and has tributaries in other worlds. The Isle of Battle continues the story of the archer Tam, his fellow Valemen Fynnol and Baore, and several other characters from The One Kingdom. The Valemen gain mysterious new allies and enemies as they search through otherworldly swamps and mountains for their fallen friend, the demigodlike Alaan, and seek to elude Alaan's more-than-mortal enemy and brother, the powerful and ruthless warrior-wizard, Hafydd.
Readers should not start the Swans' War with The Isle of Battle. It suffers the common trilogy malady of middle-book-itis: it doesn't greatly advance the overall plotline, and though it spends some time bringing readers up to speed on the backstory, it still swamps newcomers with multiple plotlines and characters. Also, the big cast means characterizations are often sketchy; the Valemen become almost interchangeable, and the powerful and intriguing Alaan rarely demonstrates these virtues, since he spends much of his time senseless from critical wounds. Furthermore, many readers will not be pleased that the book's vast cast includes only four women, with only two of them spending much time onstage (in the same body!). --Cynthia Ward [via]
The Jargoon Pardby Andre NortonISBN 0345311922 (0-345-31192-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcherby Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, Gary A. LippincottISBN 0152007482 (0-15-200748-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher'Book summary:Sixth-grader Jeremy Thatcher discovers a strange magic shop he has never seen before. He enters, and his life is changed forever. Buying what he thinks is a marble, he discovers he has really purchased a dragons egg. A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth. -Kirkus Reviews[via]More editions of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher:
The Last Hot Timeby John M. FordISBN 0312875789 (0-312-87578-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Long after Midnightby Ray BradburyISBN 0246109866 (0-246-10986-6)
Hardcover, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Long After Midnight'Book summary:Clive Barker's bestseller Weaveworld astonished worldwide readers with his visionary range, firmly establishing him as the reigning master of fabulist literature. Now, with The Great and Secret Show he rises to awesome new heights. Fantasy horror story love fablein this one unforgettable epic Clive Barker wields the full power and sweep of his extraordinary talents. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex, and Armageddon."
Memory prophecy and fantasythe past, the future, and the dreaming moment betweenare all one country living one immortal day To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.
Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha, Nebraska.
A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, California.
Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war.
The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world.
And soon, the final curtain must fall.
In this, the First Book of the Art, Clive Barker has created a masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and most private hearts. Sprawling, ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, The Great and Secret Show is what the rest of life is all about. [via]
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Lost Horizonby James HiltonISBN 0060594527 (0-06-059452-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Horizon'Book summary:While attempting to escape a civil war, four people are kidnapped and transported to the Tibetan mountains. After their plane crashes, they are found by a mysterious Chinese man. He leads them to a monastery hidden in "the valley of the blue moon" -- a land of mystery and matchless beauty where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world.
It is here, in Shangri-La, where destinies will be discovered and the meaning of paradise will be unveiled.
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian NewshamISBN 0140367489 (0-14-036748-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun. [via]
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The Lost Worldby Pauline FrancisISBN 023752404X (0-237-52404-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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Misplaced Legionby Harry TurtledoveISBN 0345330676 (0-345-33067-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Night's Daughterby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0345309200 (0-345-30920-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Only Begotten Daughterby James MorrowISBN 0156002434 (0-15-600243-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicornby Peter S. Beagle, Janet BerlinerISBN 0061054801 (0-06-105480-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn'Book summary:Since 1968, Peter S. Beagle's classic, The Lost Unicorn, has captured the hearts and imaginations of more than 1 million readers. At last. Beogle has reunited with the fabulous mythical creature in this massive original anthology featuring 30 bestselling writers. [via]
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The Physiognomyby Jeffrey FordISBN 0380793318 (0-380-79331-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Physiognomy'Book summary:In the Well-Built City, Cley is the perfect judge and jury, the infallible arbiter of life and death, for he is trained in the art/science of physiognomy. To the physiognomist, body shape and facial features reveal every aspect of personality, expose every secret, and even predict the future. When Drachton Below, Master of the Well-Built City, sends his premier physiognomist into the primitive outlands to uncover the thief of an unperishing fruit that may grant immortality, Cley discovers love and the truth about physiognomy. His discoveries unleash horrific destruction and plunge him into Hell--and neither he nor the Master can foresee their revolutionary fate of their world.
A New York Times Notable Book and the winner of the 1998 World Fantasy Award, The Physiognomy may be read with equal success as either fantasy or SF, but it does not much resemble the fiction of either genre. This novel's closest relatives are In the Well-Built City, Dante's Divine Comedy, Kafka's black allegories, and Caleb Carr's crime thriller The Alienist. The brilliant and sardonic Physiognomist Cley is SF/F's most entertainingly arrogant narrator since Richard Garfinkle's Celestial Matters. You won't believe that this strange, ambitious, and sui generis work is Jeffrey Ford's first novel. --Cynthia Ward [via]
The Road to Underfallby Mike JefferiesISBN 0061000191 (0-06-100019-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Songs of the Dancing Godsby Jack L. ChalkerISBN 0345347994 (0-345-34799-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Sophie's Worldby Jostein Gaarder, Paulette MollerISBN 0374530718 (0-374-53071-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sophie's World'Book summary:Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. [via]
Stopping for a Spellby Diana Wynne Jones, Mark ZugISBN 0060562064 (0-06-056206-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stopping for a Spell'Book summary:A collection of three funny fantasy tales about weird happenings, magical mayhem, and twisting plots includes the story of an armchair that is transformed into a person, four grandmothers coming for a visit at once, and a friend of one's father who refuses to leave. Reprint. K. [via]
Strange Devices of the Sun and Moonby Lisa GoldsteinISBN 0312854609 (0-312-85460-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Travelerby JOHN TWELVE HAWKSISBN 030727859X (0-307-27859-X)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Traveler'Book summary:A world that exists in the shadows of our own.A conflict we will never see.One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, and chosen instead to live a normal life. But Maya comes from a long line of people who call themselves Harlequins-a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known as Travelers.Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are brothers living in Los Angeles. Since childhood, the young men have been shaped by stories that their late father was a Traveler, one of a small band of prophets who have vastly influenced the course of history. Travelers are able to attain pure enlightenment, and have for centuries ushered change into the world. Gabriel and Michael, who may have inherited their father's gifts, have always protected themselves by living "off the Grid"-that is, invisible to the real-life surveillance networks that monitor people in our modern society.Summoned by her ailing father, Maya is told of the existence of the brothers. The Corrigans are in severe danger, stalked by powerful men known as the Tabula-ruthless mercenaries who have hunted Travelers for generations. This group is determined to inflict order on the world by controlling it, and they view Travelers as an intolerable threat. As Maya races to California to protect the brothers, she is reluctantly pulled back into the cold and solitary Harlequin existence. A colossal battle looms-one that will reveal not only the identities of Gabriel and Michael Corrigan but also a secret history of our time.Moving from the back alleys of Prague to the heart of Los Angeles, from the high deserts of Arizona to a guarded research facility in New York, The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. [via]
Up in a Heavalby Piers AnthonyISBN 0312869045 (0-312-86904-5)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Windmaster's Baneby Tom DeitzISBN 0380750295 (0-380-75029-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Wolf Towerby Tanith LeeISBN 0142300306 (0-14-230030-6)
Softcover, Firebird
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wolf Tower'Book summary:All her life, Claidi has endured hardship in the House, where she must obey a spoiled princess. Then a golden stranger arrives, living proof of a world beyond the House walls. Claidi risks all to free the charming prisoner and accompanies him across the Waste toward his faraway home. It is a difficult yet marvelous journey, and all the while Claidi is at the side of a man she could come to love. That is, until they reach his home . . . and the Wolf Tower. [via]
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Ye Gods! a Thomas Dunne Bookby Tom HoltISBN 0312089279 (0-312-08927-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Year's Best Fantasy: 1st Annual Collectionby Ellen DatlowISBN 0312018525 (0-312-01852-5)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horrorby Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, James FrenkelISBN 0312314256 (0-312-31425-6)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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