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2030: Confronting Thermageddon in Our Lifetimeby Robert HunterISBN 0771042388 (0-7710-4238-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '2030: Confronting Thermageddon in Our Lifetime'Book summary:Eco-activism has a problem: an admission from one of its founding fathers, Robert Hunter, that just as much as a global realization that environmentally, "as a species, we have already run out of places to run to" is needed, the mirror has to be turned on oneself as well. In 2030: Confronting Thermageddon in Our Lifetime Hunter enumerates the snowballing accumulation of data that no longer hints at climate change or its inevitability, but indicates that we may already be at the edge of no return. From the abolition of cleaner-running trolley car systems by the big car manufacturers decades ago to the Kyoto summit, the problem is much bigger and affects a broader spectrum than just a small group of eco-activists. The problem is global and real.
As a slowly reformed energy addict, Hunter also unabashedly unmasks the petrotyrants who "exploit everyone they can & hold[ing] the industrialized world hostage to its own appetites." No punches are pulled here or anywhere in the text, which bursts with passionate, italicized statements and brick-solid judgments. The book begins with Hunter's apologia to his grandson--by the time he reaches Hunter's current age, his world may be environmentally unbearable, if not unlivable. 2030 is as much a wake-up call to those who do not understand the extent or ramifications of humanized climate change as it is a personal admission. Though bound by the frailties of our cultural makeup, an individual can make a difference--if not on some grand scale, then at least with his conscience--and may perhaps earn his grandchildren's forgiveness. --Tim T. Tokaryk [via]
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Against The Tideby John RingoISBN 0743498844 (0-7434-9884-4)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Against The Tide'Book summary:In the distant future, the world was a paradise-and then, in a moment, it was ended by the first war in centuries. People who had known godlike power, to whom hunger and pain were completely unknown, desperately scrabbled to survive. As the United Free States, the bastion of freedom and center of opposition to the tyrants of New Destiny, prepared for the long-feared invasion by the Changed legions of Ropasa, Edmund Talbot realized that bureaucratic ineptitude and overconfidence was setting the USF naval forces of ships and dragons up for a disastrous defeat at sea. His fears came true, and the destruction of the fleet seemingly left the UFS open for a full scale invasion. But Talbot had new concepts and strategies ready to put into effect, along with new technical innovations from his brilliant engineer. He survived an assassination attempt and quickly assembled a formidable land force combining cavalry, longbowmen, Roman style legions, and dragons for airborne assault. The fascist forces of New Destiny thought that their war was all but concluded, and world domination within their grasp. Edmund Talbot was ready to show them just how wrong they were. . . . [via]
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Alias Graceby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0770428495 (0-7704-2849-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alias Grace'Book summary:In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. The sensationalistic trial made headlines throughout the world, and the jury delivered a guilty verdict. Yet opinion remained fiercely divided about Marks--was she a spurned woman who had taken out her rage on two innocent victims, or was she an unwilling victim herself, caught up in a crime she was too young to understand? Such doubts persuaded the judges to commute her sentence to life imprisonment, and Marks spent the next 30 years in an assortment of jails and asylums, where she was often exhibited as a star attraction. In Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood reconstructs Marks's story in fictional form. Her portraits of 19th-century prison and asylum life are chilling in their detail. The author also introduces Dr. Simon Jordan, who listens to the prisoner's tale with a mixture of sympathy and disbelief. In his effort to uncover the truth, Jordan uses the tools of the then rudimentary science of psychology. But the last word belongs to the book's narrator--Grace herself. [via]
Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Primeby Paul PreussISBN 0743498267 (0-7434-9826-7)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime 2by Paul PreussISBN 0743498283 (0-7434-9828-3)
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Ashlingby Isobelle CarmodyISBN 0765346222 (0-7653-4622-2)
Softcover, Starscape
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Black Sun Risingby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756403146 (0-7564-0314-6)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Sun Rising'Book summary:[via]The Coldfire trilogy tells a story of discovery and battle against evil on a planet where a force of nature exists that is capable of reshaping the world in response to psychic stimulus. This terrifying force, much like magic, has the power to prey upon the human mind, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. This is the story of two men: one, a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. They are absolute enemies who must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known.
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The Boat of a Million Yearsby Poul AndersonISBN 0765310244 (0-7653-1024-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Boat of a Million Years'Book summary:Others have written SF on the theme of immortality, but in The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson made it his own. Early in human history, certain individuals were born who live on, unaging, undying, through the centuries and millenia. We follow them through over 2000 years, up to our time and beyond-to the promise of utopia, and to the challenge of the stars.[via]
A milestone in modern science fiction, a New York Times Notable Book on its first publication in 1989, this is one of a great writer's finest works.More editions of The Boat of a Million Years:
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A Brief History of Tomorrow: The Future, Past and Presentby Jonathan MargolisISBN 0747550875 (0-7475-5087-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Brief History of Tomorrow: The Future, Past and Present'Book summary:What will the future be like? Throughout history, many have tried to answer this question but few have had much success. Now, with journalistic clarity and wit, Jonathan Margolis in A Brief History of Tomorrow analyses the few successes and numerous failures of past futurologists (so to speak), then explores whether modern-day predictions about the future are any more likely to be correct.
The history of futurology is so littered with amusing misses that Noam Chomsky was led to remark: "Perhaps the most plausible prediction is that any prediction about serious matters is likely to be off the mark except by accident". Nevertheless, as Margolis explains, more than a few bright sparks in today's high tech industries manage to earn a living--and a good one at that--keeping their bosses appraised of the possible courses of world history.
But are these modern-day seers likely to be any better at predicting the future than you, me or Nostradamus? Can trends really be distinguished? In a hundred years' time, will we be laughing at the ridiculous fad that was the Internet as we tuck into our healthy breakfasts of fatty bacon and fried eggs (dietary fibre having been identified in 2020 as the major cause of bowel cancer)? Or will we, at last, be wearing those silver one-piece jump suits so beloved of 20th-century film-makers, making our way to work in flying cars (how long have we been waiting for these?), and cryogenically preserving our heads in the hope that future surgeons will be able to re-attach us to healthy bodies? No one knows, of course, but if you'd like to indulge in a bit of no-holds-barred speculation, A Brief History of Tomorrow is an undemanding and entertaining primer. --Chris Lavers [via]
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The Butlerian Jihadby Brian Herbert, Kevin J. AndersonISBN 0765305852 (0-7653-0585-2)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Butlerian Jihad'Book summary:Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, it is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings, a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope.[via]
Decades after Herbert's original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, an acclaimed SF novelist in his own right, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Their New York Times bestselling trilogy, Dune: House Atreides, Dune: House Harkonnen, and Dune: House Corrino, formed a prequel to the classic Herbert series that was acclaimed by reviewers and readers alike. Now Herbert and Anderson, working from Frank Herbert's own notes, reveal a pivotal epoch in the history of the Dune universe, the chapter of the saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: The Butlerian Jihad.
Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently referred to the long-ago war in which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines." Now, in Dune: Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the war that will liberate humans from their machine masters. We learn the circumstances of the betrayal that made mortal enemies of House Atreides and House Harkonnen; and we experience the Battle of Corrin that created a galactic empire that lasted until the reign of Emperor Shaddam IV.
Herein are the foundations of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, the Suk Doctors, the Order of Mentats, and the mysteriously altered Navigators of the Spacing Guild. Here is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward, nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange . . . .
Ten thousand years before the events of Dune, humans have managed to battle the remorseless Machines to a standstill . . . but victory may be short-lived. Yet amid shortsighted squabbling between nobles, new leaders have begun to emerge. Among them are Xavier Harkonnen, military leader of the Planet of Salusa Secundus; Xavier's fiancée, Serena Butler, an activist who will become the unwilling leader of millions; and Tio Holtzman, the scientist struggling to devise a weapon that will help the human cause. Against the brute efficiency of their adversaries, these leaders and the human race have only imagination, compassion, and the capacity for love. It will have to be enough.More editions of The Butlerian Jihad:
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Cat Katerinaby Michael ConeyISBN 0759228264 (0-7592-2826-4)
Softcover, E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat Katerina'Book summary:Few true humans remain on the future Earth, where caimen, shrugleggers, and felinas dominate. The people are descendents of crocodiles, alien races, and jaguars, and they are much different than the humans--they are products of genetic experiments created to perform specific functions. Some work in the swampy lands, others are the strong burden-bearers, but none are as beautiful as the felines--not even the humans. And no one is worthy enough to win over the most attractive felina, Karina. She is a rare beauty of great prowess, with a tempting sculpted physique that could lure anyone to her. [via]
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Cat's Eyeby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0770423345 (0-7704-2334-5)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat's Eye'Book summary:Cat's Eye is one of Margaret Atwood's most intriguing novels, a ruminative, symbol-laced, and deceptively loose book that encompasses many of the concerns of her earlier works, compounding them with a new awareness of aging and the curious vagaries of memory. Its premise is simple enough: Elaine Risley, a successful painter living on the West Coast, returns to Toronto, the scene of her childhood and artistic development, for a retrospective of her work at an independent feminist gallery. As Risley arrives in Toronto, she begins to examine her past in that city, from her early girlhood through to the final days of her first marriage. Risley's memories dominate the book; her exhibition is a light but important counterpoint to all that has gone before it.
In a sense, Cat's Eye is a feminist deconstruction of the artist's coming-of-age novel, but Risley's feminism is skeptical and detached. Her painful girlhood friendships haunt her through her middle age, and she has far more sympathy for men than she does for the women who have supported her career. As a result, Cat's Eye transcends orthodox feminism and rigorously examines troubling questions of gender, sexuality, and art from a wryly nonpartisan perspective. Fans of Atwood's more recent novels will love Cat's Eye, but it is a book that deserves the attention of her numerous detractors; perhaps it will encourage them to give her a second look. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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Children of the Mindby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765304740 (0-7653-0474-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children of the Mind'Book summary:Children of the Mind, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book, Xenocide. The author unravels Ender's life and reweaves the threads into unexpected new patterns, including an apparent reincarnation of his threatening older brother, Peter, not to mention another "sister" Valentine. Multiple storylines entwine, as the threat of the Lusitania-bound fleet looms ever nearer. The self-aware computer, Jane, who has always been more than she seemed, faces death at human hands even as she approaches godhood. At the same time, the characters hurry to investigate the origins of the descolada virus before they lose their ability to travel instantaneously between the stars. There is plenty of action and romance to season the text's analyses of Japanese culture and the flux and ebb of civilizations. But does the author really mean to imply that Ender's wife literally bores him to death? --Brooks Peck [via]
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Cliffscomplete Shelley's Frankensteinby Stephen C. BehrendtISBN 0764587269 (0-7645-8726-9)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Shelley's Frankenstein'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]CliffsComplete Frankenstein is certainly Mary Shelleys greatest literary achievement and one of the most complex literary works of all time. Unlike most Romantic writers, Mary Shelley seems interested in the dark, self-destructive side of human reality and the human soul.
Discover how Dr. Frankensteins creation impacts everyone he meets and save yourself valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of Frankenstein with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, Mary Shelley
- A look at the historical context and structure of the novel
- Discussions on the novels symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A ResourceCenter full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!
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The Coming Global Superstormby Whitley StrieberISBN 0743470656 (0-7434-7065-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coming Global Superstorm'Book summary:It's time to stop talking about the weather and do something about it. Paranormal superstars Art Bell and Whitley Strieber bring environmentalism to the masses tabloid-style in The Coming Global Superstorm, a quick look at global warming and its potentially catastrophic effects. Like Old Testament prophets, Bell and Strieber embrace lovingly detailed depictions of global cataclysm; unlike them, our modern-day doomsayers have more to go on than that old-time religion. Their writing is clear and straightforward, interspersing hard data with dramatization and speculation to create an engaging, enjoyable, but thoroughly spooky warning of the next Ice Age.
Scoffers would do well to remember the 1900 hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas, despite the clear warnings--we may have advanced our meteorological knowledge over the 20th century, but is our judgment any better? Bell and Strieber are ultimately optimistic that quick behavior change can avert the big storm for a while, even if archaeological evidence suggests its inevitability. Their solutions range from the small scale (buy fuel-efficient cars) to the grandiose (global cooperation in weather monitoring). Whether their suggestions will help is a moot question (how could we ever know?); surely, though, they won't hurt. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Computer Connectionby Alfred BesterISBN 0743487133 (0-7434-8713-3)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Computer Connection'Book summary:A band of immortals recruit a new member, the brilliant Cherokee physicist Sequoya Guess. Dr. Guess, with the group's help, gains control of Extro, the super-computer that controls all mechanical activity on Earth. They plan to rid Earth of political repression and to further Guess's researches-which may lead to a great leap in human evolution to produce a race of supermen. But Extro takes over Guess instead and turns malevolent. The task of the merry band suddenly becomes a fight in deadly earnest for the future of Earth. [via]
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Crown of Shadowsby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756403189 (0-7564-0318-9)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crown of Shadows'Book summary:[via]Unlikely allies Damien and Tarrant are faced with an enemy who may prove invulnerable-a demon who has declared war on mankind. Called Calesta, he is a master of illusion and devourer of pain, and he plans to remake the human species until it exists only to sate his unquenchable thirst for suffering. The war against Calesta will take Damien and Tarrant from the depths of Hell to the birthplace of demons and beyond-in a battle that could cost them not only their lives, but the very soul of mankind.
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Dancing Girls and Other Storiesby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0771008104 (0-7710-0810-4)
Hardcover, McClelland and Stewart
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The Deceiversby Alfred BesterISBN 0743498003 (0-7434-9800-3)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Deceivers'Book summary:Way back in the 1950s, Alfred Bester established himself as one of the greats of SF with a number of dazzling short stories and two major novels: The Demolished Man (1953) and The Stars My Destination (1956, also known as Tiger! Tiger!), both much reprinted. The Deceivers, his final SF novel, appeared in 1981.
It's a colorful, whimsical romp that plays entertainingly with themes from Bester's peak years, though without his old driving, compelling savagery. Hero Rogue Winter is a "Synergist," acutely sensitive to the world's patterns: in one set-piece sequence he follows an intuitive trail from 12 drummers drumming in a street parade to the goal of a (metaphorical) partridge in a pear tree. Winter is also heir-apparent to the Maori Mafia, which controls much of the Solar System's crime, but he must single-handedly battle the dread mammoths of Ganymede to earn his crown. Meanwhile, he has fallen helplessly in love with a sexy nonhuman shapeshifter from Titan, making him vulnerable to minions of the insidious Manchu Duke of Death, who plans to smash the syndicate that's smuggling the priceless miracle fuel Meta from the heavily defended mines of Saturn's Chinese/Japanese-dominated moon Triton.
Bester crams this wild farrago of a narrative with wisecracks, junk science, circus glamor, odd catch phrases, bits of self-conscious cleverness and excess, Chinese esoterica like the Mirror-and-Listen Mystery, and his trademark typographic tricks. Amusing candyfloss nonsense; quite readable, but definitely not in the same league as his 1950s classics. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Divided Kingdomby Rupert ThomsonISBN 0747572186 (0-7475-7218-6)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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Dreamfallby Joan D. VingeISBN 0765303426 (0-7653-0342-6)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreamfall'Book summary:Cat, the halfbreed telepath hero of Catspaw and Psion, joins a research team on Refuge, homeworld of his mother's people, the Hydrans. Immediately, he finds trouble when he helps a Hydran woman escape human pursuers.[via]
The decimated Hydran population of Refuge is confined to a bleak "homeland," by a huge corporate state, Tau Biotech. Tau also controls Refuge's one unique natural resource, "Dreamfall." The tangible residue of cast-off thoughts from beautiful, enigmatic "cloud whales," dreamfall forms vast reefs, sacred to the Hydrans, but mere exploitable data to Tau.
Caught between Tau and desperate Hydrans who fight to reclaim their world, Cat must somehow forge the ruins of the past into a means to defeat Tau's brutality to save his people--and himself.More editions of Dreamfall:
Dune: The Butlerian Jihadby Kevin J. Anderson, Brian HerbertISBN 0765340771 (0-7653-4077-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune: The Butlerian Jihad'Book summary:Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, it is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings, a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope.[via]
Decades after Herbert's original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, an acclaimed SF novelist in his own right, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Their New York Times bestselling trilogy, Dune: House Atreides, Dune: House Harkonnen, and Dune: House Corrino, formed a prequel to the classic Herbert series that was acclaimed by reviewers and readers alike. Now Herbert and Anderson, working from Frank Herbert's own notes, reveal a pivotal epoch in the history of the Dune universe, the chapter of the saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: The Butlerian Jihad.
Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently referred to the long-ago war in which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines." Now, in Dune: Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the war that will liberate humans from their machine masters. We learn the circumstances of the betrayal that made mortal enemies of House Atreides and House Harkonnen; and we experience the Battle of Corrin that created a galactic empire that lasted until the reign of Emperor Shaddam IV.
Herein are the foundations of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, the Suk Doctors, the Order of Mentats, and the mysteriously altered Navigators of the Spacing Guild. Here is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward, nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange . . . .
Ten thousand years before the events of Dune, humans have managed to battle the remorseless Machines to a standstill . . . but victory may be short-lived. Yet amid shortsighted squabbling between nobles, new leaders have begun to emerge. Among them are Xavier Harkonnen, military leader of the Planet of Salusa Secundus; Xavier's fiancée, Serena Butler, an activist who will become the unwilling leader of millions; and Tio Holtzman, the scientist struggling to devise a weapon that will help the human cause. Against the brute efficiency of their adversaries, these leaders and the human race have only imagination, compassion, and the capacity for love. It will have to be enough.More editions of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad:
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The Edible Womanby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0770428223 (0-7704-2822-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Edible Woman'Book summary:Margaret Atwood was already a mature writer when she wrote her first novel, The Edible Woman, in her mid-20s. The elements readers admire in her later fiction--edgy comedy, Gothic undertones, and a mordantly ironic view of contemporary society--are all present. The Edible Woman remains as delectably fresh and original as it was in the 1960s.
Her main character, Marian McAlpin, has a very contemporary problem. She feels alienated: constrained by her market-research job, ambivalent about her engagement to the "nicely packaged" but dull Peter, and alarmed by the prospect of her friends embarking on chaotic motherhoods. In a narrative jammed with images of food, body parts, advertising, and shiny surfaces, Marian feels like a commodity to be portioned out, wrapped up, and consumed. Acquiescing to a degree, she also rebels: she virtually stops eating, and she constantly flees from Peter in favour of the dubious alternative represented by Duncan, a bizarre student with a fetish for ironing. Vulnerable but empowered, tangled up in a world from which she is also acerbically detached, Marian is a classic Atwood heroine. The novel's ambiguous resolution, involving a woman-shaped cake that Marian solemnly decapitates and serves to her significant others, may seem heavy-handed. But it does drive home Atwood's pointed satire of an insidious consumer culture that convinces young people--and women in particular--that their identities and choices can be pulled from a shelf. That message is as relevant as ever. The Edible Womanhas no best-before date. --John C. Ball [via]
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Empire: A Disturbing Look at a Possible Futureby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765316110 (0-7653-1611-0)
Hardcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Empire: A Disturbing Look at a Possible Future'Book summary:[via]The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.
The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side, and militia foot-soldiers on the other, devastating the cities, and overrunning the countryside. But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons and strategic geniuses of their own.
When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?
Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science fiction and fantasy novels. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near future scenario of a new American Civil War.More editions of Empire: A Disturbing Look at a Possible Future:
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The Essential Frankensteinby Leonard Wolf, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Christopher H. BingISBN 0743498062 (0-7434-9806-2)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Frankenstein'Book summary:Here is the complete original text of Mary Shelley's classic 1816 novel, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends. Includes: background on the Romantic spirit that infuses the novel; commentary by leading contemporary writers; a selected filmography of major Frankenstein films; and dozens of illustrations. [via]
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Expanded Universeby Robert HeinleinISBN 0743499158 (0-7434-9915-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Expanded Universe'Book summary:For the Millions of Heinlein Fans--a Guided Tour Through the Thoughts and Insights of "One of the Most Influential Writers in American Literature" (New York Times Book Review) [via]
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Fallen Angelsby Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Michael FlynnISBN 0743471814 (0-7434-7181-4)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fallen Angels'Book summary:As a new Ice Age imperils the world, a lunatic fringe of the environmental movement has taken control of the U.S. government. Finding themselves abandoned by the new regime, the once-thriving space colonies must now replenish their air from scoopships that illegally dive into the atmosphere. But when Alex and Gordon's ship is hit by a missile, they are sent tumbling to Earth--only to be hunted by authorities with ghastly plans for the two.... [via]
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Fallingby Christopher PikeISBN 0765317184 (0-7653-1718-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Firebird Trilogyby Kathy TyersISBN 0764229273 (0-7642-2927-3)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Fitzpatrick's Warby Theodore JudsonISBN 0756402719 (0-7564-0271-9)
Softcover, Daw Books
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Margaret BrantleyISBN 0743487583 (0-7434-8758-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0762405457 (0-7624-0545-7)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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The Future Factor: Forces Transforming Human Destinyby Michael G. ZeyISBN 076580591X (0-7658-0591-X)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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The Future of Human Natureby Habermas JurgenISBN 0745629865 (0-7456-2986-5)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Future Of Human Natureby Jurgen HabermasISBN 0745629873 (0-7456-2987-3)
Softcover, Polity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Future Of Human Nature'Book summary:Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. 'Playing God' is the metaphor commonly used for this self-transformation of the species, which, it seems, might soon be within our grasp.
In this important new book, Jurgen Habermas - the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today - takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny. His analysis is guided by the view that genetic manipulation is bound up with the identity and self-understanding of the species. We cannot rule out the possibility that knowledge of one's own hereditary factors may prove to be restrictive for the choice of an individual's way of life and may undermine the symmetrical relations between free and equal human beings.
In the concluding chapter - which was delivered as a lecture on receiving the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2001 - Habermas broadens the discussion to examine the tension between science and religion in the modern world, a tension which exploded, with such tragic violence, on September 11th. [via]More editions of The Future Of Human Nature:
The Ghost Brigadesby John ScalziISBN 0765354063 (0-7653-5406-3)
Softcover, Tor Science Fiction
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The universe is a dangerous place for humanity--and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF's biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did.
Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared's brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades.
At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin's memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason's for Boutin's betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity's mere military defeat&
Guide to Law Schoolsby Barron's Educational SeriesISBN 0764123076 (0-7641-2307-6)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Hello, Gorgeous!by Maryjanice DavidsonISBN 0758208049 (0-7582-0804-9)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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High Tech High Touch : Technology and Our Search for Meaningby John Naisbitt, Nana Naisbitt, Douglas PhilipsISBN 0767903838 (0-7679-0383-8)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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We all know what high tech is--these are the technologies that "make us available 24 hours a day, like a convenience store," Naisbitt writes. He says we live in a "technologically intoxicated zone," the symptoms of which include a continual search for quick fixes and lives that are "distanced and distracted." High touch, on the other hand, is the stuff we give up when we're tuned in to the technological world: hope and fear and longing, love and forgiveness, nature and spirituality. To discover where the twain shall meet, Naisbitt takes us on a journey that includes Celebration, Florida, the Disney-created community that was fully wired from the get-go; Martha Stewart, who shows people with complicated lives how to enjoy simple tasks like gardening; extreme sports and adventure travel, in which ordinary people expose themselves to the full fury of nature and gravity. And that's all just the first quarter of the book; Naisbitt goes on to look at how video games desensitize children to violence; the challenges the human genome project presents to religion and spirituality; and, finally, "specimen art," in which artists create disturbing images of life, death and human sexuality.
There's no conclusion, in the traditional sense, only a look at what's happening in our world. But the reader will probably take some sort of action after finishing High Tech/High Touch: switching off the cell phone for a few hours a day; permanently locking away the children's violent Nintendo games; maybe even booking a vacation at the most remote location possible. Anything to get away from the constant buzz of a wired world. --Lou Schuler [via]
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Hunters of Duneby Kevin J. Anderson, Frank HerbertISBN 0765312921 (0-7653-1292-1)
Hardcover, Tor Books
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The Jewish Way: Living the Holidaysby Irving GreenbergISBN 0765760274 (0-7657-6027-4)
Hardcover, Jason Aronson Inc
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Kiln Peopleby David BrinISBN 0765342618 (0-7653-4261-8)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kiln People'Book summary:Just about everyone's had a day when they've wished it were possible to send an alternate self to take care of unpleasant or tedious errands while the real self takes it easy. In Kiln People, David Brin's sci-fi-meets-noir novel, this wish has come true. In Brin's imagined future, folks are able to make inexpensive, disposable clay copies of themselves. These golems or "dittos" live for a single day to serve their creator, who can then choose whether or not to "inload" the memories of the ditto's brief life. But private investigator Albert Morris gets more than he, or his "ditective" copies, bargain for when he signs on to help solve the mysterious disappearance of Universal Kilns' co-founder Yasil Maharal--the father of dittotech.
Brin successfully interweaves plot lines as numerous as our hero's ditectives and doggedly sticks to the rules of his created dittotech while Morris's "realflesh" and clay manifestations slowly unravel the dangerous secret behind Maharal's disappearance. As Brin juggles his multiple protagonists and antagonists, he urges the reader to question notions of memory, individualism, and technology, and to answer the schizoid question "which 'you' is 'you?'" Brin's enjoyment is evident as he plays with his terracotta creations' existential angst and simultaneously deconstructs the familiar streetwise detective meme--complete with a multilayered ending. Overall, Kiln People is a fun read, with a good balance of hard science fiction and pop sensibility. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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The Kite Runnerby Khaled HosseiniISBN 0747566992 (0-7475-6699-2)
Softcover, Bloomsbury
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kite Runner'Book summary:The Kite Runner of Khaled Hosseini's deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys.
Narrated by Amir, a 40-year-old novelist living in California, The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassan's orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling.
The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States in 1980, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is its central image, the story line of this mesmerizing first novel occasionally dips and seems almost to dive to the ground. But Hosseini ultimately keeps everything airborne until his heartrending conclusion in an American picnic park. --Lisa Alward, Amazon.ca [via]
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Long Afternoon of Earthby Brian AldissISBN 075511339X (0-7551-1339-X)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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The Miocene Arrowby Sean McMullenISBN 0765344556 (0-7653-4455-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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More Than Human: Embracing The Promise Of Biological Enhancementby RAMEZ NAAMISBN 0767918436 (0-7679-1843-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Moving Marsby Greg BearISBN 0765318237 (0-7653-1823-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moving Mars'Book summary:In this 1995 Nebula Award-winning novel, a revolution is transforming the formerly passive Earth-colony of Mars. While opposing political factions on Mars battle for the support of colonists, scientists make a staggering scientific breakthrough that at once fuels the conflict and creates a united Mars front, as the technically superior Earth tries to take credit for it. Backed against a wall, colonial leaders are forced to make a monumental decision that changes the future of Mars forever. [via]
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Old Man's Warby John ScalziISBN 0765315246 (0-7653-1524-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Oxygenby John Olson, Randall IngermansonISBN 0764224425 (0-7642-2442-5)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Passages: A Treasury of New Beginningsby Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress), Philippe LardyISBN 0762401508 (0-7624-0150-8)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Passages: A Treasury of New Beginnings'Book summary:Filled with inspirational quotes from the likes of Emerson and Thoreau, Lincoln and Ghandi, you'll soon feel that as long as you have dreams and aspirations, you can change the world. Also a thoughtful graduation gift with full-color illustrations.[via]More editions of Passages: A Treasury of New Beginnings:
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Psionby Joan D. VingeISBN 076530340X (0-7653-0340-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psion'Book summary:[via]When first published, readers young and old eagerly devoured the tale of a street-hardened survivor named Cat, a half-human, half-alien orphan telepath. Named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Cat's story has been continued by Hugo-award winning and international best-selling author Joan D. Vinge with the very popular Catspaw and Dreamfall. Now, 25 years later, this special anniversary edition of Psion contains a new introduction by the author and "Psiren," a story never before included in any trade edition of Psion. This tough, gritty tale of an outsider whose only chance for redemption is as an undercover agent for an interstellar government that by turns punishes and helps him, is as fresh and powerful today as it was in 1982.More editions of Psion:
Queen City Jazzby Kathleen Ann GoonanISBN 0765307510 (0-7653-0751-0)
Softcover, Orb Books
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The Questby Susan KearneyISBN 0765354497 (0-7653-5449-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Quest for the Well of Soulsby Jack L. ChalkerISBN 0743471539 (0-7434-7153-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quest for the Well of Souls'Book summary:Key Selling Points- The Well World novels make up one of the top-selling series in all of science fiction, with over one million copies sold in the original Del Rey editions.- Jack Chalker is one of science fiction's most prolific and popular authors, with a huge enthusiastic audience for his non-stop action SF novels.- Known as a master of science fiction adventure, Chalker's other bestselling series include the Four Lords of the Diamond series and the Lilith series. [via]
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Ray Bradbury Presents Dinosaur Planetby Stephen LeighISBN 0743486544 (0-7434-8654-4)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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Return of Nathan Brazilby Jack ChalkerISBN 0743499018 (0-7434-9901-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Return of Santiagoby Mike ResnickISBN 0765341468 (0-7653-4146-8)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of Santiago'Book summary:They say his father was a comet and his mother a cosmic wind, that he juggled planets as if they were feathers and wrestled with black holes just to work up an appetite. They say he never slept, that his eyes burned brighter than a nova, that his shout could level mountains. That he killed a thousand men, and saved a hundred worlds.[via]
They called him Santiago.
Bandit, assassin, rebel, thief, he strode across the galactic rim, blazing a legend as rich and wild as the Inner Frontier itself. Then, at the height of his glory, he vanished, leaving behind a trail as elusive as starlight in the empty realms of space.
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The Road to Marsby Eric IdleISBN 075222414X (0-7522-2414-X)
Hardcover, Boxtree
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Mars'Book summary:The Road to Mars is the second novel by Eric Idle--yes, that Eric Idle, the guy from Monty Python's Flying Circus. No, the book isn't like a Monty Python skit (and a good thing too, since silly sketches are no basis for a successful novel). Yes, Monty Python is mentioned in the book, but the self-referentiality is blessedly confined to two paragraphs. Yes, The Road to Mars is funny. It's also genuine science fiction. And it's satirical, sharply characterized, well-written, thoughtful, fun, and more complex than you'd expect from its picaresque structure, in which a stand-up-comedian odd couple and their robot knock around the outer planets in search of decent gigs. Well, Alex and Lewis are looking for work (and sex); their android, Carlton, unfazed by his own irony impairment, is trying to write a thesis about comedy. The trio quickly find themselves mixed up with a mysterious beauty, a famous diva, the captain of the solar cruise ship Princess Di, and a band of terrorists determined to blow up Mars.
In addition to The Road to Mars and Monty Python scripts, Eric Idle is the author of the SF/fantasy novel Hello Sailor (1975), the play Pass the Butler (1982), and the children's book The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Shadow of the Giant: Sequel to Shadow Puppetsby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765307499 (0-7653-0749-9)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Shadow of the Giant 10-copy Cartonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765314754 (0-7653-1475-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Shivering Worldby Kathy TyersISBN 0764226762 (0-7642-2676-2)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Smoke And Ashesby Tanya HuffISBN 0756404150 (0-7564-0415-0)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Smoke and Ashes'Book summary:Fledgling wizard Tony is now an assistant director on "Darkest Night," the syndicated TV series about a vampire detective. But it's hard to concentrate on the latest episode when a Demonic Convergence is allowing lesser demons entry to our world, and the sexy stuntwoman, Leah, is also an immortal Demongate whose death would open the way to unimaginable peril. Can Tony halt the Convergence, keep Leah alive, and still have a career? Or will his artistic ambitions-not to mention the rest of the world-go up in smoke?[via]More editions of Smoke And Ashes:
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Social Network Analysis: A Handbookby John ScottISBN 0761963391 (0-7619-6339-1)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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The book outlines both the theoretical basis of network analysis and the key techniques for using it as a research tool. Building upon definitions of points, lines and paths, John Scott demonstrates their use in clarifying such measures as density, fragmentation and centralization. He identifies the various cliques, components and circles into which networks are formed, and outlines [via]
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Souls in the Great Machine : A Novelby Sean McMullenISBN 0765344572 (0-7653-4457-2)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Souls in the Great Machine : A Novel'Book summary:In 40th-century Australia, Zarvora Cybeline discovers the world is threatened by destruction from the sky--yet the planet doesn't have enough technology even to build a steam engine. To save civilization, Zarvora must recover lost 21st-century technology. But technology is proscribed, and the dangers from the sky are joined by enemies in the sea, and even among her own ranks. Zarvora embarks on a bold and ruthless plan to save a world no one else believes is in danger.
Souls in the Great Machine is a big book at 450 pages. Stuffed fuller than a Thanksgiving turkey with great storylines, characters, and concepts, it's got thrilling action, hair's-breadth escapes, tyranny, treachery, villainy, heroism, duels, riots, war, love, hate, obsession, powerful women, mad monks, a returning ice age, a lost race, rediscovered civilizations, invasions, executions, high-tech, steampunk tech, a computer with human components, and numerous subplots. In short, Souls in the Great Machine is huge; it is epic--but it is not sprawling. In the hands of most authors, this complex and ambitious SF novel would be a trilogy. And while Souls may occasionally move a little too fast, the plot never drags and the reader's interest never flags. If you're looking for a sense of wonder, for adventure that respects your intelligence, for an enormously fun read--look no further than Souls in the Great Machine. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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The Star Fractionby Ken MacLeodISBN 0765301563 (0-7653-0156-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Surfacingby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0771008600 (0-7710-0860-0)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Surfacing'Book summary:First published in 1972, Surfacing was Margaret Atwood's second novel, following the critically acclaimed The Edible Woman. Atwood had already made her mark as a one of the most exciting new voices in Canadian poetry, winning the Governor General's Award in 1966 for The Circle Game, while her groundbreaking book of criticism, Survival, had started the process of redefining the meaning of Canadian literature.
In Surfacing, poetry and prose brilliantly come together in a heart-wrenching novel that focuses on a woman's desperate attempt to put the ghosts of her past to rest. With three friends, she's returned to the remote cabin in Northern Quebec where she spent her childhood. She's overwhelmed, almost to the point of emotional paralysis, by memories of her father and his death by drowning, her failed marriage and painful divorce, and an abortion that haunts her waking dreams. While she appears to be ambivalent about the landscape, it is the landscape that in fact will provide her with the means of healing herself and her broken spirit. Like Atwood's poetry of this period, Surfacing is a deeply psychological novel. Atwood uses the recurring image of surfacing from beneath the waves of an icy northern lake as a symbol of this woman's struggle to regain control of her life, to refuse to be a victim of her past. Surfacing is a poignant novel filled with the power of the Canadian wilderness to cleanse the soul, an image of the wilderness that has remained a preoccupation for Atwood throughout her writing career. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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Terminator Dreamsby Aaron AllstonISBN 0765349108 (0-7653-4910-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terminator Dreams'Book summary:Despite the sacrifice of a T-850 and the heroic efforts of John Connor and Kate Brewster, Skynet became operational. It is now 2029 AD, and the war between the human Resistance and Skynet rages on. With small guerrilla forces, John and Kate continue to sabotage and destroy Skynet forces . . . but it's not enough.[via]
Before Judgment Day, Danny Avila helped program what became Skynet and was plagued by nightmares of Terminators destroying cities and decimating mankind. He disappeared two days before Judgment Day, and didn't resurface until Kate and John discovered him years later. Danny still can't remember what happened to him just before Skynet attacked. He has the nagging feeling that he has forgotten something very important. Despite this memory lapse, he has become a vital member of the Resistance.
Horrible dreams have begun to haunt him again. Could these dreams be a psychic link to his past self? John Connor has an idea: if Danny past and Danny present can communicate, perhaps they can help the Resistance gain an edge and defeat Skynet. But to accomplish such a connection would place Danny at tremendous physical and emotional risk. It's a dangerous experiment, but one that might prove the salvation of mankind's future... and the death of Danny.
"Arnold's adventure fans, rejoice; this is the stuff that role-playing dreams are made of."
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Terminator Dreamsby David Hagberg, Aaron AllstonISBN 0765308525 (0-7653-0852-5)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Terraforming Earthby Jack WilliamsonISBN 0765344971 (0-7653-4497-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terraforming Earth'Book summary:First Paperback, Contains the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Ultimate Earth[via]
When a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manage to leave the barren planet and establish a new home on the moon. From Tycho Base, men and woman are able to observe the devastated planet and wait for a time when return will become possible.
Generations pass. Cloned children have had children of their own, and their eyes are raised toward the giant planet in the sky which long ago was the cradle of humanity. Finally, after millennia of waiting, the descendants of the original refugees travel back to a planet they've never known, to try and rebuild a civilization of which they've never been a part.
The fate of the earth lies in the success of their return, but after so much time, the question is not whether they can rebuild an old destroyed home, but whether they can learn to inhabit an alien new world--Earth.More editions of Terraforming Earth:
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There Will Be Dragonsby John RingoISBN 0743488598 (0-7434-8859-8)
Softcover, Baen Books
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A Time to Harvest: Star Trekby Dayton Ward, Kevin DilmoreISBN 0743482980 (0-7434-8298-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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A Time to Sowby Kevin DilmoreISBN 0743482999 (0-7434-8299-9)
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Trendsby Tom Peters, Martha BarlettaISBN 0756610575 (0-7566-1057-5)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Virus on Orbis 1by Pj HaarsmaISBN 0763627097 (0-7636-2709-7)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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What the Bleep Do We Know!?: Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Realityby William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark VicenteISBN 0757305628 (0-7573-0562-8)
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When True Night Fallsby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756403162 (0-7564-0316-2)
Softcover, Daw Books
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