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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebearby Walter MoersISBN 0436275007 (0-436-27500-7)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear'Book summary:Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paw's breadth. In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease and water flows uphill, where headless giants roam deserts made of sugar, and where only Captain Bluebear's courage and ingenuity enable him to escape the dangers that lie in wait for him around every corner. In company with our indomitable hero, we enter a realm of the imagination that combines the fantasy of Lord of the Rings and The Neverending Story with the humour of Baron Munchausen - a wonderland where anything can exist except boredom. [via]
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18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0440322278 (0-440-32227-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:A chilling compilation of some of Edgar Allen Poe's best-loved stories, edited by Vincent Price and Chandler Brossard and with an introduction by Vincent Price, including: The Black Cat - The Fall of the House of Usher - The Masque of the Red Death - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - The Premature Burial - Ms. Found in a Bottle - A Tale of the Ragged Mountains - The Sphinx - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Gold-Bug - The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether - The Man That Was Used Up - The Balloon Hoax - A Descent Into the Maelstrom - The Purloined Letter - The Pit and The Pendulum - The Cask of Amontillado [via]
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1984by George Orwell, Fromm, Erich (AFT)ISBN 0451524934 (0-451-52493-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
After Darkby Manly Wade WellmanISBN 0425071030 (0-425-07103-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Annotated H. P. Lovecraftby S. T. Joshi, H. P. LovecraftISBN 0440506603 (0-440-50660-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Anubis Gatesby Tim PowersISBN 0441004016 (0-441-00401-6)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anubis Gates'Book summary:Author Tim Powers evokes 17th-century England with a combination of meticulously researched historic detail and imaginative flights in this sci-fi tale of time travel. Winner of the 1984 Philip K. Dick Award for best original science fiction paperback, this 1989 edition of the book that took the fantasy world by storm is the first hardcover version to be published in the United States. In his brief introduction, Ramsey Campbell sets The Anubis Gates in an adventure context, citing Powers's achievement of "extraordinary scenes of underground horror, of comedy both high and grotesque, of bizarre menace, of poetic fantasy."
The colonization of Egypt by western European powers is the launch point for power plays and machinations. Steeping together in this time-warp stew are such characters as an unassuming Coleridge scholar, ancient gods, wizards, the Knights Templar, werewolves, and other quasi-mortals, all wrapped in the organizing fabric of Egyptian mythology. In the best of fantasy traditions, the reluctant heroes fight for survival against an evil that lurks beneath the surface of their everyday lives. [via]
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Atlas Shruggedby Ayn RandISBN 0451191145 (0-451-19114-5)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atlas Shrugged'Book summary:Special 35th anniversary edition of the book that moved the world--and about the man who almost stopped it. Setting forth the fundamentals of Ayn Rand's unique philosophy of Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged is an acclaimed work about the murder--and rebirth--of a man's spirit. [via]
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The Atrocity Archivesby Charles StrossISBN 0441013651 (0-441-01365-1)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Atrocity Archives'Book summary:[via]Charles Stross takes a departure from his epic science fiction to craft this cross between Len Deightonstyle espionage and H.P. Lovecraftian horror.
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic.
But somehow, he is...
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Big Girlby Richard Scott, Thom MetzgerISBN 0451401328 (0-451-40132-8)
Softcover, Onyx Books
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The Big Timeby Fritz LeiberISBN 0441062237 (0-441-06223-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Blue Lightby Walter MosleyISBN 0446606928 (0-446-60692-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Cat's Cradleby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440111498 (0-440-11149-8)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Catch-22by Joseph HellerISBN 0440204399 (0-440-20439-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catch-22'Book summary:There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters demonstrate that what is commonly held to be good, is bad; what is sensible, is nonsense.
Yossarian says, "You're talking about winning the war, and I am talking about winning the war and keeping alive."
"Exactly," Clevinger snapped smugly. "And which do you think is more important?"
"To whom?" Yossarian shot back. "It doesn't make a damn bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
"I can't think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy."
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Mirabile dictu, the book holds up post-Reagan, post-Gulf War. It's a good thing, too. As long as there's a military, that engine of lethal authority, Catch-22 will shine as a handbook for smart-alecky pacifists. It's an utterly serious and sad, but damn funny book. [via]More editions of Catch-22:
The Digby Alan Dean Foster, Steven Spielberg, LucasArts Entertainment Company StaffISBN 0446603791 (0-446-60379-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dig'Book summary:When a mile-wide asteroid appears in orbit around Earth, ex-astronaut Boston Low is called on to return to space and nudge the monster into a stable position. When he, a journalist and a scientist investigate the asteroid's surface, they enter a time and place of mystery, danger and revelation: the planet Cocytus, once home to an intelligent race but now a haunted museum to their incredibly advanced civilization. An epic science fiction adventure too big for even Steven Spielberg to bring to the screen! [via]
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Drinking in Americaby Eric BogosianISBN 0394750675 (0-394-75067-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Duluthby Gore VidalISBN 0434830763 (0-434-83076-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0399128964 (0-399-12896-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune'Book summary:This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck [via]
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Dune: La Batalla De Corrinby Frank HerbertISBN 0441013597 (0-441-01359-7)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune: La Batalla De Corrin'Book summary:This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck [via]
The Einstein Intersectionby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0441196845 (0-441-19684-5)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledgeby F. ZolarISBN 0445084499 (0-445-08449-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Encyclopedia of Ephemera: A Guide to the Fragmentary Documents of Everyday Life for the Collector, Curator and Historianby Michael Twyman, Maurice Rickards, Sally De Beaumont, Amoret TannerISBN 0415926483 (0-415-92648-3)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Even Cowgirls Get the Bluesby Tom RobbinsISBN 0395245109 (0-395-24510-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'Book summary:Listeners follow Sissy Hankshaw's odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax. Unabridged. 12 CDs.[via]More editions of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues:
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail 72by Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0446313645 (0-446-31364-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail 72'Book summary:With the same drug-addled alacrity and jaundiced wit that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. A classic! [via]
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Fires of Edenby Dan SimmonsISBN 0399139222 (0-399-13922-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fires of Eden'Book summary:A real-estate mogul's attempts to build a deluxe Hawaiian resort are undermined by the disappearance of guests, discovery of strange beasts capable of human speech, and volcanic eruptions, as vengeful gods bring their immortal rivalries into the modern world. [via]
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Fountainheadby Ayn RandISBN 0451191153 (0-451-19115-3)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fountainhead'Book summary:The Fountainhead has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. The confrontation of those themes, along with the amazing stroke of Rand's writing, combine to give this book its enduring influence. [via]
Frog Band and the Onion Sellerby Jim SmithISBN 0437759032 (0-437-75903-2)
Hardcover, World's Work
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Gentleman Junkieby Harlan EllisonISBN 0441279384 (0-441-27938-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Gerald's Gameby Stephen KingISBN 0451176464 (0-451-17646-4)
Softcover, Signet
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God Emperor of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0441294677 (0-441-29467-7)
Softcover, Berkley 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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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braidby Douglas R. HofstadterISBN 0394745027 (0-394-74502-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'Book summary:Everything is a symbol, and symbols can combine to form patterns. Patterns are beautiful and revelatory of larger truths. These are the central ideas in the thinking of Kurt Gödel, M.C. Escher, and Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps the three greatest minds of the past quarter-millennium. In a stunning work of humanism, Hofstadter ties together the work of mathematician Gödel, graphic artist Escher, and composer Bach.
Gödel, Escher, Bach, a Pulitzer prize-winning treatise on genius, explores the workings of brilliant people's brains with the help of historical examples and brainteaser puzzles. Not for the dim or the lazy, this book shows you, more clearly than most any other, what it means to see symbols and patterns where others see only the universe. Touching on math, computers, literature, music, and artificial intelligence, Gödel, Escher, Bach is a challenging and potentially life-changing piece of writing. [via]
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Good Omensby Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, David FramptonISBN 0441003257 (0-441-00325-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens'Book summary:The world is going to end next Saturday, just before dinner, but it turns out there are a few problems--the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race. Reprint. NYT. AB. [via]
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0425132153 (0-425-13215-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Timeby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0446314404 (0-446-31440-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Hard-Boiled Defective Storiesby Charles BurnsISBN 0394754417 (0-394-75441-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Hollywood Babylonby Kathleen AngerISBN 0440153255 (0-440-15325-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hollywood Babylon'Book summary:Clean unmarked copy. Gently used. Normal shelf and edge wear from normal handling. Great black and white photographs! December 1981 printing from Dell. Satisfaction guaranteed! [via]
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Holy Blood, Holy Grailby Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry LincolnISBN 0440136482 (0-440-13648-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail'Book summary:Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors of The Messianic Legacy, spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest for the Holy Grail, into the secretive history of early France. What they found, researched with the tenacity and attention to detail that befits any great quest, is a tangled and intricate story of politics and faith that reads like a mystery novel. It is the story of the Knights Templar, and a behind-the-scenes society called the Prieure de Sion, and its involvement in reinstating descendants of the Merovingian bloodline into political power. Why? The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail assert that their explorations into early history ultimately reveal that Jesus may not have died on the cross, but lived to marry and father children whose bloodline continues today. The authors' point here is not to compromise or to demean Jesus, but to offer another, more complete perspective of Jesus as God's incarnation in man. The power of this secret, which has been carefully guarded for hundreds of years, has sparked much controversy. For all the sensationalism and hoopla surrounding Holy Blood, Holy Grail and the alternate history that it outlines, the authors are careful to keep their perspective and sense of skepticism alive in its pages, explaining carefully and clearly how they came to draw such combustible conclusions. --Jodie Buller [via]
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Illustrated Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0425038912 (0-425-03891-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Invisible Manby Ralph EllisonISBN 0451038142 (0-451-03814-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Jack of Shadowsby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0451159764 (0-451-15976-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Last Book in the Universeby W.R. PhilbrickISBN 0439087597 (0-439-08759-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Book in the Universe'Book summary:In a violent post-apocalyptic world, brain-drain entertainment equipment is being used to destroy human memory. [via]
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Learned Pigs and Fireproof Womenby Ricky JayISBN 0446385905 (0-446-38590-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Magusby John FowlesISBN 0440351626 (0-440-35162-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times. [via]More editions of The Magus:
The Maharajah, and Other Storiesby Terence Hanbury WhiteISBN 042505862X (0-425-05862-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Man and His Symbolsby Carl Gustav JungISBN 0440351839 (0-440-35183-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man and His Symbols'Book summary:Illustrated throughout with revealing images, this is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams. [via]
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmareby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0399501517 (0-399-50151-7)
Softcover, Perigee
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Motel of the Mysteriesby David MacaulayISBN 0395284252 (0-395-28425-2)
Softcover, Walter Lorraine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Motel of the Mysteries'Book summary:It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.[via]More editions of Motel of the Mysteries:
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Mysteriesby Colin WilsonISBN 0399504613 (0-399-50461-3)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mysteries'Book summary:[via]Through personal experience, Colin Wilson discovered that human beings consist of a ladder or hierarchy of selves, whose upper members may be called upon at will for personal transformation and deep knowledge. Wilsons new-found knowledge spurred him to write Mysteriesan attempt to apply his theory to all paranormal phenomena, from precognition to Uri Geller's spoon bending. He presents detailed studies of hauntings, possession, and demonic hypnosis, as well as magic, the Kabbalah, and astrology. At the heart of his work is a fascinating discussion of the Great Secret of the alchemists, which Wilson sees as the key to the mystery of the ladder of selves. -
Nerd in Shining Armorby Vicki ThompsonISBN 0440241162 (0-440-24116-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nerd in Shining Armor'Book summary:For Genevieve Terrence it seemed like a dream come true: a weekend alone on Maui with her sexy boss, Nick Brogan. But little did she know that Nick had dreams of his own--a nefarious scheme that nearly got her killed on the flight over the Pacific. Lucky for her, brilliant computer programmer Jack Farley was on board and quick-witted enough to crash-land the plane. Now Jack is her sole companion on a remote desert island with nothing but guava trees and sharks for company. Who'd expect the shy genius--and the least alpha male she knows--to turn out to be the uninhibited stud of her wildest dreams? Saving Genevieve's life has made Jack a hero in the eyes of the woman he has secretly lusted after for months. Now they're alone together in a tropical eden where they're free to give in to their every sensual whim. But when some nasty unfinished business puts them at risk again, Gen will learn there's nothing quite as dangerous as a fully aroused ex-nerd who'll move heaven and earth to protect the woman he loves... [via]
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken KeseyISBN 0451163966 (0-451-16396-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey 's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results. With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers. [via]
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Pattern Recognitionby William GibsonISBN 0425192938 (0-425-19293-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pattern Recognition'Book summary:With Pattern Recognition, William Gibson, the man who introduced cyberpunk to the world, gives us his first novel set in the present. But as Gibson's imagination makes clear, our corporation-dominated, technologically advanced reality doesn't need much tweaking to take on the aura of science fiction.
If there's a fantastical element to this, the author's eighth book, it's in protagonist Cayce Pollard's special talent. Here, Gibson takes some of No Logo author Naomi Klein's ideas about branding to a logical extreme: Pollard has an instinctual, often violently intense reaction to logos, a condition that makes her valuable to advertising agencies looking for the most effective way to brand a product. This talent, however, makes a trip to a department store potentially lethal, as when she visits a London shopping emporium and is inundated by "a mountainside of Tommy [Hilfiger] coming down in her head." "Some people ingest a single peanut and their head swells like a basketball," writes Gibson. "When it happens to Cayce, it's her psyche.... When it starts, it's pure reaction, like biting down hard on a piece of foil." Pollard is also a "coolhunter" of the first order, which means she can sniff out a trend before it's even begun to be commodified. She's so good, in fact, that "she's met the very Mexican who first wore his baseball cap backwards."
With such sensitivity to our over-branded world, it's completely natural that our heroine would become fascinated by Internet footage of a film in which characters, setting, and time are completely generic--unbranded, unfixed, free. But Pollard isn't the only one obsessed by "the footage," as it's referred to, and this is where Gibson's masterful storytelling comes to the fore. Who will be the first to solve the mystery of the film's origin? Who else is trying, and for what potentially nefarious purpose? As usual the author proves adept at weaving a suspenseful narrative out of humdrum elements, such as e-mail exchanges. If there's a caveat, it's that, as with literary forefather Philip K. Dick, the Vancouver-based author's prose veers wildly from the poetic to the clunky. And his supporting characters often amount to nothing more than a combination of an unusual name and shadowy motive. But the continual barrage of ideas, and the way Gibson arranges them for maximum impact, make for a gripping and insightful glimpse into our hyperdriven consumer culture. --Shawn Conner [via]
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Pavaneby Keith RobertsISBN 0441654312 (0-441-65431-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pavane'Book summary:An ever-expanding subgenre of science fiction is devoted to "alternate worlds" or "alternate histories": fiction in which a crucial event goes differently than in the world we know, and history is changed. Keith Roberts's Pavane (1968) is set in a backward 20th century molded by the assassination of Queen Elizabeth I and the triumph of a militantly antiscience Catholic Church. This is a classic alternate history, in the same company as such highly regarded novels as L. Sprague De Camp's seminal Lest Darkness Fall (1941), in which a modern man slips back in time and attempts to avert the Dark Ages; Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee (1953), set after the South wins the U.S. Civil War; and Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle (1962), set after the Germans and Japanese win World War II. Lest Darkness Fall and The Man in the High Castle are justly famous; the other two classics, Bring the Jubilee and Pavane, are less well known, and that is a shame.
One reason for Pavane's relative obscurity among American SF readers might be its British setting and author (the Moore and Dick novels are both set in the U.S., and De Camp, Moore, and Dick were all American). Another reason might be that Pavane is a novel created from interrelated but standalone stories (six "measures," or novelettes, and a coda), and the stories are of varying quality. Most are wise, beautifully written, and intensely visualized, especially the opener, "The Lady Margaret," and the closer, "Corfe Gate"; but "Brother John," the story of the monk-artist who witnesses Inquisition tortures and sparks an anti-Church rebellion, is far less detailed, and sometimes even unclear. Another reason for the novel's obscurity may be that some of the stories/chapters have more of a fantasy feel than is typical of more recent alternate history. Also, the nature of the coda's revelations may put off some readers. Nonetheless, Pavane is an intelligent, powerful, and moving work, deserving of a wide readership. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar WildeISBN 0440369142 (0-440-36914-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Storiesby Oscar WildeISBN 0451523849 (0-451-52384-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Real History Behind The Davinci Codeby Sharan NewmanISBN 0425200124 (0-425-20012-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy/the Universe Next Door/the Trick Top Hat/the Homing Pigeonsby Robert Anton WilsonISBN 0440500702 (0-440-50070-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Self Hypnotism: The Technique and Its Use in Daily Livingby Leslie M. LecronISBN 0451159845 (0-451-15984-5)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Self Hypnotism: The Technique and Its Use in Daily Living'Book summary:The fantastic power of the subconscious mind influences nearly every aspect of human behavior. According to the author, by using the simple, scientifically proven methods given in this book, you can make direct contact with your inner self, find the true source of your problems, and make them vanish forever. [via]
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The Shaun Cassidy Scrapbook: An Illustrated Biographyby Connie BermanISBN 0441760872 (0-441-76087-2)
Hardcover, Sunridge Press
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The Source: Journey Through the Unexplainedby Brad Steiger, Art BellISBN 0451205952 (0-451-20595-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Source: Journey Through the Unexplained'Book summary:Nighttime radio talk show host Art Bell and bestselling author Brad Steiger address topics as varied as ghosts, ancient civilizations, and psychic powers in The Source, a tribute to unexplained phenomena. The authors are heavily biased toward UFOs, aliens, and abduction-related material, and other topics such as crop circles and human origins are slanted in this direction as well. The problem with The Source is that it takes on too much, only hinting at the vast realm of unexplained phenomena currently under scrutiny. A deeper exploration in a multi-volume collection would have proven more satisfying. However, The Source remains an easily digestible introduction to the world of high strangeness, and offers multiple starting points for the reader just striking out on an exploration of these fascinating subjects. --Brian Patterson [via]
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The Stars My Destinationby Alfred BesterISBN 0425055248 (0-425-05524-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stars My Destination'Book summary:When it comes to pop culture, Alfred Bester (1913-1987) is something of an unsung hero. He wrote radio scripts, screenplays, and comic books (in which capacity he created the original Green Lantern Oath). But Bester is best known for his science-fiction novels, and The Stars My Destination may be his finest creation. First published in 1956 (as Tiger! Tiger!), the novel revolves around a hero named Gulliver Foyle, who teleports himself out of a tight spot and creates a great deal of consternation in the process. With its sly potshotting at corporate skullduggery, The Stars My Destination seems utterly contemporary, and has maintained its status as an underground classic for forty years. (Bester fans should also note that Vintage has reprinted The Demolished Man, which won the very first Hugo Award in 1953.) [via]
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The Stress of Her Regardby Tim PowersISBN 0441790976 (0-441-79097-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stress of Her Regard'Book summary:When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom. Joining forces with Byron, Keats, and Shelley in a desperate journey that crisscrosses Europe, Crawford desperately seeks his freedom from this vengeful lover who haunts his dreams and will not rest until she destroys all that he cherishes. Told in the guise of a secret history, this tale of passion and terror brilliantly evokes the nineteenth century. The chilling horror and adventure blend to create a riveting romantic fantasy. [via]
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Tacky the Penguinby Helen Lester, Lynn MunsingerISBN 0395455367 (0-395-45536-7)
Hardcover, Walter Lorraine
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Tacky the Penguinby Lynn Munsinger, Helen LesterISBN 0395562333 (0-395-56233-3)
Softcover, Walter Lorraine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tacky the Penguin'Book summary:Tacky s perfect friends find him annoying until his odd behavior saves the day. Satisfaction ensured. Beautiful drawings come to life. Great gifts for your little adorable ones. [via]
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Tangerineby Edward BloorISBN 0439286034 (0-439-28603-4)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tangerine'Book summary:So what if he's legally blind? Even with his bottle-thick, bug-eyed glasses, Paul Fisher can see better than most people. He can see the lies his parents and brother live out, day after day. No one ever listens to Paul, though--until the family moves to Tangerine. In Tangerine, even a blind, geeky, alien freak can become cool. Who knows? Paul might even become a hero! Edward Bloor's debut novel sparkles with wit, authenticity, unexpected plot twists, and heart. The writing is so fine, the story so triumphant, that you just might stand up and shout when you get to the end. Hooray! [via]
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Tesla : Man Out of Timeby Margaret CheneyISBN 044039077X (0-440-39077-X)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tesla : Man Out of Time'Book summary:Portrays the trailblazing nineteenth-century inventor, the man who introduced the fundamentals of robotry and computer and missile science and who harnessed the alternating electrical current used today. Reprint. [via]
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The Tick : The Mighty Blue Justiceby Greg HylandISBN 0425167054 (0-425-16705-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Tooth Fairyby Graham JoyceISBN 0451184351 (0-451-18435-1)
Hardcover, Signet Books
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Truckby Katherine DunnISBN 0446391530 (0-446-39153-0)
Softcover, Aspect
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The Unteleported Manby Philip DickISBN 042506252X (0-425-06252-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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V for Vendettaby David Lloyd, Alan MooreISBN 0446391905 (0-446-39190-5)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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Valentines & Vitriolby Rex ReedISBN 0440093368 (0-440-09336-8)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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The Vaudevillesby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ann DunniganISBN 0451522702 (0-451-52270-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vaudevilles'Book summary:Newly repackaged, here are the five masterpieces by one of the world's greatest playwrights, in translation by Ann Dunnigan. As Robert Brustein declares in the foreword to this edition: "in the modern theater...there are none who bring the drama to a higher realization of its human role." [via]
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The Virgin Suicidesby Jeffrey EugenidesISBN 0446670251 (0-446-67025-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Viriconium Knightsby M. John HarrisonISBN 0441865704 (0-441-86570-4)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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The Virtue of Selfishnessby Ayn RandISBN 0451163931 (0-451-16393-1)
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Virtue SelfishnessISBN 0451173988 (0-451-17398-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This BookBook summary:Ayn Rand, author of "The Fountainhead" was the founder of "Objectivism", an extremely right wing ideology which focuses on selfishness. "The Virtue of Selfishness" is the key philosophy in Ayn Rand's writings. [via]
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Walking on Glassby Iain BanksISBN 0395400481 (0-395-40048-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking on Glass'Book summary:Graham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him, a creature of almost perverse mystery. Steven Grout is paranoid - and with justice. He knows that They are out to get him. They are. Quiss is forced to play impossible games. The solution to the oldest of all paradoxical riddles will release him. [via]
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Welcome to the Monkey Houseby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440194784 (0-440-19478-4)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Welcome to the Monkey House'Book summary:Welcome To The Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnueguts shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. [via]
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The Wine of Violenceby James MorrowISBN 0441894410 (0-441-89441-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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