Heat of Fusion and Other Stories

Heat of Fusion and Other Stories
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 031285546X
ISBN-13 : 9780312855468
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Heat of Fusion and Other Stories by : John M. Ford

"Collects stories and poems written over the course of two decades, [including] award winners and award nominees, as well as some rarities, amusements, and astonishments"--Publisher marketing.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 716
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ISBN-10 : 0312336594
ISBN-13 : 9780312336592
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection by : Gardner Dozois

Science fiction. More than two dozen outstanding tales written in the previous year.

Brave New Words

Brave New Words
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 509
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ISBN-10 : 9780199885527
ISBN-13 : 0199885524
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Brave New Words by : Jeff Prucher

Winner of a 2008 Hugo Award, this new paperback takes readers on spectacular tour of the language created by science fiction. From "Stargate" to "Force Field," this dictionary opens a fascinating window into an entire genre, through the words invented by science fiction's most talented writers, critics, and fans. Each entry includes numerous citations of the word's usage, from the earliest known appearance forward. Drawn not only from science fiction novels and stories, citations also come from fanzines, screenplays, comics, songs, and the Internet.

The Dragon Waiting

The Dragon Waiting
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 329
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250269027
ISBN-13 : 1250269024
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dragon Waiting by : John M. Ford

“The best mingling of history with historical magic that I have ever seen.”—Gene Wolfe In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. A noble Byzantine mercenary . . . A female Florentine physician . . . An ageless Welsh wizard . . . And Sforza, the uncanny duke. Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester—and make him Richard III. Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Scott Lynch, The Dragon Waiting is a masterpiece of blood and magic. “Had [John M. Ford] taken The Dragon Waiting and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would’ve been George R.R. Martin.” —Neil Gaiman At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Web of Angels

Web of Angels
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781250269157
ISBN-13 : 1250269156
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Web of Angels by : John M. Ford

From the brilliant author of The Dragon Waiting and Growing Up Weightless, a novel that saw the cyberpunk future with stunning clarity, years before anyone else. Originally published in 1980, the legendary John M. Ford’s first published novel was an uncannily brilliant anticipation of the later cyberpunk genre—and of the internet itself. The Web links the many worlds of humanity. Most people can only use it to communicate. Some can retrieve and store data, as well as use simple precoded programs. Only a privileged few are able to create their own software, within proscribed limits. And then there are the Webspinners. Grailer is Fourth Literate, able to manipulate the Web at will—and use it for purposes unintended and impossible for anyone but the most talented Webspinner. Obviously, he cannot be allowed to live. Condemned to death at the age of nine, Grailer must go underground, hiding his skills, testing his powers- until he is ready to do battle with the Web itself. With a new introduction from Cory Doctorow, written especially for this edition. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Growing Up Weightless

Growing Up Weightless
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 198
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250269119
ISBN-13 : 1250269113
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Growing Up Weightless by : John M. Ford

Out of print for more than two decades, John M. Ford's Growing Up Weightless is an award-winning classic of a “lost generation” of young people born on the human-colonized Moon. Matthias Ronay has grown up in the low gravity and great glass citadels of independent Luna—and in the considerable shadow of his father, a member of the council that governs Luna's increasingly complex society. But Matt feels weighed down on the world where he was born, where there is no more need for exploration, for innovation, for radical ideas—and where his every movement can be tracked by his father on the infonets. Matt and five of his friends, equally brilliant and restless, have planned a secret adventure. They will trick the electronic sentinels, slip out of the city for a journey to Farside. Their passage into the expanse of perpetual night will change them in ways they never could have predicted...and bring Matt to the destiny for which he has yearned. With a new introduction by Francis Spufford, author of Red Plenty and Golden Hill. Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Aspects

Aspects
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 368
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250269041
ISBN-13 : 1250269040
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Aspects by : John M. Ford

"The best writer in America, bar none."—Robert Jordan At last, the final work of John M. Ford—one of the greatest SF and fantasy authors of his time. Enter the halls of Parliament with Varic, Coron of the Corvaric Coast. Visit Strange House with the Archmage Birch. Explore the mountains of Lady Longlight alongside the Palion Silvern, Sorcerer. In the years before his unexpected death, John M. Ford wrote a novel of fantasy and magic unlike any other. Politics and abdicated kings, swords and sorcerous machine guns, divination and ancient empires—finally, Aspects is here. “A great writer who is really fucking brilliant.”—Neil Gaiman At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Red Badge of Courage, and Other Stories

The Red Badge of Courage, and Other Stories
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 0140390812
ISBN-13 : 9780140390810
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Red Badge of Courage, and Other Stories by : Stephen Crane

This novel examines war and its psychological effect on the individual soldier, by following the exploits of a group of soldiers during the American Civil War.

The Oil Jar and Other Stories

The Oil Jar and Other Stories
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 100
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ISBN-10 : 9780486154794
ISBN-13 : 0486154793
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oil Jar and Other Stories by : Luigi Pirandello

Celebrated title story plus "Little Hut," "Mrs. Frola and Mr. Ponza, Her Son-in-Law," "Citrons from Sicily," "With Other Eyes," "A Voice," and 5 other tales from the 1934 Nobel Prize-winning author.