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Ready Player One

Author : Ernest Cline
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307887456
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction

Author : David G. Hartwell
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1429988746
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-First Century Science Fiction written by David G. Hartwell and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories—close to 250,000 words—edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors. David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognized as two of the most skilled and trusted arbiters of the field, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans' first opportunities to see what their considerable talents come up with together, and also to get a unique perspective on what's coming next in the science fiction field. The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and Peter Watts, and the stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction field's major awards. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Science Fiction Books of 2013 At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Light From Uncommon Stars

Author : Ryka Aoki
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1250789079
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Light From Uncommon Stars written by Ryka Aoki and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. Hugo Award Finalist A National Bestseller Indie Next Pick New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2021 A Kirkus Best Book of 2021 A Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction Book of 2021 2022 Alex Award Winner 2022 Stonewall Book Award Winner Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline. As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories

Author : Tom Shippey
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192803818
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories written by Tom Shippey and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of The Road to Middle-Earth. 20,000 first printing.

Anathem

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006147410X
Total Pages : 1013 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Anathem written by Neal Stephenson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change—and Erasmas will become a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the most inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond. Anathem is the latest miraculous invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle—a work of astonishing scope, intelligence, and imagination.

Blue Remembered Earth

Author : Alastair Reynolds
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101568852
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Blue Remembered Earth written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel in the Poseidon's Children series from the acclaimed author of the Revelation Space series. One hundred and fifty years from now, Africa has become the world’s dominant technological and economic power. Crime, war, disease and poverty have been practically eliminated. The Moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system. And Ocular, the largest scientific instrument in history, is about to make an epochal discovery... Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his long-running studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey’s family, which controls the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans for him. After the death of his grandmother Eunice—the erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur—something awkward has come to light on the Moon, so Geoffrey is dispatched there to ensure the family name remains untarnished. But the secrets Eunice died with are about to be revealed—secrets that could change everything...or tear this near utopia apart.

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Author : Kim Fu
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1953534066
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century written by Kim Fu and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The strange and wonderful define Kim Fu’s story collection, where the line between fantasy and reality fades in and out, elusive and beckoning." —The New York Times Book Review A LitHub, ALTA, and PureWow Best Book of the Month A BuzzFeed and WIRED Pick for a Book You Need to Read This Winter In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time; an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman. These visions of modern life wrestle with themes of death and technological consequence, guilt and sexuality, and unmask the contradictions that exist within all of us. Mesmerizing, electric, and wholly original, Kim Fu’s Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century blurs the boundaries of the real and fantastic, offering intricate and surprising insights into human nature.

Science Fiction Stories

Author : Tig Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848104778
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction Stories written by Tig Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Science Fiction Stories' contains over 30 intriguing tales from this rich and popular vein of fiction.

A Fire Upon The Deep

Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Tor Science Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1429981989
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book A Fire Upon The Deep written by Vernor Vinge and published by Tor Science Fiction. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with a new introduction for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works. A Hugo Award-winning Novel! “Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.”-David Brin Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology, can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence. Fleeing this galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship-hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors from a destroyed space-lab. They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Tor books by Vernor Vinge Zones of Thought Series A Fire Upon The Deep A Deepness In The Sky The Children of The Sky Realtime/Bobble Series The Peace War Marooned in Realtime Other Novels The Witling Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Collections Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge True Names At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Big Book of Science Fiction

Author : Groff Conklin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Big Book of Science Fiction written by Groff Conklin and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 21st Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Stories by Edward Wellen

Author : Edward Wellen
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479406880
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The 21st Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Stories by Edward Wellen written by Edward Wellen and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Wellen (1919-2011) was a writer primarily of short stories, most in the mystery genre. However, he penned a not-insubstantial number of science fiction over the course of his career -- starting (sort of!) with a "non-fact article" "Origins of Galactic Slang" for Galaxy magazine. This MEGAPACKTM collects 25 of his best tales from those early years...plus a few later tales as well. Included are: SEVEN DAY'S WONDER BUFFOON CHECKMATE WITH AH! BRIGHT WINGS SHAPES TO COME HIJACK NO OTHER GODS CALL ME PROTEUS CHALK TALK ANDROIDS DON'T CRY FILM BUFF GODSEND THE CRYONAUTS TAR BABY THE SECOND FALL, OR ANTHONY COMSTOCK'S FINAL VICTORY SANITY CLAUSE FURTHER DEPONENT SAYETH NOT WHILE-YOU-WAIT ERRATA SLIP ERRATA SLIP NUBMER TWO FINGER OF FATE THE BOOK OF ELIJAH HOTLINE HEROIC MEASURES PATTERN If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 240+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned

Author : Daniel Arthur Smith
Publisher : Holt Smith Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781946777522
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Canyons of the Damned written by Daniel Arthur Smith and published by Holt Smith Limited. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This twenty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories-each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Michael Ezell shares a tale of Stranger Things Will Swardstrom delivers A Cookie Cutter Story Terry R. Hill drops in on the hospitals Third Shift Amira Makansi and Jessica West team up to share a tale of the night And Daniel Arthur Smith eaves drops on the Lacemaker Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers. These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

The Last Days of Thronas and the Goddess of World 21

Author : S. J. Byrne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781612873046
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Last Days of Thronas and the Goddess of World 21 written by S. J. Byrne and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel is a very good one, "The Last Days of Thronas" by the very underrated veteran science fiction writer, S. J. Byrne. After five years of slavery, Garthanas, the "Hamarian Sword," returned to find that he had been deserted by his sweetheart and betrayed by his best friend. So he lived for revenge only, and to that end he dared to cross the star-sea in the mysterious god-ship, relic of the forgotten past, and protector of the tyrant Thamas I, ruler of Thronas and oppressor of Hamar. There he found his destiny in this rollicking science fiction swashbuckler. The second novel is "The Goddess of World 21" by well-known sci-fi and horror author, Henry Slesar. It was true love--a hundred feet hight! Victoria Bray was a wonderful young woman, liked by everyone--both family and friends. Sadly, Victoria was also the victim of an accident that had left her with several physical deformities. However, a well-meaning scientist soon discovered and administered a cure. Unfortunately, this cure had a BIG unintended side effect--Victoria kept growing, bigger and bigger, until at last her great size made it necessary to relocate her to a different world where she could exist unhampered from the prying eyes of humanity. However, when a slick news reporter got wind of her situation he knew he'd come across the scoop of the century. So Stu Champion soon set off for Victoria's private world--to find her, to meet her, to discover the events that had led to her perplexing physical height. Only when he did finally meet this beautiful giant goddess, it changed not only her life, but his life, too...

Orbit 21

Author : Jose Ma Espino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789718832189
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Orbit 21 written by Jose Ma Espino and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis

Author : James Gunn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476673195
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis written by James Gunn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Gunn--one of the founding figures of science fiction scholarship and teaching--wrote in 1951 what is likely the first master's thesis on modern science fiction. Portions were in the short-lived pulp magazine Dynamic but it has otherwise remained unavailable. Here in its first full publication, the thesis explores many of the classic Golden Age stories of the 1940s and the critical perspective that informed Gunn's essential genre history Alternate Worlds and his anthology series The Road to Science Fiction. The editor's introduction and commentary show the historical significance of Gunn's work and its relevance to today's science fiction studies.

28 Science Fiction Stories

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book 28 Science Fiction Stories written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains two complete novels, Star begotten and Men like gods, and such stories as The man who could work miracles, The empire of the ants, The new accelerator, A story of the Stone Age, Story of days to come, The stolen bacillus, and The country of the blind.

Writing 21st Century Fiction

Author : Donald Maass
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599634007
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Writing 21st Century Fiction written by Donald Maass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the minds, hearts, and imaginations of 21st century readers! Whether you're a commercial storyteller or a literary novelist, whether your goal is to write a best-selling novel or captivate readers with a satisfying, beautifully written story, the key to success is the same: high-impact fiction. Writing 21st Century Fiction will help you write a novel for today's readers and market, filled with rich characters, compelling plots, and resonant themes. Author and literary agent Donald Maass shows you how to: • Create fiction that transcends genre, conjures characters who look and feel more "real" than real people, and shows readers the work around them in new ways. • Infuse every page with an electric current of emotional appeal and micro-tension. • Harness the power of parallels, symbols, metaphors, and more to illuminate your novel in a lasting way. • Develop a personalized method of writing that works for you. With an arsenal of thought-provoking prompts and questions, plus plenty of examples from best-selling titles, Writing 21st Century Fiction will strip away your preconceived notions about writing in today's world and give you the essential tools you need to create fiction that will leave both readers and critics in awe.