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House of Shards (Maijstral 2)

Author : WALTER JON WILLIAMS
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 098374081X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book House of Shards (Maijstral 2) written by WALTER JON WILLIAMS and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jane Austen meets P.G. Wodehouse--- IN SPACE!" One obsessed cop. Two master thieves. A very small island in space. And The Greatest Treasure in the Empire. Silverside Station is a small asteroid resort catering to the rich, the famous, and the celebrated— but is it big enough for both Drake Maijstral (the devious hero of The Crown Jewels) and Geoff Fu George (rated the galaxy’s top burglar by the Imperial Sporting Commission), both of whom have set their sights on the Eltdown Shard, a fabulous jewel that captures the light of a dying sun, a jewel that dangles around the comely throat of the Duchess Roberta, a beautiful and dashing heiress who clearly has plans of her own. Mayhem and hilarity at the only possible result. House of Shards continues the droll adventures of Drake Maijstral— thief, devout coward, and reluctant hero— as he schemes his way to the top of the ratings.

Quillifer the Knight

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481490028
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Quillifer the Knight written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Williams knows exactly what to do with Quillifer, and it's hugely entertaining.” —Locus “Walter Jon Williams is always fun, but this may be his best yet, a delight from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting and amusing by turns, exquisitely written.” —George R. R. Martin “Chock full of derring-do, blood and thunder, swashbuckling, and other good stuff evocative of Rafael Sabatini, Sir Walter Scott, and the penny-bloods.” —Paul Di Filippo, author of The Big Get-Even Quillifer—now a member of the nobility—finds himself further immersed in court politics as the outcast princess Floria is suddenly in a position of power with a rebellion stoked by a certain brilliant tactician, in this thrilling sequel to Quillifer. Rogue. Joker. Lover. Reluctant conspirator. The ambitious young Quillifer was been knighted for services to the crown, but was then banished from court by a queen who finds him obnoxious. Now, after a two-year voyage to improve his fortunes, Quillifer returns to court and is plunged immediately into a maelstrom of intrigue that triggers duels, plots, amours, and rollicking adventure. Bounding back and forth from the high councils of state to the warm bed of his mistress, Quillifer must exert every ounce of seductive charm and low cunning in order to survive. Queen Berlauda’s foreign husband brings war in his wake, along with a clutch of officials who enforce the royal will with violence, torture, and judicial murder. A dragon menaces the realm, and political conspiracy threatens the life of Quillifer’s young patroness, Princess Floria. It’s the traditional job of a knight to fight dragons and rescue princesses, but Quillifer is hardly a traditional knight, and he brings to the job an array of unorthodox skills that dazzles his swarm of rivals, seduces their wives, and threatens the realm. But there’s a greater menace to Quillifer than deadly political intrigue, for once again he finds himself hunted by the cruel, beautiful, and vengeful goddess Orlanda.

Quillifer

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Gallery / Saga Press
ISBN 13 : 1481489984
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Quillifer written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Walter Jon Williams is always fun, but this may be his best yet, a delight from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting and amusing by turns, exquisitely written.” —George R. R. Martin From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Walter Jon Williams comes an adventurous epic fantasy about a man who is forced to leave his comfortable life and find his fortune among goddesses, pirates, war, and dragons. Rogue. Joker. Lover. Reluctant soldier. Quillifer is a young man, serially in love and studying law, when a family tragedy throws him into the world to seek his fortune. A charmer rather than a fighter, he soon finds himself embroiled with a bandit gang, caught up in vicious court intrigues, and the plaything of an angry, beautiful, and very jealous goddess. While he struggles to establish himself in the capital, the country finds itself pitched into a civil war, and Quillifer, a unwilling soldier at best, finds himself caught up in the action, and able to tip the scales of fortune. Quillifer, with its engaging hero and his exploits with lovers, brawlers, warriors, and privateers, is a book that bursts with life. It’s the first volume in a new epic fantasy by bestselling and award-winning author Walter Jon Williams.

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature

Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810878844
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature written by M. Keith Booker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained immensely in critical respect and attention, while maintaining a broad readership. However, despite the fact that it is a rapidly changing field, contemporary science fiction literature also maintains a strong sense of its connections to science fiction of the past, which makes a historical reference of this sort particularly valuable as a tool for understanding science fiction literature as it now exists and as it has evolved over the years. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature covers the history of science fiction in literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries including significant people; themes; critical issues; and the most significant genres that have formed science fiction literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.

Aristoi

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 098545430X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Aristoi written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with care, intelligence, and grace, [Aristoi] depicts a future society based on highly developed computers and biological engineering, the key skills of which are controlled by an elite known as the Aristoi. This world is depicted meticulously and vividly, and so is the near war of all against all that is unleashed when one of the Aristoi falls prey to the corruption of power. A fine, thoughtful work, highly recommended; Williams seems to grow with each book. ---Roland Green, Chicago Sun-Times Beneath the facade of universal prosperity, however, lurks a tide of dissension and madness that can only be fought from within. Williams tests the borders of imagination in a novel that combines brilliant hard science and speculative vision with a firm grip on the central humanity of his characters. A priority purchase for sf collections. ---Library Journal In this complex and rewarding novel, Williams has created a future which features many of the wonders SF has been promising us for years: virtual reality, genetic engineering, faster-than-light travel, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, telepathic links with computers, and more. ---Publishers Weekly Gabriel is one of the Aristoi, the elite class that hold dominion over a glittering interstellar culture, their rule more absolute than that of any Old Earth tyrant. When another of the Aristoi is murdered, Gabriel finds that the foundations of his civilization are tottering, and that his own power may have its roots in the greatest lie in all history. In order to defend himself and the interstellar order, Gabriel must go on a quest into the heart of barbarism and chaos, and discover within himself his own lost, tattered humanity.

Ten Points for Style

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : GuildAmerica Books
ISBN 13 : 9781568651668
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Ten Points for Style written by Walter Jon Williams and published by GuildAmerica Books. This book was released on 1995-09 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock of Ages: He's the Human Constellation's number-one-rated Allowed Burglar, one of a very select few permitted to rob the public and keep his plunder - provided he performs with style and avoids getting caught before the caper is broadcast galaxy-wide to his enormous audience. Drake is so famous as an Allowed Burglar that he has been invited to join the Diadem, the group of celebrities who are well-known enough to need only one name, and whose every movement is recorded and broadcast, and sighed over by billions of humans and aliens in both the Empire and the Human Constellation. Maijstral has made himself a legend by declining to join. But being Number One has its drawbacks. Suddenly you become the target of every other Allowed Burglar in the system. You can't go anywhere without being suspected of every theft that occurs, and your friends suddenly become all too cautious about their valuables. And then there are the Duels. Drake Maijstral can tolerate the constant suspicion and the suddenly cancelled invitations. But the challenges to fight to the death over imagined breaches of hospitality are too much for him. The last straw comes when Drake himself is the victim of a burglary that is clearly a challenge to his status. Someone has stolen Drake's father's coffin, the hibernation module that maintains the old Duke in his status as Legally Dead. Clearly, something must be done.

The Flowers of Vashnoi

Author : Lois McMaster Bujold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781596068926
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book The Flowers of Vashnoi written by Lois McMaster Bujold and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still new to her duties as Lady Vorkosigan, Ekaterin is working together with expatriate scientist Enrique Borgos on a radical scheme to recover the lands of the Vashnoi exclusion zone, lingering radioactive legacy of the Cetagandan invasion of the planet Barrayar. When Enrique's experimental bioengineered creatures go missing, the pair discover that the zone still conceals deadly old secrets. This novella falls after Captain Vorpatril's Alliance in the Vorkosigan series timeline, but may be read entirely independently. The Vorkosigan saga was the recipient of the first Hugo Award for best science fiction series in 2017.

House of Shards

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 9780812557831
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book House of Shards written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drake Maijstral and Geoff Fu George, two renowned Allowed Burglars, vie for the honor of successfully stealing a spectacular necklace known as the Eltdown Shard

Contemporary Popular Writers

Author : Dave Mote
Publisher : Saint James Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Popular Writers written by Dave Mote and published by Saint James Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Included are authors, both living and dead, who were active in the early 1960s or later and remain popular in the mid-1990s ... representing several fiction and nonfiction categories, including poets, short-story writers, biographers, and other niche authors."--Page xi

Quillifer

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481489976
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Quillifer written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains. First, he has to survive the night. Then, he has to leave his home behind and venture forth into the wider world of Duisland, where he can find friends and allies to help avenge his losses and restore Ethlebight to glory. His determination will rock kingdoms, shatter the political structure of Duisland, and change the country forever"--

The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0988901730
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Walter Jon Williams, the author of Hardwired and Implied Spaces, comes this bleeding-edge collection of SF stories, including the Nebula-winning "Daddy's World" and "The Green Leopard Plague." Other stories include "Lethe," "The Last Ride of German Freddie," "Pinocchio," and "Incarnation Day." So high-powered is this collection that three stories were nominated for Nebula Awards, one for a Hugo, and one for a Sidewise Award. The collection includes extensive annotations by the author and an introduction by Charles Stross. From a STARRED REVIEW in Publisher's Weekly: "In this provocative, entertaining collection of nine reprints, Williams (Implied Spaces) brings together tales of the College of Mystery as well as other explorations of the gray region where psyche and technology meet. Standouts include the Nebula-winning Daddy's World, in which a young boy finds himself trapped in a nightmare not of his making; The Last Ride of German Freddie, an alternate history in which Friedrich Nietzsche meets Wyatt Earp; Incarnation Day, wherein humanity raises its children as computer programs; and the title story, another Nebula winner, about a utopian society's birth and psychological effects. Coupled with extensive notes from the author, these stories invite readers to share and enjoy Williams's extensive knowledge of history, psychology, and culture."

Hardwired

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Night Shade
ISBN 13 : 9781597800624
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Hardwired written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Night Shade. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ears ago, the last desperate hopes of Earth were crushed as corporate Orbital blocs ruling from on high devastated the planet's face. Today, the autocratic Orbitals indulge in decadent luxury far above the mudboys, dirtgirls, zonedancers, and buttonheads who live out violent lives of electronic distraction and dependence amid the flooded, ruined cities and teeming slums of a balkanized America. But there are heroes; those who would stand against the Orbital powers and keep freedom's cause alive. Two such heroes are the metal-eyed ex-fighter pilot turned panzer-driver Cowboy, and Sarah, the cybernetic assassin desperate to find a better life for her drug-addicted brother. Together, Cowboy and Sarah embark on a high-octane odyssey across the shattered face of the American west. From Walter Jon Williams comes Hardwired, the hard-hitting, seminal classic that feels as prescient today as when it was first published. Like a steel-guitar fueled Damnation Alley, as directed by Sam Peckinpah, Hardwired demonstrates how Williams's singular vision helped defined the cyberpunk genre. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

The Best of Walter Jon Williams

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781645240020
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Best of Walter Jon Williams written by Walter Jon Williams and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Praxis (Author's Preferred Edition)

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0990550990
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Praxis (Author's Preferred Edition) written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Walter Jon Williams has succeeded in creating the perfect contemporary space opera, revved up and ready to take the SF genre by force with all the artistry and panache one could ask for.” --Enigma “This is a hugely fun ride. It has empires crashing, civil wars, aliens, humans, scheming clans, plucky young heroes and villains fighting battles in huge starships--- what more can you ask for?” --Alien Online “Walter Jon Williams has been compared to writers as diverse as Patrick O’Brian and Jane Austen; both comparisons, bizarrely, make sense. This is classic space opera, elegantly written and beautifully plotted.” --Guardian For millennia the alien Shaa have ruled their empire with a merciless hand. But soon their rule will end, and their subject species are already beginning to bid for power. Will their ruthless competition lead to bloody chaos, or a tyranny even worse than that of the Shaa? Cadet Caroline Sula is a brilliant, beautiful, brittle officer with a deadly secret that could bring her career crashing in ruins. Lt. Gareth Martinez is a provincial who struggles for recognition by the glittering lords of the empire. Together they discover that one of the empire’s subject races is planning a murderous conquest that will leave humanity helpless, and soon they’re in a fight against overwhelming odds to save humanity’s last hope from extinction.

Metropolitan

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0985454318
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Metropolitan written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOMINATED FOR A NEBULA AWARD. Walter Jon Williams’ classic science fantasy Metropolitan is once again available for a new generation of readers. Aiah has fought her way from poverty and discovered a limitless source of plasm, the mysterious substance that powers the world-city. Her discovery soon involves her with Constantine, the charismatic, dangerous, seductive revolutionary who plans to overthrow, not simply the government, but the cosmic order . . . “A spectacular blend of fantastic science, high politics, and low intrigue . . . Williams’s world and characters are richly imagined yet utterly real.” —Melissa Scott “Entertaining . . . Williams understands that science fiction can breathe life into language . . . [His] writing is always lean, lively and engaging." New York Times Book Review “Blends SF aspects with noir stylings to create a potent atmosphere or urban dystopia . . . Ever the expert storyteller, Williams provides more than enough suspense.” Publishers Weekly

Solip:System (Hardwired)

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0983740895
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Solip:System (Hardwired) written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call it Black Mind. Using this covert technology, Reno has written his own consciousness over that of Albrecht Roon, one of Earth’s greatest enemies. A saboteur surrounded by enemies, he must act quickly, and without giving himself away, in order to turn the Orbital oppressors against each other and bring down their entire system. He’s living in a labyrinth of paranoia, surrounded by bodyguards and treacherous rivals. And then he discovers that Black Mind is not a complete success--- Roon still lives inside him, and Roon is mad. This novella is the long-awaited sequel to Walter Jon Williams’ classic novel Hardwired.

The Accidental War

Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062467034
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Accidental War written by Walter Jon Williams and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending fast-paced military science fiction and space opera, the first volume in a dynamic trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Praxis, set in the universe of his popular and critically acclaimed Dread Empire’s Fall series—a tale of blood, courage, adventure and battle in which the fate of an empire rests in the hands of a cadre of desperate exiles. It’s been seven years since the end of the Naxid War. Sidelined for their unorthodox tactics by a rigid, tradition-bound military establishment, Captain Gareth Martinez and Captain the Lady Sula are stewing in exile, frustrated and impatient to exercise the effective and lethal skills they were born to use in fighting the enemy. Yet after the ramshackle empire left by the Shaa conquerors is shaken by a series of hammer blows that threaten the foundations of the commonwealth, the result is a war that no one planned, no one expected, and no one knows how to end. Now, Martinez, Sula, and their confederate Nikki Severin must escape the clutches of their enemies, rally the disorganized elements of the fleet, and somehow restore the fragile peace—or face annihilation at the hands of a vastly superior force.