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Picasso's Cat & Other Stories

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picasso's Cat & Other Stories written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picasso's Cat and Other Stories showcases the broad talents of one of science fiction's more versatile writers. This collection contains 15 tales of humor, hard science, cyberpunk, near-future SF, and space opera--including the three-story "Stealing the Sun" series that first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. The collection is introduced by multi-award-winning author Mike Resnick, and each story is accompanied by short commentary by the author. Whether you're new to Ron Collins's work or already an established fan, Picasso's Cat and Other Stories provides, for the first time ever, the very best of his science fiction in one complete volume. ------------------------ What will happen when ... - A military man is given an order that will destroy an entire species of intelligent life? - Three members of a close-knit software company develop a technology worth billions? - A hit man gets caught in a war between his boss and the dead don of a rival family? - A corporate web developer takes on a rogue virus with a personality? - A group of space-faring chickenmen land in a farmer's corn patch?

Picasso and Minou

Author : P. I. Maltbie
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1570916209
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Picasso and Minou written by P. I. Maltbie and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artist Pablo Picasso's cat Minou influences him to discontinue his Blue Period style of painting to begin creating works that will sell more quickly.

Chasing the Setting Sun

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing the Setting Sun written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fraud, deceit, and greed. They have already changed the face of baseball in Japan, and are threatening to engulf the sport across the world. Six seasons have passed since Casey Neal and his friend Don-o saved the game in the United States. Now Don-o is gone, and Casey is a baseball reporter who is alone and trying once again to find himself, all while immersed in a culture he doesn't understand. While he chases the story, he discovers fellow baseball fans in Japan's chief inspector Yuni Ichihara, and Diaki Matsui (a metal worker from Tokyo's industrial complex). Together they deal with such strangeness as international organized crime rings, Yōkai spirits, quantum physics, and ... well ... pickled everything. This time the stakes are global. Can Casey's team manage to save baseball once again?

Let's Play Three!

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Play Three! written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-27 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would happen if the DNA of Roy Hobbs, Casey at the Bat, and Henry Skrimshander got mixed up with Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, then the whole concoction was thrown into a blender and set on "comic book?" Welcome to baseball, PEBA style. Where the game is global and growing, and where you'll find scandal, love, mystical powers, ghosts, and even perhaps a Russian spy and a Japanese inspector or two. In other words, anything can and does happen. LET'S PLAY THREE! is a boxed set of all three volumes in the PEBA Chronicles (two novels and a short story). It includes: - See the PEBA on $25 a Day - The Mysterious Case of Shojiro Sano's Bats - Chasing the Setting Sun. These stories are like Robert Coover's Universal Baseball Association would be if everything in it was real. Or in an alternate history line. Or a comic book. Or not not. Who can tell? "If you love baseball, you're going to love See the PEBA on $25 a Day." - John Rodriquez, Commissioner of the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance

Elemental Magic

Author : Mercedes Lackey
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756407877
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Elemental Magic written by Mercedes Lackey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen all-original stories of the Elemental Magicians of Edwardian Britain originally created by Mercedes Lackey in the book The serpent's shadow.

Saga of the God-Touched Mage (Vol 1-4)

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saga of the God-Touched Mage (Vol 1-4) written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mage's apprentice... Unnatural magic of devastating power... A clash that will change the world. SAGA OF THE GOD-TOUCHED MAGE: Volume 1-Volume 4: Herein lies the first four novellas of an eight-part sword and sorcery serial that follows a mage apprentice, Garrick, as he's provided power that is much greater than he can understand. Written in a dark, gritty style that is part Michael Moorcock, part Indiana Jones, the true depth of Garrick's situation unfolds into a fast-paced adventure full of heart, plot twists, and political intrigue between magical orders, governments, and god-like powers that cross the Thousand Worlds of All Existence. “A riveting tale of magic, death, destiny, and power.” - David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson Author of the Thieftaker Chronicles "Fast-paced, elegant, and brutal. Impossible to put down." – Amy Sterling Casil Nebula Nominated Author of Female Science Fiction Writer The works contained in this set are: Volume 1: GLAMOUR OF THE GOD-TOUCHED Garrick receives his terrifying gift and discovers the forces behind it. The lessons he learns and how he deals with them threaten the very nature of who he is. Volume 2: TRAIL OF THE TOREAN While learning to live with his treacherous new magic, Garrick faces ancient and powerful forces, encounters the beautiful leader of a sect of freedom-minded mages, and finds himself in the crossfire of a magewar. He discovers exactly how deep his connection to the god-like planewalkers might be, and finds that the future of magic across Adruin hangs in the balance. Volume 3: TARGET OF THE ORDERS The orders have begun their war, and Garrick may be the only mage who can keep them from victory. To survive, he will have to control the dark magic inside him and suffer the twisted politics of the god-like planewalker using him for his own purpose. When Garrick discovers the depths of the planewalker’s designs, he realizes there is more at stake than simply controlling the plane. Volume 4: GATHERING OF THE GOD-TOUCHED Tired of running, Garrick faces his destiny in a direct contest with the orders’ god-touched mages. Darien, the son of Dorfort’s commander, and Sunathri, the leader of a faction of independent mages, lend their blades in support. Along the way, Garrick discovers the plane’s ultimate destiny may well lie in places far more exotic than anyone could expect.

Stealing the Sun: Books 1-3

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 948 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stealing the Sun: Books 1-3 written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dedicated officer. A dismissive command. Rebel factions breaking away. And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization. Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Science Fiction author Ron Collins --- STARFLIGHT Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence Everguard’s mission: Establish a multidimensional gate inside Alpha Centauri A for Interstellar Command to fuel their new faster-than-light spaceships. Lieutenant Commander Torrance Black, career already on shaky grounds, finds himself facing questions. Did they just contact sentient life in the Centauri system? Will humankind sacrifice an entire alien species in their quest for the stars? What price is he willing to pay to see that they don’t? --- STARBURST Faster-than-light travel changes everything Casmir Francis commands Universe Three agents hidden across the Solar System. Together they stay a step ahead of the United Government. The game changes when the UG achieves faster-than-light travel and the ability to control the galaxy. To remain free Casmir’s web of operatives must pull off the most audacious operation ever undertaken. Failure means Universe Three will be destroyed and Casmir will lose his family, his life, and the world of his dreams. Success could be worse. --- STARFALL A streak of light across a clouded sky A distant planet. A harsh and desolate surface shrouded in layers of poisonous clouds. A sentient species formed by generations fighting both themselves and the planet they live on. A blinding light burns through the sky before crashing into the farthest reaches of the desert lands. Families want to own it. Priests want to turn it to their favor. But Jafred E'Lar, his clan’s representative to the Council, holds a terrible secret and another agenda altogether. --- “Ron Collins is one of our best hard science fiction writers—a novel from him is a major event. Enjoy!” Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-Winning Author of Quantum Night "Great characters I cared about, a kick-ass plot with surprising twists, great techie details, and a powerful story. Pick up Starburst. I guarantee you won't set it down until you’ve read every last word." Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo Award–winning author of the Diving Universe “Ron Collins covers the spectrum with clear prose, compelling characters and settings, and a bright imagination.” Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of ETERNITY’S MIND

Tomorrow in All the Worlds

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1946176206
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow in All the Worlds written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yesterday is death. Today is decay. Tomorrow is discovery. Boundary Shock Quarterly: On edge, with weird! A collection of eight wild, wicked, pulpy short stories from the mind of one of science fiction’s more versatile writers, all from the pages of Boundary Shock Quarterly (on edge, with weird!). - The Ambassador Mission - Drinks on a Beach - Tomorrow in All the Worlds - Fighting the Realms - Space Tyrants from the Void - Eyes Flashing Blue and Brown and Green - Goliath’s Sling - Bugs “Once you see how amazing this project can be, go back and pick up the whole Boundary Shock Quarterly series so you can get introduced to a dozen other lunatics and their adventures. I promise you will not be bored.” Blaze Ward, Editor, Boundary Shock Quarterly

On Creating (And Celebrating!) Characters

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1946176575
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book On Creating (And Celebrating!) Characters written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s talk about what makes people real. That’s what my favorite characters are to me. Real. If you’re reading this, I suspect that’s what they are to you, too. Characters I love often feel as real to me as people I know in the physical world. Whether from books, movies, comics, or television shows, the characters I love mean something to me. They give me hope. They teach me lessons that become ingrained into the fabric that makes me who I am. If you get me spun up, I can talk about my favorite characters in the same way I talk about best friends. So, yes. The characters I love are real to me, and there isn’t anything you can do or say to convince me otherwise. --- So begins award-winning SF author Ron Collins’s celebration of characters that matter. From Katniss Everdeen to Tyrion Lannister, from James Bond to Lieutenant Dan (and maybe a few more!), Collins brings his unique perspective built through thirty years of experience to examining some of the most iconic characters ever presented on the page. Along the way, helping writers build toolboxes that they can use to create their own dazzling and memorable characters. All done with a personal touch illuminated by a life spent searching for characters that matter. If you’re trying to write great characters, or simply want to celebrate them, too, this book is for you.

Wakers

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1946176222
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Wakers written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the singularity comes, will we know? It’s the year 2372, and life is good. Autonomic intelligences do all the work. Then long-dead multibillionaire Bexie Montgomery has his personality revived, and Kinji Hall, an ultra-creative designer, and Maine Parker, a love-struck, world class track star discover that all is not exactly as it seems. Then there’s Tania, who just wants to have fun. Life, Liberty, Justice, and Love: Can the four of them save the core of humanity? Wakers is a new Science Fiction novel from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins. “Ron Collins is one of our best hard science fiction writers—a novel from him is a major event. Enjoy!” Robert J. Sawyer Hugo Award-Winning Author of Quantum Night

Five Seven Five

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1946176427
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Five Seven Five written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two arts, synchronous in waves of speculation. Together as One. ¬¬ When Ron proposed this book of science fictional haiku, I was amused but skeptical. Haiku? Does he know what a haiku is? Can he even write poetry? Turns out he does know what a haiku is and he can write poetry. As I read along I was increasingly fascinated and delighted. The pairing of haiku and AI artwork is ingenious, truly more than the sum of its parts. And that’s before you read Ron’s short comments describing each pairing, adding extra depth, often with poignancy and humor. I found myself studying each piece of art to see if I could guess the subject of the haiku before reading it. And then returning to the artwork with the haiku now in mind before reading Ron’s comments. You will not be surprised to find yourself sometimes disagreeing with Ron’s interpretation or assessment of the resulting artwork. That’s okay. Art, like beauty, is all in the eye of the beholder. I was even inspired to write my own haiku and generate an AI pairing, above. The wild-eyed look of Ron the science fiction author writing haiku is perfect! So, enjoy the book you have in your hands. Savor it. Let the combined beauty of the haiku and AI artwork do its magic. Lisa Collins, editor

See the PEBA on $25 a Day

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book See the PEBA on $25 a Day written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone remembers how the face of baseball changed back in 2006. The doping scandal, the egos, the excessive money. It all just collapsed. But, of course, baseball itself would not die. How could it? And after a season or two of discontent, up sprang the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance, or PEBA for short. Today Casey Neal and his buddy Don-o are fresh-faced college graduates unencumbered by commitments like summer jobs or girl friends. On a lark they tour every big-league park in the PEBA, and find themselves caught up in a web of intrigue and scandal that threatens once again the very heart of professional baseball itself. Against all that Casey, well, he's trying to find out who he's going to be in this world. And Don-o? Well, Don-o is something different all together now, isn't he?

2113

Author : Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1770908617
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book 2113 written by Kevin J. Anderson and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in music history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, thought-provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, bestselling, and award-winning writers each chose a Rush song as the spark for a new story, drawing inspiration from the visionary trio Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. From stark dystopian struggles to uplifting triumphs of the human spirit, the characters populating 2113 find strength while searching for hope in a world that is repressive, dangerous, or just debilitatingly bland. Most of these tales are science fiction, but some are fantasies, thrillers, even edgy mainstream. Many of Rush's big hits are represented, as well as deeper cuts . . . with wonderful results. This anthology also includes the seminal stories that inspired the Rush classics "Red Barchetta" and "Roll the Bones," as well as Kevin J. Anderson's novella sequel to the groundbreaking Rush album 2112. 2113 contains stories by New York Times bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Z. Williamson, David Alan Mack, David Farland, Dayton Ward, and Mercedes Lackey; award winners Fritz Leiber, John McFetridge, Steven Savile, Brad R. Torgersen, Ron Collins, David Niall Wilson, and Brian Hodge, as well as many other authors with their imaginations on fire.

Seven Days in May

Author : John C. Bodin
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 194617615X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Seven Days in May written by John C. Bodin and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strap yourself into the cockpit and follow along as John C. Bodin and Ron Collins take you on seven hot laps around the Indy 500's past and future! "Neighbors on Gasoline Alley" - A team from Betelgeuse runs into a mysterious problem. What's a fellow crew to do but lend a hand? "Speeding" - A famous chronumentary director will go to any length necessary to capture the secrets of one of the most horrific accidents in Indy history, including returning to 1964. "Oh-oh!" - It's 1969 and shape-shifting aliens from Tau Ceti are out to rig the most wagered upon event in the known universe. It's up to a vice cop from outta this world to avoid the fickle finger of fate. "Ghost of a Chance" - A racer from the far future returns to the speedway hoping to find the roots of her humanity behind the wheel of a turbine racer, circa 1967. "Do Android Drivers Dream of Electric Flags" - A past champion down on his luck discovers the first self-sentient AI who loves to drive. Who's in charge here? As long as they go fast, will it matter? "Speedway Fever" - When Bug decides to sabotage a foreign race team with new tech, Kenny has to decide how far friendship goes. "The Day the Track Stood Still" - Drivers and cars always have special relationships, but Buddy's is more special than most. He'll find out just how much when the B'rada come to town with plans to take home something beyond the Borg-Warner trophy.

First Rays of New Sun

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Rays of New Sun written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alban Arthan. Winterfest. The end of the old year, the birth of the next. Katazarra, once the Lord’s favorite, has been locked in Fae Realm for longer than memory recalls. Then comes James, a human new to the Realm. A prize, not yet bound. A toy given to Katazarra such that she will bind him. If she fails, the Lord’s penalty will be severe. If she succeeds, it could be worse. FIRST RAYS OF NEW SUN is a short story by bestselling Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins.

Starcrash

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1946176176
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Starcrash written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First You Have To Survive Torrance Black: wounded, alone, and adrift in deep space. His tiny shuttle holds short rations and scant fuel. Ahead lies his only chance—a planet too desolate to support life. At least that’s what his “experts” told him. But someone must have sent the signals that changed his life back when he was on Everguard. Torrance believes. He’s always believed. He might die, but if he makes it to the planet he can finally learn if he was right. But first, he has to survive. ----- STARCRASH, the sixth book of Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins

Starfall

Author : Ron Collins
Publisher : Skyfox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1946176052
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Starfall written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-13 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Streak of Light Across a Clouded Sky A distant planet. A harsh and desolate surface shrouded in layers of poisonous clouds. A sentient species formed by generations fighting both themselves and the planet they live on. A blinding light burns through the sky before crashing into the farthest reaches of the desert lands. Families want to own it. Priests want to turn it to their favor. But Jafred E'Lar, his clan’s representative to the Council, holds a terrible secret and another agenda altogether. ----- STARFALL, the third book of Stealing the Sun, a space based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins ----- “Ron Collins covers the spectrum with clear prose, compelling characters and settings, and a bright imagination.” evin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of ETERNITY’S MIND