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Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781645240020
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
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:
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 098545430X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (854 download)
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.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book City on Fire written by Walter Jon Williams and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to Williams's Nebula-nominated novel, "Metropolitan", is now available in paperback for the first time. Having succeeded in creating a revolution, the new government must learn to deal with the intractable problems left from the previous ruling powers.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0061804894
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Conventions of War written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Space opera the way it ought to be [...] Bujold and Weber, bend the knee; interstellar adventure has a new king, and his name is Walter Jon Williams.” -- George R.R. Martin At last, the climactic final episode of the Dread Empire’s Fall trilogy--what started with The Praxis and The Sundering comes to the brilliant conclusion in Walter Jon William's epic space adventure. Working on opposite sides of the galaxy--one in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planet--and haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious, alien Naxid. In a desperate, audacious bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war...and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sula’s guerilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxid, until she tries one deadly, final gambit. And make sure to see what happens after, in the first new Praxis novel in ten years, The Accidental War, available Fall 2018!
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0985454377
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Ambassador of Progress written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Well-developed characters, an intriguing plot and a clear-eyed view of the double-edged sword called change make [AMBASSADOR OF PROGRESS] an engrossing book...” LIBRARY JOURNAL “Williams has an above-average knack for fast pacing, gritty realism, and high-tech details.” BOOKLIST An interstellar catastrophe has left humanity scattered on dozens of primitive worlds. Fiona is an emissary to one such world, charged with helping the inhabitants of Echidne rise from barbarism. But once she’s arrived on the planet, she finds herself in the middle of a war... the Brodaini, the world’s most ferocious warriors, have risen in revolt against their overlords. The combat soon threatens to become a war of extermination. Fiona is a neutral. But Echidne is proving a perilous place for neutrals...
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0985454318
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (854 download)
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
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0983740887
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)
Download or read book Knight Moves written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Philip K Dick Award-nominated novel. Eight hundred years ago Doran Falkner gave humanity the stars, and he now lives with his regrets on a depopulated Earth among tumbledown ruins and ancient dreams brought to life by modern technology. But word now comes that alien life has been discovered on a distant world, life so strange and impossible that the revelation of its secrets could change everything. A disillusioned knight on the chessboard of the gods, Doran must confront his own lost promise, his lost love, and his lost humanity, to make the move that will revive the fortunes both of humans and aliens . . . "Knight Moves is an engrossing and evocative read, a tale of immortality and love and death rendered in a style that reminds me more than a little of the early Roger Zelazny. Williams’ people are intriguing and sympathetic, and his portrait of an Earth left transformed and empty by a humanity gone to the stars, where aliens dig among ancient ruins for old comic books while the creatures of legends stir and walk again, will linger in my memory for a long time. Williams is a writer to watch, and– more importantly– to read." –--George R.R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones "Knight Moves uses an unmatched cast of characters, human and otherwise, to tell an intriguing story." –-- Fred Saberhagen, author of the Book of Swords Trilogy
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0983740879
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)
Download or read book Angel Station written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ORPHANS OF DEEP SPACE . . . They’re outlaws now. Created to serve a function grown obsolete, haunted by the holographic ghost of their father, Ubu and Maria have lived their entire lives skating along the edge of extinction. Now they and their ship Runaway are in flight both from the law and from a predatory clan of competitors. They’re going to come back rich, or not at all. But what they find in the depths of space isn’t wealth, but a secret so startling that Ubu and Maria will need every last reserve of guile, cunning, and intelligence just to survive . . . “No one can accuse Williams of failing to grow with each new major work . . . Straight-forward space adventure with a strong picaresque flavor. The pacing is brisk, the high-tech details vivid, the rewards to readers considerable.” ---Booklist “Williams colorfully invokes the life of the trader families and their honkeytonk space stations. With its emphasis on youth, beauty, sex, and mischief, [ANGEL STATION] also conjures a contemporary mood agreeably distinct from its futuristic settings.” --Publishers Weekly “Williams has it all.” --Analog “Williams is a skillfully literate addition to the stylish new generation of science fiction writers.” ---Chicago Tribune
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0988901749
Total Pages : 1048 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (889 download)
Download or read book The Rift written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rift would be a very good beach book, if you could put it down long enough to get into the water." —— The San Diego Union Tribune FRACTURE LINES PERMEATE THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. Some comprise the New Madrid fault, the most dangerous earthquake zone in the world. Other fracture lines are social—— economic, religious, racial, and ethnic. What happens when they all crack at once? Caught in the disaster as cities burn and bridges tumble, young Jason Adams finds himself adrift on the Mississippi with African-American engineer Nick Ruford. A modern-day Huck and Jim, they spin helplessly down the river and into the widening faults in American society, encountering violence and hope, compassion and despair, and the primal wilderness that threatens to engulf not only them, but all they love... " A breakout book that you'll swear the author lived" —— SF Age "I don't like disaster novels. I would not have even glanced at The Rift if it weren't backed by Walter Jon Williams' reputation for excellence. And I definitely would not have kept reading if Williams hadn't demonstrated on every page that he deserves his reputation. The result? I was so engrossed in—— and engaged by ——The Rift that I forgot that I don't like disaster novels. This book is an impressive achievement.” —— Stephen R. Donaldson, New York Times bestselling author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant "The Rift is bloody wonderful! Williams brings an historic disaster back for an encore and metaphorically flattens it again. This is the stuff for which sleep is lost--and awards are made." —— Dean Ing "The Rift shakes up the world like it's never been shaken before." —— Fred Saberhagen "[For fans of the disaster novel] Williams delivers the requisite thrills and setpieces—— but he also, to paraphrase Conrad, offers a bit of that truth for which they forgot to ask." —— Locus
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Night Shade
ISBN 13 : 9781597800624
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)
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.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780743428972
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book The Praxis written by Walter Jon Williams and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The empire of the Shaa had lasted 10 millennia. 10,000 years of terror, infinite violence and oppressive, brutal order, legitimised by The Praxis, the harsh code of ethics that they imposed on the races they conquered. But the Shaa began to commit ritual suicide when it became clear that their near immortality came at a price. For each Shaa there would come a time when their vast minds were no longer capable of absorbing new information: their memories were full. Now the Shaa are no more, but the terror and violence are only beginning. The death of the last of the Shaa leaves the galaxy-wide empire leaderless, and into this power vacuum flow the pretenders to the throne: the Naxids, oldest client race of the Shaa, who believe themselves inheritors of the empire; and a frail alliance of the remaining races, including humanity. And so, the story of a dread empire's fall begins...
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062467069
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Fleet Elements written by Walter Jon Williams and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Space opera the way it ought to be . . . Bujold and Weber, bend the knee; interstellar adventure has a new king, and his name is Walter Jon Williams."—George R. R. Martin Following The Accidental War, the second book of a brand-new series set in the Praxis—an epic mix of space opera and military science fiction, from a grand master of science fiction, Walter Jon Williams. The Praxis, the empire of now extinct Shaa, has again fallen into civil war, with desperate and outnumbered humans battling several alien species for survival. Leading the human forces are star-crossed lovers Gareth Martinez and Caroline Sula, who must find a way to overcome their own thorny personal history to defeat the aliens and assure humanity’s survival. But even if the human fleet is victorious, the divisions fracturing the empire may be too wide to repair, as battles between politicians, the military, and fanatics who want to kill every alien threaten to further tear the empire apart. While Martinez and Sula believe they have the talent and tactics to defeat an overwhelming enemy, what will prevent their fellow humans from destroying themselves?
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062467034
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
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.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061809616
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)
Download or read book The Sundering written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Space opera the way it ought to be [...] Bujold and Weber, bend the knee; interstellar adventure has a new king, and his name is Walter Jon Williams.” -- George R.R. Martin Following The Praxis, Walter Jon Williams’ critically-acclaimed mix of space opera and military science fiction, the conflict grows for the fate of humanity…and the universe. The Dread Empire of the Shaa is no more, following the death of the last oppressor. But freedom remains elusive for the myriad sentient races enslaved for ten centuries, as an even greater terror arises. The Naxids—a powerful insectoid species themselves subjugated until the recent Shaa demise—plan to fill the vacuum with their own bloody domination, and have already won a shattering victory with superior force and unimaginable cruelty. But two heroes survived the carnage at Magaria: Lord Gareth Martinez and the fiery, mysterious gun pilot Lady Caroline Sula, whose courageous exploits are becoming legend in the new history of galactic civil war. Yet their cunning, skill, and bravery may be no match for the overwhelming enemy descending upon the loyalist stronghold of Zanshaa, as the horrific battle looms that will determine the structure of the universe—and who shall live to inhabit it—for millennia to come.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997090437
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Voice of the Whirlwind written by Walter Jon Williams and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steward is a Beta¿ a clone. In his memories, he¿s an elite commando for an orbital policorp¿ but because his Alpha never did a brain-scan update, Steward¿s memories are fifteen years out of date . . . and in those fifteen years, everything has changed.An interstellar war destroyed the company that held his allegiance. His wife has divorced him, along with the second wife that he can¿t even remember. Most of his comrades died in a useless battle on a world called Sheol, and those who survived are irrevocably scarred. An alien race has arrived and become the center of a complex and deadly intrigue. And someone has murdered him.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0983740895
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)
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.
Author : Walter Jon Williams
Publisher : Walter Jon Williams
ISBN 13 : 0988901706
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (889 download)
Download or read book Daddy's World written by Walter Jon Williams and published by Walter Jon Williams. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work from Walter Jon Williams, “Daddy’s World” earned the Nebula Award in 2001. Little Jamie lives with his family in an eerily perfect environment, entertained by characters from literature, sung to sleep at night by the Woman in the Moon. But cracks begin to appear in Jamie’s world that reveal rifts within his family, and he begins to see the terrifying reality behind the walls of his life, and to understand that perfection has its price . . .
