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Rockets in Ursa Major (Fred Hoyle's World of Science Fiction)
by Fred Hoyle Geoffrey HoyleOriginally written as a play and performed at the Mermaid Theatre, Easter 1962.It is the early 20th century. Man is seeking signs of life elsewhere in the universe, but all exploratory ships have been lost without a trace - except for DSP15. Thirty years after leaving earth, and given up for lost, DSP15 suddenly appears on radar screens at the space station at Mildenhall, England. Her crew had been frozen to prevent ageing, and as the ship settles to a landing, Dr Richard Warboys eagerly awaits with other scientists for word of what DSP15 has found. But there is no crew, only a message scratched into a metal surface, signed by the captain: "If this ship returns to Earth, then mankind is in deadly peril - God help you - " And so Earth becomes accidentally involved in a cosmic battle against a virtually omnipotent alien power, in a story suspenseful and exciting from cover to cover.
Rocking Time: Rocking Time (The Nightshade Guild #26)
by Kerry Adrienne Lia DavisThe Nightshade Guild: Chapter Three - The year the Guild was lost in time. The time scythe is gone and with it the mages of the Nightshade Guild. Scattered through the ages, the mages will have to use their wits and powers to survive the time period they were sent to and find their way home. With the mages gone, who will protect the world? Rocking Time is Book 1 of The Nightshade Guild Chapter Three. The reading order for this chapter is: Rocking Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne Defying Time by Mandy Rosko Illuminating Time by Renee Hewett Dueling Time by Sheri Lyn Darkest Time by Cherron Riser Losing Time by Jennifer Wedmore Time After Time by Louisa Bacio Swing Time by Cassidy K. O'Connor Time Maverick by Gracen Miller Crucible Time by Landra Graf Restoring Time by Lia Davis and Kerry Adrienne The Mages of the Guild encourage you to read Chapter One and Two which should be read in this order: Chapter One Mated to a Mage by Cassidy K. O'Connor Mage you Blink by Gracen Miller Mage you Look by Abigail Kade Shadow Mage by Lia Davis Mage Crafted by Cherron Riser Mage of Misfortune by Lily Winter Mage in Hell by Sheri Lyn Sunny Mage by Jessica Ripley Half-Blood Mage by Landra Graf Sea Mage by Louisa Bacio You Mage Me by Jennifer Wedmore Midwinter Mage by Kerry Adrienne Mage to Disobey by Mandy Rosko Chapter Two Magic Mishap by Lily Winter Magic Confined by Mandy Rosko Magic Clouded by Renee Hewett Magic Mayhem by Louisa Bacio Magic Mourning by Cherron Riser Magic Flawed by Jennifer Wedmore Magic Deadfall by Gracen Miller Magic Exposed by Lia Davis Magic Reflected by Sheri Lyn Magic Masque by Kerry Adrienne Magic Malfunction by Abigail Kade Magic Burned by Cassidy K. O'Connor
Rocky Mountain Threat
by Cassie Miles Cindi MyersDanger in the RockiesMountain Blizzard by Cassie Miles After his ex-wife witnesses a murder, security specialist Sean Timmons steps in to be her bodyguard. One look at investigative reporter Emily Peterson and Sean is reminded why he fell in love with her. Now trapped in the Colorado mountains by a blizzard, the former Mr. and Mrs. Timmons rediscover their passion. But a cold-blooded killer is waiting to stop them from uncovering evidence—and ever saying "I do" again.Snowbound Suspicion by Cindi Myers Bette Fuller has come to Eagle Mountain, Colorado, looking for a fresh start. So when she becomes the target of a serial killer, the wedding caterer refuses to be anyone&’s victim. Turning to groomsman and US Marshal Cody Rankin for help becomes personal for Bette. Cody is attractive, protective—and more trustworthy than she wants to admit. But can they stay one step ahead of the Ice Cold Killer…?USA TODAY Bestselling Author Cassie Miles2 Thrilling StoriesMountain Blizzard and Snowbound Suspicion
Rocky and Nova Don't Need Doors #3 (Superpower Puppies)
by Corey PowellJoin Rocky—a serious, no-nonsense puppy with a superpower—on a magical adventure to find the rest of his pack! Perfect for fans of the Magic Puppy series.Siblings Moose, Sparkle, Rocky, and Tobey are superpuppies. Each pup has a special power that will help them with their mission of keeping humans safe—from super strength to flight to phasing through objects to teleportation.But when the big dogs in their superpack go missing, it&’s up to the superpuppies to save the day. Will Rocky be able to find a human companion to help him?
Rod Serling at 100: One Writer's Acknowledgment
by Joseph DoughertyEmmy-winning writer and lifelong Rod Serling fan Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Pretty Little Liars) takes a deep dive into the writing of the Twilight Zone creator on the occasion of his 100th birthday.The year 2024 marks the centenary of Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. Emmy-winning writer Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Pretty Little Liars) picked this special anniversary to reflect on Serling and his contributions to television drama. An appreciation and exploration of the six-time Emmy-winning writer&’s catalogue, Rod Serling at 100: One Writer&’s Acknowledgment looks at some of Serling&’s best known work and also some of his least acknowledged, inviting a new perspective on a master storyteller. In the process, Dougherty takes a personal look at the time he spent in The Twilight Zone that led to his own award-winning writing career
Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination
by Nicholas ParisiLong before anyone had heard of alien cookbooks, gremlins on the wings of airplanes, or places where pig-faced people are considered beautiful, Rod Serling was the most prestigious writer in American television. As creator, host, and primary writer for The Twilight Zone, Serling became something more: an American icon. When Serling died in 1975, at the age of fifty, he was the most honored, most outspoken, most recognizable, and likely the most prolific writer in television history. Though best known for The Twilight Zone, Serling wrote over 250 scripts for film and television and won an unmatched six Emmy Awards for dramatic writing for four different series. His filmography includes the acclaimed political thriller Seven Days in May and cowriting the original Planet of the Apes. In great detail and including never-published insights drawn directly from Serling’s personal correspondence, unpublished writings, speeches, and unproduced scripts, Nicholas Parisi explores Serling’s entire, massive body of work. With a foreword by Serling’s daughter, Anne Serling, Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination is part biography, part videography, and part critical analysis. It is a painstakingly researched look at all of Serling’s work—in and out of The Twilight Zone.
Rod Serling’s Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves
by Rod SerlingTwelve horrifying tales for the demon in you collected by the man who wrote Stories from the Twilight ZoneROD SERLING'S FAVORITE STORIES--THE WITCH--there was the little girl who always wanted to be a witch. She tried everything she could think of but she never made it until she learned to hate everybody--including herself...AND THE WARLOCK WHO WAITED AND WAITED"It was a wonderful attack, Captain. Nothing human could have lived through it--nothing human did. We were deep underground where they buried us long ago--the stakes through our hearts. Your fire burned the stakes away--" The warlock waved a scaly hand at the waiting shadows. They came down relentlessly.AND THE WEREWOLFEarly morning at the zoo, and the naked man behind the bars was sound asleep. Suddenly, his eyes flickered and his right hand smashed down at the flies that buzzed on the bone he'd been gnawing last night. The flies left, but the naked man stayed immobile, his eyes on his hand. Outside the cage a sign read,LOBO,TIMBER WOLF,Canis occidentalis.AND NINE MORE STORIES ABOUT WITCHES, WARLOCKS AND WEREWOLVES ALL HERE IN ROD SERLING'S TRIPLE W
Rodas: Una aventura de Helena Brandywine. (Helena Brandywine #6)
by Greg Alldredge¿Qué secretos podría guardar el Vaticano? Helena encontró a Europa al borde de la guerra. Odiaba admitir que su tía Deirdre tenía razón. Buscando el camino del alma; ¿Se encontrará ella misma digna? La lucha por Malta ya ha comenzado; ¿Seguirá el resto del Mediterráneo? ¿Está lista para su cruzada y lo que podría descubrir en Rodas ? ¿A dónde podría llevarla ahora?
Rodeo Reunion
by Shannon Taylor VannatterRAQUEL MARRIS NEEDS A MAN WHO'LL STAY PUT And Slade Walker's not a likely candidate. Even if the former major league pitcher just agreed to coach her son's little league team. The single mom can't risk everything on a bronc-riding chaplain who's only passing through Raquel's small Texas town. Slade is taking a hiatus from the rodeo circuit to meet the sister he never knew he had. But the pretty widowed nurse next door is making him think twice about hitting the road again. He can't turn his back on the cowboys who need him, but Raquel and her boy need him, too. Can Slade fulfill his calling and finally find a place to hang his hat?
Roderick At Random: Roderick Book 2 (RODERICK)
by John SladekRoderick wasn't exactly happy, but at least he was holding down a job, even if it was only as a bowl-washer at Danton's Doggie Dinette. He didn't know they were out to get him. He didn't know that in the whole wide world of lunatic game-shows, maniacal religious cults, tentacular business corporations, murderous governments, crazy consumerism and pill-popping people, there was no place for one mild-mannered robot. Phenomenally inventive, bitingly satirical, a masterpiece of modern comic writing, Roderick at Random is the second dazzling novel by John Sladek to feature the more-and-less-than-human robot.
Roderick: Roderick Book 1 (RODERICK)
by John SladekRoderik is a robot and he's on the run in the USA of the very near future. He's on the run for having been illicitly conceived and manufactured at the University of Minnetonka. He is also a 'learning machine' growing up in a complex technological age which threatens to submerge him in a mire of meaningless and mundane values. The older he gets and the more widely he travels, the more unable he is to comprehend the lost innocence of adults. He encounters the plastic lifestyles of middle-managers in rolling suburbia, confronts megalomaniac army officers and a hotch-potch assortment of ad-men, con-men, CIA agents, Mafiosi. Slowly but surely, in his attempt to become "humanized," Roderik wonders if in fact he should become more machine-like.
Rodes: A Helena Brandywine Adventure Livro 6 Por Greg Alldredge (Helena Brandywine #6)
by Greg AlldredgeA Helena Brandywine Adventure. Uma jovem procura aqui uma família em uma Califórnia de 1899 mágica. Que segredos o Vaticano pode ter? Helena encontrou a Europa à beira da guerra. Ela odiava admitir que sua tia Deirdre estava certa. Buscando o caminho da alma; ela se achará digna? A luta por Malta já começou; o resto do Mediterrâneo seguirá? Ela está pronta para sua cruzada e o que ela pode descobrir em Rodes ? Para onde isso a levaria a seguir?
Rodrigo of Caledon: The Complete Series (Rodrigo of Caledon)
by David FeintuchAn epic medieval fantasy from the John W. Campbell Award–winning author of the Seafort Saga. The Still: Rodrigo, Prince of Caledon, is petulant, selfish, and uncaring. When his mother, Queen Elena, dies, he fully expects to inherit the title of king. Instead, his uncle usurps the throne, and Rodrigo is forced out of the kingdom, along with his brother and best friend. In order for Rodrigo to take back his birthright, he must win not only the allegiance of the Council of State, but also the Still, a mystical power that can only be channeled by the rightful king of Caledon. To wield that power, Rodrigo must be pure and honest, and must be crowned king. His success or failure will determine the fate of not only his homeland, but of his very soul. &“The best fantasy novel of the year.&” —Science Fiction Chronicle The King: Having taken control of the mystical powers of the Still, Rodrigo has gained the knowledge of his forefathers. But even the wisdom of generations of Caledonian rulers can&’t prepare him for what will come next. A sudden betrayal costs Rodrigo the life and companionship of the person he loves most. With the savage King Hriskil advancing on the north, hoping to seize Caledon, Rodrigo must press on toward an earth-shattering magical confrontation. &“Feintuch&’s best book yet.&” —Booklist
Roger Zelazny (Modern Masters of Science Fiction #1)
by F. Brett CoxChallenging convention with the SF nonconformist Roger Zelazny combined poetic prose with fearless literary ambition to become one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1960s. Yet many critics found his later novels underachieving and his turn to fantasy a disappointment. F. Brett Cox surveys the landscape of Zelazny's creative life and contradictions. Launched by the classic 1963 short story "A Rose for Ecclesiastes," Zelazny soon won the Hugo Award for Best Novel with …And Call Me Conrad and two years later won again for Lord of Light. Cox looks at the author's overnight success and follows Zelazny into a period of continued formal experimentation, the commercial triumph of the Amber sword and sorcery novels, and renewed acclaim for Hugo-winning novellas such as "Home Is the Hangman" and "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai." Throughout, Cox analyzes aspects of Zelazny's art, from his preference for poetically alienated protagonists to the ways his plots reflected his determined individualism. Clear-eyed and detailed, Roger Zelazny provides an up-to-date reconsideration of an often-misunderstood SF maverick.
Rogmasher Rampage
by Mark CrilleyAfter months of intensive training, Billy is finally ready to go on his first solo creatch op for AFMEC (Allied Forces for the Management of Extraterritorial Creatches). Godzilla-like monsters are menacing the Chinese mountain village of Hua Qing. Billy is more than fired up to fend them off-until he discovers that bossy Ana García will be tagging along. Though Ana is no older than Billy, she's a full-fledged AFMEC agent-and doesn't hesitate to remind him of that fact. Whenever possible.At first, the mission is pretty straightforward. Billy and Ana help Hua Qing fight off the monsters, and life for the villagers goes back to normal. But Billy can't shake the feeling that things in Hua Qing are not what they seem. Is Billy being paranoid? Or is something really bad about to go down? If Billy is right, then he, Ana, and the villagers of Hua Qing are in a whole lot of trouble.From the Hardcover edition.
Rogue
by Gina DamicoLex, a teenage Grim Reaper, has the power to Damn souls, and it's getting out of control. Her boyfriend, Driggs, is dead . . . sort of. She's a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they're joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time. Their new mission is clear: Fix his mistakes, or the Afterlife will cease to exist, along with all the souls in it. The gang heads for Necropolis, the labyrinth-like capital city of the Grimsphere. There, they discover that the Grimsphere needs a reboot. To do that, the portals to the Afterlife must be destroyed . . . but even that may not be enough to fix the damage. Things go from bad to worse, and when at last the fate of the Afterlife and all the souls of the Damned hang in the balance, it falls to Lex and her friends to make one final, impossible choice.
Rogue
by Mark FrostWill West is playing a dangerous game. Months after uncovering the sinister Paladin Prophecy plot, Will continues to work with the mastermind behind the project--none other than his own grandfather, Franklin Greenwood. Will cooperates in order to keep his friends safe. But are they really secure in the hands of a madman? Under constant surveillance, Will and his friends secretly devise a plan to defeat Franklin Greenwood and his Knights of the Charlemagne. The team must enter the Never-Was and find an elusive group of supernatural beings called the Hierarchy. But as the battle approaches, the alliance uncovers old secrets that threaten to tear them apart. Can they protect Earth from the demons beyond? Or will a rogue player destroy them and the world they live in? Thrilling mystery and electrifying suspense abound in Mark Frost's action-packed Paladin Prophecy series, which is compelling to the very last page.
Rogue (Shifters #2)
by Rachel VincentOkay, so cats don't always land on their feet I know that better than most. Since rejoining the Pride, I've made big decisions and even bigger mistakes: the kind paid for with innocent lives. As the first and only female enforcer, I have plenty to prove to my father, the Pride and myself. And with murdered toms turning up in our territory, I'm working harder than ever, though I always find the energy for a little after-hours recreation with Marc, my partner both on and off duty. But not all my mistakes are behind me. We're beginning to suspect that the dead are connected to a rash of missing human women and that they can all be laid at my feet--two or four, take your pick. And one horrible indiscretion may yet cost me more than I can bear. . . .
Rogue (The Cat Star Chronicles #3)
by Cheryl BrooksNo woman has ever tamed him before... Does she even stand a chance?Enslaved for years, Tychar belongs to the Queen of Darconia. His feline gene gives him remarkable sexual powers and every female on the planet is in love with him. Then, the Queen gives him to Kyra.Or will she be just another one of his conquests? Why would he choose the modest piano teacher? Yet the two are drawn to each other with a powerful, magnetic attraction unlike any he's felt before... Then the palace is attacked in a coup, and Tychar has to choose between freedom and love.The third book in wildly popular Cat Star Chronicles, a paranormal romance series featuring heroes with a feline gene that gives them remarkable sexual powers.The Cat Star Chronicles: Slave (Book 1)Warrior (Book 2)Rogue (Book 3)Outcast (Book 4)Fugitive (Book 5)Hero (Book 6)Virgin (Book 7)Stud (Book 8)Wildcat (Book 9)Rebel (Book 10)Praise for The Cat Star Chronicles:"Fun, unique, and wicked sexy!" —Sydney Croft"Fascinating world customs, a bit of a mystery, and the relationship between the hero and heroine make this a very sensual romance."—Romantic Times"A compelling tale of danger, intrigue, and sizzling romance!"—Candace Havens, author of Like a Charm
Rogue (The Shifters #2)
by Rachel VincentA dead body is always right around the corner with New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent, but this time it&’s up to Faythe to stop the killer before the blame falls on her!I know that better than most. Since rejoining the Pride, I've made big decisions and even bigger mistakes: the kind paid for with innocent lives. As the first and only female enforcer, I have plenty to prove to my father, the Pride and myself. And with murdered toms turning up in our territory, I'm working harder than ever, though I always find the energy for a little after-hours recreation with Marc, my partner both on and off duty.But not all my mistakes are behind me. We're beginning to suspect that the dead are connected to a rash of missing human women and that they can all be laid at my feet—two or four, take your pick. And one horrible indiscretion may yet cost me more than I can bear.…Previously published.
Rogue Bolo: Rogue Bolo
by Keith LaumerFrom "An Abbreviated History of the Bolo": The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M. This model, first commissioned in the twenty-fifty century, was widely used throughout the Eastern Arm during the Era of Expansion and remained in service on remote worlds for over two centuries, acquiring many improvements in detail while remaining basically unchanged, through increasing sophistication of circuitry and weapons vastly upgraded its effectiveness.The always-present, through perhaps unlikely, possibility of capture and use of a Bolo by an enemy was a constant source of anxiety to military leaders and, in time, gave rise to the next and final major advance in Bolo technology: the self-directing (and, quite incidentally, self-aware) Mark XX Model B Bolo Tremendous.The Mark XX was greeted with little enthusiasm by the High Command, who now professed to believe that an unguided-by-operator Bolo would potentially be capable of running amok...
Rogue Bolo: Rogue Bolo (Bolo)
by Keith LaumerFrom "An Abbreviated History of the Bolo": The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M. This model, first commissioned in the twenty-fifty century, was widely used throughout the Eastern Arm during the Era of Expansion and remained in service on remote worlds for over two centuries, acquiring many improvements in detail while remaining basically unchanged, through increasing sophistication of circuitry and weapons vastly upgraded its effectiveness.The always-present, through perhaps unlikely, possibility of capture and use of a Bolo by an enemy was a constant source of anxiety to military leaders and, in time, gave rise to the next and final major advance in Bolo technology: the self-directing (and, quite incidentally, self-aware) Mark XX Model B Bolo Tremendous.The Mark XX was greeted with little enthusiasm by the High Command, who now professed to believe that an unguided-by-operator Bolo would potentially be capable of running amok...
Rogue Cells / Carbon Harbour
by Garry Thomas MorseRogue Cells / Carbon Harbour resumes The Chaos! Quincunx novel series and presents two ironically dystopic visions of the speculative future.In Rogue Cells, Oober Mann emerges from his cryobed on high alert in New Haudenosaunee, a "First" nation at war with the mysterious territory Nutella. It is a critical election year when citizens live in dread of celebrities who carry out terrorist actions in defense of their own fundamentalist belief systems. Mixed up in an assassination plot under investigation by ISM (Insurgent Saddo Management) and DNA-specialist cops, Mann begins to wonder about not only the nature of reality but also the new woman in his life, a femme fatale known only as The Librarian.It is the Age of Aquarium in the speculative "green" dystopia of Carbon Harbour. Omni-magnate Cornelius Quartz is overseeing the merger between Bildung Endustries and Foreign Objects despite numerous distractions: a double wedding for himself and his daughter is imminent; he is about to lose his best promoter and lover to his rival Zirconium Bluff; and working conditions are terrible in the rehashing core and on the wind pharms for hardlucks. There bio-material is harvested to produce architecture, clothing, and other swag for a luxury class of hardcore gamers (they pay for "pollution fantasies" with carbon credits while on extended getaways to Putridworld).Garry Thomas Morse is the author of six books, including Discovery Passages, which was nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Morse is also recipient of the 2008 Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Emerging Artist.
Rogue Clone
by Steven L. KentEarth, 2512 A.D. Humans have spread across the six arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Unified Authority controls Earth's colonies with an iron fist and a powerful military-a military made up almost entirely of clones. But four centuries of relative peace are about to be shattered... Wayson Harris is one of thousands of clones born and bred to be the ultimate soldiers. But unlike the others, Harris is an outlawed model- one with independent thoughts and an addiction to violence. Presumed dead after his troops were massacred, Harris-who blames the U.A. for the slaughter-has gone AWOL as a bounty hunter. Still, it's hard for a clone to overcome his conditioning, and Harris finds himself drawn back into the UA's service by his mentor and creator, Fleet Admiral Bryce Klyber. Now, with separatists rebelling through-out the galaxy, the fate of the U.A. depends on Admiral Klyber's plans for the Doctrinair-the largest, most powerful battleship ever constructed. But there are those who would do anything to stop Klyber, and Harris must decide whether he should fight against them...or work for them.