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Suicide and Contemporary Science Fiction
by Carlos Gutiérrez-JonesSuicide and Contemporary Science Fiction examines the fascination with suicidal crises evident in a range of science fiction. Specifically, this study explores a seemingly counterintuitive proposition: in moments of dramatic scientific and technological change, the authors of these works frequently cast self-destructive episodes as catalysts for beneficial change. Carlos Gutierrez-Jones argues that this creative self-destruction mechanism is invoked by H. G. Wells as a means of negotiating Victorian anxieties regarding evolutionary theory, by Stanislaw Lem as he wrestles with the prospect of nuclear self-destruction at the dawn of the space age, by William Gibson as he considers the development of artificial intelligence, by Christopher Nolan as he explores the cybernetic colonization of the unconscious, by Rian Johnson as he links aspects of video gaming to the neoliberal militarization of institutions, and by Margaret Atwood as she considers impending ecological disaster and the rise of bioterrorism. These authors often depict such scientific and technological changes in a fashion that requires the central characters to transform themselves in hopes of remaining relevant in a radically altered environment. Interdisciplinary in scope. Pursues a trauma studies-oriented reading. Brings together existing approaches to science fiction in an original framing that invites new modes of inquiry.
Suite Mentale
by Randall Garrett"NOW WHAT the hell's the matter with me?" thought Paul Wendell. He could feel nothing. Absolutely nothing: No taste, no sight, no hearing, no anything. "Am I breathing?" He couldn't feel any breathing. Nor, for that matter, could he feel heat, nor cold, nor pain.
Suite as Sugar: and Other Stories
by Camille Hernández-RamdwarSuite as Sugar is a testimony to the unseen forces, always vigilant, ever ready, imbuing the characters in this collection with both resilience and trauma.From Winnipeg winterscapes to Toronto’s condo culture, from Havana’s haunted streets to Trinidad’s calamitous environs, the stories in Suite as Sugar are permeated with the violence of colonial histories, personal and intimate, reflecting legacies of abandonment and loss. The veil between the living and the dead is obscured, chaos becomes panacea, and characters take drastic measures into their own hands.Survivors of all kinds seek strategy and solace: a group of homeless people organize an occupation of vacant condos, a new resident to a disturbing neighbourhood tries to make sense of madness, a dog investigates the sudden disappearance of his owner. The five intertwined vignettes in the title story are set in a Caribbean country where the spectre of the sugar plantation haunts everyone. Tying this collection together is the casual brutality of our everyday lives, whether seen through the eyes of animal, spirit, or human being.A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Suited
by Jo AndertonTanyana has chosen to help the Keeper, to stand against the Puppet Men, but has she bitten off more than she can chew? File Under: Science Fiction
Suited
by Jo AndertonTanyana has chosen to help the Keeper, to stand against the Puppet Men, but has she bitten off more than she can chew? File Under: Science Fiction [Parasite | Make Monsters | Hidden Strings | Needs of the Many]From the Paperback edition.
Suited
by Jo AndertonTanyana has chosen to help the Keeper, to stand against the Puppet Men, but has she bitten off more than she can chew? File Under: Science Fiction [Parasite | Make Monsters | Hidden Strings | Needs of the Many]From the Paperback edition.
Suiteheart of a Deal and My Place or Yours?
by Wendy Etherington Sandra KellySuiteheart of a Deal by Sandra Kelly Grab a cup and sit a spellRainey Miller's dream has just turned into a nightmare! Instead of inheriting the Honeymoon Haven, she's co-owner with Beck Mahoney-town masseur and local heartthrob. But even this hotel manager extraordinaire can't say no to Beck when he proposes they marry to cash in on his trust fund that'll save the inn. After which, it'll be strictly business between Beck and Rainey...well, okay, maybe not!My Place or Yours? by Wendy Etherington She's a fixer-upperRebecca Parsons is finally ditching her kooky hometown and heading to New York to find herself, but first she has to sell her eccentric Victorian house. But who'd want to buy that money pit? For some unfathomable reason, gorgeous Alex Carlisle would! Now, if only Rebecca can hide the repair nightmares that begin to plague the house-and resist Alex's devastating charm-she just might be able to close the deal...
Sukupolvi M
by Scott CramerSamaan aikaan, kun Kolonia idän tutkijat toteuttavat kylmästi visiotaan utopistisesta yhteiskunnasta, Abby lähtee epätoivoiselle matkalle löytääkseen veljensä ja siskonsa, ja pelastaakseen miljoonien elämän.
Suldrun's Garden: Lyonesse Book 1 (Gateway Essentials #162)
by Jack VanceThe Lyonesse sequence evokes the Elder Isles, is a baroque land of pre-Arthurian myth now lost beneath the Atlantic, where powerful sorcerers, aloof faeries, stalwart champions, and nobles eccentric, magnanimous, and cruel pursue intrigue among their separate worlds . . .Prince Aillas of Troicinet is betrayed on his first diplomatic voyage and cast into the sea. Before he redeems his birthright, he must pass the breadth of Hybras Isle as prisoner, vagabond, and slave, an acquaintance of faeries, wizards, and errant knights, and lover to a sad and beautiful girl whose fate sets his bitter rivalry with the tyrant Casmir, King of Lyonesse. (First published in 1983)
Sulla falce della luna
by A. A. AttanasioUna storia d’amore paranormale tra adolescenti: il mammone Chester Hubert prende coraggio per chiedere alla nipote di una strega di andare al ballo della scuola con lui. Si ritroverà scaraventato in una moderna favola demoniaca. La schiva ed elfica Flannery non è come gli altri ragazzi. Ha attirato l’attenzione delle fate: bellissime creature malvagie di un mondo misterioso, l’Altrove. Seducono le loro vittime durante rave di mezzanotte, poi le danno in pasto a un drago. Per divertimento, danno la caccia alle anime con un cane nero di una malvagità mostruosa. Le fate hanno preso Flannery come una di loro. Finiti assieme nell’incantesimo oscuro dell’Altrove, Flannery e Chester scoprono di conoscersi meglio di quanto conoscano il loro stesso cuore… ma sapranno sistemare le cose prima che il cane nero li trovi? E cos’era quella storia del drago?
Sulle tracce del Bigfoot
by Steve VernonTutto quello che avete letto sul Bigfoot è una menzogna. Tutto quello che avete SENTITO sul Bigfoot è vero! Gustatevi tre avventure dagli archivi della Creep Squad, quel branco di oscure leggende e storie infondate che combattono il crimine e l’ingiustizia dove nessuno può vederli. E se TUTTE le storie fossero vere? E se il Bigfoot esistesse veramente? Se dipendesse dai pensieri delle persone per mantenere la sua esistenza? E se avesse bisogno di un lavoro e l’unico adatto a lui fosse quello di tenere in riga le altre leggende? E se si unisse alla Creep Squad? ************* DICONO DI STEVE VERNON "Steve Vernon è un’anomalia nel mondo della letteratura horror. È uno degli esponenti più recenti, nonostante la sua carriera sia iniziata vent'anni fa. Scrivendo con una sicurezza e uno stile difficili da trovare, Steve Vernon può guidare i suoi lettori attraverso una pletora di emozioni, da paura e repulsione a pietà e risata." - Cemetery Dance "Armato di un bizzarro senso dell'umorismo, una grande originalità, un amore per il rischio e una grande conoscenza della caratterizzazione – Steve sa il fatto suo." - Dark Discoveries "Steve Vernon è uno scrittore difficile da classificare. E ciò è una buona cosa." - Dark Scribe Magazine "Questo genere ha bisogno di sangue nuovo e Steve Vernon è un'ottima trasfusione." - Edward Lee, autore di FLESH GOTHIC e CITY INFERNAL "Steve Vernon è uno dei migliori nuovi talenti dell'horror e del dark fantasy" – Owl Goingback, autore di CROTA "Steve Vernon è nato per scrivere. Sa il fatto suo e siamo fortunati ad averlo." - Richard Chizmar
Sullivan's Child
by Gail LinkPASSION'S CHILDYears ago, blind ambition tore Rory Sullivan from Caitlyn Kildare's tempestuous embrace. Now Rory stormed back into the small town where he first tasted desire, where he hoped to indulge his appetite again....But heated visions of their romantic reunion shattered when Rory met Tara-Caitlyn's daughter. A child-his spitting image-he knew nothing about! Rory wouldn't be denied the chance to be a father. So he convinced Caitlyn to be his wife in a mockery of a marriage. But with Caitlyn as his bride, temptation became his bed partner. How would this husband-on-paper quiet the persistent rumblings in his heart...those inner cries for Caitlyn's passion...and love?
Sullivan's Last Stand (The Avengers)
by Harper AllenTHE FIRST TIME HAD BEEN HARD...Bailey Flowers should have known a man who'd been to hell and back would break her heart. But now ex-mercenary Terrence Sullivan was the only man who could help her locate her missing sibling-before the police framed her sister for murder!THE SECOND TIME WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLEThese former lovers thought they could set aside personal feelings to solve an increasingly bizarre-and deadly- investigation. But when their simmering passion exploded in an all-consuming desire,Bailey knew this tortured mercenary needed her help. Because the only key to Sullivan's salvation lay in her ever-loving arms-
Sullivan's Sluggers
by Mark Andrew SmithEisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Mark Andrew Smith joins forces with Eisner-nominated Orc Stain creator James Stokoe for a graphic novel packed with shocks, gore, and screamingly outrageous humor, when America's Favorite Pastime becomes one baseball team's ultimate nightmare!Long past their former glory, the minor league Sluggers get an invitation to play a baseball game in a cursed small town. After the 7th inning stretch, the sun goes down, and the dysfunctional teammates find themselves fighting for their lives against a town of flesh-eating monsters! Now, it's up to coach Casey Sullivan to help his team escape from being the next dish in the town's terrifying feeding frenzy! Featuring a bonus section with concept art, pinups by multiple artists, and more.
Sultan of the Moon and Stars: Book Three of The Orokon
by David RainThe vision came long ago, commanding the Sultan's ancestor to lead his peoples to the place that would be called the Sacred City. There, deep within a rocky cavern, burns an immense, roaring column of fire: the Sacred Flame, the source of the Sultan's power. But the flame harbours a terrible secret - and so does the Sultan.Prince Jemany is plunged into a seething hotbed of political machinations and rebellion as he begins the next stage of his quest to seek the long-lost crystals of the Orokon. Already the anti-god Toth-Vexrah is working his evil upon the susceptible and easily swayed. Only Jem stands in his way - but Jem is trapped in the bizarre, horrifying dreamworld of the enchanter Almoran.Meanwhile, his lost love Cata becomes embroiled with the Shimmering Princess, the idol of millions, whose fate holds the key to the Sultan's empire - and to the whereabouts of the pulsing red crystal of the fire-god Theron.Originally released under the pseudonym Tom Arden
Sultan of the Moon and Stars: Book Three of The Orokon (The Orokon)
by David RainThe vision came long ago, commanding the Sultan's ancestor to lead his peoples to the place that would be called the Sacred City. There, deep within a rocky cavern, burns an immense, roaring column of fire: the Sacred Flame, the source of the Sultan's power. But the flame harbours a terrible secret - and so does the Sultan.Prince Jemany is plunged into a seething hotbed of political machinations and rebellion as he begins the next stage of his quest to seek the long-lost crystals of the Orokon. Already the anti-god Toth-Vexrah is working his evil upon the susceptible and easily swayed. Only Jem stands in his way - but Jem is trapped in the bizarre, horrifying dreamworld of the enchanter Almoran.Meanwhile, his lost love Cata becomes embroiled with the Shimmering Princess, the idol of millions, whose fate holds the key to the Sultan's empire - and to the whereabouts of the pulsing red crystal of the fire-god Theron.Originally released under the pseudonym Tom Arden
Sultana's Dream and Padmarag
by Rokeya HossainOne of the first science-fiction utopian stories and one of the first feminist utopias by India&’s widely celebrated, pioneering feminist, educator, writer, and activist Rokeya Hossain A Penguin Classics Edition Sultana, a Muslim woman living in contemporary India, falls asleep and wakes up in a transformed future world: a utopia in which men rather than women are relegated to the domestic sphere. Women, now free to explore the outside world at will and pursue an education, run a peaceful and just society, using scientific principles to harvest energy from the sun and live in harmony with nature. Sultana&’s Dream was published in 1905 in the Indian Ladies Magazine, the first English language periodical edited by, and targeted at, Indian women. Like the periodical, the story broke new ground. As a pioneering work of science fiction and feminist utopian literature at the turn of the century, Sultana&’s Dream is strikingly advanced in its critique of patriarchy, war, industrialization, and the exploitation of the natural world, speaking to the concerns of our contemporary world as much as its own. At a time when British colonialism was using the treatment of women in India as justification for colonial intervention there, Hossain&’s story, in imagining a world in which men rather than women are kept inside, positions her protest against Islamic patriarchy within a larger feminist vision that takes on Western as well as Islamic forms of gender hierarchy. Her novella Padmarag is similarly utopian in its depiction of a women-run school and welfare center, and is both feminist and anti-colonial in its outlook. In both these works, Hossain seizes the critique of gender roles in India away from Western commentators and turns it against British interference, while also enlarging the critique to take on the problem of gender more broadly.
Sum: 40 Tales From The Afterlives
by David EaglemanSum is a stunning exploration of funny and unexpected afterlives that have never been considered- each presented as a vignette that offers a lens through which to see ourselves here and now. In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. Or you may find that the afterlife contains only those people whom you remember. The stories in Sum are rooted in romance, science, and awe: a mixture of death, hope, computers, immortality, love, biology, and desire that cuts through human nature at new and exciting angles.
Sum: Tales from the Afterlives
by David EaglemanAt once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives--each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.
Sumac and the Magic Lake
by Anne Flounders Anita Dufalla Jackie GlasthalPerform this Inca folktale about an emperor who offers a reward to anyone who can bring water back from a far-away magic lake.
Summary and Analysis of 1984: Based on the Book by George Orwell (Smart Summaries)
by Worth BooksSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of 1984 tells you what you need to know—before or after you read George Orwell&’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of 1984 includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsCharacter analysisImportant quotesFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About 1984 by George Orwell: George Orwell&’s classic novel 1984 is a cautionary tale about a dystopian society under the crushing and watchful eye of a tyrannical regime led by Big Brother. The dark story revolves around Winston Smith, an everyman who is tired of the government&’s lies and relentless persecution of people who dare think for themselves. He manages to find the strength to stand up to a totalitarian system and, in the process, finds love and affection in a world where both have been deemed obsolete. Originally published in 1949, Orwell&’s 1984 is a masterpiece of modern fiction and one of the most enduring and influential books of the twentieth century. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.
Summary and Analysis of Brave New World
by Worth BooksSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Brave New World tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Aldous Huxley’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Brave New World includes: Historical context, Chapter-by-chapter overviews, Profiles of the main characters, Themes and symbols, Important quotes, Fascinating trivia, Glossary of terms, Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work. About Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: Aldous Huxley’s visionary Brave New World is one of the world’s greatest dystopian novels. In a society built on conformity, stability, and pervasive “happiness,” individuals are not born, but manufactured into one of five distinct castes—from dull-witted laborers to leaders and thinkers. Even as embryos, people are conditioned and programmed not only to accept, but to enjoy their predestined lives—or is it their slavery? But what happens when a savage—a man born from an actual mother—is introduced into this perfectly ordered society? Brave New World is a masterpiece of literary satire, as appropriate today, in our world of endless, shallow distractions and ubiquitous mass media, as it was when it was first published in 1932. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.
Summary and Analysis of The Handmaid's Tale: Based on the Book by Margaret Atwood (Smart Summaries)
by Worth BooksSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Handmaid&’s Tale tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Margaret Atwood&’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Handmaid&’s Tale by Margaret Atwood includes: Historical contextPart-by-part summariesAnalysis of the main charactersThemes and symbolsImportant quotesFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About Margaret Atwood&’s The Handmaid&’s Tale: Margaret Atwood&’s dystopian literary masterpiece tells the story of Offred, a Handmaid living in the near future in what was once the United States. A new theocratic regime called the Republic of Gilead has come to power and changed life as she knew it. Once Offred had a her own name and a loving family—a husband and daughter—both of which were taken from her; now she belongs to the Commander and his hostile wife, and her only value lies in her ability to bear a child for them. She used to read books and learn; now such things are forbidden to all women. Gripping, disturbing, and so relevant today, The Handmaid&’s Tale is a brilliant novel and a chilling warning about what can happen when extreme ideas are taken to their logical conclusions. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.
Summer (Seasonal Quartet Ser. #4)
by Ali SmithFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn, as well as the Baileys Prize-winning How to Be Both, comes the last instalment in the remarkable, once-in-a-generation masterpiece, the Seasonal Quartet.Here is the exciting culmination of Ali Smith's celebrated Seasonal Quartet, a series of stand-alone novels, separate but interconnected (as the seasons are), wide-ranging in timescale and light-footed through histories.
Summer Adventure for Groot!
by Brendan DeneenThe fourth book in the hit Rocket and Groot picture book series, following up to Night Night, Groot, First Day of Groot!, and Snow Day for Groot!Accept the challenge of this special mission:Map every planet for your expedition!It's finally summertime! The Guardians of the Galaxy are off on a trip to map the cosmos with plans to see as much as possible in one day. From surfing the waves of Zenn-La and riding a tandem bike on Morag to playing hide-and-seek in Asgard and enjoying a dazzling display of fireworks on Xandar, Rocket and Groot are determined to enjoy all the best activities that summer in space has to offer! Young readers will be inspired to create their own to-do list for the ultimate summer adventure.