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The Rediscovery of Man (S.F. MASTERWORKS)

by Cordwainer Smith

Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon, from the planet Norstrilia, confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination.

The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith

by Cordwainer Smith

The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith is the second book in the "NESFA's Choice" series. It brings back into print all of the short science fiction of Cordwainer Smith, and includes two never before published stories. The Rediscovery of Man includes all of Smith's short science fiction, including: "Scanners Live in Vain," "The Ballad of Lost C'mell," "The Dead Lady of Clown Town," "The Game of Rat and Dragon," "On the Storm Planet." It also includes an in-depth introduction to the works of Cordwainer Smith by John J. Pierce, a noted authority on Smith's work.

The Redmadafa

by Gary Warren Foshee

The war in Heaven reaches its climax as Mageddon, Supreme Commander of His Majesty’s Imperial Guard, loses his place of authority and is hurled to earth. Desperate to regain power, he terrorizes earth’s inhabitants luring them into a ‘Garden of Dreams;’ his version of Eden. But, the garden is a trick. It is the gateway to the Valley of the Shadow of Death—hiding a deadly surprise. When Koby Puller, a teenage Unidor and the son of the prodigal, is expelled from school for fighting, he sets out on an ambitious quest to do “Great Things.” After falling in with the wrong crowd, he enters the forbidden forest in search of a mystical gate that legend says, “can grant dreams.” Unaware he is divinely following in his father’s footsteps, he soon finds himself in an epic battle for his soul. Emerging from a mysterious fog, Koby discovers ‘The Scorpion Pass Gate,’ entrance to the garden, where a fee must be paid to enter. At the gate, he meets Lucky Lucy, a snake-eyed riddling trickster who speaks deceptively with riddles and songs. Cunningly deceived by Lucky, Koby becomes trapped in the valley of death where Mageddon’s soul-thirsty beasts endeavor to claim his soul. Hopelessly seeking escape, he learns of a Mighty Warrior Eagle named “The Augur” who patrols the valley rescuing everyone wo calls out his name. This action pact Adventure Novel, straight out of Ezekiel 17, is an extraordinary journey about the realities of; life and death, love and hate, and trust and betrayal. But, most of all, it boldly proclaims the truth about God’s forgiveness found only in the sacrifice of His Son. It is filled with riddles, poems, songs, and messages that reveal the truth of Scripture, and it expose the lies of Satan, in a style that will inspire youth and young adults to re-examine the cross and the grace it offers.

The Redpoint Crux

by Morgan Shamy

"Dark and achingly beautiful, The Redpoint Crux will break your heart then make you whole again. Shamy is a true storyteller with a gift for weaving wounded characters with twisting plots and a gorgeous, haunting world." —Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown’s Game "An addictive mystery woven into a tapestry of lush theatre and ballet lore." —Wendy Higgins, New York Times Bestselling AuthorFans of The Phantom of the Opera and Black Swan will enjoy this thrilling debut. When Megan Van Helsburg gets kicked off the U.S.A. Climbing Team, she has no choice but to return home and leave her climbing career behind. With no coach, no money, and no prospects, she joins the corps de ballet determined to improve her strength and agility. But the ballet theater is in dire straits. Not only does a series of murders break loose, but the ballerinas are becoming deathly thin and brain-dead. As Megan investigates, she meets Bellamy, a tortured young man who lives beneath the depths of the theater. Megan falls hard and fast for Bellamy, who becomes her mentor, but something is off about him. It isn't until the company announces they're doing Giselle for the fall performance that Megan realizes the parallels between the ghost story and the lives around her. Megan must find a way to not only save her climbing career, but balance her feelings for Bellamy, and stop the murders and dying girls before she, too, is numbered among the dead.

The Redwall Riddler

by Brian Jacques

Test your Redwall knowledge with "The Redwall Riddler"--full of riddles, quick-fire suggestions, and baffling word puzzles.

The Reefs of Earth

by R. A. Lafferty

Oh Mandrake man of giants bred, you didn't guess one singing trifle, would ever enter in your head--, a message from a talking rifle. The sinister sing-song of Bagarthach verse. Chanted by a Puca child or adult, such rhymes could kill ... and all too frequently did. The inhabitants of the little town of Lost Haven felt the danger, but no one knew how to fight the unearthly merciless ways of the Puca. And the Puca had orders from their planet to do something final about the weird treacherous people of Earth.

The Reefs of Earth

by R. A. Lafferty

In The Reefs of Earth, Lafferty's first-completed novel, a passel of Alien children bumptiously attempt to rid Earth of humans.

The Reefs of Space (Starchild Trilogy #1)

by Frederik Pohl Jack Williamson

Steve Ryeland knew that he was a criminal who had failed the Plan of Man ... but he could not remember his crime. Around his neck he wore an iron collar containing an explosive that would destroy him if he tried escape; but what had he done that had put it there he could only remember in tantalizing fragments. And then Steve still a prisoner was given the world's most important job--to develop a "jetless drive," a new space propulsion system that would permit the forces of man to expand into the Reefs of Space, the half-mythical bodies that circled the solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto. Ryeland had to succeed--or be relegated to the horrors of the living Body Bank.

The Reel Stuff

by Martin H. Greenberg Brian M. Thomsen

The stories that launched money-making blockbusters? ?almost any of the stories is worth the price of the whole volume.? The Reel Stuff collects thirteen memorable?and in some cases award-winning?tales from legendary names in science fiction, fantasy, and horror that inspired some of Hollywood?s greatest successes on the silver screen, or found rabid followings as cult classics. Features the stories that inspired: Minority Report ? Total Recall ? The Thing ? Johnny Mnemonic ? Re-animator ? Candyman ? Millennium ? Enemy Mine ? Mimic ? Screamers ? Nightflyers ? Amanda and the Alien ? The Outer Limits: Sandkings

The Reflections of Us (The Halves of Us Trilogy #2)

by Sydney Paige Richardson

There will not be one, but two. The eldest will bring destruction upon her first breath. For by the sixteenth year she grew, the only salvation for Thindoral is death.Sixteen years have passed since the fateful night the portal was opened. Adie has grown up on Earth, plagued with nightmares and knowing nothing of her home planet, Thindoral. That changes when she is confronted by a stranger called Auralee, who claims to be her twin sister. Her revelation thrusts Adie into a world overtaken by unimaginable evil, as she’s flooded with memories of a lifetime she never lived.Aura has taken over Thindoral and controls the shapeshifting Sights, forcing those who survived into hiding. Darkness clouds Aura’s mind and fuels her thirst for vengeance. She has raised her younger self, Auralee, as her own. But Auralee has her own agenda, and if that means defying Aura, then so be it. After making a deal with the enemy of her enemy, Adie faces off in a battle with Aura and realizes accepting her fate may be the only way to rebalance the worlds’ colliding timelines and save everything she holds dear. Yet Aura’s vow to make them all suffer a fate as wicked as her own now teeters as she discovers another force at play, one that she didn’t see coming. Even her own darkness cannot be trusted…

The Reformed Vampire Support Group

by Catherine Jinks

Think vampires are romantic, sexy, and powerful? Think again. Vampires are dead. And unless they want to end up staked, they have to give up fanging people, admit their addiction, join a support group, and reform themselves. Nina Harrison, fanged at fifteen and still living with her mother, hates the Reformed Vampire Support Group meetings every Tuesday night. Even if she does appreciate Dave, who was in a punk band when he was alive, nothing exciting ever happens. That is, until one of group members is mysteriously destroyed by a silver bullet. With Nina (determined to prove that vamps aren't useless or weak) and Dave (secretly in love with Nina) at the helm, the misfit vampires soon band together to track down the hunter, save a werewolf, and keep the world safe from the likes of themselves. The perfect anecdote to slick vampire novels, this murder-mystery comedy of errors will thrill fans of Evil Genius.

The Reformed Vampire Support Group

by Catherine Jinks

The trouble with being a vampire is . . . You can't get a decent haircut. You live on guinea-pig blood. And even worse, most of the world's population wants to kill you. For no good reason. Nina Harrison became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen. Since then, life's been one big drag - mostly because she spends all her time with a bunch of vampires, in a vampire therapy group.Then one of them gets staked by an anonymous vampire slayer, and things become even worse: while tracking down the culprit, Nina and her fellow vampires end up in the middle of an illegal werewolf-fighting racket, and find themselves the target of some genuine villains who'll stop at nothing to get their werewolf back.

The Reformer (General Series, No. #7)

by David Drake S. M. Stirling

This is a part of the General Series and takes place after Raj has led his planet back to the stars.

The Refrigerator Monologues

by Catherynne M. Valente

From the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a ferocious riff on the women in superhero comics.The Refrigerator Monologues is a collection of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who&’s ever been &“refrigerated&”: comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero&’s storyline will progress. In an entirely new and original superhero universe, Valente subversively explores these ideas and themes in the superhero genre, treating them with the same love, gravity, and humor as her fairy tales. After all, superheroes are our new fairy tales and these six women have their own stories to share.

The Regency Romances: Midsummer Moon, My Sweet Folly, and Uncertain Magic (Regency Tales)

by Laura Kinsale

A trio of captivating historical romances by a New York Times–bestselling author whose &“work is unfailingly brilliant and beautiful&” (Julia Quinn). &“No one—repeat no one—writes historical romance better than Laura Kinsale&” (Mary Jo Putney), and one of the New York Times–bestselling and Rita Award–winning author&’s specialties is the Regency period. This trio of enchanting love stories introduces unforgettable couples who leap off the pages and into our hearts. Midsummer Moon: Merlin Lambourne has invented the &“speaking box&”—a sort of telephone—which is so valuable that Napoleon has killed for it. Sent by the crown to bring both inventor and invention to safety, Ransom Falconer, Duke of Damerell, is shocked to learn the eccentric genius is female. More shocking is how beguiled he is by her. Now if he could just get her mind out of the clouds and convince her to marry him . . . &“One of the greatest, unacknowledged romantic comedy novels.&” —All About Romance My Sweet Folly: In a loveless marriage, Folie Hamilton finds her lonely days brightened by letters from her husband&’s cousin, Lt. Robert Cambourne, stationed in Calcutta. Unbidden love blossoms, yet upon the death of her husband, Robert&’s last letter shatters her heart with three words: I am married. Four years later, Robert summons Folie and her stepdaughter to England. But the haunted widower is not the man she once knew; he has become paranoid and delusional. In this RITA Award nominee, will Folie find the man who once captured her heart? &“Laura Kinsale is one of the romance genre&’s brightest stars.&” —Loretta Chase Uncertain Magic: In nineteenth-century Ireland, Roddy Delamore has little chance of finding a husband, cursed as she is with the gift of mind reading. Privy to the dishonorable thoughts of her suitors, she seizes on the chance to marry Faelan Savigar, the Earl of Iveragh, despite his poor reputation and murky past. Condemned by dark rumors, Lord Iveragh is taken aback by the woman&’s proposal. How is it that she believes in him? And does he dare give her his heart? &“First-rate . . . Laura Kinsale delivers powerful unique romance.&” —Amanda Quick

The Regency: The Morland Dynasty, Book 13 (Morland Dynasty #13)

by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

1807: the Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family.Lucy trying to rebuild her life after the death of her lover, Captain Weston, is thrown into doubt and confusion by an unexpected proposal of marriage. At Morland Place, the hard-won happiness of James and Heloise is threatened by his rebellious daughter, Fanny. As heiress to the Morland estate, Fanny is determined to claim more than her inheritance, but for those dependent on her generosity, Fanny's decision to marry the unscrupulous Lieutenant Hawker brings only anxiety.These troubled times hold many surprises, and in their darkest hour the Morlands make an astonishing discovery which enables them to face the uncertain future with new strength.

The Regency: The Morland Dynasty, Book 13 (Morland Dynasty #13)

by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

1807: the Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family.Lucy trying to rebuild her life after the death of her lover, Captain Weston, is thrown into doubt and confusion by an unexpected proposal of marriage. At Morland Place, the hard-won happiness of James and Heloise is threatened by his rebellious daughter, Fanny. As heiress to the Morland estate, Fanny is determined to claim more than her inheritance, but for those dependent on her generosity, Fanny's decision to marry the unscrupulous Lieutenant Hawker brings only anxiety.These troubled times hold many surprises, and in their darkest hour the Morlands make an astonishing discovery which enables them to face the uncertain future with new strength.

The Regent Does Not Give Up: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)

by Chun MeiNiu

To be whipped as soon as he teleported? Sis Fan, and an extremely hypocritical father?He didn't care, as long as he had pure power, he would fight one against one, and two against one!Just that, what the heck was this devilish Prince Regent that had surrounded him?"Leng Er, the This King is a little cold, come and warm the This King up." The tip of a man's eyebrows slightly raised."No, I'm cold." A certain girl proudly refused."Then This King will help Leng Er warm up." A certain man smiled."..." A certain girl.

The Regent Does Not Give Up: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)

by Chun MeiNiu

To be whipped as soon as he teleported? Sis Fan, and an extremely hypocritical father?He didn't care, as long as he had pure power, he would fight one against one, and two against one!Just that, what the heck was this devilish Prince Regent that had surrounded him?"Leng Er, the This King is a little cold, come and warm the This King up." The tip of a man's eyebrows slightly raised."No, I'm cold." A certain girl proudly refused."Then This King will help Leng Er warm up." A certain man smiled."..." A certain girl.

The Regent Does Not Give Up: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)

by Chun MeiNiu

Get whipped for crossing slag sister poison mother and a hypocritical father no matter to pure power in the body to a dozen a to two beat a pair it s just what the hell is this evil regent cold son this king is a little cold to warm this king some male eyebrow tip slightly raise no i m cold a woman tsundere refused the king came to warm the cold a man hooked his lips into a smile the some female

The Regent's Knight

by J. M. Snyder

Prince Amery Llewellen is the only son of King Adin of Pharr and heir to the throne. When his father is lost in battle with the barbaric tribes invading the northern Pharrisian border, Amery becomes regent in his father’s stead. The royal advisers pressure him to take the crown and assume the throne, but doing so will force him to take a wife as well. Amery is loathe to do that, because he’s deeply in love with one of his knights, Sir Tovin Raimus, from the southland.Such a relationship is forbidden -- both because Tovin is another man and because he is a knight, much below the station of a prince. After King Adin forbid their union, Tovin and Amery masked their love with fights and arguments designed to make the servants believe they loathe each other. The whole castle dreads the news that the northern border has been breached, because when Tovin is assigned the position of castellan, that makes him head of castle security. His being stationed so near the regent has the servants believing the two will fight to the death.That’s just a farce to keep their love a secret. But Pharr needs a crowned ruler, and Amery must decide whether to take his rightful place on the throne or forsake his kingdom for the love of one man.

The Regime: Before They Were Left Behind

by Tim Lahaye Jerry B. Jenkins

Continuation of Left Behind Christian eschatology, where six lives are inexorably destined to intersect at the most pivotal point in human history

The Regional Office Is Under Attack!: A Novel

by Manuel Gonzales

In a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, one organization--the Regional Office--and its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation. At its helm, the mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. And now, the Regional Office is under attack. Recruited by a defector from within, Rose is a young assassin leading the attack, eager to stretch into her powers and prove herself on her first mission. Defending the Regional Office is Sarah--who may or may not have a mechanical arm--fiercely devoted to the organization that took her in as a young woman in the wake of her mother's sudden disappearance. On the day that the Regional Office is attacked, Rose's and Sarah's stories will overlap, their lives will collide, and the world as they know it just might end. Weaving in a brilliantly conceived mythology, fantastical magical powers, teenage crushes, and kinetic fight scenes, The Regional Office Is Under Attack! is a seismically entertaining debut novel about revenge and allegiance and love. <br> <b>Winner of the 2017 Alex Award (10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences)</b>

The Registry (Registry Novels #1)

by Shannon Stoker

Welcome to a safe and secure new world, where beauty is bought and sold, and freedom is the ultimate crimeThe Registry saved the country from collapse, but stability has come at a price. In this patriotic new America, girls are raised to be brides, sold at auction to the highest bidder. Boys are raised to be soldiers, trained to fight and never question orders.Nearly eighteen, beautiful Mia Morrissey excitedly awaits the beginning of her auction year. But a warning from her married older sister raises dangerous questions. Now, instead of going up on the block, Mia is going to escape to Mexico—and the promise of freedom.All Mia wants is to control her own destiny—a brave and daring choice that will transform her into an enemy of the state, pursued by powerful government agents, ruthless bounty hunters, and a cunning man determined to own her . . . a man who will stop at nothing to get her back.

The Regrets

by Amy Bonnaffons

Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons's dazzling, darkly playful, "deep and deeply funny" debut novel about a love affair between the living and the dead. (Kirkus)For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise, witty, handsome, mysterious, clearly a kindred spirit. There's just one tiny problem: He's dead.Stuck in a surreal limbo governed by bureaucracy, Thomas is unable to "cross over" to the afterlife until he completes a 90-day stint on earth, during which time he is forbidden to get involved with a member of the living -- lest he incur "regrets." When Thomas and Rachel break this rule, they unleash a cascade of bizarre, troubling consequences.Set in the hallucinatory borderland between life and death, The Regrets is a gloriously strange and breathtakingly sexy exploration of love, the cataclysmic power of fantasies, and the painful, exhilarating work of waking up to reality, told with uncommon grace and humor by a visionary artist at the height of her imaginative power.

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