Download or read book Harsh Oases written by Paul Di Filippo and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of seventeen stories from the Nebula Award finalist. “Di Filippo is an inspired original and this volume is a delight” (The Guardian). Among the seventeen stories in this collection are two that are original to this volume, some favorites of the author, and older work not previously collected. As always, the themes and stories are odd yet disturbingly familiar and hauntingly relevant: “Femaville 29” explores love and salvation among the ruins of a devastated US East Coast; “The Singularity Needs Women” has human and post-human fighting for a woman’s love; and “Harsh Oases” itself is the first addition to the Ribofunk universe since the release of that collection some years ago. This ebook features an Introduction by Cory Doctorow.
Download or read book The southern oasis routes Rough Guides Snapshot Morocco includes Ouarzazate A t Benhaddou Zagora Todra Gorge Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Southern Oasis Routes is the ultimate travel guide to this impressive part of Morocco. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from atmospheric kasbahs to desert palmeries and the Vallée des Roses to dramatic Todra Gorge. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Morocco, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around Morocco, including transport, food, drink, costs, health, accommodation and shopping. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to Morocco. Full coverage: Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, Tamdaght, Tizi n'Tinififft, Agdz, Tamnougalt, Timiderte, Tinzouline, Zagora, Tamegroute, Tinfou, M'hamid, the Dadès, the Skoura oasis, El Kelâa des Mgouna, Vallée des Roses, Boumalne du Dadès, the Djebel Sarho, Dadès Gorge, Tinerhir, Todra Gorge, Tinejad, Goulmima, Er Rachidia, Erfoud, Rissani, Alnif, Tazzarine, Nekob, Merzouga, Figuig. (Equivalent printed page extent 113 pages).
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Twenty Sixth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.
Download or read book The Summer Thieves written by Paul Di Filippo and published by Night Shade Books. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful, witty, picaresque science fiction adventure story evoking the styles of Gene Wolfe and Jack Vance, The Summer Thieves is the first novel in the new Quinary series by noted author and reviewer Paul Di Filippo. He chased his dreams of the ideal summer across a galaxy of thieves . . . Far in the glorious interstellar future, a time of riches and complex technologies, the stern but utilitarian Quinary guards and regulates the flourishing human-colonized galaxy. Under their business-like rule, a family may own a whole planet. And so two bloodlines—the Corvivios clan and the Soldavere clan—are in full possession of the lush and benign world of Verano. The youngest members of each family—Johrun Corvivios and Minka Soldavere—are slated to wed. All looks rosy for the joint family enterprises. But then the happy future is dramatically and tragically overturned! Circumstances separate the lovers and rob them of their places in the galaxy, and Johrun must undertake a desperate quest across the stars to reclaim his birthright. At first aided only by his devoted chimeric helper, the canny Lutramella, Johrun will face a thousand deadly challenges, from malign magicians to haughty outlaws. As his character is matured in fire, his dedication to Verano and his determination to return increase, and his group of friends and allies becomes stronger . . . but will the precious Summer Planet, and his bride-to-be, even be the same when—and if—he returns?
Download or read book Eclipse 3 written by Jonathan Strahan and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To observe an eclipse is to witness a rare and unusual event. Under darkened skies the sun becomes a negative image of itself, its corona transforming the landscape into a strange space where anything might happen, and any story may be true... In the spirit of classic science fiction anthologies such as Universe, Orbit, and Starlight, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year) presents the non-themed genre anthology Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy. Here you will find stories where strange and wonderful things happen--where reality is eclipsed by something magical and new. Continuing in the footsteps of the multiple-award-nominated anthologies Eclipse One and Eclipse Two, Eclipse Three delivers new fiction by some of the genre's most celebrated authors, including Karen Joy Fowler's story of a family's desperation and a rebellious young woman's strange incarceration; Ellen Klages's fable of a practical girl, an unusual tortoise, and an ancient mathematical puzzle; Pat Cadigan's story of a mysterious photograph and two friends' journey through space and time in order to solve its riddle; Jeffrey Ford's tale of a legendary sword imbued with the power to turn flesh to coral, and of the artist that wields it; Daniel Abraham's story of divine providence, sacred oaths, and the omens that indicate whether a man is fit to be king; and Caitlin R. Kiernan's chronicle of an astronaut whose memories of a lover lost to an alien intelligence haunt her.
Download or read book Sense of Wonder written by Leigh Grossman and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 7287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!
Download or read book Collision of Realities written by Lars Schmeink and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though the fantastic (in its most inclusive definition) has been a part of our culture for as long as it exists, it has not been a prominent feature of European academic interest. With its inherent transgressive moment the fantastic allows for an ideal space of the cultural negotiation of political, social and physical boundaries, which should place it at the center of popular cultural research, not as is the case, at its periphery. But the commencing boom of fantastic themes in contemporary media production has facilitated a paradigmatic change in research, prompting a wide interest in the fantastic in all its forms, from fantasy to horror, from fairy tale to science fiction. This volume addresses this growing interest by reviewing the status of research on the fantastic in Europe so far and by providing a necessary outlook for the future. In the essays current trends, such as the liminality debate, as well as established discourses, as for example on genre theory, are brought together to show interested researchers a network of interdisciplinary (from literary, media and social studies) approaches towards the fantastic.
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Twenty Third Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-07-11 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology.
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 written by Stephen Jones and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction. Praise for Stephen Jones: 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones, whose Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is one of the major bargains of this as of any other year.' Roz Kavaney 'An essential volume for horror readers.' Locus 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.' Lisa Tuttle, The Times Books
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Science Fiction written by Don D'Ammassa and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 2098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents articles on the science fiction genre of literature, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.
Download or read book The Great Oasis of Egypt written by Roger S. Bagnall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and archaeology of two oases, remote but closely tied to the Nile valley for thousands of years.
Download or read book The Jews of Arab Lands written by Norman A. Stillman and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 1979 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oasis written by John Creasey and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2015-09-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three agents in West Africa die and one of Dr. Palfrey’s friends has suddenly lost weight. Behind both events is an organisation using a drug that puts world domination within the reach. Blackmail ensues and Palfrey must deal with what could be the worst situation he has ever faced; a brutal conspiracy that threatens the lives of millions.
Download or read book The Egyptian World written by Toby Wilkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative and up-to-date, this key single-volume work is a thematic exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture as it was expressed down the centuries.Including topics rarely covered elsewhere as well as new perspectives, this work comprises thirty-two original chapters written by international experts. Each chapter gives an overvi
Download or read book Proceedings of the Ninth International Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference written by Colin A. Hope and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypts Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J. Mills and presents a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of the oasis and its interconnections with surrounding regions, especially the Nile Valley. The papers are by distinguished authorities in the field and postgraduate students who specialise in different aspects of Dakhleh and presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh including much unpublished, original material. It will be one of the few to document a specific part of modern Egypt in such detail and thus should have a broad and lasting appeal. The content of some of the papers is unlikely to be published in any other form elsewhere. Dakhleh is possibly the most intensively examined wider geographic region within Egypt.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Morocco written by Daniel Jacobs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in ePub format. The Rough Guide to Morocco is the top travel guide for this beguiling country. This full-color edition is now updated and formatted to be more user-friendly than ever, with all practical details for each town together in one place. Accommodation and eating options for all budgets are included--from the chic riads of Marrakesh to the backstreets of Tangier and fine dining in Casablanca, from oasis-hopping in the desert to mountain treks in the High Atlas. The Rough Guide to Morocco gives you the lowdown on how to get where you're going, where to stay when you get there, and the best places to eat, drink, and hang out. Clear maps supplement the text throughout, and there's even a detailed food glossary in English, Arabic, and French. When planning a trip to this unique part of the world, you'll find practical information to make your way with ease and the context you need to understand what makes Morocco tick. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Morocco.
Download or read book Vangie s Ghosts written by Paul Di Filippo and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Di Filippo delivers a thrilling and thought provoking adventure through the multiverse in Vangie’s Ghosts, a compelling science fiction novel about one girl with extraordinary powers. Three-year-old Vangie is mute and unresponsive. She shows no interest in the people or world around her, much to the frustration of her callous foster parents. Little do they know, Vangie is otherwise occupied observing “ghosts”—an infinite number of versions of herself, in an infinite number of parallel universes. When a tornado hits their trailer and Vangie is severely injured, she makes a desperate leap into another timeline where she survives the tornado, but her foster parents do not. So begins a life of shuttling through various foster homes, cultivating her abilities to seek out alternate timelines, and making jumps calculated to better her circumstances in order to avoid the exploitation of adults who seek to harness her powers for their own means. Vangie never communicates with her avatars, until one day the “Council”—a group of Vangies—appear to her and warn her of an ominous, growing threat in the multiverse: a man they call the Massive. And thus begins an epic conflict, spanning millennia and worlds, in a brutal effort to control the fate of the multiverse. Vangie’s Ghosts is Paul Di Filippo at the height of his imagination and versatility, filled with compelling characters who play captivating roles in a story where the stakes are nothing less than existence itself.
