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Steven Brust

Dragon

Steven Brust

Dzur

Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

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Steven Brust

Yendi

Tony Ballantyne

Recursion

AI

It is the twenty-third century. Herb, a young entrepreneur, returns to the isolated planet on which he has illegally been trying to build a city-and finds it destroyed by a swarming nightmare of self-replicating machinery. Worse, the all-seeing Environment Agency has been watching him the entire time. His punishment? A nearly hopeless battle in the farthest reaches of the universe against enemy machines twice as fast, and twice as deadly, as his own-in the company of a disarmingly confident AI who may not be exactly what he claims…Little does Herb know that this war of machines was set in motion nearly two hundred years ago-by mankind itself. For it was then that a not-quite-chance encounter brought a confused young girl and a nearly omnipotent AI together in one fateful moment that may have changed the course of humanity forever.<

Tony Ballantyne

CAPACITY

AI

<p>In this uneven sequel to Ballantyne's , humans can live on as digital clones or "personality constructs" of themselves, leading multiple lives in the numerous matrices of 23rd-century cyberspace and enjoying equal rights with their physical compatriots. Like the first series entry, this novel interweaves several story lines concerning the dubious existence of an omnipotent artificial intelligence known as the Watcher, who controls the Environmental Agency, the organization in charge of all aspects of the digital and physical worlds. With the help of a geisha-garbed agent (and her numerous digital clones), a woman seeks asylum from a cyberspace killer determined to repeatedly torture and murder her digital incarnations. Meanwhile, on a remote planet in the physical world, a social worker investigates a series of artificial intelligence suicides that may hold apocalyptic implications. Though Ballantyne writes with engaging authority about high-concept technological novelties, the three protagonists often come across as self-parodies, spouting clumsy and predictable exposition that grinds the tale to a halt during what would otherwise have been memorable climaxes. This is a shame, because the inventive plot, which interweaves such staples of the genre as dilemmas of free will, memory and identity, contains enough mind-bending twists and double-crosses to satisfy most cyberpunk fans.</p><p>After rescue from a trap set at work, Helen is displaced in time. She is now a personality construct, or PC. Her caseworker, Judy, tells her that PCs have the same rights as atomic humans but that for the past 70 years, Helen has been running illegally on the Private Network for the pleasure of customers playing powergames. Helen vows to help Judy hunt down the head of the Private Network. Meanwhile, Justinian, a therapist for troubled PCs, is assigned to an extragalactic world where a several AIs have committed suicide for no apparent reason. It's a strange world of Schroedinger boxes, which become fixed in location only when someone looks at them, and unbreakable black velvet bands, which appear out of nowhere and shrink away to nothing. As Helen and Judy discover Private Network secrets, and Justinian slowly unravels the ever-stranger AI suicides mystery, their stories converge upon a terrifying conspiracy to hide the truth of an outer universe. Ballantyne's pacing and world-building skills make this all engaging and a bit creepy. </p><

Candace Bushnell

SEX and the CITY

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Bill Bryson

Notes from a small Island

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Robin Becker

Brains: A Zombie Memoir

Becker's slender debut novella is an unusual take on the zombie genre: part Grapes of Wrath, part postmodern memoir. A virus outbreak turns millions of people into mindless zombies, and the remaining humans declare war on the undead. Zombified English professor Jack Barnes discovers that he has retained his memories and his consciousness. Joined by several other sentient zombies, Barnes sets off to find the virus's creator in hopes of presenting a treatise on zombie civil rights. Barnes's dogged entitlement and self-centeredness make him both uninteresting and unbearable, and while Becker's writing is crisp, the plot meanders like its characters, consisting of little more than cannibalistic feasts and tin-eared literary and pop culture references (Hell is other zombies; Perhaps life as a zombie is better than no life at all).<

John Birmingham

After America

Without warning

S J Bolton

Blood Harvest

<p>but welcome. Someone seems to be trying to drive them away-at first with silly pranks but then with threats that become increasingly dangerous, especially to the oldest child, ten-year-old Tom Fletcher, who begins to believe that someone is always watching him.</p><p>The adults in Tom's life are trying to help, including his parents; the vicar next door, younger and more dashing than you'd expect a vicar to be; and a therapist, Evi Oliver, who believes him more than she wants to. But there are other clues that something isn't quite right in Heptonclough, including the mysterious accidental deaths of three toddlers over the last ten years. It is not until Tom's siblings, two-year-old Milly and five-year-old Joe Fletcher, go missing in turn that the little village's evil secret turns the Fletchers' dreams into a nightmare.</p><p>With Sacrifice, Awakening, and now Blood Harvest, S. J. Bolton displays time and time again her remarkable talent as a beguiling storyteller, a master of thrills, and the mistress of her own brand of modern Gothic tale.</p><

Ben Bova

Moonrise

Grand Tour

Former astronaut Paul Stavenger is driven by his vision of colonizing space. His dream becomes a reality with the creation of a viable, flourishing, nearly self-sufficient community at Moonbase. But Paul has made an implacable enemy; one who will carry his vendetta to the frontiers of space.<

Ben Bova

Vengeance of Orion

Orion

Orion finds himself thrust back to the ancient world of Greece and must prevent the Greek army from destroying the citadel of Troy. If he fails, he will lose the only woman he has ever loved. But if he succeeds, the history of the world will be changed forever. The stunning sequel to .<

Stephen Baxter

Stone spring

Northland

David Brin

Sundiver

Uplift

<p>No species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron — except perhaps mankind. Did some mysterious race begin the uplift of humanity aeons ago? Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in history — a journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.</p><p>The book was nominated for Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1981.</p><

Vladimir Braghin

In Tara Codrilor de Iarba

S J Bolton

Sacrifice

A bone chilling, spellbinding debut novel set on a remote Shetland island where surgeon Tora Hamilton makes the gruesome discovery, deep in peat soil, of the body of a young woman, her heart brutally torn out.<

Mikkel Birkegaard

The Library of Shadows

Imagine that some people have the power to affect your thoughts and feelings when you read, or they read a book to you. They can seduce you with amazing stories, conjure up vividly imagined worlds, but also manipulate you into thinking exactly what they want you to. When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon has not seen his father for twenty years since the mysterious death of his mother. When Luca's death is followed by an arson attempt on the shop, Jon is forced to explore his family's past. Unbeknown to Jon, the bookshop has for years been hiding a remarkable secret. It is the meeting place of a society of booklovers and readers, who have maintained a tradition of immense power passed down from the days of the great library of ancient Alexandria. Now someone is trying to destroy them, and Jon finds himself in a fight for his life and those of his new friends.<

Mary Balogh

Secrets of the Heart

<p>    Theirs should have been the perfect marriage. Sarah was as wildly in love with the Duke of Cranwell as he was with her…until, on their wedding night, Sarah was forced to reveal the secret of her past. And that, midst great public scandal, ended their marriage almost before it began.</p><p>    Then in fashionable Bath their paths crossed again. The stunningly beautiful Sarah knew it was folly to think this dashing and sought-after lord would ever get over her shocking betrayal. His fury made it painfully clear that they should separate again, this time forever.</p><p>    Sarah could find a thousand arguments against the wisdom -or likelihood- of so miserable an edict. For one, the duke's ridiculous masculine pride was no match for the sensuous power of her affection for him…as she counted on love to melt the last shred of his resistance to her passionate surrender…</p><

Christopher A Bohjalian

The Double Bind

<p>Laurel Estabrook works at a homeless shelter in Burlington, Vermont, helping her clients get off the street and into homes. Somewhat reserved, possibly due to being violently attacked while biking alone in college, she’s absorbed by her hobby of photography. Her boss asks her to look at the photographs taken by one of their former clients, and the photos reveal an amazing talent but also suggest links to Laurel ’s own past.</p><p>The book is scattered with actual photographs taken by a once-homeless man that inspired the author to consider why someone with incredible talent might become homeless. The Double Bind considers the question of homelessness and mental illness with sensitivity. The fictional photographs described in the novel tell Laurel as much about herself as they do about the photographer, and set her on a path that will change her life. The Great Gatsby plays a prominent role in all of this: Fitzgerald’s characters and plot lines are taken to be true, and affect present-day characters.</p><p>Chris Bohjalian has written several successful novels, including previous bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club selection Midwives. In his latest effort, Bohjalian masterfully weaves fact and fiction, writing and photography, sanity and delusion into a tale that’s compelling and lingers in your thoughts. The Double Bind is a must-read.</p><

Tabitha Briton

Coed Sluts

Beeline erotica

Dick N Ballz

One-On-One

BEE

Rebecca Butler

Freshman nymph

Beeline erotica

Sandy Bennett

Jackie_s family lessons!

Beeline OB

Tabitha Britton

Skin-flick slut

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Stephen Baxter

Anti-Ice

The novel can be classified as an alternate history for its portrayal of 19th century Europe and the changes resulting, particularly in Britain, from an explosive scientific discovery made in the 1850s. A new element has been discovered in a hidden vein near the South Pole. Anti-ice is harmless until warmed, when it releases vast energies that promise new wonders and threaten new horrors beyond humankind’s wildest dreams.<

Ben Bova

Milenio

Chet Kinsman

<p>El tema de esta novela es el aterrador mundo del futuro: la gente y la política mundial en el año 1999. La población de la tierra ha llegado a ocho mil millones de seres humanos. La escasez creciente de recursos naturales ha conducido a.las dos grandes potencias al borde del conflicto nuclear.</p><p>A pocos cientos de kilómetros sobre la superficie terrestre, en sus respectivas colonias lunares, los Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética luchan afiebradamente por completar sus propias redes de satélites que los protegerán de un ataque atómico.</p><p>Ambas potencias saben que quien complete primero la red protectora quebrará en su favor el largo equilibrio de fuerzas. Así se ganaría una ventaja decisiva.</p><p>Dos hombres están vitalmente comprometidos en este posible holocausto: el jefe ruso y el jefe norteamericano de las bases lunares. Afortunadamente para la humanidad, ambos hombres son idealistas de buena voluntad, decididos a luchar juntos por conquistar un mundo donde sea posible la coexistencia. ¿Triunfarán los idealistas? ¿Qué fuerzas luchan contra ellos? ¿Podrán sobrevivir? Este es el dramático nudo de esta magistral novela de suspenso.</p><

Don Bassinghtwaite

The Binding Stone

The Dragon below

David Brin

Stare jest piękne

<p>Fizyk Dennis Nuel był pierwszym człowiekiem, który badał dziwne królestwa — światy alternatywne, gdzie panowały nawet inne prawa nauki. Jednak świat, który odkrył Dennis, wydaje się prawie taki sam jak nasz własny, z jedną tylko kłopotliwą różnicą. </p><p>Ku swemu zdumieniu Dennis zostaje tam powitany jako czarodziej i okazuje się, że walczy u boku pięknej i władającej przedziwnymi mocami kobiety przeciw tajemniczemu władcy. To tak jakby toczył batalię o rozwiązanie zagadki tego niezwykle tajemniczego świata.</p><

Rscott Bakker

Disciple of the dog

Stephen Baxter

Las naves del tiempo

El Viajero del tiempo de H.G. Wells despierta en su casa de Richmond la mañana posterior al retorno de su primera partida al futuro. Apesadumbrado por haber dejado a Weena en manos de los Morlock, decide realizar un segundo viaje al año 802.701 para rescatar a su amiga Eloi. Pero al entrar en un futuro distinto y radicalmente cambiado, el Viajero se ve irremediablemente atado a las paradójicas complejidades del desplazamiento a través del tiempo. Acompañado por un Morlock, se encontrará consigo mismo, para ser detenido después por un grupo de viajeros temporales procedentes de un 1938 en el cual Inglaterra lleva 24 años en guerra con Alemania... Una novela sorprendente, repleta de aventuras y especulaciones que ha pretendido, con éxito, homenajear y reexaminar La máquina del tiempo de H.G. Wells.<

David Brin

Tiempos de gloria

La joven Maia, una descastada nacida en verano, debe abandonar el clan de sus privilegiadas medio hermanas clones nacidas en invierno. Su difícil y peligroso viaje iniciático arranca en los muelles de Puerto Sanger y prosigue a bordo de uno de los barcos tripulados por los escasos hombres (menos de un veinte por ciento) que forman la población de Stratos, un mundo creado por y para las mujeres. Sólo el difícil y lejano éxito le permitirá ser la fundadora de un nuevo clan. Las manipulaciones genéticas de la Madre Fundadora Lysos han creado en Stratos un mundo nuevo y distinto, dominado por mujeres que se reproducen por clonación. Una nueva opción sociopolítica, tecnológica, ecológica y, sobre todo, en el ámbito de la relación entre ambos sexos. En la senda de la literatura que denuncia las relaciones entre los sexos o propone establecer nuevos vínculos, se une a obras ya clasicas como de Ursula K. Le Guin.<

Art Bell

Sturmwarnung

<p>Extreme Temperaturschwankungen und Klimaverschiebungen bestimmten das Wetter zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Nach wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen markiert dieser Trend nur den Anfang eines bevorstehenden klimatischen Albtraums: Steht uns ein Sturm von unvorstellbarer Macht und Zerstörungswut bevor? Durch die zunehmende globale Erderwärmung kommt es zu einer Verschiebung der Meeresströme, die nachfolgend zu einem dramatischen Klimawandel in vielen Teilen der Welt führt, was sich in verheerenden Unwettern und Naturkatastrophen auswirkt. Art Bell und Whitley Strieber, zwei der führenden amerikanischen Untersucher unerklärlicher Phänomene, entwerfen in ihrem New-York-Times-Bestseller ein Katastrophenszenario, das ausgehend von der globalen Erderwärmung entsetzliche Konsequenzen für die Erdbevölkerung hätte. Sie erklären diese Szenarios mit ihrem wissenschaftlichen Hintergrund und versuchen dabei, auch Lösungsvorschläge zu bieten.</p><p>Regisseur Roland Emmerich, der sich mit als Meister des Katastrophenfilms erwiesen hat, drehte inspiriert von diesem Buch seinen Event-Blockbuster </p><p>Art Bell ist einer der bekanntesten Radiomoderatoren Amerikas. Mehr als 15 Millionen Hörer verfolgen seine Latenight-Sendungen wie oder in denen er sich mit Themen wie Ufos, Regierungsverschwörungen, Todeserfahrungen und sonstigen unerklärlichen Phänomenen beschäftigt.</p><p>Whitley Strieber ist der Bestsellerautor von über 20 Büchern, darunter Horrorromane wie oder Neben seinem Beruf als Autor moderiert er mit Art Bell seine eigene Radiosendung Whitley Strieber lebt mit seiner Frau in San Antonio, Texas.</p><

David Bishop

A murder in Marienburg

Warhammer:Marienburg

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