Friends and Enemies
Fritz Leiber
Editora: Wildside Press
Sinopse
In a world blasted by super-bombs and run by super-thugs, Art vs. Science can be a deadly debate!
Editora: Wildside Press
In a world blasted by super-bombs and run by super-thugs, Art vs. Science can be a deadly debate!
A Heartfelt Scifi Story From Acclaimed Sci-Fi Author Jake KerrOriginally published in the best-selling Gamer Chronicles anthology, "Hacking Dad" is the story of an orphan who is presented with an AI father. As he looks for ways to exploit the AI's algorithm to generate more freedom, he learns that he isn't changing the system, he's changing himself, and that his AI father may not be AI after all. A father-son story that asks timeless questions like "What is fatherhood" and contemporary questions like "When you can't tell if someone is real or AI, does it matter?"Ver livro
Kidnapped to the far side of galactic nowhere! One day Tam is waitressing at a neighborhood tavern and taking community college classes in firefighting. The next… Well, months later when she finally gets her sight and hearing back, after waking up in a hospital… She’s living on a county-sized space station, one of the few humans in a community made up of giant, sapient lizards and birds. Her next-door neighbor is a MUTANT giant, sapient lizard. Her new Station Safeties supervisor doesn’t think a mere mammal can handle the job. And her boyfriend wants her to help with illegal drug running. What’s a girl to do? Except keep her new eyes and ears open to find the bastard who stranded her here and knows the way home…Ver livro
"George Orwell (1903-50) is known around the world for his satirical novella Animal Farm and his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, but he was arguably at his best in the essay form. Below, we've selected and introduced ten of Orwell's best essays for the interested newcomer to his non-fiction, but there are many more we could have added. What do you think is George Orwell's greatest essay? Contents: POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTES ON NATIONALISM (1945) WHY I WRITE (1946)"Ver livro
This book will take you on a journey that will keep you guessing, about your own journey, here on Earth! In this mind bending trilogy, a young woman's gift leads her to a questionable answer, sending her on a quest for more, which turns into an assignment, that ultimately morphs into a rescue mission. A question, "What if Earth is a prison planet?" And if so, why does she keep coming back, what crimes is she continually committing, against others or more importantly, against herself? Her wondrous travels and relentless thirst for knowledge to find these answers, will captivate your imagination just as much as it does hers! So as you indulge, be mindful, that you share the same space, reside in the same place, and may have the same questions in mind once you decide that it's ok to question-the unthinkable-If Earth is a prison planet, why you keep coming back?Ver livro
Yuki's been reborn in another world as a demon lord—and his new life is going swimmingly! He continues strengthening his dungeon with his makeshift family of monster girls until, one day, a heroine arrives on their doorstep to take down the demon lord. Or, at least, that's what she says before breaking into tears because the traps are too scary! Curious and unable to resist lending a helping hand, Yuki heads out to welcome the hapless heroine. The group then decides to take a trip to a human settlement with their new friend. They all have a blast as they go around shopping, eating, and sightseeing, but the fun comes to an abrupt halt when a ghost appears out of nowhere and starts attacking the townspeople one after another. Can the demon lord who just wants to live the good life pass judgment on this new enemy?!Ver livro
A lush and twisted dark fairy tale suffused with witchcraft, dark secrets and bitter revenge from the award-winning author of All the Murmuring Bones. Exquisite, haunting and at times brutal, readers of Naomi Novik and Erin Morgenstern will be entranced. Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible – and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. With a monstrous revenge in mind, Asher plans to make it choke. However, she becomes fond of her charges, of the people of the Tarn, and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan – and who will suffer most if she does. But as the ghosts of her past become harder to control, Asher realises she has no choice. From the award-winning author of All the Murmuring Bones, dark magic, retribution and twisted family secrets combine to weave a bewitching and addictive tale.Ver livro