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Sten [Sten Series #1] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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 Hailed as a "landmark science fiction series" the Sten Series has thrilled millions of readers all over the world. Set three thousand years in the future, the eight Sten novels tell the tale of a tough, street-wise orphan who escapes his fate as factory planet "delinq" to become the strong right-hand of the most powerful man in the Universe--a man hailed by his billons of subjects as "The Eternal Emperor." This edition contains a brand-new "Forward" introduction to the series as well as a select... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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The Return of the Emperor [Sten Series #6] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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The Eternal Emperor was dead, and the five members of the Privy Council ruled in his place. But they quickly discovered that their power would collapse around them if they didn't locate the Emperor's secret source of Anti-Matter Two, the economic keystone of the Empire. And so they sent a team of crack commandos to capture Sten, one of their late ruler's few surviving confidantes. But Sten, as usual, had his own agenda. For he knew something about the Eternal Emperor that would shake the Empire ... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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VORTEX [Sten Series #7] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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The Empire is in chaos. The once--great Imperial Navy has been shattered in battle and lies burning in space, riven by a civil war that threatens to engulf humanity's future. For the revered Eternal Emperor is not the man his subjects thought him to be--and may not even be human at all. And it is Sten--Imperial bodyguard, spy, assassin, renegade--who now leads humanity's fight for survival. Taking command of the last rebel fleet, he sets out on a desperate quest to seek and destroy the dark sour... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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The Wolf Worlds [Sten Series #2] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Hailed as a "landmark science fiction series," the Sten Series has thrilled millions of readers all over the world. Set three thousand years in the future, the eight Sten novels tell the tale of a tough, street-wise orphan who escapes his fate as factory planet "delinq" to become the strong right-hand of the most powerful man in the Universe--a man hailed by his billons of subjects as "The Eternal Emperor." When the Emperor needs to pacify the Wolf Worlds, the planets of an insignificant cluster... more info>> (Published: 1984)
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Revenge of the Damned [Sten Series #5] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Product Description Sten had fully expected to die in a blaze of glory, taking his Emperor's greatest foe with him. Instead he was a slave laborer in a POW camp deep in the heart of enemy territory. But sitting out the action had never been Sten's style. And now that the war was building to a climax, the Eternal Emperor needed him more than ever. Not even the toughest prison in the known universe could keep Sten from his mission. (Published: 2001)
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Court of a Thousand Suns [Sten Series #3] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Having fought his way from slave labour on a factory world to commander of the Eternal Emperor's bodyguard, the most dangerous weapons Sten has encountered in Prime World are the lies of Court politicians. When a bomb goes off however, he discovers the danger and corruption behind Court intrigue. (Published: 1985)
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Empire's End [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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After the victorious defeat of an Imperial Assault fleet, former Ambassador Plenipotentiary Sten finds himself now a traitor and renegade to the Empire in the midst of a dangerous, galactic Civil War that threatens to put Sten at odds with the Eternal Emperor himself... (Published: 1993)
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Fleet of the Damned [Sten Series #4] [MultiFormat]
by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
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Sten's luck seems to have deserted him. He had barely scraped through Imperial flight school when he was assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds. The enemy couldn't have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. But Sten won't give up without a fight. (Published: 1988)
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The Store of the Worlds [MultiFormat]
by Robert Sheckley
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Mr. Wayne came to the end of the long, shoulder-high mound of gray rubble, and there was the Store of the Worlds. It was exactly as his friends had described; a small shack constructed of bits of lumber, parts of cars, a piece of galvanized iron and a few rows of crumbling bricks, all daubed over with a watery blue paint... Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was a Hugo and Nebula nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories ... more info>> (Published: 1959)
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Deathworld [MultiFormat]
by Harry Harrison
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"Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money. In a fit of ennui, he decides to accompany Kerk to his home, despite b... more info>> (Published: 1960)
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The Misenchanted Sword [Book 1 of the Ethshar Series] [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Ethshar and the Northern Empire have been at war for hundreds of years. Hardly anyone alive remembers why, or over what. The tempest, turmoil, and war are endless, and the killing more endless still. The war has become not just a way of life, but an institution; no one dares to dream that it could end. Not even Valder of Kardoret, Ethsharitic Scout, trapped behind enemy lines. But now everything has changed: at a moment of great need, a hermit wizard crafted Valder a magic sword called Wirikidor... more info>> (Published: 1985)
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Whose Body [MultiFormat]
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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The very first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novel finds the debonaire sleuth investigating the strange case of the corpse in the bathtub...who may not be who he seems! (Published: 1923)
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Beyond the Colors of Darkness and Other Exotica [MultiFormat]
by Brian Stableford
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Here are eleven stories of science fiction and fantasy by a master writer of the fantastic, including four pieces published for the first time. Contents: "Beyond the Colors of Darkness," "An Offer of Oblivion," "Enlightenment," "The Dragons Yetzirah and Alziluth," "A Saint's Progress," "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano," "Black Nectar," "Nephthys," "Plastic Man," "Aphrodite and the Ring," and "Danse Macabre." Brian Stableford has written and edited over 100 volumes of science fiction, horror, fantasy, ... more info>> (Published: 1974)
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If the Red Slayer [MultiFormat]
by Robert Sheckley
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I won't even try to describe the pain. I'll just say that it was unbearable even with anesthetics, and that I bore it because I didn't have any choice. Then it faded away and I opened my eyes and looked into the faces of the brahmins standing over me. There were three of them, dressed in the usual white operating gowns and white gauze masks. They say they wear those masks to keep germs out of us. But every soldier knows they wear them so we can't recognize them. Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was a... more info>> (Published: 1959)
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Anal Cousins: Case Studies in Variant Sexual Practices [MultiFormat]
by William Maltese
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Carolyne's parents are determined to go to any length to assure her virginity at marriage, and so they recruit two cousins for sexual explorations that will leave less evidence behind. Adam, his hormones raging, willingly allows himself to be seduced by a cousin who is already jaded by normal sex and needs something more from the men in her life. A gang-raped young woman turns to her trusted cousin and unorthodox sex to combat the trauma of gang-rape, unwanted pregnancy, and abortion. Two men, t... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Doctor Syn, a Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh [MultiFormat]
by Russell Thorndike
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Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch at the turn of the 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for Syn, and his attention turns to smuggling. He takes on a secret identity, The Scarecrow, and returns to his criminal ways. (Published: 1915)
Words: 68485 - Reading Time: 195-273 min.
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Taking Flight [Book 5 of the Ethshar Series] [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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She was everything he wanted, and everything he had been promised. A fortune-teller's prophecy had sent Kelder of Shulara to seek adventure along the Great Highway. He had been ready to give it up, and dismiss the seer as a fraud, when he met Irith. Irith was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was bright and charming and cheerful. And she had wings. Kelder tried to earn Irith's love and respect. He tried to please her, and to fulfill the prophecy that seemed to say he would one day ma... more info>> (Published: 1993)
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The Blood of a Dragon [Book 4 of the Ethshar Series] [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Dumery of Shiphaven was a lad with a love of wizardry--and no magic at all. He dreamed of apprenticing himself to a great wizard, but because he had not even a touch of the talent, it was a dream he could never fulfill. He would never apprentice himself to a great wizard, nor even a meager one; no matter how he loved magic and the magical arts, he would never work with wizards or wizardry. That's what Dumery was beginning to think, anyway--until he spied a great wizard humbling himself before a ... more info>>
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The Humours [MultiFormat]
by Robert Sheckley
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He is a tortured soul. Separated at an early age from two conflicting personalities, Alistair Crompton has hatched a daring scheme to reintegrate himself. Installed in different host bodies and dispatched to distant planets, the two other Alistairs have developed lives of their own: Loomis--as grossly self- indulgent and amoral as Alistair is moderate and prim. Stack--as vicious and impulsive as Alistair is meek and cautious. What happens when the original Alistair reengages himself first with L... more info>> (Published: 1958)
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The Stainless Steel Rat in The Missing Battleship [MultiFormat]
by Harry Harrison
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Slippery Jim diGriz--a.k.a. The Stainless Steel Rat--is back in this classic adventure, originally published in the April, 1960 issue of Astounding Science Fiction! It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship ... but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude. But a misplaced battleship--in the wrong hands!--can be most dangerous. (Published: 1960)
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Triplication [MultiFormat]
by Robert Sheckley
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Oaxe II was a small, dusty, backward planet out near Orion. Its people were of Earth stock, and still adhered to Earth customs. Judge Abner Low was the sole source of justice upon the little planet. Most of his cases involved property lines and the ownership of pigs and geese, for the citizens of Oaxe II had little flair for crime. But one day a spaceship landed containing the notorious Timothy Mont and his lawyer, who had come to Oaxe II for sanctuary and justice. And another spaceship came, co... more info>> (Published: 1959)
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With A Single Spell [Book 2 of the Ethshar Series] [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Tobas had been lucky to find a wizard to take him on as apprentice. But then the wizard died suddenly and unexpectedly after teaching Tobas only a solitary spell, and the youth was too old to find a new master. How could he earn a living when all the magic he could do was light fires? (Published: 1987)
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A Christmas Pit [MultiFormat]
by John Gregory Betancourt
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Best-selling science fiction author John Greogry Betancourt turns his attention to mysteries, returning with the reluctant sleuth "Pit-Bull" Peter Geller, a nervous, brilliant, and thoroughly broken man. Originally published in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, this novelet is the third entry in this Black Orchid Award-winning series. When an ex marine shows up at Pit's apartment door claiming he's there to interview for a job, Pit gets more than he bargained for--a twisty, turning tale that ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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A Planet for Texans [MultiFormat]
by H. Beam Piper
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When the whole ornery state of Texas took off for a new planet more to their liking, New Texas was the result: a rough-and-tumble world where everyone packs a gun and it's legal to shoot politicians (if they deserve it)! But now these rugged and independent space pioneers are the targets of an expansive race of aliens. Is the Solar League's new ambassador tough enough to steer them back to Earth's embrace? (Published: 1958)
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All for Naught [MultiFormat]
by John E. Stith
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All For Naught collects a novella and a novelette: "Naught for Hire" and "Naught Again." "Naught for Hire" is a quirky, action-packed, comedy set just a few years from now. Nick Naught, private eye, walks down some strange mean streets as he tries to stay ahead of the killers on his tail and tries to cope in a world where all the irritations we have with technology are magnified. Gadgets act up in big ways, including voice operated machines that talk back to people. Nick Naught winds up on a hit... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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