Obsessed with finding the last great unifying theory of the 20th century, Doctor Darren White loses his job, and most of his sanity, only to find a new obsession in a cheap computer full of surprises.
Writers of the Future Volume 33 (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future)
by L Ron Hubbard
Original short stories by talented new voices . . . selected by your favourite authors. Get to know tomorrow's brightest creative talents chosen by some of today's bestselling authors and celebrated artists including Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Larry Elmore, and Brandon Sanderson. Explore 12 diverse new universes of possibility through a variety of creative and fresh new ideas-all in one anthology. From dragons to mythical death dealers, from murder on the moon to deep space mystery,...
This is a satirical novel about a disgraced superhero's search for a new career, his true arch enemy...and a girlfriend, by an award-winning blogger. Packed with pop culture references, Robillard goes non-stop from page one, racing through the twisted story of Captain Freedom (aka Tzadik Freidman). This wild ride of a satire sends up celebrity, politics, Hollywood, the fashion world, upper management, current events and much more, including the beloved world of comic books.
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 32 (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, #32)
by L Ron Hubbard
Science Fiction & Fantasy Anthology and Advice to Writers 2016 You are about to meet: YOUR NEXT FAVORITE AUTHOR The 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time and possibility. Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion-like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns a dinosaur maker, but raw ingredi...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stranger Things meets the South. Chilling, hilarious, and suspenseful—I loved it!”—Felicia Day From the authors of Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality and creators of Good Mythical Morning . . . It’s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina—a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town’s cheerful façade, howe...
Horrible Histories: Tudors/Stuarts/Middle Ages (Horrible Histories Science&Geo)
by Terry Deary
Johnny Moped refuses a mysterious client who wants him to find the missing and deceased Sir Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac has been kidnapped by Cyborgs who are intent on letting a ELE meteor hit the Earth. He is then mysteriously paid by an unknown hirer £5,000 a week for an unknown task. Johnny is pursued by Cyborgs and escapes on a flight to Greece. At Olympus, the restaurant at the top of the mountain, (they've had to diversify much to Hercules anger), there is a portal to Betamax 200 years in th...
This new collection of stories by Christopher Anvil, the master of humorous science fiction adventure, includes:The full-length novel, The Day the Machines Stopped — and what happens, not just to civilization, but to humani
The economy is the new cold war battlefield, robots and androids do the work, and the Interstellar Sprocket Conspiracy intends to oil its gears with the flesh of humanity. Cadet Sergeant Henry Fleming enlists in the economy to save America, is joined by a hydraulic-aholic robot, an army of mutants, a wizard who can't keep on his skin, and the luscious mechanical love of Henry's life, Anne Droid. The one chance for humanity is subterranean race across the nuked-out heartland of America to find a...
Say hello to Humph the Boggart, the principled, down-on-his-luck private detective, Skinny Jim the zombie, and Fred the werewolf, in this film noir style space opera. Humans aren’t alone anymore—in fact, they share a planet with undead and near-dead beings, living in…semi-harmony, depending on who you ask!This is the world of Reboots—where zombies, vampires, and werewolves live side-by-side with humans, taking whatever jobs they can in order to coexist peacefully. So, what better job to give al...