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Mrs. Claus Doesn't Climb Telephone Poles (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Holiday Special #3)
by Marcia Thornton Jones Debbie DadeyThere are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the jolly woman fixing the phone lines after a big blizzard really be Mrs. Claus? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out! Melody giggled. Howie smiled. Eddie plopped down in the snow and laughed out loud. "I'm pretty sure Santa's wife has better things to do than fix telephone wires," Eddie said. "Eddie's right," Howie added. "The north pole is far away. Why would Mrs. Claus want to vacation in Bailey City?" "After all," Melody said, "Mrs. Claus doesn't climb telephone poles."
The Lion Throne (Chronicles of the Cheysuli, Omnibus 4)
by Jennifer RobersonThe last two novels of this long epic are available in one volume. In "Flight of the Raven", Aidan is heir to the Lion Throne of Homana. In "A Tapestry of Lions", nearly a century has passed since the Prophecy of the Firstborn was set in motion.
Sir Stalwart: Book One of the King's Daggers
by Dave DuncanYoung Stalwart, known as Wart to his fellow students, is expelled from the academy for King's Blades, only to be plunged into a current of breathless intrigue and danger. Fantasy.
Swell Foop (Xanth #25)
by Piers AnthonyFrom Booklist The twenty-fifth book of Xanth deals with a matter of some gravity. Specifically, the Demon Earth has disappeared, which means that eventually not only some but all gravity will disappear from Earth and Xanth. To solve the mystery and rescue the Demon Earth, the Swell Foop is required. That involves using the six magical rings of Xanth, which need to be found by means of a quest by five old friends of Xanth mavens--Cynthia and Che Centaur, Brianna and Justin Tree, and Sim, the immortal bird--as well as Jaylin, a girl from Mundane Hawaii. The search is fraught with Anthony's usual cargo of puns. A bit longer than some recent Xanths, this is also a bit better, and even those who find it more of the same are likely to enjoy themselves. But starting with Xanth in a late book such as this is less advisable for finding out what the fuss is all about than going back as far as your library's holdings allow. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
The Dastard (Xanth #24)
by Piers AnthonyFrustrated farm boy Anomy gives up his soul in return for the ability to unhappen events. Since he uses this power mostly for ill, he adopts the sobriquet the Dastard and becomes a problem. The good guys send a half-dragon, half-human girl, a roc, and the princesses Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm on his trail. Complicating the action in this customarily busy Xanth yarn are the Sea Hag, an insatiably vengeful spirit who possesses the bodies of young women, wears them out, and throws them away; time travel; some intriguing limits to and complexities of magic; the usual word- and concept play; and some serious ethical thinking when the Dastard regains a soul (a borrowed one, not the original). Readers may become impatient with the Adult Conspiracy and the power of panties, devices used on all intergender encounters, at the cost of a good deal of their potential, at least for readers who are already conspiring adults. Roland Green
Currant Events (Xanth #28)
by Piers AnthonyFrom Publishers Weekly Panty puns and intermittently droll word-play drive veteran Anthony's 28th Xanth book (Cube Route, etc.), the first of a second magic trilogy within this popular fantasy series. Since the author always pays such close attention to what his readers want, newcomers shouldn't expect too much by way of a plot. Clio, Xanth's slim Muse of History, hates her body's lack of curves. Despite the practicality of jeans for outdoor activities, Clio wears skirts ("they were required of her gender and age"), which leads to such quips as: "There's nothing like new panties to make a man pant." When Clio discovers an undecipherable history she's apparently written, she goes for help to Good Magician Humfrey, who sends her on a wild quest for a magical red berry. Along the way, Clio must meet a number of amusing challenges, like restocking dragon-poor Xanth with 6,000 beasts from Dragon World by using a special expandable net. Together with her love interest, Sherlock of the Black Wave, Clio endures an abundance of puns supplied by fans, hundreds of whom Anthony acknowledges in an extended author's note. This is great fun for punsters-a Tor-ment for others. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Yon Ill Wind (Xanth #20)
by Piers AnthonyThere had been a magic flux, the moment he changed form, resulting in a temporary weakness of the Interface. The spell required to fix him in this situation had done it, for even the most trifling Demon magic was stronger than that of all the lesser creatures combined. For the next few hours, it would be possible for things to pass through, entering Xanth without being twisted to some other time. That could mean significant mischief. Ordinarily he would automatically shore up the Interface to prevent such a nuisance, but as Nimby he couldn't. It was his policy to ignore the activities of his associated region, but the Interface the local creatures had established was useful, and helped keep things quiet, so he quietly supported it. He just had to hope that nothing really obnoxious passed from Mundania into Xanth, before the Interface healed itself.
Jewels of Time
by Tess MalloryWith the help of a mysterious heirloom necklace, the gift of her grandfather, Victoria Hamilton journeys back in time to the Civil War era, where she encounters Jake Cameron, a dashing Confederate officer.
Cascade Point: Hardfought/2 Books in 1
by Timothy Zahn Greg BearCascade Point: Some say that the images of yourself that you see while going through a cascade point represent you in an infinite number of parallel universes. One ship is forced to put this theory to a test when it is thrown off course by a non-regulation piece of equipment brought aboard by one of the passengers. Hardfought: She knows only that her name is Prufrax, and she is a Glover--a fighter against the Senexi. But she asks questions that other glovers don't ask. His name is Aryz, and he is a branch ind of the Senexi tasked with communicating with the humans. They both may have unsettling things to learn about their enemies--and themselves.
Cold Hand in Mine
by Robert AickmanThese eight stories draw the reader irresistibly into eight strange worlds-uncanny, enigmatic, unearthly. In each there is something chillingly wrong-a hint of diabolism or vampirism, of reincarnation or the living dead-all of which could be explained away as hallucination or hysteria. Or could it? The stories cover a wide variety of settings and situations. A young English girl falls into peaceful but oddly enervating love in a palazzo in Ravenna, a man traveling on business finds himself as night falls in an isolated, unnervingly Kafka-esque hotel, Prince Albrecht von Allendorf meets his mysterious end in a mountain lake in Bavaria. Robert Aickman's stories are the work of a master of the genre, subtle, written with consummate skill and command of detail. Their mystery lingers, tantalizes, never quite lets the reader go.
Hey, Al
by Arthur YorinksAl, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem? You name it. Their tiny home is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are totally miserable until a large and mysterious bird offers them a change of fortune. Transported to a gorgeous island in the sky, they are soon living a life of ease and comfort. But sometimes, they discover, the grass can be a little too green on the other side. After a dramatic escape from their "paradise," both man and dog agree: There really is no place like home. Arthur Yorinks and Richard Egielski have previously collaborated on Sid and Sol, which Maurice Sendak described as "a wonder"; Louis the Fish, named one of the Best Books of 1980 by School Library Journal; and Happened in Pinsk, a Booklist Children's Editors' Choice for 1984.
Divine Torment
by Janine AshblessVeraine must command his army to the outskirts of his empire, to a town whose belief in the living goddess, Malia Shai, makes it a stranger to the empire. He must defend the town from a race of invaders known as the horse eaters. As he and his men prepare for battle, Veraine must not defile the customs and religious beliefs of the town. Above, he must not offend the the living embodiment of the goddess. What will his sexual attraction mean?
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (junior novelization)
by Patricia C. ReedJunior novelization of the new film chronicling Anakin Skywalker's transformation to Darth Vader.
Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #42)
by Marcia Thornton Jones Debbie DadeyThere are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City, could the drama teacher directing the class play really be a robot? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out! The kids peeked around the door frame. Ms. Bott sat at a computer, typing so fast her fingers blurred. A cord ran from the back of the computer to a small box at her waist. The screen cast an eerie glow on her silver suit. Suddenly, the computer started beeping and a message flashed: warning: access denied. "What's she doing?" Liza whispered. "I think she's trying to hack into the school's computer system," Howie said softly. "Why would she do that?" Melody asked. "Because Roberta Bott is not a normal drama teacher," he said seriously. "She's a robot and she's trying to take over the school!"
Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #6)
by Debbie Dadey Marcia Thornton JonesThere are some pretty weird grown ups living in Bailey City. But could the very tall man who likes flowers really be Frankenstein's monster? The Bailey School kids are going to find out. "Just because Frank is tall doesn't mean he's Dr. Victor's chemical creation brought back from the dead," Howie added. "If that were true, basketball players would be monsters, too." "It's not that he's tall," Liza told them. "Haven't you noticed his scars?" Melody nodded. "And Frank likes flowers Just like the Frankenstein monster." "You guys are crazy," Eddie laughed. "I've seen the movie, and I'm sure of one thing. Frankenstein doesn't plant petunias."
Bloch and Bradbury
by Robert Bloch Ray BradburyTen dark fantasy stories from the early careers of two of the best writers. By Robert Bloch--The Shadow from the Steeple, The Grinning Ghoul, Mannikins of Horror, The Druidic Doom, A Question of Etiquette, The Man Who Cried Wolf!. By Ray Bradbury--The Watchers, Fever Dream, The Dead Man, The Handler
The Luck of the Irish
by Brendan Patrick PaulsenMatt, a young Irish boy, is very worried about his mother. She is sick and nothing seems to help. That is till one day when he captures a leprechaun. The King of the Leprechauns makes a deal with him, that if Matt could save their forest home, he could have his wish. But how can Matt do this?
The Dragon and the George (Dragon #1)
by Gordon R. Dickson... he stared at rock walls leading up to a ceiling also of rock, high above his head and flickeringly lit by reddish light from a torch blazing in a wall sconce. "Blast it, Gorbash!" roared the voice he had been trying to ignore. "Wake up! Come on, boy, we've got to get down to the main cave. They've just captured one!" "One ... ?" Jim stammered. "One what?" "A george! A george! WAKE UP, GORBASH!" An enormous head with crocodile-sized jaws equipped with larger-than-crocodile-sized fangs thrust itself between Jim's eyes and the ceiling. "I'm awake. I-" What he was seeing suddenly registered on Jim's stunned mind and he burst out involuntarily, "A dragon!" "And just what would you expect your maternal grand-uncle to be, a sea lizard? Or are you having nightmares again? Wake up. It's Smrgol talking to you, boy. Smrgol! Come on, shake a wing and get flapping. They'll be expecting us in the main cave. Isn't every day we capture a george. Come on, now." The fanged mouth whirled away. Blinking, Jim dropped his eyes from the vanishing apparition and caught sight of a huge tail, an armored tail with a row of sharp, bony plates running along its upper surface. It swelled larger as it approached him. It was his tail. He held up his arms in front of him. They were enormous. Also, they were thickly scaled with bony plates like those on his tail but much smaller-and his claws needed manicuring. Squinting at the claws, Jim became aware of a long muzzle stretching down and out from where his formerly "invisible" nose had been. He licked dry lips and a long, red, forked tongue darted out briefly in the smoky air. "Gorbash!" thundered the voice once more...
The Communipaths
by Suzette Haden ElginGentle Thursday was not so gentle to Anne-Charlotte or her baby. Four Fedrobots came and took the baby away. Later they charged Anne-Charlotte with high treason against humankind because the baby was needed as a Communipath.
An Exaltation of Stars: Transcendental Adventures in Science Fiction
by Terry CarrThe Feast of St. Dionysus by Robert Silverberg, 'KJWALLL'KJE'K'KOOTHAILLL'KJE'K by Roger Zelazny, and My Brother Leopold by Edgar Pangborn.