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Phenomena on earth: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Xi FengFormless phase, the birth of all things, this was a world where the law of phase was respected. Vein beasts and taboo beasts filled the entire continent, including the North Mountain and the West Sea, and the South Sen East Desert. After Nie Xinghe died, he teleported to the Myriad Appearance Continent. He wanted to see the people he had betrayed in the past. In order to protect them, he had taken the ancient emperor as his master and dominated the entire Myriad Manifestation Continent. Realm division and corresponding titles: Pure Yuan Realm (Cultivator), Emptiness Realm (Emptiness Realm), Void Realm (King's Realm), Void Stage (Honored Scholar), and Great Space Stage (Emperor's Realm)
Phenomena on earth: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Xi FengFormless phase, the birth of all things, this was a world where the law of phase was respected. Vein beasts and taboo beasts filled the entire continent, including the North Mountain and the West Sea, and the South Sen East Desert. After Nie Xinghe died, he teleported to the Myriad Appearance Continent. He wanted to see the people he had betrayed in the past. In order to protect them, he had taken the ancient emperor as his master and dominated the entire Myriad Manifestation Continent. Realm division and corresponding titles: Pure Yuan Realm (Cultivator), Emptiness Realm (Emptiness Realm), Void Realm (King's Realm), Void Stage (Honored Scholar), and Great Space Stage (Emperor's Realm)
Phenomena on earth: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Xi FengFormless phase, the birth of all things, this was a world where the law of phase was respected. Vein beasts and taboo beasts filled the entire continent, including the North Mountain and the West Sea, and the South Sen East Desert. After Nie Xinghe died, he teleported to the Myriad Appearance Continent. He wanted to see the people he had betrayed in the past. In order to protect them, he had taken the ancient emperor as his master and dominated the entire Myriad Manifestation Continent. Realm division and corresponding titles: Pure Yuan Realm (Cultivator), Emptiness Realm (Emptiness Realm), Void Realm (King's Realm), Void Stage (Honored Scholar), and Great Space Stage (Emperor's Realm)
Phenomena on earth: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Xi FengFormless phase, the birth of all things, this was a world where the law of phase was respected. Vein beasts and taboo beasts filled the entire continent, including the North Mountain and the West Sea, and the South Sen East Desert. After Nie Xinghe died, he teleported to the Myriad Appearance Continent. He wanted to see the people he had betrayed in the past. In order to protect them, he had taken the ancient emperor as his master and dominated the entire Myriad Manifestation Continent. Realm division and corresponding titles: Pure Yuan Realm (Cultivator), Emptiness Realm (Emptiness Realm), Void Realm (King's Realm), Void Stage (Honored Scholar), and Great Space Stage (Emperor's Realm)
Phenomena X
by Lionel FanthorpeDolores Foster was walking home from work when she noticed an oddly shaped glittering something at the edge of the pavement. She stooped, fascinated, and picked up a metallic brooch or badge of unusual lightness. The metal was engraved with peculiar semi-geometrical patterns and she thought it was vibrating as she held it... Captivated by the unusual qualities of her find she wore it at a cocktail party that evening. Either the stranger who approached her and began asking incredible questions was drunk or reality as she knew it could never be the same again... The finding of the brooch led her to the fringe of a terrifying organisation: a group known simply as "The Engineers": men who played with the fabric of the three-dimensional world as if it were made of putty. Dolores had to learn an entirely new set of survival data as she followed one of the Engineers into a new dimension and saw how human society was masterminded. She had to decide whether to oppose the terrible truth she had discovered or join the strange beings who looked like men...yet ran the solar system as though it were a fairground!
Phenomenal Future Stories
by Tony BradmanA cloned boy looking for his 'father'; the dramatic rescue of a captive tiger; the submersion of the Scottish isles in a flood; a girl who finds out why cyber-pets will never be as good as the real thing - these are among the fascinating scenarios conjured up in this world-shattering collection of original stories. Published for the new Millenium, contributing authors include such well-respected names as Jan Mark and Mary Hoffman.
Philip K. Dick: Canonical Writer of the Digital Age (Studies in Major Literary Authors)
by Lejla KucukalicKucukalic looks beyond the received criticism and stereotypes attached to Philip K. Dick and his work and shows, using a wealth of primary documents including previously unpublished letters and interviews, that Philip K. Dick is a serious and relevant philosophical and cultural thinker whose writing offer us important insights into contemporary digital culture. Evaluating five novels that span Dick's career--from Martian Time Slip (1964) to Valis (1981)--Kucukalic explores the the intersections of identity, narrative, and technology in order to ask two central, but uncharted "Dickian" questions: What is reality? and What is human?
Philip K Dick is Dead, Alas (Gateway Essentials #381)
by Michael BishopIt is 1982. The United States has a permanent Moonbase. Richard M. Nixon is in the fourth term of the "imperial Presidency." And an eccentric novelist named Philip K. Dick has just died in California.Or has he? Psychiatrist Lia Pickford, M.D., is nonplussed when Dick walks into her office in small-town Georgia, with a cab idling outside, to ask for help. And Cal Pickford, a longtime Dick fan stunned by the news of his hero's death, is electrified when his wife tells him of the visit.So begins a sequence of events involving Cal in the repressive politics of the Nixon regime, the affairs of an aging movie queen, a hip but frightened Vietnamese immigrant and an old black man who works as a groom - all leading up to a fateful confrontation between Dick, Cal, and Nixon himself on the moon.
The Philip K. Dick Reader
by Philip K. DickMany thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick’s works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. <p><p> Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? <p><p> This collection includes some of Dick’s earliest short and medium-length fiction, including We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (the story that inspired the motion picture Total Recall), Second Variety (which inspired the motion picture Screamers), Paycheck, The Minority Report, and twenty more.
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: The stories which inspired the hit Channel 4 series
by Philip K. DickBased on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) and Michael Dinner (Justified, Masters of Sex), with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston (Trumbo, Breaking Bad) both executive producing and appearing in the series.Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers. The series will both illustrate Philip K. Dick's prophetic vision and celebrate the enduring appeal of the prized Sci-Fi novelist's work. Other guest stars include Janelle Morae, Anna paquin, Timothy Spall and Benedict Wong.The ten stories included are:THE HANGING STANGER, THE COMMUTER, THE FATHER-THING, EXHIBIT PIECE, IMPOSSIBLE PLANET, SALES PITCH, FOSTER YOU'RE DEAD, THE HOOD MAKER, HOLY QUARREL, IF THERE WERE NO BENNY CEMOLI, AUTOFAC and HUMAN IS
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
by Philip K. DickFrom the iconic author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, stories that inspired the original dramatic series.Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick&’s Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In &“Autofac,&” Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. &“Exhibit Piece&” and &“The Commuter&” feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And &“The Hanging Stranger&” provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition.Praise for Philip K. Dick&“In his top form, Philip K. Dick rivals Kurt Vonnegut.&”—New York Times&“Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.&”—Roberto Bolaño
Philippa Fisher and the Dream-Maker's Daughter
by Liz KesslerBestselling author Kessler and Philippa Fisher are back with a sympathetic story about navigating between old friends and new, a tale full of mystery, whimsy, and the magic of friendships.
Philippa Fisher and the Dream Maker's Daughter: Book 2 (Philippa Fisher Ser. #Bk. 2)
by Liz KesslerPhilippa and Daisy, her fairy godsister, are reunited in a second magical Philippa Fisher adventure from Liz Kessler, author of the bestselling Emily Windsnap series.Being on holiday with her mum and dad should be wonderful, but Philippa Fisher is lonely. When she meets a girl called Robyn, she's sure there's something odd about her - something she's not saying - and Philippa is determined to find out what it is. And whatever it may be, Philippa is sure that her fairy godsister, Daisy, will be able to help. But things are about to go horribly wrong...Wonderful characters, an intriguing plot, and all the magic you could wish for - this is Liz Kessler at her very best in a lovely, sympathetic story about friendships old and new.
Philippa Fisher and the Dream Maker's Daughter: Book 2 (Philippa Fisher #2)
by Liz KesslerPhilippa and Daisy, her fairy godsister, are reunited in a second magical Philippa Fisher adventure from Liz Kessler, author of the bestselling Emily Windsnap series.Being on holiday with her mum and dad should be wonderful, but Philippa Fisher is lonely. When she meets a girl called Robyn, she's sure there's something odd about her - something she's not saying - and Philippa is determined to find out what it is. And whatever it may be, Philippa is sure that her fairy godsister, Daisy, will be able to help. But things are about to go horribly wrong...Wonderful characters, an intriguing plot, and all the magic you could wish for - this is Liz Kessler at her very best in a lovely, sympathetic story about friendships old and new.
Philippa Fisher and the Stone Fairy's Promise: Book 3 (Philippa Fisher Ser. #Bk. 3)
by Liz KesslerThe third magical fairy novel in the Philippa Fisher series from bestselling Emily Windsnap author, Liz Kessler.Philippa is looking forward to spending New Year in the village where her new friend Robyn lives. But her fairy godsister Daisy, assigned to a new job but disobeying orders as usual, turns up to warn her that something really bad (SRB) is going to happen! What they don't know is that a fairy has gone missing from the ancient stone circle on the moors - and that at ATC (Above the Clouds) Headquarters, the fairy godmothers in charge have a special plan for them...A perfect story for Liz Kessler's many fans, in which humans and fairies swap worlds with dramatic and unexpected consequences.
Philippa Fisher and the Stone Fairy's Promise: Book 3 (Philippa Fisher #3)
by Liz KesslerThe third magical fairy novel in the Philippa Fisher series from bestselling Emily Windsnap author, Liz Kessler.Philippa is looking forward to spending New Year in the village where her new friend Robyn lives. But her fairy godsister Daisy, assigned to a new job but disobeying orders as usual, turns up to warn her that something really bad (SRB) is going to happen! What they don't know is that a fairy has gone missing from the ancient stone circle on the moors - and that at ATC (Above the Clouds) Headquarters, the fairy godmothers in charge have a special plan for them...A perfect story for Liz Kessler's many fans, in which humans and fairies swap worlds with dramatic and unexpected consequences.
Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister (Philippa Fisher #1)
by Liz KesslerPhilippa Fisher tries and fails to summon a fairy, but is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is her fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age.
Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister: Book 1 (Philippa Fisher Ser. #Bk. 1)
by Liz KesslerSparkling with magic, warmth and charm, this is the first book in the Philippa Fisher series from bestselling Emily Windsnap author Liz Kessler - full of friendship and fairies. Eleven-year-old Philippa Fisher is not happy. She's picked on at school, her parents are embarrassing, and worst of all, her best friend has just moved away. But it seems Philippa's luck is about to change when Daisy, the new girl at school, reveals that she is Philippa's fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age. Daisy has been assigned to help Philippa by granting her three wishes. Unfortunately, Daisy is not too fond of working with humans, and she can't wait to get her mission over with. But as every wish seems to make Philippa's life worse rather than better, can the two girls team up to fix Philippa's world before it's too late?A traditional story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, PHILIPPA FISHER'S FAIRY GODSISTER touches on friendship, luck, finding out what you really want, and learning to handle the cards you are dealt.
Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister: Book 1 (Philippa Fisher #1)
by Liz KesslerSparkling with magic, warmth and charm, this is the first book in the Philippa Fisher series from bestselling Emily Windsnap author Liz Kessler - full of friendship and fairies. Eleven-year-old Philippa Fisher is not happy. She's picked on at school, her parents are embarrassing, and worst of all, her best friend has just moved away. But it seems Philippa's luck is about to change when Daisy, the new girl at school, reveals that she is Philippa's fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age. Daisy has been assigned to help Philippa by granting her three wishes. Unfortunately, Daisy is not too fond of working with humans, and she can't wait to get her mission over with. But as every wish seems to make Philippa's life worse rather than better, can the two girls team up to fix Philippa's world before it's too late?A traditional story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, PHILIPPA FISHER'S FAIRY GODSISTER touches on friendship, luck, finding out what you really want, and learning to handle the cards you are dealt.
The Philosopher Kings: A Novel (Thessaly #2)
by Jo WaltonTwenty years have passed since the goddess Athene founded the Just City.The god Apollo is still living there, albeit in human form. Now married and the father of several children, the man/god struggles to cope when tragedy befalls his family. On the surface he handles his feelings in his stride; but it's evident that deep down he is unhinged with raw, human grief.Fuelled by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge, Pythias sets sail for the mysterious Eastern Mediterranean to find the man he believes may have caused him such great pain.What his expedition actually discovers, however, will change everything.
The Philosopher Kings: A Novel (Thessaly #2)
by Jo WaltonFrom acclaimed, award-winning author Jo Walton: Philosopher Kings, a tale of gods and humans, and the surprising things they have to learn from one another. Twenty years have elapsed since the events of The Just City. The City, founded by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, organized on the principles espoused in Plato's Republic and populated by people from all eras of human history, has now split into five cities, and low-level armed conflict between them is not unheard-of. The god Apollo, living (by his own choice) a human life as "Pythias" in the City, his true identity known only to a few, is now married and the father of several children. But a tragic loss causes him to become consumed with the desire for revenge. Being Apollo, he goes handling it in a seemingly rational and systematic way, but it's evident, particularly to his precocious daughter Arete, that he is unhinged with grief.Along with Arete and several of his sons, plus a boatload of other volunteers--including the now fantastically aged Marsilio Ficino, the great humanist of Renaissance Florence--Pythias/Apollo goes sailing into the mysterious Eastern Mediterranean of pre-antiquity to see what they can find—possibly the man who may have caused his great grief, possibly communities of the earliest people to call themselves "Greek." What Apollo, his daughter, and the rest of the expedition will discover…will change everything. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel (The\philosophers Ser. #1)
by Tom MillerThe first book in a new series and a thrilling debut from ER doctor turned novelist Tom Miller, The Philosopher&’s Flight is an epic historical fantasy set in a World-War-I-era America that &“[begins] with rollicking fierceness that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn&’t loosen its grip or lessen its hold all the way through. Miller&’s writing is intoxicating&” (Associated Press).HE&’S ALWAYS WANTED TO FLY LIKE A GIRL. Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is one of the few men who practice empirical philosophy—an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, heal the injured, and even fly. He&’s always dreamed of being the first man to join the US Sigilry Corps&’ Rescue and Evacuation Department, an elite team of flying medics, but everyone knows that&’s impossible: men can barely get off the ground. When a shocking tragedy puts Robert&’s philosophical abilities to the test, he rises to the occasion and wins a scholarship to study philosophy at Radcliffe College—an all-women&’s school. At Radcliffe, Robert hones his flying skills and strives to win the respect of his classmates, a host of formidable and unruly women. Robert falls hard for Danielle Hardin, a disillusioned young hero of the Great War turned political radical. But Danielle&’s activism and Robert&’s recklessness attract the attention of the same fanatical anti-philosophical group that Robert&’s mother fought against decades before. With their lives in mounting danger, Robert and Danielle band together with a team of unlikely heroes to fight for Robert&’s place among the next generation of empirical philosophers—and for philosophy&’s very survival against the men who would destroy it. &“Part thriller, part romance, part coming-of-age fantasy, The Philosopher&’s Flight…is as fun a read as you&’ll come across… Miller has already set a high bar for any book vying to be the most entertaining novel of [the year]&” (BookPage). Tom Miller writes with unrivaled imagination, ambition, and humor. The Philosopher&’s Flight is both a fantastical reimagining of American history and a beautifully composed coming-of-age tale for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.
The Philosopher's War: A Novel (The Philosophers Series #2)
by Tom MillerThe second book in the thrilling series that began with The Philosopher’s Flight finds Robert Canderelli Weekes as a rookie Rescue and Evacuation flier on the front lines of World War I in France. He came to save lives, but has no idea how far he’ll have to go to win the war.Thanks to a stunning flying performance and a harrowing shootout in the streets of Boston, Robert Canderelli Weekes’s lifelong dream has come true: he’s the first male allowed to join the US Sigilry Corps’s Rescue and Evacuation service, an elite, all-woman team of flying medics. But as he deploys to France during the waning days of the Great War, Sigilwoman Third-Class Canderelli learns that carrying the injured from the front lines to the field hospital is not the grand adventure he imagined. His division, full of misfits and renegades, is stretched the breaking point and has no patience for a man striving to prove himself. Slowly, Robert wins their trust and discovers his comrades are plotting to end the Great War by outlawed philosophical means. Robert becomes caught up in their conspiracy, running raids in enemy territory and uncovering vital intelligence. Friends old and new will need his help with a dangerous scheme that just might win the war overnight and save a few million lives. But the German smokecarvers have plans of their own: a devastating all-out attack that threatens to destroy the Corps and France itself. Naturally, Robert is trapped right in the thick of it. The Philosopher’s War is the electrifying next chapter in Robert Weekes’s story, filled with heroic, unconventional women, thrilling covert missions, romance and, of course, plenty of aerial adventures. The second book in a series “that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn’t loosen its grip or lessen its hold all the way through” (Associated Press), Tom Miller again brings Robert’s world to life with unrivaled imagination, ambition, and wit.
The Philosophical Strangler
by Eric FlintMighty Greyboar, the world's greatest professional strangler, is dissatisfied with his lot in life. The work is steady and the pay is good, but what, he wonders, is the point of it all? But when he learns that there is a Supreme Philosophy of Life, Greyboar the Strangler is Born Again! Still, just how can a professional man in good standing pay the bills with all this philosophical exploration getting in the way? That's what his hard-headed agent and manager Ignace wants to know! And Ignace's skepticism turns quickly into outright horror when Greyboar's philosophical preoccupation leads to one disaster after another ... simple choke jobs turn into ethical quandaries ... a bizarre artist and a deadly arms-master turn up to complicate their lives ... as if their new girlfriends haven't complicated them enough! Before you know it, Greyboar the strangler and his disgruntled manager find themselves embroiled with an abbess at odds with her deity, heretics on the run, dwarves needing to be rescued, and then -- the worst of all! Greyboar's long-estranged sister Gwendolyn, political activist and revolutionary, comes back to town asking Greyboar's help in an insane mission to the underworld. It's purely a noble cause, one which no self-respecting assassin would touch for a moment. But in the pursuit of Enlightenment, anything can happen ...
Phisika Meta Ta
by Alejandro Hernández Muñoz<P>Si encuentras silencio, valdrá más que gastar energía innecesaria. <P>En un futuro mermado de población, estamos sometidos a unas normas de convivencia impuestas por los gobernantes. <P>En Marte, la armonía con los sueños de la Tierra hace que gracias al Satélite dure treinta segundos la forma de holograma entre los Egoms y veamos reflejadas las contestaciones a las preguntas del Juego de las Charlas. <P>En el rito de las diez, esperamos a que pase el Haz de Luz a las diez y media, sobrecogiéndonos al poder de la retroalimentación divina con el silencio. Cuando aprendes a convivir en paz y armonía, el constante sosiego hace que las vueltas de la vida solo sean sueños. <P>En Marte hacen lo posible por llevarse a un grupo de personas hacia el planeta rojo. <P>En la Tierra, los vientos y las incesantes lluvias en épocas frías hacen que en el nuevo sitio sea posible la realidad de esos sueños que se comparten, y hagan posible encontrar la forma de llegar hasta allí.