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Transgalactic
by A. E. Van Vogt Eric Flint David DrakeEmpire of the Atom and The Wizard of Linn: Global war smashed civilization, or so the legends told, but not all of its machines. A caste of 'scientists' arose who knew how to repair and operate the ancient machines, but not how they worked, and worshipped at the altars of the atomic gods who were said to make the machines run. Society was a strange mix of the modern and the medieval, with armies riding on horseback into huge spaceships, then flying to human colonies on other planets to wage war with swords and arrows. Then came the mutant Clane, who would have been put to death for his deformities had he not been born into the ruling family. Though his body was twisted, his mind was brilliant, and he not only recovered the lost science behind the ancient machines, but found the truth behind the legends of civilization's downfall. Alien invaders, not human war, had reduced humanity to barbarism as a prelude for a later return in force to colonize the Solar System. And that return would happen soon, unless Clane could find a way to stop it. . . . For the first time, the entire Clane saga, told in the two novels Empire of the Atom and The Wizard of Linn, is complete in one volume. Mission to the Stars, Van Vogt's sweeping novel of interstellar adventure, is also included, along with the two short novels in the 'Ezwal' series, chronicling the struggle of one man to convince a feral but intelligent species to join with humanity in the battle against a mutual enemy, but first he must convince the lone Ezwal who is trapped with him in a deadly jungle to co-operate, or neither will survive.
Transgression (City of God #1)
by Randall IngermansonWhile playing a virtual reality game, Rivka Meyers, an American Messianic Jew visiting Israel for an archaeological dig, becomes trapped in ancient Salem, and involved in a plot to destroy the spread of Christianity.
The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works: Five Tales of Weird Fiction
by Giorgio De Maria"A disturbing, unsettling novel . . . if it had been published in English soon after its first appearance in Italian (1968), the name of Giorgio De Maria would be well-known, his novels and stories mentioned in the context of J.G. Ballard, Anna Kavan, Shirley Jackson or Robert Aickman."—Lisa Tuttle, Nebula Award winner and author of Gabriel, Windhaven, and The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross. Before an untimely mental breakdown cut short his two-decade career, Giorgio De Maria distinguished himself as one of Italy's most unique and eccentric weird fiction masters. With a background in the post-war literary culture of Turin -- Italy's urbane but eerie "city of black magic" -- De Maria drew inspiration from the Turinese underbelly of occultism, secret societies and radical politics. His writing coincided with the decade of terrorist violence known to Italians as the Years of Lead; the outcome was a weird fiction suffused with panic, rage, trauma, paranoia and meditations on antisocial hubris. In 1978, he told an interviewer: "...I think that the dimension of the fantastic, as much as this may seem paradoxical, is the most fitting one to express a reality as complex as ours today." De Maria's debut novel, The Transgressionists (1968) portrays a cell of malicious telepaths who meet in the cafés and jazz clubs of 1960s Turin to plot world domination. After experiencing the worst of their power, an embittered office clerk resolves to join them and prove himself worthy to share in their villainy. He cultivates twisted mindfulness techniques to awaken his inner sociopath. He fights off predatory phantoms that seem maddeningly drawn to him. He prepares for the dangerous "Great Leap" which will make him into a fully-fledged Transgressionist. But could his megalomania strain relations with his fiancee? Will he sacrifice love in his quest for omnipotence? The other works in this volume are no less surreal and startling. The Secret Death of Joseph Dzhugashvili (1976) gives us a nightmarish fantasy Soviet Union, where a dissident poet finds himself trapped in a psychological experiment conducted by Stalin himself. In "The End of Everydayism," a group of futuristic artists begin using corpses as a medium -- with violent, unforeseen results. The antihero of "General Trebisonda" is a possibly insane commander who prepares for a war crime in an eerily deserted fortress. Available in English for the first time, this collection contains two novellas, two short stories and a dystopian teleplay, The Appeal, which the post-cyberpunk novelist Andrea Vaccaro has lauded as "worthy of the best episodes of Black Mirror." Meanwhile, an introduction by translator Ramon Glazov offers a detailed account of De Maria's background, creative context and thoroughly unusual life.
Transgressions of Power (The Broken Trust #2)
by Juliette WadeThe second book of The Broken Trust continues a deadly battle for succession, in this sociological sci-fi novel where brother is pitted against brother in a singular chance to win power.To marry into the most powerful family in Varin is to step into a trap. Della has spent thirteen years under the scrutiny of Pelismara's political elites, supporting Tagaret in a dangerous pretense as his brother Nekantor's closest ally. In secret, however, they've planned to escape, and to break down the restrictions of Varin's caste society. When Nekantor offers to send them to Selimna, the city where their caste experiments can be carried out, how can they not accept the opportunity?But ever since Nekantor seized power as the Eminence Herin's Heir, he's wanted to keep power in the family, and that means his eye is on the children--especially their thirteen-year-old brother Adon. In their absence, Nekantor begins to execute his own long-schemed plan, and soon Della realizes they've unwittingly become a part of it.How far does Nekantor's influence spread? How much will he seek to control? And how can she save Adon from falling into his snare?
Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative (Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture)
by Sonia Baelo-AlluéTranshumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative brings together fifteen scholars from five different countries to explore the different ways in which the posthuman has been addressed in contemporary culture and more specifically in key narratives, written in the second decade of the 21st century, by Dave Eggers, William Gibson, John Shirley, Tom McCarthy, Jeff Vandermeer, Don DeLillo, Margaret Atwood, Cixin Liu and Helen Marshall. Some of these works engage in the premises and perils of transhumanism, while others explore the qualities of the (post)human in a variety of dystopian futures marked by the planetary influence of human action. From a critical posthumanist perspective that questions anthropocentrism, human exceptionalism and the centrality of the ‘human’ subject in the era of the Anthropocene, the scholars in this collection analyse the aesthetic choices these authors make to depict the posthuman and its aftereffects.
Transient Moon (Lotte Freundenberger Series #3)
by Gaja J. KosOff the court, the stakes are higher than just a lost matchIsa Vogt is convinced Lotte would make a great agent. But after spending three months cooped up at the ICRA facility, probed and prodded for any genetic changes, tying herself to them willingly is the last thing Lotte wants.She has the Zentrum. Afanasiy. Her friends. There’s nothing that could convince her to sign away the freedom she has lost one too many times already.Until a brutal beating leaves her former lover on the verge of death.Lotte is incapable of waiting idly on the sidelines while the bastard responsible walks free. But if she strikes a deal with Isa Vogt to join the investigation, she will embark on a path she can’t come back from.Is seeking justice for a ruined life worth ripping apart her own?Join Lotte as she makes a monumental choice by purchasing a copy of TRANSIENT MOON today!
Transit
by Edmund CooperIt lay in the grass, tiny and white and burning. He stooped, put out his fingers. And then there was nothing. Nothing but darkness and oblivion. A split second demolition of the world of Richard Avery. From a damp February afternoon in Kensington Gardens, Avery is precipitated into a world of apparent unreason. A world in which his intelligence is tested by computers, and which he is finally left on a strange tropical island with three companions, and a strong human desire to survive.But then the mystery deepens: for there are two moons in the sky, and the rabbits have six legs, and there is a physically satisfying reason for the entire situation.
Transition
by Iain BanksA world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organisation with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence and numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary powers?On the Concern's books are Temudjin Oh, an un-killable assassin who journeys between the peaks of Nepal, a version of Victorian London and the dark palaces of Venice; and a nameless, faceless torturer known only as the Philosopher. And then there's the renegade Mrs Mulverhill, who recruits rebels to her side; and Patient 8262, hiding out from a dirty past in a forgotten hospital ward. As these vivid, strange and sensuous worlds circle and collide, the implications of turning traitor to the Concern become horribly apparent, and an unstable universe is set on a dizzying course.
Transition
by Iain BanksA world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organisation with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence and numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary powers?On the Concern's books are Temudjin Oh, an un-killable assassin who journeys between the peaks of Nepal, a version of Victorian London and the dark palaces of Venice; and a nameless, faceless torturer known only as the Philosopher. And then there's the renegade Mrs Mulverhill, who recruits rebels to her side; and Patient 8262, hiding out from a dirty past in a forgotten hospital ward. As these vivid, strange and sensuous worlds circle and collide, the implications of turning traitor to the Concern become horribly apparent, and an unstable universe is set on a dizzying course.
Transition
by Iain M. BanksThere is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organization with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence and numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary powers?Among those operatives are Temudjin Oh, of mysterious Mongolian origins, an un-killable assassin who journeys between the peaks of Nepal, a version of Victorian London and the dark palaces of Venice under snow; Adrian Cubbish, a restlessly greedy City trader; and a nameless, faceless state-sponsored torturer known only as the Philosopher, who moves between time zones with sinister ease. Then there are those who question the Concern: the bandit queen Mrs. Mulverhill, roaming the worlds recruiting rebels to her side; and Patient 8262, under sedation and feigning madness in a forgotten hospital ward, in hiding from a dirty past.There is a world that needs help; but whether it needs the Concern is a different matter.
The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness
by H. P. LovecraftOne of the most influential practitioners of American horror, H. P. Lovecraft inspired the work of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker. As he perfected his mastery of the macabre, his works developed from seminal fragments into acknowledged masterpieces of terror. This volume traces his chilling career and includes: IMPRISONED WITH THE PHARAOHS--Houdini seeks to reveal the demons that inhabit the Egyptian night. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS--An unsuspecting expedition uncovers a city of untold terror, buried beneath an Antarctic wasteland. Plus, for the first time in any Del Rey edition: HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR--Mad experiments yield hideous results in this, the inspiration for the cult film Re-Animator. COOL AIR--An icy apartment hides secrets no man dares unlock. THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN--The intruders seek a fortune but find only death! AND TWENTY-FOUR MORE BLOOD-CHILLING TALES
The Transition of Titus Crow
by Brian LumleyWith the most powerful, and most evil, of the elder Gods, Cthulhu, roused from slumber and preparing to destroy all of mankind with a single blow, Titus Crow and Henri-Laurent De Marigny are hopelessly outmatched. But they are not hopeless- They have been joined by heroes from other times, other worlds, other planes of reality. In a marvellous climax, heroes from other Brian Lumley series gather for the dramatic final battle.
Translation And Fantasy Literature In Taiwan
by Yu-Ling ChungThis book examines the rise in popularity of fantasy literature in Taiwan and the crucial but often invisible role that translators have played in making this genre widely available. Topics covered include global fantasy fever, Chinese fantasy, game industry, the social status of translators, and the sociological direction of translations studies.
Translation State
by Ann Leckie'There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could' John ScalziThe mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't "optimal behavior". I's the type of behavior that results in elimination.But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots - or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him.As a Conclave of the various species approaches - and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line - the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars.Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in Leckie's celebrated Imperial Radch universe.
Translation State
by Ann Leckie'There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could' John ScalziThe mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't "optimal behavior". I's the type of behavior that results in elimination.But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots - or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him.As a Conclave of the various species approaches - and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line - the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars.Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in Leckie's celebrated Imperial Radch universe.
Translation State
by Ann LeckieThe mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." —John Scalzi Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't "optimal behavior". It's the type of behavior that results in elimination. But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots—or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him. As a Conclave of the various species approaches—and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line—the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars. Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in the celebrated Imperial Radch universe."Leckie&’s humane, emotionally intelligent, and deeply perceptive writing makes this tautly plotted adventure feel fundamentally true while also offering longtime fans a much anticipated glimpse into the Radch&’s most mysterious species. Readers will be thrilled." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Another of Leckie&’s beautiful mergings of the political, philosophical, and personal." —Kirkus (starred review)
The Translator
by John CrowleyThe Translator tells of the relationship between an exiled Russian poet and his American translator during the Cuban missile crisis, a time when a writer's words - especially forbidden ones - could be powerful enough to change the course of history.
Transmaniacon
by John ShirleyJohn Shirley's Debut Novel! Ben Rackey, Professional Irritant: A man who is assigned to steal the Exciter--a device that can amplify and release strong, hostile human emotions in anyone, anywhere. The Exciter can turn suppressed anger into a full-scale war. With the power to psychically manipulate crowds of people, Rackey can demolish The Barrier, an invisible wall of densely flowing ions entirely enclosing the continental United States...and escape. BEN RACKEY Foremost Professional irritant, remarkable in acting both as burglar and inciter in the bizarre and pleasure-seeking world of the 22nd century is a fearless, ruthless man of ingenuity, completely overwhelmed with his own strength. His latest and most dangerous assignment is to steal THE EXCITER. A dangerous and fragile device for the augmentation of the telepathic transfer of mania. By seeking out and amplifying strong, hostile human emotions, the exciter can turn a street brawl into a full scale war. As soon as Ben has possession if it he will have the power to destroy THE BARRIER. Conceived as the perfect defense against nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare, it was activated in 1989 - an invisible screen of densely flowing ions entirely enclosing the continental zone labeled "The United States." Once the barrier is demolished Ben can escape.
Transmedia Creatures: Frankenstein’s Afterlives
by Lidia De Michelis Eleanor Beal Gino Roncaglia Claire Nally Claudia Gualtieri Federico Meschini Enrico Reggiani Diego Saglia Daniele Pio Buenza Ruth Heholt Andrew McInnes Janet LarsonOn the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Transmedia Creatures presents studies of Frankenstein by international scholars from converging disciplines such as humanities, musicology, film studies, television studies, English and digital humanities. These innovative contributions investigate the afterlives of a novel taught in a disparate array of courses - Frankenstein disturbs and transcends boundaries, be they political, ethical, theological, aesthetic, and not least of media, ensuring its vibrant presence in contemporary popular culture. Transmedia Creatures highlights how cultural content is redistributed through multiple media, forms and modes of production (including user-generated ones from “below”) that often appear synchronously and dismantle and renew established readings of the text, while at the same time incorporating and revitalizing aspects that have always been central to it. The authors engage with concepts, value systems and aesthetic-moral categories—among them the family, horror, monstrosity, diversity, education, risk, technology, the body—from a variety of contemporary approaches and highly original perspectives, which yields new connections. Ultimately, Frankenstein, as evidenced by this collection, is paradoxically enriched by the heteroglossia of preconceptions, misreadings, and overreadings that attend it, and that reveal the complex interweaving of perceptions and responses it generates. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Transmigrate to be an Ancient Saint: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Bie YuanHe had accidentally traveled back to the ancient times and only wanted to be a teacher, but in the end, he had become a Great Saint Master who was admired by many.Shangguan Wan'er: I am the first student of Xiao Wen Sheng ShiZhuge Liang: Don't call me the God of War, my Xiao Wen Sheng is the real God of War.Wu Zetian: I was able to become an ancient female emperor all because of the careful nurturing of Xiao Wen Sheng Shi.Hua Tuo: My medical skills were taught to me by my Saint Xiao Wen.Qin Shi Huang: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is a god-like person. He can create all kinds of impossible miracles!Liu Bang: I am honored, Xiao Wen Sheng is the teacher of my country.Li Shimin: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is the person I admire the most, not one of them.
Transmigrate to be an Ancient Saint: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Bie YuanHe had accidentally traveled back to the ancient times and only wanted to be a teacher, but in the end, he had become a Great Saint Master who was admired by many.Shangguan Wan'er: I am the first student of Xiao Wen Sheng ShiZhuge Liang: Don't call me the God of War, my Xiao Wen Sheng is the real God of War.Wu Zetian: I was able to become an ancient female emperor all because of the careful nurturing of Xiao Wen Sheng Shi.Hua Tuo: My medical skills were taught to me by my Saint Xiao Wen.Qin Shi Huang: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is a god-like person. He can create all kinds of impossible miracles!Liu Bang: I am honored, Xiao Wen Sheng is the teacher of my country.Li Shimin: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is the person I admire the most, not one of them.
Transmigrate to be an Ancient Saint: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Bie YuanHe had accidentally traveled back to the ancient times and only wanted to be a teacher, but in the end, he had become a Great Saint Master who was admired by many.Shangguan Wan'er: I am the first student of Xiao Wen Sheng ShiZhuge Liang: Don't call me the God of War, my Xiao Wen Sheng is the real God of War.Wu Zetian: I was able to become an ancient female emperor all because of the careful nurturing of Xiao Wen Sheng Shi.Hua Tuo: My medical skills were taught to me by my Saint Xiao Wen.Qin Shi Huang: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is a god-like person. He can create all kinds of impossible miracles!Liu Bang: I am honored, Xiao Wen Sheng is the teacher of my country.Li Shimin: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is the person I admire the most, not one of them.
Transmigrate to be an Ancient Saint: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Bie YuanHe had accidentally traveled back to the ancient times and only wanted to be a teacher, but in the end, he had become a Great Saint Master who was admired by many.Shangguan Wan'er: I am the first student of Xiao Wen Sheng ShiZhuge Liang: Don't call me the God of War, my Xiao Wen Sheng is the real God of War.Wu Zetian: I was able to become an ancient female emperor all because of the careful nurturing of Xiao Wen Sheng Shi.Hua Tuo: My medical skills were taught to me by my Saint Xiao Wen.Qin Shi Huang: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is a god-like person. He can create all kinds of impossible miracles!Liu Bang: I am honored, Xiao Wen Sheng is the teacher of my country.Li Shimin: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is the person I admire the most, not one of them.
Transmigrate to be an Ancient Saint: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Bie YuanHe had accidentally traveled back to the ancient times and only wanted to be a teacher, but in the end, he had become a Great Saint Master who was admired by many.Shangguan Wan'er: I am the first student of Xiao Wen Sheng ShiZhuge Liang: Don't call me the God of War, my Xiao Wen Sheng is the real God of War.Wu Zetian: I was able to become an ancient female emperor all because of the careful nurturing of Xiao Wen Sheng Shi.Hua Tuo: My medical skills were taught to me by my Saint Xiao Wen.Qin Shi Huang: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is a god-like person. He can create all kinds of impossible miracles!Liu Bang: I am honored, Xiao Wen Sheng is the teacher of my country.Li Shimin: Master Xiao Wen Sheng is the person I admire the most, not one of them.
Transmigrate To Be A Modern Girl: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Zhu ZiWeiShe came from an otherworldly Apricot Forest Family and was reborn into a young girl in the 21st century. She received the teachings of Shennong. From then on, a storm surged, stunning everyone in the world.