The Last Mimzy

Author : Henry Kuttner
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626813212

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The Best of Henry Kuttner by Henry Kuttner Pdf

From the renowned, Hugo Award–nominated titan of science fiction comes a collection of his best short stories: “Kuttner is magic” (Joe R. Lansdale, author of Honky Tonk Samurai). In seventeen classic stories, Henry Kuttner creates a unique galaxy of vain, protective, and murderous robots; devilish angels; and warm and angry aliens. These stories include “Mimsy Were the Borogoves”—the inspiration for New Line Cinema’s major motion picture The Last Mimzy—as well as “Two-Handed Engine,” “The Proud Robot,” “The Misguided Halo,” “The Voice of the Lobster,” “Exit the Professor,” “The Twonky,” “A Gnome There Was,” “The Big Night,” “Nothing But Gingerbread Left,” “The Iron Standard,” “Cold War,” “Or Else,” “Endowment Policy,” “Housing Problem,” “What You Need,” and “Absalom.” “[A] pomegranate writer: popping with seeds—full of ideas.” —Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 421

Author : Henry Kuttner
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345497550

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The Last Mimzy by Henry Kuttner Pdf

The Last Mimzy is the ideal introduction to an author who was ahead of his time—and whose time has finally come These seventeen classic stories create their own unique galaxy of vain, protective, and murderous robots; devilish angels; and warm and angry aliens. In “Mimsy Were the Borogoves”—the inspiration for New Line Cinema’s major motion picture The Last Mimzy—a boy finds a discarded box containing a treasure trove of curious objects. When he and his sister begin to play with these trinkets—including a crystal cube that magnifies the unimaginable and a strange doll with removable organs that don’t quite correspond to those of the human body—their parents grow concerned. And they should be. For the items are changing the way the children think and perceive the world around them—for better or worse. Ray Bradbury called Henry Kuttner “a man who shaped science fiction and fantasy in its most important years.” Marion Zimmer Bradley and Roger Zelazny said he was a major inspiration. Kuttner was a writer’s writer whose visionary works anticipated our own computer-controlled, machine-made world. At the time of his death at forty-two in 1958, he had created as many as 170 stories under more than a dozen pseudonyms—sometimes writing entire issues of science fiction magazines—in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. This definitive collection will be a revelation to those who wish to discover or rediscover Henry Kuttner, a true master of the universe.

Author : Henry Kuttner,C.L. Moore
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626814028

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Earth's Last Citadel by Henry Kuttner,C.L. Moore Pdf

Four WWII combatants travel to a distant and dangerous future in this novel by “two of the most revered names from [science fiction’s] Golden Age” (SFReviews.net). During World War II, four bitter enemies are pulled forward a billion years in time by a master being from an alien galaxy. They arrive on a dying Earth—to Carcasilla, Earth’s last citadel—where the mutated remnants of humanity are making their final stand against the monstrous creations of a fading world. Thrust in the middle of this desperate struggle for survival, the last humans must put aside their differences and stop the looming Armageddon. Praise for Henry Kuttner “One of the all-time major names in science fiction.” —The New York Times “A neglected master.” —Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 “Kuttner is magic.” —Joe R. Lansdale, author of The Thicket

Author : Charles G. Taylor,Lewis Padgett
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1583424776

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Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Charles G. Taylor,Lewis Padgett Pdf

Author : Harry Bates
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721730494

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Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates Pdf

Farewell to the Master Harry Bates d. He could almost remember verbatim his answer: "No, Gnut has neither moved nor been moved since the death of his master. A special point was made of keeping him in the position he assumed at Klaatu's death. The floor was built in under him, and the scientists who completed his derangement erected their apparatus around him, just as he stands. You need have no fears." Cliff smiled again. He did not have any fears. A moment later the big gong above the entrance doors rang the closing hour, and immediately following it a voice from the speakers called out "Five o'clock, ladies and gentlemen. Closing time, ladies and gentlemen." The three scientists, as if surprised it was so late, hurriedly washed their hands, changed to their street clothes and disappeared down the partitioned corridor, oblivious of the young picture man hidden under the table. The slide and scrape of the feet on the exhibition floor rapidly dwindled, until at last there were only the steps of the two guards walkin We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Tatsuaki Ishiguro
Publisher : Kodansha USA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942993445

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Biogenesis by Tatsuaki Ishiguro Pdf

Told in the manner of scientific reports, this collection of science fiction stories explores the allegorical overtones about the precariousness of species. Biogenesis and Other Stories collects five stories by Tatsuaki Ishiguro. In Biogenesis, two professors research the rare winged mouse and how the genetic makeup of the creatures pointed to their eventual extinction. The discover that upon mating, both the male and female of the species died. The professors try to clone the winged mice without success, so they breed the remaining pair in captivity, noting the procedure, which includes a vibration of the creatures' wings, what appeared to be kissing, and the shedding of tears--composed of the same substance as their blood--until their eventual death.

Author : R.C. Neighbors,Sandy Rankin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786458752

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The Galaxy Is Rated G by R.C. Neighbors,Sandy Rankin Pdf

Through spaceships, aliens, ray guns and other familiar trappings, science fiction uses the future (and sometimes the past) to comment on current social, cultural and political ideologies; the same is true of science fiction in children's film and television. This collection of essays analyzes the confluences of science fiction and children's visual media, covering such cultural icons as Flash Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as more contemporary fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story. Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the hidden--and not-so-hidden--messages presented on our children's film and TV screens.

Author : Yannick Grannec
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590516379

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The Goddess of Small Victories by Yannick Grannec Pdf

Step into the world of Kurt Gödel: his life, his marriage, his friendship with Einstein, and his legacy in this internationally best-selling novel. Princeton University, 1980. Kurt Gödel, the most fascinating, though hermetic, mathematician of the twentieth century, has just died of anorexia. His widow, Adele, a fierce woman shunned by her husband’s colleagues because she had been a cabaret dancer, is now consigned to a nursing home. To the great annoyance of the Institute of Advanced Studies, she refuses to hand over Gödel’s precious records. Anna Roth is given the difficult task of befriending Adele and retrieving the documents from her. As Adele opens the gates of her memory, the two women travel back into the life she shared with her enigmatic husband: Vienna during the Nazi era, Princeton right after the war, the pressures of McCarthyism, the end of the positivist ideal, and the advent of nuclear weapons. Yannick Grannec brilliantly narrates the epic story of a genius who could never quite find his place in the world, and the determination of the woman who loved him.

Author : Brian Greene
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393058581

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene Pdf

Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics.

Author : Brian Greene
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307428530

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The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.

Author : Henry Kuttner,Catherine Lucile Moore
Publisher : Hamlyn
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0099332701

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Chessboard Planet by Henry Kuttner,Catherine Lucile Moore Pdf

Author : Kobo Abe
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307813725

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The Face of Another by Kobo Abe Pdf

Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis, this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of an entire world. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident–a man who has lost his face and, with it, his connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such a mask is more than a disguise: it is an alternate self–a self that is capable of anything. A remorseless meditation on nature, identity and the social contract, The Face of Another is an intellectual horror story of the highest order.

Author : Edward Lear
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781474905701

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The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear Pdf

Edward Lear’s best-loved nonsense poem about the magical adventure of the Owl and the Pussycat who went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat, specially retold for beginner readers as part of the Usborne Reading Programme. Includes audio. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare

Author : Arthur Miller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101991985

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The Creation of the World and Other Business by Arthur Miller Pdf

A master dramatist’s humorous retelling of the biblical creation story as a parable for our time Breathing new life into timeless biblical tales, Arthur Miller charmingly reimagines the Book of Genesis from the temptation of Adam and Eve to the fraternal tragedy of Cain and Abel. In the beginning, God, generally satisfied with his creation, is nonetheless perplexed by Adam and Eve—why won’t they multiply? It takes wily Lucifer to interest them in anything more than playing handball in the Garden of Eden, but their new knowledge comes at a price. The first family is exiled from paradise—just as Lucifer is banned from heaven—and a fallen, morally ambiguous state becomes the destiny of humankind. Though The Creation of the World and Other Business was Arthur Miller’s first Broadway comedy, it is full of the searching insight and sparkling dialogue that distinguish his best dramas.

Author : Richard Henry Cresswell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600102716

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Aids to meditation by Richard Henry Cresswell Pdf