Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation
10 best books like Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation (Yoshiyuki Tomino): I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire, Will Save the Galaxy for Food, The Science of Interstellar, Wicked City: Black Guard, The Holmes-Dracula File, The Berserker Wars, The Second Book of Swords, The Third Book of Swords, An Old Friend of the Family, Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 1: Activation
I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire
Author | P.N. Elrod |
ISBN | 0786901756 |
This was an oddly enjoyable book! I played the Ravenloft D&D modules in high school, and I like P. N. Elrod's writing, so I figured I'd indulge in nostalgia and read this. The plot covers Strahd's background, his choice to become a vampire, and his path from that choice to his weird existence surrounded...
Will Save the Galaxy for Food
Author | Yahtzee Croshaw |
ISBN | 1506701655 |
A not-quite epic science fiction adventure about a down-on-his luck galactic pilot caught in a cross-galaxy struggle for survival! Space travel just isn't what it used to be. With the invention of Quantum Teleportation, space heroes aren't needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer...
The Science of Interstellar
Author | Kip S. Thorne |
ISBN | 0393351378 |
A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne.
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar...
Author | Hideyuki Kikuchi |
ISBN | 0765323303 |
Another world exists beyond the one that humans can see–a world populated by demons. For centuries, demons have crossed into our world, some looking for a new life, adventure, or just a job. But many are intent on causing chaos and destruction, feasting on human flesh and fear. A tenuous Peace Treaty...
Author | Fred Saberhagen |
ISBN | 0441342450 |
1887 London, Queen Victoria's Jubilee approaches, a mad man of science prepares to unleash thousands of plague infected rats, a bizarre killer is leaving a trail of bloodless corpses. The Count joins the World's Greatest Detective in an effort to avert public disaster and avenge an enemy. The events...
Author | Fred Saberhagen |
ISBN | 0523485204 |
Toss up between 3 and 4 stars so I've gotta give it the benefit of the doubt. Especially since one particular story in here titled WINGS OUT OF SHADOW was absolutely incredible. Instant classic right there. It was so good that it made me want to stay up all night writing myself. (Of course I couldn't because...
The Second Book of Swords
Author | Fred Saberhagen |
ISBN | 0812519345 |
I really enjoyed this book. It's like a heist movie but in an epic fantasy setting, and it's quite a refreshing change from all the newer fantasy novels that seem to follow the same basic formulaic plot.
The second book picks up the story five years later, and we get to follow Mark, Ben, and Barbara...
Author | Fred Saberhagen |
ISBN | 0708881513 |
The third and final novel in 'The Book of Swords' trilogy.
More stories of the twelve Swords continue with the Lost Swords series.
The gods, the creators of the twelve Swords, realize their error in giving powerful Swords to humans. The humans, both good and evil, are ready to fight to the...
An Old Friend of the Family
Author | Fred Saberhagen |
ISBN | 0765314983 |
The Southerland family left the old world to start anew in America, but little did they know that a blood-feud, older than history itself, would follow them through the generations to come.
Kate Southerland, the first born of the latest generation of Southerlands, has been murdered, but she is...
Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 1: Activation
It is the year Universal Century 0079, in a space colony the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep within the Brazilian...
Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight
Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero, history's most famous space traveler, and the first man to walk on the moon. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time is the definitive...
Author | Charles Bronson |
ISBN | 1844543099 |
Charlie Bronson has spent three decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. Now, in this no-nonsense guide to getting fit and staying fit, he reveals just how he's done it. Forget fancy gyms, expensive running...
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash
The hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?
With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity...
Author | Norman Boutin |
ISBN | 1495450422 |
There are a million romance, mystery, and modern angst novels, but there is only one book about a heroic teenage American girl winning against impossible odds and changing the world. Read five sample chapters here: http://www.empresstheresa.com/look_in... Judge for yourself! This one of a kind...
Author | Mizuki Kawashita |
ISBN | 1421516608 |
Japanese Name 河下水希 (Kawashita Mizuki).
Sometimes she uses too the pseudonym Mikan Momokuri.
Mizuki Kawashita is a female Japanese manga artist, best known for her work Strawberry 100%. During the early part of her career, she wrote and illustrated under the pen name Mikan Momokuri...
RahXephon - The Novel, Volume 1
Author | Hiroshi Ohnogi |
ISBN | 1597960004 |
More action and giant robots await in the Rahxephon novel. Relive events from the anime plus untold stories from a first-person perspective, seen from the eyes of the various characters in the Rahxephon mythos. Tokyo has been quarantined off from the rest of the world in every way by the mysterious otherworldly...
Author | Anne McCaffrey |
ISBN | 0345319958 |
THE MISSION
The Exploratory and Evaluation Corps of the Federated Sentient Planets had sent ARCT-10, with its mixed crew of shipbred and planet-bound technicians, to Ireta to catalogue fauna and flora and search for new energy sources. It was a simple mission. A standard crew.
THE...
Author | Mizuki Kawashita |
ISBN | 1421516616 |
• A 19-volume manga series–7.5 million copies sold in Japan
• Originally serialized in Japan’s manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump
• Inspired an anime series, drama CDs and merchandise in Japan
• Tohan ranking in the top 10: Vol. 11–16 & 18 (Vol. 1–9 ranking not available)
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