Past Master
10 best books like Past Master (R.A. Lafferty): Master and Commander, Mission of Gravity, The Reluctant Dragon, Dragon's Blood, A Sending of Dragons, Heart's Blood, Mister B. Gone, From the Land of the Moon, The End of the Modern World, The Boys Omnibus Vol. 2
| Author | Patrick O'Brian |
| ISBN | 0393307050 |
As the Royal Navy takes part in the wars against Napoleonic France, young Jack Aubrey receives his first command, the small, old, and slow HMS Sophie. Accompanied by his eccentric new friend, the physician and naturalist Stephen Maturin, Aubrey does battle with the naval hierarchy, with his own tendency...
| Author | Hal Clement |
| ISBN | 0515034797 |
Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller
Mission of Gravity is an sf novel by Hal Clement. The title is a play on words, one meaning "the force which pulls" & the other being "extremely serious or important". It was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, 4–7/53. Its 1st cloth publication was in '54....
In this beloved classic story, a young boy befriends a poetry-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. When the town-folk send for St. George to slay the dragon, the boy needs to come up with a clever plan to save his friend and convince the townsfolk to accept him. This story first appeared as a...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0152051260 |
I loved this book when I was a kid. Read it for the first time in 5th grade. Still love it to this day.
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I had to write a bit more in defense of this book after reading some of the harsher critiques written by others. First of all, this was a children's book and yes, perhaps it it is not politically...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0152051287 |
Disappointing. The plot felt rushed and choppy, never seemed to find a rhythm or establish what direction the story was trying to take, and left any number of loose threads dangling. For instance, the possibility of the (view spoiler)[ Cave-men, armed with their metal, (hide spoiler)].
Okay, I remember this plot even less than the first one! That's why I go back and reread childhood favorites, I guess ;) It's still quite good. The main character, Jakkin, grows up some, and much of the advice he gets on how to operate in the adult world resonates with me, so I feel I must have absorbed and adopted...
| Author | Clive Barker |
| ISBN | 0060182989 |
The Mister B. of the title is Jakabob Botch, a demon whose ghastly past could make even the most merciless sociopath whimper in sympathy. Born in the deepest regions of hell, the spawn of an abusive drunkard and his whorish wife, Jakabob escapes to the world above after suffering fiendish torture. Once...
| Author | Milena Agus |
| ISBN | 1609450019 |
But what do we really know about other people? In this international bestselling novel, a young unnamed Sardinian woman explores the life of her grandmother, a romantic, bewitching, eccentric figure, and a memorable literary creation. Her life has been characterized by honor and fierce passion,...
| Author | Romano Guardini |
| ISBN | 1882926587 |
This expanded edition of Guardini's classic work includes the original text of The End of the Modern World, as well as the entirety of its explicit sequel, Power and Responsibility, in which Guardini analyzes modern man's conception of himself in the world and examines nature and use of power. The principle...
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1524109703 |
Contains, The Boys Volume 3: Good for the Soul & The Boys Volume 4: We Wanna Go Now.
In The Boys, Vol. 3: Good for the Soul, everyone has something to get off their chest: Frenchie and the Female are up to something nasty with the Mafia, Mother's Milk goes to see his mom, Annie January wants a word...
