The Unveiling
10 best books like The Unveiling (Stefan Alford): Even the Queen, & Other Short Stories, The Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, Press Enter, Johnny Mnemonic: The Screenplay and the Story, Sailing to Byzantium, Christmas in the Trenches, The U.S. Constitution: And Fascinating Facts about It, The Order of Things: How Everything in the World Is Organized Into Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders, The Traveler, The Kolob Theorem: A Mormon's View of God's Starry Universe
| Author | Connie Willis |
| ISBN | 0964853906 |
Included are these stories:
"Even the Queen": Virtually every new technology spawns Luddites who insist it's a bad thing. In this case, an entire cult is involved.
Winner, 1992 Nebula Award and 1993 Hugo Award, Best Short Story.
"At the Rialto": A look at a scientific conference...
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was an English author and poet. He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling...
| Author | John Varley |
| ISBN | 1568652798 |
This award-winning Science Fiction novella is part murder mystery, part romance, and more than a little bit scary.
Victor Apfel, a troubled war vet, gets an odd, pre-recorded phone message, instructing him to go inside the house next door. He opens the door to find his neighbor shot through...
"I put the shotgun in an Adidas bag and padded it out with four pairs of tennis socks, not my style at all, but that was what I was aiming for: If they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go crude. I'm a very technical boy. So I decided to get as crude as possible. These days, though,...
| Author | Robert Silverberg |
| ISBN | 0743487117 |
The world's most distinguished author of the literature of the fantastic presents his most extraordinary stories of worlds lost and dreams fulfilled... In his illustrious forty-five year career as a novelist and author of short fiction, Robert Silverberg has belonged in the company of the best writers...
| Author | John McCutcheon |
| ISBN | 1561453749 |
Decided this would be a good read for Christmas Eve and I was right! This is one of my favorite Christmas stories and it’s really touching and emotional (I mean the real Christmas truce story that this book is about, not the Robot Chicken version, though if you haven’t seen that, look it up, it’s great!).
What’s...
| Author | Terry L. Jordan |
| ISBN | 1891743007 |
Mr. Jordan pads out the pages of this otherwise-short book with the most basic facts about the great (and not-so-great) men who helped craft the greatest and most influential system of governing the world has ever seen. Unfortunately, he writes with a "gee-whiz" sensibility that begins to grate almost...
| Author | Barbara Ann Kipfer |
| ISBN | 1567315607 |
This amazing, one-of-a-kind reference book has been revised and completely updated. Called "a definite reference must" by King Features Syndicate, The Order of Things is an illustrated collection of orders and classifications in science, religion, history, business, the arts, sports, technology,...
| Author | Daren Simkin |
| ISBN | 0374116393 |
Once there was a boy named Charlie, who had a nice life—but it wasn’t quite perfect. He had to spend too much of his time doing things he didn’t want to do. So one day he packed up all his time in a suitcase, locked it up, and set off to find a better way to spend it. Charlie traveled the world looking for...
| Author | Lynn M. Hilton |
| ISBN | 1566846412 |
God's Throne and the Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial Kingdoms. The Kolob Theorem allows us to see more clearly the home we lived in before we were born and the home we will live in after we die. These places appear more real; they are made of matter, some of very fine and pure matter, and exist in time...
| Author | David McWilliams Ludlum |
| ISBN | 0679408517 |
Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North America. The 378 dramatic photographs capture cloud...
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
| Author | John L. Behler |
| ISBN | 0394508246 |
Why are some frogs able to freeze solid and still survive? How can secretions from amphibians offer scientists clues for treating human ailments? What allows reptiles and amphibians to regenerate their limbs? Reptiles & Amphibians, an exciting new Explore Your World™ handbook, incorporates...
| Author | Philip K. Dick |
| ISBN | 0575043075 |
Nick has a problem. He has a cat named Horace, and cats are quite illegal on Earth. In fact all pets are illegal on Earth, and Horace has been reported to the anti-pet man. The only way for Nick and his family to keep Horace is to emigrate to Plowman’s Planet.
Little did they know that, rather than...
