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The People of the Black Circle is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story. It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious...
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 19
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Tor
Pub. Date
1998
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715 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Sita Dulip has missed her flight out of Chicago. But instead of listening to garbled announcements in the airport, she discovers a method of bypassing the crowds at the desks, a nasty lunch, whimpering children, their punitive parents, and the blue plastic chairs bolted to the floor: she changes planes - literally. Sita discovers entire planes of existence and visits societies not found on Earth - bizarre societies that share similarities with Earth's...
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Daw Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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311 p. ; 24 cm.
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Home from the Sea combines East of the Sun and West of the Moon, as well as Tam Lin, with the Selkie of Sul Skerry. We'll see Nan and Sarah (from Wizard of London) as adults, coming into their own, and Grey and Neville, of course!
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Wheel of time volume 13
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2010
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As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 16
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From Anne McCaffrey comes a collection of captivating short stories that focuses on everything from spaceship adventure and shifting time-storms to ghosts and romance. The title story, set in the world of the Dragonriders of Pern series, tells of Aramina, a teenage girl who hears dragons and is relentlessly pursued for her ability. Aramina's mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a dragonrider, but McCaffrey has another fate in...
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Solaris fantasía volume 92
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La Factoría de Ideas
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[2012]
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317 pages ; 21 cm.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales collects the best macabre stories of Washington Irving. Blending sly humor with supernatural thrills, these tales are among the most beloved and re-read of all American fiction. In the thirteen stories gathered for this volume, Irving evokes the colorful landscapes of his Hudson Valley hometown, and conjures characters and creatures from its historical past for a unique kind of weird tale that speaks directly...
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Guys read volume 4
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Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
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ix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.
17) The mad scientist's guide to world domination: original short fiction for the modern evil genius
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Tor
Pub. Date
2013
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363 p. ; 25 cm.
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An anthology of original horror tales featuring "evil genius" archetype characters intent on ruling the world features contributions by Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson, and Austin Grossman.
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Five hundred kingdoms volume 5
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Luna
Pub. Date
c2010
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345 p. ; 25 cm.
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Rosa believes that for every princess there's a prince, stepmothers should never be trusted, and bad things come to those who break with Tradition. When she is pursued by a murderous huntsman and then captured by dwarves, her beliefs go up in smoke. Sometimes a princess has to create her own happy ending.
19) Tiassa
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Vlad Taltos novels volume 13
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Tor
Pub. Date
2011
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335 pages ; 22 cm
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Years after his successes as an assassin and a mobster enabled his influential acceptance by the Dragonlords, Empire, and Jenoine, Vlad Taltos endeavors to acqure a god-made artifact that will help him execute a lucrative con.
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Ballantine Books
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c2010
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353 p. ; 25 cm.
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Co-existing peacefully for five hundred years after creating their magically protected valley, the surviving members of four non-demon races band together against frightening creatures that are penetrating the shield around their home.
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