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The War in the Air
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Written in 1908, Wells predicted warfare as we know it now. He foresaw pushbutton wars, "cold-blooded slaughters ... in which men who were neither excited nor ... in any danger, poured death and destruction on homes and crowds..." Paradoxically, Wells also predicted it to be "a universal guerilla war, a war involving civilians and homes and all the app... »
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The War of the Worlds
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This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." Things then... »
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The Island of Doctor Moreau (Transaction Large Print Books)
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A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horro... »
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The World Set Free
Even good writers produce a turkey or two. This is definitely Well's gobbler. I thought he was going in the right direction when he did some character d... »
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The Time Machine
This is one of my fave classics. An easy read that makes you wonder what if? I usually dont like sci fi books but this is truely an exception.... »
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Prince of Chaos
This is the final volume in Roger Zelazny's Amber series.
Merlin discovers he is a pawn in the game between the powers of Amber and Chaos, an... »
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Blood and Dust
Mr. parker does a fantastic job bringing all of the characters together through a maze of webs,which keeps your mind realing with imagination and exciteme... »
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Uncharted Territory
This is a typical Connie Willis short story rather than what you would expect from her after reading Doomsday or To Say Nothing of the Dog. Admittedly thi... »
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The Select
THE SELECT
F. Paul Wilson covers more ground than any writer I have had the pleasure to read; Sci-Fi, Horror, Thrillers, Medical Mysteries (M... »
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