![]() ![]() He married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, herself a well-known science fiction and Regency literature fan, on September 6, 1969. He has since lived in Los Angeles suburbs, including Chatsworth and Tarzana, as a full-time writer. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. ![]() He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. ![]() In fact, much of his writing since the 1970s has been in collaboration, particularly with Pournelle, Steven Barnes, Brenda Cooper, or Edward M. He co-authored a number of novels with Jerry Pournelle. Niven created an alien species, the Kzin, which were featured in a series of twelve collection books, the Man-Kzin Wars. His fantasy includes The Magic Goes Away series, which utilizes an exhaustible resource, called Mana, to make the magic a non-renewable resource. Niven also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld(Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. ![]()
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![]() ![]() (York at first claims that he's just hunting vampires he even appears in daylight, risking death to prove his humanity.) And when the secret is bared at last, York tells an eventually sympathetic Marsh the whole truth-including the fact that youngish vampire York (b. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marsh a good while to figure out that York is indeed a vampire. what about those bloodstains or that ledger-book filled with newspaper reports of murders Well, vampire-readers will catch on promptly-especially since sf award-winner Martin, in alternating chapters, offers the grisly goings-on at the Louisiana bayou manse of Damon Julian, a "bloodmaster" of the most vile sort. And eccentric they are: York never appears in daylight aboard the Fevre Dream he has an odd gaggle of similarly inclined traveling-companions he orders the boat stopped in weird spots along the way and. but there are to be no-questions-asked about York's eccentric doings on-board. Louis: York will finance the building of a luxurious new steamboat for Marsh to captain. This reluctant hero is Abner Marsh, once-prosperous owner of an ill-fated steamboat fleet-who can't resist an offer from pale stranger Joshua York in 1857 St. evil vampires on the ante-bellum Mississippi-with a fat, tough old steamboat captain perilously caught in between. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With cryptic secrets and cravings, this eighth installment in the Vampire Kisses series is a romantic and mysterious thrill ride.īefore I took pen to paper, I was an actress. Can Raven convince Jagger to listen to her plans to make the Crypt the morbidly magnificent dance club it could be? Will it be safe for mortals and vampires alike?Īnd as Sebastian and Luna's relationship heats up, Raven wonders about her own amorous fate: Will Alexander ever turn her? Does he crave her and does he want to spend eternity together? And what does she really want? But is it her dream come true, or her worst nightmare? Raven and Alexander have to figure out what the nefarious vampire has in store for Dullsville's teen and vampire population. Raven discovers Jagger's plan to open a new club, The Crypt, right here in Dullsville. The morbidly monotonous Dullsville has finally become the most exciting place on earth now that Raven is madly in love with her hot vampire boyfriend Alexander, and a crew of vampires has taken residence in Dullsville's old mill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. ![]() During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keller’s book would fall into the area of dogmatics commonly known as apologetics. But he must ever keep in mind that his real business is not to demonstrate the truth of the Christian religion to the unbeliever, but to uncover the insincerity of unbelief, for all who reject Christianity do so, consciously or unconsciously, because of their evil will and not because of their pretended “intellectual honesty” (Pieper, Christian Dogmatics, I, 110).Īfter reading Keller’s book, one gets the impression that Keller read Pieper’s quote above. The Christian apologist is in a position to show any rational man, particularly if he have a well-trained mind, that after all it would be more reasonable to accept the claims of Christianity as true than to reject them as false. His other books include: King’s Cross, Generous Justice, Counterfeit Gods, and The Prodigal God. The Reason for God reached #7 on The New York Times bestseller list for non-fiction in March 2008. He was educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. The church currently has about six thousand regular attendees at six weekly services. ![]() He serves at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (in Manhattan, which he and his wife started in 1989. ![]() Timothy Keller is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. ![]() ![]() ![]() The main character, who changes many names during the story, first fights in the Peasants' War beside Thomas Müntzer, then is in Münster's siege, during the Münster Rebellion, and some years later, in Venice. The book spans 30 years as he is pursued by 'Q', a spy for the Roman Catholic Church cardinal Giovanni Pietro Carafa. The book follows the journey of an Anabaptist radical across Europe in the first half of the 16th century as he joins in various movements and uprisings that come as a result of the Protestant reformation. ![]() All of the editions keep the original copyright statement, which allows for non-commercial reproduction of the book. The novel, originally published in Italian, has been translated into several languages. Now they write under the " Wu Ming" name. The four were part of the so-called "Luther Blissett Project", which ended in 1999. The multi-use name "Luther Blissett" was used as a "nom de plume" by four Italian authors, Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi and Luca Di Meo. The novel is set in Europe during the 16th century, and deals with Protestant reformation movements. "Q" is a novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 1999. Image_caption = Arrow paperback edition cover ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And as I read the book, while I revelled in the story, in the back of my mind I kept wondering “Why would Bennett pick the Queen?” Usually, I don’t worry too much about things like that, but it just wouldn’t leave me alone. The uncommon reader herself is Queen Elizabeth II, and the story is that she discovers the joy of books and gets more and more wrapped up in the world of reading (and consequently pays less attention to her duties). It’s a delicate, wonderful fable all about reading, and eventually writing. ![]() I was actually the first person to check it out (it’s a tiny library), and I just loved it. ![]() I’d seen this one mentioned around the blogosphere before, but it wasn’t until Ted mentioned that Bennett also wrote the play “The History Boys” (I saw the movie version and looooved it) that I was spurred to look it up in my library catalog. ) To ease myself back into the swing of things, I thought I’d review my first read for the Novella Challenge: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. A review! For a challenge! It’s almost as if I’m a book blogger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Verne developed a similar theme in his later novel, Godfrey Morgan (French: L'École des Robinsons, 1882). An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence of the novels Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and In Search of the Castaways (1867–68), though its themes are vastly different from those books. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The Mysterious Island ( French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. Historians have long told the story of America's birth as the triumph of Jefferson's democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow here recounts Hamilton's turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washington's aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Chernow's biography argues that the political and economic greatness of today's America is the result of Hamilton's countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. ![]() Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Ron Chernow tells the story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. ![]() ![]() ![]() When her father sends her on a mission to find part of a map that will lead to a secret isle, Alosa must fake her own capture and pretend to be a prisoner as she hunts down the map piece on board a ship led by a ruthless young captain. But Alosa herself is a tough, no-nonsense pirate captain who can more than hold her own. ![]() Alosa is the daughter of Kalligan, who rules over and terrorizes the seas. This was a whole lot of fun for the most part! My few complaints are not really huge issues, but more "this could have been a lot better if." However, it was a decent debut and I'll be looking out for the next in the series (quick warning: the title of the sequel is kind of a spoiler for part of this book).ĭaughter of the Pirate King has a rather self-explanatory title. This is the second time I’ve had to stage my own capture. It should not be this difficult to stay prisoner on a pirate ship. ![]() |