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epub |eng | 2013-01-16 | Author:Adam Roberts [Roberts, Adam]

‘No physical pain, it is true,’ replied the machine in its melodious fluting voice. ‘But as sentient and self-aware creatures we are capable of the anxieties attendant on death. Emphasising ...
( Category: Short Stories March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1978-01-01 | Author:Ann Beattie [Beattie, Ann]

Starley H is full name was Dickie Ray Starley, but he was Starley to everyone but his wife. She called him Dickie, and told close friends that even though it ...
( Category: Short Stories March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-01 | Author:Dan Chaon [Chaon, Dan]

And then she’d taken a step out into the street without looking. That is what the police said. Stepped out into the street without looking both ways. The practice tests ...
( Category: Short Stories March 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-11-03 | Author:Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois [Dann, Jack & Dozois, Gardner]

A shaft of light caught Ros as the sun breached the far horizon. His hands shook in the golden radiance. He barely had strength to pull the thick mat of ...
( Category: Anthologies March 27,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Washington Irving

In the midst of his joviality, however, Heer Antony did not lose sight of discretion. Though he pushed the bottle without reserve to Dolph, he always took care to help ...
( Category: Satire March 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 1976-01-01 | Author:Stanislaw Lem [Lem, Stanislaw]

THE TWENTY-FIRST VOYAGE Upon my return from the 27th century I sent I. Tichy off to Rosenbeisser, to take over the post vacated by me at THEOHIPPIP, which he did, ...
( Category: Time Travel March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf | | 2010-01-21 | Author:Glen Cook [Cook, Dragon]

— 75 — Lupo Provik gazed out his office window, at a level with Tregesser Horata High City. He saw nothing that pleased him. “What is she doing up there?” ...
( Category: Post-Apocalyptic March 27,2014 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 1976-03-26 | Author:Saki

THE SEVENTH PULLET “IT’s not the daily grind that I complain of,” said Blenkinthrope resentfully; “it’s the dull grey sameness of my life outside of office hours. Nothing of interest ...
( Category: Short Stories March 27,2014 )
epub | | 2010-03-07 | Author:Jonathan Strahan [Strahan, Jonathan]

"Machines can't dream. I saw this in my dreams." "Oh. Right, of course." "Well, it was my nightmare, really. But I woke up! Then I created my vision! I don't ...
( Category: Arts & Literature March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-06-01 | Author:Kevin Kwan [Kwan, Kevin]

* * * * Central Provident Fund, a mandatory savings scheme that Singaporeans contribute to each month to fund their retirement, health care, and housing. It’s a bit like the ...
( Category: Family Life March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Christopher Buckley

CHAPTER 19 WHAT WONDERFUL FRIENDS WE HAVE The dream was back now, every night. President Fa dreaded the moment when he could no longer keep his eyes open, only to ...
( Category: Humorous March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Albert Brooks [Brooks, Albert]

CHAPTER THIRTY To get Chen Biao, the premier of the People’s Republic of China, to come to Camp David without raising suspicion was a formidable task. Not that presidents and ...
( Category: Dystopian March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-11-20 | Author:Janet Evanovich [Evanovich, Janet]

FIFTEEN CONNIE WAS ON the phone when I walked into the office. Lula was on the couch, reading Star magazine. “It’s the cellulite issue,” Lula said. “I love the cellulite ...
( Category: Humorous March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1999-01-01 | Author:Nancy Atherton [Atherton, Nancy]

“Why were the villagers so vicious?” I asked Aunt Dimity. The cottage was still and silent. Emma had left three hours ago, and Willis, Sr., was sleeping fitfully in the ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives March 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:Nancy Atherton [Atherton, Nancy]

15. “Shepherd! Rise and shine! Got news for you!” I squinted at the bedside clock. It was midnight back in Boston—two hours past Stan’s usual bedtime and a half hour ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives March 27,2014 )