5/29/2023 0 Comments AssassinWare by Michael D. Britton![]() ![]() This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Read moreĭiscover other titles by this author on The story is laced with accessible modernity, well-placed surprises, and dry wit. With all the gripping suspense, dramatic action, and high-tech wizardry of TV’s 24, AssassinWare takes you on a rollercoaster of political intrigue with Scott Faraday, the nation’s savviest cybercrime detective, and his feisty partner Catherine Blaine. But the murderer hasn’t left a trace of evidence, no stray data packets, no IP addresses.Įxcept for an anonymous comment posted to a blog. Other than the fact every one died sitting at a computer.įaraday’s been doing this long enough to understand they were killed remotely by assassinware: a stealth connection to the World Wide Web used to kill end users. ![]() ![]() Top CIA cybersleuth Scott Faraday has never seen such clean hits – a perfect electronic getaway every time. Some people live and die by their technology – some just die. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But most powerfully, the narrative asks us to consider what devils we build for ourselves through blind, inherited hatred of the other, and what then it takes to overcome them, what the costs of moving beyond diametric violence might be.įramed by an epigraph from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick: "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale to the last I grapple with thee from hell's heart I stab at thee for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" and beginning with three words: "Call me Bathsheba," the text of Ness's novel harkens back to one of the most famous first lines in English literature "Call me Ishmael." From that point forward, readers are alerted, at least partially, to the depths of narrative they are about to traverse. Once again breaking genre boundaries, Ness's allegorical novel toys with readers' perceptions while provoking their moral compasses with regards to themes of vengeance, good versus evil, and the destructive power of hatred. Patrick Ness has developed a reputation for experimental literature executed well, and his latest, And the Ocean Was Our Sky, is no exception. ![]() Patrick Ness turns the familiar tale of Moby Dick upside down and tells a story all its own with epic triumph and devastating fate. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1938, inspired by John W Campbell Jr's editorial policy at Astounding Science-Fiction, Simak began to produce such stories as "Rule 18" (July 1938 Astounding) and "Reunion on Ganymede" (November 1938 Astounding). Other early work of interest included "The Voice in the Void" (Spring 1932 Wonder Stories Quarterly), about the desecration of a sacred tomb on Mars which possibly contains the relics of a Messiah from Earth "Hellhounds of the Cosmos" (June 1932 Astounding), in which defenders of Earth who, in order to fight a Monster in another Dimension, combine into a gestalt and The Creator (March/April 1935 Marvel Tales 1946 chap exp with critical commentaries 1981 chap), in which humans and other races travel by Time Machine in order to combat the creator of the universe, who has become bored with his/her handiwork. His first published stories, beginning with "The World of the Red Sun" in Wonder Stories for December 1931, were less individual than his later work significantly, however, that first tale deals with Time Travel, which became his favourite sf device for the importation of Aliens into rural Wisconsin, always his favourite venue. ![]() (1904-1988) US author whose primary occupation 1929-1976 was newspaper work, and who worked full-time for the Minneapolis Star from 1939 until his retirement, when he became a full-time writer of sf, some years past his early prime. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Black emu book![]() ![]() Millicent Weber does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. She is currently the Executive Secretary/Treasurer for the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI). She is a member of the Australian Society of Authors.īronwyn Coate has been a recipient of funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Australia Council for the Arts. Julienne van Loon has been a recipient of funding from Creative Victoria, ArtsWA and the Australia Council for the Arts. ![]() Senior lecturer, Australian National University ![]() Senior Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University Associate Professor, Writing and Publishing, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Changes by Jim Butcher![]() Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 † Phyllodrepa icari Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019 † Phyllodrepa daedali Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019įossil species found in Eocene Baltic amber. Pseudotanais uranos Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 ![]() Pseudotanais gaiae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 So he may have named this one after the mythical tragic King of Thebes, who unknowingly married his own mother." "Linnaeus had a penchant for giving primates names derived from mythology, sometimes with little obvious rationale. ![]() Linnaeus confused this myth with that of Gerana, princess of the pygmies, who was changed into a crane by Hera for committing the same lèse-majesté" ![]() The species was named after "Antigone, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy, who was metamorphosed into a stork for presuming to compare herself to the goddess Hera. This is a list of real organisms with scientific names chosen to reference works of fiction. Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem. ![]() You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Reviews of a confederacy of dunces![]() ![]() ![]() Although humorists need not shy away from treating serious subjects irreverently, it is nonetheless instructive for readers to consider the variability of their efforts and the ways in which satiric impulses shift in light of the situations depicted. More so, in the disparate circumstances facing his primary Black character, Burma Jones, and his primary gay White male character, Dorian Greene, Toole contrasts the imprisoning effects of systemic racism to the liberating pleasures of queer White privilege. Complementing these twin threads of his narrative, Toole also addresses the pervasive discrimination faced by Black and gay people in the novel’s mid-twentieth-century Southern setting, while simultaneously framing the gross mistreatment of vast swaths of humanity as part of his carnivalesque humor. Both quickly collapse into comic disarray. The first involves an insurrection of the underpaid Black employees of Levy Pants the second entails a conspiracy to infiltrate the government with gay White men. ![]() Reilly’s riotous exploits in New Orleans, which center around two so-called “crusades” to rescue humanity from its modern-day ills. ![]() John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces recounts Ignatius J. ![]() ![]() This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Playing Hard to Get by Monica Murphy Published by EM Publishing on DecemGenres: New Adult Romance Format: eBook Source: Monica Murphy Goodreads Knox Read more… Decemby Brittany and Elizabeth's Book Boutique | 0 comment New Releases, Reviews New Release: Promises We Meant to Keep by Monica Murphy I received this book for free from Monica Murphy in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Playing by the Rules (The Players #2) by Monica Murphy Published by EM Publishing on MaGenres: New Adult Romance Format: eBook Source: Monica Read more… Maby Brittany and Elizabeth's Book Boutique | 0 comment New Releases, Reviews New Release: Playing Hard to Get by Monica Murphy ![]() New Releases, Reviews New Release: Playing by the Rules by Monica Murphy ![]() Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was something different for Doyle, yet the novel eschews the same humour, exuberant language and astute sensibility that have come to characterize his work. Three years after his Man Booker win, Doyle published The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, told from the point of view of a 39-year-old alcoholic woman who is suffering from domestic violence. ![]() The novel was so popular that before it won, Australian writer Germaine Greer said on British television that it was "too good for the Booker." Like most of Doyle's work - including his enormously popular novels The Commitments and The Van - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is dialogue-driven and expletive-ridden, offering (as Doyle himself describes) a "speeded-up and larger than life portrait of Dublin." ![]() Listen to Writers & Company's special summer series with Man Booker Prize winners Irish novelist Roddy Doyle won the Man Booker Prize in 1993 for the coming-of-age story Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which for more than 15 years was the biggest-selling Man Booker Prize winner ever - surpassed only by Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of England's Man Booker Prize, Writers & Company is airing a special summer series of Booker Prize winners from our archives. You can see all the episodes here. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The Auguste by Keith Blackburn![]() ![]() The Auguste is a rich and intricate novel that offers a poetic and entertaining tapestry. Despite his best efforts, however, he becomes waylaid at every turn by a cast of wonderfully grotesque characters and a series of surrealistic episodes beyond his control. Surprisingly unperturbed by this, he attempts to make it to his office, or to a doctor's, determined to find a way out of the bad dream. This archetype is what Algy has become, the ragged little hobo who gets the pie in his face. ![]() The dictionary definition of an Auguste is a circus clown. In fact, not only has his appearance changed, but so have his surroundings and all the people he knows. One October morning in 1932, Algy, a 22-year old junior clerk at Gurney and Barman's wool mill, awakes to find himself transformed into a frail old clown. For Algy Tuckett, his hair is the least of his problems. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The arranged murder![]() So is THE ARRANGEMENT that bad a movie as it might look? Yes and no. After lots of chasing and hiding in the basement of a church, the villains will be arrested. Now her only chances to stay alive rest on the shoulders of detective Jack Connor (Ironside) and his associates. In the meanwhile stripper Candy (Lori Petty) is the only eye witness that could implicate a vicious crime lord and her life is at stake. It begins with a robbery organized by the mob where some underworld assassins get killed and a load of cash is stolen. Yet, I saw it because I am apparently one of those guys who can stomach anything, so this shouldn't be a problem. Second it has a appalling score of 5,3 and only two reviews to date. First, it's directed by one of the stars (Michael Ironside) and usually movies directed by their own stars are hard sells. THE ARRANGEMENT might look terrible for two reasons. ![]() |