![]() The fourth film in the Howling series, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare, is actually the closest adaptation of Brandner's original novel, though this too varies to some degree.īorn in the Midwest and much traveled during his formative years, Brandner published more than 30 novels, over 100 short stories, and also wrote a handful of screenplays. ![]() Brandner's second and third Howling novels, published in 19 respectively, have no connection to the film series, though he was involved in writing the screenplay for the second Howling film, Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf. The first book in the series was loosely adapted as a motion picture in 1981. Gary Phil Brandner was an American horror author best known for his werewolf themed trilogy of novels, The Howling. ![]() A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The humorous vignettes in each book, narrated from the point of view of the sensitive and kind-hearted Nicholas, are charming and old-fashioned without being anachronistic. Nicholas and the Gang (or in the native French, Le petit Nicolas et les copains) is one of a series of early/young reader children’s books about growing up in an idyllic and relatively uneventful 1950’s France. I wasn’t aware of Goscinny’s other children’s books until recently, when conducting a literary reconnaissance at Anna and Ben’s fabulous school library. I would pore over the pages, chuckle at the antics of the rotund Obelisk and coo with delight whenever the spunky little terrier, Dogmatix, made his appearance. “I like it when it rains really hard, because then I don’t go to school and I can stay at home instead and play with my electric train set.” – Nicholas.Īs a child, I adored the Asterix series, created by the French comics writer and editor, René Goscinny (1926-1977). ![]() ![]() ![]() His predecessor was in the hospital as a result of a beating by the very kids Dean was helping. During the 60s Dean also worked for a government-funded program that sought to help violent and troubled youth. ![]() After graduation in the 1960s, Dean went to work as a teacher at Mechanicsburg High School. ![]() ![]() He attended Shippensburg State College in Pennsylvania where he won an Atlantic Monthly competition for his writing, which further encouraged him to continue. His mother’s courage in standing up to her husband also served as an inspiration in Dean’s writing. Dean’s father, Raymond Koontz, was extremely abusive to him and his mother. His childhood had a strong influence on his writing as he grew older. Dean Koontz was born in July of 1945, a month before World War II ended in the Pacific. Many who have never even read his works, and have simply seen his books on the shelves recognize his name. He is considered one of the most successful authors alive today. His novels have sold over 450 million copies worldwide and have been translated in to 38 different languages. The Servants of Twilight (As: Leigh Nichols)ĭean Koontz is a popular author of novels, short stories, and poetry in the United States, and has had fourteen of his novels reach the number one position on the New York Times Bestseller List, with several others reaching other positions. The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Venturesĭark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tree-ear’s life takes an unexpected turn one day when he pauses to watch a master potter named Min at work in his yard. Despite their poverty, they have an optimistic attitude and a strong family bond. Tree-ear and Crane-man survive by foraging for food in the forest and scavenging scraps from the trash heaps of the village’s residents. For his part, Crane-man was born with a twisted foot and calf that require him to walk with a crutch and stand on one leg like a crane. Tree-ear is named after a mushroom that grows on the trunks of trees without any parent seed-a fitting name for an orphan. A Single Shard won a Newbery Medal in 2002 and received an honorable mention for the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the same year.Īll page citations in this guide are based on the Kindle edition of the novel.Ī 12-year-old orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge with an old man named Crane-man. ![]() It describes a year in the life of Tree-ear, an adolescent in 12th-century Korea, whose dreams of becoming a master celadon potter lead him on a dangerous journey to the royal court in the city of Songdo. A Single Shard is intended for readers in grades 5 to 7, though the novel can be appreciated and enjoyed by adults as well. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the power of love is so strong that Dessen is willing to endure a long, strange quest to find his way home and rejoin his family. He finds himself in a disorienting world both similar and different from his "real" life. One day he's abducted by a mysterious stranger, and every assumption he'd had about his life is yanked away. ![]() And, with your science knowledge up to speed, he takes you on an incredibly action-packed and winding journey that doesn't let up for a second.ĭark Matter is the story of Jason Dessen, an intensely devoted family man with a lackluster career. With his clear, crisp prose, you might even grasp enough quantum mechanics theory that you won't ever have to open up Google to fully understand. Crouch makes you feel as smart as a scientist, even though you may remember almost nothing from high school physics. In Dark Matter, Blake Crouch doesn't just build a world: he builds a whole multiverse in which various versions of the world exist simultaneously, with a very singular love story at its core. ![]() In science fiction, world building is key-the best books are the ones in which the author creates a convincing setting, where there are exact rules and ways of behaving that make sense unto itself, no matter how far-fetched the overall concept. ![]() ![]() ![]() Today we know these substances variously as psychotomimetics (psychosis mimickers), psychotaraxics (mind disturbers) and psychedelics (mind manifesters) dry terms which quite inadequately describe the remarkable effects they have on the human mind. Strictly speaking, a hallucinogen is any chemical substance that distorts the senses and produces hallucinations - perceptions or experiences that depart dramatically from ordinary reality. Thus early in this century did Lewis Lewin, perhaps the preeminent pioneer in the study of psychoactive drugs, describe the primal search that led to man's discovery of hallucinogens. He has done so, even where nature has been most niggardly in producing them and where the products seem very far from possessing the properties which would enable him to satisfy this desire. The passionate desire which leads man to flee from the monotony of everyday life has made him instinctively discover strange substances. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is completely independent and hardworking, but most importantly, he has a heart of gold. Maverick is a non-conformist, who is absolutely in love with his sister and is willing to do anything to take care of her and watch over her. ![]() A total paradox to all those ‘jocks’ out there that fall into an ‘athlete’ stereotype. The way she was written, it makes you think, ‘hey, it’s ok if I’m not one of the popular kids with the latest fashion, accessories, cars or perfect hair’. She loves Star Wars, making her own clothes, baking and cats. My favorite is Maverick, although I absolutely adored Delaney.ĭelaney is the slightly off-kilter, nerdy girl, who doesn’t give a rat’s patootie, what people think of her. ![]() Incredibly touching and emotional, scenarios that are real to life and well researched material concerning some of her storyline. Oh, sorry, I was just wiping up the drool after thinking of Maverick and the cover! □□ In all seriousness, Ilsa has flipping hit it out of the park on this one. Have you SEEN the cover? Total and complete cover porn here, Day-um! ![]() ![]() ![]() The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. As in Fermat's Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man's continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others. ![]() "The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:869474615 Republisher_date 20120502043313 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120428224325 Scanner . On Mystic Lake Kristin Hannah Bantam, 1999 - Divorced women - 448 pages 35 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified Abandoned by. ![]() of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:41:52 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA177501 Boxid_2 CH122801 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st ed. 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Priests, bishops, ministers, monks, and nuns. although several other offices also exist) Heirarchial clergy in Holy Orders Deacons, monks, nuns, Priests and Bishops, other ranks are only offices (archibshop, cardinal Pope etc. ![]() Catholics widely use them as depictions of Christ, Mary, and the Saints.Ĭhurch, chapel, cathedral, basilica, home bible study, personal dwellings. Differences - Similarities - Catholicism versus Christianity comparison chartĬrosses, statues and pictures are acceptable in Catholicism. ![]() |