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Book Preview PRAISE FOR A TRIUMPH OF SOULS “As might be expected of Foster, the tale is well constructed and the protagonist most sympathetic…. Recalls Patricia Wrede’s The Enchanted Forest Chronicles.” “Foster’s conclusion brings Etjole’s odyssey to a surprising conclusion and provides a fitting end to a distinctive picaresque saga.” … AND THE JOURNEYS OF … Read more

Book Preview Also by Alan Dean Foster ALIEN ALIENS ALIEN3CARNIVORES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS THE DIG THE I INSIDE INTO THE OUT OF THE MAN WHO USED THE UNIVERSE MONTEZUMA STRIP SHADOWKEEP SPELLSINGER SPELLSINGER II: THE HOUR OF THE GATE SPELLSINGER III: THE DAY OF THE DISSONANCE SPELLSINGER IV: THE MOMENT OF THE MAGICIAN SPELLSINGER … Read more

Book Preview THE SKY BEGAN TO DARKEN AND A VOICE BOOMED BEHIND THEM It was the lament of something that was less than a beast and more than a natural phenomenon, the unnaturally drawn-out moan of a fiend most monstrous and uncommon. The fleeing travelers turned, and saw at last what had tried to ambush … Read more

Book Preview The worst part of it wasn’t that Ethan Fortune was freezing to death. The worst part of it was that he was doing so voluntarily. Nudity was not favored by the heavily furred native Tran. For a human being to be standing naked on Tran-ky-ky verged on insanity. Despite this Ethan was not … Read more

Book Preview ——————————————————————————– A Del Rey Book Published by Ballantine Books Copyright © 1979 by Alan Dean Foster All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto Library … Read more

Book Preview Chapter one*************************************************** Author:                                  Alan Dean Foster Title:                                       Icerigger Series:                                    The Icerigger trilogy (Humanx Commonwealth)                                Series No:                              1 of  3 Original copyright year:                 1974 Genre:                                     Science Fiction Date of e-text:                       04/18/2001            Last Revised:                           /  /                        Version:                                 1.0 Comments:                            Download both lit and txt version.                            Please correct any errors you find in this e-text, … Read more

Book Preview Diuturnity’s Dawn 1 Bugs. Hundreds of bugs. Thousands of them, many nearly as tall as she. All chittering and clicking and waving their feathery antennae at one another as they went about their daily business. Magnified by the heat and the more than 90 percent humidity they favored, the atmosphere in the teeming … Read more

Book Preview Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group THE METROGNOME AND OTHER STORIES SPLINTER OF THE MIND’S EYE STAR TREKฎ LOGS ONE-TEN VOYAGE TO THE CITY OF THE DEAD .. WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE… The Icerigger Trilogy: ICERIGGER MISSION TO MOULOKIN THE DELUGE DRIVERS The Adventures of Flinx of the Commonwealth: FOR … Read more

Book Preview           Book One: A CALL TO ARMS           Book Two: THE FALSE MIRROR           Book Three: THE SPOILS OF WAR THE BLACK HOLE                  CACHALOT DARK STAR                           THE METROGNOME and Other Stories MIDWORLD                            NOR CRYSTALTEARS SENTENCED TO PRISM          SPLINTER OF THE MIND’S EYE STAR TREK@ LOGS ONE-TEN          VOYAGE TO THE CITY OF THE DEAD … Read more

Book Preview Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien adventure. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise. But it is actually a dark, dangerous … Read more

Book Preview Vincent Distephano jerked back involuntarily at the realization. How the hell did it get down here in the aft command capsule? He made himself stop moving as he stared in surprise at the creature’s grotesque appearance. The alien’s eyes seemed huge, totally disproportionate to the rest of its elongated, misshapen head. The narrow, … Read more

Book Preview Funny thing about nightmares. They’re like a chronically recurring disease. Mental malaria. Just when you think you’ve got them licked they hit you all over again, sneaking up on you when you’re unprepared, when you’re completely relaxed and least expect them. Not a damn thing you can do about it, either. Not a … Read more

Book Preview Not so very much difference between them despite the more obvious distinctions. One was of modest size, the other larger. One was female, the other male. The mouth of the first contained a mixture of sharp and flat teeth, a clear indication that it was omnivorous, while the maxillary cutlery of the other … Read more

Book Preview You must understand that they were not professional dreamers. Professional dreamers are highly paid, respected, much sought-after talents. Like the majority of us, these seven dreamt without effort or discipline. Dreaming professionally, so that one’s dreams can be recorded and played back for the entertainment of others, is a much more demanding proposition. … Read more