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![]() ![]() It’s not simply that she loves puns it’s that she thinks through and with them her narratives move forward, develop and expand, by mobilizing them. The Scottish writer Ali Smith is surely the most pun-besotted of contemporary novelists, edging out even Thomas Pynchon. There’s a reason that the most abundant writer in the language was so abundant in puns: words, like Bottom’s dream, are bottomless. ![]() Being accidental, they are like free money-nature’s charity. Puns are part of the careless abundance of creation, the delicious surplus of life, and, therefore, fundamentally joyful. On the other hand, everyone secretly loves a pun, and, wonderfully, the worst are often as funny as the best, as the great punster Nabokov knew, because the genre is so democratically debased. They lurk, pallidly hibernating, inside fortune cookies and Christmas crackers the groan is the pun’s appropriate unit of appreciation. Puns are accidental echoes, random likenesses thrown out by our lexical cosmos. ![]() They are essentially found, not made discovered after the fact rather than intended before it. If you are tired of puns, are you tired of life? Puns are easy to disdain. Words aren’t stable in Smith’s fiction: as in Shakespeare, everything is mutable. ![]() ![]() ![]() If White can keep omnibus editions in print for 20 years, why do I say he’s not well remembered? Because while Sector General remains popular among older fans, White’s star has otherwise dimmed significantly. How little demand is there for his work? Five years ago when I won a nearly complete set of James White - 24 vintage paperbacks - on eBay, I was the only bidder. Believe it or not, all three of the Orb volumes are still in print, nearly two long decades later. A total of four omnibus collections were published, one by the Science Fiction Book Club ( Tales of Sector General, 1999), and three by Orb, Beginning Operations (2001), Alien Emergencies (2002), and General Practice (2003). Most of the stories were fairly light fare, low-stakes galactic hospital drama, but their enduring popularity earned White a solid rep. It was the setting for a long-running series - a dozen novels and collections - published between 1957-1999. ![]() White’s most popular creation was Sector General, a deep space medical installation that treats all the races of the galaxy. His last novel Double Contact appeared in 1999, the year he died. He began writing professionally in 1953, and published some 20 novels and five collections in a career than spanned nearly five decades. White was an Irish SF writer who’s not very well remembered today, but he was a big deal in SF circles in the 80 and 90s. I’ve read very little by James White, and that’s a serious oversight. ![]() ![]() Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot. ![]() Network Effect offers an opportunity like never before for bookstore readers to dive into the series. A quarter of a million copies later, Murderbot is back in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel. The series has grown with every release, with book #2 debuting at 95 on the USA Today Bestseller List, #3 at 77, and #4 at 48. The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although tenure at the college did not follow, many more picture books did, as well as extensive work for national magazines and newspapers. ![]() After getting his MFA at the Yale Graduate School of Art, David taught art for many years on the college level, ran a film series, and made satirical sketches for campus newspapers.Īpproaching tenure, he wrote and illustrated a picture book, Eulalie and the Hopping Head, which he took to New York, pounding the pavements and collecting rejections for a month in the dead of winter. ![]() He switched his major to Art and never looked back. At 21, after many years of writing plays, David took the advice of a friend who informed him that the doodles he made on the telephone pad were better than anything he had ever written. In school he became known as “the kid who could draw good,” but David never considered a career in art because it was so easy for him. David Small was born and raised in Detroit. ![]() ![]() I half-thought the cover might have an adaptive camouflage mode. ![]() I've never had a book that's such an escape artist. Actually it wasn't really, the main trouble for me was that when I did put it down the bugger vanished. This book took me a while to read - so you might take that to mean it's easily put down. ![]() In a rich, distinctive world that mixes magic with technology, who could stand against mages that control gunpowder and bullets? No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. Just old peasant legends about the gods waking to walk the earth. Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about omens of death and destruction. Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail. ![]() ![]() But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and the greedy to scramble for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces. It's a bloody business overthrowing a king.įield Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. ![]() ![]() He appears in several of the smaller vignettes, and it's his evil spirit that Minli's compassion counteracts.Įxplain the nature of the relationship between the King and the Magistrate Tiger. Magistrate Tiger is very much the villain of the story. For example, when he discovers his commissioned painted dragon has no eyes, he seeks to punish the entire village with double taxes. His means of securing what he wants are often violent or evil. A ruthless, greedy leader, he cares nothing for his subjects and only acts on his own behalf. Those stories also keep her from becoming "dull and brown" like the rest of the village.ĭescribe the character Magistrate Tiger and analyze his role in the novel. His stories provided a needed distraction to their intense poverty and serves as the source of hope for Minli. Minli's father provides the balance to her dark persona. Minli's mother places the burden of poverty and responsibility squarely on Minli's shoulders and makes her feel the true weight of their situation. She frowns upon the stories Minli's father tells believing they are nonsense. ![]() Her body language, like her audible sighs, often express impatience or disapproval. Minli’s mother takes on an adversarial role. Compare and contrast the two and analzye their impact on Minli. ![]() ![]() Minli's mother and father represent very different characters. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() Request sought records related to an agency request for applications. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness and Pennsyvania Health and Wellness v. Granted in part, denied in part and dismissed as moot in part. The agency proved that certain records responsive to Item 7 of the Request reflect internal predecisionial deliberations. To the extent that the information responsive to Item 3 of the Request is not part of a performance review, the agency must provide that record to the Requester. Certain portions of the appeal were withdrawn. ![]() The redacted records provided to the Requester during the appeal in response to Item 7 of the Request contained exempt personal identification information. ![]() During the appeal, the agency provided records responsive to Items 8, 13, and part of Item 7. The agency proved that records responsive to Items 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, and part of Item 3, do not exist within the agency's possession custody or control. Request sought information pertaining to certain employees, as well as information related to the hiring process for an agency job position. ![]() ![]() This book is full of great fight scenes, emotional blows, and great moments of laughter. There are some similarities to the way the two women are in hiding and are thrust back into their royal titles. Usher Evans (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4. ![]() Usher Evans The City of Veils (Princess Vigilante Book 1) Kindle Edition by S. ★★★★★ "I highly suggest this book to anyone who read the Throne of Glass series. Childrens Books Buy now with 1-Click ® Deliver to your Kindle Library Send a free sample Deliver to your Kindle Library Read sample Follow the Author S. ★★★★★ "I've always loved books with snarky female leads who can kick some ass." - Goodreads Reviewer ![]() We are both so stubborn and bullheaded, unwilling to admit fault, it made reading her story feel like I was reading about a piece of myself." - Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★ "Once I started, I didn't want to stop and I did cry a few times (just a few tear drops here and there)." - Goodreads Reviewer ![]() The Veil of Ashes is the blockbuster sequel to The City of Veils, which Foreward Reviews calls, "entertaining from the first page to the last." But vengeance comes with a heavy toll, one Brynna isn't sure she's willing to pay. But the call to duty soon becomes too much to bear, and Brynna embarks on a quest for friends and allies who'll help her reclaim what was once hers. ![]() Dive into the second book in the award-winning Princess Vigilante series, a young adult epic fantasy adventure featuring a strong female princess who won't take no for an answer.īlindsided by betrayal, Brynna has been licking her wounds away from the city she loves. ![]() ![]() ![]() And I feel like I’m going to judged and shunned for being more sad about this death. Listen, I know that probably 99% of the people currently sobbing over this volume are doing so for a different character. I highly recommend you not read these if you haven’t read this volume yet but are planning to. ![]() ![]() Now I’m going to share some spoiler-filled thoughts. I’m not serious when I tell you not to read this one. You could at least leave your readers with some hope and good feelings! But I digress. And it was a pretty terrible way to end things before a hiatus, if I’m being honest. There wasn’t anything wrong with this volume. Alana, Marko, Hazel, Sir Robot IV, Squire, Petrichor, Ghus, Upsher, Doff-everyone was together and friendly and it was so much fun to see the dynamics among them. Honestly, this was one of the best volumes of the series, in my opinion, in terms of emotion and characters and relationships. JUST GO ON BEING HAPPY AND PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS OK IN THE SAGA WORLD. ![]() |