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The Hieros Gamos of Sam and An Smith
During the day a blazing and merciless sun beat down on "the boy" and at night a friendless and cold darkness enveloped him. It was a bleak and lonely countryside over which he had been wandering for ten years. A rare tree, bird or wild animal was the only life he encountered during his desolate trek through his young years of roaming. Infrequently, he was fortunate enough to find shelter and food in the shops of deserted villages; otherwise he foraged what he could from the nearly barren land. Contact with other humans was his innermost and greatest fear. But the day came when his curiosity overcame his sensibilities of self-preservation and he was drawn to the sound of a great wailing not ...
Queen of the States
This book is about Magdalen, a woman who is on her own planet, out to lunch and on her own trip. She moves through time and space, from a private mental hospital to an alien spaceship where she is interrogated about human behaviour and the function of sex. Is Magdalen mad, or have the aliens really landed? She weaves her way through the fantasies of those around her - husband Clive, psychiatrist Dr. Murgatroyd, lovers, friends and friends' lovers - until, finally, she can reclaim her own existence.
The Travails of Jane Saint
A short story collection from one of SF's greatest authors, featuring her most successful character in the title piece. The other stories include 'Woe, Blight and, in Heaven, Laughs', 'Gordon's Women', 'The Message', 'Heads Africa, Tails America' and 'The Pollyanna Enzyme'.
Little Tours of Hell
Josephine Saxton is able to unravel the disturbing implications behind the most innocent and everyday activities with an acute and very witty eye for detail and brilliant prose. These stories are specifically concerned with the more macabre or stultifying aspects of eating and holidaying.
Gardening Down a Rabbit Hole
Author Josephine Saxton takes readers on an intimate journey down her 'rabbit hole' her garden and private Utopia. She tells the story of an intense desire to create a beautiful, living and very personal world where she can get away from the outside world. Along the way, Saxton offers helpful tips on 'how not to begin' a garden. She details the mistakes that beginning gardeners often make, using her own experience as the prime example. Saxton acts as a personal guide through the ordeals she experienced and overcame in the continuous process of maintaining her garden. She expresses the joy of the constant growth and evolution of her garden, and she also discusses her artistic attempts to capture on canvas and paper the changing light color of the garden. Further, Saxton offers advise on becoming a professional gardener, as well as receiving compliments on one's garden. As she takes you on this voyage where she reveals her personal likes and dislikes and taste, she stresses the importance of discovering what You like and want in your garden. Saxton points out the importance of using ones own imagination and finding ones own path to your own 'rabbit hole.'
The Power of Time
14 science fiction shorts covering topics such as the rebuilding of Manhattan in the heart of Leicestershire, seeking help from an angel, enlivening Utopia by taking a demon lover, changing rivals into animals. A fascinating collection from one of the leading lights of feminist SF.
The Book of Joan
THE RESISTANCE STARTS NOW A group of rebels have united to save a world ravaged by war, violence and greed. Joan is their leader. Jean de Men is their foe. The future of humanity is being rewritten . . . Lidia Yuknavitch’s mesmerising novel sees Joan of Arc’s story reborn for the near future. It is a genre-defying masterpiece that may very well rewire your brain. 100 Notable Books of 2017, New York Times 25 Most Anticipated Books by Women for 2017, ELLE 32 Most Exciting Books Coming Out in 2017, BuzzFeed 15 Best Books of 2017, Esquire 33 New Books to Read in 2017, Huffington Post New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
Lords of the Starship
The ship was to be seven miles long, a third of a mile in diameter and have a wing-spread of three and a half miles. It would take two and a half centuries to construct. Its announced purpose: to carry humanity away from its ruined world, from the world that had become a perpetual purgatory. To build this vast ship would require the undivided activity of an entire nation and would mean carrying out a ruthless program of war and conquest, of annihilation and reconstruction, and of education and rediscovery. But was this starship really what it was claimed to be? Or was there a greater secret behind its incredible cost - a secret so strange that no man dared reveal it?
The Power of Time
Fourteen stories deal with the reconstruction of Manhattan, a dull utopia, extraterrestrial colonies, future food, a society based on illness, and dream life
