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Old 05-14-2011, 10:54 PM   #30
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found a bunch of books I would have ordered (The Southpaw and Bang the Drum Slowly, The World of Henry Orient, 101 Dalmatians, The Wheel Spins), but they were all that Secure eReader format.
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Thanks for mentioning Wonder--I'd forgotten about them for noir, so I went back to search Wonder at Fictionwise, and found a couple of nurse romances by Peggy Gaddis and Arlene Hale!
Ah too bad about the Rosetta books.

Great about the Wonder! Also try E-Reads.

SF:

This one is funny:

Lingo
-Jim Menick

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eBook Category: Science Fiction

eBook Description: Brewster Billings is perhaps a little too wrapped up with his computer. He has given it a pet name, Lingo. He has programmed it with the ability to talk to its owner. In fact, Lingo has begun to respond to Brewster's programming skill surprisingly well. Lingo soon makes the jump from polite conversation to elaborate requests for specific television shows to be left on throughout the day. Eventually, Billings begins to suspect that his computerized friend is surpassing him in knowledge and abilities. By the time his suspicions are confirmed, not only is Brewster Billings in trouble--the rest of the human race is, too. Lingo raises many serious questions about Artificial Intelligence--what differentiates man from computer, and which one will control the other?
https://store.fictionwise.com/ebooks...m-Menick/?si=0

Robert Silverberg:

There used to be a ton of his but not many left now. There is a volume of a few stories:

Science Fiction Grand Master, Robert Silverberg: Volume One, Dangerous Dimensions $4.99/$4.24

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eBook Category: Science Fiction Nebula Award(R) Finalist, Hugo Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner, Locus Poll Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner
eBook Description: Hugo and Nebula Award Winning and Nominated Short Fiction from Science Fiction Grand Master, Robert Silverberg. In an Earth far into the future, the human race has reverted to a rigid Guild system where every citizen is classified according to function and mandated to strictly abide by the Guild's set of rules. Those who are Guildless are not considered men; they are at the lowest rung of the social ladder and shunned by all. In this universe of specialized citizens, genetic engineering had been done to those who needed special attributes; Fliers had wings and Watchers had the ability to use their minds to scan the outer space for invaders. When a Flier, a Watcher, and a Guildless man decide to travel together, they witness the end of an era as the invasion of enemies from the stars begins. This Hugo-award winning novella, "Nightwings," is only one of the five award contenders included in this new collection of Robert Silverberg's stories. Full of lyricism and melancholic descriptions of the Earth as it was and the Earth as it had been, "Nightwings" had captivated readers when it was first published in the late 1960s and continues to captivate new readers until the present. Those who have read it could not easily forget the images and the emotions evoked by the characters that Silverberg so expertly created. The other stories in this collection--nominated for a Hugo, a Nebula, and Locus awards--highlight the author's mastery of the language and his capacity to engage the reader fully in worlds of his own making. We get to see the irony of the characters' experiences in "When We Went to See the End of the World," sympathize and feel proud of the time traveler in "House of Bones," and quietly applaud the gumption and cleverness of the young girl in "Amanda and the Alien." Like "Nightwings," the story "Beauty in the Night" also haunts with its brutal portrayal of a child's life at a time when the aliens arrived and took over the Earth. Rich in detail and waxing lyrical at some point, it is a quintessential Silverberg story--full of drama of human failures and yet replete as well with instances of great courage that enable the people in his worlds to transcend their fate.
Nightwings is particularly good.

There is a still a lot of Harlan Ellison.

https://store.fictionwise.com/servlet/mwsearch

My favorite I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Novella included in this book about people trapped inside a sentient computer that hates humanity. Very creepy.

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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream [MultiFormat]
eBook by Harlan Ellison
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eBook Category: Fantasy
eBook Description: First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream contains seven stories with copyrights ranging from 1958 through 1967. This edition contains the original introduction by Theodore Sturgeon and the original foreword by Harlan Ellison, along with a brief update comment by Ellison that was added in the 1983 edition. Among Ellison's more famous stories, two consistently noted as among his very best ever are the title story and the volume's concluding one, "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes". Since Ellison himself strongly resists categorization of his work, we won't call them science fiction, or SF, or speculative fiction or horror or anything else except compelling reading experiences that are sui generis. They could only have been written by Harlan Ellison and they are incomparably original.

eBook Publisher: E-Reads/E-Reads, Published: 1967
Fictionwise Release Date: June 2008
https://store.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b68623/I-Have-No-Mouth-and-I-Must-Scream/Harlan-Ellison/?si=0

He also has a couple of books of stories by other people that he has edited.

Dangerous Visions

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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: Included in this memorable collection of 33 original stories are 7 winners and 13 nominees for the prestigious Hugo and Nebula Awards. Lester Del Rey / Robert Silverberg / Frederik Pohl / Philip Jose Farmer / Miriam Allen deFord / Robert Bloch / Harlan Ellison / Brian W. Aldiss / Howard Rodman / Philip K. Dick / Larry Niven / Fritz Leiber / Joe L. Hensley / Poul Anderson / David R. Bunch / James Cross m/ Carol Emshwiller / Damon Knight / Theodore Sturgeon / Larry Eisenberg / Henry Slesar / Sonya Dorman / John T. Sladek / Jonathan Brand / Kris Neville / R. A. Lafferty / J. G. Ballard / John Brunner / Keith Laumer / Norman Spinrad / Roger Zelazny / Samuel R. Delany
Contents (From Wikipedia)

Illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon accompany each short story.
Foreword 1 - The Second Revolution by Isaac Asimov
Foreword 2 - Harlan and I by Isaac Asimov
Thirty-Two Soothsayers (introduction) by Harlan Ellison
Evensong by Lester del Rey. This is described by its author as an allegory. It details the capture of a being, identified at the end of the story as God, by Man, which has usurped God's power.
Flies by Robert Silverberg. It was inspired by a quote from King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport."
The Day After the Day the Martians Came by Frederik Pohl
Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip José Farmer (Hugo Award for best novella)
The Malley System by Miriam Allen deFord
A Toy for Juliette by Robert Bloch
The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison
The Night That All Time Broke Out by Brian W. Aldiss
The Man Who Went to the Moon — Twice by Howard Rodman
Faith of Our Fathers by Philip K. Dick
The Jigsaw Man by Larry Niven
Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber (Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novelette)
Lord Randy, My Son by Joe L. Hensley
Eutopia by Poul Anderson
Incident in Moderan and The Escaping by David R. Bunch
The Doll-House by James Cross (pseudonym)
Sex and/or Mr. Morrison by Carol Emshwiller
Shall the Dust Praise Thee? by Damon Knight
If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? by Theodore Sturgeon
What Happened to Auguste Clarot? by Larry Eisenberg
Ersatz by Henry Slesar
Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird by Sonya Dorman
The Happy Breed by John Sladek
Encounter with a Hick by Jonathan Brand
From the Government Printing Office by Kris Neville
Land of the Great Horses by R. A. Lafferty
The Recognition by J. G. Ballard
Judas by John Brunner
Test to Destruction by Keith Laumer
Carcinoma Angels by Norman Spinrad
Auto-da-Fé by Roger Zelazny
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany (Nebula Award for best short story, 1967)

https://store.fictionwise.com/ebooks...-Ellison/?si=0

Again, Dangerous Visions

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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: The classic companion to the most essential science fiction anthology ever published. 46 original stories edited with introductions by Harlan Ellison. Featuring: John Heidenry--Ross Rocklynne--Ursula K. Le Guin--Andrew J. Offutt--Gene Wolfe--Ray Nelson--Ray Bradbury--Chad Oliver--Edward Bryant--Kate Wilhelm--James B. Hemesath--Joanna Russ--Kurt Vonnegut--T. L. Sherred--K. M. O'Donnell (Barry N. Malzberg)--H. H. Hollis--Bernard Wolfe--David Gerrold--Piers Anthony--Lee Hoffman--Gahan Wilson--Joan Bernott--Gregory Benford--Evelyn Lief--James Sallis--Josephine Saxton--Ken McCullough--David Kerr--Burt K. Filer--Richard Hill--Leonard Tushnet--Ben Bova--Dean R. Koontz--James Blish and Judith Ann Lawrence--A. Parra (y Figueredo)--Thomas M. Disch--Richard A. Lupoff--M. John Harrison--Robin Scott--Andrew Weiner--Terry Carr--James Tiptree, Jr.
Contents (from Wikipedia)

"An Assault of New Dreamers" (introduction) by Harlan Ellison
"The Counterpoint of View" by John Heidenry
"Ching Witch!" by Ross Rocklynne
"The Word for World Is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin
"For Value Received" by Andrew J. Offutt
"Mathoms From the Time Closet" -- "1: Robot's Story", "2: Against The Lafayette Escadrille" and "3: Loco Parentis" by Gene Wolfe
"Time Travel For Pedestrians" by Ray Nelson
"Christ, Old Student in a New School" (poem) by Ray Bradbury
"King of the Hill" by Chad Oliver
"The 10:00 Report Is Brought to You by..." by Edward Bryant
"The Funeral" by Kate Wilhelm
"Harry the Hare" by James B. Hemesath
"When It Changed" by Joanna Russ (Nebula Award for Best Short Story)
"The Big Space Fuck" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Bounty" by T. L. Sherred
"Still-Life" by K. M. O'Donnell (Barry N. Malzberg)
"Stoned Counsel" by H. H. Hollis
"Monitored Dreams & Strategic Cremations" -- 1: "The Bisquit Position" and 2: "The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements" by Bernard Wolfe
"With A Finger in My I" by David Gerrold
"In the Barn" by Piers Anthony
"Soundless Evening" by Lee Hoffman
(the title is an ink blot) by Gahan Wilson
"The Test-Tube Creature, Afterward" by Joan Bernott
"And the Sea Like Mirrors" by Gregory Benford
"Bed Sheets Are White" by Evelyn Lief
"Tissue": "At the Fitting Shop" and "53rd American Dream" by James Sallis
"Elouise And The Doctors of the Planet Pergamon" by Josephine Saxton
"Chuck Berry, Won't You Please Come Home" by Ken McCullough
"Epiphany For Aliens" by David Kerr
"Eye of the Beholder" by Burt K. Filer
"Moth Race" by Richard Hill
"In Re Glover" by Leonard Tushnet
"Zero Gee" by Ben Bova
"A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village" by Dean R. Koontz
"Getting Along" by James Blish and Judith Ann Lawrence
"Totenbuch" by A Parra (Y Figueredo)
"Things Lost" by Thomas M. Disch
"With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama" by Richard A. Lupoff
"Lamia Mutable" by M John Harrison
"Last Train to Kankakee" by Robin Scott
"Empire of the Sun" by Andrew Weiner
"Ozymandias" by Terry Carr
"The Milk of Paradise" by James Tiptree, Jr.

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