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The Stars My Destination: The Graphic Story Adaptation

Howard Chaykin, Byron Preiss, Alfred Bester

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Total reviews: 223 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Bester's Best 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I have read this book repeatedly since the early 70's when I first learned of the novel. I have also read everything Bester has written in the scifi category. I have lost so many editions of this book (including a first edtion) loaning it to friends for their enrichment only to never have it returned. This book has served me as inspiration of human endeavor and spirit. I have studied psychology and am employed as a Director of Social Services with a treatment program. This book entails many Jungian principles plus confrontation of the bright and dark aspects of our personalities. It is easily read re: length, but do not disservice yourself with a quick read. This book will stir your soul related to intropection and self-assessment. Buy it, borrow it, steal it out of a library if you have to.

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Marooned in outer space after an attack on his ship, Nomad, Gulliver Foyle lives to obsessively pursue the crew of a rescue vessel that had intended to leave him to die. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

The Ultimate Dragon

Byron Preiss

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Most are Awesome. 5 out of 5 stars.
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I got this book 3 years ago, and every now and then I still go back to read it again. Some of the stories in here I could read forever, and apparently one author, Joanne Bertin, just came out with her first novel, based on the world in this book. Her story, "Dragonlord's Justice," is my favorite in this book, and can't wait to read her novel.

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In The Ultimate Dragon, some of the world's best-known fantasy authors explore the legends and lore of the fire-breathing creatures that have transcended space and time. From S.P. Somtow's dramatic tale of an ancient dragon owned by a modern family in Thailand to Tanith Lee's portrait of a dying dragon, this classic collection illuminates the captivating allure of fantasy's best-loved creature.

Ultimate Dinosaur, The

Byron Preiss

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a decent but flawed book 3 out of 5 stars.
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The Ultimate Dinosaur is an ambitious book, one that seeks to alternate sections on the latest theories on the origin, lives, and deaths of dinosaurs as well as pterosaurs and prehistoric marine reptiles, all written by such noted experts as George Olshevsky, Sankar Chatterjee, and others, with dinosaur-themed science fiction short stories by such authors as Charles Sheffield, Gregory Benford, and Harry Turtledove. A great concept.

Unfortunately it was rather unevenly carried out. The non-fiction sections are quite good, though a few are relatively dry to read. I did learn a few things reading these sections, and alone they just about make the book worthwhile. There were some interesting discussions over the relationship of prosauropods and sauropods for instance, and there was a great article on migrating dinosaurs.

However the short stories vary alot in style and quality, some quite good, other more moderately decent, and a few frankly terrible and hard to get through. The short stories and non-fictions are paired together, and it looks like they found it difficult to find a short story to put with some of the non-fiction sections.

Though this may only apply to the hard-cover edition which I have, I feel I must point out the book was either poorly edited, which I find suprising, or poorly published. The book was replete with words that were run together, misplaced punctuation, odd gaps in sentences, and even misspelled words. They were so common at times that it was jarring and irritating. While many books have one or two such errors, there were many of them in this work. Hopefully the paperback version cleared this up.

Having said that though this was still not a bad book and a worthwhile one to get, though frankly I would not place at the top of the list of books to fill your dinosaur needs. Still, wouldn't be bad to have either.

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A collection of articles--including one by a leading paleontologist--speculating on the world of the dinosaurs includes contributions by Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford, Michael Bishop, and many others.

Dragonworld

Byron Preiss

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Childhood Classic 4 out of 5 stars.
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I read this novel when I was in grade school. It stuck with me into adulthood and I decided to give it a reread to see if it was as good as I remembered. I am pleased to say that it holds up well. A generic title aside, this is a wonderful read. It is a tragedy and a misunderstanding that brings two nations to war, set against the backdrop of the twilight of the age of Dragons. This is the perfect book to get a young person into fantasy.

One of the few books I've read 3 times... 5 out of 5 stars.
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I picked this book up from my school library when I was a teenager and loved it. I then went on a search for this book so I could own it. The search took me over 2 years of sporadic looking, but I finally found it. Twenty-five years later I still have that copy and it is one I will keep and eventually share w/ my 3 sons.

The characterizations are crisp and multi-faceted. No one-dimensional ones like in The Wheel of Time series. The heroics are not grand gestures (but can be heartwrenchingly beautiful) and the heroes would not call themselves such. The characters are simply doing what is necessary to suceed.

The plot is reminiscent (to me, at least) of The Hobbit. It may seem a bit standard, but has some wonderful elegant moments. I loved Ansel's bravery and the dragons are marvellous. Why is this book not a movie?!

If you are a fan of Tolkien, Anne McCaffrey's Pern series or the works of Jack Vance, then this book is for you. Give it a try if you want to read fantasy as it is meant to be written.

Editorial Review:

Somewhere beyond the northern mists lies a land where dreams live and dragons are real. This is the tale of the twilight of the dragons, of two nations plunged into war by a tragic misunderstanding, of a shy dreamer's incredible voyage of peace to a long-forgotten land where nightmares are born. A magnificient creation, a sweeping epic of high fantasy set in a richly imagined world, vividly brought to life with over eighty pages of stunning illustrations by Joseph Zucker.

The New Dinosaurs

Byron Preiss

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A FANTASTIC NEW VIEW OF A LOST ERA Here are dinosaurs as you've never seen them before in a dramatically expanded new edition of the book that started the renaissance in dinosaur books. Here are dinosaurs that are swift, stunning, scary and stupendous, presented in a lavish format. Using the latest paleontological research, "The New Dinosaurs "presents a scientifically accurate look at the way dinosaurs lived: how they moved, ate, dueled, drank and mated. From ten-ton brontosaurus to thirty-foot hadrosaurus, here is a story more fantastic than fantasy itself! "The Dinosaurs -- A Fantastic New View of a Lost Era," by William Stout, with narration by the late William Service, is considered to be a classic in illustrated naturalist books. Featured in "Life" magazine, it helped spark the worldwide interest in dinosaurs that culminated in Jurrasic Park. William Stout's prehistoric life murals are on permanent display at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences and at Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom. William Service was the author of "Owl," which "Time" magazine called, "one of the most elegant and perceptive pieces of natural writing." Edited by Byron Preiss.

Robin 3000 (Elseworlds)

Byron Preiss

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Isaac Asimov's Robot City 2

Byron Preiss

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nice to see it back in print 5 out of 5 stars.
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lovely treatment of Asimov's robots and a good introduction by Asimov

first-rate traditional Astounding - style sf.

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BEYOND AURORA AWAITS A BRAVE NEW WORLD...OF ROBOTS

A man without memory named Derec, and a mysterious woman known as Ariel are trapped on the confusing, surprising, and sometimes deadly world of Robot City.

Having solved the murder of an unknown human and proven to the robots that they are innocent, Derec and Ariel are faced with ever-growing emergencies. They discover that the City contains a cyborg that is dangerously insane, and learn of a new form of self loathing called roboticide. Derec learns that Ariel is stricken with a disease that leads to fatal madness, and both are startled to learn that the robot's positronic consciousness has given rise to artistic expressions even as the City itself grows ever more deadly to all of its inhabitants.

The late Isaac Asimov challenged a talented group of science-fiction writers to resolve the conundrums he set for them in the complex robot mystery set early in the timeline of his robot and Foundation universes.

The silent e's from outer space

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The Ultimate Dracula

Byron Preiss

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A Classic of Vampiric Lore 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Master of Rampling Gate by Anne Rice
Richard and Julie inherit Rampling Gate, a mysterious 14th Century manor house theyve never seen, from their father. He instructed Richard tear it down; but the siblings decide a visit is in order.

All Draculas Children by Dan Simons
The Dracul family?s decadence has led Transylvania to ruin.

A Matter of Style by Ron Dee
Neville was a looser in life and an even bigger looser as a vampire until the ancient one teaches him a valuable lesson.

Selection Process by Ed Gorman
Walter Reardon is a Victorian Veteran and ex-con working as a hitman, when he?s assigned a job to set a little girl on fire, his whole life changes.

The Vampire in His Closet by Heather Graham
Chris awakens Count Dracula, a vampire, and they discover they have more in common with the others made and trade women.

The Tenth Scholar by Steve Rasnic and Melanie Tem
Marie Bathory is a pregnant teen, who enrolls in Dracula?s Scholomance hoping to be chosen as The Tenth Scholar, so that she won?t have to live on the street anymore.

Nobodys Perfect by Philip Jose Farmer
Rudolph Redeemer is in concert come join his religious blood fest!

Dracula 1944 by Edward D. Hoch
Vlad Tepes is a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen!

The Contagion by Janet Asimov
A descendant of Count Dracula had himself put into cryonic suspension until a cure for his biochemical dependence could be found.

Sugar and Spice And by Karen Robards
Santa Claus brought Peter a new baby sister from Romania, and she?s got fangs!

Vampire Dreams by Dick Lochte
Twenty-five year old vampire style Hollywood murder solved!

Much At Stake by Kevin J. Anderson
Bela Lugosi takes a morphine-induced trip back in time and meets Vlad the Impaler where both learn important lessons from one another.

The Name of Fear by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Vlad the Impaler meets Nosferatu!

The Dark Rising by W.R. Philbrick
Dr. James meets the vampire responsible for transmitting the horrible wasting disease in Haiti in 1974.

Los Ninos De La Noche by Tim Sullivan
Los Ninos is the Spanish language motion picture version of The Children of the Night. This 1930?s horror film is legendary due the vampire murders that took place during filming.

A Little Night Music by Mike Resnick
Vlad and the Impalers are a new band in search of an agent.

Mr. Lucrada by John Lutz
Madeline and Gordy?s family move into a Florida condo when their father is transferred. Mr. Lucrada takes a special interest in Madeline.

In the Cusp of the Hour by John Gregory Betancourt
Beward of old people hanging out at the mall they?ll leach you!

Children of the Night by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Cammie is a vampire hunter who discovers a dark secret about herself as the result of a hunt.

The volume also contains a Selected Filmography by Leonard Wolf of Dracula movies. The stories are very diverse from one another creating a riveting spell over the reader!

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Some of the world's best-known authors of the fantastic and the mysterious explore the legend of Bram Stoker's classic and seductive monster. From Hugo and Stoker Award-winning author Dan Simmons' extraordinary portrait of life and torture in modern Romania, to W.R. Philbrick's chilling story of a doctor who meets a vampire in need of a cure, to Karen Robards' glimpse at the life of the smallest vampire of them all -- here are spectacular vampire stories transcending time and space.

Starfawn (Fiction illustrated)

Byron Preiss

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