The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime- ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpi...more
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** In this eclectic anthology of essays, former cast member Jewel Staite, "Kaylee," philosopher Lyle Zynda, sex therapist Joy Davidson, and noted science fiction and fantasy authors Mercedes Lackey, David Gerrold, and Lawrence Watt-Evans contribute to a clever and insightful analysis of the short-lived cult hit Firefly....more
Following the first "Herotica" anthology published in 1988 - the first to be published in the UK - this book offers more writing to tantalize and titillate the libido and the imagination. Two dozen original stories from women offer a feast of spicy stories which celebrate sex and sensual pleasure.
The "most successful series so far of erotica written for women" ("Kirkus Reviews"), "Herotica" includes 21 stories about straight, lesbian, and bisexual women, exploring a variety of sexual experiences.
Five hundred years in the future, war veteran Captain Mal Reynolds and his mismatched crew of mercenaries make their living doing small transports with his ship, Serenity, but they get more than they had bargained for when they take on two passengers, a young doctor and his telepathic sister, who are fugitives from an omnipotent consortium that dom...more
"We are swinging high, flying way up, higher than in real life. And when I look down, I see all the ordinary stuff--our brick house, the porch, the tool shed, the clothesline, the chinaberry tree. But they are all lit up from inside so their everyday selves have holy sparks, they' d go and kneel in front of them and pray and just feel good. Somehow...more