![]() "Croatoan" was nominated for the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and placed first in the 1976 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "The Silent Eyes of Time" was nominated for the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Novella and placed fourth in the 1976 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. ![]() "Retrograde Summer" was nominated for the 1975 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and placed fourth in the 1976 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Down to a Sunless Sea" was nominated for the 1976 Ditmar Award for Best International Long Fiction and placed second in the 1976 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. The anthology placed first in the 1977 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "The Science Fiction Year" (Charles N."Honorable Mentions - 1975" (Terry Carr). ![]() ![]()
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![]() The reason I invited you here is to try and help you make amends for a felony you committed. Prosecutor: No, but remind me to come back to this later. Me forcing my sister to hold a book pile some people would call huge in order to take a photo for my Instagram account and said pile collapsing on her head? Me: It's no big deal, OK? I didn't mean for my sister to get hurt, she got over it, at least I think she did, she won't talk to me but. ![]() ![]() Prosecutor: So you know I'm legally bound to press charges for. Me: *shifts in her chair* I have my suspicions. Prosecutor: The smell of books, fluffy dreams and chocolate flavoured hopes for happily ever afters. Prosecutor: It was the smell that gave you away. Prosecutor: *without lifting his head* Come in, Miss Katerina. ![]() Until she got a summons to the Prosecutor's office. She went to the beach, she was sunburned and ended up looking like a roasted Thanksgiving turkey, she ate seafood with the light summer breeze rustling her hair, and life was simply perfect. Narrator: On August 5, 2018, Katerina peacefully finished The Chase. ![]() ![]() Parmenides does not in fact say "being is." The phrase (with its sundry tortured variations) is uttered by an unnamed goddess who addresses the poem's narrator. How can this be, if the poem bluntly argues that, since "being is," becoming is unthinkable and being is eternally one - pastless, futureless, and featureless? The answer begins in plain sight, on the surface of the poem, but this surface has been ignored all too often by readers who assume they already know what Parmenides stands for. Adluri's work stands out for the radicality of its argument, the subtlety of its interdisciplinary interpretations, and the forthright passion that motivates it.Īdluri's radical reading denies that Parmenides is the enemy of plurality and becoming. The series Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy currently includes no fewer than three books on the topic: Raymond Tallis' The Enduring Significance of Parmenides, Lisa Atwood Wilkinson's Parmenides and To Eon, and Vishwa Adluri's Parmenides, Plato, and Mortal Philosophy. ![]() We now even have Parmenides Publishing, which has printed or reprinted over half a dozen studies of the pre-Socratic to date. Despite the brevity of the fragments of his poem, supposedly titled On Nature ( Peri Phuseos), and the apparent simplicity of its central thought - "being is" - Parmenides continues to nourish speculation, historical research, and philological debate. ![]() Parmenides has survived the "parricide" committed against him in Plato's Sophist and in every philosophy of plurality and becoming. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Inextricable from the story's anti-war theme is its fiercely compassionate loyalty to the people who served in Vietnam, making this an intriguing complement to such novels as Marsha Qualey's Come In from the Cold. Even in a novel with as much momentum as this one has (and White's wise-cracking prose style is as readable as ever), the lump-in-the-throat intensity of Rebecca and Michael's prickly reunion is striking. ![]() Numb and confused following her own return to the States, Rebecca sets out on a cross-country road trip-and ends up in Michael's hometown. A perfectionist with a tart tongue and fondness for old movies, Rebecca wrestles with despair about the war, guilt and responsibility she also has a difficult romance with Michael Jennings (also of the Echo Company books), a ``grunt'' who is severely wounded before his discharge. Beverly had a rough junior year at her exclusive Boston prep school. Long live the queen by Ellen Emerson White, 1989, Scholastic edition, in English. She's even starting to have a life againokay, not a normal life, but things are beginning. ![]() Being the President's daughter isn't easy, but Meg's getting used to it. Army nurse Rebecca Phillips (first introduced in White's pseudonymously written Echo Company series) relies on Darvon, amphetamines, Coca-Cola and booze-not to mention her own indomitable spirit-to get through the grueling hours caring for wounded and dying young soldiers. Buy a cheap copy of Long Live the Queen book by Ellen Emerson White. Opening in an Army emergency room in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive, this novel gives readers an unforgettable glimpse of the everyday carnage of war. ![]() ![]() Venom's Domain consists of the following locations, from left to right. In most cases, Venom will need to build up Venom Symbiote Tokens on Allies and Heroes in play, then transfer those Venom Symbiote Tokens onto a Spider-Man Hero. This includes Heroes such as Spider-Man Friendly Neighborhood, but does not include Heroes such as Scarlet Spider or Spider-Woman Jessica Drew. If more than one Spider-Man Hero is in play, Venom only needs to reduce one of their Strengths to 0 and have that Hero in his Domain in order to win.Ī Spider-Man Hero is any Hero with "Spider-Man" in their name. If at any point there is at least one Spider-Man Hero with 0 Strength in your Domain, you win! Afterwards, you will use Symbiote Tokens to reduce at least one Spider-Man Hero's Strength to 0. In order to achieve this objective, you will eventually find at least one Spider-Man Hero and play them to your Domain. Venom must use Symbiote Tokens to reduce any Spider-Man in his Domain to 0 Strength. ![]() ![]() 5.3 Spider-Man Heroes and Symbiote Tokens.5.2 Venom Symbiote Tokens on non-Symbiote Characters. ![]() ![]() Cabot delivers." - Publishers Weekly"Meg Cabot. ![]() ![]() Cabot delivers." - Publishers Weekly " strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike." - Booklist "Em's witty character keeps this read both grounded and fun." - Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Meg Cabot:"Cabot shows the dark side behind the bling-blingy superficial worlds." - " strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike." - Booklist"Bag the tiara and get out the gun. This book is sure to fly off the shelves." - School Library Journal, starred review "Bag the tiara and get out the gun. Praise for the Airhead Trilogy: New York Times Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller *" far-fetched but rousing roller-coaster ride of a novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() His astonishing artwork was an instant success, catalyzing his career and appearing in more than two hundred editions of Dante in the century and a half since. Unable to find a publisher who was willing to take a financial risk on the lavish folio edition he envisaged, Doré self-published it in 1861. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1855, nearly three decades before his engravings for Poe’s “The Raven,” Doré began working on a series of etchings for Dante’s Inferno ( public library). Dante’s poetry endures as one of our civilization’s most enchanting creations - so much so that it has inspired generations of artists to interpret and reimagine it, from William Blake’s breathtaking etchings for the Divine Comedy to Salvador Dalí’s sinister and sensual paintings for the Inferno.Īmong the most memorable and bewitching reimaginers is the celebrated French illustrator, sculptor, printmaker, and engraver Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832–January 23, 1883), who considered Dante’s work a “ chefs-d’oeuvre of literature.” ![]() ![]() ![]() But the ones you do let in should count.” – Lin-Manuel Mirandaġ0. “You cannot let all the world’s tragedies into your heart. “What ‘Twilight Zone’ did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil.” – Lin-Manuel Mirandaĩ. “You know what’s a great way of tricking people into thinking you’re a genius? 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I can’t imagine anyone but you in the role. ![]() I’ve always hooked into lyrics.” – Lin-Manuel Mirandaģ. ![]() “One of my first favorite books was ‘The 12 Days of Christmas,’ and I would just go up to people and say, ‘I can sing ‘The 12 Days of Christmas,’ and I would make them sit through me reciting it, and I’d go all the way, each time. ![]() He’s great at playing that ‘I’m the only one sane in the world’ character.” – Lin-Manuel MirandaĢ. “Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sage Business Cloud Accounting is online accounting software that helps small businesses manage their finances. None of its Desktop plans can be paid annually and to pay annually with its Online plans, you make the switch in the settings after signing up for a monthly plan. ![]() QuickBooks plans start at $15 per month for its Self-Employed version, and its Desktop plans go up to $1,340 per year. This is because it’s one of the most popular accounting platforms available. 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I think of her writing this always in bed at night – I sometimes sat there when she did, as I recall. ![]() According to the Royal Horticultural Society, “until the calendar was changed in 1752, hawthorn would be in flower for May Day, which used to be 11 days later than it is now”.Īt the May Day celebrations people and houses used to be decked with may blossoms or boughs (‘bringing home the may’) which were traditional decorations, associated with the woodland spirit known as the Green Man. The blossom appears on the tree at the beginning of May in the south of England. ![]() The may refers to the ‘may tree’, or hawthorn. Joan collecting my earrings and a white shirt for dying grey in Chichester today. ![]() May 10th Tuesday. Went along for the ride when Ray took Mrs Prosser home. ![]() |