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Marooned in Realtime
Multiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge takes readers on a fifty-million-year trip to a future where humanity's fate will be decided in a dangerous game of high-tech survival. In this taut thriller, a Hugo finalist for Best Novel, nobody knows why there are only three hundred humans left alive on the Earth fifty million years from now. Opinion is fiercely divided on whether to settle in and plant the seed of mankind anew, or to continue using high-energy stasis fields, or "bobbles," in venturing into the future. When somebody is murdered, it's obvious someone has a secret he or she is willing to kill to preserve.The murder intensifies the rift between the two factions, threatening the survival of the human race. It's up to 21st century detective Wil Brierson, the only cop left in the world, to find the culprit, a diabolical fiend whose lust for power could cause the utter extinction of man. Filled with excitement and adventure, Vinge's tense SF puzzler will satisfy readers with its sense of wonder and engaging characters, one of whom is a murderer with a unique modus operandi. .
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Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs
Featuring original contributions from today’s leading music critics, Marooned is a revealing snapshot of the current state of pop music criticism A follow-up and homage to Greil Marcus’s rock-and-roll classic Stranded, Marooned asks the same question: What album would you bring to a desert island, and why?WITH ESSAYS BY: Matt Ashare * Tom Breihan * Aaron Burgess * Jon Caramanica * Daphne Carr * Jeff Chang * Ian Christie * Kandia Crazy Horse * John Darnielle * Laina Dawes * Geeta Dayal * Rob Harvilla * Jess Harvell * Michaelangelo Matos * Anthony Miccio * Amy Phillips * Dave Queen * Ned Raggett * Simon Reynolds * Chris Ryan * Scott Seward * Greg Tate * Derek Taylor * Douglas Wolk .
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Marooned With Very Little Beer
Graham Mackintosh is a man in tune with the land that he loves. Baja California! That rugged, cactus-covered, 800-mile-long desert peninsula in the northwest corner of Mexico. When Baja summons .. he goes. 'Baja, Baja,' I cry sheepishly 'Where are you calling me... What quiet corner is left?' The answer Guardian Angel Island (Isla Angel de la Guarda), the second largest island in the Sea of Cortez. Graham Mackintosh spent two months on and kayaking along the colorful and dramatic shores of the uninhabited 42-mile-long island getting to know its history and geology, the people who come and go, the creatures who call it home... and most importantly himself. In keeping with his three other Baja books, this is not just a simple travel tale, but a deeply moving and probing spiritual insight into the joys of overcoming danger and deprivation. Through a simple unadorned style, perhaps best suited to reveal the twists and turns of the author's mind, he has an unrivaled ability to convey his truth clearly and to commune with every person and creature that crosses his path. And some encounters seem to be more than serendipitous. Like an Aztec priest, when obliged to kill he does so with much heart searching and reverence. The spiritual significance is never lost... the quest for meaning never abandoned. Whatever your creed, however much you are elevated on the path, you will find in this everyman's account a journey open to all who seek, and an eloquent and seemingly, only seemingly, heretical plea for peace and brotherhood.
Over 150 illustrations, 18 in full color..
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Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe
In 1704, Alexander Selkirk was voyaging across the South Pacific when, after arguing with the ship's captain, he was put ashore— alone—on an uninhabited island. Equipped with little more than a musket and his wits, Selkirk not only survived in complete solitude for more than four years, but to came to be quite comfortable and happy. After being rescued by a British privateer in 1709, he took a leading role in several dramatic captures of merchant ships. Although he returned to civilization a rich man, he couldn't find a place in society and always longed to return to the paradise of his island. Selkirk's well-documented adventures so inspired Daniel Defoe that they became the basis for his perennial classic, Robinson Crusoe. In an account that is every bit as fascinating as Defoe's novel, Robert Kraske provides vivid descriptions of Selkirk's days on the island and aboard ship, including details of the violent, bloody, and legally sanctioned pirating that went on in the early 18th century. Author's note, glossary, bibliography, index..
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Marooned: An Inquiry into Government Business and Ethics
Is the federal government doing the people's business as they would have you believe? Your gut says, no. But just how bad is it? Mr. F.C. Hawkins, a retired senior executive of a large cabinet-level agency, tells the story of what really goes on behind the government's closed doors. Using a personal case study, the details of which will surprise and shock you, Mr. Hawkins gives a first person account of the ethics-challenged state of the civilian government's management and operations. Despite the obstacles, Mr. Hawkins succeeded in bringing ethics-based principles and change to the Department of Energy, transforming the organization he managed from an inefficient, unresponsive bureaucracy to an efficient principle-driven business. Mr. Hawkins proves that applying ethics-based management to government operations can save taxpayers billions of dollars. In his Three Step Cookbook to fix what ails the civilian government, Mr. Hawkins provides solutions to what the pundits would have you believe are complex, almost insolvable problems. .
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Classic Dan Dare: Marooned on Mercury
It's the best of British as, once more, Dan Dare takes to the stars in this latest volume in these great Collectors' Editions of the legendary science fiction comic! Believed dead after they successfully saved the Earth from the threat of the Red Moon, Dan and his friends have crashed on Mercury and fallen into the hands of the rock creatures that inhabit the planet! To make matters worse, Dan's nemesis 'the dreaded Mekon' is once more on his trail and Dan finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place! This edition features an exclusive introduction by legendary Queen guitarist, rock god and long-time Dan Dare fan Brian May!.
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Marooned (Star Trek Voyager, No 14)
When an alien pirate abducts Kes, "Voyager" takes off in hot pursuit, but the first rescue mission fails disastrously; an ion storm forces the shuttle to crash on an unknown world. Now Captain Janeway and her Away Team must embark on a hazardous trek through a hostile environment in search of a way off the planet, while "Voyager", commanded by Chakotay, confronts an enemy fleet in the depths of space..
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