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  • The Fantastical Waterclocks of Cao Jinsong
    Gary W Shockley
    The laws of physics change overnight. Gas ceases to ignite; electricity no longer flows. Millions die instantly when planes plummet from the sky. Millions more perish in the blackouts and riots that follow. Civilization reverts to a pre-industrial state. People become dependent on the molten metals that fall from the sky. Called exometals, they are woven into fabric and channel...
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    15,08 €

  • The Legend of Gong Shun Hui
    Gary W Shockley
    In this alternate history novel, Mongol rule did not end with Kublai Khan. but his son Zhenjin survived to succeed him. Under him, the concubine Gong Shun Hui rose to prominence as a general. 250 pages ...
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    16,19 €

  • The Fall of Deja Vu Castle
    Gary W Shockley
    At sixteen, Willie 'The Eureka Kid' Jasper shocked the field of theoretical physics with his unified field theory. Shortly thereafter he invented the Inchworm Drive, catapulting humanity to the stars. Labeled a has-been at sixteen, he lingered in a field now dominated by AIs and conceived a theory (competing with his own) that proposed a new particle, the newon, spawned by a un...
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    24,32 €

  • The Pulse of Kato Whip
    Gary W. Shockley
    Shortly before Kato Whip was to become Kato Whip, he was waiting in line at a bank. He waited patiently, as he had done so countless times before. There was no hurry. Suddenly a woman crowded in front of him. He let it go. What did it matter? It wasn’t that much more of a wait. But the more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. She had been rude not only to him but all...
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    24,51 €

  • Chandelier Macabre
    Gary W. Shockley
    For Horatio Oberon Twitchgrove, the war had never ended. He fought as a child, as a teenager, as an adult. He fought into his twilight years. War was all he had ever known. Peacetime? Hah, like he could change now. It just meant trading his general’s uniform for a crimelord’s mantle. He proceeded with the same ruthless abandon as ever. Oh, he might be old now, battle-worn and b...
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    15,05 €

  • Quicksand Village
    Gary W. Shockley
    Centuries ago, on another planet, a few people took refuge in the swamp. They did so to escape the Five Continent Wars. When the wars ended, the people stayed. The swamp had become their home. And the swamp tolerated their presence-as long as they did not try to change its nature.This is their story. 188 pages. ...
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    15,34 €

  • Pungent Women
    Gary W. Shockley
    On the sanctuary world Hearth 7, with its world-forest of mile-high trees, Sarah joins a band of troubled women. All have suffered past traumas. While Sarah expects a positive and supportive group, she receives a rather cool welcome; and the only support seems to come through a need to cooperate to survive. In this unbearably hot and humid forest, with almost no supplies, they ...
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    9,78 €

  • Titanium White
    Gary W. Shockley
    The short stories in this collection could best be described as slipstream. Defying genre boundaries, they flirt with the hard and soft of science fiction, veer into playful absurdity, or turn darkly macabre. Often drawing inspiration from surrealism, they go to unexpected places. To paraphrase a line from one story, 'They have a high degree of surprisingness.' Collected here...
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    21,05 €