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“Truthfully, d’Angelo found himself unsurprised that the engines had finally packed up. Weaver � like his predecessors � had been a kind of starship ‘backyard mechanic� and at the time of the explosion, the stardrive was all but held together by bits of wire and duct tape. Weavers mistake cost him the stardrive � and Fuller and Jang their lives. “Blown up� seemed a little inadequate to describe what really happened, but the engines were now spread over the last light-year or so behind him. Now that really made his calendar cycle.

Life hardly ever turns out the way we expect it to, and for Mykl d’Angelo it had just taken a bad turn for terrible. Stranded in deep space, he is handed a chance to redeem the other shipwrecks in his life � his lost career in the Imperial Starfleet and a lost chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams.

In order to pull this off, he must confront hordes of Corsairs, a crotchety starship captain, his former girlfriend and a particularly dangerous character called Blachart who will lead him behind enemy lines, where he will learn the meaning of trust � but very likely, never return.�

OUT OF PRINT]]> 130 Christina Engela Christina 5 4.00 2006 Blachart
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]]> <![CDATA[Magus Thor’rauna High Priest of Satan in South Africa: Phil Botha receives Christ as Lord!]]> 25401209 158 Francis B. Christina 1
Phil Botha’s story - ostensibly a serious biography, is laced with major inconsistencies, errors and flaws in its claims about Satanism which reveal that neither he (nor the biographer) knew enough about Satanism to ever qualify as a “High Priest� in Satanism, or even to masquerade as a novice.

It is claimed that Botha used to “teleport� all over the planet (while he was a Satanist of course, so presumably they took away his teleportation permit when he got “saved�). Despite the existence of contemporary photographic, video or filming equipment, there are NO recordings of such events. Not even so much as two photos of Phil Botha standing beside two landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Great Wall of China minutes apart while holding an alarm clock or calendar � or even at the same moment, seeing as he also claimed he had the ability to time travel!

This sounds like a fairly amusing piece of 1970’s fantasy, and probably one fueled by LSD. But that's all it is. Fantasy. To present it as incontrovertible fact - as the agent and promoter of this work has done - is just patently ridiculous.

As a work critical of Satanism as a religion and of the occult however - which it purports to be, it is seriously flawed and amounts to nothing less than poorly researched, vile slander against occult religions and Satanism as a New Religious Movement.

According to Botha, Witches, Satanists, Freemasons and professional magicians are buried alive as part of their initiation ceremony? Really? Why then, have none of them received that memo?

Anton LaVey was not known for his levitation or astral projecting skills - LaVey was an Atheistic Satanist and founder of the Church of Satan, who presided over numerous rituals and ceremonies in his capacity as High Priest of the Church of Satan. LaVeyan Satanists are atheistic and do not have a belief in deities or magic other than as a ritual means to focus on goal-fulfillment. Botha suggests that in order for someone to qualify as a High Priest of Satan, they should prove that they can levitate or astral project?! Seriously?!

Botha - and his biographer - create the impression that all Satanists everywhere fall under one central hierarchy, and all believing in the same brand of Satanism, when in truth there is no such thing. As it turns out, there are many different types and groups of Satanism around the world � and as a matter of fact they are wholly independent of each other, and some even view each other in an adversarial light.

“Francis B�, the person managing Botha’s legacy of tall tales claims to have written to Peter H. Gilmore, the present head of the Church of Satan in the USA, asking questions as Phil Botha, also using “Magus� in his email address � which apparently (according to Botha) all Satanists would fear and acknowledge � but Gilmore didn’t, so he concludes that “Gilmore is fake�.

Setting up your victims by claiming in advance that those who don’t recognize your fancy made-up titles are “fakers�, is the hallmark of a scam artist.

Instead of questioning the 158 page-long conspiracy theory they have promoted as fact, the "Francis B." described their correspondence with the Church of Satan as “proof that the Church of Satan is run by novices & con-artists� in a page-long rant on their website dedicated to Phil Botha. It doesn’t seem to occur to them at all that Botha might have made all this stuff up.

This nonsense isn't even entertaining enough to read as a badly conceived and poorly-presented joke. Furthermore, in terms of quality, it's surprising to me that this item is even for sale on Amazon because the author never even bothered to design an actual cover. As a document, it evokes something printed at home and stapled together to sell at the local cult tabernacle on the corner. Rather than being presented as a serious piece of any literary value, I think this item's only salvation is if it were repackaged as Christian fiction, in which case it might carry at least a little merit or entertainment value for those who find that sort of thing interesting.

The author - in their belief that this fantasy has any basis in fact - as well as demonstrated in the string of emails between them and me back in 2013 - needs to educate themself about Satanism as a NRM (New Religious Movement):

"Satanism: The Acid Test" addresses disinformation being distributed against new religious movements (NRMs) such as neo-Pagan religions and Satanism, and sub-cultures like the Vampire sub-culture, offering clarification and educational information to demystify these groups.

I gave this effort a one star rating on Good Reads, but only because I couldn't leave a no-star review.

As far as the old Tinamometer is concerned, it rates a solid, resounding zero.]]> 4.31 2005 Magus Thor’rauna High Priest of Satan in South Africa: Phil Botha receives Christ as Lord!
author: Francis B.
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Having dealt directly with the author of this book, "Magus Thor’rauna High Priest of Satan in South Africa: Phil Botha receives Christ as Lord!" by Francis B. while I was doing research during 2013, I again encountered this book online in March 2023 - and decided to leave a review.

Phil Botha’s story - ostensibly a serious biography, is laced with major inconsistencies, errors and flaws in its claims about Satanism which reveal that neither he (nor the biographer) knew enough about Satanism to ever qualify as a “High Priest� in Satanism, or even to masquerade as a novice.

It is claimed that Botha used to “teleport� all over the planet (while he was a Satanist of course, so presumably they took away his teleportation permit when he got “saved�). Despite the existence of contemporary photographic, video or filming equipment, there are NO recordings of such events. Not even so much as two photos of Phil Botha standing beside two landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Great Wall of China minutes apart while holding an alarm clock or calendar � or even at the same moment, seeing as he also claimed he had the ability to time travel!

This sounds like a fairly amusing piece of 1970’s fantasy, and probably one fueled by LSD. But that's all it is. Fantasy. To present it as incontrovertible fact - as the agent and promoter of this work has done - is just patently ridiculous.

As a work critical of Satanism as a religion and of the occult however - which it purports to be, it is seriously flawed and amounts to nothing less than poorly researched, vile slander against occult religions and Satanism as a New Religious Movement.

According to Botha, Witches, Satanists, Freemasons and professional magicians are buried alive as part of their initiation ceremony? Really? Why then, have none of them received that memo?

Anton LaVey was not known for his levitation or astral projecting skills - LaVey was an Atheistic Satanist and founder of the Church of Satan, who presided over numerous rituals and ceremonies in his capacity as High Priest of the Church of Satan. LaVeyan Satanists are atheistic and do not have a belief in deities or magic other than as a ritual means to focus on goal-fulfillment. Botha suggests that in order for someone to qualify as a High Priest of Satan, they should prove that they can levitate or astral project?! Seriously?!

Botha - and his biographer - create the impression that all Satanists everywhere fall under one central hierarchy, and all believing in the same brand of Satanism, when in truth there is no such thing. As it turns out, there are many different types and groups of Satanism around the world � and as a matter of fact they are wholly independent of each other, and some even view each other in an adversarial light.

“Francis B�, the person managing Botha’s legacy of tall tales claims to have written to Peter H. Gilmore, the present head of the Church of Satan in the USA, asking questions as Phil Botha, also using “Magus� in his email address � which apparently (according to Botha) all Satanists would fear and acknowledge � but Gilmore didn’t, so he concludes that “Gilmore is fake�.

Setting up your victims by claiming in advance that those who don’t recognize your fancy made-up titles are “fakers�, is the hallmark of a scam artist.

Instead of questioning the 158 page-long conspiracy theory they have promoted as fact, the "Francis B." described their correspondence with the Church of Satan as “proof that the Church of Satan is run by novices & con-artists� in a page-long rant on their website dedicated to Phil Botha. It doesn’t seem to occur to them at all that Botha might have made all this stuff up.

This nonsense isn't even entertaining enough to read as a badly conceived and poorly-presented joke. Furthermore, in terms of quality, it's surprising to me that this item is even for sale on Amazon because the author never even bothered to design an actual cover. As a document, it evokes something printed at home and stapled together to sell at the local cult tabernacle on the corner. Rather than being presented as a serious piece of any literary value, I think this item's only salvation is if it were repackaged as Christian fiction, in which case it might carry at least a little merit or entertainment value for those who find that sort of thing interesting.

The author - in their belief that this fantasy has any basis in fact - as well as demonstrated in the string of emails between them and me back in 2013 - needs to educate themself about Satanism as a NRM (New Religious Movement):

"Satanism: The Acid Test" addresses disinformation being distributed against new religious movements (NRMs) such as neo-Pagan religions and Satanism, and sub-cultures like the Vampire sub-culture, offering clarification and educational information to demystify these groups.

I gave this effort a one star rating on Good Reads, but only because I couldn't leave a no-star review.

As far as the old Tinamometer is concerned, it rates a solid, resounding zero.
]]> Broken Promises 51791716 Christina Engela 0463766024 Christina 5 5.00 Broken Promises
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]]> Blachart 63031047
Life hardly ever turns out the way we expect it to, and for Mykl d’Angelo, skipper and owner of the loderunner Pegasus, it had just taken a bad turn for terrible.

Due a minor misunderstanding, his crew had stolen the ship’s only shuttle, leaving him and two others behind to crew the ailing ship on their own. As if that weren’t bad enough, just a few hours later the rickety old ship’s stardrive exploded in the middle of the middle of nowhere, killing Mykl’s two remaining crewmen.

Marooned alone in deep space, Mykl d’Angelo counted his blessings, offered prayers to any gods who specialized in miracles, and prepared to await (A) seemingly unlikely rescue, or (B) a lingering death�

Rescue takes place, but at a price � as the Antares, a cruiser dispatched to investigate the mysterious silence of a remote starbase, crosses paths with a legendary and fearsome Corsair � a man whose name sent shivers down the spines of lesser mortals.

Blachart� Blachart the Bloody.]]> 296 Christina Engela Christina 5 3.67 2006 Blachart
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]]> The Great Pursuit 58509 256 Tom Sharpe 0879517336 Christina 5
The story was brilliantly told and had me giggling away happily on numerous occasions. Tom has a marvelous way of constructing catastrophes so intricate that his characters simply can't extricate themselves from them without providing the reader with loads of mirth!]]> 3.74 1977 The Great Pursuit
author: Tom Sharpe
name: Christina
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1977
rating: 5
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I really enjoyed this story. Being a writer it's interesting to see what used to go on in the industry in the old days before computers changed everything - and Tom Sharpe's wit and writing style have always entertained and inspired me.

The story was brilliantly told and had me giggling away happily on numerous occasions. Tom has a marvelous way of constructing catastrophes so intricate that his characters simply can't extricate themselves from them without providing the reader with loads of mirth!
]]> Season's Change 52470533
Wendy � who prefers to be called ‘Kay� - began experimenting with poetry at 15, beginning with her first effort “Darkness Falls�, quickly followed by her second, “Tombstone�, which resulted in some pretty worried looks from her mother. Since that time, Kay went on to write over 100 more poems (which her parents have never read).

Kay was born in Springs (the town, not actually wearing them) and later grew somewhat taller in a tiny flyspeck on the map called “Kriel�...]]> Wendy K. Engela 035975595X Christina 5 5.00 Season's Change
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]]> When Day Is Done 50060775
Yvonne Lorraine (van der Westhuizen) Engela was born in the Eastern Cape in South Africa in 1934. Between 1953 and 1972, she eagerly wrote poetry in both her home language Afrikaans, and in English. She never thought her poetry would ever be good enough to publish. Life was far too hectic. She had to work hard and continuously to support a husband, and later a child. being a single mother was never easy, and she was a humble person. Later on, she put it all away and didn’t talk about it anymore. Her child brought her the joy and happiness that nobody else could. Life went on�

Then one day, at 79 years of age, she died suddenly. Not long after her death, her daughter began to clean up and process her belongings � and found a stash of old notebooks full of poetry written in her youth. And she read them � and realized what a treasure trove her mother had left her. A look inside her mother’s soul, as a young woman, and as a talented writer and poet�

Yvonne had underestimated herself. How many writers or poets in the world had ever written equally as well in two languages? In English and Afrikaans? There can’t be many.]]> Yvonne Lorraine Engela Christina 0 5.00 When Day Is Done
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]]> Op Vreemde Weë 50060696
Yvonne Lorraine (van der Westhuizen) Engela is in die Ooskaap in Suid Afrika in 1934 gebore. Tussen 1953 en 1972 het sy ywerig gedigte in albei Afrikaans, haar moederstaal, en Engels geskryf. Sy het nooit gedink dat haar poeisie ooit goed genoeg sou wees om te publiseer nie. Die lewe was te woelig. Daar moes hard en aanhoudend gewerk word om ‘n man en later ‘n kind te onderhou. Om enkel-ma te wees was nog nooit maklik nie, en sy was ‘n nederige mens. Sy het dit later weg gesit en nie meer daaroor gepraat nie. ‘n Kind het haar die geluk en lewensvreugde gebring wat niemand anders kon nie. Die lewe het aangestap�

Toe, eendag, op 79 jaar, is sy skielik oorlede. ‘n Rukkie daarna het haar dogter die huis begin opruim en skoonmaak � en het op ‘n hopie ou notaboeke vol gedigte wat sy in haar jeug geskryf het, afgekom. En toe lees sy dit � en besef wat ‘n skat haar ma vir haar nagelaat het. ‘n Blik binne haar ma se siel, as jongmens, as vrou, as talentvolle digter en skrywer…]]> Yvonne Lorraine Engela Christina 5 5.00 Op Vreemde Weë
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]]> Shakandazu Valley 50060664
The man had simply turned up one day three years before, bought the old bungalow at the end of Buku Road � paid for it in cash, and then kept to himself. The only times he seemed to venture into town was to buy copious amounts of alcohol from the liquor store every few weeks. Sometimes he briefly showed his face at happenings hosted by curious locals. He never spoke about his past.

Who was he? Where did he come from? How did he come to have so much money readily on hand? Why did he never want to talk about his past � not even to the Doctor, or Mr. Gaika, his closest friends in town?

Even the old Sazi, the influential seer of the Valley, called him 'the Silent One� and said he had the look of a man who had seen blood. The local tribesmen saw him as an ill omen, a bringer of misfortune, drought and misery. Unrest began to stir. Why had he come to the Valley? What did he want there? Who was Roger Hall, and what did he have to hide?

Hard times were coming, the old Sazi foretold � the storm-clouds were gathering and the harsh years-long drought was about to break � but something worse was to follow, and the carcasses of beasts and men would fill the river side by side, and the fate of the town and all who lived there would be changed forever.

This is the third novel by Theo Engela, a local South African author of the 1960’s and 70’s. Set in 1968, this story, never before published, was completed shortly before his death in 1985.]]> Theo Engela Christina 5 5.00 Shakandazu Valley
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]]> African Assignment 50060544
Using imagery and place-names unfamiliar to 21st century people, the author introduces the reader to a simpler, less complicated world filled with wonder and mystery, where crime could still be perfect and the world lived fearfully under the ever-present threat of the Cold War.

Mesmerizing African folklore and almost-vanished cultures stand side by side. Rounded off in his own unique style, Theo Engela displays a biting sense of wit and irony in his work, which would probably not seem out of place in a Hitchcock serial or even in the Twilight Zone.

(Edited by Christina Engela)]]> Theo Engela Christina 5 5.00 African Assignment
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pitfalls of South African Self-publishing]]> 50060384
So you wrote a book. Be it a novel, a collection of short stories, a how-to-braid-your-own-hair-without-a-mirror-and-a-third-hand guide, or an academic research paper about the fascinating night life of hump-backed snails - whatever it is, you need to get it out there where it will be read, appreciated and praised for the work of genius it really is!

The only trouble is, you don’t know what to do next - and who could blame you? After all, you live in South Africa, where almost everything is stacked against you from the start! Besides, you’ve never done this before! Writing is your game � not cover design, working with images and associated software, marketing - and as for the internet, don’t even go there! It’s way too complicated! Right?

It can really feel that way sometimes � but the truth is, modern self-publishing is really a lot easier than you may think. It doesn’t have to be as complicated as doing quantum physics � say, like shooting a playing card through the center diamond with a pistol, blindfolded, while riding a dairy cow backwards. Christina Engela will show you how she does it - no cards, pistol, dairy cow, or blindfold required!]]> Christina Engela Christina 0 5.00 The Pitfalls of South African Self-publishing
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]]> Keep The Lights On 50060221
This guide sets out a simple, cheap way to set up your own home UPS system without burning out your bank card in the process and discusses cheap, simple alternatives with helpful tips, diagrams, illustrations and advice from the author's personal experience.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Keep The Lights On
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]]> The Upside of Sadness 50059978
Like many poets, Christina Engela started writing poetry out of a need to express her internalized teenage angst, gothic gloom, suppressed desires, drama and emotional trauma. Unlike most of those poets, Christina is also very good at seeing � and presenting � the brighter side of sorrow, or if you will, the upside of sadness.

Christina wrote her first poem at age 12. Funnily enough, it was called “Fear�, and since then, she has over the course of her life, written a further 232 poems.

This collection presents a selection of 165 of them, covering a variety of topics such as philosophy, love and heartbreak, her observations of the world around her, her torment as a teen and adult living with gender dysphoria � poetry she wrote in the face of prejudice and bigotry, culminating in her transition from the age of 26 to her final procedures in 2006 � and some light-hearted fun.]]> Christina Engela Christina 0 5.00 The Upside of Sadness
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]]> Pearls Before Swine 50059924
“Hugs are so vital a thing that there should never be so few of them that you can count all the ones you've had.� � Christina Engela

“Many of these quotes come from my activism days, when I wrote and shared articles almost daily from my blog “Sour Grapes: The Fruit of Ignorance� to address various social injustices on local and international stages. Unfortunately, through the passage of time, I’ve grown to feel that the phrase “I told you so� followed most of my warnings many years after, and as many activists in the field of human rights probably feel � my warnings went unheeded. They were in fact, pearls cast before swine � hence the title. Nevertheless, I decided to share my fragments of wisdom and philosophy with the world. What you do with it further is up to you.� � Christina Engela]]> Christina Engela 0359771602 Christina 0 5.00 Pearls Before Swine
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]]> Malice! 50059877
"Malice!" is a collection of horror tales by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 0 5.00 Malice!
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]]> Bang, Splat! 50059820
Dr. Gleichstein is a quantum physicist � and as everyone knows by now, quantum physics is a little like ordinary physics, except that you spend a little more time looking for your eyebrows!

Vluffy, the Doktor’s companion, is a little gray dog who wears a flame-proof asbestos doggy jacket, and spends a lot of time hiding under things to avoid being vaporized by the Doktor’s occasional mishaps � and in their home, even the mouse holes have blast-proof doors!

But something lurks inside the house with them� something that has grown and changed and mutated from all the latent radiation and funky quantumness that has leaked into the house� nasty, vicious, aggressive two-headed mutant cockroaches…aargh! Even the mice have packed up their mousy things and left for greener pastures� They even chase poor Vluffy down the hall � whatever would the neighborhood dogs say about that if they found out? Oh, the shame!

Even the Doktor is dismayed by this new development� after all, not even tinned food is safe anymore! The mutant cockroaches begin to terrorize the Doktor and Vluffy. Something has to be done about this, of course� and the Doktor is just the hombre to do it� and so the Doktor clears his whiteboard for action! Vluffy hopes this can be solved without resorting to violins.

Innocent Minds is a “children’s story for adults� � an endearing little illustrated tale set in the Quantum Series universe created by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela 0359518184 Christina 0 0.0 Bang, Splat!
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]]> Life Signs 50059338
Of all the starships in the Terran Space Fleet, the I.S.S. Mercury is probably the unluckiest ship in history. Not once, not twice, but many times over, the same hapless crew - give or take a few dozen casualties - on a supposed voyage of deep space exploration, stumble into the weird, wake the creepy and trip over the downright terrifying and possibly even supernatural...

While on a routine deep-space mission to chart the frontier of unknown space, Captain Stuart Flane and the crew of the Mercury encounter an alien marooned in a ship wrecked on the surface of their long-dead world - but is the alien really all that they seem to be? Did the shuttle the Mercury recovered in deep space - the one that turned out to be the last remnant of a starliner that disappeared thirty years earlier, hold the key to the puzzle? Would Flane be able to sleep that night if he found out? And, as if all that wasn't enough to jeopardize Flane's already shaky hold on reality, the Mercury is sent by Admiral Tawney himself to help out an old friend who has difficulties with a cursed object!

"Life Signs" is the second title in the Panic! Horror In Space series by Christina Engela.]]> 205 Christina Engela 0359711243 Christina 0 5.00 Life Signs
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]]> Static 50059308
Of all the starships in the Terran Space Fleet, the I.S.S. Mercury is probably the unluckiest ship in history. Not once, not twice, but many times over, the same hapless crew - give or take a few dozen casualties - on a supposed voyage of deep space exploration, stumble into the weird, wake the creepy and trip over the downright terrifying and possibly even supernatural...

While on a routine deep-space mission to chart the frontier of unknown space, they stumble across an apparent shipwreck that poses quite a mystery. How had the Kilgary - a cargo carrier last seen light years away forty years before - reached that part of space before the Mercury? Why couldn’t the cause of death of its crew be determined? What was in the deleted log entry of the Kilgary � and why had it been deleted?

The last thing Captain Stuart Flane expected while working to discover the answer to the enigma of the Kilgary, was a day-long running battle with the undead! Their troubles didn’t end there though, because the Mercury � their only ride home � was also in trouble!

And, as if all that wasn't bad enough, the Mercury still had to contend with a crew of paranormal investigators from the most popular TV show, and a ship-load of cursed items!

"Static" is the first title in the Panic! Horror In Space series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 0 3.33 2017 Static
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]]> A Badfeller's Tale 50048934 14 Christina Engela Christina 0 0.0 A Badfeller's Tale
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pink Community - The Facts]]> 50013505
Get it now as an eBook (epub, pdf AND mobi) for FREE!]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 The Pink Community - The Facts
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]]> Space Sucks! 50013251
Launch into space, the future and beyond! Enjoy a humorous look at life in space through the eyes of some colorful characters in this collection of five unique sci-fi tales by Christina Engela, spanning everything from adventure to suspense to comedy and then back again!]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Space Sucks!
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]]> Death By Vampire 50012844
Being an operative for the Colonial Intelligence Agency � a special department of the Terran government � provided favorable opportunities for her to satisfy her vampyric needs without too many questions being asked.

This time the job looked promising � hostages. A hostage taker. Ransom. Greed. Blood diamonds � and blood.

Get it now - FREE!]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 2.67 Death By Vampire
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]]> The Thirteenth Ship 50012795
Cold. Cruel. Savage. She was the epitome of the deep space Corsair � and far more. The rumors said ‘blood drinker’� ‘vampire.� For Hank MacMillan the perils of deep space travel were a familiar occupational hazard...

When she took your ship, it stayed taken.

Get it now FREE]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 3.00 The Thirteenth Ship
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]]> Wiggle Room 50012752
James Booth’s eyes flickered open. The lights were blinding. He remembered the car accident. He remembered the dog running into the road ahead of him, swerving, the screeching of brakes, a tree on the side of the road � the awful jarring impact. He couldn’t remember anything after that. Till now. He couldn’t move. Well, he could a little. He could � well, he could wiggle some. And then he heard the footsteps� the feint distant clicking of heels�

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]]> High Steaks 50012647
Troubled times had come to the small Terran Colony planet of Deanna � and having amusing names for its sun (Ramalama) and two moons (Ding and Dong) hadn't made this quaint little world immune to bad things�

After the shock assassination of a visiting member of the imperial family, and with the three largest cities on Deanna overrun by fascist troops, the local government goes into hiding. With the media and interweb firmly under fascist control, perception and reality begin to take a turn for the surreal - and once the fascists have control of Deanna, the stage is set. War is on its way.

The quirky little colony of Deanna is about to be enveloped in a destructive civil war - replete with a supporting cast of heroes, villains, aliens, victims, perpetrators, volunteers, vampires, space battles, bovine torpedoes - and a little time travel on the side.

"High Steaks" is the sixth title in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 2017 High Steaks
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]]> Prodigal Sun 50012586
Sheriff Peggy-Ann Muller suddenly found herself hip-deep in strange events - even stranger than usual... and skinheads too - did she mention the skinheads?

Something had stirred in the darkness on the remote, usually idyllic Terran colony of Deanna - something Nazi� And it only seemed to be getting worse!

Nobody could say when it started, or how, but something had changed. Without being noticed, hate had come to Deanna and made a nest there... and a terrible plot was about to hatch!

The quirky residents of the third-rate colony faced a challenge unlike any they had seen before. Was there still time to stop it? Only Time would tell if they were up for it.

"Engela’s eye for the quirky humor of even the darkest situations sets her writing apart from the masses. Her fiction combines oddball humor, in the tradition of writers like Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, with the best of traditional science fiction." � Sarah Rutledge Fischer, Focus Mid-South Magazine

"Engela's latest work is packed with humour, challenging ideas, and science-fiction on a grand scale. It transports readers to a truly original world, filled with bizarre and memorable characters. It tackles social issues while reading like a Terry Pratchett, with some western and sci-fi elements to boot." � Matthew 'Sand-Storm' Fick.

"Prodigal Sun" is the fifth title in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Prodigal Sun
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]]> Loderunner 50012499
Returning from an evening in Mars City spent visiting relatives he didn’t know he had, Timaset Skooch arrived at the local space port to find his new acquisition stolen. A few minutes later, the crew of his slightly run-down loderunner "Celeste", returned from a nearby pub, blind drunk, puzzled, and now unemployed as well.

Ever since he’d decided to quit being a P.I. and to try his hand at running cargo instead, things had just blown up in Skooch’s face one day at a time (Florpavian Flamebirds tended to do that occasionally). Between the labor disputes and accidental deaths among the crew (who believed in settling disputes internally) Tim began to get a headache worse than the ones he got from getting kicked in the head. Just now, things had gone pear-shaped again, and he found himself in the middle of a kind of cat and mouse game with some cloaks and daggers thrown in for good measure.

He was sure it had something to do with the 10,000 credits he'd been offered to transport two passengers to an asteroid in the rings of - um, Jupiter (as soon as possible, no questions asked) by a middle-man with no neck and a tendency to smile a lot. Trouble was, now the mob - or someone - seemed to be out to kill them all. He was beginning to regret ever winning that card game...

"Loderunner" is the fourth title in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 4 4.00 Loderunner
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]]> Dead Man's Hammer 50012422
Deanna was just another third-rate colony in the Terran Empire � and it was pretty much as boring a lump of rock as could be expected. That is, until Gary Beck, aka Beck the Badfeller ran over an obsidian crow with his jeepo on the highway to San Fedora and didn’t have a spare tire. Things pretty much went down hill from there.

An assassin had come to Atro City, an assassin with a score to settle. She was refined and pretty - but as poets might say, beauty can be deceiving - and the same poets who described Helen of Troy as the face that launched a thousand ships, might have written about Villainessa Tittle as the bitch that sank them.

As an assassin, she was the worst kind: she was absolutely terrifying, she took pride in her work, enjoyed what she did for a living � and above all, she was bloody good at it - and this time unfortunately, it was absolutely 100 percent personal.

Beck the Badfeller - Deanna's most famous bounty hunter, was dead - and it was up to Cindy-Mei Winter, Sheriff Peg, Deputy Mike, Fred the Arborian - and Gary Beck himself - to solve it.

“Quite simply, Christina Engela is one of the best voices in sci-fi right now and to not read her work would be to miss a treat!� � Mark Woods, author of Time of Tides and Fear of the Dark.

"Dead Man's Hammer" is  book 3 in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 2005 Dead Man's Hammer
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]]> The Time Saving Agency 50012322
Each day shapes the days that follow...

The Time Saving Agency liked having fresh agents on the job, who had a clear mind and steady hand. After all, time travel wasn’t for the faint of heart. The pay was good enough, but as Johnathan Scrooby decided long ago - even if he didn’t get paid for it, the thrill alone was payment enough! Then again, the TSA realized they couldn’t afford to have disgruntled employees with the power of God at their fingertips, so the pay was very, very good indeed!

Scrooby was extremely tense. His job at the Time Saving Agency was a tough one - gazillions of lives depended on him not screwing up. Once, he’d screwed up in only a small way, and people wore those little yellow smiley faces on t-shirts for decades afterwards... And that was only a small screw up!

Things happened at a certain time in a certain way, which in a sense, is what Life was all about. If they didn’t, then things would be completely different - which was why, a week ago, the American War of Independence was fought in Mexico. Yesterday Napoleon managed to dig a tunnel across the English Channel, invaded London - and everybody at the Agency ended up speaking French for a while. Sorting that out had been� well, challenging... Mon dieu.

Something smelled funny in the Anals of History! Things were not as they were supposed to be. Someone somewhere was tinkering with the works, and it was up to Time Agent Scrooby - with a little help - to go back and fix it, or who knew what might happen next!]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 2005 The Time Saving Agency
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]]> Black Sunrise 50012261
Cindy-Mei, who until recently had been Agent Winter, C.I.A. - that's Colonial Intelligence Agency - had been one of their best agents... that is, until they threw her out for coming to work in a dress.

After that disappointing and sudden end to what had been a promising career, Mei rewarded herself with a long relaxing vacation in the outback to celebrate her gender reassignment and her new start in life. The first stop on her journey turned out to be a little backwater planet called Deanna...

As a third-rate colony in the Terran Empire, Deanna had more than its fair share of dull moments... Dull - but also definitely weird... Deanna orbited a star called Ramalama - and if you think that’s funny, Deanna’s two moons were called Ding and Dong, respectively. (This was a local joke.)

When a single Ruminarii Hammerhead - the first seen by Humans in over eighty years, arrived to invade the small backwater Terran colony of Deanna, rather than cowering in their basements or running away, the ordinary people of Atro City headed to the spaceport to meet the aliens when they landed - and grabbed anything remotely resembling a weapon on the way out the door!

As bombs fell on Atro City, Cindy-Mei found herself in exactly the right place at the right time - but what should she do? She'd hoped to put her violent and somehow depressing past behind her, but now it seemed her new beginning (and her holiday) were going to have to wait! The Gimp were back, and this was no time to be a sissy! She faced seemingly insurmountable odds in the midst of panic, hysteria - falling sherry - and people hiding under furniture! What would she do?

Thankfully, with the assistance of an alien walking, talking plant called Fred, a local bounty hunter called Beck the Badfeller - and the Skeggs Valley Dynamite Fishing Club, she wouldn't have to find out alone.

“Quite simply, Christina Engela is one of the best voices in sci-fi right now and to not read her work would be to miss a treat!� � Mark Woods, author of Time of Tides and Fear of the Dark.

"Black Sunrise" is the first book in the Quantum Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 4 3.25 2005 Black Sunrise
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]]> <![CDATA[Other Kids Are Kids Almost Just Like You]]> 50012113
Many kids today face bullying from their peers based on differences in race, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.

In a world where bullying and intolerance of diversity is becoming increasingly a problem, it’s important to teach children � and adults � compassion for others.

This book was written to inspire kids (and the adults who read it with kids) who are bullied for being different without focusing too strongly on the bullying angle.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Other Kids Are Kids Almost Just Like You
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]]> Dead Beckoning 50012031
The Battle of Turtle Island darkened the skies with the dead. After nearly two days of fierce fighting, the Terrans finally had their venomous, defeated foe cornered in its own den. In orbit, where the battle was fought, the remnants of the once feared predatory Black Fleet drifted, blazing, while the Corsair civilization below breathed its last.

But not all the great Corsairs of legend had been captured. Some � including one Sona Kilroy � the most dangerous of them all � had slipped the Terran’s net, and threatened to rebuild the Corsair menace. It was up to Mykl d’Angelo, captain of the Antares, and a mystery-man called Adam, to stop him.

"Dead Beckoning" is book 3 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Dead Beckoning
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]]> Demonspawn 50011935
…but in space, not all things are certain, not even death.

At first the discovery of the derelict alien ship is an interesting diversion from the reality of their predicament. After all, it's far better to explore the wreck in search of some kind of replacement part that could be adapted to repair the engines of the ship, than the alternative � which is to sit and wait for death by hypoxia from creeping cold as the emergency batteries are slowly drained... or, by something else...

Now the crew of the starship Mordrake has to face the terror and solve the ancient riddle of the Akx. Or suffer the same fate as its long dead crew.

“Quite simply, Christina Engela is one of the best voices in sci-fi right now and to not read her work would be to miss a treat!� � Mark Woods, author of Time of Tides and Fear of the Dark.

"Demonspawn" is the second title in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 0 4.50 2015 Demonspawn
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]]> Blachart 50011729
"Blachart" is book 1 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 4.67 2006 Blachart
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]]> Panic! Horror In Space #3 36659371
Miora: After a few hair-raising assignments � and some even more harsh treatment at the hands of his skeptical superiors, Captain Flane and the crew of the Terran starship Mercury were only too happy to be sent on a truly mind-numbingly boring assignment: to survey and catalogue every planet, moon, asteroid and speck of space-dust in a previously unexplored star system. There, on a long-dead world scarred by an ancient war of self-annhilation, they discover a deserted alien ship on the surface, stranded since the great calamity that ended the burgeoning civilization that once lived there. The fact that Flane’s best friend and executive officer, Commander Vic Chapman, got all aflap about detecting life on board that ship, didn’t make things any easier.

The Big Rain: ‘It’s a funny old ‘verse,� Stuart Flane � Captain of the Terran starship Mercury, thought. Most people who found out a cursed object was responsible for the untimely messy � and unavoidably mysterious deaths of 13 people, would steer the hell clear of it� but for some weird reason, some people seemed to think that owning it was a smart move � or that it would end well for them! Unfortunately for Flane and his intrepid crew, their latest assignment � being sent to relieve a terraforming plant on Atooin of such a cursed object � things did not go without a hitch � but then, the thing was called ‘the Jug of Death�, and obviously with good reason…]]> 170 Christina Engela 1387379518 Christina 0 5.00 Panic! Horror In Space #3
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]]> Panic! Horror In Space #2 36659361
Dead Center: Some people enjoy watching paranormal TV shows � but not Stuart Flane, captain of the Terran starship Mercury. Having just narrowly missed being a ghost � or worse, himself � after a weird incident involving reanimated corpses and alien nanobots, Flane wanted nothing to do with playing host to a bunch of paranormal investigators for a popular TV show called ‘Specter Adventures�. Neither did he fancy a 12 hour jaunt on Floridia-7, which was described by some as ‘the most haunted abandoned Terran outpost in the galaxy� � but since he owed Commodore Peters for covering his ass after he lost nearly his entire crew to the zoms, he reluctantly agreed. And that, pretty much, is where things started going off the rails.

Through A Dark Glassy: Haunted paintings. Possessed dolls. Nightmarish accursed items that leave messy trails of misery, horror and death behind them through the pages of history. Regular folk would run a mile if someone offered them such a terrifying object, so what sort of person would want to actually collect them? More importantly, why would anyone think it was safe to transport these items via a courier service with only a poorly printed paper sign reading “WARNING: ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY DO NOT OPEN� stuck on the box? What if someone did? Even more of interest to Captain Flane of the intrepid starship Mercury, why did it always have to be his ship that drew the short straw?“]]> 224 Christina Engela 1387155768 Christina 0 5.00 2017 Panic! Horror In Space #2
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]]> Demonspawn 40546257
…but in space, not all things are certain, not even death.

At first the discovery of the derelict alien ship is an interesting diversion from the reality of their predicament. After all, it's far better to explore the wreck in search of some kind of replacement part that could be adapted to repair the engines of the ship, than the alternative � which is to sit and wait for death by hypoxia from creeping cold as the emergency batteries are slowly drained... or, by something else...

Now the crew of the starship Mordrake has to face the terror and solve the ancient riddle of the Akx. Or suffer the same fate as its long dead crew.

“Quite simply, Christina Engela is one of the best voices in sci-fi right now and to not read her work would be to miss a treat!� � Mark Woods, author of Time of Tides and Fear of the Dark.

"Demonspawn" is the second title in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela 0463344448 Christina 5 5.00 2015 Demonspawn
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]]> Innocent Minds 32492802
Dr. Gleichstein is a quantum physicist � and as everyone knows by now, quantum physics is a little like ordinary physics, except that you spend a little more time looking for your eyebrows!

Vluffy, the Doktor’s companion, is a little gray dog who wears a flame-proof asbestos doggy jacket, and spends a lot of time hiding under things to avoid being vaporized by the Doktor’s occasional mishaps � and in their home, even the mouse holes have blast-proof doors!

But something lurks inside the house with them� something that has grown and changed and mutated from all the latent radiation and funky quantumness that has leaked into the house� nasty, vicious, aggressive two-headed mutant cockroaches…aargh! Even the mice have packed up their mousy things and left for greener pastures� They even chase poor Vluffy down the hall � whatever would the neighborhood dogs say about that if they found out? Oh, the shame!

Even the Doktor is dismayed by this new development� after all, not even tinned food is safe anymore! The mutant cockroaches begin to terrorize the Doktor and Vluffy. Something has to be done about this, of course� and the Doktor is just the hombre to do it� and so the Doktor clears his whiteboard for action! Vluffy hopes this can be solved without resorting to violins.

Innocent Minds is a “children’s story for adults� � an endearing little illustrated tale set in the Quantum Series universe created by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela 1365308790 Christina 5 5.00 Innocent Minds
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]]> Bugspray 29744371
This book is the end result of one woman's more than twenty years experience with Beetles, and geared toward things you can do to keep your bug going without spending vast sums of money you don't have.

Most of the things described in this book can be performed by a handy woman (or even a man) with the parts currently on your bug.
Oh - and the pictures are nice too.]]> 248 Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Bugspray
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]]> Panic! Horror In Space 34849139
Of all the starships in the Terran Space Fleet, the I.S.S. Mercury is probably the unluckiest ship in history. Not once, not twice, but many times over, the same hapless crew - give or take a few dozen casualties - on a supposed voyage of deep space exploration, stumble into the weird, wake the creepy and trip over the downright terrifying and possibly even supernatural...

While on a routine deep-space mission to chart the frontier of unknown space, they stumble across an apparent shipwreck that poses quite a mystery. How had the Kilgary - a cargo carrier last seen light years away forty years before - reached that part of space before the Mercury? Why couldn’t the cause of death of its crew be determined? What was in the deleted log entry of the Kilgary � and why had it been deleted?

The last thing Captain Stuart Flane expected while working to discover the answer to the enigma of the Kilgary, was a day-long running battle with the undead! Their troubles didn’t end there though, because the Mercury � their only ride home � was also in trouble!

And, as if all that wasn't bad enough, the Mercury still had to contend with a crew of paranormal investigators from the most popular TV show, and a ship-load of cursed items!

"Static" is the first title in the Panic! Horror In Space series by Christina Engela.]]> Christina Engela Christina 5 3.75 2017 Panic! Horror In Space
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I wrote it, so obviously I loved it ;)
]]> <![CDATA[Bricks And Mortar - Talking Back To The Bigots]]> 32492870
It didn’t take very long for these debates to descend into a slugfest of note, with anti-gay and abusive anti-human rights rhetoric flying.

These transcripts of the debates, which feature several prominent members of religious right wing parties and groups, reveals the shocking ignorance and intense and deep-seated hatred for anything which challenges their preconceived ideas and biblical literalism. Very clear is their refusal to accept any presented evidence or fact which disproves any of their theories, which most often were supplied by foreign right wing groups, classified in the USA as “hate groups�.]]> 257 Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Bricks And Mortar - Talking Back To The Bigots
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]]> <![CDATA[Sour Grapes - The Fruit Of Ignorance vol1]]> 32492810 147 Christina Engela Christina 5 5.00 Sour Grapes - The Fruit Of Ignorance vol1
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]]> Dead Man's Hammer 32493188
There was an assassin in town now and she had a score to settle. She was pretty, but as most poets will tell you, beauty can be deceiving. The same poets, who would write about Helen of Troy as the face that launched a thousand ships, would write about Villainessa Tittle as the bitch that sank them. As an assassin, she was the worst kind; this meant that she took pride in her work, enjoyed what she did for a living � and above all, that she was bloody good at it. And this time unfortunately, it was absolutely 100 percent personal.]]> 212 Christina Engela 1365142167 Christina 5 4.10 2005 Dead Man's Hammer
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]]> Fogbow and Glory 29808556 316 K.D. Thomas 0993481132 Christina 0 to-read 5.00 2016 Fogbow and Glory
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]]> <![CDATA[Autumn Burning: Dreadtime Stories for the Wicked Soul]]> 23345205
Andy Bove, Roy C. Booth,
Christina Engela, Dona Fox,
Samantha Gregory, Jim Goforth,
Sharon L. Higa, Stuart Keane,
Axel Kohagen, Michael Noe,
Essel Pratt, Samuel Reese,
Aghori Shiavite, R. J. Spears,
and Brian Woods.]]> 202 Sam Gregory Christina 5 3.74 2014 Autumn Burning: Dreadtime Stories for the Wicked Soul
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This book includes “Homecoming� � a romantic Halloween tale involving a young vampire and her erstwhile love interest, by Christina Engela.
]]> For Love of Leelah 27738943
In December of 2014 the world was rocked by the loss of a young trans woman named Leelah Alcorn, a young girl who, feeling trapped and alone without support in her community, ended her life violently on a wintry Ohio highway in a desperate plea that the world see kids like her and do something to stop their pain, to help them be who they were despite the conventions of society. Leelah was not alone, one of many young kids we lost that year and in the coming months, tragedy after tragedy which moved all of us who saw to take action, to do something to stand for the trans kids, let them know we saw In December of 2014 the world was rocked by the loss of a young trans woman named Leelah Alcorn, a young girl who, feeling trapped and alone without support in her community, ended her life violently on a wintry Ohio highway in a desperate plea that the world see kids like her and do something to stop their pain, to help them be who they were despite the conventions of society. Leelah was not alone, one of many youth lost that year and in the coming months, tragedy after tragedy, which moved all of us who saw to take action, to do something to stand for the trans kids, let them know we saw them, their spirit, and that they mattered, had every right to claim the long lives ahead of them for themselves. “For Love of Leelah: An Anthology About Souls� was created in the name of Leelah’s spirit, to honor her and every other transgender youth who ever needed it past and present, here and tragically gone. In so doing we found that cis and trans blended together, the differences between the authors fell to the wayside and the beauty of the human spirit came through in so many forms. May this anthology benefit LGBT youth the world over and may we never let their songs cease, so long as they need us to hear.

From the minds of: Christina Engela, Peyton Pratt, Lorelei Shannon, Amanda M. Lyons, Ashley L. Hunt, Shawn Pfister, Alex Shalenko, Ceri Naz, Brenda Evans, Susan Simone, Magan Rodriguez, Charie D. LaMarr, Magenta Nero, Naomi Matthews, Essel Pratt, Sammy Bourgeois, Michelle Brown, Stephanie A. Kriel, Eris Threthewey, Tabitha Baoumander, Anastasia Vitsky, Aghori Shaivite, Brian Barr, and C. E. Kilgore

Do you or someone you know need help? Contact The Trevor Project: or call the hotline 24/7 at 866-488-7386

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.]]> 186 Susan Simone Christina 5
“When the first mission to ‘go beyond� to explore a nearby star system is delayed, the captain of Earth’s first starship finds her life � and her career � poised on the edge of a knife.�

Christina also wrote the foreword for this book.]]> 4.09 2015 For Love of Leelah
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This book contains a short story by Christina Engela, “Beyond� � The commander of Earth’s first interstellar flight is recalled because it is discovered she is transgender.

“When the first mission to ‘go beyond� to explore a nearby star system is delayed, the captain of Earth’s first starship finds her life � and her career � poised on the edge of a knife.�

Christina also wrote the foreword for this book.
]]> All That Remains 26760245 194 Catt Dahman 1492769797 Christina 5
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This book contains a short story by Christina Engela, “Midnight Station� � a spellbinding romantic encounter in a bar between two vampires who haven’t seen each other in 50 years.


]]> <![CDATA[Fearotica: An Anthology of Erotic Horror]]> 26782399 177 Amanda M. Lyons Christina 5
"Everybody likes to take a vacation now and then, and perhaps on the rarer occasion, people like to take an extra-special holiday.

In the more likely case of the wealthy � and less frequently, the extremely lucky � this means a cruise off-world on one of those really fancy star-liners that go from one system to the next, picking up and dropping off glittering and excitedly chattering passengers along the way.

‘Paradise between the planets�, they call it. Most of the time, that’s how it is. But not this time. How could a holiday in space turn into a murder mystery involving vampires? Yes, you read that right. Vampires.

On the last voyage of the Demeter � a deep space star-liner with the Red Star Line, passengers and crew got more than they bargained for. Way more."]]> 4.14 2015 Fearotica: An Anthology of Erotic Horror
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This book includes “Space Vacation� a short story by Christina Engela � a really engaging space murder mystery involving a large space-liner, 5000 people � and vampires.

"Everybody likes to take a vacation now and then, and perhaps on the rarer occasion, people like to take an extra-special holiday.

In the more likely case of the wealthy � and less frequently, the extremely lucky � this means a cruise off-world on one of those really fancy star-liners that go from one system to the next, picking up and dropping off glittering and excitedly chattering passengers along the way.

‘Paradise between the planets�, they call it. Most of the time, that’s how it is. But not this time. How could a holiday in space turn into a murder mystery involving vampires? Yes, you read that right. Vampires.

On the last voyage of the Demeter � a deep space star-liner with the Red Star Line, passengers and crew got more than they bargained for. Way more."
]]> <![CDATA[Inanna Rising: Women Forged in Fire]]> 24927503
Inanna Rising is an anthology about strong women in dark scenarios, some of them by chance and some by their own design. Each of them rising from their own personal hell, stronger for her journey.

Stories by: Ashley Dioses
Essel Pratt
Sharon L. Higa
Michael Kanuckel
Vyvecca Pratt
Sam Reese
Melissa McDannell
Dona Fox
Christina Engela
Susan Simone
Magenta Nero
Stuart Keane
Amanda M Lyons
Todd Misura
Alex Shalenko
Aghori Shaivite
Cynthia Booth
Roy C. Booth]]> 183 Amanda M. Lyons Christina 5
“They called her ‘the Hell Queen�.

Cold. Cruel. Savage. She was the epitome of the deep space Corsair � and far more. The rumors said ‘blood drinker’� ‘vampire.� For Hank MacMillan the perils of deep space travel were a familiar occupational hazard�

When she took your ship, it stayed taken.�

]]> 4.71 2015 Inanna Rising: Women Forged in Fire
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This book contains "The Thirteenth Ship", a short story by Christina Engela - a romantic and tragic vampire tale.

“They called her ‘the Hell Queen�.

Cold. Cruel. Savage. She was the epitome of the deep space Corsair � and far more. The rumors said ‘blood drinker’� ‘vampire.� For Hank MacMillan the perils of deep space travel were a familiar occupational hazard�

When she took your ship, it stayed taken.�


]]> M v F: Death Personified 29371311 245 Catt Dahman Christina 5
“James Booth’s eyes flickered open. The lights were blinding. He remembered the car accident. He remembered the dog running into the road ahead of him, swerving, the screeching of brakes, a tree on the side of the road � the awful jarring impact. He couldn’t remember anything after that. Till now. He couldn’t move. Well, he could a little. He could � well, he could wiggle some. And then he heard the footsteps� the feint distant clicking of heels…�

"Wiggle Room" is also available as a standalone item.]]> 5.00 2016 M v F: Death Personified
author: Catt Dahman
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This book contains a short story called “Wiggle Room� � Christina Engela’s very first attempt at writing completely in the horror genre, as an entry for this publisher’s in-house writing contest ‘Guys versus Girls� held in July 2015. This is a story involving a scary old hospital, a nurse, a scalpel, a bedpan, and of course - a dark and stormy night.

“James Booth’s eyes flickered open. The lights were blinding. He remembered the car accident. He remembered the dog running into the road ahead of him, swerving, the screeching of brakes, a tree on the side of the road � the awful jarring impact. He couldn’t remember anything after that. Till now. He couldn’t move. Well, he could a little. He could � well, he could wiggle some. And then he heard the footsteps� the feint distant clicking of heels…�

"Wiggle Room" is also available as a standalone item.
]]> <![CDATA[Deluge: Stories of Survival & Tragedy in the Great Flood]]> 28019963
We're aiming for the weird.

Admittedly, some of the stories in Deluge: Stories of Survival & Tragedy in the Great Flood are not as weird as some of the others, but they all have a weird element to them. And the editors are proud of that.

Stories in the Deluge: Stories of Survival & Tragedy in the Great Flood anthology include:

FLASH FICTION STORIES
* As Big as All the World by John Vicary
* Guidance in the Clouds by JD DeHart
* Dreams of the Moon by Lorina Stephens
* Planet Terrus by Tom Mollica
* Ten Lonely Rain Gods by David Macpherson
* An Ironclad Fate of Her Own Design by Sarah Vernetti
* Problem Points by E.S. Wynn
* Waves as a Bond With God by Carl Conrad
* 'S' Day by Kayleigh Edwards

POEM
* Aqualung by Anne Carly Abad

SHORT STORIES
* Fields of the Nephilim by Alex S. Johnson
* Dreamers of the Deluge by Allen Ashley
* The Immersion of the Incorporeum by AmyBeth Inverness
* Remnants of the Flood by Gustavo Bondoni
* Surveying Saviors by H.L. Pauff
* The Sharptooth by Terry Alexander

NOVELETTE
* Angelblood by Frank Sawielijew

If you care to see how these authors have interpreted one of the most famous stories of all legend, step right in. These stories are funny, dark, tragic, full of horror, dramatic, and WEIRD. Get your copy today.]]> 151 Allen Taylor Christina 0 to-read 5.00 Deluge: Stories of Survival & Tragedy in the Great Flood
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]]> Skeleton Kiss 32537228 185 Alex S. Johnson Christina 0 to-read 5.00 2016 Skeleton Kiss
author: Alex S. Johnson
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]]> Outlaw Circus 22355752 140 Alex S. Johnson Christina 0 to-read 5.00 2014 Outlaw Circus
author: Alex S. Johnson
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]]> Axes of Evil II 25265154 282 Alex S. Johnson 1508975256 Christina 0 to-read 5.00 2015 Axes of Evil II
author: Alex S. Johnson
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average rating: 5.00
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]]> Chunks: A Barfzarro Anthology 25296992
Stretching the boundaries of good taste to their furthest limit, Chunks: A Barfzarro anthology ventures where few dare--to deliver the most vile, disgusting, putrid and repulsive stories ever amassed together. Featuring such spew-worthy tales as Dixie Pinoit's "Blubber" and M.C. O'Neill's "Body Bong," Chunks is the perfect companion for those not-so-fresh days.

New Anthology name Splat
/book/show/2...]]> 291 Alex S. Johnson Christina 0 to-read 4.60 2014 Chunks: A Barfzarro Anthology
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]]> Doctor Flesh: Director's Cut 22939998 Product Details]]> 176 Alex S. Johnson 069227197X Christina 0 to-read 4.29 2014 Doctor Flesh: Director's Cut
author: Alex S. Johnson
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]]> Floppy Shoes Apocalypse 23524957 232 John Ledger 1503070395 Christina 0 to-read 4.48 2014 Floppy Shoes Apocalypse
author: John Ledger
name: Christina
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]]> Wicked Candy 20708517 126 Alex S. Johnson 0615954162 Christina 0 to-read 4.30 2014 Wicked Candy
author: Alex S. Johnson
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]]> Bad Sunset 18720633 176 Alex S. Johnson 1493559443 Christina 0 to-read 4.27 2013 Bad Sunset
author: Alex S. Johnson
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]]> Axes of Evil 21821706 576 Alex S. Johnson 1497360560 Christina 0 to-read 4.08 2014 Axes of Evil
author: Alex S. Johnson
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]]> The Technicolor Time Machine 28803 Viking Columbus as they journey back in time to capture history in the making.

The story first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, where it was serialized in three parts in the March–May 1967 issues, under the title "The Time Machined Saga".]]> 256 Harry Harrison 0812516079 Christina 5 3.88 1967 The Technicolor Time Machine
author: Harry Harrison
name: Christina
average rating: 3.88
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rating: 5
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]]> Space Vacation 32493139
Of all the starships in the Terran Space Fleet, the I.S.S. Mercury is probably the unluckiest ship in history. Not once, not twice, but many times over, the same hapless crew - give or take a few dozen casualties - on a supposed voyage of deep space exploration, stumble into the weird, wake the creepy and trip over the downright terrifying and possibly even supernatural...

While on a routine deep-space mission to chart the frontier of unknown space, Captain Stuart Flane and the crew of the Mercury encounter an alien marooned in a ship wrecked on the surface of their long-dead world - but is the alien really all that they seem to be? Did the shuttle the Mercury recovered in deep space - the one that turned out to be the last remnant of a starliner that disappeared thirty years earlier, hold the key to the puzzle? Would Flane be able to sleep that night if he found out? And, as if all that wasn't enough to jeopardize Flane's already shaky hold on reality, the Mercury is sent by Admiral Tawney himself to help out an old friend who has difficulties with a cursed object!

"Life Signs" is the second title in the Panic! Horror In Space series by Christina Engela.]]> 108 Christina Engela 1365137678 Christina 5 3.32 Space Vacation
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]]> Innocent Minds 32492794
Dr. Gleichstein is a quantum physicist � and as everyone knows by now, quantum physics is a little like ordinary physics, except that you spend a little more time looking for your eyebrows!

Vluffy, the Doktor’s companion, is a little gray dog who wears a flame-proof asbestos doggy jacket, and spends a lot of time hiding under things to avoid being vaporized by the Doktor’s occasional mishaps � and in their home, even the mouse holes have blast-proof doors!

But something lurks inside the house with them� something that has grown and changed and mutated from all the latent radiation and funky quantumness that has leaked into the house� nasty, vicious, aggressive two-headed mutant cockroaches…aargh! Even the mice have packed up their mousy things and left for greener pastures� They even chase poor Vluffy down the hall � whatever would the neighborhood dogs say about that if they found out? Oh, the shame!

Even the Doktor is dismayed by this new development� after all, not even tinned food is safe anymore! The mutant cockroaches begin to terrorize the Doktor and Vluffy. Something has to be done about this, of course� and the Doktor is just the hombre to do it� and so the Doktor clears his whiteboard for action! Vluffy hopes this can be solved without resorting to violins.

Innocent Minds is a “children’s story for adults� � an endearing little illustrated tale set in the Quantum Series universe created by Christina Engela.]]> 40 Christina Engela 136530745X Christina 0 3.67 Innocent Minds
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]]> <![CDATA[To the Galactic Rim (The John Grimes Saga)]]> 8939425
John Grimes will one day command his own starship, and change the course of Galactic history, but right now he’s a wet-behind-the-ears junior officer who finds that he keeps running into problems which were never covered in his courses at the Academy.





Three novels and a story collection, all in one attractively-priced volume of space adventure.]]> 560 A. Bertram Chandler 1439134219 Christina 0 to-read 3.52 2011 To the Galactic Rim (The John Grimes Saga)
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]]> Kelly Country 2599200 348 A. Bertram Chandler 0886770661 Christina 0 to-read 3.30 1983 Kelly Country
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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]]> Frontier of the Dark 2881660 234 A. Bertram Chandler 0441255043 Christina 0 to-read 2.92 1984 Frontier of the Dark
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 2.92
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rim of Space / The Ship From Outside (Ace Two-in-1)]]> 6336392 312 A. Bertram Chandler 0441724027 Christina 0 to-read 3.62 1961 The Rim of Space / The Ship From Outside (Ace Two-in-1)
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> <![CDATA[John Grimes: Lieutenant of the Survey Service]]> 177981 608 A. Bertram Chandler 0739414860 Christina 0 to-read 3.81 1967 John Grimes: Lieutenant of the Survey Service
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[The Anarch Lords (John Grimes, #13)]]> 3227967 208 A. Bertram Chandler 0879976535 Christina 0 to-read 3.41 1981 The Anarch Lords (John Grimes, #13)
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 3.41
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inheritors (John Grimes, #6)]]> 9820910 129 A. Bertram Chandler Christina 0 to-read 3.16 1972 The Inheritors (John Grimes, #6)
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 3.16
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]]> <![CDATA[To Keep the Ship (John Grimes, #10)]]> 3595066 175 A. Bertram Chandler 0879973854 Christina 0 to-read 3.34 1978 To Keep the Ship (John Grimes, #10)
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 3.34
book published: 1978
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hard Way Up (John Grimes, #3)]]> 9820718
* With Good Intentions
* The Subtracter
* The Tin Messiah
* The Sleeping Beauty
* The Wandering Buoy
* The Mountain Movers
* What You Know]]> 162 A. Bertram Chandler Christina 0 to-read 3.45 1972 The Hard Way Up (John Grimes, #3)
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]]> Star Loot (John Grimes, #12) 3227968
How it happened was a complex story to begin with, but typical Grimes luck. How he became the terror of the star lanes developed, as usual, from his own efforts to make an honest living and other's efforts to use him for devious diversions.

This is the latest Grimes novel - a story of the loot of the stars, of how Grimes graduated from operator of a space courier ship to master of a fleet of dreaded carriers of the skull and crossbones!]]> 223 A. Bertram Chandler 0879975644 Christina 0 to-read 3.72 1980 Star Loot (John Grimes, #12)
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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]]> <![CDATA[Star Courier (John Grimes, #9)]]> 6121288
But there was a period when Grimes fell between one cosmic empire and another, on his own, commander only of a single deep-space pinnace and looking for work.

And that was when he became a god! He thought he was just doing a mailman's job, but the price of the postage turned out to be divinity - with a lovely nude postmistress certified for a goddess!]]> 142 A. Bertram Chandler 0879978341 Christina 0 to-read 3.48 1977 Star Courier (John Grimes, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rim of Space (Commander Grimes, #2)]]> 7468235 128 A. Bertram Chandler Christina 0 to-read 3.52 1961 The Rim of Space (Commander Grimes, #2)
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]]> The Far Traveler 7956644 174 A. Bertram Chandler 0879974443 Christina 0 to-read 3.61 1977 The Far Traveler
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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]]> Spartan Planet 6298683 Slowly the civilization had developed, and now it was complete. A civilization of war and violence. A civilization of crude pleasures. A civilization in which human beings were produced by birth machines - and women were unknown.
It was a civilization whose terrible secret only the doctor-priests knew - a secret that a desperate man named Brasidus decided to penetrate, even at the risk of something worse than death....]]> 156 A. Bertram Chandler Christina 0 to-read 3.32 1968 Spartan Planet
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]]> <![CDATA[To Prime the Pump (John Grimes, #2)]]> 7888828 157 A. Bertram Chandler Christina 0 to-read 3.34 1971 To Prime the Pump (John Grimes, #2)
author: A. Bertram Chandler
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average rating: 3.34
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to the Rim / The Hard Way Up (John Grimes)]]> 1239462 A. Bertram Chandler 0441731023 Christina 0 to-read 3.61 1967 The Road to the Rim / The Hard Way Up (John Grimes)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to the Rim (John Grimes, #1)]]> 9820674
Lieutenant John Grimes of the Federation Survey Service: fresh out of the Academy - and as green as they come.]]> 117 A. Bertram Chandler Christina 0 to-read 3.37 1967 The Road to the Rim (John Grimes, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Broken Cycle (John Grimes, #4)]]> 3227962 156 A. Bertram Chandler 0879974966 Christina 0 to-read 3.26 1975 The Broken Cycle (John Grimes, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Big Black Mark (John Grimes, #7)]]> 3270683 This then, in a full-length novel, is the key story of Commander Grimes and of the voyage of the Discovery - a spaceship which bore an uncanny kinship to a certain legendary vessel called the Bounty.]]> 224 A. Bertram Chandler 0879973552 Christina 5 3.65 1975 The Big Black Mark (John Grimes, #7)
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average rating: 3.65
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]]> <![CDATA[Allure of the Vampire: Our Sexual Attraction to the Undead]]> 6672333 267 Corvis Nocturnum 1448658942 Christina 0 to-read 4.27 2009 Allure of the Vampire: Our Sexual Attraction to the Undead
author: Corvis Nocturnum
name: Christina
average rating: 4.27
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]]> The Vampire Ritual Book 6712945 160 Michelle Belanger 1442118083 Christina 0 4.14 2007 The Vampire Ritual Book
author: Michelle Belanger
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices]]> 1384661 The code of silence has been broken
For this anthology, vampire Michelle Belanger convinced nearly two dozen real-life vampires to break the code of silence that has kept their fascinating subculture shrouded in secrecy.

Sometimes provocative, sometimes surprisingly down-to-earth, these candid firsthand accounts come from both psi vampires who feed on energy and sanguine vampires who drink actual blood. Their true stories shed light on a variety of topics, including awakening to vampirism, the compulsion to feed and feeding practices, donor ethics and etiquette, and vampire traditions and codes of behavior.]]> 288 Michelle Belanger 0738712205 Christina 0 3.95 2007 Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices
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]]> <![CDATA[The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work]]> 568332 304 Michelle Belanger 1578633214 Christina 0 4.02 2004 The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work
author: Michelle Belanger
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]]> <![CDATA[African Assignment: A Collection of Short Stories]]> 29732097 138 Theo Engela 1530632242 Christina 0 5.00 African Assignment: A Collection of Short Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)]]> 8698
"HE LOST ALL FAITH IN THE STRAIGHTFORWARD OPERATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT THE DAY HE GOT UP INTENDING TO CATCH UP WITH SOME READING AND ENDED UP ON A PREHISTORIC EARTH WITH A MAN FROM BETELGEUSE AND A SPACESHIP-LOAD OF ALIEN TELEPHONE SANITISERS...".

Left at the end of LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING with the address for God's Final Message To His Creation, Arthur Dent let this crucial information slip his mind. He tries everything to jog his memory - meditation, mind-reading, hitting himself about the head with blunt objects. But none of it works. Of course, as everyone knows, the answer lies in making life flash before your eyes...
Source: douglasadams.com]]> 167 Douglas Adams 0330491237 Christina 0 4.09 1984 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)]]> 8694
“Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”� Chicago Tribune

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.

They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.

How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert “universal� Armageddon and save life as we know it—and don’t know it!

“Adams is one of those rare an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.”� Arizona Daily Star]]> 224 Douglas Adams 0345418905 Christina 0 4.20 1982 Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)]]> 8695 alternate edition for ISBN 0345418921/9780345418920

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly.

Source: douglasadams.com]]> 250 Douglas Adams Christina 0 4.22 1980 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams Christina 0 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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]]> Atlanta Run (Endworld, #17) 533220 192 David Robbins 0843928166 Christina 0 3.93 1989 Atlanta Run (Endworld, #17)
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]]> Dakota Run (Endworld, #5) 1710495 Book by Robbins, David 256 David Robbins 084392473X Christina 0 3.88 1991 Dakota Run (Endworld, #5)
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]]> Starman Jones 351 The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was ever going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle’s prized astrogation manuals—book on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation.



From the First Golden Age of Heinlein, this is the so-called juvenile (written, Heinlein always claims, just as much for adults) that started them all and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readers.

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]]> The Door Into Summer 348
They never imagine that the future time in which Dan, a modern-day and future-time, Rip Van Winkle, will awaken has mastered time travel, giving him a way to get back to them, and at them, and get his revenge!.]]> 304 Robert A. Heinlein 0345413997 Christina 5 4.01 1957 The Door Into Summer
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]]> Orchids for Biggles 1934676 160 W.E. Johns 0340196203 Christina 5 3.58 1962 Orchids for Biggles
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]]> Biggles Buries a Hatchet 1062785
Unseen, they get to know the desolate island, and Biggles works out a daring plan to snatch von Stalhein from under the noses of the prison guards.]]> 192 W.E. Johns 0340104716 Christina 0 3.90 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet
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]]> <![CDATA[Biggles in Africa (Biggles, #11)]]> 12061114 248 W.E. Johns Christina 0 3.51 1936 Biggles in Africa (Biggles, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Biggles Flies South (Biggles, #14)]]> 3432694
Their quest is hindered by the requisite bad guy who has claimed the oasis, and the antiques buried there, who gets off to a spectacular start by marooning them at the oasis by erasing their supply (camel) train.]]> 158 W.E. Johns 0006917739 Christina 0 3.50 1938 Biggles Flies South (Biggles, #14)
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