Yogtoth's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:10:45 -0700 60 Yogtoth's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Snow Crash 40651883 Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous� you'll recognize it immediately.]]> 559 Neal Stephenson Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.02 1992 Snow Crash
author: Neal Stephenson
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)]]> 226004 A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the Queng Ho. The Queng Ho and the Emergents are orbiting the dormant planet Arachna, which is about to wake up to technology, but the Emergents' plans are sinister.]]> 775 Vernor Vinge 0812536355 Yogtoth 5 4.31 1999 A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
author: Vernor Vinge
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 5
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]]> Materia oscura 35707302
Jason Dessen vive en Chicago, donde ha renunciado a sus grandes aspiraciones científicas para dar clases y centrarse en su familia. Una noche, tras asistir a la celebración en honor de un antiguo compañero galardonado con un importante premio de astrofísica, Jason se dirige a casa� y nunca llega. Un hombre oculto tras una máscara de geisha lo conduce a punta de pistola a una central eléctrica abandonada, donde le inyecta algo.

Cuando recobra la conciencia, unos desconocidos con trajes especiales lo reciben con las palabras "bienvenido de nuevo". Pero esta realidad no es la que conoce: su mujer no es la misma, su hijo no ha nacido y él ni siquiera es profesor.

¿Es este mundo un sueño? ¿O acaso lo era su vida anterior?]]> 420 Blake Crouch 8416858217 Yogtoth 5 3.97 2016 Materia oscura
author: Blake Crouch
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)]]> 872816 190 Jack Vance 0671832921 Yogtoth 5 4.14 1966 The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
author: Jack Vance
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)]]> 20603758 A world at stake.
A quest for the ultimate prize.
Are you ready?
It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.

Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.]]> 386 Ernest Cline Yogtoth 5 4.38 2011 Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
author: Ernest Cline
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> Viajeros de la noche 36691771
Gracias a sus extraordinarias dotes narrativas y su capacidad magistral para crear mundos y personajes, se ha ganado el respeto de los lectores y la ovación de los jurados de los premios Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Awards y varios más.

Este segundo volumen complementa lo mejor de la ciencia ficción de George R. R. Martin: relatos con escenarios futuristas y misiones espaciales extremas, el telón de fondo perfecto para extraterrestres que deben resolver situaciones absolutamente humanas.

El genio inagotable del autor nos ofrece aquí clásicos como «La ciudad de piedra», «Esa torre de cenizas» o la novela corta «Viajeros de la noche», cuya atmósfera inquietante rodea a la tripulación de una nave controlada por un misterioso viajero, en una expedición para hallar a los volcryn, esa mítica raza de nómadas interestelares que nadie ha visto nunca.]]> 344 George R.R. Martin 6073159250 Yogtoth 4 3.61 2017 Viajeros de la noche
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 3.61
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]]> <![CDATA[The Jean le Flambeur Trilogy: The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel]]> 38232422 This discounted ebundle of the Jean le Flambeur Trilogy includes: The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel

“The next big thing in hard SF. Hard to admit, but I think he's better at this stuff than I am.� � Charles Stross

The gentleman rogue Jean de Flambeur is part mind burglar, part confidence artist. He’s known throughout the Heterarchy for his amazing galactic exploits, like breaking into the vast Inner System of Zuesbrains.

The Quantum Thief
Jean Le Flambeur’s trapped inside the Dilemma Prison, and must wake up every morning to kill himself before his other self can kill him. Filled with mind-bending science, plus mediations on the nature of reality, these interstellar capers are reminiscent of Maurice Leblanc and the science fictional greats.

The Fractal Prince
A physicist receives a mysterious paper. The ideas in it are far, far ahead of current thinking and quite, quite terrifying. And on the edges of reality a thief, helped by a sardonic ship, is trying to break into a Schrödinger box for his patron. In the box is his freedom. Or not.

The Causal Angel
Discover the ultimate fates of Jean de Flambeur, his employer Miele, the independently minded ship Perhonnen, and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung throughout the solar system in this stunning conclusion.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 960 Hannu Rajaniemi 1250301033 Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.70 2018 The Jean le Flambeur Trilogy: The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel
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]]> <![CDATA[Misericordia Auxiliar (Imperial Radch, #3)]]> 40199154
Breq podría coger su nave y huir pero dejaría a la población de Athoek en peligro...

Afortunadamente, tiene un plan mejor.]]> 400 Ann Leckie 8417347194 Yogtoth 4 3.99 2015 Misericordia Auxiliar (Imperial Radch, #3)
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[Espada Auxiliar (Imperial Radch, #2)]]> 35201023 400 Ann Leckie 8466660429 Yogtoth 3 3.74 2014 Espada Auxiliar (Imperial Radch, #2)
author: Ann Leckie
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average rating: 3.74
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Justicia auxiliar (Imperial Radch, #1)]]> 25333700 416 Ann Leckie 846665688X Yogtoth 4 3.70 2013 Justicia auxiliar (Imperial Radch, #1)
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average rating: 3.70
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Beer Right the First Time]]> 157265 400 John J. Palmer 0937381888 Yogtoth 0 4.42 How to Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Beer Right the First Time
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]]> Las estrellas son legión 36369375
Zan no recuerda quién es. Recupera la conciencia entre personas que dicen ser su familia y le aseguran que tiene en sus manos la salvación porque solo ella es capaz de abordar el Mokshi, esa misteriosa nave-mundo abandonada que puede sacarlas de la Legión.

Zan tendrá que elegir de qué lado está en una campaña genocida que la llevará desde los límites de la Legión hasta el vientre mismo del mundo.

Una "space opera" sobre un amor trágico, la venganza y la guerra.]]> 350 Kameron Hurley 8491048413 Yogtoth 4 3.62 2017 Las estrellas son legión
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> Kryptonita 12863975 Leonardo Oyola, con su narrativa enmarcada en la cultura popular, ha
creado una biografía apócrifa con alma de western y comic para develar un misterio de otro mundo.]]> 224 Leonardo Oyola 9876580892 Yogtoth 3 3.55 2011 Kryptonita
author: Leonardo Oyola
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.55
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[El Señor de la Tarde. Cordwainer Smith]]> 22449824
Adelantándose a otros, jugó con personajes como Rambo y James Bond, pero no los adoptó. Antes de asumir la identidad de “Cordwainer Smith� pasó por una profunda crisis que lo hizo asomar a la locura, pero logró salir indemne cuando ya estaba comenzando a arrastrar a su terapeuta.

Aún seguía vinculado con el mundo del espionaje cuando puso todas sus dudas y sus sospechas en unas historias donde es posible descubrir a los hermanos Kennedy, a Martin Luther King, al movimiento por los derechos civiles y hasta a Marilyn Monroe.

En casos como éste, la personalidad del autor es tanto o más fascinante que la obra. Esto hace que este libro no se agote en lo literario y se vea obligado a internarse en las complejidades de la conciencia.]]> 160 Pablo Capanna Yogtoth 5 4.33 1984 El Señor de la Tarde. Cordwainer Smith
author: Pablo Capanna
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average rating: 4.33
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)]]> 34703445 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, a special gift edition of Edgedancer, a short novel of the Stormlight Archive.

Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting people like her with budding powers. The downtrodden in Yeddaw have no champion, and Lift knows she must seize this awesome responsibility.

]]> 272 Brandon Sanderson 1250166543 Yogtoth 5 4.15 2016 Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[El largo viaje a un pequeño planeta iracundo (Wayfarers, #1)]]> 36407254
Hasta que les ofrecen el trabajo de sus vidas: la oportunidad de construir un túnel hiperespacial a un lejano planeta. Si completan el encargo, ganarán el suficiente dinero para vivir sin preocupaciones durante años� Sin embargo, antes deberán sobrevivir a un largo viaje a través del espacio.

Pero Rosemary no es la única persona a bordo con secretos que ocultar, y la tripulación pronto descubrirá que, aunque el espacio sea un lugar inabarcable, las naves espaciales son muy pequeñas.]]> 512 Becky Chambers 8494702041 Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.11 2014 El largo viaje a un pequeño planeta iracundo (Wayfarers, #1)
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]]> El marciano 22820681 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9788466655057.
Seis días atrás el astronauta Mark Watney se convirtió en uno de los primeros hombres en caminar por la superficie de Marte. Ahora está seguro de que será el primer hombre en morir allí. La tripulación de la nave en que viajaba se ve obligada a evacuar el planeta a causa de una tormenta de polvo, dejando atrás a Mark tras darlo por muerto. Pero él está vivo, y atrapado a millones de kilómetros de cualquier ser humano, sin posibilidad de enviar señales a la Tierra. De todos modos, si lograra establecer conexión, moriría mucho antes de que el rescate llegara.

Sin embargo, Mark no se da por vencido; armado con su ingenio, sus habilidades y sus conocimientos sobre botánica, se enfrentará a obstáculos aparentemente insuperables. Por suerte, el sentido del humor resultará ser su mayor fuente de fuerza. Obstinado en seguir con vida, incubará un plan absolutamente demencial para ponerse en contacto con la NASA.]]> 408 Andy Weir Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.24 2011 El marciano
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]]> El globo de oro 11278546 442 John Varley 8484212408 Yogtoth 3 3.22 1998 El globo de oro
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average rating: 3.22
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> Starplex 46257 289 Robert J. Sawyer 0441003729 Yogtoth 3 3.73 1996 Starplex
author: Robert J. Sawyer
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average rating: 3.73
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> Last and First Men 2749148 Last and First Men. This masterpiece of science fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (1886�1950) is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years. Together with its follow-up, Star Maker, it is regarded as the standard by which all earlier and later future histories are measured.

The protagonist of this compelling novel is humanity itself, stripped down to sheer intelligence. It evolves through the ages: rising to pinnacles of civilization, teetering on the brink of extinction, surviving onslaughts from other planets and a decline in solar energy, and constantly developing new forms, new senses, and new intellectual abilities. From the present to five billion years into the future, this romance of humanity abounds in profound and imaginative thought.]]> 246 Olaf Stapledon 0486466825 Yogtoth 3 3.81 1930 Last and First Men
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1930
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[La Espada y el Corcel (Corum, #6)]]> 16047937 Cuando se avecina el enfrentamiento final con las huestes Fhoi Myore y todo se sabe perdido, Corum, en compañía de Ilbrec, viaja a la isla sagrada de Ynys Scaith en busca de ayuda sobrenatural. Sin embargo, cualquier resto de esperanza se trunca al descubrir que el Emperador de la isla ha hecho un pacto con el hechicero Calatin. Y Corum se descubre inmerso en una situación mucho más terrible de cuanto hubiera podido imaginar.
Autor de una vastísima producción literaria que le ha consagrado entre los autores más importantes de la historia de las letras inglesas, Michael Moorcock es uno de los principales artífices que han configurado la forma de la fantasía moderna. Su ciclo de novelas dedicadas al Multiverso revolucionó el género y consagró la figura del héroe acosado por la fuerza del destino.]]> 192 Michael Moorcock 8427019262 Yogtoth 4 3.81 1974 La Espada y el Corcel (Corum, #6)
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[El Roble y el Carnero (Corum, #5)]]> 16047934 La amenaza de los Fhoi Myore se cierne de nuevo sobre el pueblo mabden, y sus huestes avanzan sobre los escasos territorios que todavía controlan. Amergin, la única persona que podría lograr la unión de todas las tribus, se encuentra prisionero y sometido a la ilusión mágica que le hace creerse una oveja. De modo que Corum se interna en territorio de los Fhoi Myore con la esperanza de poder rescatar a Amergin y devolverle la cordura.
Autor de una vastísima producción literaria que le ha consagrado entre los autores más importantes de la historia de las letras inglesas, Michael Moorcock es uno de los principales artífices que han configurado la forma de la fantasía moderna. Su ciclo de novelas dedicadas al Multiverso revolucionó el género y consagró la figura del héroe acosado por la fuerza del destino.]]> 192 Michael Moorcock 8427018916 Yogtoth 4 3.84 1973 El Roble y el Carnero (Corum, #5)
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> El Toro y la Lanza 35884510
Mucho después de la muerte de todos los dioses, el pueblo de los mabden se enfrenta desesperadamente a la terrible amenaza de los Fhoi Myore, una raza monstruosa exiliada en el Limbo que está destruyendo su mundo mediante el frío. Corum es llamado en su auxilio y conoce al rey Mannach y a su hermosa hija Medhbh. Y así, el destino de ambos y de todos los mabden queda en manos de un príncipe vadhgah que se encuentra acosado por su propia e ineludible desesperación.

Autor de una vastísima producción literaria que le ha consagrado entre los autores más importantes de la historia de las letras inglesas, Michael Moorcock es uno de los principales artífices que han configurado la forma de la fantasía moderna. Su ciclo de novelas dedicadas al Multiverso revolucionó el género y consagró la figura del héroe acosado por la fuerza del destino.]]> 189 Michael Moorcock Yogtoth 4 4.00 1973 El Toro y la Lanza
author: Michael Moorcock
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[El Rey de las Espadas (Corum, #3)]]> 16047947
Chaos prevailed over the fifteen planes of reality. The old races had decayed. Only Prince Corum had been able to strike a blow for the forces of Light. And the time had come for Corum to confront his fate - for the King of the Swords, Mabelrode the Faceless, was prepared to wreak his vengeance on the wielder of the sword that slew his queen...]]> 0 Michael Moorcock 8485145070 Yogtoth 4 4.10 1971 El Rey de las Espadas (Corum, #3)
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 1971
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]]> La reina de las espadas 10438488 176 Michael Moorcock 847813025X Yogtoth 4 3.57 1971 La reina de las espadas
author: Michael Moorcock
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average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[El caballero de las espadas (Corum, #1)]]> 10438482 169 Michael Moorcock 8478130241 Yogtoth 4 3.71 1971 El caballero de las espadas (Corum, #1)
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average rating: 3.71
book published: 1971
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon in the Sword (Erekosë, #3)]]> 757283 272 Michael Moorcock 0441166105 Yogtoth 4 3.83 1986 The Dragon in the Sword (Erekosë, #3)
author: Michael Moorcock
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average rating: 3.83
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> El Campeón Eterno 20262655 208 Michael Moorcock 8427009704 Yogtoth 5 3.88 1970 El Campeón Eterno
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1970
rating: 5
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]]> La tarde dorada 8714933 48 Andrzej Sapkowski 8496173232 Yogtoth 0 to-read 3.87 1997 La tarde dorada
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 1997
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]]> La era del diamante 9663165 672 Neal Stephenson 8498723647 Yogtoth 0 to-read 3.94 1995 La era del diamante
author: Neal Stephenson
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> American Gods 30165203
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...]]> 635 Neil Gaiman Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.11 2001 American Gods
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]]> Materia celeste 6404806 El científico Ayax, comandante de la nave celeste Lágrima de Chandra, se prepara para embarcarse en una misión secreta al Sol, con la intención de robar un trozo del elemento más puro: el fuego. Esta porción definitiva de materia celeste será la base de un arma capaz de acabar por fin con la guerra que enfrenta al Imperio griego con los taoístas del Lejano Oriente.
Una novela de ciencia ficción como la podría haber escrito (es un decir...) uno de los antiguos griegos, conocedor de la astronomía de Ptolomeo, de la física y la biología de Aristóteles, y de la ingeniería de Arquímedes. Una novela de ciencia ficción "dura" para uso de humanistas.]]> 336 Richard Garfinkle 846661124X Yogtoth 4 3.54 1996 Materia celeste
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average rating: 3.54
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]]> <![CDATA[Carbono alterado (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)]]> 1660409
Después de ser implacablemente destituido como Enviado de la ONU, Takeshi Kovacs viaja a la Tierra encarnado en un investigador privado contratado por Lurens Bancroft, uno de los hombres mas ricos de la Bay City. El magnate asegura haber sido asesinado, pero la versión de la policía es que se ha suicidado. A medida que investiga, Takeshi se sumerge e un submundo de drogas, sexo y violencia, destapando una sórdida trama de corrupción orquestada por una antigua enemiga.

"Carbono alterado" es una sólida novela de ritmo trepidante, que casa intriga e imaginación para crear un futuro y una historia tan fascinantes como verosímiles, lo que le ha valido un enorme éxito de público y crítica en Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos.]]> 474 Richard K. Morgan 8445075047 Yogtoth 3 3.79 2002 Carbono alterado (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
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average rating: 3.79
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Los días del fuego (La saga de los confines, #3)]]> 2141382 468 Liliana Bodoc 9875451940 Yogtoth 4 4.36 2004 Los días del fuego (La saga de los confines, #3)
author: Liliana Bodoc
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Los días de la sombra (La saga de los confines, #2)]]> 2141381 379 Liliana Bodoc 9875450693 Yogtoth 5 4.33 2002 Los días de la sombra (La saga de los confines, #2)
author: Liliana Bodoc
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Los días del venado (La saga de los confines, #1)]]> 2141384 322 Liliana Bodoc 9879334906 Yogtoth 5 3.96 1999 Los días del venado (La saga de los confines, #1)
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[Arcanum ilimitado: La colección del Cosmere (Cosmere, #27)]]> 36406352 Mistborn), también por obras como Elantris, construyendo una constelación de reinos llamado Cosmere.

Ahora este espectacular volumen recopila, por primera vez, nueve relatos y novelas cortas representativos de cada uno de esos mundos, con sus distintos sistemas de magia. La colección del Cosmere abarca los límites conocidos del universo de Sanderson —incluida una novela corta inédita de «El Archivo de las Tormentas», Bailarina del Filo�, así como ilustraciones, notas... y secretos.

Brandon Sanderson nos lleva a seis mundos a través de nueve fascinantes textos:
* Sel (La esperanza de Elantris y El alma del emperador)
* Scadrial (El undécimo metal, El alomántico Jak y los pozos de Eltania, capítulos 28 a 30, y Nacidos de la Bruma: Historia oculta)
* Taldain (Arena blanca)
* Threnody (Sombras para el silencio en los bosques del infierno)
* Primero del Sol (Sexto del ocaso)
* Roshar (Bailarina del Filo)

Un viaje único por el cosmos de un autor mítico para sus más de nueve millones de lectores en todo el mundo.]]> 807 Brandon Sanderson 8490698643 Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.34 2016 Arcanum ilimitado: La colección del Cosmere (Cosmere, #27)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Yogtoth
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]]> <![CDATA[Seeress of Kell (The Malloreon, #5)]]> 110694 452 David Eddings 0552148067 Yogtoth 5 4.15 1991 Seeress of Kell (The Malloreon, #5)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Sorceress of Darshiva (The Malloreon, #4)]]> 371787 The Endless Quest...

Troubles and delays continued to mount as Garion, Belgarath, Polgara, and the company pursued Zandramas across the known world. Possessed by the Dark Destiny, she had stolen Garion's infant son for a ritual that would destroy all that men valued.

She was always one step ahead, taunting and spying on them, flying over in the form of a great dragon. Her armies, led by a Demon Lord, threatened on one side; on the other were the forces of Emperor Zakath, seeking to capture them.

Somehow, as the Seeress of Kell had warned, they had to be at the Place Which Is No More for the ritual at the same time as Zandramas, or face disaster. But where that might be they still had no clue.]]> 371 David Eddings 0345369351 Yogtoth 4 4.11 1989 Sorceress of Darshiva (The Malloreon, #4)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, #3)]]> 286507 Captives of His Imperial Majesty...

Zandramas had stolen King Garion's infant son and fled to use the child in some ritual that would make the Dark Destiny supreme. Garion and his friends had followed, but now they were captives of Zakath, Emperor of Mallorea, who, while friendly, stubbornly refused to let them leave.

Meanwhile, a horde of demons was ravaging the cities through which they must travel. Zandramas was escaping further toward her goal. And the Seeress of Kell revealed that they must be at the anient palace of Ashaba within a matter of days or Zandramas would win by default. Then a horrible, fatal plague struck the city of Mal Zeth. closing it against all traffic in or out.]]> 404 David Eddings 0345363310 Yogtoth 4 4.06 1988 Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, #3)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2)]]> 189811
Garion knows that it is the mysterious figure Zandramas who is responsible for the abduction of his infant son, and he and his companions journey many miles and encounter many strange beings in their search for him.

Their way leads through the foul swamps of Nyissa, ruled over by the Snake-Queen, and on into the dark kingdom of the Murgos, where human sacrifices are still made to the dead god Torak. Further on, however, even beyond those forbidding lands, they must face the ultimate danger - not only to themselves but to all mankind...

THUS CONTINUES BOOK TWO OF THE MALLOREON]]> 418 David Eddings 0552148032 Yogtoth 4 4.12 1988 King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2)
author: David Eddings
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 1988
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]]> <![CDATA[Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1)]]> 673657
Then suddenly the Voice of Prophecy cried out a warning: “Beware Zandramas!� Not even Belgarath the Sorcerer knew who or what Zandramas was. But Garion discovered hints in a previously obscured part of the Mrin Codex. Worse, he learned that the Dark Prophecy was still waging its ancient struggle against the Prophecy of Light. Again, great evil was brewing in the East. And again, Garion found himself a pawn, caught between the two ancient Prophecies, with the fate of the world somehow resting on him.]]> 438 David Eddings 0345352661 Yogtoth 4 4.11 1987 Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad #5)]]> 44687
The quest was over. The Orb of Aldur was restored. And once again, with the crowning of Garion, there was a descendant of Riva Iron-grip to rule as Overlord of the West.

But the Prophecy was unfulfilled. In the east, the evil God Torak was about to awaken and seek dominion. Somehow, Garion had to face the God, to kill or be killed. On the outcome of that dread duel rested the destiny of the world. Now, accompanied by his grandfather, the ancient sorcerer Belgarath, Garion headed toward the City of Endless Night, where Torak awaited him.

To the south, his fiancée, the princess Ce'Nedra, led the armies of the West in a desperate effort to divert the forces of Torak's followers from the man she loved.

The Prophecy drove Garion on. But it gave no answer to the question that haunted him: How does a man kill an immortal God?]]> 384 David Eddings 0345300785 Yogtoth 4 4.19 1984 Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad #5)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Boży bojownicy (Trylogia husycka, #2)]]> 1812654 Pamiętacie, co przyniósł? Wiosną wonczas ogłosił papież Marcin V bullę Salvatoris omnium, w której konieczność kolejnej krucjaty przeciw Czechom kacerzom proklamował. W miejsce Orsiniego, który leciwy był i haniebnie nieudolny, obwołał papa Marcin kardynałem i legatem Henryka Beauforta. Beaufort aktywnie bardzo sprawy się ujął. Wnet krucjatę postanowiono, która mieczem i ogniem husyckich apostatów pokarać miała.
A co, pytacie, na to Boży bojownicy?
Cóż, kontynuują oni swoją misję. Po rejzach ich oddziałów pozostają jeno zgliszcza i trupy. Reynevan, medyk z wykształcenia i powołania, bierze udział w krwawych bitwach. Jest wielokrotnie brany w niewolę, ale ze wszelakich opresji wychodzi na razie cało. Z zadziwiającą gorliwością nastają na niego wszyscy: i Inkwizycja, i złowrogi Pomurnik, i pospolici raubritterzy, których nikt nie przekona, że Reynevan nie miał nic wspólnego z napadem na wiozącego znaczną sumę pieniędzy poborcę podatków. A także wyjątkowo nań zawzięty Jan von Biberstein, pan na zamku Stolz, obwiniający Reynevana o zniewolenie jego córki. Pan Jan obiecuje, że napcha gwałciciela prochem i wystrzeli w powietrze.]]> 635 Andrzej Sapkowski 8370541674 Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.20 2004 Boży bojownicy (Trylogia husycka, #2)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Yogtoth
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]]> Snow Crash 6172376
Una novela desinhibida y rebosante de ideas que se ha convertido en el texto más popular de la ciencia ficción moderna.

En el futuro cercano, los americanos sólo destacan haciendo cuatro cosas: música, películas, programas� y repartir pizza en menos de treinta minutos. En el mundo real, Hiro Protagonista trabaja de repartidor para Pizzas Cosa Nostra Inc., pero en el Metaverso es un príncipe guerrero. Y en el Metaverso se enfrenta con algo aún más terrible que la posibilidad de llegar tarde a una entrega: el enigma de un virus que amenaza con provocar el infocalipsis.

Sólo en muy contadas ocasiones aparece un escritor que desafía cualquier tipo de comparación y cuya originalidad es capaz de redefinir nuestra forma de mirar el mundo. Neal Stephenson es uno de estos escritores, y Snow Crash , la novela con la que ha revolucionado la ciencia ficción. Es una novela generosa, ágil y tremendamente divertida que ganó de inmediato el carácter de libro de culto en la red y saltó inevitablemente a las listas de best-sellers.

“Snow Crash es un fantástico torbellino superrealista, un proyectil comicogrotesco disparado hacia un mañana que ya está ocurriendo.� Timothy Leary]]> 432 Neal Stephenson 8496208621 Yogtoth 0 to-read 3.71 1992 Snow Crash
author: Neal Stephenson
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.71
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]]> <![CDATA[Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad #4)]]> 645023
THE BELGARIAD

It had all begun with the theft of the Orb that had so long protected the West from the evil God Torak. Before that, Garion had been a simple farm boy. Afterward, he discovered that his aunt was really the Sorceress Polgara and his grandfather was Belgarath, the Eternal Man. Then, on the long quest to recover the Orb, Garion found to his dismay that he, too, was a sorcerer.

Now, at last, the Orb was regained and the quest was nearing its end. Of course, the questors still had to escape from this crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers searching for them, while Grolim Hierarchs strove to destroy them with dark magic. Then, somehow, they must manage to be in Riva with the Orb by Erastide.

After that, however, Garion was sure that his part in these great events would be finished.

But the Prophecy still held future surprises for Garion - and for the little Princess Ce'Nedra!

THUS CONTINUES BOOK FOUR OF THE BELGARIAD]]> 375 David Eddings 0345335708 Yogtoth 3 4.17 1984 Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad #4)
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3)]]> 44688 BOOK 3 OF THE BELGARIAD, the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by master storyteller David Eddings. Discover the epic story that inspired thousands - from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle series to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.

Fate leads on...

To stranger lands and darker magic...

Travelling through ever more dangerous realms, Garion and his companions pursue the stolen Orb. Among them Ce'Nedra, the Imperial Princess - one whose fate seems bound to his.

As they get closer to their goal and battle looms, Garion's powers of sorcery - and his spirit - are tested to their limits.]]> 305 David Eddings 0345335457 Yogtoth 4 4.14 1983 Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1983
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad #2)]]> 587582 The Trail of Prophecy...

Legends told of how the evil God Torak had coveted the power of the Orb of Aldur, until defeated in a final battle. But prophecy spoke of a time when he would awake and again seek dominance over the world. Now the Orb has been stolen by a priest of Torak, and that time was at hand.

The master Sorcerer Belgarath and his daughter Polgara the arch-Sorceress were on the trail of the Orb, seeking to regain it before the final disaster. And with them went Garion, a simple farm boy only months before, but now the focus of the struggle. He has never believed in sorcery and wanted no part of it. Yet with every league they traveled, the power grew in him, forcing him to acts of wizardry he could not accept.

This continues the magnificent epic of The Belgariad, began in Pawn of Prophecy, set among strange lands against a background of a war of men, Kings, and Gods that had spanned seven thousand years - a novel of strange fate and a prophecy that must come true!]]> 326 David Eddings 0345335651 Yogtoth 4 4.14 1982 Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad #2)
author: David Eddings
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[El Arte de Los Confines, Venado]]> 35379251 96 Liliana Bodoc 9874242159 Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.74 2017 El Arte de Los Confines, Venado
author: Liliana Bodoc
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average rating: 4.74
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]]> <![CDATA[Relatos de los Confines: Oficio de búhos]]> 13565514
Los relatos son el modo más humano del tiempo. Y solo narrando, de tarde en tarde, de boca en boca, nos hacemos eternos.

LILIANA BODOC]]> 296 Liliana Bodoc 9870417825 Yogtoth 0 to-read 4.12 2012 Relatos de los Confines: Oficio de búhos
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]]> <![CDATA[Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)]]> 44659 BOOK 1 OF THE BELGARIAD, the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by master storyteller David Eddings. Discover the epic story that inspired thousands - from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle series to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.

A battle is coming...

...And in that battle shall be decided

the fate of the world

Myths tell of the ancient wars of Gods and men, and a powerful object - the Orb - that ended the bloodshed. As long as it was held by the line of Riva, it would assure the peace.

But a dark force has stolen the Orb, and the prophecies tell of war.

Young farm boy Garion knows nothing of myth or fate. But then the mysterious Old Storyteller visits his aunt, and they embark on a sudden journey. Pursued by evil forces, with only a small band of companions they can trust, Garion begins to doubt all he thought he knew...]]> 304 David Eddings 0345468643 Yogtoth 5 4.17 1982 Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> Pícnic junto al camino 15830041
¿Es posible comprender una inteligencia extraterrestre? ¿Es la ciencia la mayor destructora de la esperanza humana? La arriesgada vida de los stalkers y los singulares objetos de la Zona, en particular la Bola Dorada que concede todos los deseos, tal vez nos ayuden a reflexionar sobre ello.

Los hermanos Strugatski -Arkadi, el mayor, filólogo especializado en lenguas orientales y Boris, el menor, astrónomo- son los más famosos y populares de los escritores rusos de ciencia ficción. A partir de "Pícnic junto al camino", que es con "Qué difícil es ser Dios" una de sus mejores novelas, Andréi Tarkovski realizó la memorable película "Stalker", con guión de los propios autores. Es muy posible que quienes hayan visto primero la película y lean después la novela se sientan estafados por Tarkovski. Pese a la importancia de la versión filmada, esta vez la galaxia de Gutenberg gana por goleada al mundo de lo audiovisual.]]> 240 Arkady Strugatsky Yogtoth 4 3.82 1972 Pícnic junto al camino
author: Arkady Strugatsky
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1972
rating: 4
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]]> Qué difícil es ser dios 16160867
Disfrazada con desfachatez de novela de intriga y aventuras, y tan ágil como chispeante en ese sentido, Qué difícil es ser dios (1964) se abre ante el lector como una muñeca rusa, revelando capas y más capas de sugerencias y connotaciones que la han convertido en una de las cumbres de la literatura soviética. Ofrece un análisis certero sobre el totalitarismo y, a la vez, una reflexión vívida e incisiva sobre el papel que, como su personaje, se veían obligados a representar los propios autores para sortear la censura. Un clásico complejo y apasionante que presentamos en todo su esplendor en su primera traducción directa del ruso al castellano.]]> 191 Arkady Strugatsky 8496208842 Yogtoth 4 3.86 1964 Qué difícil es ser dios
author: Arkady Strugatsky
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 1964
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]]> Aisling (Indigo #8) 172221 A half century ago a young princess named Anghara opened the door of a dark tower and unwittingly released seven demons. To atone for the evil she'd loosed into the world, she forsook her mortality, took the name of Indigo, and set out on a harrowing quest to vanquish their power. Six demons she tamed. But one remained...

Seeking an end to her roaming, the woman called Indigo returns home to the Southern Isles, hoping against hope that Fenran, her long-lost love, still lives. But when a fateful shipwreck deprives her of her memory, her quest goes awry, and the last demon of the Tower of Regrets rises again to tempt her into evil. Only the aisling—the magical tune of an ancient, enchanted harp, has the power to free her from the ancient curse that binds her.]]> 373 Louise Cooper 0812508084 Yogtoth 4 3.84 1993 Aisling (Indigo #8)
author: Louise Cooper
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> Revenant (Indigo #7) 89560
The villagers of Joyful Travail are as cold as their stone dwellings—not a smile is seen, a joke told...or a child's laugh heard. Property, wealth, and only those things that will further the avarice of the townspeople are all that matters—and anyone who sees that which could bring joy back to the world is deemed a halfwit...or worse. As the immortal wanderer Indigo and her wolf companion Grimya struggle against the sadness that seems to surround these dour folk, one fact becomes crystal clear.

There is happiness to be found in Joyful Travail...but will Indigo have to destroy all who live in the village to truly set them free?]]> 312 Louise Cooper 0812508076 Yogtoth 3 3.81 1992 Revenant (Indigo #7)
author: Louise Cooper
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> Avatar (Indigo #6) 479171
And perhaps now an avatar for the dead?

For Indigo's journey has lead her to the Dark Isles, where a cult of death has ensnared her and her companion Grimya...and the demon she has so long sought is now at hand.

Can courage alone be enough to dance with the Queen of the Dead?]]> 309 Louise Cooper 0812508025 Yogtoth 4 3.79 1991 Avatar (Indigo #6)
author: Louise Cooper
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> Tigre, Tigre 18742627
Foyle intenta -literalmente- matar a la nave que le abandonó, pero en su progreso y viaje hacia el caos, aprenderá a diferenciar entre herramientas y operarios, aunque su determinación sea igual de fuerte y casi psicótica. Así el aprendizaje de Foyle, que empieza en la primera página de la novela propiamente dicha, acompañará al lector mucho tiempo después de haber cerrado el libro.]]> 256 Alfred Bester 8476345836 Yogtoth 5 4.00 1956 Tigre, Tigre
author: Alfred Bester
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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]]> Rainbows End 102439
With knowledge comes risk. When Robert begins to re-train at Fairmont High, learning with other older people what is second nature to Miri and other teens at school, he unwittingly becomes part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to use technology as a tool for world domination.

In a world where every computer chip has Homeland Security built-in, this conspiracy is something that baffles even the most sophisticated security analysts, including Robert’s son and daughter-in law, two top people in the U.S. military. And even Miri, in her attempts to protect her grandfather, may be entangled in the plot.

As Robert becomes more deeply involved in conspiracy, he is shocked to learn of a radical change planned for the UCSD Geisel Library; all the books there, and worldwide, would cease to physically exist. He and his fellow re-trainees feel compelled to join protests against the change. With forces around the world converging on San Diego, both the conspiracy and the protest climax in a spectacular moment as unique and satisfying as it is unexpected.]]> 381 Vernor Vinge 0812536363 Yogtoth 4 3.78 2006 Rainbows End
author: Vernor Vinge
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.78
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)]]> 8935689
Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.]]> 467 Iain M. Banks 1857231384 Yogtoth 4 3.86 1987 Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
author: Iain M. Banks
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)]]> 77711 Alternate Cover Edition can be found here.

A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.]]> 613 Vernor Vinge 0812515285 Yogtoth 5 4.14 1992 A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
author: Vernor Vinge
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Orphans of the Helix (Hyperion Cantos, #4.5)]]> 8675052 46 Dan Simmons Yogtoth 5 3.87 1999 Orphans of the Helix (Hyperion Cantos, #4.5)
author: Dan Simmons
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 1999
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]]> <![CDATA[Fires of Eden (Seasons of Horror #3)]]> 11287 408 Dan Simmons 0517173565 Yogtoth 4 3.46 1994 Fires of Eden (Seasons of Horror #3)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.46
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> The Abominable 17333261 A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror.

It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix guide, and an idealistic young American -- find a way to take their shot at the top. They arrange funding from the grieving Lady Bromley, whose son also disappeared on Mt. Everest in 1924. Young Bromley must be dead, but his mother refuses to believe it and pays the trio to bring him home.

Deep in Tibet and high on Everest, the three climbers -- joined by the missing boy's female cousin -- find themselves being pursued through the night by someone . . . or something. This nightmare becomes a matter of life and death at 28,000 feet - but what is pursuing them? And what is the truth behind the 1924 disappearances on Everest? As they fight their way to the top of the world, the friends uncover a secret far more abominable than any mythical creature could ever be. A pulse-pounding story of adventure and suspense, The Abominable is Dan Simmons at his spine-chilling best.]]> 663 Dan Simmons 0316198838 Yogtoth 0 to-read 3.54 2013 The Abominable
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]]> Song of Kali 3979 311 Dan Simmons 0575076593 Yogtoth 5 3.59 1985 Song of Kali
author: Dan Simmons
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average rating: 3.59
book published: 1985
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]]> Olympos (Ilium, #2) 3972
THE EXTRAORDINARY AND MAGNIFICENT EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE HUGO AWARD-NOMINATED ILIUM

Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative, but that was before twenty-first century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to join forces with his archenemy Hector and turn his murderous wrath on Zeus and the entire pantheon of divine manipulators; before the swift and terrible mechanical creatures that catered for centuries to the pitiful idle remnants of Earth's human race began massing in the millions, to exterminate rather than serve.

And now all bets are off.]]> 891 Dan Simmons 0380817934 Yogtoth 3 3.94 2005 Olympos (Ilium, #2)
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]]> Ilium (Ilium, #1) 3973 731 Dan Simmons 0380817926 Yogtoth 4 4.02 2003 Ilium (Ilium, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Yogtoth
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]]> The Terror 3974 Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror constantly clawing to get in.

When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. With them travels an Inuit woman who cannot speak and who may be the key to survival, or the harbinger of their deaths. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear that there is no escape.]]> 769 Dan Simmons 0316017442 Yogtoth 5 4.06 2007 The Terror
author: Dan Simmons
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)]]> 11289
But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.]]> 709 Dan Simmons 0553572989 Yogtoth 5 4.15 1997 The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)]]> 3977
Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest and his troops. The shrike continues to make enigmatic appearances, and while many questions were raised in Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, still more are raised here. Raoul's quest will continue.]]> 563 Dan Simmons 0553572946 Yogtoth 5 4.17 1996 Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1996
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)]]> 77565 517 Dan Simmons 0553288202 Yogtoth 5 4.23 1990 The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1990
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Yogtoth 5 4.26 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1989
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]]> Lord of Light 13821 296 Roger Zelazny 0060567236 Yogtoth 5 4.08 1967 Lord of Light
author: Roger Zelazny
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1967
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber, #2)]]> 62012
One of the most revered names in sf and fantasy, the incomparable Roger Zelazny was honored with numerous prizes—including six Hugo and three Nebula Awards—over the course of his legendary career. Among his more than fifty books, arguably Zelazny’s most popular literary creations were his extraordinary Amber novels. The Guns of Avalon is the second book of The Chronicles of Amber.]]> 223 Roger Zelazny Yogtoth 5 4.15 1972 The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber, #2)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)]]> 1128434 384 Andrzej Sapkowski 0575077832 Yogtoth 5 4.19 1993 The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> Conan of Cimmeria (Conan 2) 443765
9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in
15 · The Curse of the Monolith [“Conan and the Cenotaphâ€] · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · ss Worlds of Fantasy #1 â€�68
33 · The Bloodstained God · L. Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard · nv Tales of Conan, Gnome, 1955
53 · The Frost-Giant’s Daughter [revised from “Gods of the North�, The Fantasy Fan, Mar �34] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · ss Fantasy Fiction Aug �53
64 · The Lair of the Ice Worms · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · ss *
82 · Queen of the Black Coast · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · ss *
119 · The Vale of Lost Women · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror Spr �67
140 · The Castle of Terror · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · nv *
161 · The Snout in the Dark · L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard & Lin Carter · ss *]]> 189 Robert E. Howard 0441114539 Yogtoth 5 4.14 1969 Conan of Cimmeria (Conan 2)
author: Robert E. Howard
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1969
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)]]> 40869 448 Jack Vance 0575073748 Yogtoth 5 3.97 1983 Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)
author: Jack Vance
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)]]> 30036
The youthful Elric is a cynical and melancholy king, heir to a nation whose 100,000-year rule of the world ended less than 500 years hence. More interested in brooding contemplation than holding the throne, Elric is a reluctant ruler, but he also realizes that no other worthy successor exists and the survival of his once-powerful, decadent nation depends on him alone. Elric's nefarious, brutish cousin Yrkoon has no patience for his physically weak kinsman, and he plots constantly to seize Elric's throne, usually over his dead body. Elric of Melniboné follows Yrkoon's scheming, reaching its climax in a battle between Elric and Yrkoon with the demonic runeblades Stormbringer and Mournblade. In this battle, Elric gains control of the soul-stealing Stormbringer, an event that proves pivotal to the Elric saga. --Paul Hughes]]> 181 Michael Moorcock 0441203981 Yogtoth 5 3.90 1972 Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1972
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)]]> 61886
It is an assignment Cazaril dreads, for it will ultimately lead him to the place he fears most, the royal court of Cardegoss, where the powerful enemies, who once placed him in chains, now occupy lofty positions. In addition to the traitorous intrigues of villains, Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle, are faced with a sinister curse that hangs like a sword over the entire blighted House of Chalion and all who stand in their circle. Only by employing the darkest, most forbidden of magics, can Cazaril hope to protect his royal charge—an act that will mark the loyal, damaged servant as a tool of the miraculous, and trap him, flesh and soul, in a maze of demonic paradox, damnation, and death.]]> 490 Lois McMaster Bujold 0007133618 Yogtoth 5 4.14 2001 The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)
author: Lois McMaster Bujold
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2001
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)]]> 13642
Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.]]> 183 Ursula K. Le Guin Yogtoth 5 4.02 1968 A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)]]> 43889
His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them—for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword—to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.

This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.]]> 836 Terry Goodkind 0765346524 Yogtoth 2 4.12 1994 Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
author: Terry Goodkind
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1994
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)]]> 127455 Ocean's Eleven, and entirely enthralling...

An orphan's life is harsh � and often short � in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains � a man who is neither blind nor a priest.

A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans � a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.

Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful � and more ambitious � than Locke has yet imagined.

Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men � and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game � or die trying...

]]> 499 Scott Lynch 0553804677 Yogtoth 5 4.28 2006 The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch]]> 12067
People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. This time though, the armies of Good and Evil really do appear to be massing. The four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both the angels and demons � well, one fast-living demon and a somewhat fussy angel � would quite like the Rapture not to happen.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist…]]> 491 Terry Pratchett Yogtoth 5 4.27 1990 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)]]> 34497 228 Terry Pratchett 0060855924 Yogtoth 5 4.04 1983 The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1983
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]]> Elantris (Elantris, #1) 68427
Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, hoping—based on their correspondence—to also find love. She finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and his god.

But neither Sarene nor Hrathen suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city. His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris itself.

A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun, full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.]]> 638 Brandon Sanderson 0765350378 Yogtoth 5 4.16 2005 Elantris (Elantris, #1)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13)]]> 8253920 The end draws near....

The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.

The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.

Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in °Õ±ð±ô’a°ù²¹²Ô’r³ó¾±´Ç»å and find a way--at long last--to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever

Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways--the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn--have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.

This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series--the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007--brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near.

Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.]]> 863 Robert Jordan 0765325942 Yogtoth 5 4.46 2010 Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)]]> 1166599
Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready.

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, and now Stormlight Archive, among others, was chosen by Jordan's editor--his wife, Harriet McDougal--to complete the final volume, later expanded to three books.

In this epic novel, Robert Jordan's international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward--wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders--his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.

Egwene al'Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower--and possibly the world itself.]]> 824 Robert Jordan 0765302306 Yogtoth 5 4.41 2009 The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)]]> 2767793
Who is the Hero of Ages?

To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.

Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. Vin can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!]]> 572 Brandon Sanderson 0765316897 Yogtoth 5 4.54 2008 The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
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average rating: 4.54
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X Yogtoth 4 4.52 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time, #14)]]> 7743175
When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.

Edited by Jordan's widow, who edited all of Jordan's books, A Memory of Light will delight, enthrall, and deeply satisfy all of Jordan's legions of readers.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.
What was, what will be, and what is,
may yet fall under the Shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.]]> 912 Robert Jordan 0765325950 Yogtoth 5 4.56 2013 A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time, #14)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Yogtoth 5 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1996
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Yogtoth 5 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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name: Yogtoth
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1954
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