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2011

Novels & Stories 1963–1973: Cat’s Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions / Stories


Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - 2011
    A consummate entertainer—few storytellers are as dependably funny—he was also a clear-eyed critic of American life. Among the targets of his ridicule were the exploiters, the despoilers, and the soulless parasitic moneymakers, but he reserved his hottest anger for that tribe of scientists and merchants of war who conjure up genies of mass destruction without a thought to what happens once they’re out of their bottles. Yet his works are remarkably free of villains, being rich instead in dangerous, not-quite-unlovable sinners who may yet be redeemed.This volume, the first in a multi-volume edition of his enduring fiction, captures Vonnegut at the pyrotechnic height of his powers. It opens with Cat’s Cradle (1963), perhaps his most exhilarating performance, in which a would-be historian of the bombing of Hiroshima finds himself a privileged witness to the icy end of the world.God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) chronicles the alcoholic unraveling and spiritual rebirth of a good-hearted dreamer tormented by the question “What are people for?”Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)—the book that earned Vonnegut worldwide fame, and one of the great antiwar novels in literature—is the jump-cutting saga of Billy Pilgrim, who, having come unstuck in time, is doomed to relive continually both the destruction of Dresden and his abduction by space aliens.In a text enhanced by the author’s spirited line drawings, Breakfast of Champions (1973) describes the fateful meeting of a luckless science-fiction writer and an unhinged Pontiac dealer who disastrously believes that everyone but himself is a robot.Rounding out the volume are three brilliant short stories—including the classic fantasy “Welcome to the Monkey House”—and moving autobiographical accounts of Vonnegut’s experience of war that shed light on events imaginatively treated in Slaughterhouse-Five.

Pet


LadyVader - 2011
    Entirely inspired by the Police lyrics ‘Sometimes it’s not so easy to be the teacher’s Pet’.Arthur/Eames fanfictionWords:100250 completeFanart by climb (livejournal.com)

The Blog of Eugenia Watson


MadLori - 2011
    My Life In an Unconventional Family. How unconventional? Well, I live with my divorced parents and my dad's husband. How's that for starters? Trust me, it gets weirder.My name is Eugenia Watson, but you can call me Genie. I'm sixteen. This is my life.Note: Work is marked complete for now and is on hiatus, having reached a convenient stopping point. Additional chapters may be added in the future.Another BBC Sherlock fan fic by the amazing Mad_Lori. John's biological daughter Eugenia and how she's raised by JohnLock and her mother.

Patience, a Steady Hand


Helenish - 2011
    Arthur is in the nightmare business. Eames is a thief, a liar, and versatile with a pen.Words:43502 completeArt by ctbn60

Articles on Old Kingdom Series, Including: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories, Old Kingdom (Book Ser


Hephaestus Books - 2011
    To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book contains chapters focused on Old Kingdom series, and Old Kingdom series books. More info: The Old Kingdom series (also known as the Abhorsen series in North America) is a trilogy of books by Garth Nix. It begins with Sabriel, followed by Lirael and Abhorsen. In addition, a novella set after the trilogy entitled Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case was released, first separately for World Book Day and later as the lead story of the short story collection A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories. A second short story, An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer, was written with exclusive distribution through the official Abhorsen Trilogy web site. A second novella "To Hold the Bridge" will be released at some point in 2010 as part of a compilation likely titled "Australia's Legends of Fantasy" edited by Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan. Garth Nix has announced two additions to the series: a prequel and a "sequel of sorts to Abhorsen." While the sequel is unnamed, the prequel has the working title Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen. The books are slated to appear in 2011.

Berserker


leonidaslion - 2011
    Sam and Bobby fear that Dean will turn insane as the spirit takes possession. The major work of the series is part 14, 'The Fetters of Fenrir.'Words 334,683 Complete - 17 Parts - Free DownloadsArtpost: http://catsbycat.livejournal.com/3428...Artpost 2: http://crisisarrives.livejournal.com/...

Fly Up into the Night Air (Canny Tales)


John C. Houser - 2011
    His father opposes any involvement with the case because the victim may be a pretty boy—a male prostitute who can't possibly pay for Harte's legal assistance. The situation deteriorates when Harte discovers that the perpetrator has powerful connections on the town council. When another boy, Peli, is threatened because he witnessed the crime, Harte must find a way to spirit him out of harms way. Smack in the middle of the delicate operation, a new obstacle appears in the form of canny judge veritor, Stilian Cast. Judges Veritor can tell when you're lying. Judge Cast doesn't know why Harte and his band of watchmen have kidnapped Peli, but he's positive Peli was betrayed. When things appear as if they can't get any worse, Harte finds himself thinking the craggy judge is really handsome. Is it getting hot in here? Why are my breeches so tight? Yes, that kind of handsome.

Safe Harbor


Elizabeth L. Brooks - 2011
    When Maestro Servio, Haven's finest shipwright, offers the boy a position as an apprentice, Rafe finds himself bewildered and confused by a world he's never hoped to enter, and suffering nightmares, memories of the past he only wants to leave behind. In order to survive, he relies desperately on his fellow apprentice, Tyver.As they enter adulthood together, Rafe realizes that his friendship with Tyver has grown into something deeper. He dreams of making Tyver his lover, but before that dream can come true, Rafe must set aside lessons of pain and fear that he's learned all too well, and instead learn to trust not only Tyver, but himself.

Fumbling in the Dark: Love Advice For the Romantically Impaired


leonidaslion - 2011
    Supernatural - Sam/DeanTrue Love really is blind...Words:72009 Complete

Tear the Sky Asunder


Ice Star - 2011
    Only there is no glory as their broken sorority hangs in the balance of a war-ravaged land where hope has been snuffed out and history is hardly ever the truth.

Stay the Distance


Lazy_daze - 2011
    I'm not leaving my brother alone out there."Sam is dependent on Dean's touch and closeness after the wall falls - Dean's presence reminds him of why he chose to wake up, and keeps the memories at bay, allowing Sam to function.The brothers have to face up to what happens when their Winchester codependency becomes literal, and the physical, spatial and temporal boundaries of their bond blur the line between familiar and suffocating, comforting and limiting.Words:23934 CompleteArt by chaviola

Sins of the Innocent


reapertownusa - 2011
    He and his brother were raised hunters, living isolated from the rest of society to protect both themselves and innocent civilians. When everything falls apart, they struggle to find their way in a world they don’t trust. They come to discover that they were never as alone as they thought and nothing is what it seems.Warnings: Heavy themes of corporal punishment from extremely abusive to consensual domestic discipline, character deaths, child abuse, disturbing scenarios involving children, dub-con/non-con, incest (the not sexy kind), prostitution, references to past molestation, self-harm, themes of suicide, torture, underage sex (nothing under 15 shown, but younger implied)Artpost: http://killuasama.livejournal.com/584...Words:83034 Complete

Glamcat


Buttsuke - 2011
    In the morning Naruto awakes with a start from a bad dream in which Sasuke was gone and nowhere to be found.

Strange Attractors


Mark Graham - 2011
    No one and nothing she knew remains--not even her own past. All the evidence indicates that she lived an entirely different life. Only her memories tell her otherwise. Her only ally a husband she didn't have yesterday, she seeks answers in the World Root, the source of her magic--and home to factions from many pasts and many futures. She must fight a desperate battle against murderous opponents intent on crushing all opposition and changing history forever.