Unfortunately, the newly named Vorpal Blade wasn't even particularly quiet. Various concessions had had to be made for the sub to be spaceworthy, the most important of which was removing every scrap of acoustic tile from the surface of ...

Author: John Ringo

Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises

ISBN: 9781618246042

Category: Fiction

Page: 416

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TO THE STARS¾WITH GUNS AND DUCT TAPE LTC William Weaver, PhD. ("Call me Bill...") and SEAL Chief Miller, the heroes who saved Earth from alien menace in Into the Looking Glass, are back and this time Bill's got hisself a ship! The former SSBN Nebraska has been converted, using mostly shade-tree mechanics and baling wire, into a warp ship, Naval Construction Contract 4144, ready to go where no Adar, SEAL or academic has gone before! Yay for the heroes! But who cares for the poor Security guys, Force Recon Marines who are kept in the dark and fed manure all day That is until they land on an alien planet, get partially wiped out and then load back up again. It's a dog's life in the Space Marines but somebody's got to save the academics and the universe¾at the cost of horrendous casualties. Ranging in topics from the best gun to kill armored space monsters to particle physics to cosmology, Vorpal Blade is a return to the "good old days" of SF when the science problems were fun, the women were smart, tough and beautiful, and the beasts were ugly. The monkeys are out in the space lanes and ready to rock. As soon as they find the duct tape. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

A headless corpse has been discovered in the Thames just outside London, the body of a man who once worked for Tweed.

Author: Colin Forbes

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

ISBN: 0743440358

Category: Fiction

Page: 420

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A headless corpse has been discovered in the Thames just outside London, the body of a man who once worked for Tweed. Three thousand miles away, on the east coast of America, another headless body is found. Sensing instinctively that there must be a connection, Tweed, Paula Grey and Bob Newman follow the tortuous trail left by the killer, from London to America and into the heart of Switzerland. Paula, haunted by nightmares of the dreadful killings, takes the lead in their desperate search to put an end to the bloodshed and puts herself in extreme danger...

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ISBN: OCLC:995594852

Category: Children's writings, Canadian

Page: 38

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He took his vorpal sword in hand : Long time the manxome foe he sought- So rested he by the Tumtum tree , And stood awhile in thought . And , as in uffish thought he stood , The Jabberwock , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through ...

Author: Lewis Carroll

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

ISBN: 0806955414

Category: Children's poetry, English

Page: 64

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With fantastic characters and enchanting language, Lewis Carroll created magical wonderlands children have always loved to visit. These 26 selections from his classic works have never lost their fascination. "Softly realistic, period-style watercolors effectively highlight the mood of each selection....vocabulary or context notes on just about every page, and the book opens with a brief but illuminating biography."--School Library Journal. "The illustrations are well-matched to Carroll's texts. Colorful watercolors provide plenty of action and excitement on every page."--Lorgnette.

The Vorpal Blade went snicker-snack ... There, on the ground between them, the Black Knight's sword lay against the stone. Darkness hovered along the edge, but there was something else. A faint hum shivered along the length of the blade ...

Author: L.L. McKinney

Publisher: Imprint

ISBN: 9781250153913

Category: Young Adult Fiction

Page: 352

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"The fantasy series I've been waiting for my whole life." —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give In L.L. McKinney's A Dream So Dark, the thrilling sequel to A Blade So Black, Alice goes deeper into a dark version of Wonderland. Still reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates high school), Alice must cross the Veil to rescue her friends and stop the Black Knight once and for all. But the further she ventures into Wonderland, the more topsy-turvy everything becomes. It’s not until she’s at her wit's end that she realizes—Wonderland is trying to save her. There’s a new player on the board; someone capable of using Nightmare creatures to not only influence the living but raise the dead. Dreams have never been so dark in Wonderland, and if there is any hope, Alice must confront the worst in herself—and in the people she loves—and face the very nature of fear. An Imprint Book "The Alice I never knew I needed. The Alice I was missing. McKinney conjures a Wonderland for those of us who weren’t given the looking glass." —Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles

The Vorpal Blade went snicker-snack. The words played over in Alice's mind. She shook her head even as the thought bounced around inside. A sob forced its way from behind her clenched teeth. She was too late to save him, but that didn't ...

Author: L.L. McKinney

Publisher: Imprint

ISBN: 9781250153890

Category: Young Adult Fiction

Page: 352

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"A Blade So Black is the fantasy book I've been waiting for my whole life." —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give For fans of Marissa Meyer, L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it's not the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she’s ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head... literally. Debut author L.L. McKinney delivers an action-packed twist on an old classic, full of romance and otherworldly intrigue. And don't miss the thrilling sequel, A Dream So Dark! An Imprint Book "Mixing elements of Alice in Wonderland and Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Delectable." —Entertainment Weekly

Author: Simon & Schuster, Limited

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ISBN: 0743441915

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I raised the Vorpal Blade high as Sabrina's outstretched hand clawed at me, and then I plunged it forward. Into the mirror. I braced for the impact to run up my arm again, for the blade to crack the mirror and come to a sudden stop ...

Author: Justin Schuelke

Publisher: Justin Schuelke

ISBN: 9781736274507

Category: Young Adult Fiction

Page: 366

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“Murder me once, shame on you. Murder me twice...” Emery Luple hunts monsters, solves crimes, confronts myths, and does it all in style. After being killed in the unforgiving Saudi Arabian desert while hunting a monster that never should have been there, he reincarnates into a new life—and not for the first time. But a string of grisly murders in New York immediately pulls him back into the world of investigation, mythical creatures, and mystery. And strange deaths are not the only things to which Emery is drawn. Caden, the young guy who requests Emery’s help to investigate the crime spree, possesses an affinity for the supernatural… and a secret buried so deep, even he doesn’t know what it is. Unexpected feelings, mutual self-discovery, and another incarnate claiming to be the Monster Hunter soon have Emery questioning all he thought he knew. Can he solve the current crimes before his murderer finds him again?

Then with death in his eyes, he struck with amazing speed, the blade moaning its need to sever the head from Alver's shoulder. The tolling sound of the bell was heard again as the holy sword was brought about to meet the vorpal blade.

Author: Gary Currier

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

ISBN: 9781642989670

Category: Fiction

Page: 574

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Alver is a troubled warrior. His people are dying off in a war that has lasted far too many years. He and his people face slavery and worse extinction. Alver has been made chieftain and was given a relic of great power to wield. Surrounded with the last heroes of the southern tribes, he brings them to the final battle. Alver swore revenge against an enemy-a huge man of great hunger. Gizor Njal rose from out of nothing to leader of the northern cities swearing Alver's death and his people's extinction as he seeks recognition, power, and godhood. Gizor Njal's real power comes from pure evil in the form of a Druid of dark means. The Druid Whiteblossom has strange alliances, means, and magic. He has come to Gizor Njal and told him of the ancient prophecies, which name him as a coming god, and has convinced Gizor Njal the death of the southern tribes and the taking of the relic of power will bring forth his transformation. The Druid has a deadly secret and his own goals of power. Alver has many who owe him their life-one is hiding a great magical power from him but she loves him and intends him to live and his enemies to meet their doom. The end is near and all the hate, revenge, magic, muscle, and planning have come down to this moment in time.

Es ist ein Begriff von Lewis Carroll: das »vorpal blade«3, welches in seinem Gedicht Jabberwocky zugange ist: »One, two! One, two!/And through and through/The vorpal blade went snicker-snack.« Meine Stimme tut nichts dergleichen, ...

Author: Marie-Luise Goerke

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

ISBN: 9783525480090

Category: Psychology

Page: 392

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English summary: Radio is a medium in flux, malleable and ever changing. For the past 90 years it has specialised in artistic, documentation and direct acoustic representations of the world. Mobility, openness and the chance to reach a vast audience has drawn artists to the radio since its beginnings. How the Horspiel, a polyartistic medium of Radio's own creation, offers the other art forms a field of play, was one of the themes of the symposium, which, promoted by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, took place in Karlsruhe in November 2013. The question was also raised how the other arts - literature, theatre, visual arts, new music, opera - approach the acoustic. Choreography of Sound intends to put the Horspiel in context with other art forms. In this meeting of multiple disciplines the aesthetic possibilities of the acoustic can be explored and new developments identified. Horspiel practicioners meet sound-poets, theoreticians, dramaturgs, authors, composers and performance artists whose work crosses the traditional borders of genre. German description: Das Radio, seit neunzig Jahren spezialisiert auf die kunstlerische, dokumentarische oder realitatsabbildende Reprasentation der Welt durch das akustisch Gestaltete, ist das Chamaleon unter den Medien: flink und standig wandelbar. Die Beweglichkeit, Offenheit und Breitenwirkung des Radios hat Kunstler seit jeher angezogen. Welche Spielraume nun das Horspiel, die ureigenste Form des Radios, als polyartistisches Medium anderen Kunstsparten bietet, war eines der Themen des Symposiums, das, gefordert von der Kulturstiftung des Bundes, wahrend der 10. ARD-Horspieltage im November 2013 in Karlsruhe stattfand.In dem Band, der die wichtigsten Vortrage des Symposiums wiedergibt, wird danach gefragt, wie andere Kunste - Literatur, Theater, Bildende Kunst, Neue Musik, Oper - sich dem Akustischen zuwenden. In der Begegnung verschiedener Disziplinen werden die asthetischen Moglichkeiten des Akustischen ausgelotet und neuere Entwicklungen thematisiert. Horspielmacher treffen auf Soundpoeten, Theoretiker, Theatermacher, Autoren, Komponisten und Performance-Kunstler, deren Arbeiten die Grenzen angestammter Genres uberschreiten. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle Klange, Gerausche, Sprache, Rhythmus und Musik in ihren Arbeiten und in ihrem Denken spielen. Und welchen Einfluss neue technische Gegebenheiten auf Erzahl- und Rezeptionsformen haben.