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As a girl, Amane realizes with horror that her parents “copulated” in order to bring her into the world, rather than using artificial insemination, which became the norm in the mid-twentieth century. Amane strives to get away from what she considers an indoctrination in this strange “system” by her mother, but her infatuations with both anime characters and real people have a sexual force that is undeniable.

Nowhereness in the World is the English translation of the third volume in the ambitious pentalogy titled The World in Nowhereness (Serbian: Svet u nigdini), originally penned in Serbian. While the third book shares the overarching title of the entire series, this particular edition is differentiated by using Nowhereness in the World (Serbian: Nigdina u svetu). This differentiation specifically refers to the second part of the third book, thereby helping the readers understand the structure of the pentalogy and minimizing any potential confusion. The book blends poetry and prose, so-called ...

“A computer virus and a human virus are two different things, right?” Not anymore. Programmer Joe Norton finds his reality turned inside out when an AI bug crosses the brain-machine interface. With instructions to kill and a virtual menu of bad choices, his all-too-ordinary life in Philadelphia is coming apart at the seams. Is the only way out, to go further in? A visionary dive into into the slipstream of emerging transhumanist technologies, PsyBot exposes a dark underworld of mind-control black ops. PsyBot, like the novels of Michael Crichton or Philip K. Dick, explores the limits of ...

From the first puzzling sentence, Banker's Holiday—a euphemism for a federal bank closure—conjures the bleak and humorous world of Cincinnatus Stillman Fuller, a billionaire financier who suffers a breakdown in the middle of a Monday morning staff meeting.

Full-on whimsy! An unconventional Victorian Era woman who is the guardian of a Renaissance alchemist, must protect a spunky little girl and find her missing father, otherwise the child will end up in an awful orphanage — or worse. Along the way the trio lands in a strange place from which they must escape soon or they’ll be trapped forever. . Disdaining corsets and preferring trousers to skirts, Felicity Derringer has a progressive mindset for the 1800s. She is also the protector of an alchemist who lived in the 1600s. Or at least, that’s when his body was alive. Cornelis Drebbel, ...

Attorney Carl Danson wakes up on his eightieth birthday and quickly realizes that he has finally gone bat-shit crazy when the skin tag on Carl's waist introduces himself as Drake and begins to have conversations with Carl. Even worse, Drake proves to be a terrible influence and talks Carl into doing ridiculous pranks whenever alcohol is involved. Will this unusual duo wind up committed to an institution, or can their new friendship actually bring them comfort? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lance Majestik is a pen name used by retired Canadian lawyer Donald W. Desaulniers as a means of publishing a few ...

Prepárate para despegar… aunque según algunos, eso es imposible porque los aviones no bajan el morro para seguir la curvatura de la Tierra. Unas risas con los terraplanistas es un viaje hilarante, irónico y maravillosamente absurdo al corazón del universo plano. A través de capítulos cargados de sarcasmo, diálogos surrealistas y argumentos que desafían la física, la lógica y a veces incluso el diccionario, este libro te sumerge en el fascinante mundo de quienes creen que vivimos sobre una galleta gigante rodeada por un muro de hielo y vigilada por pingüinos espías. Aquí no ...

The Sven Chronicles: Synergy, Sausages and Spuds Wisdom Nobody Asked For – But Here We Are Are you tired of self-help books that tell you to wake up at 5am, eat chia seeds, and achieve inner peace while riding a a monocycle? Meet Sven. He’s not here to optimise your workflow. He’s here to remind you that it’s okay to accidentally walk into the Gents’, eat cake in your knickers and find meaning in a potato. Inside, you’ll find: - A prophetic potato who speaks in starch-based riddles - A dog named Biscuits who has mastered the ancient art of Doing Nothing With Purpose - Golden ...

It’s Hester’s fortieth birthday when she’s diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to kill her estranged father. With no friends or family tying her to the life she’s built in New York City, she quits her wildly lucrative job in corporate law and sets off. She hasn’t made it far when she runs into John, an environmental activist in need of a ride to different superfund sites across the United States. From five-star Midwestern hotels to cultish Southwestern compounds, the two make their way across the country.