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The plot of Charlotte Smith's autobiographical first novel Emmeline (1788) includes the usual thrills of the eighteenth-century courtship novel: abduction, duels, and a "fairy tale princess." At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing on the dangers of early engagement and marriage, and challenges a social and legal system in which woment are inherently illegitimate subjects.
The Broadview edition includes primary source material relating to the novel's reception; women, marriage and work; and landscape in eighteenth-century fiction. Mary Hays's biographical writing on Smith is also included, as is selected correspondence.
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Emmeline
Judith Rossner
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A Mixed Bag.......2007-02-20
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Part I of Rossner's two-part novel, based on a family tragedy that occurred in the early 1800s in Massachusetts, deserves four or five stars. Part II does not. In Part I, Rossner is fully engaged with her story and plays out the smallest details of Emmeline's life as a young mill worker in Lowell, Massachusetts. The narrative is beautifully written and credible--even though the author obviously couldn't have been privy to the many private conversations and events in the story. In Part II, one feels that Rossner was tired of the whole project but had a publisher's contract that obliged her to complete the book. So she raced through the years of Emmeline's life from her mid-thirties to her death. If Rossner was able to re-invent Emmeline's early life so patiently and skillfully, why did she give us no sense of the feeling, sorrowing person that Emmeline was in the second half of her life? The last half of the book is unsatisfying, incomplete, and frustrating. I understood Emmeline's day-to-day feelings in her early teens when she worked in the mills to send money home to her impoverished family. During her stay in Lowell, she was initiated into sex by a married man, bore his child, and had it taken away from her. She was forced to return to her hometown in disgrace, mourning the loss of her baby. When she reached her mid-thirties, having shared no intimacies with men for over 20 years, she unknowingly engaged in an incestuous relationship. When it was discovered, she was cast out of her family and community. In Part II, I got almost no sense of Emmeline's feelings and experiences during the second half of her life. I almost wish I hadn't picked up the book in the first place.
Emmeline.......2006-07-28
This is one of the best books i ever read! It is based on a true story. The year is 1839. Emmeline is 13 years old, living on a farm in Maine with her family. Times are hard and Emmeline (who has never left Fayette, Maine) is sent to Massachusetts to work in a cotton mill to help support her family. I don't want to say too much, but i think anyone that loves reading will love this book!!!
Brrr.......2006-03-17
This is one cold book. Probably says more about Rossner than "Looking for Mr. Goodbar". Everything is laid out very matter of fact, very dispassionate, stand back and away, look but don't touch, it might hurt. A must read, if just to wake one up to the cruelty of life.
Tragic Facts Much Stranger Than Fiction.......2004-06-29
We are all acquainted with the familiar chestnut: 'truth is stranger than fiction'. The tragic story of Emmeline Mosher (the real Emmeline spelt her name with a single m) is complete truth, and truth does not get much stranger than this. Emmeline's tale begins commonly enough: the oft told, well-worn story of a poor, naive country girl come to the city to find honest work, and in the process is seduced. Emmeline's seduction is especially poignant, as she has honest feelings, though they be confused, for her seducer, a much older man of much higher status, who plays on Emmeline's feelings to his advantage. Emmeline becomes 'with child', flees back to her home in shame, gives up her baby, and is forced to endure the guilt and sorrow of this event every long, empty day of her life. Until ~ one day, a stranger arrives to town. They meet, and there is an immediate, electric bond which deepens quickly into love. The two marry, and all seems well enough until Emmeline arrives to a shocking realisation. Whom she has married is indeed her own illegitimate son, the baby she gave away years ago, the product of her seduction. Certainly all of this sounds bluely lurid, fodder for the 'Daily Mirror' or worse, but Miss Rossner's ('Looking for Mr Goodbar') prose stands up to the plotline unflinchingly and carries it through. Rossner tells the tale the only way it might be told successfully: straight up, without flourish. These were real people, with real flaws, and here they are, in front of you, unvarnished. Such an unimaginable twist of circumstance incurred results. After Emmeline's disasterous marriage ended, she became a complete outcast, living on the fringes of her community, unvisited, alone, ekeing out a subsistance through her garden and her chickens. But her singular story lives on, in word and through music. For its 40th anniversary season in 1996, the Santa Fe Opera presented the world premiere performances of Tobias Picker's first opera, 'Emmeline', which is based on Emeline Mosher's remarkable story, with its true-to-life undertones of the Oedipus legend.
good reading.......2001-03-22
emmeline is based on a true story which was featured on "the american experience" a few years ago on pbs. it's about a sad and lonely ostracized old woman exiled by small new england minds and victorian attitudes. terrific book. i would read it again.
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Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography (Women's and Gender History)
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Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the most fascinating and controversial women in British political history of the 20th century. Notorious for her militant actions, she fought for women's suffrage, later worked for the war effort and was transformed into a popular heroine. This new biography traces Pankhurst's development from her familial and friendship circle, through her married and working life, her engagement as a suffragette and increasing militancy. Paula Bartley uses new archival material to assess whether Pankhurst should be seen as a heroine or a tyrant, a conservative or a progressive.
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Amelia, Roxie, and Allison are at the age when a woman is too young to be bitter and too old to be making the same mistakes. Each woman finds herself at a crossroad in her life. She must decide whether to follow her head or her heart and choose whom to take with her and whom to leave behind. The three friends each undergo a significant, life-altering experience, and after a year of joy and sorrow, Amelia, Roxie, and Allison discover which direction will lead to happiness.
From the author of Personnel Policies comes Threesome, a story of the special bond that women share and the relationships with the people outside their circle of sisterhood. Through laughter and tears, the women find love, lose hope, and rekindle the passion in their lives. Amelia, Roxie, and Allison provide each other with support, help each other grow, and lead one another down the path to self discovery and self fulfillment.
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Emmeline Pankhurst (Routledge Historical Biographies)
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Emmeline Pankhurst, a middle-class mother of five from Manchester, England, changed history when, in 1903, she formed the Women's Social and Political Union. Under her fiery and unorthodox leadership, this militant group-given to church burning, window smashing, and royal slurs-won the parliamentary vote for women.
Today, Pankhurst is immortalized for the defiance and strength that led the suffrage movement to victory and made her a twentieth-century heroine. Who was she, before and after suffrage, and how did her actions influence the Second Wave of feminists in the 70s?
Historian June Purvis, with vivid language and a storyteller's skill, brings this celebrated leader to life in the context of her times. In the first full-length biography in seventy years, Purvis utilizes a host of original sources to paint the fullest picture yet of Pankhurst: from young womanhood and political awakening to her war work and activism until her death in 1928. Here too is the passion, fear, kindness and invincibility that have made this twentieth-century everywoman one of the most influential people of our time. Emmeline Pankhurst brings a vibrant new understanding to her life.
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A Jane-Austen-like heroine encounters real vice and crime........1998-01-04
This bookmade Charlotte Smith's fortune and reputation and was followed by about a book a year until theend of the decade. Unfortunately the quality of the books to follow often wasn't as good. This isan awesome book about a woman stalked by a rich, good-looking, well-connected man who is aninsensitive jerk. Emmeline is able to see this and cares more for her female friends until the heroenters the novel. Emmeline's female friends are anything but conventional--one has an adulterousaffair and a baby out of wedlock, and another leaves her husband because he is a financial idiot (hetries to use old wigs as fertilizer!) Big, long, and full of detail of life in 1788, Emmeline isa good read. Unless of course you are a modern novel lover like the famed modern novelist whowrote the introduction to the Pandora edition and feels that maybe--if you accept that the novel istrashy soap opera--the book is worth buying more than a salad. The salad argument struck me asjust another reason why I can't relate to modern authors ...
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In her nearly fifty years as a public figure, Emmeline B. Wells edited the Woman's Exponent, represented Mormon women in the woman suffrage movement, courageously defended plural marriage, and helped mitigate anti-Mormon sentiment, all before becoming Relief Society General President at the age of eighty-two. Emmeline's life was not the norm of her era. Born on the outer fringes of a rural society, she became an intellectual, a middle-class American, and a prominent Mormon. A life-size bust of Emmeline sits in the Utah state capitol building, the lone woman so honored for seventy years. The simple inscription speaks volumes: "A Fine Soul Who Served Us."
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This biography does not reflect the whole interesting story.......2006-07-29
Although I have no reason to doubt the facts presented in this biography, the author has done what I would have figured would be very difficult to do - make the story of Emmeline Wells seem somewhat dull. I am not LDS myself, but I have found what little I have been able to learn about this woman to be a fascinating story of an early feminist. I think the mistake the author makes is to focus entirely on the public accomplishments of the woman while ignoring the fascinating personal story that fueled her many accomplishments in the first place.
I first encountered Emmeline Wells' story in a one woman play performed by Joan Oviatt entitled "Sixth Wife" that manages to mix both the personal and public life of the woman into one performance and fueled my interest in her biography. If you think you are remotely interested in Emmeline's story, I suggest you check it out. Suffice it to say that Emmeline was converted to Mormonism at 14, married at 15, was deserted by her husband at 16 as well as losing her first child a month after his birth, became a plural wife the first time at 17, migrated with the Mormons to Utah, was left a widow with 2 children at 22, and proposed to and married Daniel Wells, the mayor of Salt Lake City, at 24 becoming his sixth wife. Both plural marriages rescued both her and her children from poverty. The financial freedom that her marriage to Wells gave her, added to the psychological rescue that her second marriage afforded her, were behind her firm belief in polygamy that seems opposed to her feminist views, if you don't know the whole story. So, as you can see, her story is not a dull one.
If you are planning on doing academic research on Emmeline Wells, this book is probably essential reading. However, if you are just looking for an interesting biography of a very interesting woman, you should probably pass on this book since the "whys" are missing due to the absence of personal biographical information.
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THE WIZARD AT WAR
From beyond the mountains, a monstrous scourge sweeps down the steppes--a bloodthirsty barbarian horde, seemingly endless in numbers and hell-bent on conquest. With each nation that falls before their murderous onslaught, the marauders draw closer to Merovence, where good Queen Alisande rules with the help of her husband, Royal Wizard Matt Mantrell.
Now Matt and Alisande receive an urgent call for help from Jerusalem-- destined to be the barbarians' next target. But when Matt arrives in the Holy City to assess the imminent threat, he makes a shocking discovery: The power-mad khan who rules the ravaging minions is in league with a far greater and more dreadful enemy! With the aid of his old ally the djinn princess, a giant talking bird, and a fledgling enchantress with the power to change into a cat, Matt must call upon every resource, magical and mortal, to defy the triumph of pure evil . . .
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a disapointment.......2004-12-09
The first book in this series, "Her Majesty's Wizard", is excellent. This book is not. Contrary to the cover and the opening chapter, Matt plays a supporting actor, not the title role. Matt's interesting personality, actions, and introspection do not appear in this book.
"The Crusading Wizard" focuses on a girl wizard who can change into a cat. Her personality is flat and uninspired, both as girl and cat. Much of the charm of the first book in this series was the portrayal of a midieval society through another mind set: angles & devils are living creatures, "good" and "evil" are absolutes, and kings rule by divine right. Discarding that whole notion, "Crusading Wizard" is simply another midieval fantasy world with magic, nicely executed but bland.
Not as good as the first few books in the series.......2002-09-07
I bought the book because I loved the series, and the fact that Matt was going on Crusade - well I HAD to read it. But the plot is a disppointment. Not that I regret Prester John and coffee, or Kaprin as nursemaid to Alice and the baby djinn, but otherwise the book lacks the excitement and amusement that was so prevalent in the earlier books, The Witch Doctor excluded because I didn't like Stasheff changing his POV there either. The Wizard in Rhyme series is cool because there's always this sense that Matt is way in over his head and has to get rescued by Alisande and God, with help fom Stegoman and Narlh and Sir Guy, and his own Faith. Unfortunately, this book was mor serious than most, and giving Balkis so much attention just made it less enjoyable.
Please don't burn out. Please don't burn out... oh well........2000-11-20
As an ardent fan of all that Stasheff has written in the Fantasy genre, I have enjoyed this universe the most, (second to the original Warlock series). I have enjoyed watching as a semi-devout Catholic career student became a world's most powerful practicing Wizard. I have been tolerant as the series became formulaic, with the occasional hidden lesson in historical theology thrown in (most of Stasheff's works contain SOME bits of education, hell, he illustrated HOW in one of the Warlock books). He has managed to keep some level of character growth, but in doing so, he seems to have lost sight (or maybe, has failed to make it as obvious to US, the readers)of the premise.
In "The Crusading Wizard", Matthew Mantrell becomes enmeshed in what has to be the oddest Combination Crusades. In an effort to prevent the onslaught of the Mongolian Hordes, and locate a special kind of kidnapper, Matthew must once again leave his wife's castle and wander about without a clue. A central point in this story is to introduce the plot device of Stasheff's next book "The Feline Wizard", Balkis.
It is nice to have a soceress of no small abilty help, but does Matthew have to get hit in the back of the head every thirty pages to prove how helpful she is? Could we take it for granted that he has learned something of the power of religious symbols in this world? It seems as if all those blows to the head have stupified Matthew to the point that he NEEDS the help of various Djinn, Personifications, and Pontiff's to come up with a good rhyme.
If you were wondering, this is not one of the better Wizard in Rhyme books... it is much improved over "The Haunted Wizard", and serves as a decent prelude to "The Feline Wizard", but one hopes that Stasheff is done with Balkis as a protagonist, and is willing to go back to the real struggle. Matthew is there to tip the scales when TRUE EVIL is attempting to exert itself, he IS the most powerful wizard in this world, St Moncaire chose him for that reason.
New readers should take heed, this book is not indicative of the quality of the entire series. Stick with the books PRECEDING "My Son, The Wizard". With any luck, this book serves as the background for an Evil that requires countering by someone as powerful as Matthew. Matthew certainly needs to be reminded of what he is capable of, and Stasheff needs to do the reminding soon.
Moving up to a larger stage.......2000-10-30
Book after book, Matt Mantrell (from our Earth) has been saving Merovence (France) from evil. Now, he has to save civilization from the mongol hordes. He and his wife Queen Alisande lead the Frankish armies to join in a Crusade allied with the Arabs, against the Turks and Huns.
Unlike some of the WIZARD AT RHYME series, this does not go much into the Catholic way. It suffers, however, from Matt having too many friends, all powerful, and all willing to pitch in and help out. I'm a fan of Stasheff and think this is one of his better series but I agree with the authors who say that it's getting old. Introducing new characters (especially Saul way back in Book 3) helps (I'm not that big on Matt's parents--they sort of remind me of the left-over lovers in a Romance Novel sequel), but I think Stasheff will want to leave Matt alone and focus on other characters altogther if he doesn't want this to become just another hero wading through evil series.
New characters add a twist to the routine........2000-06-20
All in all a pretty good book. I like the new character addition of Balkis and am looking forward to the next book. The first few books in the series were great, but a lot of the storylines in the last couple books have seemed to have the same basic concept. This book adds a little more with the addition of Balkis being a major character and not just someone who shows up now and again. I only have one fault with the book. That being how the Caliph got to Damascus with Talas bin Daoud and his army arriving later, when earlier in the book the Caliph was held up outside of Bagdad and Talas had already arrived at Damascus. Other than that, the book was altogether a good read.
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Nine Tomorrows
Isaac Asimov
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Science-Fiction Masterpieces FIND & BUY THIS BOOK.......2006-12-07
Any one of the nine short stories in this volume would make their author's career. By assembling them in one volume it becomes immediately apparent that Isaac Asimov was the undisputed master of modern science-fiction. Asimov's style is perfectly suited to the genre--his writing style is plain and deceptively simple. Yet for all the simplicity of the writing the ideas remain profound.
Asimov not only understood science and technology, he had a virtually prophetic vision of how science and technology would change the world. Our internet and cell phones would be no surprise to Asimov--he'd consider how far we have yet to go.
PROFESSION: A fascinating study of a future society where one's profession is dictated by a computer according to a person's talents and aptitudes. Ideas that no longer look entirely futuristic.
THE FEELING OF POWER: The guy can do math in his head! A wry take on the effects of computing power on personal computational ability.
THE DYING NIGHT: A first-rate mystery story told in the milieu of science fiction.
I'M IN MARSPORT WITHOUT HILDA: Like "The Dying Night" a story that demonstrates Asimov's ability to effortlessly cross genre boundaries.
THE GENTLE VULTURES: Watch out for the humans. Take any work by any modern science fiction author--Asimov has already been there and has often done the story better.
ALL THE TROUBLES IN THE WORLD: Artificial Intelligence issues that are still being debated today.
SPELL MY NAME WITH AN S: About the societal impact of near infinite computing power and governmental intrusion into scientific research.
THE LAST QUESTION: Wow. A mindblower. This one is easily among the best science-fiction short stories ever written. Asimov's take on intelligence and the future of the universe.
THE UGLY LITTLE BOY: Time travel and human experimentation are combined in this gem that teaches us that our essential humanity is more important than any scientific achievement.
A FINE COLLECTION FROM ONE OF SCI-FI'S MASTERS.......2005-01-09
Isaac Asimov may very well be the most prolific author in modern history. With over 500 books to his credit (506, to be exact...go to asimovonline.com for the full list, if you don't believe me!), covering just about every subject in the Dewey Decimal System (except philosophy, I believe), the man was a real marvel. One of these 500 volumes, "Nine Tomorrows," is a collection of short stories that Doc Ike first had published in various magazines during the period July '56 to November '58. As the title suggests, all nine tales deal with possible futures that may face mankind, and all feature the wit, erudition and clarity that are the hallmarks of every Asimov story/novel that I've ever read. The collection kicks off with the longest tale, "Profession," in which Asimov presents a 65th century when one's vocation is determined by a kind of computerized psychological profile, and in which youngsters compete in Olympics-style games for plum jobs on other planets. But what happens if it is deemed that you're cut out for nothing at all? That's what happens to young George Platen, in this consistently interesting tale. (Asimov does make one rare goof in this story: George should be 20, not 19, by the story's end. Has anyone else noticed this?) In "The Feeling of Power," Asimov tells us of a scientist who is actually capable of doing simple math problems on paper (gasp!), without the aid of a computer (!), and how the military minds of that distant century make use of these newfound skills. But the old ways of doing things lead to nothing but trouble, in this brilliantly cynical tale. Asimov has been called "the Agatha Christie of Science Fiction," and in "The Dying Night," a murder mystery of sorts, we see an early example of how he earned that title. A scientist lies dead, his papers on mass transference stolen, and three of his old school chums are suspect. This somewhat contrived story nonetheless leads to a satisfactory conclusion that most readers will never foresee. (The 1965 observations of Mercury, by the way, have dated the science in the tale, but this is certainly nothing that Asimov could have foreseen in July '56.) What is certainly the most humorous tale in the bunch comes next: "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda." Written in Heinlein-like, tough-guy prose, this tale concerns a Galactic Service agent who must determine which of three men is attempting to smuggle a powerful drug out of the eponymous port. This one really had me chuckling out loud, and winds up very amusingly indeed. A most entertaining tale. In "The Gentle Vultures," the author tells us that an alien race has been living on the Moon's far side for several decades, waiting for Earth's Cold War to blow up so that they might come to our aid...for a fee, of course. Asimov would have us believe that these folks are the source of the 1940s' and '50s' UFO's, and who knows...maybe he's right! Anyway, the interaction between the chimplike aliens and their kidnapped Earthling is very well done in this unique tale. In "All the Troubles of the World," a computer is responsible for not only caring for everyone on Earth, but also for predicting and preventing crimes. Is it possible that this 1958 story was inspired in part by P.K. Dick's "Minority Report," published two years before? Who knows? The story is very clever, though, and has a most touching ending. "Spell My Name With an S" shows how the smallest alteration in one's life can occasionally lead to great worldwide changes. A way-out surprise ending caps off another very clever Asimov short story. And then there's "The Last Question," in which Asimov theorizes on nothing less than the end of the universe 10 trillion years in the future...and what might happen after that. This is a truly mind-expanding short story that offers much food for thought in its 12 pages. The collection wraps up with perhaps my favorite story of the bunch, "The Ugly Little Boy." Here, a nurse is hired to take care of a 4-year-old Neanderthal tyke who has been plucked from the past by a scientific institute. The tale should be instructive to all those critics who have accused Asimov of being unable to depict convincing female characters. Nurse Fellowes is VERY well drawn, I think, with some psychological complexity and surprising maternal tendencies. The ending of this tale is nicely sentimental, and lingers long in the memory. Thus ends a really fine collection of stories from one of sci-fi's true masters. Trust me, you'll wish there were 20 tomorrows here, instead of just nine!
Some of the best science fiction ever written.......2002-11-12
Isaac Asimov, science fiction grandmaster and one of the absolute best writers in the field ever to wield a pen, wrote so much - and so much of high quality, at that - that it is difficult for a newcomer to his works to even know where to begin. This daunted me so much that, for a while, I dared not venture into Asimov's canon at all - doubtless, many others have done so as well. Now that I have finally started reading him, I regret that I didn't do it long ago. I urge - urge - you not to make the same mistake. Though Asimov wrote literally hundreds of short stories, this short and concise collection features some of his very best. Included in this collection are absolute masterpieces such as The Last Question (one of the Top 3 science fiction short stories of all-time, in my not-so-humble opinion); Profession (an excellent and very underrated story); The Dying Night (an excellent SF mystery that has been, alas, outdated by subsequent science, but is still enjoyable to the full); The Ugly Little Boy (a rare emotional moment for Asimov, and a great story at that - he called this his third favorite that he ever wrote); and Spell My Name With An "S" (a unique and clever story sprung from the lifelong trouble Asimov had with people adding an extra "S" to his surname.) This collection also includes several lighter pieces, which serve to fill space and lighten the mood. Very, very, very highly recommended to any fan of science fiction writing, an absolute classic and masterpiece of the genre.
When humanity meets technology, Asimov is there.......2001-10-11
Sci-fi grandmaster Isaac Asimov is at the top of his game in this collection of nine short stories. The first is "Profession", which speculates on the nature of education in a future where the Earth is the technological center of a civilization of hundreds of populated planets. The story revolves around young George Platen, and the very special profession for which he has been selected. Asimov goes beyond describing the technology for imparting information and makes points about the everyman's preference for physical over social science, the nature of the creative mind, and how society finds
ways to placate the uncreative, including an event at the future Olympics. More menacing is the "Feeling of Power" in which an unassuming computer programmer discovers the lost art of arithmetic in a future society where only computers know how to do mathematics. Asimov shows how this discovery moves up the bureaucratic chain until it reaches the ears of those who know
how to make use of it, but also makes a statement about scientific responsibility. "The Gentle Vultures" shows a non-competitive race that goes from planet to planet helping the survivors of nuclear catastrophe - until they encounter their first Cold War. And two of the very best tales deal with the burgeoning concept of artificial intelligence. "All the
Troubles of the World" shows a society that relies too heavily on its guiding computer, while "The Last Question" is a totally unique story dealing with a theosophical question and featuring a conclusion that is perhaps the greatest in all science fiction.
Although most of the stories were written in the 1950's, there's very little that's been dated by subsequent scientific discoveries, largely because this collection isn't about hard science so much as the relationships between far-reaching technologies and human society. The protagonists aren't
swashbuckling hero types, and they usually aren't even dedicated scientists single-mindedly pursuing knowledge; they're more likely to be "little guys", ordinary working people with jobs to do, who when faced with something they should be helpless to combat, still summon up the courage to act during that one brief moment when they can make a crucial difference. Probably the most dated feature of this collection is its attitude toward women, who are frequently absent entirely, or serve only in the most stereotypical of roles. Only the touchingly sentimental "The Ugly Little Boy" treats a woman as anything like a real human being. Even so, the power of Asimov's ideas
and the scope of his vision of the future have delighted readers for over half a century. If you haven't read these stories in other collections, you'll certainly want to catch them here.
Some books just stick with you..........2000-02-04
I read this book God knows how many years ago, and I've never been able to get it out of my head since. I read it again and again until the pages fell out; it's that kind of book. Thoughtful, provocative, and absolutely terrifying; Asimov at his best.
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- How could this book not be in print?
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Nine Tomorrows (Tales of the Near Future)
Manufacturer: Fawcett Crest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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| Asimov, Isaac
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| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Paperback
| Asimov, Isaac
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| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
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ASIN: B000GF7Z9S |
Customer Reviews:
How could this book not be in print?.......2007-06-12
This collection contains two of Asimov's best stories--"The Feeling of Power" and "The Last Question." I find it odd that so many lesser books can remain in print while this major work of one of SF's more important voices languishes. Let's hope it gets bundled with another Asimov short story collection and returns to print.
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The Ninety-Nines: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow
Turner Publishing
Manufacturer: Turner Publishing Company (KY)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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| World
| History
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Military Science
| History
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History of Technology
| Technology
| Science
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ASIN: 1563112035 |
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Nine Roads To Tomorrow
Halacy
Manufacturer: Macrae Smith And Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JDYA68 |
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NINE TOMORROWS
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HFBG92 |
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Nine Tomorrows
Isaac Asimov
Manufacturer: Pan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KKCBT8 |
Average customer rating:
- Another Home Run by ATK
- excellant teaching book
- A great book from ATK 2006!
- Makes me feel like a chef on TV
- Repeats
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Cooking at Home With America's Test Kitchen
Manufacturer: America's Test Kitchen
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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| Cooking, Food & Wine
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Culinary Arts & Techniques
| Cooking, Food & Wine
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| Cooking, Food & Wine
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Holidays
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Test Kitchen Favorites: The 2007 Companion Cookbook to the Hit TV Show (America's Test Kitchen)
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The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2007: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings (Best of America's Test Kitchen Cookbook: The Year's Best Recipes)
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Inside America's Test Kitchen: All-New Recipes, Quick Tips, Equipment Ratings, Food Tastings, Science Experiments from the Hit Public Television Show (America's Test Kitchen)
ASIN: 0936184892 |
Customer Reviews:
Another Home Run by ATK.......2007-01-01
I am a big fan of ATK and a subscriber of Cooks Illustrated and Cooks Country, but can't get enough of their cookbooks. This one has a nice selection of recipes from the show, the magazines and some of the other cookbooks. Their recipes never disappoint and I am anxious to try some of these recipes just as soon as the Christmas ham is gone.
excellant teaching book.......2006-11-06
If you are interested in why you do what you do to create a dish,this is the book for you. All of the recipes have been tested many times and in different ways before they are entered into the book.
A great book from ATK 2006!.......2006-08-10
I have recently become an enthusiast of America's Test Kitchen and watch the show on a regular basis. The material is not 100% brand spanking new but meant to be a companion to what is done on TV, specifically the 2006 series (no not 2003 like one reviewer wrote).
As it's a companion book, the sections are broken out by episode and not ingredient. There are several pages of explanation with each episode detailing the trials and tribulations undergone by the fabulous Test Kitchen staff. Some many not care that the ATK staff stumbled upon an old Julia Child method to draw moisture out of fish but I was fascinated. There are also lots of honest product reviews which is a refreshing change for those who watch the TV chefs and never get an actual glimpse of the products and brands used.
I made a perfect Fish Meuniere with Browned Butter and Lemon the first time out with a perfect crunchy brown coating. A few other successful recipes was the Seared Tuna, Inexpensive Pan-Seared Steaks, and the Asparagus, Ham, and Gruyere Frittata.
This book helps teach effective methods for better cooking. Not just how to follow directions but how to become a better chef.
Makes me feel like a chef on TV.......2006-04-24
I made the "Pan-Seared Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin" with the Cherry Port Sauce. I impressed myself with my gourmet results. I even have tried the Cherry Port Sauce on some venison and the results were great.
The book with recipes and reviews follow the programs very closely. The only small suggestion would be for more color pictures. There are some but a few more with the recipes would be better.
Repeats.......2006-03-21
As in most books from Cooksillustrated recipes already appeared in their other publications - nothing new!
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