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Little Shop of Horrors: Script and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD... -
![The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase by Douglas Adams]()
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase by Douglas Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the Earth is unexpectedly demolished, Arthur Dent finds The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy an essential companion... -
![William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by Ian Doescher, Shakespeare]()
William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by Ian Doescher, Shakespeare
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsExperience The Force Awakens as a Shakespeare play, complete with Elizabethan verse, Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical stage directions! As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Damaron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama--in iambic pentameter! Star Wars fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter, reimagined... -
![William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge by Ian Doescher]()
William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge by Ian Doescher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo thine own Sith be true. Lend us your ears and comlinks for a Shakespearean retelling of Star Wars Episode III! A once-heroic knight becomes the darkest of villains. The Jedi suffer slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. The Republic falls, an Empire rises, and so begins the long wait for a New Hope... -
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![Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw]()
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
![Back To The Future by George Gipe, Robert Zemeckis]()
Back To The Future by George Gipe, Robert Zemeckis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBased on a screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gule.HE WAS NEVER IN TIMEFOR HIS CLASSES...HE WASN'T IN TIME FOR HIS DINNER...THEN ONE DAY...HE WASN'T IN HIS TIME AT ALL... -
![The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase by Douglas Adams, Simon Jones]()
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase by Douglas Adams, Simon Jones
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll... -
![とある魔術の禁書目録 19 by Kazuma Kamachi]()
とある魔術の禁書目録 19 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA certain unlikely hero...In the shadowy underbelly of Academy City, the problem-busting team known as Group (centered around Level Five esper Accelerator and the man who wields the powers of science and magic, Tsuchimikado) is investigating every lead they can related to the word dragon. This clue may be the key to finding their way out of a terrible situation... -
![…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander]()
…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhich pill do you choose? Yellow pill - grants the ability to read minds Green pill - you can shapeshift into any animal at will Blue pill - free movement throughout the cosmos, and safety from its dangers Orange pill - master any skill a human is capable of performing Red pill - BRUTE STRENGTH! Pink pill - make people love you as if flipping a... -
![The Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from Across Space and Time by Cavan Scott, Mark Wright]()
The Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from Across Space and Time by Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first-ever collection of the most intelligent, strangest, mysterious, and wonderful quotes from all fifty years of the BBC America hit television series Doctor Who.Over the years, Doctor Who has become one of the most popular science fiction series to date, with an ever growing and extremely dedicated fan base... -
![The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Secondary Phase (Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams, Geoffrey McGivern]()
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Secondary Phase (Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams, Geoffrey McGivern
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsQuandary and Quintessential Phases) to give a full, vibrant sound, now with Philip Pope’s version of the familiar theme tune and specially re-recorded announcements by John Marsh.Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet... -
![Three by Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle/Slaughterhouse Five/Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
Three by Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle/Slaughterhouse Five/Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProduct... -
![Barfly by Charles Bukowski, Barbet Schroeder]()
Barfly by Charles Bukowski, Barbet Schroeder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe screenplay of the 1987 movie, as written by Charles Bukowski... -
![Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker]()
Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSoon to be a major motion picture starring John Cusack!Mr. Quark is a down-on-his luck pot-smuggler hiding out in the mountains of Colombia with his dog, High Pockets, and a small band of banditos led by the irascible Jose... -
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![The Beginning by H. Claire Taylor]()
The Beginning by H. Claire Taylor
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving a daughter changes things. Even for God.Jessica McCloud is God’s only begotten daughter, and she’s not super thrilled about that. Sure, she can smite and she knows juicy gossip about folks in her tiny West Texas town, but that’s about where the perks stop... -
![Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger]()
Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you freaked out by the mere thought of a bird winking at you? Or do you panic when you hear an unexplained gurgling sound?Well, listen to this. On Saturday, March 8, at 7:12 p.m., Trey Hamburger heard a second hand account of a teleporting Hot Pocket and started wiggin' out bad... -
![Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob": Short Stories in the Subgenius Mythos by Ivan Stang, Kenneth Huey]()
Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob": Short Stories in the Subgenius Mythos by Ivan Stang, Kenneth Huey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStories depict the life of J.R... -
![The Snake Oil Wars or Scheherazade Ginsberg Strikes Again by Parke Godwin]()
The Snake Oil Wars or Scheherazade Ginsberg Strikes Again by Parke Godwin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBarion and Coyul are at it again... This time, they've been discovered toying with evolution. Barion has been summoned back to answer to the Council for their transgressions and Coyul is left behind to clean up the mess.. -
![A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 10 by Kazuma Kamachi]()
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 10 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven days have passed since the start of the Daihasei Festival, one of the biggest events of Academy City. Everyone is participating--Seiri Fukiyose is helping coordinate the games, Komoe Tsukuyomi dresses for the part as she cheers for her students, and of course, famous Mikoto Misaka is blowing away the competition... -
![The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison]()
The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhy pay for costumes, scenery, props or actors when the most brilliant drama of all time is unfolding before your very eyes, in vivid color - in 1050 A.D.? Just the film crew of that stupendous motion picture saga Viking Columbus as they journey back in time to capture history in the making... -
![Canary in a Cat House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
Canary in a Cat House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPublished in 1961, Canary in a Cathouse is a collection of twelve short stories. Except for Hal Irwin's magic lamp, eleven of them reappear in the later collection Welcome to the Monkey House.Contents:- Report on the barnhouse effect- All the king's horses- D.P... -
![Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi]()
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity... -
![Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss]()
Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith illustrations by Russell T Davies, original showrunner of the new-era Doctor Who, the first ever Doctor Who poetry collection—a charming, funny and whimsical illustrated collection of verse that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of getting older . . . Time-Lord older.Like many of us, the older they get, the more Time Lords realize how little they understand the universe around them... -
![Titmuss Regained by John Mortimer]()
Titmuss Regained by John Mortimer
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Right Honourable Leslie Titmuss has clawed his way up the Tory government ranks and is now Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Ecological Affairs and Planning (H.E.A.P.), and in pursuit of beautiful widow Jenny Sidonia. But seismic changes are afoot in the beautiful countryside where a new town threatens to engulf his own back garden... -
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![The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton by Robert Sheckley]()
The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is a tortured soul. Separated at an early age from two conflicting personalities, Alistair Crompton has decided on a daring scheme to reintegrate himself. But installed in different bodies and despatched to different planets, his two other selves have developed lives of their own: Loomis, who is completely self-indulgent and amoral; and Stack, vicious and impulsive... -
![Fireflies by Shiva Naipaul]()
Fireflies by Shiva Naipaul
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShiva Naipaul was the brother of V. S. Naipaul and author of Firefles and The Chip-Chip Gatherers. Fireflies, his first novel, published in 1970 and longlisted for the 'Lost Man Booker Award' in 2010, is set in Naipaul's native Trinidad. It includes a new foreword by Amit Chaudhuri. The Khojas are Trinidad's most venerated Hindu family... -
![Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels]()
Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereIn Teleport This, Simon and Gilbert, two terrestrial physicists, leave Earth and stumble into and across a larger universe, trying desperately to find their way back to Earth in one piece while possibly purchasing a working lightsaber or two along the way... -
![The Tin Men by Michael Frayn]()
The Tin Men by Michael Frayn
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe William Morris Institute of Automation Research is working hard to simplify our lives by programming computers to carry out life’s routine tasks. Whether it’s resolving ethical dilemmas, writing pornographic novels, saying prayers, or watching sports, these automation experts are developing machines to handle it all, enabling us to enjoy more free time... -
![No Word From Gurb by Eduardo Mendoza]()
No Word From Gurb by Eduardo Mendoza
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA shape-shifting extraterrestrial named Gurb has assumed the form of Madonna and disappeared in Barcelona’s backstreets. His commanding officer and best friend has sent off in pursuit, scrupulously recording his observations of a human life in the city while munching through vast quantities of churros. No stone is left unturned, no danger too much, in the search for his old pal Gurb... -
![Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNew York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and join the likes of Salinger, Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner, and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut... -
![The Doctor is Sick by Anthony Burgess]()
The Doctor is Sick by Anthony Burgess
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDr. Edwin Spindrift, a very ordinary lecturer in linguistics, has been sent home from Burma with a brain tumor. Closer to words than people, his sense of reality is further altered by his condition. The night before he is to be operated on, Spindrift decides—shaven-headed, shirtless, and penniless—to postpone the surgery by escaping from the hospital... -
![Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson]()
Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWhen Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's just about out of options. She recently graduated from high school and is pregnant with her art teacher's baby. Her mother is dead and her father is a drunk. The art teacher is too much of a head-case to help raise the child. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or prospects, she's left searching.So when Dr... -
![Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jill Krementz]()
Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jill Krementz
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn his first published play, Kurt Vonnegut finds a powerful vehicle for his tragicomical imagination. When the great hunter Harold Ryan--missing and presumed dead--returns from Africa after eight years, his wife is aghast and his son is enchanted. Vonnegut's attack on phony heroes and male swagger uses some of the funniest dialogue ever created for the stage... -
![The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales to the World in the Moon by Francis Godwin]()
The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales to the World in the Moon by Francis Godwin
Rated: 2.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGonsales is a Spaniard forced to flee the country after killing a man in a duel. Having made his fortune in the East Indies he decides to return to Spain, but falls ill on the voyage home and is set off on the island of St Helena to recover... -
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![The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs]()
The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs revealed his genius. In The Soft Machine he begins an adventure that will take us even further into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo... -
![Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk]()
Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCHUCK PALAHNIUK RETURNS TO W. W. NORTON & COMPANY FOR NEW NOVEL, “ADJUSTMENT DAY”New York, October 4, 2017—Chuck Palahniuk, who launched his career as a novelist with Fight Club, published by W. W...
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