Author: Bruce Adams
Publisher: Bruce Adams
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Fast paced Superhero Gaming! Polyverse Supers allows a GM to create campaigns with colorful npcs, heroes and villains. Included are rules for creation of bases and vehicles as well as random character creation. Super Hero Roleplaying!Make the superhero YOU want!70 customizable powers!Adders and Subtractors make powers unique!Over 100 Problems to make characters stand out!Create bases and vehicles!Random character creation rules!Point based system!
Polyverse Supers
Author: Bruce Adams
Publisher: Bruce Adams
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Fast paced Superhero Gaming! Polyverse Supers allows a GM to create campaigns with colorful npcs, heroes and villains. Included are rules for creation of bases and vehicles as well as random character creation. Super Hero Roleplaying!Make the superhero YOU want!70 customizable powers!Adders and Subtractors make powers unique!Over 100 Problems to make characters stand out!Create bases and vehicles!Random character creation rules!Point based system!
Publisher: Bruce Adams
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Fast paced Superhero Gaming! Polyverse Supers allows a GM to create campaigns with colorful npcs, heroes and villains. Included are rules for creation of bases and vehicles as well as random character creation. Super Hero Roleplaying!Make the superhero YOU want!70 customizable powers!Adders and Subtractors make powers unique!Over 100 Problems to make characters stand out!Create bases and vehicles!Random character creation rules!Point based system!
Tales from the Polyverse
Author: D. L. Morris
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1681810204
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The first tale in this collection of ten short stories describes a universe that accidentally discovers how to give its people superpowers. But with heroes come villains, and at times it’s difficult to tell them apart. Next it’s on to a universe where cat people have developed a means of commercial interstellar flight. After that, galactic intrigue develops when several governments try to locate a simple star fighter pilot who is not what she seems. Then it’s on to a dystopian world where its star has changed colors. The ensuing carnage destroys civilization and ecosystems around the planet. One of the destroyed cities, known now as Skeleton City, lives on even in death. This is followed by a lighthearted look at a combination of science fiction and magic in which the author has created all new rules. In a future where Earth is attacked by a race that “seeks to bring peace to the galaxy,” the aliens’ idea of peace is death. Travel to a different world where the population receives a human signal, but most don’t think it’s real. Those who do must meet in secret to decipher the code. What would happen in a world where companions are manufactured to do whatever they are told? The most popular models, of course, are feminine in appearance. In one story, a young man must learn all he can about mysticism before he goes to an arcane postsecondary school. In the final story, Crocs have attacked Earth and have nearly wiped out humanity. Those who survive try to kill the enemy, but at what cost?
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1681810204
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The first tale in this collection of ten short stories describes a universe that accidentally discovers how to give its people superpowers. But with heroes come villains, and at times it’s difficult to tell them apart. Next it’s on to a universe where cat people have developed a means of commercial interstellar flight. After that, galactic intrigue develops when several governments try to locate a simple star fighter pilot who is not what she seems. Then it’s on to a dystopian world where its star has changed colors. The ensuing carnage destroys civilization and ecosystems around the planet. One of the destroyed cities, known now as Skeleton City, lives on even in death. This is followed by a lighthearted look at a combination of science fiction and magic in which the author has created all new rules. In a future where Earth is attacked by a race that “seeks to bring peace to the galaxy,” the aliens’ idea of peace is death. Travel to a different world where the population receives a human signal, but most don’t think it’s real. Those who do must meet in secret to decipher the code. What would happen in a world where companions are manufactured to do whatever they are told? The most popular models, of course, are feminine in appearance. In one story, a young man must learn all he can about mysticism before he goes to an arcane postsecondary school. In the final story, Crocs have attacked Earth and have nearly wiped out humanity. Those who survive try to kill the enemy, but at what cost?
Poly Verse
Author: Sterling Sherman Beardsley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Polyverse
Author: Lee Ann Brown
Publisher: Sun and Moon Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Polyverse is just that: a verse of many forms and possibilities. Taking its cue from a wide range of modern and postmodern poetics - Gertrude Stein's multiple formal innovations, Emily Dickinson's condensations, the improvisation of Whitman and the Beat poets, the New York School's intertwining poles of "the everyday," and the wild peripatetic leaps and innovation of "Language" writing - Brown's work enacts an exciting and suggestive poetry of possibility.
Publisher: Sun and Moon Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Polyverse is just that: a verse of many forms and possibilities. Taking its cue from a wide range of modern and postmodern poetics - Gertrude Stein's multiple formal innovations, Emily Dickinson's condensations, the improvisation of Whitman and the Beat poets, the New York School's intertwining poles of "the everyday," and the wild peripatetic leaps and innovation of "Language" writing - Brown's work enacts an exciting and suggestive poetry of possibility.
God's Livestock Policy
Author: Stan Apps
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Poetry. Introduction by Michael Magee. GOD'S LIVESTOCK POLICY is Stan Apps's self-ordained "mini-Bible sort of a commentary on the real Bible." Employing satire as incisive as that which one might find in e.e. cummings and The New Republic, Apps's poems problematize God, configuring the deity as a grasping extension of Man's urge for sovereignty, a populist construct by which we are roped, doped, and branded. Heaven here is a bureaucratic machine, earth a lamentable mistake, and humans the lowing livestock. GOD'S LIVESTOCK POLICY is published as part of the Trench Art Parapet series. With visual art by Danielle Adair."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Poetry. Introduction by Michael Magee. GOD'S LIVESTOCK POLICY is Stan Apps's self-ordained "mini-Bible sort of a commentary on the real Bible." Employing satire as incisive as that which one might find in e.e. cummings and The New Republic, Apps's poems problematize God, configuring the deity as a grasping extension of Man's urge for sovereignty, a populist construct by which we are roped, doped, and branded. Heaven here is a bureaucratic machine, earth a lamentable mistake, and humans the lowing livestock. GOD'S LIVESTOCK POLICY is published as part of the Trench Art Parapet series. With visual art by Danielle Adair."
Between Literature and Science
Author: Peter Swirski
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773568379
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Through close analysis of Eureka and The Purloined Letter, Swirski evaluates Poe's epistemological theses in the light of contemporary philosophy of science and presents literary interpretation as a cooperative game played by the author and reader, thereby illuminating how we read fiction. The analysis of Poe's little-studied Eureka provides the basis for his discussion of Lem's critique of scientific reductionism and futurological forecasts. Drawing on his own interviews with Lem as well as analysis of his works, Swirski considers the author's scenarios involving computers capable of creative acts and discusses their socio-cultural implications. His analysis leads to bold arguments about the nature of literature and its relation to a broad range of other disciplines.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773568379
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Through close analysis of Eureka and The Purloined Letter, Swirski evaluates Poe's epistemological theses in the light of contemporary philosophy of science and presents literary interpretation as a cooperative game played by the author and reader, thereby illuminating how we read fiction. The analysis of Poe's little-studied Eureka provides the basis for his discussion of Lem's critique of scientific reductionism and futurological forecasts. Drawing on his own interviews with Lem as well as analysis of his works, Swirski considers the author's scenarios involving computers capable of creative acts and discusses their socio-cultural implications. His analysis leads to bold arguments about the nature of literature and its relation to a broad range of other disciplines.
Eifelheim
Author: Michael Flynn
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 142992716X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
“Carl Sagan meets Umberto Eco. . . . Bursting with pungent historical detail . . . this dense, provocative novel offers big rewards to patient readers.” —Entertainment Weekly The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award. Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What’s so special about Eifelheim? Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn. “Heartbreaking. . . . Flynn masterfully achieves an intricate panorama of medieval life, full of fascinatingly realized human and [alien] characters whose fates interconnect with poignant irony.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Meticulously researched, intense, mesmerizing novel . . . for readers seeking thoughtful science fiction of the highest order.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Eifelheim may turn out to be the best science fiction novel this year.” —Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award–winning author of Ender’s Game
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 142992716X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
“Carl Sagan meets Umberto Eco. . . . Bursting with pungent historical detail . . . this dense, provocative novel offers big rewards to patient readers.” —Entertainment Weekly The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award. Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What’s so special about Eifelheim? Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn. “Heartbreaking. . . . Flynn masterfully achieves an intricate panorama of medieval life, full of fascinatingly realized human and [alien] characters whose fates interconnect with poignant irony.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Meticulously researched, intense, mesmerizing novel . . . for readers seeking thoughtful science fiction of the highest order.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Eifelheim may turn out to be the best science fiction novel this year.” —Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award–winning author of Ender’s Game
The Alchemical Visions Tarot
Author: Arthur Taussig
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1578636418
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"This deck reveals the often overlooked psychological implications of many of the tarot archetypes, exposing multiple aspects of the human psyche. Each card is presented as a key to cultivating self-awareness and self-realization"--
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1578636418
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"This deck reveals the often overlooked psychological implications of many of the tarot archetypes, exposing multiple aspects of the human psyche. Each card is presented as a key to cultivating self-awareness and self-realization"--
Ultraverse Roleplaying System
Author: Bruce Adams
Publisher: Bruce Adams
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Ultraverse is a fast-paced system designed to create superheroic, fantasy, science fiction and countless other types of adventures for players. Each player assumes their own role as a character in each campaign that the Gamemaster (GM) creates. Ultraverse is designed to emulate the fictional powers and abilities found in the pages of four-color comic books. Polyhedral dice such as d20, d12, d10, d8, d6 and d4 are required for play in Ultraverse. Hexagonal or Square maps are useful but not required for playing. I have tried to make the system easy to understand, fast-paced, and simple for players to get started. I am proud to have created Ultraverse and hope the readers have fun gaming!
Publisher: Bruce Adams
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Ultraverse is a fast-paced system designed to create superheroic, fantasy, science fiction and countless other types of adventures for players. Each player assumes their own role as a character in each campaign that the Gamemaster (GM) creates. Ultraverse is designed to emulate the fictional powers and abilities found in the pages of four-color comic books. Polyhedral dice such as d20, d12, d10, d8, d6 and d4 are required for play in Ultraverse. Hexagonal or Square maps are useful but not required for playing. I have tried to make the system easy to understand, fast-paced, and simple for players to get started. I am proud to have created Ultraverse and hope the readers have fun gaming!
Mathematicians in Love
Author: Rudy Rucker
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466804866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A riveting new science fiction novel from the writer who twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best SF novel.Bela and Paul, two wild young mathematicians, are friends and roommates, and in love with the same woman, who happens to be Alma, Bela's girlfriend. They fight it out by changing reality using cutting edge math, to change who gets the girl. The contemporary world they live in is not quite this one, but much like Berkeley, California, and the two graduate students are trying to finish their degrees and get jobs. It doesn't help that their unpredictable advisor Roland is a mad mathematical genius who has figured out a way to predict isolated and specific bits of the future that can cause a lot of trouble. . .and he's starting to see monsters in mirrors. Bela and Paul start to mess around with reality, and when that happens, all heaven and hell break loose. Those monsters of Roland's were really there, but who are they? This novel is a romantic comedy with a whole corkscrew of SF twists. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466804866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A riveting new science fiction novel from the writer who twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best SF novel.Bela and Paul, two wild young mathematicians, are friends and roommates, and in love with the same woman, who happens to be Alma, Bela's girlfriend. They fight it out by changing reality using cutting edge math, to change who gets the girl. The contemporary world they live in is not quite this one, but much like Berkeley, California, and the two graduate students are trying to finish their degrees and get jobs. It doesn't help that their unpredictable advisor Roland is a mad mathematical genius who has figured out a way to predict isolated and specific bits of the future that can cause a lot of trouble. . .and he's starting to see monsters in mirrors. Bela and Paul start to mess around with reality, and when that happens, all heaven and hell break loose. Those monsters of Roland's were really there, but who are they? This novel is a romantic comedy with a whole corkscrew of SF twists. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.