Search Results: Authors starting with L from Passenger Books

This book tells the story of a rock, dolerite, and its power to amaze, confuse, enslave, and ultimately to become "Tasmania's Curse." It also tells the very personal story of a young geologist who was given by accident or design, both the means and the projects to lift the curse. This had to be achieved by 1978.

NCT' s second full-length album 'NCT -The 2nd Album RESONANCE Pt.2' will be released on December 18, with a total of 21 songs including all of the songs from Pt.1 and 8 new tracks of various genres. With NCT's new combination of members and various music genres.Book is like new and includes the poster, postcard, and sticker sheet. CD is clean and has no scratches.

Set in a post-apocalyptic future where all work is performed by robots and androids, citizens are expected to spend their entire existance (which will last however long they want it to) sampling meaningless experiences and having fun.
The predominiately female heroine (you can change your sex, body, appearance, etc. anytime you choose to) finds herself bored and searches for something that will give her life meaning. In the process, her discontent manages to alienate her from society, with its extremely rigid unwritten rules of behavior underlying an "anything goes" appearance.
The robots (who are programmed to serve humanity's needs) are at first confused by her desire to do something important and ultimately threatened by her antisocial behavior. In the end, our heroine (we never learn her name) succeeds in escaping the sterile environment of the mega-city and recreates a new world for herself in the process. Tanith Lee (an all-time favorite author) offers a scathing satire of today's emphasis on… Read More

If you are studying about human reproduction or genetics then this is for you.