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"BLIT" (acronym of Berryman Logical Image Technique) is a 1988 science fiction short story by the British writer David Langford. It takes place in a setting where highly dangerous types of images called "basilisks" (after the legendary reptile) have been discovered; these images contain patterns within them that exploit flaws in the structure of the human mind to produce a lethal reaction ...
One Day is a novel by David Nicholls, published in 2009. A couple spend the night together on 15 July 1988, knowing they must go their separate ways the next day. The novel then visits their lives on 15 July every year for the next 20 years. The novel attracted generally positive reviews and was named 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year. [1]
Sarah is a novel by Laura Albert, written under the name JT LeRoy, a persona that she has described as an "avatar," [1] asserting that it enabled her to write things she could not have said as herself. Sarah is narrated by an unnamed boy whose mother Sarah is a lot lizard: a prostitute who works the truck stops in West Virginia. She can be ...
He sees the Roller throw an apparently dead lizard it had tortured through the barrier, and discovers that the lizard had only been unconscious; Carson realizes that the barrier is a mental one. In desperation, he knocks himself out on a slope and rolls through to the other side.
The Eastern glass lizard is one of three legless lizards that can be found in North Carolina.
Dangerous Visions is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by American writer Harlan Ellison and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It was published in 1967 and contained 33 stories, none of which had been previously published.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Released by Atheneum Books in March 1976, it was the third to appear set on the world Pern of the Dragonriders of Pern. [1] In its time, however, Dragonsong brought the fictional planet Pern to a new publisher, editor, and target audience of young adults , and soon became the first book in the Harper Hall of Pern trilogy.