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Charles Henry Whiting (18 December 1926 – 24 July 2007 [1]), was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Duncan Harding, [2] Ian Harding, [3] John Kerrigan, [4] Leo Kessler, [5] Klaus Konrad, [6] K.N. Kostov, [3] and Duncan Stirling.
Cinder is the 2012 debut young adult science fiction novel of American author Marissa Meyer, published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the first book in The Lunar Chronicles and is followed by Scarlet. The story is loosely based on the classic fairytale Cinderella. [2]
LC Class. PZ7.M571737 Wi 2015 [ 1] Preceded by. Cress. Winter is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. [ 2] It is the fourth and final book in The Lunar Chronicles series and the sequel to Cress.
The Intuitionist. The Intuitionist is a 1999 speculative fiction novel by American writer Colson Whitehead. The Intuitionist takes place in a city (implicitly, New York) full of skyscrapers and other buildings requiring vertical transportation in the form of elevators. The time, never identified explicitly, is one when black people are called ...
Publication place. United States. The Aeronaut's Windlass is a 2015 steampunk fantasy written by Jim Butcher involving steampunk technologies, magical wars, and sentient cats. [1][2] It is the first book of The Cinder Spires series. [3] The second book in the series, The Olympian Affair, was published in November 2023. [4]
The design and construction of skyscrapers involves creating safe, habitable spaces in very high buildings. The buildings must support their weight, resist wind and earthquakes, and protect occupants from fire. Yet they must also be conveniently accessible, even on the upper floors, and provide utilities and a comfortable climate for the occupants.
Scarlet is a 2013 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the second novel in The Lunar Chronicles series and the sequel to Cinder. The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of " Little Red Riding Hood," similar to Cinder ...
The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke.Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator.This "orbital tower" is a giant structure rising from the ground and linking with a satellite in geostationary orbit at the height of approximately 36,000 kilometres (approx. 22,300 miles).