Russell's ebook Library
The Smoke Ring
Larry Niven
The Smoke Ring [2]: Over 14 years after the events described in "The Integral Trees", the Citizen's Tree people discover that the whole computer library from the starship Discipline may be intact. To find it they have to journey across the free-fall ...
Smoke Screen
Sandra Brown
When newswoman Britt Shelley wakes up to find herself in bed with Jay Burgess, a rising star detective in the Charleston police department, she remembers nothing of how she got there... or of how Jay wound up dead.Handsome and hard-partying, Jay was ...
The Snail on the Slope
Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
ENTER THE ADMINISTRATIONPeretz spends his days navigating the bureaucracy of the Administration, the institute tasked with governing the Forest below. Except no one ever seems to go there, and his attempts only trap him further within the workings of...
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody [7]: In Amelia's seventh adventure, she and Emerson take passage on a boat travelling up the Nile, enjoying a second honeymoon while they search for Nefertiti's tomb.On the other hand, they might be heading towards murder.An exotic sla...
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison — a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and j...
The Snow Queen
Joan D. Vinge
Snow Queen [1]: The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers.But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives...
Snow in the Desert
Neal Asher
In the parched, arid wastes of this far-flung Polity world, Snow is being hunted. With a prize on his head and his life in danger, trust is a luxury he can’t afford. Hirald, pale and deadly in the blistering heat, is an ambiguous presence. But who is...
Snuff
Terry Pratchett
Discworld [36]: The new Discworld novel from the master sees Sam Vimes investigating a countryhouse murder.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Douglas Adams
HHGTTG [4]: Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams…There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It’s not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he’s the only human who...
The Soft Machine
William S. Burroughs
Nova [1]: Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.
Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art
Steve McConnell
Often referred to as the “black art” because of its complexity and uncertainty, software estimation is not as difficult or puzzling as people think. In fact, generating accurate estimates is straightforward — once you understand the art of creating t...
Solar Lottery
Philip K. Dick
The year is 2203, and the ruler of the Universe is chosen according to the random laws of a strange game under the control of Quizmaster Verrick.But when Ted Bentley, a research technician recently dismissed from his job, signs on to work for Verrick...
Soldier of the Mist
Gene Wolfe
Soldier of the Mist [1]: The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory.In return it gave him the ability to converse with supernatural creatures, gods...
Soldier, Ask Not
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [3]: The black-clad mercenaries of the Friendly planets fought where their employer and their God dictated.On New Earth they pitted their fanaticism against the cold courage of the Dorsai. And the implacable hatred of one man, Tam Olyn.O...
The Soldier
Neal Asher
Rise of the Jain [1]: In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-...
Soldiers of Paradise
Paul Park
Starbridge Chronicles [1]: Where the seasons last for generations, winter is a hard time suited to hard religion.The theocratic Starbridge caste consider themselves virtuous wardens in a sinners' purgatory, reading infant cries and birthmarks to judg...
Solitaire
Kelley Eskridge
Jackal Segura is a Hope: born to responsibility and privilege as a symbol of a fledgling world government.Soon she'll become part of the global administration, sponsored by the huge corporation that houses, feeds, employs, and protects her and everyo...
Solitude Creek
Jeffery Deaver
Kathryn Dance [4]: A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's ...
Solstice Wood
Patricia A. McKillip
Winter Rose [2]: When bookstore owner Sylvia Lynn returns to her childhood home in upstate New York, she meets the Fiber Guild-a group of local women who meet to knit, embroider, and sew-and learns why her grandmother watches her so closely.A primiti...
Some Buried Caesar
Rex Stout
Nero Wolfe [6]: A prize bull, a restaurateur's tacky publicity stunt, a family feud (among the bull's owners), and the death of a family scion pit Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin against a special breed of killer.
Someplace to Be Flying
Charles de Lint
Newford [5]: Charles de Lint's beloved fictional city of Newford is the backdrop for this riveting urban fantasy which pays homage to ancient Native American legends of secret "animal people" living among us.Come join the misfits, marginalized and or...
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