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Louisa May Alcott's "Tiny Little Women" examines the lives and loves of Salu Digby and her three sisters on war-torn Imsk.
In Emily Bronte's "Winathian Heights", Garth and Ayla Ranzz are struck by lightning as they wander the moors in search of their brother Mekt. Pathological obsession, death, revenge and just plain bad luck are the underlying themes of this timeless gothic tragedy.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Hussy", a time-displaced wench in a pale scarlet bikini mentally manipulates the inhabitants of a Puritan village, and is forced to wear an emblem on her chest.
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Tromium, you've probably offered the best three so far, IMHO!
JRR Tolkein's "Legion of the Rings" has hobbits Chuck and Salu venturing deep in to Oa to destroy the evil lord Ganthet's magical weapon.
Meanwhile the once-fallen warrior prince Val must pursue is destiny and defeat the forces of evil, aided by his love, the elf princess Projectra, the elfin archer Jan, the warrior-dwarf Brin, the sorceress Mysa the Grey, and two more hobbits, Tenzil and Brek.
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Mary Shelley's "Computo" was outright horrifying, especially when Brainy chases the robot monster obssessively after it kills one of poor Luornu.
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James Fenimore Cooper's "Legion of the Mohicans"
Rokkeye, a white man gone native, pals around with Native American chief Brandgachgook and his son Reepas, the last survivors of their tribe.
En route to Fort Ticonderoga, they meet a soldier of the United Kingdom, Garth Heyworth, and his fiance Imra. Together with Rokkeye, they prevent Brandgachgook's assassination.
At Ticonderoga, they ally with Colonel Durgo and his identical triplet daughters, Alice, Cora and Luornu, to oppose the Huron foe Magua the Merciless, who is beseiging the fort on behalf of the Khundais, the UK's foes. Magua also wants Col. Durgo dead for his own revenge, and his daughters for chattel.
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Dan Brown's intergalactic best seller "The Legion Coed". UP Cryptographer Rokk Krinn stumbles upon a Legion Constitution, the first clue in a mystery that extends from the Legion Clubhouse Trophy Room to the Lightning Rings Plantation and Gorilla Nebula and beyond - with more twists and turns than a Legion Flight Ring, and an ending more amazing than Sir Prize and Miss Terious!
Here are some of the rave reviews: "Brilliant." - Sun Boy "I couldn't put it down!" - Light Lass "Mildly thought provoking" - Brainiac 5 "Yummy" - Matter-Eater Lad "I can't read..." - Timber Wolf
-------------------- "My dance card was getting fuller than a contestant's at a Jandan shurg-off." - Exnihil, The Lost Klordny
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No typos here - gives the novel more possibilities, don't ha think?
-------------------- "My dance card was getting fuller than a contestant's at a Jandan shurg-off." - Exnihil, The Lost Klordny
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Thomas Harris (Red Dragon, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs) writes SILENCE OF THE RANZZ:
After the daughter of the Winathian ambassador is kidnapped by a serial murderer, Imra Ardeen, a precociously self-disciplined SP Cadet, is dispatched to Tarkon Galtos see whether she can learn anything useful from mas murderer Roxxas.
Isolated by his crimes from all physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game of "Clue" with Ardeen, providing her with snippets of data that, if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted, she goes where the data takes her.
As the tension mounts and the bureaucracy thwarts Ardeen at every turn, her mentor, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted, betrayed, and humiliated, Ardeen struggles to focus. Who has taken Ayla Ranzz, and why? What lack in the killer's identity does the young Winathian hold?
If she can understand Roxxas's final, ambiguous clued, she can find the killer. But can she figure it out in time?
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Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence on Orando" would feature Nemesis Kid dreaming that he gets away--just before Projectra snaps his neck.
-------------------- The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that
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Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Space is about Rokk Krinn discovering he is The Space-Whale Reborn. He must prevent the Dark One from destroying reality, while dealing with the madness that comes with his awesome powers.
His allies include:
*Garth Ranzz - who gains the memories and experiences of great generals of the past AND has awesome luck) *Imra Ardeen - who takes command of the Aes Sedai, Servants of All
The series drags on for thirteen books and grows to include 1,247 named characters, many of whom only appear once and are never heard from again.
It is known for its strong female characters, who put the men in their places by sniffing, folding their arms beneath their bosoms and calling them inertron-heads on every page.
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A Game of Space-Thrones by George R.R. Martin.
When the previous Hand of the King, Dawnstar Arryn, is assassinated, Brin Stark, the Wolf of Winterfell, goes to King's Landing to become the prime minister for King Rokk Baratheon. But he soon discovers a dark secret about Queen Ayla Lannister and her brother, Garth the Kingslayer...
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