Science Imagination

The Imagination Thief by Rohan Quine is about a web of secrets, triggered by the stealing and copying of people’s imaginations and memories. It’s about the magic that can be conjured up by images of people, in imagination or on film; the split between beauty and happiness in the world; and the allure of various kinds of power.

Vollis Simpson was a man with a curious mind—always eager to know how things worked and how to fix them. Growing up on a farm in North Carolina, he loved to tinker with machines. And when he served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, Vollis kept right on tinkering. His ingenuity allowed him to build things no one would have thought to create from scraps—a washing machine out of airplane parts and a motorcycle out of a bike. After the war, his passion for metal creations picked up speed—turning into a whirlwind of windmills as far as the eye could see.

A young acolyte steeped in wizardly lore assists his master to uncover an ancient tablet and decipher its dreadful secrets. But their unholy quest awakens a cosmic horror from beyond the stars, which begins to take over their shadows and souls. Can they resist its dark influence, or will they become its victims?

Focusing on contemporary practices, The Culinary Imagination traces the social, aesthetic, and political history of food from myth to modernity, from ancient sources to our current wave of food mania. What does it mean to transform raw stuff into cooked dishes, which then become part of our own bodies; to savor festive meals yet resolve to renounce gluttony; to act as predators where in another life we might have become prey?

This collection of stories from some of the brightest fantasy writers in the world run the gamut from steampunk to horror, from steamy romance to weird western, from Victorian thriller to contemporary bondage. But they all feature one thing in common - the corset. From vampire comedy to steampunk action to BDSM, Cinched is certain to free your mind. What else will follow?

In The Earth's Imagination, cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme places the human psyche within the 15 billion-year cosmic process in order to highlight the directions in which human consciousness is evolving today and into the future. With a remarkable ability to make contemporary scientific findings accessible and engaging, Dr. Brian Thomas Swimme relates the history of the universe to the modern human.

This short novel is an accompaniment to my second book, From Whence They Came. It coincides with the time period as to when that story takes place, though from an entirely different perspective. By listening both pieces of fiction a more complete picture is revealed. Jimmy, the main character, is an entitled 30-something whose mundane life is suddenly swept up into a secret organization that is directly linked to the aliens and their world changing course of events.

Phantasmagoria...where all the forgotten dreams go, where all the imagined things, both good and bad, make their home. Join Tom, Katie, Chad, Melissa, and Sharice as they adventure through Phantasmagoria, encountering everything from long-winded trolls to upside-down rivers, on their search for three artifacts...before time runs out.

Delilah is a small girl with a big imagination. One day she discovers a tiny door with an inscription which instructs her to open a world of imagination for others. Delilah goes about sharing her world, with surprising and heartwarming consequences.

Oswald doesn’t want a new friend either, especially not a book-loving, bed-making, broccoli-eating boy. But when an imaginary friend gets a new assignment, they’re stuck there until the kid no longer needs them. And with Oswald’s home world of Imagination mysteriously crumbling away into nothing, befriending Reggie seems like a safer bet than disappearing with it. But when Oswald forgets Reggie’s birthday, Reggie runs away to Imagination.

Delilah is a small girl with a big imagination. One day she discovers a tiny door with an inscription that instructs her to open a world of imagination for others. Delilah goes about sharing her world, with surprising and heartwarming consequences.

For more than 200 often turbulent years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images - Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. One of the foremost historians of Cuba, Louis A. Perez Jr. offers a revealing history of these metaphorical and depictive motifs and discovers the powerful motives behind such characterizations of the island.

The narrator and his uncle delve into the history and secrets of the titular shunned house in Providence, where an astonishing number of people have died over generations.

Randolph Carter, the alter ego of Lovecraft, is now an adult and has lost the ability to vividly dream. Despite considering the waking world as dull and mundane, he desires to reconcile with it.

Prize-winning essayist turns to the imagination as a spiritual guide and material method of living through climate disruption, as climate change and broad extinction forever alter our place on the planet and our lives together.

Martin knows the end is near, resorting to desperation to stay out of the grasps of Replica Imagination. In this epic series conclusion, find out how it ends.

With Martin's world turned upside down, every corner might lead to his capture... or worse, the discovery of those he holds dear. Replica Imagination may not know what he’s done, but they do know that their security has been breached, and the net is slowly tightening around him. Any day could be his last while Martin is determined to protect his family.

For three centuries, Eutracia was a kingdom at peace, ruled by a benevolent monarchy and guided by a council of wizards. But a horror from the past, long believed vanquished, returned with devastating fury. And when the battle against the bloodthirsty Sorceresses of the Coven was finally won, victory was not without its price. Now, the royal palace lies in ruins; the king and queen, the royal guard, and the Directorate of Wizards are dead; the land is lawless; and Prince Tristan - forced by the Coven to murder his father, the King - is a wanted man.

A reanimated Roman soldier, Valerius, finds himself in a ruined world centuries after his time. Unable to connect with modern society, he retreats into isolation until he meets Isabell, who tries to show him the beauty of the rebuilt Rome. Despite her efforts, Valerius remains haunted by the past and sets off to explore humanity's progress before his inevitable demise. This poignant tale mirrors themes from "Frankenstein" and delves into the posthuman experience, the last remnants of a bygone era, and the intersection of race and politics.

In Mary Shelley's "Transformation," Guido's encounter with a misshapen creature leads to a body swap gone wrong. Trapped in a monstrous form, he must fight impostors and face his own doppelgänger to reclaim his life and love. This gripping Gothic tale explores the consequences of meddling with the unknown.