R E Rice: 8 books

In the Year 2070 in a California valley, the earth appears barren and people have deserted the land to go east, all except David's family. David, in his brief life has experienced everything imaginable, including eating insects and worms to tame his never ending hunger. With the disappearance of animals,...

David's endless trek on the road to salvation has brought him only grief and unending nightmares. He reaches a milestone in his life when he becomes a man on his journey to find the well. Before he can recover from one tormenting loss afer another, he will have to face more devastation and loss before...

With a feeling of devastation and loss, David continues on his journey with his little sister Sarah and cousin Shaun. The road they take will be longer in search of the well, but David is convinced that it is the best path to reaching it. Traveling through the desert isn't easy, but the route up...

The institution of tenure—once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities—is rapidly eroding. Today, the majority of faculty positions are part-time or limited-term appointments, a radical change that has resulted more from circumstance than from thoughtful planning. As colleges and universities...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

A Nebula Award winner presents tales that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy—five complete novels by Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, and more. In this handpicked collection, New York Times–bestselling author Greg Bear travels back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when...

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...

A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide. This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...