<div>Winner of the Lord Ruthven Award for Best Vampire Novel of the Year: The first horror novel from the author of Star Trek&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Trouble with Tribbles&rdquo; script. Includes the bonus short story &ldquo;Jacob in Manhattan.&rdquo; With a writing legacy that includes Star Trek, Land of the Lost, and the Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning novella The Martian Child, David Gerrold knows what it&rsquo;s like to be an author. Writing about vampires should be easy for him, right? But real vampires are far more sinister in real life than they are in fiction. Jacob is the story of an author&rsquo;s encounters with the undead creature who gives him success, forbidden knowledge, and ultimately, a choice. Jacob is a cunning survivor. Orphaned in Seattle in the mid-nineteenth century, he could have been someone&rsquo;s convenient meal. Instead, he becomes the &ldquo;daykeeper&rdquo; for a man he knows only as Monsieur. Then he discovers the hidden community of nightsiders&mdash;men who live in secrecy and darkness&mdash;the true apex predators. To be a nightsider is to experience heightened senses, bursts of super-strength, and frequent hallucinogenic episodes. Nightsiders also need to lie dormant to recover from their excesses. The daykeeper must be a protector against the daylight. But Jacob wanted more than that; he craved the promise of immortality. And so a century later, Jacob tells his story, this time to an ambitious young writer. It&rsquo;s a different kind of interview. Is it a seduction? Or is he just playing with his food? And who will write the final chapter? Praise for The Man Who Folded Himself &ldquo;Most impressive.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times Literary Supplement &ldquo;Wildly imaginative and mindbending.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly </div>

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<div>The legendary science fiction writer&rsquo;s controversial, groundbreaking novel&mdash;one gay man&rsquo;s raw and wild ride through the 1960s and &rsquo;70s. From an adolescent being bullied to the muddy wetlands of Vietnam to an Arizona desert commune, a man known only as Chase traces his quest for identity, meaning, and love in prose both beautiful and brutal. Thirteen fourteen fifteen o&rsquo;clockis a coming-of-age and then coming-to-terms novel of a life lived looking for answers from gurus and whores, dopers and soldiers, men and women. Returning from Vietnam missing a leg and saddled with fear, rage, and grief, Chase takes to his Harley never able to outrun the trauma that resurfaces every time he is threatened because of his sexuality. Yet, though scarred and battered&mdash;inside and out&mdash;he constantly seeks those fleeting moments of connection with another soul, an awareness of a universe where he is not alone in his hurt and hunger. A searingly powerful story of survival, thirteen fourteen fifteen o&rsquo;clock is what happens when life stares you down, daring you to blink first, and you meet its gaze&mdash;with eyes wide open. Praise for The Man Who Folded Himself &ldquo;Most impressive.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times Literary Supplement &ldquo;Wildly imaginative and mindbending.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly </div>

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<div>From the Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author of The Martian Child: &ldquo;This playful, intricate game of survival . . . is one of Gerrold&rsquo;s best books.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly The human race has been played for a fool. Though welcomed into the galactic community and given access to the combined knowledge of thousands of intelligent species, humans are largely regarded as an evolutionary mistake. Reptilian, insectoid, and other unclassifiable species are the dominant forms of intelligence. If it hadn&rsquo;t been for that annoying comet, the dinosaurs would have continued their evolutionary journey to sentience. Instead the ridiculous mammalians survived. And they want to be treated as equals. Now the humans find out that the Galactic Encyclopedia has a user fee&mdash;and they are overdrawn! If the debt can&rsquo;t be paid, humanity will be sold as slaves . . . or food. Asst. Liaison Officer Yake Singh Browne feels personally betrayed. He comes up with a strategy: If humanity can&rsquo;t win playing by the rules of the game, he&rsquo;ll just have to change the rules. Game on! &ldquo;Taut and well-constructed, providing a convincing glimpse of alien biology and psychology . . . A good yarn.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;Gerrold has written a fine but demanding science-fiction novel . . . Those with perseverance will enjoy the story&rsquo;s campy humor and unexpected plot twists.&rdquo; &mdash;School Library Journal </div>

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