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Author: Raymond Fisher Jones Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 111
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There is no enemy so hard to fight as a dull gray fog. It's not solid enough to beat, too indefinite to kill, and too omnipresent to escape.This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.The "Great Gray Plague" in the title isn't a disease; it refers to psychological traits from prehistoric times that are obsolete and holding humanity back. In this case, it is believing whatever scientific authorities say, even if new evidence is overturning the laws of physics. It's a quick read that will also make you think about scientific history. You can't go wrong with a book that teaches you the meaning of the word "terpsichorean" (relating to dancing), and the use of the much-maligned adverb: "The staff broke into a frighteningly off-key rendition of 'Happy Birthday to You".Mega Man fans will laugh when they learn that the antagonist is called "Dr. Wily". Did Keiji Inafune (sp) read this book before making those games?Excellent novella that postulates that bureaucracy is actually a natural disease. Fifties in nature and scope, this tale is in fact very modern. Recommended
Author: Raymond Fisher Jones Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 111
Book Description
There is no enemy so hard to fight as a dull gray fog. It's not solid enough to beat, too indefinite to kill, and too omnipresent to escape.This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.The "Great Gray Plague" in the title isn't a disease; it refers to psychological traits from prehistoric times that are obsolete and holding humanity back. In this case, it is believing whatever scientific authorities say, even if new evidence is overturning the laws of physics. It's a quick read that will also make you think about scientific history. You can't go wrong with a book that teaches you the meaning of the word "terpsichorean" (relating to dancing), and the use of the much-maligned adverb: "The staff broke into a frighteningly off-key rendition of 'Happy Birthday to You".Mega Man fans will laugh when they learn that the antagonist is called "Dr. Wily". Did Keiji Inafune (sp) read this book before making those games?Excellent novella that postulates that bureaucracy is actually a natural disease. Fifties in nature and scope, this tale is in fact very modern. Recommended
Author: Raymond F. Jones Publisher: Alpha Edition ISBN: 9789356314313 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book "" The Great Gray Plague "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.
Author: Raymond Fisher Jones Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781982026981 Category : Languages : en Pages : 76
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There is no enemy so hard to fight as a dull gray fog. It's not solid enough to beat, too indefinite to kill, and too omnipresent to escape.
Author: Raymond F. Jones Publisher: VM eBooks ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 46
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Dr. William Baker was fifty and didn't mind it a bit. Fifty was a tremendously satisfying age. With that exact number of years behind him a man had stature that could be had in no other way. Younger men, who achieve vast things at, say, thirty-five, are always spoken of with their age as a factor. And no matter what the intent of the connection, when a man's accomplishments are linked to the number of years since he was born there is always a sense of apologia about it. But when a man is fifty his age is no longer mentioned. His name stands alone on whatever foundation his achievements have provided. He has stature without apology, if the years have been profitably spent. William Baker considered his years had been very profitably spent. He had achieved the Ph. D. and the D. Sc. degrees in the widely separated fields of electronics and chemistry. He had been responsible for some of the most important radar developments of the World War II period. And now he held a post that was the crowning achievement of those years of study and effort. On this day of his fiftieth birthday he walked briskly along the corridor of the Bureau building. He paused only when he came to the glass door which was lettered in gold: National Bureau of Scientific Development, Dr. William Baker, Director. He was unable to regard that door without a sense of pride. But he was convinced the pride was thoroughly justifiable. He turned the knob and stepped into the office. Then his brisk stride came to a pause. He closed the door slowly and frowned. The room was empty. Neither his receptionist nor his secretary, who should have been visible in the adjoining room, were at their posts. Through the other open door, at his left, he could see that his administrative assistant, Dr. James Pehrson, was not at his desk.
Author: Oscar Wilde Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 302
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The Last Man is an apocalyptic science fiction novel. The book tells of a future world (the first-person narrative is that of a man living at the end of the 21st century) that has been ravaged by a plague. The novel was harshly reviewed at the time, and was virtually unknown until a scholarly revival beginning in the 1960s.
Author: Marc Estrin Publisher: Unbridled Books ISBN: 1932961607 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 434
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A most unlikely life. “Marc Estrin” discovers that another writer’s novel — The Nose — not only has spawned a bizarre cult among the nation’s youth, but is based on the extraordinary life of a real person—an outcast named Alexei Pigov. “Estrin” searches Alexei out and asks him to provide annotations to The Nose. Alexei says that—although the events of the novel might, for the most part, be real—the purported reasons for them are all damnable lies. On the left-hand page of The Annotated Nose we read The Nose itself, and take in its beautifully unsettling illustrations. On the right-hand page we follow Alexei’s complaints – always surprising and often far-reaching. The layers in Estrin’s remarkable comic book are as multiple, eclectic, and outrageous as the sequence of masks Alexei wears to hide his face from the world over the caroming trajectory of his most unlikely life. The Annotated Nose is at once Marc Estrin’s most playful and his most ambitious work to date. A signed and numbered limited edition of 75 copies is also available.
Author: Raymond Fisher Jones
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