0380002094 edge wear, spine creases, small 1/4'' wide tear in upper left edge of front cover; Throughout history, man has been searching for better ways to gather information about his universe. But although they may have longed for it, not even the most brilliant minds could conceive of a device as infinitely powerful or as immeasurably precise as the macroscope, until the twenty-first century. By analyzing information carried on macrons, this unbelievable tool brought the whole universe of wonders to man's doorstep. The macroscope was seen by many as the salvation of the human race. But in the hands of the wrong man, the macroscope could be immensely destructive-infinitely more dangerous than the nuclear bomb. By searching to know too much, man could destroy the very essence of his mind. This is the powerful story of man's struggle with technology, and also the story of his human struggle with himself. This novel takes us across the breathtaking ranges of space as well as through the most touching places in the human heart. It is a story of coming of age, of sacrifice, and of love. It is the story of man's desperate search for a compromise between his mind and his heart, between knowledge and humanity.

0345301870 ex-library with usual markings, heavy wear to covers and edges; spine creasing; pages intact and clean.. strictly a reading copy but perfectly servicable as such. Smash, himself, was part ogre. Although ogres were considered so stupid they coud hardly speak, and spent their time eating young girls, seven assorted females had suddenly turned to him for guidance and saftety? In Xanth, one visit to the Good Magician Humfrey worked wonders....

0380759489 spine creasing, some edge wear; Being grown up is a drag . . . or so thinks Lacuna, one of the michievous Castle Zombie twins. So she makes the Good Magician Grey an an offer he can't refuse. Thirsty for a taste of the Elixir of Youth, she'll help him outwit the evil Com-Pewter if he'll send her to Hell (in a handbasket, no less) to find Humphrey, the missing sorcerer. And while there, she'll learn the True History of Xanth (simplified) and help rescue a blushing Rose from the demon X(A/N) . . . with the help of a gorgon or two.

0380898357 spine creasing, some light edge wear; Child of flame and terror, born and bred to violence, Hope Hubris has ruled the solar system's most powerful empire with a fierce, uncompromising passion. His was a white-hot flame of justice that scarred friend and foe alike. Yet now he left Jupiter as an exile, his autocratic rule overthrown by the one person he could not oppose. Deposed, disgraced, but forever unbroken, the tyrant's greatest hour was still to come. For only he could shoulder the burden of humanity's boldest dream: to leave behind the confines of the solar system - and journey outward to the stars...

0380896850 spine creasing, light edge wear; Political Prisoner! He awoke in a tiny lightless cell, groping for memory.memory that had been erased. Hope Hubris, Jupiter governor, progressive populist, warrior hero, and presidential candidate.a ''mem-washed'' tool of the enemy. And if his captors plan worked, Hope would destroy his own political career leaving the fate of his planet in the hands of its corrupt presidential incumbent - Tocsin. But Hope Hubris had a destiny to fulfill. He had the cunning to discover code words that could reactivate his mind.the strength to resist addiction to their drugs.the power to win the support of his countrymen, and finally the courage to make an agonizing sacrifice that would ensure his planet's future and his own destiny.

0380898349 spine creasing, some edge wear; He was shaping his times as no one before him dared, mercilessly scourging an entire planet of crime and corruption wherever he found them-and destroying anyone who sttod in his way. Absolute dictator of the United States of Jupiter, Hope Hubris was destined to become the most hated and feared man of an era, a tyrant charged with countless acts of sexual cruelties. Yet justice remained his fiercest passion.

0441525628 spine creasing, light edge wear; An alien from an alternate reality recruits five people on an exciting mission to save the Earth from a meteor strike. The alien's advanced technology allows the intrepid humans to breathe underwater as they embark on a wondrous journey through the ocean.

0345313097 edge wear; Jordan was a ghost in Castle Roogna now. Although once he had been the most valorus of knights--that is, until he was betrayed by two wily magicians and the woman he loves. Now, if he only can remember how he was killed, he'll be able to reassemble his body. And he is getting impatient....

0380752891 spine creasing, light edge wear; For a bored, young princess of Xanth, there's nothing more exciting than a Quest. Especially when all you do is sit around Castle Roogna. But when Ivy uses the Heaven Cent, it takes her not to the top of Mount Rushmost, where the winged monsters gather, not to the sea where the merfolk swim--but to Mundania, a world much like out own (that is, boring). It is here that she meets a young college student so dull that he doesn't even believe in magic, or princesses, or Xanth! Does he have a lot to learn.

0380017555 spine creasing, light edge wear; From the regions of Outworld to the land of the Canopians and beyond - through the distant reaches of time and space - and the vast spectrum of Kirlian apparitions - Flint the Caveman is master and slave, conqueror and hero, slayer primeval and seducer triumphant...