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Bisson, Terry Ballantine was born on February 12, 1942 in Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Max Willis and Martha (Ballantine) Bisson.
(- Each book focuses on the contribution made by the figur...)
- Each book focuses on the contribution made by the figure and his or her influence on later generations - In Their Own Words boxes feature quotes from the subject - Did you Know? boxes highlight short pieces of little-known information about the person - The final chapter in each book delves into the legacy of the leader's thoughts and deeds for the new generations of Black Americans
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( From the award-winning author of Pirates of the Univers...)
From the award-winning author of Pirates of the Universe, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, comes The Pickup Artist--a sharp, witty, and subversive exploration of the future of art, culture, and society. In the tradition of Ray Bradbury's fireman who burns books in Fahrenheit 451, our hero, Hank Shapiro, is a pickup artist, a government agent who gathers for retirement creative works whose time has come and gone. You see, there's simply not enough room in the world for all the art, so anything past a certain age must be cataloged, archived in the records, and destroyed, paving the way for new art. It's a job that comes with risk and the pay's lousy, but it covers the bills. And, after all, this year's art is better than last year's, isn't it? But what happens is not nearly as important as the telling. Terry Bisson is an American writer in the satirical tradition of Twain and Vonnegut and perhaps Richard Brautigan. He can make you laugh and touch your heart in the same sentence. This is a book about love, death, and America.
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(Based on the short story and screenplay by cyberpunk pion...)
Based on the short story and screenplay by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson, Johnny Mnemonic takes readers into a desperate future where information is all that matters and everything else is cheap.
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(Covering Mumia's childhood in the North Philly projects, ...)
Covering Mumia's childhood in the North Philly projects, a turbulent youth in Oakland and New York, a promising career in radio journalism and a fateful sidewalk latercation that changed everything, Bisson's colourful sketches tell the story of one of the stormiest periods in US history, and of a young rebel who came of age in its crucible.
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(Dreaming of living in the Disney utopian park, Pirates of...)
Dreaming of living in the Disney utopian park, Pirates of the Universe, poverty-stricken Gunther Glenn is sent to Orlando and then into space as a Disney Ranger, where he is assigned the task of capturing Peteys, mysterious vacuum jellyfish whose skins have replaced gold and oil as currency.
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(The depression has meant that a mission to Mars has been ...)
The depression has meant that a mission to Mars has been shelved for 20 years. But then Markham, head of Pellucida Films, cons two of the original Mars spacemen out of retirement and promises them their dream of setting foot on the Red Planet. By the author of "Wyrldmaker".
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( Presenting an alternative version of African American h...)
Presenting an alternative version of African American history, this novel explores what might have happened if John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry had been successful. Chronicling life in a thriving black nation founded by Brown in the former southeastern United States, this dramatic story opens 100 years later, just as Nova Africa is poised to celebrate its first landing of a spacecraft on Mars. The prosperous black state will soon be tested when the granddaughter of John Brown returns from Africa to reunite with her daughter and share with her a secret that will alter their lives forever.
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Bisson, Terry Ballantine was born on February 12, 1942 in Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Max Willis and Martha (Ballantine) Bisson.
Student, Grinnell College, 1962. Bachelor, University Louisville, 1964.
Participant university and literature conferences. Keynote speaker annual conference Southern Humanities Council, Huntsville, Alabama.
(- Each book focuses on the contribution made by the figur...)
(Covering Mumia's childhood in the North Philly projects, ...)
(Dreaming of living in the Disney utopian park, Pirates of...)
( From the award-winning author of Pirates of the Univers...)
(Based on the short story and screenplay by cyberpunk pion...)
( Bears Discover Fire is the first short story collection...)
( Presenting an alternative version of African American h...)
( In the shabby, war-torn, depleted Earth of the twenty-f...)
("Kemen of pasTreyn is the ruler of one of the tiny kingdo...)
(The depression has meant that a mission to Mars has been ...)
Member Authors Guild, Science Fiction Writers American (Nebula award 1990).
Married Deirdre Holst (divorced 1969). Children: Nathaniel, Peter, Zöe. Married Judy Yost Jensen, 1971.
Children: Kristen, Gabriel, Welcome.