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The Magicians by Lev Grossman Staff Pick The Magicians is a modern-day fantasy story about a precocious though morose young man who yearns for a fantasyland like Fillory, the magical realm of his favorite childhood books. The result is a novel that is as compulsively readable as a thriller, yet... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey Staff Pick James Stark was a promising magician when he got sent to hell 11 years ago. Now, after surviving all sorts of torment, he's back to kill the "friends" who betrayed him. This is a dark, angry book, but don't get me wrong: I mean it in the best way... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan Staff Pick This debut novel effortlessly blends the techno-fetish of William Gibson, the hardboiled detective narrative of Dashiell Hammett and the rapid-fire heroic bloodshed of the films of John Woo. If you enjoy such cyberpunk classics as Snow Crash and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dominion Staff Pick In Dominion, two or more players spend money to purchase victory points. This is a card drafting game in which you purchase cards that give you abilities to draft more cards, make more money, and get in the way of your opponent. There are a lot of... (read more) Your price: $44.95 Gifts - Miscellaneous
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The Princess Bride: A Hot Fairy Tale by William Goldman Staff Pick You've probably seen the movie, but you should definitely read the book, for it's a hilarious gem. Worth it for Goldman's asides about Morgenstern's "original text" alone.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson Staff Pick In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, corporate intrigue, subtle psychology, explosive content, and a sensational heroine make for a high-caliber novel.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Turn Coat (Dresden Files #11) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick A supernatural whodunit wrapped up in sorcery and magic, Turn Coat is genius. Butcher manages some crafty plot twists, adds some very scary monsters, and throws in political intrigue with White Council machinations. Not only does Harry have to defeat the... (read more) Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Feast for Crows 1st Edition by George R. R. Martin Staff Pick Is it fair to say a book that has been on the shelves less than two months is the best book of 2005? If it is written by George R. R. Martin, then, yes. We've been waiting two years for the fourth book in A Song of Ice and Fire series and I'm glad he... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Staff Pick Dealing with time dilation, the realities of war, sexuality, and the ever-changing definition of what it means to be human, Joe Haldeman's Hugo Award-winning Forever War is not to be missed.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Broken Angels by Richard K Morgan Staff Pick This is not your father's science fiction. Richard K. Morgan's wonderfully constructed antihero Takeshi Kovacs is back. The only thing that flows faster than the bullets is Morgan's imagination. Slick and hyperkinetic, Broken Angels is a worthy follow-up... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle Staff Pick Beautiful — full of magic, love, books... and apples. Finish the book then buy an apple (heirloom if you can find it); it couldn't possibly be as good as Appleton's Fairest, but it will have to do.... (read more) Your price: $11.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Terror by Dan Simmons Staff Pick This book is based factually on the missing Franklin expedition, last seen by Europeans in July of 1845. The HMS Erabus and the ill-named HMS Terror were the space shuttles of their day, and Dan Simmons spins a haunting and suspenseful tale of this... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Son of a Witch: A Novel by Gregory Maguire Staff Pick Son of a Witch is a pitch-perfect sequel to Wicked — as though Maguire hadn't written several other books in dramatically varied voices in the meantime. But his new novel is more meditative, symbolic, and unexpectedly relevant than its predecessor. Son... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Catan: Cities & Knights Expansion by Mayfair Games Staff Pick Of all the expansions, this is by far my favorite. Catan has fluorished and now, knights are required to defend the settlers against the barbarians. In this expansion, the settlers vie for dominance through a combination of: the building of settlements... (read more) Your price: $42.00 Gifts - Miscellaneous
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His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Staff Pick "A 'big' story in an enchanting package. It may look like kid's fantasy but this trilogy is so much more. You'll love the way Pullman uses a cast of witches, rebellious angels, shape changing daemons in a setting that moves between parallel worlds to... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Mass Market
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A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in the Wicked Years (The Wicked Years #03) by Gregory Maguire Staff Pick With this latest installment, it has become clear that Gregory Maguire's already politically subversive Wicked Years series is growing ever darker. A Lion among Men is devoted to (as you may have guessed) the story of the Cowardly Lion, known here as... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway Staff Pick This literary debut features the pre- and post-apocalyptic, plenty of kung fu, anti-corporate subplots, and its fair share of mimes. It's an epic that stuns and delights with its absurdities and profundities. Part cautionary tale of apocalyptic war... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Grendel by John Gardner Staff Pick It's easy to find oneself in the thrall of hanks of blond hair and mead-fueled heroism, but it is a more difficult task to regard, with care, the heart of a monster. The monster (but is he?) in question is Grendel, an introspective animal who loves his... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 by Christopher Moore Staff Pick Please, Santa, come back from the dead! World-class satirist Christopher Moore is here just in time for the holidays.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Passage by Justin Cronin Staff Pick Justin Cronin's The Passage is a marvel — an epic, post-apocalyptic vampire novel that's extremely well written and a great work of storytelling. Reminiscent in some ways of Stephen King's The Stand, but wholly unique in its approach, The Passage is... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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