The World's Greatest Athlete (Paperback)

Marcus Rian

ISBN 10: 1495475697 / ISBN 13: 9781495475696

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

About this Item

Paperback. A collection of short stories: The World's Greatest Athlete: The first dodecathlon, choosing and running the events in 12 different sports. Planning the first hecathlon. The Stealth Clinic: Adventures in a free drug clinic at a summer beach resort. Money talks, so do drugs and music. Monsters: The progress of two artists from accomplishment into madness and death, with brushes, flute and drum VanderGelt's Decision: A bad night for a fight. Night court in an auto town. And, a bad judgment Finding Cantilena: Failing at love with possibly the right mate, and then committing to possibly the wrong person. Amusing Victoria: An accidental pairing, extended over ten years as an experiment in caring and exchange. The Shaman's Apprentice: Learning tribal ways and language to touch other beings, only to be trapped by modern limits. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World's Greatest Athlete (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1495475697
• ISBN 13: 9781495475696
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A collection of short stories: The World’s Greatest Athlete: The first dodecathlon, choosing and running the events in 12 different sports. Planning the first hecathlon. The Stealth Clinic: Adventures in a free drug clinic at a summer beach resort. Money talks, so do drugs and music. Monsters: The progress of two artists from accomplishment into madness and death, with brushes, flute and drum VanderGelt’s Decision: A bad night for a fight. Night court in an auto town. And, a bad judgment Finding Cantilena: Failing at love with possibly the right mate, and then committing to possibly the wrong person. Amusing Victoria: An accidental pairing, extended over ten years as an experiment in caring and exchange. The Shaman’s Apprentice: Learning tribal ways and language to touch other beings, only to be trapped by modern limits.

About the Author

Marcus Rian was an astronomer with several observatories in Hawaii, Arizona, and Mexico, including the Steward Observatory. His specialty was the mathematical modeling of main sequence stars; his hobby was climbing trees near the observatories and studying the wildlife. He is an author of and contributor to numerous publications (also under 3 pen names). Now retired, he writes editorials, articles, and novels on a wide variety of topics. He is the author of the novels The Thesis, Lucifer Dreaming, and Two Diaries.