...first, original fantasy novel published electronically. DEDICATION To Joshua Thunderpussy, Who stayed when so many others left and who could... ...only be parted by death. May he forgive me for turning him into a "she" to make the pronouns easier. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A revised version of cha... ...by Roger C. Schlobin, in Catfantastique II (DAW Books). I am indebted to Cathy M. Buckman and Philip D. Baugher for serving so conscientiously a... ...speak anymore. They probably lack the interest. They're the last of the animals who remember how. They found us interesting. When I go, they will... ...aborate tactics and their little minds into oblivion. Ao Rue viewed such cruelty with scorn. He thought those who saw it as a proper outlet for na... ...ose who worship them." Ao Rue doubted he could even approach Lei-kung's cruelty, be power mad, but he was gaining increasing respect for this smal... ...ng for them." "I can't," he spoke as softly as he could, but already the animals were uneasy. "They're afraid of me. I'll wait 'til they go." "... ... of it." He rose to his full height and quietly cleared his throat. The animals just looked at him. He was doubly surprised since the light breez... ..., and they are frightened of us, they're capable of primitive cunning and cruelty of the highest order. They may be purposeless, dreaming only of s...

...s. Of course, the cats do speak (often caustically) since a few dragons are interesting enough (cats can still speak but no one is interesting enough to talk to anymore). Fire and Fur?s plot concerns the dragons' terraforming the Gobi from sea to land (historically accurate) in a desire for power and amid excessive pride. In doing so, they release an ancient enemy and thei...

... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 6 OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVATIONS By Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jac... ...AND TERRORISM ............................................................................................................................. 46 CRUELT... ......... 59 ADDRESSING THE POWER DRIVE IN EDUCATION ........................................................................................ 60 TO BE ... ................................................................................................................................. 77 ‘POWER OVER’ TO LOV... ... ―As you know, one of the basic questions in psychology, anthropology and philosophy is whether humans have instincts. It is clear that animal... ...This needs to be studied. But we often fear knowledge because it jars us from the ruts that guide the routine of our lives. If we are rational animal... ...e Godless materialism that has made some small inroads into our traditions. And I cannot accept the instinct inspired ideas that we are merely animal... ...t change our own diapers, we can't even talk. So what's to brag about? ―But we see power illustrated constantly. It may be in the cruelt... ...hether it be as a loving Mother Theresa, a practical scientist such as Thomas Edison or deeply human thinkers such as Siddhartha or Socrates. CRUELT...

...BASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD 45 3 WHAT IS GOD LIKE? 46 THEISM 49 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 53 IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION? 57 WHO GETS TO GO TO HEAVEN? 63 DEISM 65 PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM 67 AGNOSTICISM 68 ATHEISM 71 SATANISM 96 AN IDEA OF A BETTER SOCIETY AS A BASIC ASSUMPTION 97 THE SOURCE OF POWER IN A SOCIETY 104 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF A SOCIETY 104...