Books by Pat Murphy
Santa Ynez Valley Secrets, a rollicking trip with famous and fascinating people
by Pat Murphy
A three part book. Part I- Oral histories and anecdotes by old-timers of the colorful way of life that still prevails in this area of Santa Barbara County and the fight to preserve its country charm. Als, It's a celebration of the many amazing characters. Part II- Interviews, anecdotes from the many local celebrities such as John Forsythe, Cheryl Ladd, Bo Derek etc. and behind the scenes decriptions of celebrity parties. Part III -Showcases the roles horses played in bringing prominent people there from the 1930s to the present.
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The Wild Girls
by Pat Murphy
It?s 1972. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called ?Fox,? and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls brilliantly explores friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers.
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The Wild Girls
by Pat Murphy
It is the early 1970s. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves from Connecticut to California. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called ?Fox,? and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls is about friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers?rather than simply taking adults on faith.
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Klutz Star Wars Folded Flyers Activity Kit
by Pat Murphy, Ben Harper
For the first time ever, you can fold Star Wars flyers that fly with the force. Star Wars Folded Flyers will speed through the living room as well as they do in outer space. That's because each of the six-starfighter designs has been rigorously tested by the Klutz Aerodynamics Team. And they look as great as they fly, because they're made from full-color, custom-designed papers - representing galactic vehicle exteriors, authentic to the last bolt. With five copies of each design, kids can have a fleet of Y-wings and X-wings at their command.
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Book of Impossible Objects : 25 Eye-Popping Projects to Make, See and Do
This book comes with all the plastic pieces, paper parts, and special pages you need to experience 25 impossible things. These objects work like magic, but there are no tricks. All this weirdness has a solid scientific basis and we tell you why - from the mathematically amazing Mobius strip (a band of paper with only one side), to cardstock acrobats with amazing balance, to a color changing spinning top.
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The Klutz Guide to the Galaxy
by Pat Murphy, The Scientists of Klutz Labs
Explore the universe without leaving your backyard. This cosmic tool kit has all the facts and galactic gadgets you need: a build-it-yourself telescope, night-sight flashlight that lets your eyes stay adjusted to the dark, star and moon maps, a mariner’s quadrant, and tons of cool tips and activities for navigating the vastness of space. Whether you’re an astronomer or astronaut, the sky’s not the limit anymore.
Comes with: 78 page book, collapsible telescope, night-sight-saver flashlight, sundial, mariner's quadrant, two interactive wheels, Galactic Passport
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The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3: Subversive Stories about Sex and Gender (The James Tiptree Award Anthology series)
by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin
You will be subverted?and you will like it.
In these provocative tales intersecting sexuality and identity, a third-world fashionista masters the Internet, an itinerant poet collaborates with its eight selves, a four-way marriage flouts social conventions, and an ugly duckling is reinvented as a compromised swan.
The James Tiptree, Jr., Award is an annual literary prize for speculative fiction that explores and expands gender. The Tiptree Award is named for one of science fiction’s most brilliant writers, Alice B. Sheldon. Sheldon, an ex-debutante turned CIA operative, wrote for ten years as the enigmatic James Tiptree, Jr., until her true identity was uncovered.
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Bridging Infinity (5) (The Infinity Project)
by Karen Lord, Charlie Jane Anders, Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Paul Doherty, Pat Murphy, Pat Cadigan, Tobias S. Buckell, Ken Liu, Karin Lowachee, Thoraiya Dyer, Robert Reed, Pamela Sargent, Allen M. Steele, An Owomoyela
Building Towards Tomorrow
Sense of wonder is the lifeblood of science fiction. When we encounter something on a truly staggering scale – metal spheres wrapped around stars, planets rebuilt and repurposed, landscapes re-engineered, starships bigger than worlds – the only response we have is reverence, admiration, and possibly fear at something that is grand, sublime, and extremely powerful.
Bridging Infinity puts humanity at the heart of that experience, as builder, as engineer, as adventurer, reimagining and rebuilding the world, the solar system, the galaxy and possibly the entire universe in some of the best science fiction stories you will experience.
Bridging Infinity continues the award-winning Infinity Project series of anthologies with new stories from Alastair Reynolds, Pat Cadigan, Stephen Baxter, Charlie Jane Anders, Tobias S.Buckell, Karen Lord, Karin Lowachee, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Gregory Benford, Larry Liven, Robert Reed, Pamela Sargent, Allen Steele, Pat Murphy, Paul Doherty, An Owomoyela, Thoraiya Dyer and Ken Liu.
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