The new Sci-Fi Cosplay Credit Union is throwing a block party, with debt-reduction incentives to those who bring family members to join. Britanny therefore reluctantly invites Gina, despite knowing she'll never hear the end of it. But behind the scenes, someone is paying a visit to the SFCCU chief Ben Palpatine, and he's altering the deal for the sisters. For their sake, they should pray he doesn't alter it any further!
With the sentient forests of Jade-Realm having named Brianna as their Arch-Druid, the other mystical nations are edgy over her exponentially growing power and influence. Brianna goes to meet with their council to assuage their fears, but her easily offended subordinates end up taking the council hostage... and A select group of Jade-Realm mages meet with Brianna, who is now the Arch-Druid of a vast stretch of Jade's sentient forests. They believe her "magitech" skills, creating tech-based forms from magical resources, will be the key to defending Jade from future Umbral invasions. But many on Jade are downright unfriendly to anything tech-related...and Peebri catches one of them is spying!
With the sentient forests of Jade-Realm having named Brianna as their Arch-Druid, the other mystical nations are edgy over her exponentially growing power and influence. Brianna goes to meet with their council to assuage their fears, but her easily offended subordinates act like they might end up taking the council hostage!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go. The Diggers girls make their shopping trek—Gina uses her trusty mechs, Brit' has credit cards, Bri' has her Peebos. All the readers are gearing up for Christmas, as in years before. 'Cause the prettiest sight to see is this issue, which will be in your comics store!
Britanny may have finally found a way out of her millions of debt with a new credit union. Their rates are good, their advice is sound, and they offer fantastic incentives. All she has to do... is dress up in a Vader helmet and vow to do the director's bidding!? Will Brit' be able to channel this financial Force to her benefit, or will the Debt Star claim her?
This Halloween, the Peebos will rewrite the rules on what scares you the most... well, okay, what annoys you the most. When they start acting a little TOO friendly for those "Trick or Treat quarters," you know it's time for them (and Peebri) to GET OUT... of the lab and stay out of trouble.
James Jones played many roles, including short story writer, social critic, and war novelist. His most famous work, From Here to Eternity (1951), spent 20 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller’s list, won the National Book Award, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, and was named one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Library. Despite this and the success of his other novels, Some Came Running (1957) and The Thin Red Line (1962), Jones is widely forgotten today. In James Jones: The Limits of Eternity, literary scholar Tony J. Williams examines the significance of Jones’s work not only for its nuance and daring subject matter but also for its widespread popularity. In his assessment of Jones’s catalog, Williams reveals an incisive novelist who offered groundbreaking interpretations of masculinity, sexuality, gender, and identity. Williams contends that Jones should be recognized as far more than just a popular war novelist, but also as a humanitarian and literary pioneer, particularly in probing gender and queer issues. A quintessentially American novelist, Jones was never afraid to look openly at the flaws of his society, examine how it could adversely affect individual victims, and tacitly suggest possible alternatives. He recognized the presence of gays and lesbians in American culture during an overtly repressive time, which makes his work relevant to many areas of contemporary criticism. Demonstrating his significant contribution to contemporary American literature, James Jones: The Limits of Eternity will be of interest to scholars of war narratives, gender studies, and literary studies.
