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Author : Sterling E. Lanier
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,49 MB
Release : 2024-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399620584

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This is the story of the world after it ended . . . Five thousand years after the apocalyptic event known as The Death, Per Hiero Desteen - priest, telepath, assassin - has been working to find ancient information to save his people. The Brotherhood of the Unclean, a roving band of feral raiders, stage an unprecedented attack. They manage to nullify Hiero's telepathic powers, and leave him vulnerable and alone in the wasteland that once was North America. Now he has to not only survive, but strike back and stop the Brotherhood before they can wipe the vestiges of civilisation from the face of the Earth . . . forever. The sequel to the beloved novel Hiero's Journey, The Unforsaken Hiero takes us back into a world that has been irrevocably changed by the hubris of mankind, and the new races that rose to live in it.

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625791526

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Thirteen spellbinding tales of magical masters of wizardry Tales of magic, illusion, mages, and dark wizards by such talents as Ursula K. LeGuin, Jack Vance, Theodore Sturgeon, Joe Haldeman, and others highlight a collection of fourteen stories about the world of sorcery _The Bleak ShoreÓ by Fritz Leiber _O Ugly Bird!Ó by Manly Wade Wellman _The Power of the PressÓ by Richard Kearns _The FingerÓ by Naomi Mitchison _The Word of UnbindingÓ by Ursula K. Le Guin _His Coat So GayÓ by Sterling E. Lanier _Narrow ValleyÓ by R. A. Lafferty _Sleep Well of NightsÓ by Avram Davidson _Armaja DasÓ by Joe Haldeman _My BoatÓ by Joanna Russ _The Hag SeleenÓ by Theodore Sturgeon and James H. Beard _The Last WizardÓ by Avram Davidson _The OverworldÓ by Jack Vance At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Adam Rowe
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 164700070X

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Worlds Beyond Time is the definitive visual history of the spaceships, alien landscapes, cryptozoology, and imagined industrial machinery of 1970s paperback sci-fi art and the artists who created these extraordinary images. In the 1970s, mass-produced, cheaply printed science-fiction novels were thriving. The paper was rough, the titles outrageous, and the cover art astounding. Over the course of the decade, a stable of talented painters, comic-book artists, and designers produced thousands of the most eye-catching book covers to ever grace bookstore shelves (or spinner racks). Curiously, the pieces commissioned for these covers often had very little to do with the contents of the books they were selling, but by leaning heavily on psychedelic imagery, far-out landscapes, and trippy surrealism, the art was able to satisfy the same space race–fueled appetite for the big ideas and brave new worlds that sci-fi writers were boldly pushing forward. In Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s, Adam Rowe—who has been curating, championing, and resurrecting the best and most obscure art that 1970s sci-fi has to offer on his blog 70s Sci-Fi Art—introduces readers to the biggest names in the genre, including Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Tim White, Jack Gaughan, and Virgil Finlay, as well as their influences. With deep dives into the subject matter that commonly appeared on these covers—spaceships, alien landscapes, fantasy realms, cryptozoology, and heavy machinery—this book is a loving tribute to a unique and robust art form whose legacy lives on both in nostalgic appreciation as well as the retro-chic design of mainstream sci-fi films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien: Covenant, and Thor: Ragnarok. Includes Color Illustrations

Author : Algis Budrys
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1291436049

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Consists of book reviews and essays written for The magazine of fantasy and science fiction.

Author : Kelly Link
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312380489

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Collects fantasy, horror, fairy tales, and gothic stories chosen from the past year, including works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Neil Gaiman, and Bill Lewis.

Author : Duncan McGeary
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Kenlahar, the scorned and outcast apprentice healer of the House of Lahar, was the reluctant heir to the ancient and powerful Star Axe. His possession of the Axe brought the black forces of Toraq, the evil sorcerer King, down upon himself and his homeland. Kenlahar fled for his life and took a few companions with him, including Balor, his warrior friend, and Sanra, his beautiful woman. They set off toward the Kingdom of Kernback to seek the answer to the secret of the Star Axe, but Toraq and his skeletal horde were close behind. Kenlahar's vows as a healer were never to shed the blood of another man, but when Toraq confronted Kenlahar and his companions, the fantastic power of the Star Axe was finally unleashed!

Author : Robert Markley
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 30,43 MB
Release : 2005-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0822387271

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For more than a century, Mars has been at the center of debates about humanity’s place in the cosmos. Focusing on perceptions of the red planet in scientific works and science fiction, Dying Planet analyzes the ways Mars has served as a screen onto which humankind has projected both its hopes for the future and its fears of ecological devastation on Earth. Robert Markley draws on planetary astronomy, the history and cultural study of science, science fiction, literary and cultural criticism, ecology, and astrobiology to offer a cross-disciplinary investigation of the cultural and scientific dynamics that have kept Mars on front pages since the 1800s. Markley interweaves chapters on science and science fiction, enabling him to illuminate each arena and to explore the ways their concerns overlap and influence one another. He tracks all the major scientific developments, from observations through primitive telescopes in the seventeenth century to data returned by the rovers that landed on Mars in 2004. Markley describes how major science fiction writers—H. G. Wells, Kim Stanley Robinson, Philip K. Dick, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and Judith Merril—responded to new theories and new controversies. He also considers representations of Mars in film, on the radio, and in the popular press. In its comprehensive study of both science and science fiction, Dying Planet reveals how changing conceptions of Mars have had crucial consequences for understanding ecology on Earth.