wildside press sep 2003 (7 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dunsany's work, that Nature at least will recover, and that human doings will prove inconsequential in the larger scheme of things. Otherwise, these are meditations from out of Hell, by a man who has been there. Included, too is the 'Dirge of Victory,' which was published in the Times at the moment of the War's ending, when Dunsany, of all authors then living, was chosen to speak for the entire British nation.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sax Rohmer is the creator of the Fu Manchu series, as well as numerous other works of mystery and menace.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The leading critic of supernatural literature here examines the roots of the 'weird tale' (as Lovecraft called it) through detailed examinations of five 'founding fathers' of the genre: Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, and H.P. Lovecraft. The result is a thorough study of the art, craft, philosophy, and aesthetics of an enduring genre of fantastic literature.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tim Pratt's debut collection brings together four poems and fifteen stories, including the Nebula-nominated 'Little Gods' and a previously unpublished novelette, 'Pale Dog.' Within these pages you will encounter a train to the underworld, a feral bicycle, a thief with peculiar eating habits, anamnesiac superhero, a haunted zoot suit, star-crossed monsters, fallen angels on vacation, and other wonders. From fast-paced sorcererpunk to weird Westerns, from the loss of childhood innocence to the heat death of the universe, these stories will delight, surprise, and move you.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This still ain't your Mama's anthology. Whether they crawl up from the gutters or stroll down from the mansions, the private eyes and tough guys in these stories make the mean streets meaner and the dark alleys darker. While some stories punch you full in the face, others sneak up from behind and place the cold steel barrel of a .38 against the back of your skull. Either way, you won't be able to defend yourself against the raw, gritty power between these covers. Noir never looked so dark as it does in these tales -- tales of twisted love, violence, and vengeance. Here are fourteen more hardboiled tales guaranteed to blow your hat off!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Temptation, indulgence, exploration and shortcuts. Love and compulsion. An ocean in Kansas, the Magic Lino, the real story behind the one told by Robert Louis Stevenson, a chef dying of ennui, gathering bluebirds, paying with candywrap. And the greatest story ever told--by Asher E. Treat, of course. The glorious chaos of singing, prancing, perfumed and stinking, the dead and the busy, tragic and achingly otherwise--life itself.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The leading critic of supernatural literature hereexamines the roots of the 'weird tale' (as Lovecraftcalled it) through detailed examinations of five'founding fathers' of the genre: Arthur MachenLord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, and H.P. Lovecraft. The result is a thorough study of the art, craft, philosophy, and aesthetics of anenduring genre of fantastic literature. 308 pp. Englisch.