The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .In the beginning there was…a turtle.Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.Particularly as it’s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules.But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc’s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the...
ISBN: 9780552166591
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself Shadow worlds, that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. But the royal family is torn apart by jealousies and suspicion; the disappearance of the Patriach Oberon has intensified the internal conflict by leaving the throne apparently up for grabs. In a hospital on the Shadow Earth, a young man is recovering from a freak car accident; amnesia has robbed him of all his memory, even the fact that he is Corwin, Crown Prince of Amber, rightful heir to the throne and he is in deadly peril ... The five books, Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon and The Courts of Chaos, together make up The Chronicles of Amber, Roger...
ISBN: 1-85798-726-8
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "The Call of the Wild" is a short adventure novel set in Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush. The story starts when someone steals the main character, a dog Buck of a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, from his home and sells him into service as a sled dog in Alaska. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08112-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Coming Race" is an early science fiction novel about a superior race living on the Earth. It offers a fascinating vision of a shadowy underworld populated by strange and beautiful creatures. These beings, known as Vril-ya, live underground, but are planning soon to claim the surface of the earth as their own - destroying humankind in the process.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08275-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2019
Stefan Salvatore has always had an uneasy relationship with his brother Damon. But when Damon is taken captive by Samuel-a vampire from Katherine`s past bent on revenge-Stefan is determined to rescue him before it is too if it means seeking help from the most unlikely of places. Stefan forms a tentative alliance with a coven of witches in order to save his brother, only to learn that Samuel`s end game is far more sinister then they could have imagined. With Samuel on the brink of securing unlimited power, the brothers are in for their deadliest battle yet. Full of dark shadows and surprising twists, the final book in the latest arc of Stefan`s Diaries series raises the stakes for the Salvatore brothers as they face unimaginable threats....
Готически-юмористическая новелла Оскара Уайльда об американской семье, купившей древний английский замок. Со столь же древним проклятием в виде привидения сэра Симона де Кентервилля, убившего свою жену и не нашедшего покоя после собственной смерти. Что окажется сильнее - сварливый нрав мертвого аристократа или непосредственность американских скептиков? Экранизированная история продолжает привлекать...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05549-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2017
