wyszukanych pozycji: 49
Mučitelův stín
ISBN: 9788027702947 / Czeski / 2022 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Životní dráha mučednického učně Severiána se zdá být jasně daná: v patřičném věku se stane tovaryšem a posléze mu jeho nadání možná vynese i pozici cechovního mistra. On však z lásky poruší pravidla cechu a je nucen odejít ze svého sídla v Citadele nad městem Gyoll do vyhnanství, vybaven pouze jedinečným popravčím mečem a mučednickým pláštěm, černějším než nejčernější čerň. Ovšem ještě než vůbec vyjde za hradby města, čeká jej duel se smrtícími květinami, setkání s obrem, vize vznášející se katedrály nebo návštěva...
Životní dráha mučednického učně Severiána se zdá být jasně daná: v patřičném věku se stane tovaryšem a posléze mu jeho nadání mož...
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77,86 zł |
Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of the Book of the New Sun
ISBN: 9781250781246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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86,69 zł |
The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
ISBN: 9781473212008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The concluding two volumes of Gene Wolfe's magnificent, award-winning The Book of the New Sun.
The concluding two volumes of Gene Wolfe's magnificent, award-winning The Book of the New Sun.
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65,84 zł |
Smiřitelův spár
ISBN: 9788027702954 / Czeski / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Mučitelský tovaryš Severián pokračuje ve své pouti do provinčního města Traxu, kam jej představitelé cechu poslali do vyhnanství poté, co projevil laskavost odsouzenkyni na smrt a porušil tak cechovní pravidla.
Cestou by však také chtěl znovu nalézt milovanou Dorkas a vyhledat oprávněné majitelky Smiřitelova spáru, mocné relikvie, která se mu shodou okolností dostala do rukou. Snaha dostát svým závazkům ho provede nebezpečným dolem, kde se místo rudy těží pozůstatky vzdálené minulosti, skrytými zákoutími vladařského sídla i rozvalinami... Mučitelský tovaryš Severián pokračuje ve své pouti do provinčního města Traxu, kam jej představitelé cechu poslali do vyhnanství poté, co...
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77,86 zł |
Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus
ISBN: 9783910914063 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Auf den Zwillingsplaneten Sainte Croix und Sainte Anne haben britische Siedler die ehemals französische Kolonie erobert. Doch was ist mit den Ureinwohnern geschehen, die hier einst lebten? Einige von ihnen scheinen sich ins unerforschte Hinterland zurückgezogen zu haben. Wolfe verknüpft auf brillante Weise drei Handlungsfäden miteinander: Der Sohn eines Wissenschaftlers - und Bordellbesitzers - kommt dem bizarren Geheimnis seiner Herkunft auf die Spur; ein junger Aborigine begibt sich auf eine mystische Traumreise und muss im Kampf gegen seinen verlorenen Bruder seine Identität finden;...
Auf den Zwillingsplaneten Sainte Croix und Sainte Anne haben britische Siedler die ehemals französische Kolonie erobert. Doch was ist mit den Ureinwo...
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99,10 zł |
The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas
ISBN: 9781250861009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,35 zł |
The Book Of The New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw
ISBN: 9781473216495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The first two volumes of Gene Wolfe's magnificent, award-winning The Book of the New Sun.
The first two volumes of Gene Wolfe's magnificent, award-winning The Book of the New Sun.
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75,98 zł |
Autarchova citadela
ISBN: 9788027721542 / Czeski / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Válka je nový svět s novými zákony, ba dokonce novou geografií, a její krajinou obcházejí monstra zvaná bitvy. Někdejší mučitelský tovaryš Severián už prošel upadající megapolí i městem duchů, podzemním vladařským palácem i vězeňskými kobkami, pampami i velehorami, a z nutnosti i vlastní vůle při tom směřoval stále severněji, do míst, kde armády Společenství snad už od nepaměti odrážejí útoky nepřátel z Askye - státu usilujícího vymýtit každou stopu lidské individuality. Nyní se Severián ocitá přímo ve válkou zpustošené...
Válka je nový svět s novými zákony, ba dokonce novou geografií, a její krajinou obcházejí monstra zvaná bitvy. Někdejší mučitelský tov...
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77,86 zł |
Liktorův meč
ISBN: 9788027721535 / Czeski / 2023 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ohromný spletitý žalář vyhloubený ve skále, v němž si bez denního světla odpykávají trest stovky či tisíce vězňů - taková je Vinkula města Traxu, jejíž správy se ujal mučitelský tovaryš Severián. Jedná se pro něj o druhou šanci pokorně uplatnit znalosti a dovednosti, které mu cechovní mistři vštěpovali už odmala. Další osudový zvrat však na sebe nenechá dlouho čekat a Severián se znovu stává psancem čelícím dlouhé řadě nestvůr: ohnivému přízraku slídícímu po jeho stopě, šelmě vstřebávající s masem obětí také jejich...
Ohromný spletitý žalář vyhloubený ve skále, v němž si bez denního světla odpykávají trest stovky či tisíce vězňů - taková je Vinkul...
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77,86 zł |
Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9781250242365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. And there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. As such, Smithe can be loaned to other branches. Which he is. Along with two fellow reclones, a cookbook and romance writer, they are shipped to Pollys Cove, where Smithe meets a little girl who wants to save her mother, a father who is dead but perhaps not. And another E.A. Smithe... who definitely is.
And there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of prop...
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101,31 zł |
A Borrowed Man
ISBN: 9780765381156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A Borrowed Man a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series. It is perhaps a hundred years in the future, our civilization is gone, and another is in place in North America, but it retains many familiar things and structures. Although the population is now small, there is advanced technology, there are robots, and there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is... A Borrowed Man a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series. It is perhaps a h... |
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78,02 zł |
The Wolfe at the Door
ISBN: 9781250846228 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,35 zł |
Latro in the Mist: Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete
ISBN: 9780765302946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A distinguished compilation of two classic fantasy novels, Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete, in one volume This omnibus of two acclaimed novels is the story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who while fighting in Greece received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory but gave him in return the ability to see and converse with the supernatural creatures and the gods and goddesses, who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape. Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning... A distinguished compilation of two classic fantasy novels, Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete, in one volume This ... |
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112,71 zł |
Litany of the Long Sun: The First Half of 'The Book of the Long Sun'
ISBN: 9780312872915 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun, that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun. This great work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as the classic Book of the New Sun (also available in two volumes from Orb). Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun, that together make up the f... |
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108,37 zł |
The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
ISBN: 9780312863548 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that transcends all genre definitions. The stories within are mined with depth charges, explosions of meaning and illumination that will keep you thinking and feeling long after you have finished reading. A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that tr... |
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86,69 zł |
The Land Across
ISBN: 9780765335968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An American writer of travel guides in need of a new location chooses to travel to a small and obscure Eastern European country. The moment Grafton crosses the border he is in trouble, much more than he could have imagined. His passport is taken by guards, and then he is detained for not having it. He is released into the custody of a family, but is again detained. It becomes evident that there are supernatural agencies at work, but they are not in some ways as threatening as the brute forces of bureaucracy and corruption in that country. Is our hero in fact a spy for the CIA? Or is he an... An American writer of travel guides in need of a new location chooses to travel to a small and obscure Eastern European country. The moment Grafton... |
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73,68 zł |
The Sorcerer's House
ISBN: 9780765324597 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In a contemporary town in the American Midwest where he has no connections, an educated man recently released from prison is staying in a motel. He writes letters to his brother and to others, including a friend still in jail. When he meets a real estate agent who tells him he is the heir to a huge old house, long empty, he moves in, though he is too broke to even buy furniture, and is immediately confronted by supernatural and fantastic creatures and events. His life is utterly transformed and we read on, because we must know more. We revise our opinions of him, and of others, with... In a contemporary town in the American Midwest where he has no connections, an educated man recently released from prison is staying in a motel. He... |
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78,02 zł |
An Evil Guest
ISBN: 9780765321343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Lovecraft meets Blade Runner in a stand-alone supernatural horror novel. Gene Wolfe can write in whatever genre he wants--and always with superb style and profound depth. Now following his World Fantasy Award winner, Soldier of Sidon, and his stunning Pirate Freedom, Wolfe turns to the tradition of H. P. Lovecraft and the weird science tale of supernatural horror. Lovecraft meets Blade Runner in a stand-alone supernatural horror novel. Gene Wolfe can write in whatever genre he wants--and always with su... |
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78,02 zł |
Endangered Species
ISBN: 9780765310330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Wolfe, whose tetralogy The Book of the New Sun was the most acclaimed science fiction work of the 1980s, offered his second collection of short fiction in 1990 to universal acclaim. This is a hefty volume of over 30 unforgettable stories in a variety of genres-- SF, fantasy, horror, mainstream-many of them offering variations on themes and situations found in folklore and fairy tales, and including two stories, "The Cat" and "The Map," which are set in the universe of his New Sun novels. Wolfe's deconstructions/reconstructions are provocative, multilayered, and resonant. This embarrassment... Wolfe, whose tetralogy The Book of the New Sun was the most acclaimed science fiction work of the 1980s, offered his second collection of short fic... |
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99,70 zł |
Return to the Whorl
ISBN: 9780312873646 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Gene Wolfe's Return to the Whorl is the third volume, after On Blue's Waters and In Green's Jungles, of his ambitious SF trilogy The Book of the Short Sun . . . It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Horn has traveled from his home on the planet Blue, reached the mysterious planet Green, and visited the great starship, the Whorl and even, somehow, the distant planet Urth. But Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex, shifting from... Gene Wolfe's Return to the Whorl is the third volume, after On Blue's Waters and In Green's Jungles, of his ambitious S... |
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91,02 zł |