In this exotic metaphysical fantasy, Amory was once taken into Faerie as a changeling, but then returned. While being cared for by the Sisters of Saint Syncletica, he becomes preoccupied with the mystery of his origin, wanting to know why Faerie rejected him.
In this exotic metaphysical fantasy, Amory was once taken into Faerie as a changeling, but then returned. While being cared for by the Sisters of Sain...
On the windswept moors of Brittany, renegade priest Gabriel Le Brec and Count Filhol de Treguern fake the count's death in order to defraud an insurance company. This sets in motion a danse macabre of murders, betrayals, and an impossible phantasmagoria of living men who pretend to be dead, and dead men who return to claim vengeance.
On the windswept moors of Brittany, renegade priest Gabriel Le Brec and Count Filhol de Treguern fake the count's death in order to defraud an insuran...
Feval, the father of the modern detective novel, reveals the origins of the Black Coats and of their mysterious, seemingly eternal master, Colonel Bozzo. Long before the Corleones, Blofeld, Fu-Manchu, and Moriarty, the historical saga of the Black Coats, spanning seven volumes, gave its "lettres de noblesse" to criminal literature.
Feval, the father of the modern detective novel, reveals the origins of the Black Coats and of their mysterious, seemingly eternal master, Colonel Boz...
In Felifax, originally published in 1929, the son of Paul Feval took on the nearly impossible task of trying to bring together two archetypes: Sir Eric Palmer, the great British detective, a successor of Sherlock Holmes, against jungle-born Felifax, a hybrid tiger-man, a literary clone of Tarzan, in the hope of generating a singular synergy. Unlike the vast majority of Tarzan imitations, Felifax is not a feral child but something brand new and ground-breaking: the result of a biological experiment, thus forging a thematic link with comic book superheroes such as The Incredible Hulk.
In Felifax, originally published in 1929, the son of Paul Feval took on the nearly impossible task of trying to bring together two archetypes: Sir Eri...
This collection of nine proto-science fiction tales, translated and edited by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford, ranges from Louis-Sbastien Mercier's 1768 opening tale, in which the hero communicates with the dead through a beam that anticipates a modern-day laser, to an 1887 story by Guy de Maupassant that speculates on Martian life. In between, we have tales of a heart transplant, a device that can see through time and an alien dragon. The book also includes Albert Robida's classic novella "The Monkey King" in which Saturnin Farandoul, shipwrecked as a baby and...
This collection of nine proto-science fiction tales, translated and edited by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford, ranges fro...
The director of the Theatre Tragicomique is intent on staging an updated version of Faust to usher in the new century and stave off bankruptcy. But a supernatural agency is determined to rewrite the play, striking dead every actor playing Faust. Is it simply the magic of the theater or a manifestation of the Devil?
The director of the Theatre Tragicomique is intent on staging an updated version of Faust to usher in the new century and stave off bankruptcy. But a ...
Everyone trembled at the mere mention of the name of Anne of the Isles. The blood of Joel Braz the warlock ran in her veins. She was a priestess and a sorceress. Woe betide any man whose path crossed hers ... The White Lady of the Marshes had avenged herself cruelly against the incredulous, they were well-advised never to entrust their boats to the current of the Oust once the north star had risen over the black trees of the Foret-Neuve... Anne of the Isles, last priestess of the Celtic Gods... The vengeful White Lady of the Marshes... The last fairies of mythical Lyonesse... Only Paul Feval,...
Everyone trembled at the mere mention of the name of Anne of the Isles. The blood of Joel Braz the warlock ran in her veins. She was a priestess and a...
Leo Saint-Clair, alias the Nyctalope, was created in 1911 by Jean de La Hire, one of Frances most prolific writer of adventure serials. Gifted with night vision, hypnotic powers, extraordinary senses and an artificial heart, Saint-Clair is a fearless adventurer who battles with a gallery of colorful super-villains.
Leo Saint-Clair, alias the Nyctalope, was created in 1911 by Jean de La Hire, one of Frances most prolific writer of adventure serials. Gifted with ni...
Written in 1879 (18 years before "Dracula") by 19-year-old Marie Nizet, "Captain Vampire" is way ahead of its time. Although its plot has supernatural elements, and its antagonist is manifestly demonic, the novels true purpose is to bring out the horror of war. A significant work in the history of horror fiction, it is undoubtedly one of the finest literary works ever to have made use of the vampire motif.
Written in 1879 (18 years before "Dracula") by 19-year-old Marie Nizet, "Captain Vampire" is way ahead of its time. Although its plot has supernatural...
Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone. Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature; The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction. Complete with Notes and...
Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with t...
