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Tiny Deaths
ISBN: 9781905583140 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyzing the complexity, absurdity, and blessedness of seemingly ordinary people, this debut collection examines the metaphysical assumptions surrounding death. From the end of a relationship to the meaning behind its title, this anthology continually surprises and subverts, utilizing topics such as alien intelligence, reincarnation, imaginary children, and even conversations with Hitler's childhood pet. Engaging and diverse, this compendium offers a fascinating perspective on mortality.
Analyzing the complexity, absurdity, and blessedness of seemingly ordinary people, this debut collection examines the metaphysical assumptions surroun...
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Ruins Excavation
ISBN: 9780989263160 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Speculative Fiction stories that are set in or about Arachaeological Ruins. The protagonist in each story is an archaeologist who is a Woman of Color. Ruins range from those in the American Southwest & Southeast to Central America, the Maya, to ruins in the Andes Mountains, Egypt, and to other places across the world. Some incorporate mythology of the ancient cultures who built and inhabited the places now in ruins. Some of the protagonists are descendents of the ancient peoples of the ruins.
Speculative Fiction stories that are set in or about Arachaeological Ruins. The protagonist in each story is an archaeologist who is a Woman of Color....
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60,82 |
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Shattered Worlds: Several Journeys of Heroes and Men
ISBN: 9781481774840 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book consists of ten short stories with my own original plots, characters and twists in each short story. "The Exile's Orb" is about an indifferent and bullied boy named, KB. Who soon gets abducted by an evil barbaric alien race from his middle school to be interrogated about a powerful Orb that the boy once had, but KB doesn't know what or where the Orb is. The leader of the alien race Master Odin keeps KB as one of his prisoners, but he escapes from the prison to meet up with a girl named Kristy who introduces him to a man that can help him find the Orb. Does KB find the Exile's Orb in...
This book consists of ten short stories with my own original plots, characters and twists in each short story. "The Exile's Orb" is about an indiffere...
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126,61 |
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Shattered Worlds: Several Journeys of Heroes and Men
ISBN: 9781481774857 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book consists of ten short stories with my own original plots, characters and twists in each short story. "The Exile's Orb" is about an indifferent and bullied boy named, KB. Who soon gets abducted by an evil barbaric alien race from his middle school to be interrogated about a powerful Orb that the boy once had, but KB doesn't know what or where the Orb is. The leader of the alien race Master Odin keeps KB as one of his prisoners, but he escapes from the prison to meet up with a girl named Kristy who introduces him to a man that can help him find the Orb. Does KB find the Exile's Orb in...
This book consists of ten short stories with my own original plots, characters and twists in each short story. "The Exile's Orb" is about an indiffere...
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76,67 |
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Anthology of Sci-Fi V16, the Pulp Writers
ISBN: 9781483702179 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Anthology of Sci-Fi V16 is a collection of nine Sci-fi stories from some of the best science fiction writers of the past century. Included are: The Stolen Mind by M. L. Staley, The Corpse on the Grating by Hugh B. Cave, Creatures of the Light by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Mad Music by Anthony Pelcher, Vampires of Venus by Anthony Pelcher, A Problem in Communication by Miles J. Breuer, The Murder Machine by Hugh B. Cave, Invisible Death by Anthony Pelcher, Slaves of the Dust by Sophie Wenzel Ellis.
The Anthology of Sci-Fi V16 is a collection of nine Sci-fi stories from some of the best science fiction writers of the past century. Included are: Th...
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76,58 |
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Squirrels & Puppies: Dark Morality Tales
ISBN: 9781484070413 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fourteen short stories. Six of them involve cute or funny animals. All of them revolve around some moral theme and all of them involve something or someone getting raped, killed, or tortured; but in a creative and meaningful way.
Fourteen short stories. Six of them involve cute or funny animals. All of them revolve around some moral theme and all of them involve something or so...
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35,92 |
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The Long & Short Of It: An Anthology For Lovers Of Bizarre Fiction
ISBN: 9781490940960 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How off centered are the stories in this anthology? How about a murder mystery involving past lives and reincarnation? How about a coming of age story that centers around enchanted toothbrushes and the effects, both good and bad, they have on four young lives in 1953? How about a young man and his guardian angel working together to try and prevent a national tragedy? Mix these with several shorts and you have an eclectic collection of tales somewhat reminiscent of Ray Bradbury, The Twilight Zone and Stephen King.
How off centered are the stories in this anthology? How about a murder mystery involving past lives and reincarnation? How about a coming of age story...
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24,15 |
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Robot Uprisings
ISBN: 9780345803634 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by the father of artificial intelligence, Dr. John McCarthy, Robot...
Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios mi...
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Shadows of the New Sun
ISBN: 9780765334596 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has been called subtle and brilliant, inspiring not just lovers of fantasy and science fiction, but readers of every stripe, transcending genre and defying preconceptions. In this volume, a select group of Wolfe's fellow authors pay tribute to the award-winning creator of The Book of the New Sun, The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Soldier of the Mist, The Wizard Knight and many others, with entirely new stories written specifically to... Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has bee... |
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72,18 |
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Tests to a New Life
ISBN: 9781463529840 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James Conner, a man that spent most his adult life drinking, had crossed paths with an extraterrestrial creature that gave him an offer that not many people get. This creature will take him and his best friend, which he loves, on an adventure they will never forget. He went from going through traps and getting shot in the shoulder, to traveling through space fighting off enemy ships. The choices that James Makes will determine who will survive and will die and he's got all the qualifications for what's being thrown at him, but what choices will he make?
James Conner, a man that spent most his adult life drinking, had crossed paths with an extraterrestrial creature that gave him an offer that not many ...
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To Live Again and the Second Trip: Two Complete Novels
ISBN: 9781480448520 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two enthralling novels by Robert Silverberg about a future in which the minds of the living can be changed for a price often with dire consequences
In To Live Again, thanks to the Scheffing Institute, death is not the end. For a hefty fee, the soul bank stores the personas of those who have died and inserts them into the brains of willing, living hosts. It s a process that integrates the two minds, imbuing the host with a menu of highly valuable abilities, memories, and traits. The more personas one absorbs, the greater his social status. When banking mogul Paul Kaufmann... Two enthralling novels by Robert Silverberg about a future in which the minds of the living can be changed for a price often with dire consequences...
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94,98 |
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The Adventures of Captain Cap
ISBN: 9781612272184 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captain Cap was the fictitious mouthpiece that Alphonse Allais used to tell the tallest of his tall stories and develop his most exotic story ideas, including the majority of those that would nowadays be considered science-fictional. Allais liked to keep up with contemporary developments in science, and was ever ready to adapt ideas therefrom -- especially ideas that seemed to pose a challenge to common sense -- into the humorous newspaper articles with which he made his living and his reputation. By virtue of this habit of picking up such trifles, and adding absurd twists to them, Allais...
Captain Cap was the fictitious mouthpiece that Alphonse Allais used to tell the tallest of his tall stories and develop his most exotic story ideas, i...
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97,70 |
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Beyond Reality's Door: A Dozen Tales of the Fantastic
ISBN: 9781491039373 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within the dozen tales of this book lie other worlds, each cut from whole cloth. Some are uplifting, others shuffle about in the darkness, seeking an easy meal. All take hold of reality and give it a sharp yank. Evil disguised as a healer, humans evolved beyond all recognition, weary soldiers waging ceaseless war, and many more hapless beings all lie trapped in their warped universes like flies in amber. Leave behind the ordinary, set aside everything you assume to be true. Enter the realm of the unbelievable, the strange, and the fantastic.
Within the dozen tales of this book lie other worlds, each cut from whole cloth. Some are uplifting, others shuffle about in the darkness, seeking an ...
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59,66 |
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The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories
ISBN: 9780345540669 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few authors have had careers as successful as that of Connie Willis. Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and recently awarded the title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Willis is still going strong. Her smart, heartfelt fiction runs the gamut from screwball comedy to profound tragedy, combining dazzling plot twists, cutting-edge science, and unforgettable characters.
From a near future mourning the extinction of dogs to an alternate history in which invading aliens were defeated by none other than Emily Dickinson; from a madcap convention... Few authors have had careers as successful as that of Connie Willis. Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and recently awarded the title of ...
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79,82 |
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Apeshit
ISBN: 9780983644996 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,02 |
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The Challenge of the Darrn
ISBN: 9780988313514 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,66 |
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Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond
ISBN: 9780989141147 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond" is a groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N. K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more. These authors have earned such literary honors as the Pulitzer Prize, the American Book Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker, among others."
"Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond" is a groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talen...
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75,83 |
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Dogs of War: Reissued
ISBN: 9781942990338 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Animals have fought for us for centuries, not because of the ideals of service to King and Country, but out of unwavering loyalty and devotion to their human Masters. The future, it would seem, is no better than the past, as some animals become expendable weapons or augmented semi-machines, while others receive the honor and dignity of being treated as fellow soldiers. In tribute, we bring you seventeen stories of our animal comrades-in-arms. Animals have fought for us for centuries, not because of the ideals of service to King and Country, but out of unwavering loyalty and devotion to t... |
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67,90 |
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Collected Science Fiction Short Stories: Volume Three
ISBN: 9781785320569 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Short stories to enrapture, astonish and elate:
A far-future terrorist attack. A father making ends meet. Scared kids making a name for themselves. A doomed Martian expedition. And many more, including: Every River Is A Road T Is For Teetotalitarian The Geyser Twirl All The Right Friends It's Just Business, Baby Martian Miracles The End Man Star Buy Without A Summit Bunker Pickpocket Soil Protester The Stars Are CCTV The Steel Moon
Short stories to enrapture, astonish and elate:
A far-future terrorist attack. A father making ends meet. Scared kids making a name for themselves... |
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67,81 |
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Why I Hunt Flying Saucers and Other Fantasticals: A Science Fiction Short Story Retrospective
ISBN: 9781928011071 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,82 |
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