Barnacle Bill The Spacer And Other Stories
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Barnacle Bill The Spacer And Other Stories
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-12-30
Barnacle Bill The Spacer And Other Stories written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-30 with Fiction categories.
This collection by Lucius Shepard, one of the most exciting new writers to emerge in the 1980s, includes the eponymous story ¿Barnacle Bill the Spacer¿, about an attempted mutiny on a space station, which won the Hugo Award, as well as ¿Sports in America¿, about a man who finds out just how far he is willing to go when he is hired by a local crime boss to kill a man. In ¿All the Perfumes of Araby¿ a small-time smuggler is granted a vision of the future that compels him to change his life, while ¿Human History¿ is a post-apocalyptic adventure story with a hint of decadence. ¿The Sun Spider¿ is a romance of sorts, with a decidedly gothic twist, while in ¿Beast of the Heartland¿, a boxer at the end of his career is lured back into the ring with the promise of one last big payoff. And anyone who has ever completely lost themselves in a piece of music will recognise the inspiration for ¿A Little Night Music¿. Shepard's stories are not just wonderfully three-dimensional characters dealing with life-changing events; they are filled with colours, textures, sounds and smells, as he describes his backgrounds with as much care as a master painter.
Dagger Key And Other Stories
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Dagger Key And Other Stories written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Fiction categories.
Lucius Shepard is a grand master of dark fantasy, famed for his baroque yet utterly contemporary visions of existential subversion and hallucinatory collapse. In Dagger Key, his fifth major story collection, Shepard confronts hard-bitten loners and self-deceiving operators with the shadowy emptiness within themselves and the insinuating darkness without, to ends sardonic and terrifying. The stories in this book, including six novellas, are: "Stars Seen Through Stone" - in a small Pennsylvania town, mediocrity suddenly blossoms into genius; but at what terrible cost? "Emerald Street Expansions" - in near-future Seattle, echoes of the life of a medieval French poet hint at either reincarnation or a dire conspiracy. "Limbo" - a retired criminal on the run from the Mafia encounters ghosts, and much worse, on the shores of a haunted lake. "Liar's House" - in the grip of the legendary dragon Griaule, destiny is a treacherous and transformative thing. "Dead Monty" - a small-time New Orleans criminal ventures outside his proper territory, and poker and voudoun conspire to bring him down. "Dinner at Baldassaro's" - a gang of immortals debates the future in an Italian resort, only for events to outrun any of their expectations. "Abimagique" - a glib college loser falls in love with a witch, becoming an involuntary part of a world-saving - or world-destroying - magical ritual. "The Lepidopertrist" - a small boy on a Caribbean island witnesses the creation of preternatural beings by a Yankee wizard... "Dagger Key" - off the coast of Belize, the ghost of a famous pirate seems to control a spiral of murder and intrigue; or is someone else responsible?
Beast Of The Heartland And Other Stories
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Release Date : 1999
Beast Of The Heartland And Other Stories written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Thunder's Mouth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Fiction categories.
A collection of dark tales from the dark-side of speculative fiction offers seven unlikely tales of horror, including a postapocalyptic thriller, a space opera, and a gothic tale of insanity, among others. Original. IP.
Lucius Shepard Sf Gateway Omnibus
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-03-19
Lucius Shepard Sf Gateway Omnibus written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-19 with Fiction categories.
Lucius Shepard's work ranges across the fields of fantasy, science fiction and magic realism, garnering comparisons with Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Best-known for the story suite The Dragon Griaule - available as a Gollancz Fantasy Masterwork - he has won or been nominated for every major SFF award. This omnibus collects his ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD-shortlisted novel GREEN EYES, WORLD FANTASY AWARD-winning collection THE JAGUAR HUNTER and SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD-winning novella VACANCY.
The Ends Of The Earth Fourteen Stories
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-02-27
The Ends Of The Earth Fourteen Stories written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with Fiction categories.
Lucius Shepard's short fiction ranges far and wide over the field of SF and fantasy, and is crammed with show-stopper ideas and an intense originality. The Ends of the Earth is a testimonial to a genius of the genre, and a major American writer. Winner of the 1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. Contents: The Ends of the Earth (1989) Delta Sly Honey (1987) Bound for Glory (1989) The Exercise of Faith (1987) Nomans Land (1988) Life of Buddha (1988) Shades (1987) Aymara (1986) A Wooden Tiger (1988) The Black Clay Boy (1987) Fire Zone Emerald (1985) On the Border (1987) The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter (1988) Surrender (1989)
The Mammoth Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction
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Author : George Mann
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Mammoth Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction written by George Mann and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Fiction categories.
This encyclopedia is the most up-to-date, concise, clear and affordable guide to all aspects of science fiction, from its background to generic themes and devices, from authors (established and new) to films. Science fiction has evolved into one of the most popular, cutting-edge and exciting fiction geners, with a proliferation of modern and classic authors, themes and ideas, movies, TV series and awards. Arranged in an A-Z format, and featuring a comprehensive index and cross-referencing system, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is also the most accessible and easy to use encyclopedia of its kind currently available.
The Dragon Griaule
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-10-10
The Dragon Griaule written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with Fiction categories.
Lucius Shepard's acclaimed Dragon Griaule stories are presented here for the first time in a single volume. This Fantasy Masterworks edition contains: 'The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule' 'The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter' 'The Father of Stones' 'Liar's House' 'The Taborin Scale' 'The Skull' This is the definitive tail of the Dragon Griaule: a beast so immense its body forms part of the landscape ...
Viator Plus
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-07-25
Viator Plus written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-25 with Fiction categories.
The stories gathered here conduct the reader from the wastelands of the near future to the zoned-out bacchanals of Hollywood, from the fevered bordellos of Central America to the hallucinated revels of redneck country, from the broken hears of wandering loners to alluring fantasy realms just beyond the threshold of perception. And when the journey is over, eternal contrasts - of man and woman, bosses and workers, responsibility and escape, conformity and freedom - stand in more powerful definition than ever before...
Nantucket Slayrides Three Short Novels
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-08-29
Nantucket Slayrides Three Short Novels written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-29 with Fiction categories.
Nantucket Slayrides contains the two short novels "How the Wind Spoke at Madaket" and "Nomans Land" by Shepard and Robert Frazier's "The Summer People".
Colonel Rutherford S Colt
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Author : Lucius Shepard
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-05-29
Colonel Rutherford S Colt written by Lucius Shepard and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-29 with Fiction categories.
The itinerant gun show draws together many subcultures from the margins of society: survivalists, Aryan brotherhoods, and the team of Rita Whitelaw and Jimmy Roy Guy, dealers in collectible arms. Rita has made Jimmy an exception to her general disdain for whites - "not your typical Caucasian," as she describes him - for Jimmy's got a storytelling ability that borders on mystic vision. When Jimmy makes an agreement with the widow of Aryan martyr Bob Champion to broker her husband's infamous Colt .45, he and Rita run afoul of "the Major," Champion's spiritual successor. However, they're not intimidated by the Major's veiled threats. The gun has launched a story, and when Jimmy begins a story, one way or another, he's bound to see it through.
