Risultati Editore "Author's Republic" in Fantascienza e fantasy

Nibiru, il dodicesimo pianeta del nostro sistema solare, ha un`orbita estremamente ellittica, retrograda e notevolmente più grande di quella di tutti gli altri. Infatti, per compiere un giro completo intorno al Sole impiega circa 3,600 anni. Azakis e Petri, due simpatici abitanti di questo strano pianeta, a bordo della loro astronave Theos, stanno tornando sulla Terra per recuperare un misterioso e preziosissimo carico lasciato nascosto l`ultima volta che sono stati qui.

An early science-fiction novel by the prolific and notable writer H. G. Wells, War of the Worlds describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth and was highly influential, spawning several films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, and a television series based on the story.

Moonchild is a novel written by the British occultist Aleister Crowley in 1917. Its plot involves a magical war between a group of white magicians, led by Simon Iff, and a group of black magicians, over an unborn child.

Immersed in imaginative journeys, the Baron Trump stories showcase the eponymous character—a wealthy young boy residing in Trump Castle. While his official name is Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp, he opts to be addressed by his title, Baron Trump, for simplicity. Venturing into time travel escapades across human history, the young Baron encounters ancient societies, engaging with their languages and social customs. Accompanied by his loyal and protective companion, Bulger the hound, Baron Trump navigates diverse adventures, overcoming numerous challenges.

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life within aristocratic society and eventually outside of it. Praised for its psychological insight into the characters’ motivations, the book greatly influenced Japanese culture and is widely considered the world’s first novel. In 1882, Suematsu Kencho translated a condensed version of the text into English, allowing this classic tale to reach a wider audience.

Respectable Doctor Henry Jekyll has a dark secret, and his friend Mr. Utterson is determined to find out what it is. Classic fiction that has become iconic in literature, film, and everyday vocabulary.

From Beyond the Wall of Sleep come the dark stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Join us for a journey through the Dark Dreamlands.

We only have ten years to save the planet. What if this belief was taken seriously by others not from our world? How would they help to save Mankind? Would they even bother? Brett Martin is about to find out as he finds himself sucked into a dystopian nightmare in which there are few easy ways out. The Gardeners are here and they have come to prune our planet. As the stakes are raised impossibly high, Martin struggles to come to terms with his new reality and the dawn of a new age.

Raekon, Sovereign of Organic Earth, is informed of a problem within the barricaded region known as Thistlebriar. He and the assembly members are distraught on hearing of the abuse and killings of people called meeks, revealed by an informer. Raekon decides to send a team of spies to Thistlebriar to investigate. Life on Organic Earth has been peaceful, until now. Go with Raekon and Corilan and discover where the School of Ancestral Guidance Saga ends.

H.P. Lovecraft's most famous story in an amazing audio experience! “The Old Ones ruled the earth aeons before the rise of man. Traces of their cyclopean cities can still be found on remote islands, buried amid the shifting desert sands, and in the frozen wastes of the polar extremes. Originally they came to this world from the stars. They sleep now, some deep within the earth or beneath the sea. When the stars are right they shall again walk the earth.”

In Flatland, originally published in 1884, a humble square describes his two-dimensional world to benefit the inhabitants of Spaceland, the three-dimensional realm he discovers when he is visited by a being from beyond his plane. With dry wit and wild imagination, author Edwin Abbott Abbott builds a meticulous fantasy world rooted in an astute apprehension of psychology, politics, and social structures, as well as basic geometry. The story of Flatland, at once ridiculous and profound, delivers an incisive satire of social discourse that remains remarkably relevant today.

In a future world where people can buy and sell intelligence, citizens are each allocated 100 1.Q. points at birth. When they turn 16, they can make a choice either to remain as 100s and be cared for by the state, or they can gamble with their intelligence. Those who succeed become high I.Q.s and enjoy all of the benefits this brings; those who fail lead squalid lives and some eventually become I.Q. 30 glidiots, battling in the Glidiot Games in a pop-up maze where they kill one another for I.Q. points and for public amusement.

Flatland, first published in 1884, is classic work of satire. The full title, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, reveals the story's most compelling characteristic, its discussion of multiple dimensions. It is this fascinating examination which has contributed to Flatland's enduring popularity.

For Feliss Warwick, life was nothing but rudimentary. Living as a baroness, implored to be duty-bound, stuck in a world of deceit and falsehood, while the world saw her in marital bliss. Then, Feliss learns that she is not just an ordinary noble. She has a destiny, tethered to the safeguard of the world. A world that is under glamor, housing mystical creatures and "magic". Hunted by a white beast, haunted by the death of her twin, Feliss discovers that she is a human deity with a bounty on her head. Will Feliss escape the clutches of the dark druids? Will she keep her loved ones safe?

Azrael, the Angel of Death, knows pain. The deaths of his mother and sister, as well as his harsh experiences in the Watch Guard at age twelve, have brutally shaped him into the most feared assassin in all of Pandaren. Azrael's role as a Hunter requires him to search for those with magic, called Spectrals, which he is happy to do. Hunting allows him to pursue his true goal—exacting revenge. Azrael's obsession leads him to undergo an experimental procedure that gives him magic, but when this procedure has unexpected and dangerous side effects, he becomes a liability.

“Duel of the Sorcerers” starts with the hero Paul Tian-Kermode, a young Welsh-Chinese orphan and trainee lawyer, sitting behind his antique Chinese desk above the family shop called 'The Chinese Epicurean Centre' in Liverpool's Chinatown on Sunday, 29th, 1916. It ends with Paul's confrontation with his nemesis, the evil necromancer, Gregori Gurdjeef, in revolution-torn Petrograd's 'Church of the Epiphany' on April 17th, 1917.

El Ángel Arrullador es el 5to cuento de los Cuentos Fantásticos del Galpón Atelier. Libro mas música del músico y compositor Héctor Garrido Bowie. Este maravilloso relato—acompañado por la música del mismo Héctor Garrido Bowie—nos narra el encuentro de una joven y un ser ¿angelical? que transformara su vida para siempre.

Forgotten tales of fantasy that range from Fairy Tale to Surrealism; stories that defy description.

It is the year 2037 and Stan Rhodes is the American captain of Endurance III, a V-shaped spacecraft on the last leg of a 56-million-kilometer journey to Mars. Soon after landing, the crew discovers unknown architectural wonders from an ancient civilization. In the year 2041, Captain Stan Rhodes returns to planet Mars with a fresh crew and resumes exploring a region called the Cydonia Complex. Investigating architectural wonders from an ancient civilization, they revisit a magnificent five-sided pyramid discovered on the first mission and survey its subterranean passageways.

Victoria Campos devoted her young life to her love of astronomy and getting a doctorate in interplanetary geology, but learned little about interacting with people. Now a NASA scientist, she discovers a coded message from a distant planet prophesying imminent doom for planet Earth and how to avert it. She must warn the world, but powerful interests are threatened by her message and will use any means to silence her. A mysterious third party is intent on stealing the message. What price will Victoria pay to save mankind from itself?