Random House / Vintage, 1998. — 207 p. — ISBN: 0679767827 (ISBN13: 9780679767824) The Black Place of the Soul-Changer was doing business in Rome six centuries before Christ. It will probably be there on the last day of the cosmos. This is the Psychoshop, where you can dump any unwanted aspect of your spirit as long as you exchange it for something else -- arcane knowledge, a...
In the years following World War III, a new and powerful faith has arisen from a scorched and poisoned Earth, a faith that embraces the architect of world wide devastation. The Servants of Wrath have deified Carlton Lufteufel and re-christened him the Deus Irae. In the small community of Charlottesville, Utah, Tibor McMasters, born without arms or legs, has, through an array of...
Harper Voyager, 1998. — 592 p. — ISBN: 0380770229 (ISBN13: 9780380770229) In our world, called the Verite, he is a Scottish laird, an engineer, and a master of virtual reality design. In the computer-generated universe of Virtu, created by the crash of the World Net, he is a living legend. Scientist and poet with a warrior's soul, Donnerjack strides like a giant across the...
Avon Eos, 2000. — 325 p. — ISBN: 0380770237 (ISBN13: 9780380770236) Lord Demon is vintage Zelazny: a "scientific" fantasy built on favorite themes (the necessity of knowing oneself, of taking risks, and of accepting the vulnerability that comes with feeling passionately), drawing on East Asian, Irish, and hero's quest myths, and featuring his signature protagonist: erudite,...
As children, Perry, Annie, and Edgar Allen Poe met on a mystical beach out of space and time. Fifteen years later, Perry discovers that he is living the stories written by his alter ego, Edgar Allan Poe, as he encounters a world of reality gone mad.
(Science Fiction) На английском языке. Исключительно хорошая и потому не снискавшая наград, книга, mind wrenching как то у меня было. Иногда в нете ее называют началом панк - литературы, но это было давно, сейчас слово панк так заштамповано что его очень неприятно употреблять. Контркультура но " культура" - от слова "культ", а эта- настоящая, деятельная. НЕ хипстеры. Второй...
Bantam Spectra, 1991. — 279 p. — ISBN: 0553354485 (ISBN13: 9780553354485) A riotous new fantasy series that will challenge the funniest the field has to offer--from the creator of the bestselling Amber series and one of the genre's legendary humorists. Azzy Elbub, demon, has his sights set on the Millenial Evil Deeds Award, given to the being whose acts do the most toward...
Bantam Spectra, 1994. — 359 p. — ISBN: 0553565486 (ISBN13: 9780553565485) The last Millennial contest--between the forces of Good and Evil for control of the universe--didn't work out quite so well for Evil and its rooters. But it's time for the next round, and this time the demon Mephistopheles is carrying the ball for the forces of Darkness. But all is not as it seems. The...
Bantam Spectra, 1995. — 289 p. — ISBN: 0553374427 (ISBN13: 9780553374421) It's that quiet time between Millennia, and the demon Azzie is becoming bored and restless. Then inspiration hits. On a devilish sabbatical in Europe, Azzie discovers that morality plays are all the rage. He decides to strike back by producing an "immorality play," in which seven nondescript human...
Baen Books, 1990. — 340 p. — ISBN: 067172021X (ISBN13: 9780671720216) It started in the 12th century when their avatars first joined in battle. On that occasion the sorcerous Hasan al Sabah, the first and Chief Assassin won handily against Thomas Amnet, Knight Templar and White Magician. There have been many duels since then, and in each the undying Arab has ended the life of...
Ночь в тоскливом октябре» (англ. A Night in the Lonesome October) — роман американского писателя-фантаста Роджера Джозефа Желязны. Повествование в романе идёт от лица сторожевого пса по кличке Нюх (англ. Snuff). Он вместе со своим хозяином Джеком участвует в Большой Игре, которая проходит раз в несколько десятилетий и каждый раз в новом месте. В этот раз она прошла в Лондоне и...
Avon Books, 1994. — 280 p. — ISBN: 0380771411 (ISBN13: 9780380771417) The bestselling author of the Amber series creates a delightful and dramatic period fantasy populated by talking dogs and characters from popular legend. Accompanying and amplifying the text are a series of 31 full-page illustrations by one of the masters of bizarre and horrific art.
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Престол таинственного Янтарного королевства — приз победителю в жестокой игре отражений. Сталь и огонь, предательство и коварство, жизни и судьбы людей — все это ничто перед грандиозностью великой цели. Ведь из девяти претендентов — Девяти принцев Амбера— лишь одному суждено занять место на троне.
Harper Voyager, 2010. — 208 p. — ISBN: 0061936456 (ISBN13: 9780061936456) Two gods, two houses, one quest and the eternal war between life and death. To save his kingdom, Anubis, Lord of the Dead, sends forth his servant on a mission of vengeance. At the same time, from The House of Life, Osiris sends forth his son, Horus, on the same mission to destroy utterly & forever The...
Ibooks, 2001. — 510 p. — ISBN: 1-59687-142-3. Here is a collection of strange, beautiful stories covering the full spectrum of the late Roger Zelazny's remarkable talents. He had a rare ability to mix the dream-like, disturbing imagery of fantasy with the reallife hardware of science fiction. His vivid imagination and fine prose made him one of the most highly acclaimed writers...
Avon Books, 1977. — 189 p. — ISBN: 0380009498 (ISBN13: 9780380009497) The most humorous – and arguably the finest – novel by the master of inventive science fiction. Humanity is not alone in the cosmos. The aliens have given a precious relic to the people of Earth: star-stone. But the harmony of the galaxy is endangered when they discover that the star-stone has disappeared....
Timescape/SFBC, 1982. — 181 p. — ISBN: 0671255193 (ISBN13: 9780671255190) A retired hunter of alien zoo specimens, William Blackhorse Singer, the last Navajo on a future Earth, has come to what he sees as the end of his life. The World Government calls upon him for aid in protecting an alien diplomat from a powerful and hostile member of his own species. Knowing both the...
Ace, 1969. — 190 p. — ISBN: 0441374697 (ISBN13: 9780441374694) Francis Sandow is the last surviving human born in the 20th century. An early space colonist, he spent long centuries of space travel in suspended animation, and then suddenly woke in a far future world where everything had changed. Desperate for something to hold to, he sought out a mentor, who happened to be a...
Ibooks, 2003. — 310 p. — ISBN: 0743445368 (ISBN13: 9780743445368) In To Die in Italbar, the galaxy is in chaos, with people falling prey to an unidentifiable disease. Only one man has the ability to help -- a man who can heal or kill with a touch. Known only as "Mr. H," he is being sought after by everyone, but for vastly different reasons. Even Francis Sandow is seeking him,...
Tor Books, 1990. — (Tor Science Fiction Double 21). — ISBN10: 0812509838; ISBN13: 978-0812509830. A robot space probe returns to Earth with malevolent intentions, and demons struggle for control of a small border community.
Signet, 1971. — 236 p. — ISBN: 0451135768 In a world half of light, half of darkness, where both science and magic strive for dominance, there dwells a man who is friendly with neither side. Jack, of the realm of shadows, is a thief who is unjustly punished. The vendetta on which he then embarks results in his becoming a man of prominence and, ultimately, perhaps, a hero.
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Престол таинственного Янтарного королевства — приз победителю в жестокой игре отражений. Сталь и огонь, предательство и коварство, жизни и судьбы людей — все это ничто перед грандиозностью великой цели. Ведь из девяти претендентов — Девяти принцев Амбера— лишь одному суждено занять место на троне.
Harper Voyager, 2010. — 296 p. — ISBN: 0060567236, 9780060567231 Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons, Lord of Light.
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Престол таинственного Янтарного королевства — приз победителю в жесткой игре отражений. Сталь и огонь, предательство и коварство, жизни и судьбы людей — все это ничто перед грандиозностью великой цели. Ведь из девяти претендентов — Девяти принцев Амбера — лишь одному суждено занять место на троне.
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Последняя книга легендарного сериала, принадлежащего перу американского писателя Роджера ЖЕЛЯЗНЫ, неоднократного лауреата премий «Хьюго» и «Небьюла». «…невероятно популярная серия…» — отзывалось об этих книгах американское книжное обозрение Booklist. Принц Мерлин — герой рассказчик второго пятикнижия Янтарных хроник — юн, интеллигентен, предпочитает...
Del Rey Books, 1979. — 185 p. — ISBN: 0345285301 (ISBN13: 9780345285300) The Road runs from the unimaginable past to the far future, and those who travel it have access to the turnoffs leading to all times and places--even to the alternate time-streams of histories that never happened. Why the Dragons of Bel'kwinith made the Road--or who they are--no one knows. But the Road has...
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Главный герой восьмого романа из цикла «Хроники Амбера» — Мерлин. Растёт его магическая сила, множество опасностей и неожиданных находок подстерегает его на избранном пути, но он неумолим в движении к намеченной цели.
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«Знак Единорога» — третья книга из знаменитого цикла «Хроники Амбера», который по праву считается одной из выдающихся эпопей в мировой фантастике.
Penguin Putnam, 1981. — 272 p. — ISBN: 0441102573 (ISBN13: 9780441102570) In Changeling, the people had long suffered under Det Morson's power. When at last, the wizard Mor joined the fight, Det and his infamous Rondoval castle were destroyed. But the victory was not complete, for the conquerors found a baby amidst the rubble: Det's son, Pol. Unwilling to kill the child, Mor...
Ace, 1982. — 282 p. — ISBN: 0441515118 (ISBN13: 9780441515110) Det of Rondoval, has come home. He is now a powerful sorceror of unsurpassed natural ability--in a world where the power of magic is the only kind that matters. But Pol is still an untrained talent, a madwand. To take control of his powers, to rule in his father's place, he must survive arduous training and a...
Orion Publishers, 2000. — 784 p. — ISBN: 1857987268, ISBN13: 9781857987263 Roger Zelazny's books have three things in common: a flawed hero who sometimes fails, endlessly surprising plot twists, and a blend of lyricism, literary allusions, and sly puns that makes the pages fly. The Great Book of Amber, collecting all 10 Amber novels, is vintage Zelazny. Despite some irritating...
Escaping from Hell was only the beginning for Dilvish and Black, his demonic metal horse. Finding Jerelak, the evil sorcerer who sent him to two hundred years of torture, was the only thing that interested him. But Fate had other plans. The armies of Colonel Lylish attacked his homeland, and only Black could carry Dilvish through the enemy lines to warn the king. The city of...
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Корвин находит пропавшего много столетий назад своего отца Оберона — повелителя Янтаря. Чтобы сохранить равновесие мира, Корвин создает новый Образ Янтарной Вселенной и отправляется в Хаос в поисках сил, нарушающих равновесие мира. Эстафета вечной битвы переходит к юному Мерлину — сыну Корвина и Дары из Хаоса. Мерлин обучается на тени Земля и конструирует...
Avon Books, 1974. — 256 p. Here are fifteen strange and beautiful stories, the early classics that brought Roger Zelazny's remarkable talents to light and established him as a leading writer of science fiction. Beginning with the Nebula Award-winning title story, they are dazzling visions of the future, of other worlds and other realities; enchanting tales, often disturbing,...
Doubleday, 1971. — 229 p. The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (1965) — Winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for Novelette . The Keys to December (1966). Devil Car [Sam Murdock] (1965). A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963). The Monster and the Maiden (1964). Collector's Fever (1964). This Mortal Mountain (1967). This Moment of the Storm (1966). The Great Slow Kings (1963). A Museum...
New York: Ace Books, 1966. — 182 p. Originally published as a novella titled He Who Shapes . The novella won a Nebula Award in 1965. One of science fiction's finest—and most frightening visions of the next century, when a psychology engineer perfects on invention that enables him to enter men's minds, to experience their thoughts, and to manipulate their innermost lives. For to...
Harper Voyager, 1999. — 1264 p. — ISBN: 0380809060, ISBN13: 9780380809066 One of the most revered names in sf and fantasy, the incomparable Roger Zelazny was honored with numerous prizes—including six Hugo and three Nebula Awards—over the course of his legendary career. Among his more than fifty books, arguably Zelazny’s most popular literary creations were his extraordinary...
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Вторая книга «Хроник Амбера» знаменитого мастера американской фантастики Роджера Желязны повествует о дальнейших приключениях девяти принцев в борьбе за престол Янтарного королевства.
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«Рука Оберона» — четвертая книга из знаменитого цикла «Хроники Амбера», который по праву считается одной из выдающихся эпопей в мировой фантастике.
Pocket Books, 1980. — 308 p. — ISBN: 0-671-41773-8. Introduction (1980). Passion Play (1962). Horseman! (1962). The Stainless Steel Leech (1963). A Thing of Terrible Beauty (1963). He Who Shapes (1965) — Winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for Novella. Comes Now the Power (1966). Auto-da-Fé (1967). Damnation Alley (1967). For a Breath I Tarry (1966). The Engine at Heartspring's...
Ibooks, 2014. — 416 p. — ISBN: 1-59687-107-5. A collection of short fiction by the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author includes the never-before-collected "Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love," as well as "For a Breath I Tarry," "Go Starless in the Night," "Unicorn Variations," "Permafrost," "Home Is the Hangman," and "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai."...
IBOOKS, 2014. — 191 p. — ASIN B00KQ8D1JS Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he'd rather not talk about. And, as Arts Commissioner, he's been given a job he'd rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the shattered remains of Earth is not something he relishes-especially when it is apparent that this places him at the center of high-level...
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Престол таинственного Янтарного королевства — приз победителю в жестокой игре отражений. Сталь и огонь, предательство и коварство, жизни и судьбы людей — все это ничто перед грандиозностью великой цели. Ведь из девяти претендентов — Девяти принцев Амбера— лишь одному суждено занять место на троне.
Avon Books, 1995. — 432 p. — ISBN: 0380774224 (ISBN13: 9780380774227) A collection of stories includes Zen encounters with aliens, wrestlings with shapeshifters, magic and battles in twentieth-century China, trips from exercise rooms into other dimensions, encounters with mystical masters, and more.
Жизнь без фантастики и мистики лишена смысла лишь благодаря ее не недосказанности у человека появляется надежда что это все не просто так и есть смысл освоить дорогу...
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