This fully authorized guide is the perfect introduction to New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. With lavish full-bleed production stills and biographies of the stars and the filmmakers, this book gives readers privileged access to behind-the-scenes material found nowhere else. Full color.
She was magical, beautiful beyond belief—and completely alone... The unicorn had lived since before memory in a forest where death could touch nothing. Maidens who caught a glimpse of her glory were blessed by enchantment they would never forget. But outside her wondrous realm, dark whispers and rumours carried a message she could not ignore: "Unicorns are gone from the world." Aided by a bumbling magician and an indomitable spinster, she set out to learn the truth. but she feared even her immortal wisdom meant nothing in a world where a mad king's curse and terror incarnate lived only to stalk the last unicorn to her doom...
In A.D. 1150, the Great Sun Chief of the Anasazi people learns that his wife has given birth to the child of another man, and now that daughter, Cornsilk, with the help of a young man named Poor Singer, must flee the wrath of the Great Sun Chief.
The third book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against a momentous threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship, the Vivacia, from the ruthless pirate Kennit. Bold though it is, Althea’s scheme may be in vain. For her beloved Vivacia will face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy the Vivacia and all who love her, including Althea’s nephew, whose life already hangs in the balance. Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy: SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY
Written by the world's bestselling wine author, this new illustrated edition is an enthralling read, tracing the story of wine from the dawn of civilization through the bacchanalian splendor of the ancient world to the present day. Updated to include the latest developments in wine, this edition features never before seen archival photographs.
Des milliers d'années avant Le Seigneur des Anneaux , la Terre du Milieu est en proie aux luttes entre Morgoth, le premier Seigneur Ténébreux, et les Elfes, alliés aux Hommes. C'est contre Túrin et Niënor, les enfants de Húrin, que Morgoth va lancer une terrible malédiction, les contraignant à une vie malheureuse et errante, pour se venger du héros qui a osé le défier. Les Enfants de Húrin, oeuvre entreprise par Tolkien au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, s'adresse aux lecteurs du Seigneur des Anneaux, qui retrouveront le souffle de ce roman dans l'histoire de Túrin, héros humain qui cherche sa place parmi les Elfes et les Hommes dans un monde en guerre ; trompé par le destin, il lutte de manière spectaculaire et tragique contre Morgoth, nous faisant découvrir un passé méconnu de la Terre du Milieu.
Best-known for his seminal sf novel NEUROMANCER, William Gibson is also a master of short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of his best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson's characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains 'Johnny Mnemonic' (filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story 'Burning Chrome' - both nominated for the Nebula Award - as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories 'Dogfight' and 'The Winter Market'.
bevat: Robert A. Heinlein - Aan zijn veters omhoog (by his bootstraps, 1941)Jack Vance - De wereld tussenin (The world between, 1963)Larrry Niven - Neutronster (Neutron star, 1968)Peter Cuijpers - God op aardeWim Gijsen- Hoedt u voor protocollen!Tanith Lee - De ring vaarwel (Perfidious amber, 1979)Orson Scott Card - De porseleinen salamander (The porcelain salamander, 1981)Greg Bear- Rotssteen (Petra, 1982)Peter Schaap - De markt van MendesarchBruce Sterling & William Gibson - Rode ster, winterse omloopbaan (Red star, winter orbit, 1985)
The setting is an Earth where the monetary standard is "plasm," an energy which can be transmitted by wireless. It can help one to be more clever, it can heal, it can move objects. The novel deals with an attempt to acquire lots of this energy to stage a revolution.
Continuing the journey of the Dion Chronicles, this installment delves deeper into the lives of its complex characters as they navigate new challenges and alliances. The narrative explores themes of power, loyalty, and betrayal, set against a richly developed world that blends fantasy elements with intricate political intrigue. Readers can expect unexpected twists and emotional depth as the protagonists confront their pasts and shape their destinies. The book promises to captivate with its vivid storytelling and compelling character arcs.
Een verbitterde oude kluizenaar die door het volk de Poema wordt genoemd, leeft teruggetrokken op een eiland in het midden van de baai. Tot zijn grote ongenoegen wordt hij beschouwd als een gevaarlijke tovenaar. Alleen de dappersten van het volk wagen zich in zijn nabijheid, maar alleen om hem om smeerseltjes en liefdesdrankjes te vragen. Anderen, voor het merendeel krijgers die er veel voor over hebben hun aanzien te vergroten, proberen hem te doden. Grote beroering ontstaat als niet ver weg een jonge vrouw, de beeldschone Rode Kanoet, op de vooravond van haar huwelijk met Koperen Donder, de geheimzinnige leider van de stammen stroomopwaarts aan de rivier, wordt vermoord. Het gevolg is dat Waterslang, de leider van de zuidelijke stammen, aankondigt de macht van de stam van Rode Kanoet te zullen breken. De enige die over voldoende macht beschikt om de op handen zijnde gruwelijke oorlog tussen de stammen van het volk te voorkomen is... de Poema.
Nagezeten door haar vader en de varkenhoeder, en achtervolgd door haar minnaar Flynn, die wordt vergezeld door Portan uit het Huis der Mutanten en zijn vriend Amairgen, een Hoeder, belandt Joanna via een scheur in het Tijdgordijn in het mythologische Ierland van weleer. Daar heeft de adel nog warm dierenbloed in de aderen en is Cormac, heer der wolven, de rechtmatige koning van de Wolflijn, in een dodelijke strijd verwikkeld met koningin Mab de Bedwelmende, die ooit zijn geliefde was. Haar sullige zoon Eochaid, met leeuwebloed, zit ten onrechte op de troon van Tara en bovendien wordt Mab bijgestaan door akelig sterke krachten uit het Donkere Ierland, zoals de Erlkoning en zijn lugubere helpsters: Morrigan, Macha en Blaaskraai
Het Terraanse onderzoeksschip Schicht , met aan boord een van de belangrijkste ontdekkingen in de galactische geschiedenis, stort, na een wilde achtervolging door diverse galactische rassen, neer op de onontwikkelde waterwereld Kithrup. Terwijl in de ruimte de Galakken vechten over wie de Schicht krijgt, vecht de bemanning van het schip -- mensen en verheven dolfijnen -- tegen de planeet en de tijd om hun ontdekking veilig te stellen.
The second book in the breathtaking epic fantasy of heritage, vengeance, and destinyA decade has passed since the barbarian Loethar brutally conquered the last remaining, most powerful realm in the Denova Set--though the coveted Valisar Enchantment, the irresistible ability to coerce and control, eludes him still. Ten years since the warlord butchered the Set's royals and feasted on their blood.But he did not kill them all.Having secretly escaped Loethar's wrath, the young Valisar prince Leonel has grown to manhood under the protection of the notorious highwayman Kilt Faris. Now the boy king wants more than his rightful throne of Penraven--he wants revenge. But not all of enslaved Penraven wishes for Leonel's rule; indeed, Loethar has spent the past ten years uniting the Set's realms into a peaceful, prosperous empire. And unbeknownst to all, the true inheritor of the Valisar Enchantment is awakening--and a dark threat, far more sinister than even the invasion of the barbarian horde a decade earlier, is poised to threaten the Crown and reveal the most shocking Valisar secret of all.
One day Mankind disappeared... A few human beings were left on the deserted earth along with countless robots. The human beings - including a small tribe of American Indians - made do. The Indians returned to ancient tribal ways, the others stubbornly tried to rebuild technology. The robots - some stayed with the humans performing their service functions, some went off to create a religiously-based society of their own. Millennia later, a star-traveler returns from the center of the universe. The people of earth had been found and were planning to return. But something else had been found, too - the central intelligence of the universe!
In a gripping tale of cosmic confrontation, humanity faces an impending alien invasion as mysterious objects approach Earth. Scientists and ordinary people grapple with the implications of these extraterrestrial forces, leading to a race against time to understand their purpose. Themes of survival, the fragility of civilization, and the essence of humanity are explored through a diverse cast of characters, each responding differently to the looming threat. The narrative weaves together suspense and philosophical questions, making it a thought-provoking science fiction experience.
With the publication of The Gate to Women's Country, Sheri S. Tepper came to be recognized as a major science fiction writer. Now the author of Raising the Stones and Grass -- a New York Times Notable Book and Hugo Award finalist -- turns to Beauty, a fantasy with a story that is more, much more than fable. Drawing on the wellspring of much-loved, well-remembered fairy tales, Tepper delivers a thought-provoking and finely crafted novel that thoroughly involves the reader in the life of one of the most captivating heroines in modern fantasy -- Beauty. On her sixteenth birthday Beauty is seemingly able to sidestep her aunt's curse. Instead she is transported to the future. Here begin her adventures as she travels magically back and forth in time to visit places both imaginary and real. Finally she comes to understand what has been her special gift to humanity all along. For in Beauty, there is beauty. And in beauty, magic. Without our enchanted places, humanity is no more than an upstart ape. And this, we realize, is why Beauty must be saved, both in the fantastical world of Tepper's novel and in the actual world in which we live
Cover artist: A. Pedro Ironically, for Gilbert Snook who considered himself the human equivalent of a neutrino, a particle able to travel through the Earth without disturbing any other particle it all started with the panic that followed the sighting of the anti neutrino planet as it approached Earth. Earth was unaffected but Snook ended up in a small African Republic teaching English to diamond miners. Then the miners started seeing ghosts and Snook found himself at the centre of a bizarre and far reaching scientific discovery and in the middle of some very dirty political infighting.
A mystery centered on a virtual-reality marriage. The groom is Rez, the star of a rock band, while the bride is Rei Toei, the beautiful and entirely virtual pop singer adored by all Japan. Why would a man want to marry a woman who does not exist? Flesh and blood Chia McKenzie from Seattle, who loves Rez, flies to Tokyo to find out.
Science fiction-roman fra Cyperspace, det 21. århundredes computerskabte parallelverden
Fiona McIntosh's debut fantasy trilogy is a page-turning adventure in the grand tradition of Terry Brooks and David Eddings
Dion is an innocent adrift in a world of intrigues and treacheries with foul, hungry demons lurking just beyond its borders. She has been called upon to serve her Duke's favorite mistress: the extraordinary Kitten Avignon, Our Lady of Roses. The mesmerizing courtesan is a woman in dire jeopardy, stalked by a fearsome necromancer who will not sleep until his beautiful prey suffers horribly and is destroyed.
When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, Discipline was aided (and secretly spied upon) by Sharls Davis Kendy, an emotionless computer intelligence programmed to monitor the loyalty and obedience of the crew. But what they weren’t prepared for was the smoke ring–an immense gaseous envelope that had formed around a neutron star directly in their path. The Smoke Ring was home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall. When Discipline encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship and fled to the unlikely space oasis. Five hundred years later, the descendants of the Discipline crew living on the Smoke Ring no longer remember their origins. Earth is more myth than memory, and no recollection of the State remains. But Kendy remembers. And just outside the Smoke Ring, Discipline waits patiently to make contact with its wayward children.
The Citizens Tree people rescue a family of loggers and learn for the first time of a society known as the Admiralty, which may have maintained intact the original computer library of the ship Discipline
Loethar est un tyran ambitieux et impitoyable. a la tete d'une terrifiante armee de guerriers barbares, il a deja conquis deux nations, ne laissant dans son sillage que devastation et vies brisees. Il convoite maintenant le royaume de Penraven: un pays riche, dote d'un port important, d'un littoral etendu et d'abondantes ressources naturelles. Mais, cette fois, le tyran veut davantage qu'une couronne, il reve d'empire et nourrit une obsession grandissante vis-a-vis de la magie. Et s'il veut renverser le roi Brennus de Penraven, huitieme de la lignee des Valisar, c'est parce que ce dernier possede le pouvoir de coercition: tous les heritiers Valisar naissent depuis des siecles avec ce don sinistre qui leur permet de soumettre entierement les gens a leur volonte. Or, il faut a tout prix empecher Loethar de s'impregner de la magie de ces etres d'exception car, sinon, rien ne pourra plus l'arreter...
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind of space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
The second book in the brand new trilogy from the author of the Tawny Man trilogy, following on from the bestselling Shaman's Crossing.
The story follows Nevare Burvelle, a soldier in Gernia, who faces dire consequences after surviving a devastating enemy sorcery plague. Wrongly accused of murder, he becomes an outcast and fugitive, grappling with a dark alter ego tied to Speck magic that threatens his loved ones. As he seeks to reclaim his life, Nevare contemplates using this curse as a weapon, leading him down a perilous path of self-discovery and transformation. The narrative explores themes of identity, power, and the struggle against inner demons.
Science fiction. Kunstige intelligenser kæmper om magten i en datastyret parallelverden i det 21. århundrede
Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier. The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King's Cavalla Academy--and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates--before joining the King of Gernia's brutal campaign of territorial expansion. The life chosen for him will be fraught with hardship, for he must ultimately face a forest-dwelling folk who will not submit easily to a king's tyranny. And they possess an ancient magic their would-be conquerors have long discounted--a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle's soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares.
The Braswell family had everything people would kill for: money, looks, power. But their eldest son, the family's shining light, died in a bizarre fishing accident. And when he disappeared-hauled into the depths by the giant marlin he had been fighting-he took with him a secret so corrupt that it could destroy the Braswells. Ten years later, a huge airliner crashes in the steamy shallows off the Florida coast, killing all aboard. Helping pull bodies from the water, Thorn finds himself drawn into a bizarre conspiracy: someone has developed a high tech weapon capable of destroying electrical systems in a powerful flash. The terrorist potential is huge. How are the secretive Braswells and their family-owned company, MicroDyne, involved? And what does it have to do with the family's obsessive hunt for the great marlin that killed their golden boy? With the Braswells, James W. Hall introduces one of the most evil and dysfunctional families in the history of fiction. And, along with Thorn, he brings back favorite characters from his earlier books, including Alexandra Rafferty and her father, Lawton Collins, a retired and increasingly dotty former police investigator whose methods of investigation result in his kidnapping. A story that bristles with all the heat and tension of a tropical Florida summer, Blackwater Sound is destined to rank among the greatest suspense thrillers of the new decade.
Rein Blijstra (1901) - Goden vallen uit de hemel; Belcampo (1902) - Het plan Kruutntoone; Louis Paul Boon (1912) - De triestige merel; Adriaan Morriën (19012) - De engel; Simon Carmiggelt (1913) - Glaasje draaien; Car Lans (1913) - De Egeïsche Zee; Manuel van Loggem (1916) - Een geur van hoger honing; Marty Olthuis (1918) - Mou m'n hand vast, zei de poes; Hubert Lampo (1920) - De zoon van meneer Davidson; Willem Frederik Hermans (1921) - Ezelsoren; Olga Rodenko (1924) - Vijftigjarig jubileum; Ef Leonard (1924) - Landing; Jan Wolkers (1925) - Gevederde vrienden; Wim Burkunk (1925) - Nieuwe haring; Harry Mulisch (1927) - Kroonprins; Hugo Claus (1929) - Een idylle verbroken door een conciëge; Hugo Raes (1929) - De desintegratie; Ward Ruyslinck (1929) - De sneeuwbui; Remco Campert (1929) - Het meisje met de baard; Bob den Uyl (1930) - De grote klap; Frank Herzen (1933) - En zondags een stukje vlees; Kees Simhoffer (1934) - De heod van de dood; Piet Grijs (1936) - De douche; Raoul Chapkis (1936) - Sleuteltje; Anton Quintana (1937) - Spiegelbeeld; Gerben Hellinga (1937) - Koning; Paul van Herck (1938) - Regen; Jacques Hamelink (1939) - Visioenen van de stad Glamorrhee; Bob van der Goen (1940) - Het geluid; Peter Andriesse (1941) - De verzameling; Ton van Reen (1941) - Stars and stripes; Harry Commijs (1944) - Uit het tijdschrift voor Wetenschappen; Peter Cuijpers (1944) - De handen gewassen in onschuld; Julien C. Raasveld (1944) - B
Verzameling van de beste Nederlandstalige science fiction verhalen van 1984.
Spannende roman over het eenzame lot van de mensheid
Negenhonderduizend jaar geleden kwam een einde aan het bestaan van het volk der Amarantin. Werd het uitgeroeid, of was het toeval dat hun zon explodeerde op het moment dat ze de ruimtevaart ontdekten? Dan Sylveste, een even briljant als omstreden wetenschapper, zoekt het antwoord op deze vraag, wat verstrekkende gevolgen kan hebben voor de menselijke soort. Zijn speurtocht leidt tot hevige spanningen in de kosmos en dreigt een grootschalige vernietiging te ontketenen.
Een briljante geleerde experimenteert met menselijke celdelen als informatiedragers naar analogie van computerchips.
