Al Sarrantonio Bücher

Neue Stories von Stephen King, Kim Newman u. a. In noch nie dagewesenem Umfang serviert Al Sarrantonio ein Milleniumswerk der Spannungsliteratur. Stephen King, Kim Newman, Nancy A. Collins, David Morrell, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, F. Paul Wilson und andere Autoren haben neue Geschichten geschrieben: mal knallhart, mal komisch, aber auch philosophisch und erotisch. Jede einzelne ein kleines Meisterwerk in ihrer Art. (Amazon.de)

'Stories' is a groundbreaking anthology that reinvigorates, expands, and redefines the limits of imaginative fiction and affords some writers in the world - from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult - the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and 'master anthologist' ('Booklist') Sarrantonio personally invited, read, and selected all the stories in this collection, and their standard for this 'new literature of the imagination' is high. Joe Hill boldly aligns theme and form in his disturbing tale of a man's descent into evil in 'Devil on the Staircase'. In 'Catch and Release', Lawrence Block tells of a seasoned fisherman with a talent for catching a bite of another sort. Carolyn Parkhurst adds a dark twist to sibling rivalry in 'Unwell'. Joanne Harris weaves a tale of ancient gods in modern New York in 'Wildfire in Manhattan'. Vengeance is the heart of Richard Adams's 'The Knife'. Jeffery Deaver introduces a dedicated psychologist whose mission in life is to save people in 'The Therapist'. A chilling punishment befitting an unspeakable crime is at the dark heart of Neil Gaiman's novelette 'The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains'.

A novel based on the Channel 4 television series, Babylon 5. G'Kar, once the Narn ambassador to Babylon 5, is a warrior's warrior. Now, with his homeworld enslaved by the Centauri, he is a prisoner on his enemy's planet. In a secret alliance he agrees to help kill the mad Emperor Cartagia.

This landmark anthology presents thirty groundbreaking stories from the masters of speculative fiction heralding the future of the genre with original and revolutionary works. All-new, original stories by � Ursula K. Le Guin � Gregory Benford � Joe Haldeman � Joyce Carol Oates � and many others On K2 with Kanakaredes by Dan Simmons The Building by Ursula K. Le Guin Froggies by Laura Whitton What We Did That Summer by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg A Slow Saturday Night at the Surrealist Sporting Club by Michael Moorcock In Xanadu by Thomas M. Disch Commencement by Joyce Carol Oates Unique Visitors by James Patrick Kelly BIack TuIip by Harry Turtledove Belief by P. D. Cacek In the Un-Black by Stephen Baxter Weeping Walls by Paul Di Filippo Anomalies by Gregory Benford Captive Kong by Kit Reed Feedback by Robert E. Vardeman Between Disappearances by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Resurrection by David Morrell Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand Burros Gone Bad by Peter Schneider Pockets by Rudy Rucker and John Shirley Ave de Paso by Catherine Asaro Road Kill by Joe Haldeman Ting-a-Ling by Jack Dann ‘Bassador by Catherine Wells Ssoroghod’s People by Larry Niven Two Shot by Michael Marshall Smith Billy the Fetus by Al Sarrantonio Viewpoint by Gene Wolfe Fungi by Ardath Mayhar Rhido Wars by Neal Barrett, Jr.

This daring, star-packed collection challenges the boundaries of modern fantasy with all-original stories from bestselling, award-winning authors Patricia McKillip, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, Harry Turtledove, Gene Wolfe, and others.

A cemetery with ghosts rising like screaming tendrils of smoke from their graves...• Trick or Treaters whose goblin features are real, not costumes...• An army of Pumpkin Men...• They're all here and more, waiting for Corrie Phaeder to come home...Corrie Phaeder has spent the last twelve years in Los Angeles — at the age of thirty he's a successful photographer of famous people, has a girlfriend who adores him, and has everything he's ever wanted in life.And then, almost in the blink of an eye, his career is ruined, his girlfriend leaves him, and he finds himself on a train to Orangefield, the one place on Earth he never wanted to see again — the place where all the horrible dreams or memories never end, and where, this Halloween, a messenger from a world just beyond ours named John, with the body of a scarecrow and the face of a living pumpkin, will usher Corrie Phaeder into the last battle for everything...Hallows Eve, a full-length novel, is the latest tale in Al Sarrantonio's Orangefield cycle.

Thirty-five witty, side-splitting pieces spotlight an anthology of outstanding comedic gems, featuring the works of such noted humorists as Mark Twain, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Woody Allen, and Dave Barry.

Druhá část antologie Ala Sarrantonia, která přinesla vynikající sondu do vývoje moderní SF těsně po přelomu tisíciletí. Šestnáct povídek od vynikajících autorů, jako jsou David Morrell, Rudy Rucker a John Shirley, Catherine Asarová, Joe Haldeman, Larry Niven nebo Gene Wolfe, může při své různorodosti pozornému čtenáři sloužit i jako ukazatel, kam se science-fiction asi bude v budoucnosti ubírat.

Jedna z nejzajímavějších moderních antologií představuje ve 27 příbězích současnost fantastické povídky a potvrzuje pravidlo, že lidská fantazie a touha vyprávět příběhy nezná hranic. Pro Velkou knihu příběhů spojili své síly hvězda žánru fantasy Neil Gaiman a originální a zkušený antologista Al Sarrantonio. Vznikla tak jedna z nejambicióznějších antologií počátku 21. století se 27 příběhy. Soupis autorů obsažených v této knize je více než působivý, od hvězd současného anglosaského mainstreamu, jako jsou Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oatesová, Chuck Palahniuk, Jodi Picoultová a Stuart O’Nan, až k stálicím literárního hororu a fantasy Dianě Wynne Jonesové, Richardu Adamsovi či Joe R. Lansdaleovi. Samozřejmě nechybí ani povídka od samotného Neila Gaimana. Pro kohokoli, kdo je zvědavý, kam se posouvají hranice fantazie v současné literatuře a kam vůbec směřuje anglosaská povídková tvorba posledních let, je antologie příjemným překvapením i jedinečným čtenářským dobrodružstvím.