Dan Simmons combina magistralmente géneros, navegando con excepcional habilidad entre el horror, la ciencia ficción y el thriller psicológico. Sus obras a menudo profundizan en profundas cuestiones filosóficas y los aspectos más oscuros de la psique humana. Simmons posee una notable capacidad para crear suspense y personajes complejos e inolvidables. Su estilo de escritura es rico y evocador, atrayendo a los lectores a mundos oscuros y atmosféricos llenos de tensión y giros inesperados.
Es ist der Sommer 1960. Die schwüle Hitze macht allen in Elm Haven, Illinois, schwer zu schaffen, und die Tage fließen träge dahin. Für die fünf Freunde Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen und Kevin wird diese Zeit zum Sommer ihres Lebens, dessen Ereignisse ein unzerstörbares Band der Freundschaft und des geteilten Grauens zwischen ihnen schmieden werden. Denn noch ahnen sie nicht, was im Keller ihrer Schule lauert. Noch liegt Elm Haven friedlich in der Sommerhitze … Mit „Elm Haven“ , das die beiden Romane „Sommer der Nacht“ und „Im Auge des Winters“ enthält, hat Dan Simmons einen großen Klassiker der amerikanischen Horrorliteratur geschrieben..
In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams--member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance. Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased. Holmes has faked his own death because, through his powers of ratiocination, the great detective has come to the conclusion that he is a fictional character. This leads to serious complications for James--for if his esteemed fellow investigator is merely a work of fiction, what does that make him? And what can the master storyteller do to fight against the sinister power -- possibly named Moriarty -- that may or may not be controlling them from the shadows?
Privatdetektiv Joe Kurtz bläst ein eisiger Wind entgegen. Und das liegt nicht nur am bitterkalten Winter in Buffalo. ›Little Skag‹ Farino, der Juniorboss eines örtlichen Mafia-Clans, will Joe aus dem Verkehr ziehen und setzt eine Horde von mehr oder minder begabten Killern auf ihn an. Seine attraktive Schwester Angelina verfolgt unterdessen ganz eigene Pläne mit dem Schnüffler – nicht alle sind so romantisch wie die gemeinsame Liebesnacht. Dan Simmons schickt Privatdetektiv Joe Kurtz in sein zweites Abenteuer. Noch spannender, noch erotischer, noch explosiver. Booklist: 'Simmons schreibt Actionszenen, die den Leser zwangsläufig mit schweißnassen Händen an den Buchseiten kleben lassen.' Joe R. Lansdale: 'In Bitterkalt stellt Simmons die Regeln des traditionellen Krimis auf den Kopf. Verpassen sie das auf keinen Fall.' Publishers Weekly: 'Hannibal Lecter trifft auf den Paten. Brutal, rasant und reich an Leichen, Blut und Explosionen. Dieser Vollgasthriller wird sowohl Fans harter Kost als auch Simmons-Fans begeistern.' Dean Koontz: 'Dan Simmons schreibt brillant.' Stephen King: 'Vor Dan Simmons habe ich Ehrfurcht.'
June 1924. On the brutal North East Ridge of Mount Everest, famous adventurers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine vanish into the snow-whipped night. Daredevil explorer Richard Deacon devises a plan to follow in the men's footsteps, accompanied only by two friends. Off piste and with no support team, the three men strike for Everest's peak and the most vicious climate on earth. As the winds rise and the temperature and oxygen levels drop, Deacon and his companions hear howls in the distance. Some dark creature is tracking them up the mountain, sending them scrabbling blindly into Everest's dangerous heights to escape it. Soon they will discover what happened to Mallory's crew - but can they escape the same hideous fate? A gripping thriller by a master of the genre, The Abominable blends historical fact with spine-tingling drama - this is one of the most chilling and unforgettable novels you will ever read.
Dan Simmons vzdává hold detektivkám americké drsné školy a daří se mu to na jedničku. Nijak nepolevuje v tempu a svého hrdinu skutečně nenechá ani na chvíli vydechnout. Joe Kurtz býval soukromý detektiv – než se rozhodl vzít spravedlnost do vlastních rukou a brutálně pomstít vraždu své partnerky. Když se po jedenácti letech vězení vrací do Buffala, nemůže být o obnovení licence ani řeč, přesto se najdou jistí lidé, kteří jsou ochotní ho najmout a využívat jeho služeb načerno…
AMERICA, 2036: A WASTELAND IN RUIN. Terrorism and ultra-violence plague a once powerful society, whose only escape is to numb itself on flashback: a euphoric yet cripplingly addictive regression drug. Ex-cop and addict Nick Bottom has seen flashback take his badge, his reputation and the love of his son. Alone and in despair, he has hit rock bottom. Nick is about to receive a proposition. Billionaire magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs his services, and, in particular, his memories.
Return to the unique and evocative world of 'The Dying Earth' in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are 22 brand-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel.
Haunted by Custer's ghost, and also by his ability to see into the memories and futures of legendary men like Sioux war-chief Crazy Horse, Paha Sapa plans to silence his ghost forever and reclaim his people's legacy--on the very day FDR comes to Mount Rushmore to dedicate the Jefferson face.
Dan Simmons aborda los últimos años de la vida de Charles Dickens a partir del accidente ferroviario que le cambió para siempre. La soledad de Charles Dickens es la inquietante historia de una obsesión. El 9 de junio de 1865, mientras viajaba en tren a Londres con su amante secreta, Charles Dickens -que entonces contaba con 53 años y se hallaba en la cúspide de su carrera literaria- se vio envuelto en un accidente ferroviario que cambió su vida para siempre. Dan Simmons narra esos últimos años de la vida de Dickens, dándole la voz al amigo y a la vez rival del gran escritor, Wilkie Collins. Explora en los enigmas que Dickens se llevó a la tumba y que aun hoy siguen sin respuesta, deteniéndose en los relacionados con su última e inconclusa obra: El misterio de Edwin Drood. De la mano de Collins, el lector descubre la oscura y doble vida que Dickens llevó tras el accidente, sus incursiones nocturnas en los peores tugurios de Londres y su creciente obsesión por la muerte. Así como hiciera en El terror, Dan Simmons se ha documentado profusamente para recrear una época histórica. Ahora le da vida a dos de los nombres claves de la Literatura: Charles Dickens y Wilkie Collins y nos ofrece una novela tan inquietante como original.
Dan Simmons erschafft die fantastischen Mythen unserer Zeit
Mit „Helix“ legt Dan Simmons, der Autor des Bestsellers „Terror“, fünf preisgekrönte Erzählungen vor, die zum Besten gehören, was die SF in den letzten Jahrzehnten hervorgebracht hat. Darunter eine Rückkehr in das Universum von „Die Hyperion-Gesänge“ und jene Geschichte, die den Grundstein für sein Zukunftsepos „Ilium“ legte. Diese Geschichten werden Sie nicht mehr loslassen!
The crew of HMS Terror fully expect to find the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Francis Crozier takes over and leads the survivors on a desperate mission to flee. Based on historical events, The Terror is a novel that will chill you to your core.
Gli eventi avrebbero dovuto seguire il racconto di Omero nell'"Iliade", ma su Marte, ai piedi del monte Olimpo, la guerra di Troia ha preso una piega inaspettata. Thomas Hockenberry, un ex docente richiamato in vita per sorvegliare gli eventi, ha unito troiani e achei contro i presunti dèi. Ignora, però, che tra gli immortali si trama per rovesciare Zeus, mentre si cerca di riportare Agamennone al comando degli achei, risvegliando l'antica ostilità tra i due popoli. Costretti a ritirarsi sulla piana di Ilio dopo il collasso del tunnel quantico, solo Achille rimane tra gli dèi, sperando di riportare in vita Pentesilea, la regina delle amazzoni di cui si è innamorato dopo averla uccisa. Nel frattempo, su Phobos, i moravec, cibernetici creati dai mortali, costruiscono una nave per tornare sulla Terra e scoprire le origini delle modificazioni genetiche degli dèi e delle manipolazioni spazio-temporali che minacciano il sistema solare. Lì trovano un pianeta devastato, dove gli ultimi post-umani, privati della tecnologia che garantiva loro lunga vita, devono difendersi dai voynix, macchine un tempo al loro servizio. Ma un pericolo ancora più grande incombe, sotto forma di una mostruosa creatura che si muove su una miriade di mani. Con questo terzo episodio, l'autore offre una saga fantascientifica di straordinaria potenza visionaria, dove inquietudini apocalittiche e slanci eroici si intrecciano.
La historia del asedio de Troya (ilion), reconstruida en un lejano future; los dioses son post-humanos que disponen e una " divina" tecnologia cuantica...
La historia del asedio de Troya (Ilión), reconstruida en un lejano futuro con elementos de ciencia ficción: los dioses son post-humanos que disponen de una tecnología cuántica, el Monte Olimpo está en Marte y los nuevos robots "moravecs" de más allá del cinturón de asteroides se interesan por la inusitada actividad que se observa en el planeta rojo. Mientras tanto, los últimos humanos en la Tierra viven una insulsa vida de "eloi" bajo la atenta vigilancia y supervisión de unos misteriosos Voynix de origen desconocido.
In “Die verlorenen Kinder der Helix” kehrt Simmons noch einmal in sein Hyperion-Universum zurück und erzählt die Geschichte einer Kolonie von Ousters, die sich jahrhundertelang ohne jeden Kontakt zu ihrer Ursprungswelt entwickelt hat. Der Frieden der Kolonie wäre ungetrübt, würde nicht in regelmäßigen Abständen ein unbekanntes Raumschiff die Welt angreifen und große Verwüstungen hinterlassen. Als eines Tages ein Spinschiff der Amoiete Spectrum Helix in ihrem System ankommt, bitten die Ousters ihre entfernten Verwandten um Hilfe im Kampf gegen den Angreifer. Die Erzählung “Mit Kanakaredes auf dem K2” handelt von einer eher ungewöhnlichen Gipfelbesteigung. Als die Bergsteiger Jake, Paul und Gary die Erlaubnis erhalten, den K2 zu besteigen -- einen der höchsten Berge im Himalaja --, knüpft sich daran eine unerwartete Bedingung: Sie sollen einen Mantispa mit auf die Klettertour nehmen, einen jener rätselhaften Außerirdischen, die erst vor kurzem auf der Erde gelandet sind. Bisher schweigen sich die Fremden über den wahren Grund ihres Besuches aus, und Jake, Paul und Gary erhalten den Auftrag, den Außerirdischen während der Reise ein wenig auszuhorchen.
The Hyperion books are credited with single-handedly reinventing and reinvigorating SF in the 1990s. A broad canvased, hugely imaginative and exciting SF epic, the books draw on the works of Keats and provide a uniquely intelligent and literary approach with cutting edge science, compelling characterisation and edge-of-your-seat excitement. The story is continued in ENDYMION and THE RISE OF ENDYMION, which Gollancz will also be publishing in an omnibus volume.
Vingt-trois ans un diplôme de littérature en poche, Andrea débarque à New York en quête d'un premier job, prête à croquer à belles dents dans la Grosse Pomme. On lui offre - ô miracle! - le poste d'assistante de Miranda Priestly, la rédactrice en chef d'un prestigieux magazine de mode. Comment, elle n'a jamais entendu parler de Runway ni de sa grande prêtresse dont le nom est aussi célèbre que ceux de Chanel ou de Versace? Voyons, des millions de filles se damneraient pour être à sa place! Mais les dessous de la mode ne sont pas toujours propres, et au contact de son incomparable patronne, Andrea découvre vite ce que le mot "enfer" veut dire ..
A Reason to Kill... Joe Kurtz, former investigator and convicted felon, is on parole. But his years in Attica for snuffing the mob killers of his beautiful partner didn't make his old haunts any safer. Back on the streets, he's already marked by a local Mafia don with unfinished business. A Reason to Live... If watching his back wasn't enough, Kurtz has been hired by gravely ill John Frears whose daughter met a grisly fate at the hands of a child-murderer. Frears wants one thing before he dies: for Kurtz to find the fiend that the authorities couldn't. But the calculating killer-a master at changing identities-has a little unfinished business of his own. A Reason to Die... Dodging a contract on his head, and tracking a serial killer on the loose, Kurtz is plunging headfirst into the icy waters of revenge-as both victim and private avenger. It's going to be a tough winter in Buffalo for Joe Kurtz-cold enough to freeze the blood.
In a remote mountaintop in Western New York, ex-PI Joe Kurtz faces a deadly secret that could claim his life in five days. After being ambushed, he finds himself nursing a severe concussion while grappling with the aftermath of an attack that leaves his female parole officer, Peg O'Toole, on life support. As he navigates through the haze of pain, Kurtz must confront Toma Gonzaga, a gay don with a blood debt, and Angelina Farino Ferrara, a female don intent on claiming either his body or his life. Meanwhile, a serial killer known as the Artful Dodger is on the loose, preying on heroin addicts in Buffalo. Kurtz's only ally is Rigby King, a police detective and his former teenage love from Father Baker's Orphanage, who has her own motives for wanting to be close to him. As the clock ticks down, Kurtz must decipher Rigby's intentions—whether she aims to save him or see him imprisoned. With its lightning-fast pace and relentless action, this installment raises the bar for crime fiction, immersing readers in the gritty reality of Buffalo's streets.
Taking the events and characters of the Iliad as his jumping- off point, Dan Simmons has created an epic of time travel and savage warfare. Travellers from 40,000 years in the future return to Homer's Greece and rewrite history forever, their technology impacting on the population in a godlike fashion. This is broad scope space opera rich in classical and literary allusion, from one of the key figures in 1990s world SF. Ilium marks a return to the genre for one of its greats.
Once Joe Kurtz needed revenge--and revenge cost him eleven years in Attica prison. Now Kurtz needs a job, and the price is going to be higher. Out of prison, out of touch, Kurtz signs on with the Byron Farino, Don of a Mob family whose son Kurtz had been protecting on the inside. Farino enlists Kurtz's help to track down the Family's missing accountant--a man with too much knowledge of Family business to have on the loose. But someone doesn't want the accountant found--and with enemies inside the Family vying for his throne, and turf warfare just around the corner, Farino needs an outsider like Kurtz to flush out who's really behind this latest affront. As the story twists and turns and the body count rises, Kurtz no longer knows who he can trust. Everyone seems to be after something, from the mob boss's sultry yet dangerous daughter, to a hit man named The Dane, an albino killer who is good with a knife, and a dwarf who is armed to the teeth and hell-bent on revenge. Kurtz has always been an ace investigator. Now he's about to discover that to get at the truth, sometimes you have to go after it--hard.
«Le problème, quand on est expert en reconstitution d'accidents, se dit-il en faisant un double débrayage pour négocier sans problème un virage coupé puis en accélérant de nouveau à fond, c'est que pratiquemment à chaque kilomètre de chaque foutue route que l'on prend, il y a le souvenir d'une erreur stupide qui a coûté la vie à quelqu'un.»L'appel est tombé en pleine nuit. La voix est nette. «Un accident comme ça, on n'en a jamais vu. On ne sait même pas s'il s'agit d'une seule voiture ou de plusieurs, ou s'il s'agit d'un avion ou d'un putain d'Ovni.»Darwin Minor, docteur en physique, en a pourtant déjà vu de la tôle fondue. La mort donnée en ligne droite, crimes ou accidents, négligence ou lâcheté... Il connaît ça par cœur.Mais là, il ne comprend pas.
The story presents an elegantly crafted and chilling haunted house narrative, deeply connected thematically to the author's earlier work, Summer of Night. It promises a blend of beauty and horror, echoing the sentiments of Stephen King, who praised the previous book as "gorgeous and terrifying." The eerie atmosphere and psychological depth are designed to evoke a profound sense of fear and intrigue.
It's the summer of 1942, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion-a babysitting job for a famous writer who has decided to play spy, assembling a team of misfits including an American millionaire, a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion and more in a would-be espionage ring Hemingway dubs the "Crook Factory." But when Hemingway uncovers a critical piece of intelligence that both threatens his life and endangers the political landscape, the fate of the free world and the life of one of its most preeminent writers lies in the hands of the FBI's most ruthless agent.
Čtvrtá kniha hyperionského cyklu.
Ve Vzestupu Endymionu Dan Simmons mistrovsky spojí dohromady množství příběhů této výjimečné série. Odpoví na všechna nerozřešená tajemství nastolená v dřívějších dílech a završí příběh planety Hyperion, kde to všechno začalo. Vzestup Endymionu je mistrovským dílem představivosti jednoho z nejvýznamnějších spisovatelů science fiction.
První kniha ze dvou.
Čtvrtá kniha hyperionského cyklu.
V této poslední knize Dan Simmons vynikajícím způsobem splétá nitky osudů všech zúčastněných. Představivost drásající příběh, srovnatelný s největšími veledíly sci-fi, graduje k úžasnému a naprosto nečekanému konci.
Hyperion, Pád Hyperionu, Endymion a Vzestup Endymionu jsou mistrnými romány, které si určitě zaslouží místo ve zlatém fondu literatury science fiction.
Druhá kniha ze dvou.
Edited by one of SF's outstanding writers and critics, Far Horizonscontains new works by eleven of the most acclaimed authors in the field, set in their best-known worlds and each with an introduction by the author. This volume is a showcase of breathtaking imagination, challenging ideas, compelling storytelling and the sense of wonder inspired by science fiction at its very best.
Píše se léto roku 1960. Chlapce šesté třídy z Elm Havenu ve státě Illinois spojí mocné a kouzelné pouto, které nerozdělí ani útrapy dospělosti. Jejich přátelství projde ohněm uprostřed kukuřičných polí, v době prvních flirtů s místními dívkami. Z tichých koutů staré střední školy – pevnosti, kde jsou cítit mahagonové rakve – se zvedá neviditelné zlo. Mike, Dale, Duane, Harlen a Kevin se vrhají do války bez hranic a slitování, do války, kde věčný nepřítel vládne noci… ...
C'était un homme discret. Les enseignants ne l'aimaient guère mais les élèves se plaisaient à lui parler. A la différence des autres, il écoutait. Conseiller d'éducation, le jour... justicier impitoyable, la nuit ! D'instinct, les enfants savent qui leur veut du bien... Mrs Geiss le sait aussi. Combien d'élèves n'a-t-elle pas intégrés dans sa classe ? Sourds, aveugles, malades... Maintenant qu'ils vivent des heures sombres, attaqués par des morts-vivants, ces chers petits vont la protéger... Il ne manque que la magie ! Elle est au rendez-vous avec Kelly Dahl. Et là aussi, les enfants sont rois. Car ils y croient. "On va jouer..." a dit Kelly à son professeur "Je vais changer certaines choses".. Et aussi sec, la route disparaît, les gratte-ciel s'évanouissent ... Trois nouvelles grinçantes ...
Druhá část drsného vyprávění o hrstce mocných, schopných ovlivnit mysl lidí a přinutit je k násilným činům i vraždě. Šerif Gentry, Natálie a psychiatr Laski se snaží zabránit dalšímu násilí a zneškodnit lidské zrůdy. Laski je unesen a jeho mysl je na čas ovlivněna. Natálie přijde na stopu staré dámy, která má na svědomí smrt jejího otce. Do případu jsou zapojeni agenti CIA i Mossadu. Šerif Gentry zahyne a v boji s nelítostným nepřítelem pokračuje Natalie a Laski...
První část drsného vyprávění o hrstce mocných, schopných ovlivnit mysl lidí a přinutit je k násilným činům i vraždám. Šerif Gentry řeší případ nepochopitelného masakru při němž zahynulo devět lidí. Na případu spolupracuje psychiatr Laski, který šerifovi a Natalií, dceři jednoho ze zavražděných, sděluje svá podezření. Domnívá se, že za masakrem stojí lidské zrůdy, které mají neobvyklou schopnost ovládnout mysl lidí a přinutit je vraždit. S takovým člověkem se Laski setkal v koncentračním táboře a je přesvědčen, že tento muž má prsty v masakru. Čtenář se postupně dovídá, že lidí s takovými schopnostmi je víc, že mezi sebou soupeří a, že jsou ve významných státních funkcích. Každá smrt, kterou pomocí nastrčených osob provedou, jim dává novou sílu a omlazuje je....
A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror.... From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.
The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.
Na een stilte van tweehonderdvijgtig jaar zijn er op de planeet Hyperion tekenen dat de Tijdtombes weer actief worden. Wie zal eruit opduiken? Aenea, het kind dat er in verdween, of de vreselijke Shrike, de mysterieuze vechtmachine die ooit een hele planeet terroriseerde? Beiden zijn een bedreiging voor de alleenheerschappij die de Kerk in de afgelopen eeuwen heeft gevestigd. Priester-commandant De Soya is met een grote legermacht op Hyperion geland, om hiermee af te rekenen. Raul Endymion is dood de Kerk ter dood veroordeeld. Wanneer de stokoude Martin Silenus tussenbeide komt en hem over Hyperion vertelt, is er in ieder geval één persoon bereid om het tegen de Kerk op te nemen...
Mêlant horreur, polar, thriller et espionnage, L'Échiquier du mal parle, selon l'auteur, du "besoin des victimes de... s'opposer à la violence qui leur est faite au nom de la religion, de la raison d'État, de la race, du sexe, de l'autorité ou de la perversité pure et simple". Les personnages positifs du roman sont d'ailleurs un Juif rescapé des camps de concentration et une jeune Noire qui recherche les assassins de son père. Les méchants, milliardaires, producteurs de cinéma, ex-nazis et chefs du FBI, mènent une partie d'échecs planétaire, partie dont les pions humains sont incapables de résister au viol mental qui les pousse aux pires actes de violence. Exercice de style brillant (Simmons intègre habilement à l'histoire tous les clichés du fantastique classique), bénéficiant d'un rythme narratif très soutenu, le roman trouve sa source d'inspiration dans la SF des années cinquante (on songe à Robert Heinlein). Stéphane Nicot
Первая novela тетралогии "Песни Гипериона". В мире, называемом Гиперион, за пределами Сети Гегемонии Человека, ожидает Алкаудон, удивительное и страшное существо, которого члены Церкви Последнего Искупления почитают как Господа Боли. Накануне Армагеддона, на фоне возможной войны между Гегемонией, роями Экстер и искусственными интеллектаами ТехноЯдра, семь паломников отправляются в Гиперион, чтобы возродить древний религиозный ритуал, одновременно исследуя Могилы Времени, величественные и непонятные сооружения, которые хранят секрет будущего.
Haiwaï. Drie mannen op een golfbaan. De avond valt, in het laatste licht willen ze hun partij nog uitspelen. Een van hen slaat zijn bal het bos in en gaat ernaar op zoek. Dan horen ze een vreemd gekreun, diep vanuit de vulkanische rotsen. Ze gaan op het geluid af... Onroerend-goedmagnaat Byron Trumbo, eigenaar van Mauna Pele - speelplaats van de rijke elite - is niet blij met de negatieve publiciteit die zijn vakantiecomplex krijgt door een serie curieuze voorvallen. Er wordt geen winst meer gemaakt en daarom wil Trumbo het aan een Japanse beleggingsmaatschappij verkopen. Hij nodigt de Japanners uit voor een weeken op Mauna Pele om het contract te tekenen... Maar dat weekend verandert in een nachtmerrie. Gasten verdwijnen, vreemde wezens duiken op, de vulkaan wordt weer actief. Trumbo probeert de gebeurtenissen te bagatelliseren, maar de situatie escaleert. Alleen met veel moed, doortastendheid en met gebruik van oude, bizare rituelen is het mogelijk de harmonie rondom Mauna Pele te herstellen...
Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest and his troops. The shrike continues to make enigmatic appearances, and while many questions were raised in Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, still more are raised here. Raoul's quest will continue.
Introduction (Blood Is Not Enough) • (1989) • essay by Ellen Datlow Carrion Comfort • (1983) • novelette by Dan Simmons The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be • (1967) • short story by Gahan Wilson The Silver Collar • (1989) • short story by Garry Kilworth Try a Dull Knife • (1968) • short story by Harlan Ellison Varicose Worms • (1989) • novelette by Scott Baker Lazarus • (1906) • short story by Leonid Andreyev L'Chaim! • (1989) • short story by Harvey Jacobs Return of the Dust Vampires • (1985) • short story by Sharon N. Farber Good Kids • (1989) • short story by Edward Bryant The Girl with the Hungry Eyes • (1949) • short story by Fritz Leiber The Janfia Tree • (1989) • short story by Tanith Lee A Child of Darkness • (1989) • short story by Susan Casper Nocturne • (1989) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem Down Among the Dead Men • (1982) • novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann …To Feel Another's Woe • (1989) • short story by Chet Williamson Time Lapse • (1989) • poem by Joe Haldeman Dirty Work • (1989) • novelette by Pat Cadigan
Take three of the leading names in contemporary horror writing, commission one-third of a book's worth of stories from each, and the result is DARK VISIONS. Stephen King leads off with three stories, including "Sneakers", about a very unusual haunting, and "Dedication", one of the most powerful and unsettling of all his works. Dan Simmons pays homage to Philip K Dick with "Metastasis", one of three highly accomplished stories. And George Martin rounds off the book with the brilliant werewolf novella, "The Skin Trade". DARK VISIONS is a brilliantly original showcase from three masters of the macabre.
In vijf boeiende novellen beschrijft Dan Simmons de bijzondere band tussen liefde en dood. Liefdesdood roepte een wereld op die soms angstaanjagend, dan weer prikkelend is. Nog nooit heeft een auteur de menselijke seksualiteit zo ongetemd en zo opzienbarend weten weer te geven - nooit is er overtuigender onder woorden gebracht hoe een roekeloze liefde met haar eigen ondergang flirt.
Als Teilnehmer einer Mondexpedition erlebt der Astronaut Richard Baedecker einen unvergesslichen Spaziergang auf dem Erdtrabanten. Doch Jahre später, nach der Rückkehr zur Erde, gerät sein Leben völlig aus den Fugen, ja scheint die Wirklichkeit plötzlich ihre Substanz zu verlieren. Und all das hängt offenbar auf geheimnisvolle Weise mit dem Flug zum Mond zusammen. Was ist damals tatsächlich dort geschehen? Ist der Mond wirklich nur ein leerer, verlassener Ort? Auf der Suche nach einer Antwort macht sich Richard auf eine fantastische Reise …
Jeremy Bremen has a secret. All his life he's been cursed with the ability to read minds. He knows the secret thoughts, fears, and desires of others as if they were his own. For years, his wife, Gail, has served as a shield between Jeremy and the burden of this terrible knowledge. But Gail is dying, her mind ebbing slowly away, leaving him vulnerable to the chaotic flood of thought that threatens to sweep away his sanity. Now Jeremy is on the run--from his mind, from his past, from himself--hoping to find peace in isolation. Instead he witnesses an act of brutality that propels him on a treacherous trek across a dark and dangerous America. From a fantasy theme park to the lair of a killer to a sterile hospital room in St. Louis, he follows a voice that is calling him to witness the stunning mystery at the heart of mortality.
In Romania to help treat rare blood ailments, hematologist Kate Neuman adopts a child whose body is capable of accepting any type of blood, and soon she is tracked by superhuman members of a Romanian underground.
En el centro de Elm Haven, un pueblecito de Illinois, se alza como una fortaleza una sombría reliquia: los antiguos edificios de una escuela en la que acaba de desaparecer un niño. A este luctuoso acontecimiento le siguen otros, no menos fatídicos, que terminan por contagiar a los pocos pobladores del lugar un incomprensible miedo a la oscuridad y una creciente sensibilidad para los susurros misteriosos. En todo esto desempeña un papel protagonista una extraña y vieja campana, unos profesores muy particulares y un mundo sin piedad que tanto es fantástico como sórdidamente real. Novela de los secretos y los silencios de la infancia, Un verano tenebroso viene a confirmar la indiscutible maestría de su autor, uno de los primeros en la lista de los best-sellers norteamericanos. It's the summer of 1960. The sixth-grade boys of Elm Haven, Illinois, are forging the powerful, magical bonds that a lifetime of growth and loss will never erase. Amid the sun-drenched cornfields and the sly flirtations of the town's young girls, that loyalty will be pitilessly tested. From the silent depths of the Old Central School, a hulking fortress tinged with the mahogany scent of coffins, an invisible evil drifts outward--plunging Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen, and Kevin into a war without boundary or mercy, where an eternal enemy owns the night.
Calcutta: a monstrous city of immense slums, disease and misery, is clasped in the foetid embrace of an ancient cult. At its decaying core is the Goddess Kali: the dark mother of pain, four-armed and eternal, her song the sound of death and destruction. Robert Luczak has been hired by Harper's to find a noted Indian poet who has reappeared, under strange circumstances, years after he was thought dead. But nothing is simple in Calcutta and Lucsak's routine assignment turns into a nightmare when he learns that the poet is rumoured to have been brought back to life in a bloody and grisly ceremony of human sacrifice.
Una vez al año, tres ancianos se reúnen para comentar sus andanzas, pero no son personas normales, ya que son capaces de obligar con sus poderes mentales a que la gente cometa las más abyectas atrocidades contra su voluntad, y lo que comentan en esas reuniones son los frutos de su maldad. Pero una de sus antiguas víctimas que quedó con vida ha descubierto su auténtica naturaleza, y está dispuesto a emprender una cruzada contra estos "vampiros de la mente"
En el mundo llamado Hyperion, mas allá de la Red de la Hegemonía del Hombre, aguarda el Alcaudón, una sorprendente y temible criatura a la que los miembros de la iglesia de la Expiación Final veneran como Señor del Dolor. En vísperas del Armageddon y con el trasfondo de una posible guerra entre la Hegemonía, los enjambres "éxter" y las inteligencias artificiales del "tecnonucleo", siete peregrinos acuden a Hyperion para resucitar un antiguo rito religioso. Todos son portadores de esperanzas impoisbles y, también, de terribles secretos. Un diplomático, un sacerdote, un militar, un poeta, un profesor, una detective, y un navegante entrecruzan sus vidas y sus destinos en su peregrinar en busca del Alcaudón y de las Tumbas de Tiempo, majestuosas e incomprensibles construcciones que albergan un secreto procedente del futuro. Sus historias personales componen una sugerente visión caleidroscopica de la compleja sociedad en la que viven y a la que , tal vez, puedan salvar.
On the world called Hyperion the mysterious Time Tombs are opening and seven pilgrims risk their lives to petition the entity called the Shrike - a creature that may well control the fate of all mankind.The Hegemony of Man - a thousand thousand worlds linked by a network of farcaster portals and high-tech gateways - is under siege by Ousters, strange, half-human tribes mutated almost beyond recognition.The AIs - Artificial Intelligences whose synthetic wisdom created and maintains the nets that bind the Hegemony - have become a threat; it seems they have turned against the Hegemony and all mankind. And there is evidence that they have begun a project to create the Ultimate Intelligence - to build, in short, God. God of Machines: the ultimate deus ex machina. His genesis may well mean man's annihilation.Something is drawing the Hegemony, the AIs, the Ousters, and indeed the entire universe, towards the Shrike and the Time Tombs from which it has arisen. In a moment the paths of man, machine and god will intersect. Nothing will ever be the same.
