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Author : Ian Tregillis
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780765361202
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Bitter Seeds written by Ian Tregillis and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The launch of a dark epic of magic and world war in a very different twentieth century
Author : Kel Kade
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1250293804
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Fate of the Fallen written by Kel Kade and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fate of the Fallen is the start of a brand new adventure from New York Times bestselling author Kel Kade Not all stories have happy endings. Everyone loves Mathias. Naturally, when he discovers it’s his destiny to save the world, he dives in head first, pulling his best friend Aaslo along for the ride. However, saving the world isn’t as easy, or exciting, as it sounds in the stories. The going gets rough and folks start to believe their best chance for survival is to surrender to the forces of evil, which isn’t how the prophecy goes. At all. As the list of allies grows thin, and the friends find themselves staring death in the face they must decide how to become the heroes they were destined to be or, failing that, how to survive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Lawrence Wright
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593081145
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The End of October written by Lawrence Wright and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—a riveting thriller and “all-too-convincing chronicle of science, espionage, action and speculation” (The Wall Street Journal). At an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When epidemiologist Henry Parsons travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will have staggering repercussions. Halfway across the globe, the deputy director of U.S. Homeland Security scrambles to mount a response to the rapidly spreading pandemic leapfrogging around the world, which she believes may be the result of an act of biowarfare. And a rogue experimenter in man-made diseases is preparing his own terrifying solution. As already-fraying global relations begin to snap, the virus slashes across the United States, dismantling institutions and decimating the population. With his own wife and children facing diminishing odds of survival, Henry travels from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia to his home base at the CDC in Atlanta, searching for a cure and for the origins of this seemingly unknowable disease. The End of October is a one-of-a-kind thriller steeped in real-life political and scientific implications, filled with the insight that has been the hallmark of Wright’s acclaimed nonfiction and the full-tilt narrative suspense that only the best fiction can offer.
Author : Vivien Reis
Publisher : Copper Hound Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0998876402
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The Elysian Prophecy written by Vivien Reis and published by Copper Hound Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanted island. An evil resurrected. A society determined to gain power. When a violent attack leaves their father in the hospital, Abigail and Benjamin Cole discover there's more to their family history than mental illness. But after fifteen-year-old Abi is abducted, she learns the attack wasn't random. Thrust into an exotic and beautiful world part of a multi-millennial feud, she must decide who to trust in a society built on secrets. Questioning everything she's ever known, she enlists the help of a boy connected to her in impossible ways and uncovers a dangerous secret stretching generations. Seventeen-year-old Ben desperately searches for both his sister and his mother, but his hold on reality is fading. Something dark has latched onto him. In a race against his own failing mind, where violent hallucinations and paranoia force him to believe he's next in line for the family curse, he learns he's the only one that can save his family. When darkness is coming, who do you trust? Magic. Deceit. War. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, and Leigh Bardugo.
Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786484764
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future written by Gary Westfahl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.
Author : Stuart Burrows
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009419730
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Henry James and the Promise of Fiction written by Stuart Burrows and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relation between the novel and ethical thought? Henry James and the Promise of Fiction argues that the answer to this question lies not in the content of a work of fiction but in its form. Stuart Burrows explores the relationship between James's ethical vision and his densely metaphorical style, his experiments with narrative time, and his radical reimagining of perspective. Each chapter takes as its starting point a different aspect of an issue at the heart of moral philosophy: the act of promising. Engaging with a range of moral philosophers and literary theorists, most notably David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Ricoeur, and Jacques Derrida, Henry James and the Promise of Fiction argues that James's formal experimentation represents a significant contribution to ethical thought in its own right.
Author : Grant Martin Overton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Fiction written by Grant Martin Overton and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Conrad Riker
Publisher : Conrad Riker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Prophecy written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered about the role of prophecy in shaping human history and society? Are you curious about the science behind prophecy and its impact on politics, religion, and culture? "Prophecy: A Deep Dive into History, Science, and Impact" offers an unflinching look at the world of prophecy, exploring its roots in ancient civilizations, its role in major world religions, and its impact on political decision-making. It also delves into the modern prophecy industry, examining the businesses that profit from prophesies and the psychology of believing in them. - Explores prophecy's role in ancient civilizations and its impact on decision-making. - Examines the psychological, neurological, and sociological aspects of prophecy. - Analyzes the use of prophecy in various religious contexts. - Critiques infamous false prophesies and their societal effects. - Discusses prophecy's influence on politics and its historical impact. - Investigates the modern businesses profiting from prophecy. - Compares prophecy with predictive models in fields like economics and disease control. - Explores prophecy as a tool and theme in fiction. - Discusses the psychological factors behind belief in prophecy. - Speculates on the future of prophecy in the digital age. - Explores the role of A.I. and machine learning in prophecy and prediction. If you want to understand the world of prophecy from a rational, scientific perspective, this book is for you. Buy it today and immerse yourself in a world of prediction, prophecy, and power.
Author : Ian Balfour
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804745062
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (45 download)
Download or read book The Rhetoric of Romantic Prophecy written by Ian Balfour and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romantic era in England and Germany saw a sudden renewal of prophetic modes of writing. Biblical prophecy and, to a lesser extent, classical oracle again became viable models for poetry and even for journalistic prose. Notably, this development arose out of the new-found freedom of biblical interpretation that began in the mid-eighteenth century, as the Bible was increasingly seen to be a literary and mythical text. Taking Walter Benjamin’s thinking about history as a point of departure, the author shows how the model for Romantic prophecy emerges less as a prediction of the future than as a call to change in the present, even as it quotes, at key turns, texts from the past. After surveying developments in eighteenth-century biblical hermeneutics, as well as the numerous instances of prophetic eruption in Romantic poetry, the book culminates in close readings of works by Blake, Hölderlin, and Coleridge. Each of these writers interpreted the Bible in strong, variously radical and conservative ways, and each reworked prophetic texts in often startling fashion. The author’s reading of Blake focuses on the complex temporal and rhetorical dynamics at work in a prophetic tradition, with attention paid to the key mediating figure of Milton. The chapter on Hölderlin investigates the truth-claim of poetry and the consequences of Hölderlin’s insight into the necessarily figural character of poetry. The analysis of Coleridge correlates his theory of allegory and symbol with his theory and practice of political writing, which often relies on mobilizing prophetic authority. Together, the readings force us to reexamine the claims and practices of Romantic poets and thinkers and their ideas and ideologies, not without engendering some allegorical resonance with issues in our own time.
Author : Richard G. Kyle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 162189410X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Apocalyptic Fever written by Richard G. Kyle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will the world end? Doomsday ideas in Western history have been both persistent and adaptable, peaking at various times, including in modern America. Public opinion polls indicate that a substantial number of Americans look for the return of Christ or some catastrophic event. The views expressed in these polls have been reinforced by the market process. Whether through purchasing paperbacks or watching television programs, millions of Americans have expressed an interest in end-time events. Americans have a tremendous appetite for prophecy, more than nearly any other people in the modern world. Why do Americans love doomsday? In Apocalyptic Fever, Richard Kyle attempts to answer this question, showing how dispensational premillennialism has been the driving force behind doomsday ideas. Yet while several chapters are devoted to this topic, this book covers much more. It surveys end-time views in modern America from a wide range of perspectives--dispensationalism, Catholicism, science, fringe religions, the occult, fiction, the year 2000, Islam, politics, the Mayan calendar, and more.
Author : Crawford Gribben
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190296127
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Writing the Rapture written by Crawford Gribben and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past twenty years, evangelical prophecy novels have been a powerful presence on American bestseller lists. Emerging from a growing conservative culture industry, the genre dramatizes events that many believers expect to occur at the end of the age - the rapture of the saved, the rise of the Antichrist, and the fearful tribulation faced by those who are "left behind." Seeking the forces that drove the unexpected success of the Left Behind novels, Crawford Gribben traces the gradual development of the prophecy fiction genre from its eclectic roots among early twentieth-century fundamentalists. The first rapture novels came onto the scene at the high water mark of Protestant America. From there, the genre would both witness the defeat of conservative Protestantism and participate in its eventual reconstruction and return, providing for the renaissance of the evangelical imagination that would culminate in the Left Behind novels. Yet, as Gribben shows, the rapture genre, while vividly expressing some prototypically American themes, also serves to greatly complicate the idea of American modernity-assaulting some of its most cherished tenets. Gribben concludes with a look at "post-Left Behind" rapture fiction, noting some works that were written specifically to counter the claims of the best-selling series. Along the way, he gives attention not just to literary fictions, but to rapture films and apocalyptic themes in Christian music. Writing the Rapture is an indispensable guide to this flourishing yet little understood body of literature.
Author : James Frederick McCurdy
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1414 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book History, Prophecy and the Monuments, Or, Israel and the Nations written by James Frederick McCurdy and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1914 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cindy Williams
Publisher : Rhiza Press
ISBN 13 : 1925139476
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (251 download)
Download or read book The Pounamu Prophecy written by Cindy Williams and published by Rhiza Press. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two women, two cultures and an ancient Maori prophecy that will change their lives. Since she watched her village burn to the ground, Mere’s life has been anything but dull. Now as an older woman she has come to stay with Helene and James to finish writing her life story – a tale of injustice, revenge and reconciliation. But Helene and James have their own problems. After five years together, their marriage has become dull, predictable, boring … and it starts to unravel. Weaving fiction with the traumatic history of the Ngati Whatua tribe of Auckland, The Pounamu Prophecy sweeps from the sultry heat of Australia to the verdant shores of New Zealand.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1610 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Independent written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0385743076
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)
Download or read book Bloodtraitor (Book 3) written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Malachi Obsidian has been his guild's prophet ever since he was a child. Years ago, he envisioned a future in which his sister, Misha, ruled and the vampires' empire was destroyed. His people have made many questionable decisions to keep their dream alive, and now Misha is finally on the verge of becoming queen of the serpiente, just as Malachi predicted. When a mercenary from the vampires' inner circle proposes a daring plan to bring down the empire of Midnight once and for all, Malachi knows the shameful truth about Misha, but he must feign support for his unstable sister so his prophecy can be fulfilled. He must do it for his family, for his people--and for their freedom."
Author : David Der-wei Wang
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
ISBN 13 : 1684580277
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)
Download or read book Why Fiction Matters in Contemporary China written by David Der-wei Wang and published by Brandeis University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary discussions of China tend to focus on politics and economics, giving Chinese culture little if any attention. Why Fiction Matters in Contemporary China offers a corrective, revealing the crucial role that fiction plays in helping contemporary Chinese citizens understand themselves and their nation. Where history fails to address the consequences of man-made and natural atrocities, David Der-Wei Wang argues, fiction arises to bear witness to the immemorial and unforeseeable. Beginning by examining President Xi Jinping’s call in 2013 to “tell the good China story,” Wang illuminates how contemporary Chinese cultural politics have taken a “fictional turn,” which can trace its genealogy to early modern times. He does so by addressing a series of discourses by critics within China, including Liang Qichao, Lu Xun, and Shen Congwen, as well as critics from the West such as Arendt, Benjamin, and Deleuze. Wang highlights the variety and vitality of fictional works from China as well as the larger Sinophone world, ranging from science fiction to political allegory, erotic escapade to utopia and dystopia. The result is an insightful account of contemporary China, one that affords countless new insights and avenues for understanding.
Author : Matt Bird
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593331230
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The Secrets of Character written by Matt Bird and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful and actionable guide to creating a hero that readers will fall in love with, from the author of The Secrets of Story The hardest yet most essential element of writing great fiction is character – specifically, creating a central hero who is relatable, compelling, and worth the reader’s precious time. In this entertaining and practical guide, popular blogger, writing coach and screenwriter Matt Bird breaks down what makes characters embraceable and unforgettable, and presents insider tips and tricks for writers of all levels and genres. Generously packed with examples from popular books and movies analyzed with engaging specificity, this expert guide reveals what makes audiences believe, care, and invest in great characters – and how to bring your own characters vividly to life.
