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The Doppelganger invasion

Author : Juan Carlos Arjona Ollero
Publisher : Babelcube Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1547528265
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Doppelganger invasion written by Juan Carlos Arjona Ollero and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doppelganger Invasion by Juan Carlos Arjona Ollero Second part of a Trilogy [The Doppelganger Invasion] The Earth, 2018. A year after our heroes finished the Chrono-Hunters, everything or, at least, half of it, seemed to be back to normal - Billy and Jessel were still missing since the Continuum incident. For their part, James, Mary and a renewed Louis have become the spearhead of the most ambitious scientific project of humanity: the Hyperion Project, of which main objective was to create a dimensional portal that facilitates the space-time travel. However, from a forgotten dimension a greater threat looms: the Doppelgangers, strange mythical beings who ambition to take over the entire Universe, have set their eyes on our planet. Promoting one of the most elaborate deceptions of History, they will break the barrier that keeps them apart from our world. Under this precept of anarchy, Rick van Helsing and Rasputin will meet in a battle, their personal domain will further complicate the serious situation that our world is going through. A predestined clash between Bearers of Infinity and Chaos that entails much more than mere revenge. The world as we know it is about to face its darkest time. How can you believe in someone you do not trust? How can you fight against someone who was once your ally? This time it is not a war, it is an invasion.

The Ghost of One's Self

Author : Paul Meehan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476630259
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Ghost of One's Self written by Paul Meehan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia people have held folk beliefs about the existence of the doppelganger--"double walker" in German--a look-alike second self that is often the antithesis of one's identity and is usually considered an omen of misfortune or death. The theme of the double has inspired works by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Poe, de Maupassant, Dostoevsky and others, and has been the basis for many classic mystery, horror and science fiction movies. This critical survey examines the double in more than 100 films by such acclaimed directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Mario Bava, Roger Corman, David Cronenberg, George Romero, Fritz Lang, James Cameron, Robert Siodmak, Don Siegel, John Frankenheimer, Terry Gilliam, Brian De Palma and Roman Polanski.

Of Body Snatchers and Cyberpunks

Author : Sonja Georgi
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Göttingen
ISBN 13 : 3941875914
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Of Body Snatchers and Cyberpunks written by Sonja Georgi and published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. This book was released on 2011 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Monsters Know What They're Doing

Author : Keith Ammann
Publisher : Gallery / Saga Press
ISBN 13 : 1982122668
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Monsters Know What They're Doing written by Keith Ammann and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat. Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.

A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television

Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604541
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television written by John Kenneth Muir and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in November 1963, the British science fiction television series Doctor Who has exerted an enormous impact on the world of science fiction (over 1,500 books have been written about the show). The series follows the adventures of a mysterious “Time Lord” from the distant planet Gallifrey who travels through time and space to fight evil and injustice. Along the way, he has visited Rome under the rule of Nero, played backgammon with Kublai Khan, and participated in the mythic gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Predating the Star Trek phenomenon by three years, Doctor Who seriously dealt with continuing characters, adult genre principles and futuristic philosophies. Critical and historical examinations of the ideas, philosophies, conceits and morals put forth in the Doctor Who series, which ran for 26 seasons and 159 episodes, are provided here. Also analyzed are thematic concepts, genre antecedents, the overall cinematography and the special effects of the long-running cult favorite. The various incarnations of Doctor Who, including television, stage, film, radio, and spin-offs are discussed. In addition, the book provides an extensive listing of print, Internet, and fan club resources for Doctor Who.

Cultivation Tao with Primordial Power

Author : Luo Shen
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649488580
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Cultivation Tao with Primordial Power written by Luo Shen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Xuan, who was forcefully reincarnated, obtained the Primordial Purple Light, the ancestor of all things in the universe when it was born. After reincarnating, he had a physique that had five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth at the same time. The physique of the five elements gave him limitless strength, but also made him shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Heavenly Dao. The chaos of the Heavenly Dao was only waiting for his arrival. Some people conformed to the dao of the heavens, but there were also people who defied the will of the heavens, seeking out a chaotic situation. When everything was about to become clear, instead ...

The Doppelgänger

Author : Andrew J. Webber
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191583936
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Doppelgänger written by Andrew J. Webber and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1996-06-27 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since its literary coinage in Jean Paul's novel, Siebenkäs (1796), the concept of Doppelgänger has had significant influence upon representations of the self in German literature. This study charts the development of the double from its origins in the Romantic period, through its more marginal - but nonetheless significant - manifestations in the post-Romantic culture, to its revival at the fin-de-siècle and transfer to the silent screen. The book features an introduction to the practice and theory underlying the use of the Doppelgänger, with particular reference to psychoanalysis, followed by chapters on Jean Paul, Hoffmann, Kleist, poetic realism (Droste-Hülshoff, Keller, Storm) and modernism (Kafka, Rilke, Hoffmannsthal, Schnitzler, Meyrink, Werfal). This study shows that the often underestimated figure of the double may provide a key to the epistomological, aesthetic and psychosexual structures of the texts it visits and revisits, with a particular focus on its effects in the fields of vision and language.

Attack of the Mud Creatures

Author : J. A. Darke
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496538854
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Attack of the Mud Creatures written by J. A. Darke and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a mudslide devastates the neighborhood of Winston Hills, no one expects it to get worse. When fifteen-year-old Greyson Bennell joins the volunteer cleanup effort, he thinks he'll excavate some belongings and head home. But when his best friend Trevor goes missing, Grey starts to realize that the people around him are acting strangely . . . and it might have something to do with the mud that surrounds them.

Postmodernism, Twenty-First Century Culture, and American Fiction

Author : Matt Graham
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104009113X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Postmodernism, Twenty-First Century Culture, and American Fiction written by Matt Graham and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postmodernism’s ‘end’ is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has been surpassed. This book poses a thought experiment challenging this position – what if postmodernism persists within the twenty-first century? Rather than designate a new epoch or coherent movement, this book interrogates the fragmented, contradictory, and counterintuitive endurance of postmodern aesthetics within post-Cold War America. An alternative use of postmodern aesthetics becomes possible when they are decoupled from their twentieth-century historical location. Collectively, these repetitions posit a postmodern continuum, contrasting the widely called-for succession of postmodernism via this decoupling. When postmodern aesthetics are no longer unconsciously repeated within their cultural moment, this emergent shift within a period ‘after’ postmodernism presents an alternative historical positioning and use. After their cultural vanguard, postmodern aesthetics become a confrontation of the chaotic realism of an inescapable post-Cold War capitalism, tapping into this cultural zeitgeist through literature.

Horrifying Children

Author : Lauren Stephenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501390554
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Horrifying Children written by Lauren Stephenson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horrifying Children examines weird and eerie children's television and literature via critical analysis, memoir and autoethnography. There has been an explosion of interest in the impact of children's television and literature of the late twentieth century. In particular, the 1970s, '80s and '90s are seen as decades that shaped a great deal of the contemporary cultural landscape. Television of this period dominated the world of childhood entertainment, drawing freely upon literature and popular culture, like the Garbage Pail Kids and Stranger Things, and much of it continues to resonate powerfully with the generation of cultural producers (fiction writers, screenwriters, directors, musicians and artists) that grew up watching the weird, the eerie and the horrific: the essence of 21st-century Hauntology. In these terms this book is not about children's television as it exists now, but rather as it features as a facet of memory in the 21st century. As such it is the legacy of these television programmes that is at the core of Horrifying Children. The 'haunting' of adults by what we have seen on the screen is crucial to the study. This collection directly addresses that which 'scared us' in the past insomuch as there is a correlation between individual and collective cultural memory, with some chapters providing an opportunity for situating existing explorations and understandings of Gothic and Horror TV within a hauntological and experiential framework.

Putin's Wars

Author : Marcel H. Van Herpen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442253592
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Putin's Wars written by Marcel H. Van Herpen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin’s three wars, placing the Second Chechen War, the war with Georgia of 2008, and the war with Ukraine of 2014–2015 in their broader historical context. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin’s wars were prepared and conducted, and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide. He shows how the conflicts functioned to consolidate and legitimate Putin’s regime and explores how they were connected to a fourth, hidden, “internal war” waged by the Kremlin against the opposition. The author convincingly argues that the Kremlin—relying on the secret services, the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin youth “Nashi,” and the rehabilitated Cossacks—is preparing for an imperial revival, most recently in the form of a “Eurasian Union.” An essential book for understanding the dynamics of Putin’s regime, this study digs deep into the Kremlin’s secret long-term strategies. Readable and clearly argued, it makes a compelling case that Putin’s regime emulates an established Russian paradigm in which empire building and despotic rule are mutually reinforcing. As the first comprehensive exploration of the historical antecedents and political continuity of the Kremlin’s contemporary policies, Van Herpen’s work will make a valuable contribution to the literature on post-Soviet Russia, and his arguments will stimulate a fascinating and vigorous debate.

Bodies of Deception, the Final Fury of the Dark Angel Series

Author : John LaJoie
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435750799
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Bodies of Deception, the Final Fury of the Dark Angel Series written by John LaJoie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeling remorse for the unseen accident that placed his wife into a coma, John Joliea finds that her sudden awakening is now reason to celebrate. Embracing the woman he had fought to find and love for so long, she was returning home to his mending heart, or so he thought. As work completes on his final legacy at Xandow, his wife begins to show signs of change. As her hostility increases, so does their relationship as it begins to unwind. In a deadly game of cat and mouse, John escapes her web of killings in order to gain access to his wealth. Uncovering the truth behind the accident, he finds that an evil brought into the world in the form of his wife is none other than the dark angel herself bent on his destruction. In the end, who will survive?

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Author : Joseph Maddrey
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482745
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Nightmares in Red, White and Blue written by Joseph Maddrey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's weighing on Americans? Look to horror movies for your answer--they're one of the best measures of the American consciousness. From an early fascination with the Gothic, to the mutant horrors of the Atomic Age and alien enemies of the Cold War, to the inner demons of the psyche and the American Dream turned nightmare, the history of American horror films is a reflection of changing American cultural attitudes and values--and the fears that accompany them. This survey of the pivotal horror films produced in America examines the history of the genre as a reflection of cultural changes in the United States. It begins with an exploration of the origins of the genre, and follows its development until the present, using various films to document the evolution of Hollywood horror flicks and illustrate their cultural significance. The second part focuses on eight pivotal directors whose personal visions helped shape the genre--from early pioneers like Tod Browning and Alfred Hitchcock, to modern masters like John Carpenter and Wes Craven. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Nick Groom
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191642398
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction written by Nick Groom and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and a distinctive style of rock music. It has influenced political theorists and social reformers, as well as Victorian home décor and contemporary fashion. Nick Groom shows how the Gothic has come to encompass so many meanings by telling the story of the Gothic from the ancient tribe who sacked Rome to the alternative subculture of the present day. This unique Very Short Introduction reveals that the Gothic has predominantly been a way of understanding and responding to the past. Time after time, the Gothic has been invoked in order to reveal what lies behind conventional history. It is a way of disclosing secrets, whether in the constitutional politics of seventeenth-century England or the racial politics of the United States. While contexts change, the Gothic perpetually regards the past with fascination, both yearning and horrified. It reminds us that neither societies nor individuals can escape the consequences of their actions. The anatomy of the Gothic is richly complex and perversely contradictory, and so the thirteen chapters here range deliberately widely. This is the first time that the entire story of the Gothic has been written as a continuous history: from the historians of late antiquity to the gardens of Georgian England, from the mediaeval cult of the macabre to German Expressionist cinema, from Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy to American consumer society, from folk ballads to vampires, from the past to the present. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy

Author : Josef Steiff
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812697081
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy written by Josef Steiff and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In attempting to retain her "human" side, does Sharon really have free will? Is killing a Cylon murder or garbage disposal? These are some of the questions addressed in this thoughtful collection of writings on the philosophical underpinnings of Battlestar, Galactica. The book includes a brief analysis of the original 1970s and 80s series but concentrates primarily on the episodes, characters, and issues from the entirely reimagined current series (including its fourth and final season, scheduled for airing in early 2008) as well as the two-hour TV movie and direct-to-DVD release Razor.

The Monsters Know What They're Doing

Author : Keith Ammann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982122684
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Monsters Know What They're Doing written by Keith Ammann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat. Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.

Doppelganger

Author : Naomi Klein
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374610339
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Doppelganger written by Naomi Klein and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | National Indie Bestseller "I’ve been raving about Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger . . . I can’t think of another text that better captures the berserk period we’re living through." —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times "If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one." —Katie Roiphe, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) “If ever a book was necessary, it’s this one.” —Bill McKibben “Thoughtful and honest . . . Incisive . . . Klein moves her reader toward the truer grounds of solidarity in these times.” —Judith Butler What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you’d devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience—she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent but whose name and public persona were sufficiently similar to her own that many people got confused about who was who. Destabilized, she lost her bearings, until she began to understand the experience as one manifestation of a strangeness many of us have come to know but struggle to define: AI-generated text is blurring the line between genuine and spurious communication; New Age wellness entrepreneurs turned anti-vaxxers are scrambling familiar political allegiances of left and right; and liberal democracies are teetering on the edge of absurdist authoritarianism, even as the oceans rise. Under such conditions, reality itself seems to have become unmoored. Is there a cure for our moment of collective vertigo? Naomi Klein is one of our most trenchant and influential social critics, an essential analyst of what branding, austerity, and climate profiteering have done to our societies and souls. Here she turns her gaze inward to our psychic landscapes, and outward to the possibilities for building hope amid intersecting economic, medical, and political crises. With the assistance of Sigmund Freud, Jordan Peele, Alfred Hitchcock, and bell hooks, among other accomplices, Klein uses wry humor and a keen sense of the ridiculous to face the strange doubles that haunt us—and that have come to feel as intimate and proximate as a warped reflection in the mirror. Combining comic memoir with chilling reportage and cobweb-clearing analysis, Klein seeks to smash that mirror and chart a path beyond despair. Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times.