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The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse (Noir Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Mystery with a Wisecracking Gay Detective and his Wiccan Partner)

Author : Keith Hartman
Publisher : Pyramid Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse (Noir Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Mystery with a Wisecracking Gay Detective and his Wiccan Partner) written by Keith Hartman and published by Pyramid Press. This book was released on 2024-09-26 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a near-future America on the verge of civil war, a gay detective investigates ritual killings, conspiracies, and what might be black magic. In the summer of 2045, Atlanta is a city on the verge of panic. A killer is stalking her people, leaving behind eerily beautiful crime scenes painted with occult symbols. Is he an insane artist, carving his work out of flesh and blood? A satanic sorcerer, hoping to bring about the end of days? Or a political operative, trying to terrify the electorate into voting for his party? A handful of people have the pieces to the puzzle, but they are scattered through the city’s subcultures: A wisecracking gay detective hunting for his kidnapped partner. A black cop, trying to use high-tech forensics to solve crimes that seem to be right out of the Middle Ages. A Wiccan journalist who employs search engines and scrying spells with equal skill. A televangelist with an eye on the White House, and the Christian rock star who wants to take him down. A transgender Cherokee shaman trying to right a wrong from the 1800s. And Benji, the fourteen-year-old boy at the center of it all. Who thinks that his biggest problem is what will happen when his strict Baptist parents find out that his new girlfriend is a witch. Together, they might be able to stop what’s coming. If they can stay alive long enough to find each other. - Winner of two Spectrum Awards for LGBT-themed science fiction. - - A double finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Mystery and Speculative Fiction categories - "There's a great SF premise here...the writing is tight, the drama tense." -- Locus "Hartman's character's are smart. His world-building is broad, convincing, and exciting: his choice of detail is exquisite. Compelling and engrossing, this book grabbed me and didn't let me go until long after the end." -- Nina Kiriki Hoffman, winner of the Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards. "Like his hero, loved his plot, and envied his style." --Mike Resnick, five-time winner of the Hugo Award.

The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse

Author : Keith Hartman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse written by Keith Hartman and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a near future America on the verge of civil war, a gay detective investigates ritual killings, conspiracies, and what might be black magic. In the summer of 2045, Atlanta is a city on the verge of panic. A killer is stalking her people, leaving behind eerily beautiful crime scenes painted with occult symbols. Is he an insane artist, carving his work out of flesh and blood? A satanic sorcerer, hoping to bring about the end of days? Or a political operative, trying to terrify the electorate into voting for his party? A handful of people have the pieces to the puzzle, but they are scattered through the city's subcultures: A street-smart gay detective hunting for his kidnapped partner. A black cop, trying to use high tech forensics to solve crimes that seem to be right out of the Middle Ages. A Wiccan journalist who employs search engines and scrying spells with equal skill. A televangelist with an eye on the White House, and the Christian rock star who wants to take him down. A transgendered Cherokee shaman trying to right a wrong from the 1800s. And Benji, the fourteen year old boy at the center of it all. Who thinks that his biggest problem is what will happen when his strict Baptist parents find out that his new girlfriend is a witch. Together, they might be able to stop what's coming. If they can stay alive long enough to find each other. - Winner of two Spectrum Awards for LGBT-themed science fiction. - - Picked as one of the "Ten Best Mysteries of the Year" by The Drood Review of Mysteries. - *Wisecracking gay PI and his Wiccan partner in a near future high tech occult science fiction mystery coming of age social satire with politics and occasional sex. Read at your own risk.*

The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse

Author : Keith Hartman
Publisher : Meisha Merlin Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse written by Keith Hartman and published by Meisha Merlin Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to 21st century Atlanta. During your stay, depending on your tastes, you can cruise gay midtown (I hear that the Inquisition Health Club has introduced manacles and chains to the aerobics class) or check out the Reverend-Senator Stonewall's headquarters at Freedom Plaza (watch out for the Christian Militia guarding it, though) or attend a sky-clad Wiccan sabbat (by invitation only). Avoid the courthouse, where the Cherokee have turned out in full war-paint to renegotiate a nineteenth century land deal. Also stay away from all cemeteries, at least until the police find out why someone is disinterring and crucifying corpses. As you can tell, this is a lively novel, full of intricate plotting and engaging off-beat characters. Among the latter are a gay detective, a Wiccan family, an ambitious televangelist with an eye on the White House, an artist whose medium is flesh and blood, a Cherokee drag queen--and then there's poor Benji, who would just like to make it to his fifteenth birthday, assuming the MIBS don't get him first or his Baptist parents don't ground him for life because his new girlfriend is a witch. Picked as one of the eight best mysteries of 1999 by The Drood Review of Mysteries. Winner of Two Spectrum Awards ("Best Novel" and "People's Choice") Nominated for Two Lambda Awards ("Best Science Fiction / Fantasy Book" and "Best Men's Mystery".)

A Companion to Crime Fiction

Author : Charles J. Rzepka
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119675774
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Crime Fiction written by Charles J. Rzepka and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

The Essential Cult TV Reader

Author : David Lavery
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813181496
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Cult TV Reader written by David Lavery and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Cult TV Reader is a collection of insightful essays that examine television shows that amass engaged, active fan bases by employing an imaginative approach to programming. Once defined by limited viewership, cult TV has developed its own identity, with some shows gaining large, mainstream audiences. By exploring the defining characteristics of cult TV, The Essential Cult TV Reader traces the development of this once obscure form and explains how cult TV achieved its current status as legitimate television. The essays explore a wide range of cult programs, from early shows such as Star Trek, The Avengers, Dark Shadows, and The Twilight Zone to popular contemporary shows such as Lost, Dexter, and 24, addressing the cultural context that allowed the development of the phenomenon. The contributors investigate the obligations of cult series to their fans, the relationship of camp and cult, the effects of DVD releases and the Internet, and the globalization of cult TV. The Essential Cult TV Reader answers many of the questions surrounding the form while revealing emerging debates on its future.

Congregations in Conflict

Author : Keith Hartman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813524245
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Congregations in Conflict written by Keith Hartman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Congregations in Conflict examines nine churches that were split by disagreements over gay and lesbian issues, and how the congregations resolved them. Keith Hartman shows some churches coming through their struggles stronger and more unified, while others irrevocably split. Most importantly, he illuminates how people with a passionate clash of beliefs can still function together as a community of faith.

The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers

Author : Mark T. Conard
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813138698
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers written by Mark T. Conard and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2008-12-12 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Written for both fans of the Coen brothers and the philosophically curious, without the technical language . . . educational and entertaining.” —Library Journal Joel and Ethan Coen have made films that redefined the gangster movie, the screwball comedy, the fable, and the film noir, but no matter what genre they’re playing with, they consistently focus on the struggles of complex characters to understand themselves and their places in the strange worlds they inhabit. To borrow a phrase from Barton Fink, all Coen films explore “the life of the mind” and show that the human condition can often be simultaneously comic and tragic, profound and absurd. The essays in this book explore the challenging moral and philosophical terrain of the Coen repertoire. Several address how Coen films often share film noir’s essential philosophical assumptions: power corrupts, evil is real, and human control of fate is an illusion. In Fargo, not even Minnesota’s blankets of snow can hide Jerry Lundegaard’s crimes or brighten his long, dark night of the soul. The tale of love, marriage, betrayal, and divorce in Intolerable Cruelty transcends the plight of the characters to illuminate competing theories of justice. Even in lighter fare, such as Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski, the comedy emerges from characters’ journeys to the brink of an amoral abyss. However, the Coens often knowingly and gleefully subvert conventions and occasionally offer symbolic rebirths and other hopeful outcomes. At the end of The Big Lebowski, for example, the Dude abides, his laziness has become a virtue, and the human comedy is perpetuating itself with the promised arrival of a newborn Lebowski. The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers sheds new light on the work of these cinematic visionaries. From Blood Simple to No Country for Old Men, the Coens’ characters look for answers—though in some cases, their quest for answers leads, at best, only to more questions.

The Storyteller's Thesaurus

Author : Troll Lord Games
Publisher : Troll Lord Games
ISBN 13 : 9781936822355
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Storyteller's Thesaurus written by Troll Lord Games and published by Troll Lord Games. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writers, game designers, teachers, and students ~this is the book youve been waiting for! Written by storytellers for storytellers, this volume offers an entirely new approach to word finding. Browse the pages within to see what makes this book different:

The Buried Sky

Author : Keith Hartman
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781453823668
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book The Buried Sky written by Keith Hartman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRAPPED IN A SMALL TOWNCalvin has grown up in a town with no phones. No televisions. No windows. A town that no stranger ever visits. And a town where no one under the age of twenty one has ever seen the open sky.There's not much work available, but the citiizens have found ways to pass the time. Some bury themselves in books. Some have become religious fanatics. And some play ever more complicated games of sex and manipulation.And one of them has murdered Calvin's father.Calvin needs to find out why. And he'd better do it fast. Because right now, he's the only suspect.They're coming for him. And there's nowhere to run.

Gumshoe Gorilla

Author : Keith Hartman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gumshoe Gorilla written by Keith Hartman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: undefined

The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film

Author : Tom Mes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781880656891
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film written by Tom Mes and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to directors such as Kitano, Miike and Miyazaki, Japanese cinema has recently undergone something of a resurgence. This title profiles the work of these established film-makers, as well as looking at the creations of new, up-and-coming directors.

The Noir Thriller

Author : Lee Horsley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230280757
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Noir Thriller written by Lee Horsley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is literary noir? How do British and American noir thrillers relate to their historical contexts? In considering such questions, this study ranges over hundreds of novels, analysing the politics and poetics of noir from the hard-boiled fiction of Hammett, Chandler and Cain to the exciting diversity of nineties thrillers, with sections on the tough investigators, gangsters and victims of the Depression years: the first-person killers, femmes fatales and black protagonists of mid-century; the game-players, voyeurs and consumers of contemporary thrillers and future noir.

The Necronomicon Files

Author : Daniel Harms
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1633410080
Total Pages : 699 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Necronomicon Files written by Daniel Harms and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occult scholars explore how H. P. Lovecraft’s fictional book of magic became a cultural phenomenon and real-life legend in this revised and expanded volume. What if a book existed that revealed the answers to all of life’s mysteries? For those who believe in it, The Necronomicon is exactly that—an eighth-century occult text of immense power. In. fact, The Necronomicon is a creation of science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, who referred to the work in a number of stories and gave weight to its legend by inventing its own elaborate history. In The Necronomicon Files two occult authorities explore all aspects of The Necronomicon, from its first appearance in Lovecraft’s fiction to its ongoing pervasive appearance in cult and occult circles. The authors show how Lovecraft’s literary circle added to the book’s legend by referring to it in their own writing. As people became convinced of the book’s existence, references to it in literature and film continue to grow. This revised and expanded edition also examines the lengths people have undergone to find the Necronomicon, and the cottage industry that has arisen in response to the continuing demand for a book that does not exist. The Necronomicon Files illuminates the transformations of a modern myth, exposing a literary hoax while celebrating the romance of Necronomicon lore.

Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers

Author : Sarah Churchwell
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 144116216X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers written by Sarah Churchwell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique survey and interpretive history, spanning 200 years, of the American bestseller.

The King and I

Author : Herbert Breslin
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 038551414X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The King and I written by Herbert Breslin and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-10-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luciano Pavarotti’s longtime manager and friend tells all. All. The King and I is the story of the thirty-six-year-old business relationship between Luciano Pavarotti and his manager, Herbert Breslin, during which Breslin guided what he calls, justifiably, “the greatest career in classical music.” During that career, Breslin moved Pavarotti out of the opera house and onto the concert (and the world) stage and into the arms of a huge mass public. How he and Pavarotti changed the landscape of opera is one of the most significant and entertaining stories in the history of classical music, and Herbert Breslin relates the tale in a brash, candid, witty fashion that is often bitingly frank and profane. He also provides a portrait of his friend and client—“a beautiful, simple, lovely guy who turned into a very determined, aggressive, and somewhat unhappy superstar”—that is by turns affectionate and satirical and full of hilarious details and tales out of school, with Pavarotti emerging as something like the ultimate Italian male. The book is also enlivened by the voices of other players in the soap opera drama that was Pavarotti’s career, and they are no less uncensored than Herbert Breslin. The last word, in fact, comes from none other than Luciano Pavarotti himself! The King and I is the ultimate backstage book about the greatest opera star of the past century—and it’s a delight to read as well.

The Coming Global Superstorm

Author : Art Bell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743470650
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Global Superstorm written by Art Bell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A DIRE WARNING FOR OUR FUTURE. The climatological nightmare portrayed in the motion picture The Day After Tomorrow isn't just a fantasy scenario. The first decade of the 21st century has seen some of the most violent weather on record, from devastating tsunamis to killer hurricanes. But scientific evidence suggests "the big one" is still in the making -- will you be ready? THE COMING GLOBAL SUPERSTORM WHAT WILL TRIGGER IT? Global warming is about to cause the North Atlantic current to drop to a more southerly route, sending Arctic air barreling into overheated temperate zones. WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE? Sudden, dramatic changes in climate all over the world. . . . The most severe blizzards in history. . . . 100 mile-per-hour winds. . . . Shocking death rates. WHAT CAN WE DO TO STAVE IT OFF? Plenty. Talk-show host Art Bell and #1 bestselling author Whitley Strieber, our leading investigators of unexplained phenomena, offer a wealth of viable solutions in this brilliant examination of modern environmental science and weather-related disasters. We can take action today to avoid THE COMING GLOBAL SUPERSTORM.

Cult Television

Author : Sara Gwenllian-Jones
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816638314
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Cult Television written by Sara Gwenllian-Jones and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A television series is tagged with the label "cult" by the media, advertisers, and network executives when it is considered edgy or offbeat, when it appeals to nostalgia, or when it is considered emblematic of a particular subculture. By these criteria, almost any series could be described as cult. Yet certain programs exert an uncanny power over their fans, encouraging them to immerse themselves within a fictional world. In Cult Television leading scholars examine such shows as The X-Files; The Avengers; Doctor Who, Babylon Five; Star Trek; Xena, Warrior Princess; and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to determine the defining characteristics of cult television and map the contours of this phenomenon within the larger scope of popular culture. Contributors: Karen Backstein; David A. Black, Seton Hall U; Mary Hammond, Open U; Nathan Hunt, U of Nottingham; Mark Jancovich; Petra Kuppers, Bryant College; Philippe Le Guern, U of Angers, France; Alan McKee; Toby Miller, New York U; Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern U; Eva Vieth Sara Gwenllian-Jones is a lecturer in television and digital media at Cardiff University and co-editor of Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Roberta E. Pearson is a reader in media and cultural studies at Cardiff University. She is the author of the forthcoming book Small Screen, Big Universe: Star Trek and Television.