The Sellamillion

Download The Sellamillion full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Sellamillion ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Sellamillion

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 0575100389
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Sellamillion by : Adam Roberts

Download or read book The Sellamillion written by Adam Roberts and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SELLAMILLION is NOT a parody of Tolkien's THE SILMARILLION. That would be pointless because although all Tolkien fans have a copy, only three of them have read past page 40. It is, however, a parody of all that Tolkien created as he worked on LORD OF THE RINGS. The history of the elderly days. Early missing drafts of LORD OF THE RINGS. A correspondence between the author and publisher on whether it should be a Bellybutton Stud of Doom rather than a Ring of Power. An experimental version of LOTR as if written by Dr Seuss. That sort of thing. It'll be funny. Possibly hilarious. The author's told us it will be. Promised even. And he did write THE SODDIT. And that was quite funny.

J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia

Author : Michael D. C. Drout
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415969425
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia by : Michael D. C. Drout

Download or read book J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia written by Michael D. C. Drout and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field. Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J.R.R. Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Tolkien's fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements - including his translations of medieval texts - teaching posts, linguistic works, and the languages he created. The 550 alphabetically arranged entries fall within the following categories of topics: adaptations art and illustrations characters in Tolkien's work critical history and scholarship influence of Tolkien languages biography literary sources literature creatures and peoples of Middle-earth objects in Tolkien's work places in Tolkien's work reception of Tolkien medieval scholars scholarship by Tolkien medieval literature stylistic elements themes in Tolkien's works theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers Tolkien's contemporary history and culture works of literature

Bored of the Rings

Author : Henry Beard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451672667
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Bored of the Rings by : Henry Beard

Download or read book Bored of the Rings written by Henry Beard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a new "boreword" by the author.

Confessions

Author : A. N. Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472994795
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Confessions by : A. N. Wilson

Download or read book Confessions written by A. N. Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love (sacred and profane) and his life in Grub Street – as a prolific writer. Before he came to London, as one of the “Best of Young British” novelists, and Literary Editor of the Spectator, we meet another A. N. Wilson. We meet his father, the Managing Director of Wedgwood, the grotesque teachers at his first boarding school, and the dons of Oxford – one of whom, at the age of just 20, he married, Katherine Duncan-Jones, the renowned Shakespearean scholar. The book begins with his heart-torn present-day visits to Katherine, now for decades his ex-wife, who has slithered into the torments of dementia. At every turn of this reminiscence, Wilson is baffled by his earlier self – whether he is flirting with unsuitable lovers or with the idea of the priesthood. His chapter on the High Camp seminary which he attended in Oxford is among the funniest in the book. We follow his unsuccessful attempts to become an academic, his aspirations to be a Man of Letters, and his eventual encounters with the famous, including some memorable meetings with royalty. The princesses, dons, paedophiles and journos who cross the pages are as sharply drawn as figures in Wilson's early comic fiction. But there is also a tenderness here, in his evocation of those whom he has loved, and hurt, the most.

Star Warped

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 0575101075
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Star Warped by : Adam Roberts

Download or read book Star Warped written by Adam Roberts and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long time ago in galaxy far, far away a really quite good SF film, a sort of western in space, was launched. The special effects were pretty shoddy but it did have some quite good actors in it. And Mark Hammill. A second and third film that were actually the fifth and sixth films followed and they weren't quite so good but they were still quite fun (especially when the teddies got blasted by the Imperial stormtroopers). Then, the first, second and third films followed and they were actually fairly dreadful though by now the special effects were much better. And the actors were still better than average too. And Mark Hammill was too old to be in it plus his character hadn't been born yet so that was OK. A Gollancz parody was inevitable. And here it is. An epic told in six chapters. An epic of good versus evil. Of dark versus light. Of hairy co-pilots and green gurus. Of bizarre hair styles, steel bras and camp robots. An epic that starts in the middle. And that's the original!

I, Soddit

Author : A.R.R.R. Roberts
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0316334278
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis I, Soddit by : A.R.R.R. Roberts

Download or read book I, Soddit written by A.R.R.R. Roberts and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious autobiography of the legendary hero of The Soddit. Adam Roberts' The Soddit was a bestseller and sold 150,000 copies. But what happened to the Soddit after his adventures, and after his account of them was published. . .

Cult Film as a Guide to Life

Author : I.Q. Hunter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1623565103
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cult Film as a Guide to Life by : I.Q. Hunter

Download or read book Cult Film as a Guide to Life written by I.Q. Hunter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cult Film as a Guide to Life investigates the world and experience of cult films, from well-loved classics to the worst movies ever made. Including comprehensive studies of cult phenomena such as trash films, exploitation versions, cult adaptations, and case studies of movies as different as Showgirls, Room 237 and The Lord of the G-Strings, this lively, provocative and original book shows why cult films may just be the perfect guide to making sense of the contemporary world. Using his expertise in two fields, I.Q. Hunter also explores the important overlap between cult film and adaptation studies. He argues that adaptation studies could learn a great deal from cult and fan studies about the importance of audiences' emotional investment not only in texts but also in the relationships between them, and how such bonds of caring are structured over time. The book's emergent theme is cult film as lived experience. With reference mostly to American cinema, Hunter explores how cultists, with their powerful emotional investment in films, care for them over time and across numerous intertexts in relationships of memory, nostalgia and anticipation.

Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology

Author : Steven Savile
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765315629
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology by : Steven Savile

Download or read book Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology written by Steven Savile and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of more than twenty original tales donated in support of the Save The Children Tsunami Relief Fund."--NoveList.

The Lord of the Rings

Author : Ernest Mathijs
Publisher : Wallflower Press
ISBN 13 : 9781904764823
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (648 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Lord of the Rings by : Ernest Mathijs

Download or read book The Lord of the Rings written by Ernest Mathijs and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of media and film studies to explore the various strategies and implications underlying the global presence of 'Lord of the Rings', this book covers different national contexts and presents a lively and diverse combination of textual, historical and empirical study.

The Snow

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 1473224438
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Snow by : Adam Roberts

Download or read book The Snow written by Adam Roberts and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new Adam Roberts novel is a story of global apocalypse, old hatreds and new beginnings. It is his best novel to date. And this is how the world will end ... 'The snow started falling on the sixth of September, soft noiseless flakes filling the sky like a swarm of white moths, or like static interference on your TV screen - whichever metaphor, nature or technology, you find the more evocative. Snow everywhere, all through the air, with that distinctive sense of hurrying that a vigorous snowfall brings with it. Everything in a rush, busy-busy snowflakes. And, simultaneously, paradoxically, everything is hushed, calm, as quiet as cancer, as white as death. And at the beginning people were happy.' But the snow doesn't stop. It falls and falls and falls. Until it lies three miles thick across the whole of the earth. Six billion people have died. Perhaps 150,000 survive. But those 150,000 need help, they need support, they need organising, governing. And so the lies begin. Lies about how the snow started. Lies about who is to blame. Lies about who is left. Lies about what really lies beneath.

The Soddit

Author : A.R.R.R. Roberts
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0316215554
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Soddit by : A.R.R.R. Roberts

Download or read book The Soddit written by A.R.R.R. Roberts and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bingo Grabbins is a soddit who enjoys a comfortable life (apart from his feet, of course). But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandef, and a company of bizarrely Welsh dwarves drag him away on an adventure. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard (or so they say) guarded by Smug, a large and very tedious dragon. Bingo is reluctant to take part in this insane venture, but a dwarven dagger held to his throat soon surprises even himself and off the companions go on a quest that seems truly epic (well, until you read about what later happened to Bingo's cousin, at any rate). Oh, and Bingo finds this ring thing. . .

Doctor Whom

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 0575085770
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Doctor Whom by : Adam Roberts

Download or read book Doctor Whom written by Adam Roberts and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2008-12-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor Whom, the grammatically correct TimeLord (or should that be Time Lord? Or is it Timelord?) has come to save our universe from the terror's of sloppy syntax and bad grammar. With his intrepid assistant Lynne: hes here to correct greengrocers sign's, popular fiction and government memos (memoes?) before inaccurate and lazy communication rips apart the very fabric of the space time continuum. Is it any wonder that the rise of global warming has coincided with the decline in the teaching of Latin in our schools? I do'nt think so. Will the Doctor save us all? or will his evil nemisises (nemisiss? nemisi?) The Dalek's triumph and rule over a universe where no-one has any clear idea of the correct usage of semi-colons?

The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1849012547
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF by : Mike Ashley

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF written by Mike Ashley and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many readers are attracted to science fiction for that singular moment when a story expands your imagination, enabling you to see something in a new light. Not all SF works this way! This volume collects the very best of it that does, with 25 of the finest examples of mind-expanding and awe-inspiring science fiction. The storylines range from a discovery on the Moon that opens up vistas across all time to a moment in which distances across the Earth suddenly increase and people vanish. These are tales to take you from the other side of now to the very end of time - from today's top-name contributors including Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford and Robert Reed.

Reading The Lord of the Rings

Author : Robert Eaglestone
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826484604
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Reading The Lord of the Rings by : Robert Eaglestone

Download or read book Reading The Lord of the Rings written by Robert Eaglestone and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with an analysis of the critical history of Tolkien, the first section, Context and Criticism, examines and contrasts the historical and intellectual context of the books, films and their criticism. The second, Space, Place and Communities, turns to the philosophical and post-colonial concerns which structure contemporary understandings of the book and film. The third section, Gender, Sexuality and Class, shows how these issues are depicted in the novles and films. The final section, Tolkien's Futures, looks at the continuing influence of his work in both more traditional literary forms and in contemporary game and electronic narrative >

The Soddit

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575100370
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Soddit by : Adam Roberts

Download or read book The Soddit written by Adam Roberts and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bingo Sac Grabbins is asked by the coughing wizard Gandef and some (oddly Welsh) dwarves to help them relieve the great dragon Smug of his gold. SF author and Tolkien scholar Adam Roberts has written a parody that is both hilarious and intelligent. With knowing digs at the fantasy genre in general and the mystique that has built around Middle Earth in particular this will make Tolkien's 21st century readers laugh in a way that BORED OF THE RINGS made his fans of 1969 laugh.

Private Eye

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Private Eye by :

Download or read book Private Eye written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bored of the Rings

Author : Henry Beard
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785727989
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (279 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Bored of the Rings by : Henry Beard

Download or read book Bored of the Rings written by Henry Beard and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: