Viriconium

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

Viriconium

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307418693
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Viriconium by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book Viriconium written by M. John Harrison and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificent city existing on the ringes of the past, and on the brink of destruction, Viriconium • With a foreword by Neil Gaiman Available to American readers for the first time, this landmark collection gathers four groundbreaking fantasy classics from the acclaimed author of Light. Set in the imagined city of Viriconium, here are the masterworks that revolutionized a genre and enthralled a generation of readers: The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Viriconium, and Viriconium Nights. Back in print after a long absence, these singular tales of a timeless realm and its enigmatic inhabitants are now reborn and compiled to captivate a whole new generation. Praise for M. John Harrison’s Viriconium “The world that Harrison depicts is intricate and authentic, peopled with a multitude of strange yet lifelike characters—a combination which serves to make his richly imagined empire of Viriconium feel very real indeed. . . . This omnibus collection from the author of Light is canon-reading for those who wish to know the genre's roots, as well as the heights, to which it can aspire.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Brilliant, beautiful, and absolutely essential reading. The breadth of vision and imagination alone in these books is unparalleled. It is truly one of a kind and will continue to haunt you in the best possible way for years.”—Jonathan Carroll, author of White Apples “Harrison’s Viriconium sequence is the jewel in the crown of 20th-century fantasy, a work that proves irrefutably that fantastic literature can be Art with a capital A, holding its own alongside the very finest writing of our time, or any other.”—Elizabeth Hand, author of Mortal Love “M. John Harrison is a true master of English prose. He possesses the eye of a painter, the ear of a bard, and a rigorous and playful intellect. The Viriconium novels and stories are infused with a haunting genius that never falters.”—K.J. Bishop, author of The Etched City

The Pastel City

Author : Michael John Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780450007644
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Pastel City by : Michael John Harrison

Download or read book The Pastel City written by Michael John Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Light

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 057510662X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Light by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book Light written by M. John Harrison and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the barren surface of an asteroid, located deep in the galaxy beneath the unbearable light of the Kefahuchi Tract, lie three objects: an abandoned spacecraft, a pair of bone dice covered with strange symbols, and a human skeleton. What they are and what they mean are the mysteries explored and unwrapped in LIGHT, M. John Harrison's triumphant novel.

Riddley Walker

Author : Russell Hoban
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408832240
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Riddley Walker by : Russell Hoban

Download or read book Riddley Walker written by Russell Hoban and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.

Mordew

Author : Alex Pheby
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1250817234
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mordew by : Alex Pheby

Download or read book Mordew written by Alex Pheby and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy. God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew. In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his parents, eking out a meagre existence by picking treasures from the Living Mud and the half-formed, short-lived creatures it spawns. Until one day his desperate mother sells him to the mysterious Master of Mordew. The Master derives his magical power from feeding on the corpse of God. But Nathan, despite his fear and lowly station, has his own strength—and it is greater than the Master has ever known. Great enough to destroy everything the Master has built. If only Nathan can discover how to use it. So it is that the Master begins to scheme against him—and Nathan has to fight his way through the betrayals, secrets, and vendettas of the city where God was murdered, and darkness reigns. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Etched City

Author : K.J. Bishop
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553900838
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Etched City by : K.J. Bishop

Download or read book The Etched City written by K.J. Bishop and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Combine equal parts of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and Chine Miéville’s Perdido Street Station, throw in a dash of Aubrey BeardsleyandJ.K. Huysmans, and you’ll get some idea of this disturbing, decadent first novel.”—Publishers Weekly Gwynn and Raule are rebels on the run, with little in common except being on the losing side of a hard-fought war. Gwynn is a gunslinger from the north, a loner, a survivor . . . a killer. Raule is a wandering surgeon, a healer who still believes in just—and lost—causes. Bound by a desire to escape the ghosts of the past, together they flee to the teeming city of Ashamoil, where Raule plies her trade among the desperate and destitute, and Gwynn becomes bodyguard and assassin for the household of a corrupt magnate. There, in the saving and taking of lives, they find themselves immersed in a world where art infects life, dream and waking fuse, and splendid and frightening miracles begin to bloom . . . “The plot, with its stories-within-stories and its offhand descriptions of wonders and prodigies, brings to mind the works of Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges.”—Locus

Nova Swing

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553904299
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Nova Swing by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book Nova Swing written by M. John Harrison and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years after Ed Chianese’s fateful trip into the Kefahuchi Tract, the tract has begun to expand and change in ways we never could have predicted—and, even more terrifying, parts of it have actually begun to fall to Earth, transforming the landscapes they encounter. Not far from Moneytown, in a neighborhood of underground clubs, body-modification chop shops, adolescent contract killers, and sexy streetwalking Monas, you’ll find the Saudade Event Site: a zone of strange geography, twisted physics, and frightening psychic onslaughts—not to mention the black and white cats that come pouring out at irregular intervals. Vic Serotonin is a “travel agent” into and out of Saudade. His latest client is a woman who’s nearly as unpredictable as the site itself—and maybe just as dangerous. She wants a tour just as a troubling new class of biological artifacts are leaving the site—living algorithms that are transforming the world outside in inexplicable and unsettling ways. Shadowed by a metaphysically inclined detective determined to shut his illegal operation down, Vic must make sense of a universe rapidly veering toward a virulent and viral form of chaos…and a humanity almost lost.

You Should Come With Me Now

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher : Comma Press
ISBN 13 : 191097434X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis You Should Come With Me Now by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book You Should Come With Me Now written by M. John Harrison and published by Comma Press. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. John Harrison is a cartographer of the liminal. His work sits at the boundaries between genres – horror and science fiction, fantasy and travel writing – just as his characters occupy the no man’s land between the spatial and the spiritual. Here, in his first collection of short fiction for over 15 years, we see the master of the New Wave present unsettling visions of contemporary urban Britain, as well as supernatural parodies of the wider, political landscape. From gelatinous aliens taking over the world’s financial capitals, to the middle-aged man escaping the pressures of fatherhood by going missing in his own house… these are weird stories for weird times. ‘M. John Harrison’s slippery, subversive stories mix the eerie and familiar into beguiling, alarming marvels. No one writes quite like him; no one I can think of writes such flawless sentences, or uses them to such disorientating effect.’ – Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City ‘These stories map a rediscovered fictional hinterland, one tucked behind the glossier edifices of modernity and genre with views down alleyways into pubs and flats where Patrick Hamilton glares balefully at J. G. Ballard.’ – Will Eaves, author of This is Paradise ‘M. John Harrison moves elegantly, passionately, from genre to genre, his prose lucent and wise, his stories published as SF or as fantasy, as horror or as mainstream fiction. In each playing field, he wins awards, and makes it look so easy. His prose is deceptively simple, each word considered and placed where it can sink deepest and do the most damage.’ – Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods ‘With an austere and deeply moving humanism, M. John Harrison proves what only those crippled by respectability still doubt – that science fiction can be literature, of the very greatest kind.’ – China Miéville, author of Perdido Street Station

The Weird

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1466803193
Total Pages : 2482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Weird by : Jeff VanderMeer

Download or read book The Weird written by Jeff VanderMeer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 2482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Centauri Device

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575088052
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Centauri Device by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book The Centauri Device written by M. John Harrison and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Truck was to outward appearances just another lowlife spaceship captain. But he was also the last of the Centaurans, or at least half of him was, which meant that he was the only person who could operate the Centauri Device, a sentient bomb which might hold the key to settling a vicious space war. M. John Harrison's classic novel turns the conventions of space opera on their head, and is written with the precision and brilliance for which is famed.

Finch

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Underland Press
ISBN 13 : 0980226015
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Finch by : Jeff VanderMeer

Download or read book Finch written by Jeff VanderMeer and published by Underland Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where mysterious underground dwellers rule the state of Ambergris and control its residents with addictive drugs, internment camps and random acts of terror, John Finch and his partner, Wyte, must solve a double murder for their oppressive masters, all while trying to make contact with the scattered rebel resistance.

Grimus

Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307358739
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Grimus by : Salman Rushdie

Download or read book Grimus written by Salman Rushdie and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After drinking an elixir that bestows immortality upon him, a young Indian named Flapping Eagle spends the next seven hundred years sailing the seas with the blessing–and ultimately the burden–of living forever. Eventually, weary of the sameness of life, he journeys to the mountainous Calf Island to regain his mortality. There he meets other immortals obsessed with their own stasis and sets out to scale the island’s peak, from which the mysterious and corrosive Grimus Effect emits. Through a series of thrilling quests and encounters, Flapping Eagle comes face-to-face with the island’s creator and unwinds the mysteries of his own humanity. Salman Rushdie’s celebrated debut novel remains as powerful and as haunting as when it was first published more than thirty years ago.

The Luck in the Head

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878574466
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Luck in the Head by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book The Luck in the Head written by M. John Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eerie and visually arresting tale is set in the grotesque city of Uroconium, where Ardwick Crome dreams of a strange ritual from his childhood. The women of his village pursue a "lamb"; to eat a pie made from its head is considered good luck. But in his dream, the living animal itself is offered to Ardwick Crome, and the gift's significance makes it too dangerous to accept...

Signs of Life

Author : M. John Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780006546047
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Signs of Life by : M. John Harrison

Download or read book Signs of Life written by M. John Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1998-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Course of the Heart

Author : Michael John Harrison
Publisher : Victor Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9780575038912
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Course of the Heart by : Michael John Harrison

Download or read book The Course of the Heart written by Michael John Harrison and published by Victor Gollancz. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prayers to Broken Stones

Author : Dan Simmons
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307781879
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Prayers to Broken Stones by : Dan Simmons

Download or read book Prayers to Broken Stones written by Dan Simmons and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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. . . . Includes the following stories: “The River Styx Runs Upstream” “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams” “Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell” “Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle” “Remembering Siri” “Metastasis” “The Offering” “E-Ticket to 'Namland” “Iverson's Pits” “Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites” “The Death of the Centaur” “Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds” “Carrion Comfort”

City of the Iron Fish

Author : Simon Ings
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 057513092X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis City of the Iron Fish by : Simon Ings

Download or read book City of the Iron Fish written by Simon Ings and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Ings has written a surreal adventure probing the very fabric of existence, tearing it open to reveal a sometimes horrifying world within. It is a work that will delight any fan of China Mieville. Only a fool would question the strange magics that maintain the cool haven of the City of the Iron Fish in the middle of an inferno of scorching heat and splintered rock, for the well-watered streets of the city hide secrets in their shadows. Thomas Kemp is just such a fool ... And embarks on a journey that will take him to the limits of reality. It may kill him, worse, that may not be enough. Especially as it is his only friend, Blythe, who may discover the secret of the city's isolation.