Lisa Goldstein ist eine Autorin von Science-Fiction und Fantasy, deren Werke oft für ihren literarischen Wert gelobt werden. Sie befasst sich mit komplexen Themen und erforscht tiefgreifende menschliche Erfahrungen durch fesselnde Erzählungen. Ihr unverwechselbarer Stil und ihr Ansatz des Genres haben ihr einen Platz unter den bedeutenden Stimmen der zeitgenössischen Fantasy- und Science-Fiction-Literatur gesichert.
Dans son enfance, Jerry avait été pris par sa mère comme modèle pour le héros d'une série d'aventures magiques. Reclus, le vieil homme a été retrouvé par une jeune journaliste, Ruthie, bien décidée à obtenir une interview. Ensemble, ils vont découvrir que la réalité ressemble étrangement à la fiction. Dans les souterrains du métro de la ville, d'anciens mythes rôdent et des dimensions différentes sont reliées.
Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon is set in an imaginative recreation of Elizabethan London, a rich, intense city overflowing with life and action, a city of spies and booksellers, alchemists and playwrights, poets, witches, plague and salvation. A series of strange events links the lives of an ordinary woman, a bookseller in St. Paul's, and the great writer Christopher Marlowe, as the Faerie Queen and her court invade London in search of the Queen's son, the reborn King Arthur. Marlowe must become in effect a detective, and Alice, strangely favored by the fairies, must become a heroine in a struggle against evil forces. The culmination of this extraordinary fantasy, a battle between the opposing dragons of good and evil, is certainly one of the most weird and enchanting events in all contemporary fantasy. Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon is a big, delicious fantasy adventure filled with strange creatures and ordinary people, famous characters, and mysterious historical doings. It is a triumph of entertainment and one of the finest fantasy novels of the decade.
Collection of twelve short stories taken from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Authors are Gregory Benford, Michael Bishop, Orson Scott Card, Jack Dann, Lisa Goldstein, Alexander Joblokov, Marc Laidlaw, Tanith Lee, Lisa Mason, Lucius Shepard and Howard Waldrop.Contents 7 • Foreword (Transcendental Tales) • (1989) • essay by Charles Ardai9 • Bad Medicine • (1984) • novelette by Jack Dann35 • Of Space-Time and the River • (1985) • novelette by Gregory Benford66 • Deathbinder • (1988) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov90 • America • [The Mormon Sea] • (1987) • novelette by Orson Scott Card119 • Shalamari • (1987) • shortstory by Marc Laidlaw133 • Chand Veda • (1983) • shortstory by Tanith Lee147 • The Calling of Paisley Coldpony • (1988) • novelette by Michael Bishop184 • Guardian • (1988) • novelette by Lisa Mason204 • He-We-Await • (1987) • novelette by Howard Waldrop226 • Death is Different • (1988) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein243 • Close Encounter With the Deity • (1986) • shortstory by Michael Bishop255 • Nomans Land • (1988) • novella by Lucius Shepard
In a sorely oppressed America of the near future, Mary and Layla attempt to unite two distinct factions--the Tribes and the Underground--in a rebellion against the General, a tin-pot dictator with dreams of glory