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Return To Nevèrÿon
''Return to Nevèrÿon'' is a collection of three sword and sorcery stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany: "The Game of Time and Pain", "The Tale of Rumor and Desire", and "The Tale of Gorgik", and "Appendix: Closures and Openings". It is the last of the four-volume '' Return to Nevèrÿon'' series. The collection was first published under the title ''The Bridge of Lost Desire''. Contents 1987 edition as ''The Bridge of Lost Desire'' (Arbor House) * "The Game of Time and Pain" * "The Tale of Rumor and Desire" * "The Tale of Gorgik" * “Return...” A Preface by K. Leslie Steiner (Delany) 1988 edition as ''The Bridge of Lost Desire'' (St. Martin's Press) The first paperback edition was identical in content to the 1988 edition, but with cover art by fantasy and comics artist Blas Gallego in the style of previous first editions of the series. The cover was the first in the series to represent the main character as dark-skinned; previous covers in the series had substituted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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Blas Gallego
Blas Gallego (born 1941 in Barcelona) is a Spanish artist, painter and illustrator with a career spanning six decades. He has created and drawn comic books and strips, book covers, film posters, role-playing game cards, and portraits, among other formats, for publishers in tens of countries. Gallego is internationally known for his specialization in erotic art. Work history Gallego learned artistic drawing while working for the movie advertisement industry in 1955–56, for companies such as Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and RKO Pictures, among others. In 1960 he founded a publicity company. From 1962 to 1966 he worked for Creaciones Editoriales, before going in 1966 to work for Selecciones Ilustradas, where he remained until 1968. The next year he moved to England, but came back to Barcelona to get married in 1973. Around that time, he drew the comic of '' Twins of Evil'' (1974), started oil painting, lived for a few years in London and for a short while in Stockholm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Novellas
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Short Story Collections By Samuel Delany
Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Companies * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, a former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Other uses * Short film, a cinema format, also called a short * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short (cricket), fielding positions closer to the batsman * SHORT syndrome, a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects * Short vowel, a vowel sound of short perceived duration * Holly Short, a fictional character in the ''Artemis Fowl'' series See also * Short time, a situation in which a civilian employee works reduced hours, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Short Story Collections
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or magical elements, often including imaginary places and creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Short Story Collections
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The Tale Of Signs And Cities
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Tales Of Nevèrÿon
''Tales of Nevèrÿon'' is a collection of five sword and sorcery stories by Samuel R. Delany published in 1978. It is the first of the four-volume Return to Nevèrÿon series and contains the stories "The Tale of Gorgik," "The Tale of Old Venn," "The Tale of Small Sarg," "The Tale of Potters and Dragons," and "The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers." Contents The following table of contents is from the most recent Wesleyan University Press edition: * "Return . . . a preface by K. Leslie Steiner" * "The Tale of Gorgik" * "The Tale of Old Venn" * "The Tale of Small Sarg" * "The Tale of Potters and Dragons" * "The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers" * "Appendix: Some Informal Remarks Toward the Modular Calculus, Part Three by S. L. Kermit" The 3rd printing of the Wesleyan edition of ''Tales of Nevèrÿon'' is currently the most accurate and corrects some errors from previous editions that might actually have confused some particularly careful readers of Delany's series. The Tale of Gorgik I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Of Lost Desire - St
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WikiProject Books
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Sword And Sorcery
Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of Romance (love), romance, Magic (fantasy), magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tales, though dramatic, focus on personal battles rather than world-endangering matters. The genre originated from the early-1930s works of Robert E. Howard. While there is a chance example from 1953, Fritz Leiber re-coined the term "sword and sorcery" in the 6 April 1961 issue of the fantasy fanzine ''Ancalagon'', to describe Howard and the stories that were influenced by his works. In parallel with "sword and sorcery", the term "heroic fantasy" is used, although it is a more loosely defined genre. Sword and sorcery tales eschew overarching themes of "good vs evil" in favor of situational conflicts that often pit morally gray characters against one another to enrich themselves, or to defy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight From Nevèrÿon
''Flight from Nevèrÿon'' is a collection of sword and sorcery stories by Samuel R. Delany. It is the third of the four-volume '' Return to Nevèrÿon'' series. The volume contains three stories and two appendices. Contents The following table of contents is from the most recent Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present form ... edition: * "The Tale of Fog and Granite" * "The Mummer’s Tale" * "The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals, or, Some Informal Remarks toward the Modular Calculus, Part Five" * Appendix A: Postscript * Appendix B: Buffon's Needle In earlier editions, the novel ''The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals'' was listed as an appendix; the "Postscript", which brings the story of "Joey" (presumably based on a real person), one of the characters i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
