Moorcock's Book of Martyrs

Moorcock's Book of Martyrs PDF Author: Michael Moorcock
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ISBN: 9780704312654
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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Moorcock's Book of Martyrs

Moorcock's Book of Martyrs PDF Author: Michael Moorcock
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ISBN: 9780704312654
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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Moorcock's Book of Martyrs

Moorcock's Book of Martyrs PDF Author: Michael Moorcock
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Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Dying for Tomorrow

Dying for Tomorrow PDF Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780879973667
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The Blood Of The Martyrs

The Blood Of The Martyrs PDF Author: Naomi Mitchison
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847674933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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Introduced by Donald Smith. Set in Rome during Nero’s reign of terror, The Blood of the Martyrs is a disciplined historical novel tracing the destruction of one cell of the early church. With a cast of slaves, ordinary Roman people, exiles and entertainers, it is thorough in its historical interpretation and in its determination to make the past accessible and readable. Written in 1938-9, the novel contains many symbolic parallels to the rise of European fascism in the 1930s and the desperate plight of persecuted minorities such as the Jews and the left-wing activists with whom Naomi Mitchison personally campaigned at the time. With the invasion of Britain a real possibility, she felt compelled to write a testament to the power of human solidarity which, even faced with death, can overcome the worst that human evil can achieve. The Blood of the Martyrs is the least autobiographical of Mitchison’s major works of fiction, yet, with its implicit credo, is her most passionately self-revealing. ‘ . . . when a novelist is historically faithful in these treacherous waters of the human psyche, the results are tremendous. As a twentieth-century woman, it no doubt hurt Naomi Mitchison a good deal to describe the savagery of the early Christian persecution in The Blood of the Martyrs . . . But it is the pain that gives the history its lifeblood. The imagination that is a novelist’s fuel must be harnessed to serve history as history was, not as anyone wishes it had been.’ Joanna Trollope

Storm of Iron

Storm of Iron PDF Author: Graham McNeill
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781844165711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When a massive force of Space Marine Iron Warriors invades the planet Hydra Cordatus and lays siege to the Imperial citadel, how long can the defenders possibly hold out, and what do their enemies truly seek? Reissue.

Stormbringer

Stormbringer PDF Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534445730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the second installment in is famous Elric of Melnibone series, brought to vivid new life with stunning illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. After defeating his nefarious cousin and gaining control over the epic sword, Stormbringer, Elric, prince of ruins, must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in a fight against Armageddon. Stormbringer is the second in Michael Moorcock’s incredible series, which has transformed the fantasy genre for generations. Perfect for fans new and old, this book is brought to life once more with stunning illustrations from the most lauded artists in fantasy.

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Foxe's Book of Martyrs PDF Author: John Foxe
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 1152

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Gloriana

Gloriana PDF Author: Michael Moorcock
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148148737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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"A fable satirizing Spenser's 'The Fairie Queen' and reflecting the real life of Elizabeth I, tells of a woman who ascends to the throne upon the death of her debauched and corrupted father, King Hern. Gloriana's reign brings the Empire of Albion into a Golden Age, but her oppressive responsibilities choke her, prohibiting any form of sexual satisfaction, no matter what fetish she tries. Her problem is in fact symbolic of the hypocrisy of her entire court. While her life is meant to mirror that of her nation - an image of purity, virtue, enlightenment and prosperity - the truth is that her peaceful empire is kept secure by her wicked chancellor Monfallcon and his corrupt network of spies and murderers, the most sinister of whom is Captain Quire, who is commissioned to seduce Gloriana and thus bring down Albion and the entire empire." -- Goodreads.com.

The Book of Martyrs ...

The Book of Martyrs ... PDF Author: John Foxe
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Languages : en
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The Entropy Exhibition

The Entropy Exhibition PDF Author: Colin Greenland
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575127597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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Michael Moorcock edited and produced the magazine New Worlds from 1964 to 1973. Within its pages he encouraged the development of new kinds of popular writing out of the genre of science fiction, energetically reworking traditional themes, images and styles as a radical response to the crisis of modern fiction. The essential paradox of the new writing lay in its fascination with 'entropy' - the universal and irreversible decline of energy into disorder. Entropy provides the key both to the anarchic vitality of the magazine and to its neglect by critics and academics, as well as its intimate connection with other cultural experiments of the 1960s. The fiction of the New Worlds writers, who included Brian Aldiss, J. G. Ballard and Moorcock himself, was not concerned with the far future and outer space, but with the ambiguous and unstable conditions of the modern world. As Ballard put it: 'The only truly alien planet is Earth.' The Entropy Exhibition is the first critical assessment of the literary movement known as 'New Wave' science fiction. It examines the history of the magazine and its background in the popular imagination of the 1960s, traces the strange history of sex in science fiction and analyses development in stylistic theory and practice. Detailed attention is given to each of the three principal contributors to New Worlds - Aldiss, Ballard and Moorcock. Moorcock himself is most commonly judged by his commercial fantasy novels instead of by the magazine he supported with them, but here the balance is at last redressed: New Worlds emerges as nothing less than a focus and a metaphor for many of the transformations of English and American literature in the past two decades.