Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000678
Category : Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Being A Hero Isn T Easy But It S A Lot Easier Than Being A Dark Lord. Dark Forces Just Aren T What They Used To Be In The Good Old Days. The Manticore S Secret Is The Spellbinding Sequel To The Simoqin Prophecies: Part One Of The Gameworld Trilogy. Once Again Samit Basu Creates A Mesmeric Landscape Bursting With Weird And Wonderful Characters And A Gripping Narrative That S Complex, Playful, Sometimes Sombre But Always Dazzlingly Inventive. A Mysterious Dark Lord And His Grotesque Army Threaten All That Is Good On Earth& Or Do They? The Heroic Immortals Who Vanquished His Rakshas Father Long Ago Have Returned To Do Battle With The Forces Of Evil, Which Is Good News& Or Is It? In The Shadows A Secret Society Of Shapeshifters Battles Deadly Mind-Controlling Foes Who Threaten History, Humanity And The Future Of The Planet. A Beautiful, Amoral Rakshasi Plots World Domination While A Strangely Civilized Barbarian Fights To Save The World. But The World Is Spinning Out Of Control. Because The Gods Are Back. And They Want To Play&
Manticore's Secret : Gameworld Trilogy 2
Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000678
Category : Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Being A Hero Isn T Easy But It S A Lot Easier Than Being A Dark Lord. Dark Forces Just Aren T What They Used To Be In The Good Old Days. The Manticore S Secret Is The Spellbinding Sequel To The Simoqin Prophecies: Part One Of The Gameworld Trilogy. Once Again Samit Basu Creates A Mesmeric Landscape Bursting With Weird And Wonderful Characters And A Gripping Narrative That S Complex, Playful, Sometimes Sombre But Always Dazzlingly Inventive. A Mysterious Dark Lord And His Grotesque Army Threaten All That Is Good On Earth& Or Do They? The Heroic Immortals Who Vanquished His Rakshas Father Long Ago Have Returned To Do Battle With The Forces Of Evil, Which Is Good News& Or Is It? In The Shadows A Secret Society Of Shapeshifters Battles Deadly Mind-Controlling Foes Who Threaten History, Humanity And The Future Of The Planet. A Beautiful, Amoral Rakshasi Plots World Domination While A Strangely Civilized Barbarian Fights To Save The World. But The World Is Spinning Out Of Control. Because The Gods Are Back. And They Want To Play&
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000678
Category : Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Being A Hero Isn T Easy But It S A Lot Easier Than Being A Dark Lord. Dark Forces Just Aren T What They Used To Be In The Good Old Days. The Manticore S Secret Is The Spellbinding Sequel To The Simoqin Prophecies: Part One Of The Gameworld Trilogy. Once Again Samit Basu Creates A Mesmeric Landscape Bursting With Weird And Wonderful Characters And A Gripping Narrative That S Complex, Playful, Sometimes Sombre But Always Dazzlingly Inventive. A Mysterious Dark Lord And His Grotesque Army Threaten All That Is Good On Earth& Or Do They? The Heroic Immortals Who Vanquished His Rakshas Father Long Ago Have Returned To Do Battle With The Forces Of Evil, Which Is Good News& Or Is It? In The Shadows A Secret Society Of Shapeshifters Battles Deadly Mind-Controlling Foes Who Threaten History, Humanity And The Future Of The Planet. A Beautiful, Amoral Rakshasi Plots World Domination While A Strangely Civilized Barbarian Fights To Save The World. But The World Is Spinning Out Of Control. Because The Gods Are Back. And They Want To Play&
The Simoqin Prophecies
Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
India'S First Ever Sff (Science Fiction/Fantasy) Genre Novel In English The Simoqin Prophecies Marks The Debut Of An Assured New Voice. Written With Consummate Ease And Brimming With Wit And Allusion, It Is At Once Classic Sff And Subtle Spoof, Featuring Scantily Clad Centauresses, Flying Carpets, Pink Trolls, Belly Dancers And Homicidal Rabbits. Monty Python Meets The Ramayana, Alice In Wonderland Meets The Lord Of The Rings And Robin Hood Meets The Arabian Nights In This Novel A Breathtaking Ride Through A World Peopled By Different Races And Cultures From Mythology And History. The Prophecies Foretell The Reawakening Of The Terrible Rakshas, Danh-Gem, And The Arrival Of A Hero To Face Him. But Heroes Do Not Appear Magically Out Of Nowhere; They Have To Be Found And Trained. And Sometimes The Makers Of Prophecies Don'T Know Everything They Need To Know... As The Day Of Danh-Gem'S Rising Draws Closer And The Chosen Hero Is Sent On A Quest, Another Young Man Learns Of Terrible Things He Must Do In Secret And The Difficult Choices He Must Make In Order To Save The World From The Rakshas. Drawn From A Variety Of Sources Ranging From Greek And Indian Epics To Spy Novels, Fairy Tales To Superhero Comics, The Simoqin Prophecies Is A Compelling Tale, Marked By Meticulous Plotting And Artful Storytelling A Page-Turner Sure To Grip You From Start To Finish.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
India'S First Ever Sff (Science Fiction/Fantasy) Genre Novel In English The Simoqin Prophecies Marks The Debut Of An Assured New Voice. Written With Consummate Ease And Brimming With Wit And Allusion, It Is At Once Classic Sff And Subtle Spoof, Featuring Scantily Clad Centauresses, Flying Carpets, Pink Trolls, Belly Dancers And Homicidal Rabbits. Monty Python Meets The Ramayana, Alice In Wonderland Meets The Lord Of The Rings And Robin Hood Meets The Arabian Nights In This Novel A Breathtaking Ride Through A World Peopled By Different Races And Cultures From Mythology And History. The Prophecies Foretell The Reawakening Of The Terrible Rakshas, Danh-Gem, And The Arrival Of A Hero To Face Him. But Heroes Do Not Appear Magically Out Of Nowhere; They Have To Be Found And Trained. And Sometimes The Makers Of Prophecies Don'T Know Everything They Need To Know... As The Day Of Danh-Gem'S Rising Draws Closer And The Chosen Hero Is Sent On A Quest, Another Young Man Learns Of Terrible Things He Must Do In Secret And The Difficult Choices He Must Make In Order To Save The World From The Rakshas. Drawn From A Variety Of Sources Ranging From Greek And Indian Epics To Spy Novels, Fairy Tales To Superhero Comics, The Simoqin Prophecies Is A Compelling Tale, Marked By Meticulous Plotting And Artful Storytelling A Page-Turner Sure To Grip You From Start To Finish.
Unwaba Revelations : Gameworld Trilogy 3
Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143103523
Category : Indic fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Under The All-Seeing Eyes Of The Assembled Gods, Armies Are On The Move. The Game Has Begun. And When It Ends, The World Will End Too . . . In The Unwaba Revelations, The Third And Concluding Part Of The Gameworld Trilogy, A Way Must Be Found To Save The World; To Defeat The Gods At Their Own Game. A Daunting Prospect Under Any Circumstances, Made Worse By The Fact That The Gods, Who Control All The Heroes, Are Blatantly Cheating By Following Only One Rule That They Cannot Be Defeated By Their Own Creations. As Epic Battles Ravage The Earth, Kirin And Maya, Guided Only By An Old, Eccentric And Extremely Unreliable Chameleon, And Egged On By The Usual Rag-Tag Gang, Carry Out Their Secret Plan; A Plan So Secret That, In Fact, No One Involved Has Any Idea What They Are Doing! Monsters, Mayhem, Mud-Swamps; Conspiracies, Catastrophes, Chimeras; Betrayals, Buccaneers, Bloodshed The Unwaba Revelations Continues The Roller Coaster Journey That Began With The Simoqin Prophecies And Gathered Momentum With The Manticore S Secret. Traversing Earth, Sea And Sky, Realms Both Infernal And Celestial, Worlds Both Imagined And Material, This Book Will Draw You Irresistibly Into A Tantalizing, Action-Packed, Epic Race To Reclaim The Flawed, Magical World Of Its Heroes. A Fresh And Very Original Voice Indian Express Praise For The Simoqin Prophecies And The Manticore S Secret Simoqin Is A Romp. It Is Quite Simply The Most Fun Book To See In Print This Year The Times Of India Basu Sprinkles [The Manticore S Secret] With Sass And Spice, Telling The Tale From Different Points Of View And In Different Voices Moving Between Each With Ease And A Sense Of Humour That Is Infectious Dna
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143103523
Category : Indic fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Under The All-Seeing Eyes Of The Assembled Gods, Armies Are On The Move. The Game Has Begun. And When It Ends, The World Will End Too . . . In The Unwaba Revelations, The Third And Concluding Part Of The Gameworld Trilogy, A Way Must Be Found To Save The World; To Defeat The Gods At Their Own Game. A Daunting Prospect Under Any Circumstances, Made Worse By The Fact That The Gods, Who Control All The Heroes, Are Blatantly Cheating By Following Only One Rule That They Cannot Be Defeated By Their Own Creations. As Epic Battles Ravage The Earth, Kirin And Maya, Guided Only By An Old, Eccentric And Extremely Unreliable Chameleon, And Egged On By The Usual Rag-Tag Gang, Carry Out Their Secret Plan; A Plan So Secret That, In Fact, No One Involved Has Any Idea What They Are Doing! Monsters, Mayhem, Mud-Swamps; Conspiracies, Catastrophes, Chimeras; Betrayals, Buccaneers, Bloodshed The Unwaba Revelations Continues The Roller Coaster Journey That Began With The Simoqin Prophecies And Gathered Momentum With The Manticore S Secret. Traversing Earth, Sea And Sky, Realms Both Infernal And Celestial, Worlds Both Imagined And Material, This Book Will Draw You Irresistibly Into A Tantalizing, Action-Packed, Epic Race To Reclaim The Flawed, Magical World Of Its Heroes. A Fresh And Very Original Voice Indian Express Praise For The Simoqin Prophecies And The Manticore S Secret Simoqin Is A Romp. It Is Quite Simply The Most Fun Book To See In Print This Year The Times Of India Basu Sprinkles [The Manticore S Secret] With Sass And Spice, Telling The Tale From Different Points Of View And In Different Voices Moving Between Each With Ease And A Sense Of Humour That Is Infectious Dna
Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004
Author: Frank Garcia
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786491833
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This is a detailed examination of 58 science fiction television series produced between 1990 and 2004, from the popular The X-Files to the many worlds of Star Trek (The Next Generation onward), as well as Andromeda, Babylon 5, Firefly, Quantum Leap, Stargate Atlantis and SG-I, among others. A chapter on each series includes essential production information; a history of the series; critical commentary; and amusing, often provocative interviews with overall more than 150 of the creators, actors, writers and directors. The book also offers updates on each series' regular cast members, along with several photographs and a bibliography. Fully indexed.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786491833
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This is a detailed examination of 58 science fiction television series produced between 1990 and 2004, from the popular The X-Files to the many worlds of Star Trek (The Next Generation onward), as well as Andromeda, Babylon 5, Firefly, Quantum Leap, Stargate Atlantis and SG-I, among others. A chapter on each series includes essential production information; a history of the series; critical commentary; and amusing, often provocative interviews with overall more than 150 of the creators, actors, writers and directors. The book also offers updates on each series' regular cast members, along with several photographs and a bibliography. Fully indexed.
The Manticore
Author: Robertson Davies
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525505512
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The second book in Robertson Davies's acclaimed The Deptford Trilogy, with a new foreword by Kelly Link Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Davies’s acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. The Manticore—the second book in the series after Fifth Business—follows David Staunton, a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525505512
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The second book in Robertson Davies's acclaimed The Deptford Trilogy, with a new foreword by Kelly Link Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Davies’s acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. The Manticore—the second book in the series after Fifth Business—follows David Staunton, a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
City of Heroes: The Freedom Phalanx
Author: Perseus
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781593152215
Category : Good and evil
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Despair stalks the streets of Paragon City. Five decades after Statesman and his allies first formed the Freedom Phalanx, that legendary group of heroes is no more and power-mad villains stand poised on the brink of ultimate victory. The fledgling hero Positron has a plan to stop them: rebuild the Freedom Phalanx. But the world's mightiest champions no longer see the point of battling alongside others, not when they have their own private wars to wage and personal demons to conquer. For Positron to forge a new Freedom Phalanx and save Paragon City from the schemes of the dreaded Tyranny Legion, he must first save Statesman, Manticore, and the other crime-busting legends from their greatest enemies--themselves."--Back cover.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781593152215
Category : Good and evil
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Despair stalks the streets of Paragon City. Five decades after Statesman and his allies first formed the Freedom Phalanx, that legendary group of heroes is no more and power-mad villains stand poised on the brink of ultimate victory. The fledgling hero Positron has a plan to stop them: rebuild the Freedom Phalanx. But the world's mightiest champions no longer see the point of battling alongside others, not when they have their own private wars to wage and personal demons to conquer. For Positron to forge a new Freedom Phalanx and save Paragon City from the schemes of the dreaded Tyranny Legion, he must first save Statesman, Manticore, and the other crime-busting legends from their greatest enemies--themselves."--Back cover.
Disney/PIXAR Onward: Tales of the Manticore
Author: Mariko Tamaki
Publisher:
ISBN: 1506715516
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Stemming from the upcoming Pixar film Onward comes an origin story for the proud and noble Manticore! Follow the Manticore on her quest to the Cave of a Thousand Warriors, from whence no other warrior has EVER returned. Along the way, the Manticore will make many strange allies, namely a very out-there Sprite named Pamila (Pam for short). Dark Horse Books presents DisneyPIXAR's Onward: Manticore, a 72-page original graphic novel written by acclaimed scribe Mariko Tamaki (X-23, This One Summer)! A perfect tie in to the film to pick up in anticipation of the movie!
Publisher:
ISBN: 1506715516
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Stemming from the upcoming Pixar film Onward comes an origin story for the proud and noble Manticore! Follow the Manticore on her quest to the Cave of a Thousand Warriors, from whence no other warrior has EVER returned. Along the way, the Manticore will make many strange allies, namely a very out-there Sprite named Pamila (Pam for short). Dark Horse Books presents DisneyPIXAR's Onward: Manticore, a 72-page original graphic novel written by acclaimed scribe Mariko Tamaki (X-23, This One Summer)! A perfect tie in to the film to pick up in anticipation of the movie!
The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (Three Sundays of a Poet)
Author:
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780769245928
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Orchestra parts available for rent. For more information contact [email protected] or visit www.alfred.com/rental.
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780769245928
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Orchestra parts available for rent. For more information contact [email protected] or visit www.alfred.com/rental.
Exploring Indian Modernities
Author: Leïla Choukroune
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811075573
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This book analyses how multiple and hybrid ‘modernities’ have been shaped in colonial and postcolonial India from the lens of sociology and anthropology, literature, media and cultural studies, law and political economy. It discusses the ideas that shaped these modernities as well as the lived experience and practice of these modernities. The two broad foci in this book are: (a) The dynamism of modern institutions in India, delineating the specific ways in which ideas of modernity have come to define these institutions and how institutional innovations have shaped modernities; and (b) perspectives on everyday practices of modernities and the cultural constituents of being modern. This book provides an enriching read by bringing together original papers from diverse disciplines and from renowned as well as upcoming scholars.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811075573
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This book analyses how multiple and hybrid ‘modernities’ have been shaped in colonial and postcolonial India from the lens of sociology and anthropology, literature, media and cultural studies, law and political economy. It discusses the ideas that shaped these modernities as well as the lived experience and practice of these modernities. The two broad foci in this book are: (a) The dynamism of modern institutions in India, delineating the specific ways in which ideas of modernity have come to define these institutions and how institutional innovations have shaped modernities; and (b) perspectives on everyday practices of modernities and the cultural constituents of being modern. This book provides an enriching read by bringing together original papers from diverse disciplines and from renowned as well as upcoming scholars.
Resistance
Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1781162506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
In 2020, eleven years after the passengers of flight BA142 from London to Delhi developed extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires, the world is overrun with supers. Some use their powers for good, others for evil, and some just want to pulverize iconic monuments and star in their own reality show. But now, from New York to Tokyo, someone is hunting down supers, killing heroes and villains both, and it’s up to the Unit to stop them…
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1781162506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
In 2020, eleven years after the passengers of flight BA142 from London to Delhi developed extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires, the world is overrun with supers. Some use their powers for good, others for evil, and some just want to pulverize iconic monuments and star in their own reality show. But now, from New York to Tokyo, someone is hunting down supers, killing heroes and villains both, and it’s up to the Unit to stop them…