Maps In A Mirror

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429966153

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Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Pdf

Maps in a Mirror brings together nearly all of Orson Scott Card's short fiction written between 1977 and 1990. For those readers who have followed this remarkable talent since the beginning, here are all those amazing stories gathered together in one place, with some extra surprises as well. For the hundreds of thousands who are newly come to Card, here is chance to experience the wonder of a writer so versatile that he can handle everything from traditional narrative poetry to modern experimental fiction with equal ease and grace. The brilliant story-telling of the Alvin Maker books is no accident; the breathless excitement evoked by the Ender books is not a once-in-a-lifetime experience. In this enormous volume are forty-six stories, plus ten long, intensely personal essays, unique to this volume. In them the author reveals some of his reasons and motivations for writing, with a good deal of autobiography into the bargain. "One of the genre's most convincing storytellers. An important volume."--Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Meg Roland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000415797

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Mirror of the World by Meg Roland Pdf

In the late fifteenth century, the production of print editions of Claudius Ptolemy’s second-century Geography sparked one of the most significant intellectual developments of the era—the production of mathematically-based, north-oriented maps. The production of world maps in England, however, was notably absent during this "Ptolemaic revival." As a result, the impact of Ptolemy’s text on English geographical thought has been obscured and minimalized, with scholars speculating a possible English indifference to or isolation from European geographic developments. Tracing English geographical thought through the material culture of literary and popular texts, this study provides evidence for the reception and transmission of Ptolemaic-based geography in England during a critical period of geographic innovation and synthesis, one that laid the foundation for modern geographical representation. With evidence from prose romance, book illustration, theatrical performance, cosmological ceilings, and almanacs, Mirror of the World proposes a new, interdisciplinary literary and cartographic history of the influence of Ptolemaic geography in England, one that reveals the lively integration of geographic concepts through narrative and non-cartographic visual forms.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 0712648550

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Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Pdf

Contains 46 stories, broken into five books, Tales of Dread, Tales of Human Features, Fables and Fantasies, Cruel Miracles and Lost Songs - The Hidden Stories. Each section includes personal introductions and afterwords. From the author of The Tales of Alvin Maker series.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429958233

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Monkey Sonatas by Orson Scott Card Pdf

A collection of science fiction and fantasy tales by the acclaimed author offers readers ten excursions into the realm of the fantastic and the mythic At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Blain Auer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108832311

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In the Mirror of Persian Kings by Blain Auer Pdf

A study of Perso-Islamic kingship in India, as a way to understanding the political and cultural history of Muslim courts in India and their legacy.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429988605

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Cruel Miracles by Orson Scott Card Pdf

A collection of science fiction tales by the author of Lost Boys presents the Hugo Award-winning "Eye for Eye," as well as an autobiography by the author. "This book is a revelation and a delight."--Macon Telegraph At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812516850

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Flux by Orson Scott Card Pdf

Seven tales of possible fates for the human race portray the inner struggles of characters exploring their hidden selves

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 0099884801

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Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Pdf

The second of two volumes of science fiction, fantasy and horror, containing a collection of the author's short fiction from his work published between 1977 and 1989, as well as some new material. Each section has a personal introduction, and the book also contains autobiographical notes.

Author : Stephen Ponty
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780885421

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Middle-Earth in Magic Mirror Maps... Of the Wilderland in Wales... Of the Shire in England by Stephen Ponty Pdf

This work is a fresh look at the Maps of the Wilderland in The Hobbit, leading to the discovery that Professor Tolkien drew the imaginary maps from the Map of Wales back to front, or in reverse. The maps of the Shire in The Lord of The Rings are drawn likewise, of England. ‘“They are on their way to visit the land of their fathers, away east beyond Mirkwood,” put in Gandalf...’ Gandalf’s talk of the ‘land of their fathers’ is, by translation of its national anthem, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien’s hidden clue to the geography of Wales, which we learn the Professor loved, including its language. The focal point of The Hobbit, the Lonely Mountain, is identified as Cadair Idris of North-West Wales. Many of the topographical features of the Mountain coincide. The volcano-mouth Lake of the Lonely Mountain so resembles Llyn Cau of Cadair Idris. The marvel is that the lake has been overlooked so long: not only by Smaug the Dragon, but also by most commentators on The Hobbit. Which reader remembers there is a lake at all? Stephen interprets many of the allusions borrowed by Tolkien in his fantastic tale, including Beorn at the Carrock, the herons of Wales at Lake Town, and dragon fire at the Withered Heath. The work is divided into nine parts, with three site groupings. His unique focus on Tolkien’s map-making methodology will make his book relevant not only to Tolkien fans worldwide, but those interested in geography too.

Author : Russell J. Barber,Frances Berdan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816518483

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The Emperor's Mirror by Russell J. Barber,Frances Berdan Pdf

Russell J. Barber and Frances F. Berdan have created the ultimate guide for anyone doing cross-cultural and/or document-driven research. Presenting the essentials of primary-source methodology, The Emperor's Mirror includes nine chapters on paleography, calendrics, source and quantitative analysis, and the visual interpretation of artifacts such as pictographs, illustrations, and maps. As an introduction to ethnohistory, this book clearly defines terminology and provides practical and accessible examples, effectively integrating the concerns of historians and anthropologists as well as addressing the needs of anyone using primary sources for research in any academic field. A leading theme throughout the book is the importance of a researcher's awareness of the inherent biases of documents while doing research on another culture. Documents are the result of people interpreting reality through the filter of their own experience, personality, and culture. Barber and Berdan's reality mediation model shows students how to analyze documents to detect the implicit biases or subtexts inherent in primary-source materials. Students and scholars working with primary sources will particularly appreciate the case studies that Barber and Berdan use to illustrate the practical implications of using each methodology. These case studies not only apply method to actual research but also are fascinating in their own right: they range from a discussion of the debate over Tupinamba cannibalism to the illustration of Nahuatl, Spanish, and hybrid place names of Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Author : Steve Martinot
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism & Collections
ISBN : 9780810116726

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Maps and Mirrors by Steve Martinot Pdf

Maps and Mirrors explores the links and gaps between the aesthetic and the political at the intersection of philosophy and literature. Testing the major voices of aesthetic and literary theory, it raises important questions about the implicit political contexts and commitments of thinkers from Kant to de Man. Taken together the essays provide a tour of the complexities and richness of contemporary modes of critique.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0099889102

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Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Pdf

Author : Andrew Rowe (Fantasy fiction writer)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-13
Category : Conspiracies
ISBN : 1505886554

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Forging Divinity by Andrew Rowe (Fantasy fiction writer) Pdf

Some say that in the city of Orlyn, godhood is on sale to the highest bidder. Thousands flock to the city each year, hoping for a chance at immortality.Lydia Hastings is a knowledge sorcerer, capable of extracting information from anything she touches. When she travels to Orlyn to validate the claims of the local faith, she discovers a conspiracy that could lead to a war between the world's three greatest powers. At the focal point is a prisoner who bears a striking resemblance to the long-missing leader of the pantheon she worships. Rescuing the prisoner would require risking her carefully cultivated cover - but his execution could mean the end of everything Lydia holds dear.

Author : D Wallace Peach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0988954222

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Myths of the Mirror by D Wallace Peach Pdf

Twenty years past, the governors plotted murder. Ruled by avarice, they imprisoned the winged dragons of Taran Leigh in the black cells of a stone lair. Tormented by spine and spur the once peaceful creatures howl, immense webbed wings beating beneath iron bars. Those who raised their voices in protest were banished--skyriders, the men who rode the dragons--vanished to the distant mountains of the Mirror.Now, Treasa, the daughter of exiles, seeker of secrets, dreams with the lair's dragons, her heart torn by her love for the winged creatures and a man who masters them. She must choose her path with care. The lair's black -garbed riders sense the dragon's growing savagery. Yet one, Conall, longs to grasp their power, subdue them and soar, unaware that winged flight, merged in harmony, is his for the asking. Then, a curved talon rends Conall's flesh and dragon scale, rattling against white ribs and the world shifts. As hearts once parted bind, Terasa and Conall join forces to fight for the dragon's freedom. Alliances form, old myths are revealed and new myths are born.

Author : Ian Irvine
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405513838

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A Shadow On The Glass by Ian Irvine Pdf

Once there were three worlds, each with their own people. Then, fleeing out of the void, on the edge of extinction, came the Charon. And the balance changed for ever. With A SHADOW ON THE GLASS, Book One of A View from the Mirror, a major new fantasy epic begins. Karan, a sensitive with a troubled past, is forced to steal an ancient relic in payment for a debt. But she is not told that the relic is, in fact, the Mirror of Aachan, a twisted, deceitful thing that remembers everything it has seen. Llian, meanwhile, a brilliant chronicler, is expelled from his college for uncovering a perilous mystery.Thrown together by fate, Karan and Llian are hunted across a world at war, for the Mirror contains a secret of incredible power. More information on this book and others can be found on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk