The Thackery T Lambshead Cabinet Of Curiosities

Author : Ann VanderMeer,Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062109927

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The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities by Ann VanderMeer,Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

“Some of the most interesting fantasist-fabulists writing today,” including China Miéville, Mike Mignola, Ted Chiang, Holly Black, and others (Los Angeles Times). You’ll be astonished by what you’ll find in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. Editors Ann and Jeff Vandermeer have gathered together a spectacular array of exhibits, oddities, images, and stories by some of the most renowned and bestselling writers and artists in speculative and graphic fiction, including Ted Chiang, Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), China Miéville, and Michael Moorcock. A spectacularly illustrated anthology of Victorian steampunk devices and the stories behind them, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities is a boldly original, enthrallingly imaginative, and endlessly entertaining entry into a hidden world of weird science and unnatural nature that will appeal equally to fantasy lovers and graphic novel aficionados. “A book likely to become a classic at the intersection of fantasy, horror, steampunk and magical realism . . . Every fantasy lover, and all you postmodernists out there, need to take a tour of the Cabinet.” —PopMatters “Working with an impressive stable of sf and fantasy writers, including Holly Black, Cherie Priest, Tad Williams, and Lev Grossman, and styles ranging from short, detailed write-ups to fascinating tales of objects, the duo have created a fascinating, entertaining, and intriguing tome of sf with a dose of steampunk.” —Library Journal (starred review) “A science-fiction symphony of strangeness . . . The Cabinet of Curiosities will give you a good jolt of wonder.” —Gainesville Times “A book that will be absolutely cherished by fantasy, science fiction, and steampunk aficionados alike.” —Paul Goat Allen

Author : Jeff VanderMeer,Mark Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015059189640

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The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, 83rd Edition by Jeff VanderMeer,Mark Roberts Pdf

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780374308896

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A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion—a veritable cabinet of curiosities—once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables). Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer,Ann VanderMeer
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 2482 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466803190

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The Weird by Jeff VanderMeer,Ann VanderMeer Pdf

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781613124635

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Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

Now expanded: The definitive visual guide to writing science fiction and fantasy—with exercises, diagrams, essays by superstar authors, and more. From the New York Times-bestselling, Nebula Award-winning author, Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. It also embraces the visual nature of genre culture and employs bold, full-color drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. On top of all that, it features sidebars and essays—most original to the book—from some of the biggest names working in the field today, among them George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, Charles Yu, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Karen Joy Fowler. For the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff VanderMeer has added fifty more pages of diagrams, illustrations, and writing exercises, creating the ultimate volume of inspiring advice. “One book that every speculative fiction writer should read to learn about proper worldbuilding.” —Bustle “A treat . . . gorgeous to page through.” —Space.com

Author : Jay Lake,Ken Liu,Lucy A. Snyder,Lillian Cohen-Moore,Nisi Shawl,Lucien Soulban,SJ Chambers,Rochita Loenen-Ruiz,Tade Thompson,Emily Cataneo,Indrapramit Das,Pip Ballantine,Malon Edwards,Jaymee Goh,Balogun Ojetade,Diana Pho
Publisher : Alliteration Ink
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939840196

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Steampunk World by Jay Lake,Ken Liu,Lucy A. Snyder,Lillian Cohen-Moore,Nisi Shawl,Lucien Soulban,SJ Chambers,Rochita Loenen-Ruiz,Tade Thompson,Emily Cataneo,Indrapramit Das,Pip Ballantine,Malon Edwards,Jaymee Goh,Balogun Ojetade,Diana Pho Pdf

There's something compelling about the shine of clicking brass clockwork and hiss of steam-driven automatons. But there was something missing. It was easy to find excellent stories of American and British citizens... but we rarely got to see steampunk from the point of view of the rest of the world. Until now. Steampunk World is a showcase for nineteen authors to flip the levers and start the pistons and invite you to experience the entirety of steampunk.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer,Ann VanderMeer
Publisher : Night Shade
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597800945

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Fast Ships, Black Sails by Jeff VanderMeer,Ann VanderMeer Pdf

Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger — and, yes, plunder! Oh, the Devil does love a pirate — and so do readers everywhere! Swashbuckling from the past into the future and space itself, Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, presents an incredibly entertaining volume of original stories guaranteed to make you walk and talk like a pirate. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781613121665

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The Steampunk Bible by Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

“Wonderful essays on everything steampunk, written by well-known names in the movement who are living steampunk every day” (Wired.com). Steampunk—a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture—is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. Its adherents celebrate the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and robots. A burgeoning DIY community has brought a distinctive Victorian-fantasy style to their crafts and art. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way of talking about the future. This ultimate manual will appeal to aficionados and novices alike as author Jeff VanderMeer takes the reader on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors of Steampunk history. Praise for The Steampunk Bible “An informed, informative and beautifully illustrated survey of the subject.” —The Financial Times “The Steampunk Bible is far and away the most intriguing catalog of all things steam yet written.” —The Austin Chronicle

Author : Sofia Samatar
Publisher : Small Beer Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781931520775

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A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar Pdf

Time Magazine: 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time · World Fantasy, British Fantasy, & Crawford Award winner Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and becomes haunted by the ghost of an illiterate young girl. In desperation, Jevick seeks the aid of Olondrian priests and quickly becomes a pawn in the struggle between the empire's two most powerful cults. Yet even as the country shimmers on the cusp of war, he must face his ghost and learn her story before he has any chance of becoming free by setting her free: an ordeal that challenges his understanding of art and life, home and exile, and the limits of that seductive necromancy, reading. A Stranger in Olondria is a skillful and immersive debut fantasy novel that pulls the reader in deeper and deeper with twists and turns reminiscent of George R. R. Martin and Joe Hill.

Author : Ann VanderMeer
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616961091

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Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution by Ann VanderMeer Pdf

Playfully mashing up the romantic elegance of the Victorian era with whimsically modernized technology, the wildly popular steampunk genre is here to stay. Now...long live the revolution! Steampunk Revolution features a renegade collective of writers and artists, including steampunk legends and hot, new talents rebooting the steam-driven past and powering it into the future. Lev Grossman’s “Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the All-Knowing” is the Six-Million-Dollar Steampunk Man, possessing appendages and workings recycled from metal parts, yet also fully human, resilient, and determined. Bruce Sterling’s “White Fungus” introduces steampunk’s younger cousin, salvage-punk, speculating on how cities will be built in the future using preexisting materials. Cat Valente’s “Mother Is a Machine” explores the merging of man and machine and a whole new form of parenting. In Jeff VanderMeer’s anti-steampunk story “Fixing Hanover,” a creator must turn his back on his creation because it is so utterly destructive. And Cherie Priest presents “The Clockroach,” a new and very unsettling mode of transportation. Going far beyond corsets and goggles, Steampunk Revolution is not just your granddad’s zeppelin—it’s an even wilder ride.

Author : Ann VanderMeer,Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466841451

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The Time Traveler's Almanac by Ann VanderMeer,Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century's worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations. This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu's "Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers"). In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler's Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer,John Coulthart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Quests (Expeditions)
ISBN : 0962172588

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The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod by Jeff VanderMeer,John Coulthart Pdf

Author : Amal El-Mohtar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 190788100X

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The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar Pdf

The author reflects on sensual, literary, and mythical impressions evoked from tasting 28 varieties of honeys over a period of 28 days in this collection of short stories and poetry.

Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453274071

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Midworld by Alan Dean Foster Pdf

A jungle planet must defend against exploitative aliens in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From the rich imagination of science fiction great Alan Dean Foster comes the story of Midworld, a Humanx Commonwealth planet that’s equally fragile and hostile. Covered by a lush rainforest, Midworld is home to a primitive society that lives in harmony with the natural world. But the arrival of an exploitative human company, whose workers know nothing of Midworld’s delicate ecosystem, sparks a conflict. Should Midworld’s villagers aid the humans or stand against them? The hero of Foster’s addictive page-turner, Born, decides to lead two humans across the perilous jungle. His choice propels Midworld toward annihilation—and leads him headlong into a battle for survival.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Office politics
ISBN : 1906301131

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The Situation by Jeff VanderMeer Pdf