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Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy
by Mike AshleyFrom an innovative tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to influential works by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H. G. Wells, this anthology traces the rise of modern fantasy during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Linked by the concept of dreams and imagination, these twenty-three tales were created by writers who inspired storytellers such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and other master fantasists. Featured stories include a fable by Edgar Allan Poe, a tall tale by Lafcadio Hearn, and Alfred Tennyson's evocative journey to Camelot in "The Lady of Shalott." A gripping tragedy by Edith Nesbit, "The Poor Lovers" is reprinted here for the first time since its initial publication. Other selections include an allegorical fairy tale, "The Golden Key," by George MacDonald; an episode from William Morris's retelling of the Icelandic epic Völsunga Saga; and a memorable chapter, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Anthologist Mike Ashley offers an informative preface and brief introductions to the stories about the authors' roles in the development of modern fantasy.
Dreams in the Witch-House
by H. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
Dreams of Dark and Light
by Tanith LeeThis book contains a collection of short pieces that effectively combine horror, science fiction, and often the elements of fantasy.
Dreams of Dark and Light
by Tanith LeeTanith Lee today is one of the most versatile and respected writers of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT represents a massive mid-career retrospective of her achievements over the previous decade.Here are unforgettable tales of werewolves that prowl chateaux, an Earthwoman in exile on a distant planet, demons that inhabit bodies of the living dead, a race of vampiric creatures who prey upon a cursed castle, and many other works of exotic vision, mythic science fiction, and contemporary horror. Also included are two stories that have received the World Fantasy Award, "Elle est Trois, (La Mort)" and "The Gorgon," making DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT a distinguished one volume library of myth-weaving at its most eloquent and evocative.
Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography
by Ian Bell"Fiction is to grown men what play is to the child," Robert Louis Stevenson once said in a statement that perfectly captures the magic of his own fiction. Immensely popular during is brief life--he died in 1894 at the age of forty-four--he has never lacked for readers since. In the century that followed his death, many biographies have been written, each with its own R.L.S.: the sickly, dreaming child; the Bohemian dandy outraging Victorian Edinburgh; the romantic wanderer leading his donkey through the wilds of the Cevennes; the frail genius doomed to die young. For some, he is the man of action avid for experience, filled with wanderlust; for others, the writer of stories beloved by children and familiar from innumerable film ad television dramas. Still others know him as the essayist whose skills matched William Hazlitt's and the novelist to whom even Henry James deffered. All of these are R.L.S., but none is the full Stevenson.Now, in this new and acclaimed biography, Ian Bell attempts to see Stevenson whole, to trace the line of descent form the son of Calvinist engineers to the man who ended his days as Tusitala among the Samoan islanders. Understanding that for Stevenson geography mattered, Bell sets out to discover the complete man through the places he lived and the people he lived among as well as through the books that poured from him during his all-too-short literary life. As such, Dreams of Exile is both literary biogrpahy and travel narrative. It follows Stevenson's development as an artist and as a man by following his often chaotic progress from continent to continent, in good health and in bad, in poverty and in wealth. Along the way, it reveals his often tortured relations with his family, his robust sexuality, and the mystery of his stormy marriage to a woman many years his senior. But perhaps Bell's most important contribution is to rescue R.L.S. from the many conflicting and often romanticized images that have continued to surround him, and in the process to make a telling case for Stevenson's genius as a writer.
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #1)
by James ErichDreams of Fire and Gods: Book OneA thousand years ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak by warring for the land and the frightened humans who lived there. Then suddenly the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. Now, as tensions escalate between the emperor and his regent, Vek Worlen, the vek's son, apprentice mage Sael dönz Menaük, finds himself allied with a homeless vagabond named Koreh. Together they flee the capital city and make their way across a hostile wilderness to the vek's keep, mere steps ahead of the emperor's assassins. But Koreh has dreams--dreams of the ancient Taaweh--and he knows the looming war between the emperor and the vek will be nothing compared to the war that is about to begin. The Taaweh are returning, and the war between the gods may destroy the kingdom once and for all. Winner in the 2013 Rainbow Awards.First: Best LGBT Young AdultNinth: Best Gay Novel
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #2)
by James ErichDreams of Fire and Gods: Book TwoA thousand years ago, two rival factions of gods, the Stronni and Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak in their war for power. Then the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. Now, tensions between the human emperor and his regent are at an all-time high. The regent's son, apprentice mage Sael dönz Menaük, has fled the capital with his master and united with a vagabond named Koreh, but assassins dog their footsteps. The future is more uncertain than ever. Since the Taaweh city of Gyishya reappeared, the mages of Harleh have weakened, cut off from the source of their power. Sael and his father struggle to keep their respective cities from crumbling under the strain or being destroyed by the gods. Then Koreh learns of a dangerous Taaweh plan to rescue their queen from the Stronni--a plan only Koreh and Sael can execute. But they may not get a chance. In Harleh Valley, a young man named Donegh pieces together what happened. Intent, he makes his way through an increasingly alien landscape to carry out his mission: assassinate the Dekan of Harleh, Sael dönz Menaük.
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #3)
by James ErichDreams of Fire and Gods: Book ThreeLong ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak in a great war. The Taaweh vanished when their queen was imprisoned, and the Stronni declared victory. A thousand years later, a young nobleman named Sael and his lover Koreh have rescued the Taaweh queen. In the process Koreh was killed, and now an injured Sael struggles to heal from both injuries and grief. Unknown to him, Koreh embarks on a journey across the land of the dead, trying to make his way back to Sael--and to life. But time moves differently in the underworld, and decades pass while Koreh travels. In the living world, tensions between the emperor and Sael's father, Vek Worlen, who is regent of the eastern kingdom, have soured beyond repair. Worlen conspires with the assassin Donegh to break into the imperial palace and challenge the emperor to a duel to the death. But the goddess Imen has chosen a young priest named Gonim as her champion. Through him she discovers the Taaweh have returned, and her enraged king threatens to destroy Dasak and all its human inhabitants. Sael must save his world, must confront the gods and persuade them not to destroy humankind. But it seems hopeless. If only Koreh were at his side...
Dreams of Fire and Gods: Fire (Dreams of Fire and Gods #4)
by James ErichA thousand years ago, two factions of gods, the Stronni and the Taaweh, nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Dasak by warring for the land and the frightened humans who lived there. Then suddenly the Taaweh vanished and the Stronni declared victory. In the present day, tensions escalate between the emperor and his regent to the point of war, which will be nothing compared to the war that comes with the Taaweh's return. Join the regent's son and apprentice mage Sael and his vagabond lover Koreh as they dodge assassins, rescue the Taaweh queen, and be separated by death ;in their quest to save their world from being destroyed in another confrontation between the gods.See excerpt for individual blurbs.
Dreams of Fire: A Descent: Legends of the Dark Novel (Descent: Legends of the Dark)
by Davide ManaA wandering outcast must reconcile their brutal past and their need for vengeance in this action-packed fantasy novel from Descent: Legends of the DarkSoldier. Dreamer. Exile. Dragon hybrid Vaerix has already lived an age in Terrinoth and seen more than their fair share of horror and hatred. Cast out for their strange ability to dream, Vaerix wanders the world in search of connection. When an expedition to the volcanic Molten Heath offers Vaerix the chance to confront those who wronged them, they cannot resist the temptation. But there is more at stake than treasure and truth. There are powers here beyond comprehension, and everyone has their own game to play. The future of Terrinoth will be written in blood and flame.
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Ghosts: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Lian XiaoQiEveryone wished to have a characteristic that was different from ordinary people, but Gu Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied with the ability that the heavens had bestowed upon him.Other people's dreams were like fresh meat, except she only dreamed of dead people every day. This wasn't all, she still had to listen to everything these ghosts said!This really pissed her off!However, she didn't have the ability to reject them. Those ghosts were really despicable. If she didn't listen to them, then nothing good would happen the next day.What? What?Fuck, you want me to dig an ancestral grave again?No! He refused to go no matter what!What? High pay?No! I have a room and a car, so it's not a big deal!Was there a jade hairpin in the grave? Alright, let's go!You damned bastard, you actually lied to me!
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3)
by Laini TaylorWhat power can bruise the sky?Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her.When the brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou and Akiva are finally reunited--not in love, but in tentative alliance against their common enemy. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves.But with even bigger threats on the horizon, are Karou and Akiva strong enough to stand among the gods and monsters?The New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion as--from the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond--humans, chimaera, and seraphim strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters: The Sunday Times Bestseller. Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Book 3 (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy #3)
by Laini Taylor*An Amazon Best Book of the Year*The final book in the gripping Sunday Times bestselling series. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.Common enemy, common cause.When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.What power can bruise the sky From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of ? And does anything else matter
Dreams of Gods and Monsters: The Sunday Times Bestseller. Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Book 3 (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy #3)
by Laini TaylorBy way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.Common enemy, common cause.When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.What power can bruise the sky From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?(P)2014 Hachette Audio
Dreams of Lilacs (De Piaget series #16)
by Lynn KurlandIsabelle de Piaget is determined to elude her overprotective family by means of a hasty escape to France. But instead of making a surprise visit to her brother there, she winds up shipwrecked on the French coast with no memory of who she is or how she came to awaken in the dark and forbidding castle of an equally brooding lord.<P><P> Gervase de Seger rescues--very reluctantly--the bedraggled urchin he finds on the road and puts her to work where he can ignore her. Unfortunately, he soon realizes that her brother is an intimidating lord who is going to be absolutely furious when he learns that his beloved sister has been laboring as a scullery maid. Yet Isabelle may be the one who holds the key to solving Gervase's most pressing problem: that someone has been trying to finish the task of separating him from his title and his lands.<P> Finding the truth propels Gervase and Isabelle from the buried secrets of half-ruined keeps to the glittering French court, and to the realization that love can blossom in the most perilous circumstances--and in the most unexpected places of the heart . . .
Dreams of Steel (The Black Company: Book of the South II)
by Glen CookCroaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost. But in assembling a new fighting force from the dregs and rabble of Taglios, she finds herself offered help by a mysterious, ancient cult of murder--competent, reliable, and apparently committed to her goals. Meanwhile, far away, Shadowmasters conspire against one another and the world, weaving dark spells that reach into the heart of Taglios. And in a hidden grove, a familiar figure slowly awakens to find himself the captive of an animated, headless corpse. Mercilessly cutting through Taglian intrigues, Lady appears to be growing stronger every day. All that disturbs her are the dreams which afflict her by night--dreams of carnage, of destruction, of universal death, unceasing. . .
Dreams of Tang Dynasty: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Di YiCiJieChuThe only female emperor in China, in troubled times. The outstanding talents of the martial arts world rose together as a rain of blood and gore. Was there someone who would end this endless slaughter and redeem the billowing evil? Was there someone who would join her in vowing to the heavens and pacifying the surging feelings of her children? Did the Luoyang in your heart collapse with the smoke into a ruin? Did the light ever transform into neon on the streets? Is the Luoyang in your heart the banner of the great Han Dynasty? But the beacon lit by Cao Wei Xiao Xiong? Or perhaps, Magnificent Tang … Golden Age, Ranger, Red Dust … Whose figure would this sword reflect? Would anyone listen to that song? Everything is in the Tang Dynasty [put away]
Dreams of a Dark Warrior (Immortals After Dark #11)
by Kresley ColeIn this ninth installment in the wildly popular Immortals After Dark series from #1 New York Times bestselling paranormal romance author Kresley Cole, a woman must conceal her identity from her one true love—or risk losing him forever.He vowed he&’d come for her… Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives. She awaits his return… When Regin encounters Declan Chase, a brutal Celtic soldier, she recognizes her proud warlord reincarnated. But Declan takes her captive, intending retribution against all immortals—unaware that he belongs to their world. To sate a desire more powerful than death… Yet every reincarnation comes with a price, for Aidan is doomed to die when he remembers his past. To save herself from Declan&’s torments, will Regin rekindle memories of the passion they once shared—even if it means once again losing the only man she could ever love?
Dreams of a Wild Heart
by Danube AdeleDr. Cecilia-Ceci-Bradford at your service.I dance, rock climb, and have mastered MMA, because just being a twenty-six-year-old doctor isn't enough. It doesn't keep me from remembering the terrifying night my life changed, the night my true love died. I was nearly seventeen.Life goes on, but the secret I keep is that I still talk to him in my dreams. That was getting me by until Tabron showed up-or, more specifically, until the six-foot-two brute of a Viking whisked me off to another planet because his leader is dying. And the joy didn't end there. I'm being forced to choose a mate. The Brausa are facing extinction.Tabron has no need for a mate, himself, and he's told me as much. Multiple times. What he does have are hands and wicked lips that stir feelings I thought lost forever. Choosing him (just to play along until I can find a way home) seems to irk him and I find this surprisingly fun. But surviving a hidden conspiracy and the dangers of this alien place might be more difficult than I could ever imagine...Book Three of The Dreamwalkers
Dreams of the Desert Wind
by Kurt R. A. GiambastianiIn the secretive and volatile Middle East, 3 people struggle to protect their lives, their loves, and their future. An alternate history novel.
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend
by Winsor MccayFrom the creator of Little Nemo comes this pioneering cartoon strip, a world of dreams and nightmares, fraught with episodes of wish fulfillments and exaggerations in size and perspective. This facsimile of the rare 1905 first edition recaptures Winsor McCay's imaginative brilliance and his influence on latter-day animation with 60 cartoon sequences.