“Star Maker”, regarded as one of the true classics of science fiction, Star Maker is a poetic and deeply philosophical work. The story details the mental journey of an unnamed narrator who is transported not only to other worlds but also other galaxies and parallel universes, until he eventually becomes part of the "cosmic mind." First published in 1937, Olaf Stapledon's descriptions of alien life are a political commentary on human life in the turbulent inter-war years. The book challenges preconceived notions of intelligence and awareness, and ultimately argues for a broadened perspective that would free us from culturally ingrained thought and our inevitable anthropomorphism. This is the first scholarly edition of a book that influenced such writers as C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke and which Jorge Luis Borges called "a prodigious novel."? Some Books of Stapledon: Last and First Men (1930) Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord (1944) Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935) Last Men in London (1932) A Modern Magician (1979) Death into Life (1946) Darkness and the Light (1942) A World of Sound (1936) A Man Divided (1950) The Seed and the Flower (1916)

Dinu are 25 de ani, o carier? ?n presa de scandal ?i nemul?umiri pe toate planurile: e convins c? iubita ?l ?n?al?, a scris o carte pe care nu reu?e?te s-o publice, iar jobul s?u, de a scoate senza?ionalul din necazurile altora, nu-i aduce nici o satisfac?ie. ?n loc s?-?i accepte cu demnitate condi?ia de t?n?r intelectual rom?n, e decis s?-?i rezolve toate problemele, ?n doar o s?pt?m?n?. ?ntr-o astfel de situa?ie, de o gravitate medie, c?teva sfaturi ra?ionale ar putea fi exact ce are nevoie. Din p?cate, persoanele din jurul s?u nu se obosesc cu a?a ceva. Luca, prietenul s?u cel mai bun ?i fost coleg de facultate, ?l ?mpinge, de fiecare dat?, spre cea mai simpl? sau imoral? solu?ie. De cealalt? parte, fratele s?u Andrei ?ncearc? s?-l transforme ?ntr-un bun cre?tin, precum ceilal?i membrii ai sectei. Obsesia fa?? de starul hip-hop Ty Julius, impus? de cerin?ele publicului de tabloid, e singurul lucru care reu?e?te s?-i mai st?rneasc? sentimente puternice. Asta p?n? c?nd o ?nt?lne?te pe Simona, care i-ar putea schimba via?a complet, ?n bine, sau ?n r?u, sau poate chiar deloc.

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the polar opposites to those of the toadying "pushover" protagonist. ??The motif of the novella is a doppelganger (Russian "dvoynik"), known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch. * * *? It was a little before eight o’clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely.?For two minutes, however, he lay in his bed without moving, as though he were not yet quite certain whether he were awake or still asleep, whether all that was going on around him were real and actual, or the continuation of his confused dreams. ??Very soon, however, Mr. Golyadkin’s senses began more clearly and more distinctly to receive their habitual and everyday impressions. The dirty green, smoke-begrimed, dusty walls of his little room, with the mahogany chest of drawers and chairs, the table painted red, the sofa covered with American leather of a reddish colour with little green flowers on it, and the clothes taken off in haste overnight and flung in a crumpled heap on the sofa, looked at him familiarly. At last the damp autumn day, muggy and dirty, peeped into the room through the dingy window pane with such a hostile, sour grimace that Mr. Golyadkin could not possibly doubt that he was not in the land of Nod, but in the city of Petersburg, in his own flat on the fourth storey of a huge block of buildings in Shestilavotchny Street.

Cu-acelea?i sentimente, ?n schimb, ?i autorii,Dac? le cade piesa, sus?in ca-s pro?ti actorii.Al.O. (P?storel) Teodoreanu (1894-1964)din poezia "Speech"?nt?lnirea surpriz?, dup? 50 de ani, dintre doi fo?ti prieteni, redeschide o ran?, pe care o credeau ?nchis?. Aceast? reg?sire are loc ?ntr-un spital, unde cei doi sunt interna?i ?i obliga?i s? ?mpart? aceea?i camer?. Sentimentele se transform? ?n urma evenimentelor care au loc.S?rb?torirea celor 26 de ani scur?i de la fuga din Rom?nia la via?a ref?cut? ?n occident este tulburat? de r?t?cirea fiului lor de 17 ani, Chris, cel mai t?n?r din familie. Acesta devine sub influen?a unui imam, musulman, care dore?te s? lupte ?n a?a-zisul stat islamic.?Iubirea este un lucru foarte mare“ scria o feti?? ?n jurnalul ei intim. Dar, c?teodat?, ea este at?t de mare, ?nc?t inima devine cheia fericirii, din calea c?reia trebuie eliminat? orice piedic?. Elibereaz? crima, oare, orice obstacol?Pater noster, rug?ciunea noastr? cea de toate zilele, poate deveni, pentru un renumit scriitor, baza succeselor sale. Reunind al?turi de el pe cei doi fii ai s?i, el organizeaz? mai multe afaceri, care se dovedesc rentabile. Interviul luat de o redactoare de la televiziune confirm? aceste succese… care se dovedesc c? nu erau cele mai literare.

Caragiale a delimitat si impus teritoriul dramaturgiei romanesti cu numai cinci piese patru comedii si o drama scrise pe durata a doar unsprezece ani. Timp de un secol si peste trei decenii cat a trecut pana astazi de la prima lectura publica a Noptii furtunoase cea dintai dintre marile lui piese perimetrul problematic de viziune stilistic si tipologic al teatrului romanesc atat in registrul comediei cat si in cel al dramei fie aceasta ?de idei“ fantastica ori mitologizanta a ramas cel stabilit de Caragiale. Pentru literatura dramatica romaneasca el a avut si are acelasi rol ca in literatura franceza Corneille Racine si Molière laolalta. I-a fixat pentru eternitate probabil tiparele si ?ntinderea specificul si frontierele. MIRCEA IORGULESCU

n finalul romanului Donna Alba mtile personajelor cad. Mihai Aspru a vrut doar s-o stpneasc“ pe trufaa aristocrat, mbrcndu-i dorina n podoabe strlucitoare luate din cri. n schimb, Georges Radu erban, soul nelat, boier rigid taxat maliios de ctre narator, se dovedete un veritabil erou tragic, sinucigndu-se din dragoste, ca personajul lui Dostoievski.Ct o privete pe Alba, obiectul obsesiei ndelung elaborate, ea e un personaj de film din anii ‘30: femeia fatal, provocatoare de nenorociri pentru brbaii care o iubesc. Intriga dinamic, colorat de suspans, ajunge la o rezolvare cu happy end, care ar fi putut prea facil dac naratorul n-ar fi introdus un accent original de autoironie i umor negru, chiar n legtur cu ultima apariie a Albei. Foarte frumoas n valurile negre de mare doliu, dar deloc ndurerat, ea i apare brbatului ca un nger al morii, promindu-i o primejdioas fericire.

PREFACE?All the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about fairies are true, and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people, who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies, because, though I never saw a fairy, any more than I have seen the little animals which lecturers call molecules and ions, still I have seen people who have seen fairies—truthful people. ??This book about Princes and Princesses is not one which a child is obliged to read. Indeed the stories are not put in order, beginning with the princes who lived longest ago and coming down gradually to people who lived nearest our own time. The book opens with the great Napoleon Bonaparte, who died when some very old people still living were alive. Napoleon was not born a prince, far from it; his father was only a poor gentleman on a wild rough little island. But he made himself not merely a king, but the greatest of all emperors and generals in war. He is not held up as a person whom every boy should try to imitate, but it is a truth that Napoleon always remained a boy in his heart. He liked to make up stories of himself, doing wonderful things which even he was unable to do. When he was a boy he played at being a general, making snow fortresses and besieging them, just as many boys do. And when he was a man he dreamed of conquering all the East, Asia, and India, and Australia; and he tried to do all that, but it was too much even for him.

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.

Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these—the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy—irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring. As the characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, Jane Austen's radiantly caustic wit and keen observation sparkle.

"It was time then for action, and Lefty Joe prepared for the descent into the home of the enemy. Let it not be thought that he approached this moment with a fallen heart, and with a cringing, snaky feeling as a man might be expected to feel when he approached to murder a sleeping foeman. For that was not Lefty's emotion at all. Rather he was overcome by a tremendous happiness. He could have sung with joy at the thought that he was about to rid himself of this pest."

Yazar, bandan geen gizemli olaylar okuyucusuyla paylamaktadr.Yazar yal bir kadn tesadüfen kaldrmda baygn vaziyette bulur hastaneye kaldrr fakat daha sonra hastane odasnda brakr ve mutsuz ekilde Bodrum’a geri dner. ünkü yaynevlerinden bekledii ilgiyi grmez.Doktor hemire ve hastalar kadn ok sever ve sahip karlar.Yal kadna daha sonra devlet sahip kar ve onu bir huzur evine yatrr. Yal kadn orada da ok sevilir. Fakat huzur evi müdürü kadndan üphelenir. Yazar ise bir türlü istedii eseri yazamamaktadr. stelik ok sevdii ruh eine kavuamamaktadr. Bütün skntlarn zecek gü yal kadndr fakat yazar bunu bilmez. Fakat yazarn kader dngüsü deimek üzeredir ve yal kadn onu kendisine doru arr.Yazar balarda bununla mücadele etmeye alr fakat daha sonra pes eder. stanbul’a doru yolculuk yapmaya karar verir. Yolculuk esnasnda rüyasnda gerilim ve gizemli olaylar grür bilmedii ey aslnda bu olaylarn gerekte yaanddr. Yal kadn düündüü kii deildir.Yazarn gizemli bir ekilde tant yal kadnn srlar vardr. Yazar gerek grevi iin armaktadr.Aslnda yazar kayp halkadan birisidir.

The Seventh Man by Max Brand, tells part of the story of the larger-than-life western character, Dan Barry, known as “Whistling Dan,” and his alter-ego companions, Black Bart, the wolf-dog, and Satan, the indomitable black stallion. It’s also the story of Kate Cumberland and the incredible five-year-old daughter of Kate and Dan, Joan. We first see Dan as a gentle, caring man with a deep sense of fairness. But then, after six years of a peaceful life in their mountain cabin Dan, more feral than human, sets out to revenge an injustice by killing seven men. Ultimately, it is his devotion to his daughter and Kate’s love for the child that brings about the climax of the tale. Warning: don’t look for a typical cowboy story here – it’s far deeper and stronger than that.

"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson (first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). The story begins with the narrator describing the effects of opium and the fantastical vistas it can inspire. The narrator then tells of his sole experience with opium in which he was accidentally administered an overdose by a doctor during the "year of the plague".

"Le bon père achevait de dire sa messe, quand on lui amena les prisonniers. C'était dans un coin sauvage des monts Arichulégui. Une roche éboulée, où un figuier géant enfon?ait sa tige tordue, formait une sorte d'autel recouvert – en guise de nappe – d'un étendard carliste aux franges d'argent."

"The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue.

'Le Petit Chose' para?t en feuilleton en 1867. Daudet s'inspire des souvenirs d'une jeunesse douloureuse : humiliations à l'école, mépris pour le petit proven?al, expérience de répétiteur au collège et enfin coup de foudre pour une belle jeune femme. L'écrivain manifeste une tendresse, une pitié et un respect remarquables à l'égard des malchanceux et des déshérités de la vie.

Cea mai bun antologie fantasy a anului.“ – Fantasy LiteratureVoi spune povestea, aadar… dar va trebui s fii cu bgare de seam, pentru c nici povestitoarea nsi n-o nelege pe deplin.Am s v povestesc ce mi-a prezis vrjitoarea.Am s v povestesc despre iubirea pe care am avut-o i am pierdut-o.Am s v povestesc despre…“Epic. Legende fantasy cuprinde 17 proze scrise de unii dintre cei mai faimoi autori moderni: George R. R. Martin, Terry Brooks, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robin Hobb, Orson Scott Card, Tad Williams .a.O vitrin excelent a tot ce are mai bun literatura fantasy actual.“ – Publishers WeeklyAceasta nu este una dintre crile pe care s le devorezi pe nersuflate, ci dintre cele pe care le savurezi de-a lungul multor seri de lectur.“ – Locus

Texas was a huge wide place full of frontiersmen, ranchers, farmers, cowpokes, shiftless no-accounts, shootists, rascals, and politicians -- all of them blended together into a single state. The Rangers -- lawmen, Texas Rangers -- were outnumbered a thousand to one, and in one county -- Pecos county -- the law was all but helpless. Until Ranger Vaughn Steel went to Pecos, looking for revenge. . . .

E diminea??, Abiscruda ?i poveste?te lui Altiulius despre un cercet?tor al somnului, pe nume Dement, pe care ea l-a visat. Palev ?i Abisa aud ?ntreaga discu?ie dintr-o camer? al?turat?, ?i sur?d.– Acest Dement, ?n visul meu, cerceta somnul oamenilor ?i oamenii aveau somnul tulbure ?i cercet?torul Dement le privea somnul ?n ochi ?i z?mbea. Eu eram treaz? ?n visul meu ?i cercet?torul a venit la mine ?i mi-a zis: ?La ?aptezeci de ani, oamenii viseaz? de opt ori mai pu?in dec?t nou-n?scu?ii“.Altiulius o ascult? pe Abiscruda, ?i spune:– P?i, da, b?tr?nii nu mai au de ce s? viseze, C?ND E?TI B?TR?N ?I SE TERMIN? VISELE.– Nu, Altiulius, B?TR?NII VISEAZ? MAI PU?IN FIINDC? LI SE USUC? PLEOAPELE, de aia. NOU-N?SCU?II VISEAZ? MULT PENTRU C? PLEOAPELE LOR MIROS A LAPTE.– Asta ?i-a zis-o cercet?torul?– Nu. Asta i-am zis-o eu lui.– Copiii ??tia parc? s?nt de pe alt? lume, spune Abisa ?n ?oapt?.– ?i nu s?nt de pe alt? lume? spune Palev, cu voce sc?zut?.

Ei desc?lecar? atunci am?ndoi??i se iau la lupt? ca doi juni eroi.Ochii tuturora cat? cu mirareLa Buzescu Preda ?i t?tarul mare.Ei se bat la raza stelei cei de foc Flac?rile-i albe pe-a lor zale joc.V?ntul r?core?te fruntea lor udat???i m?nia dulce sufletul le-mbat?. Ei se bat ?n spade – spadele se fr?ng;??i se iau la bra?e – se smucesc se str?ng.C?nd t?tarul scoate o secure mic?Si lovind pe Preda pav?za ?i stric?.Dar el cu m?ciuca astfel ?l loviInc?t deodat? c?zu ?i muri. Iar dup? aceasta oastea rom?neasc?Pleac? ?i ?nvinge horda t?t?rasc?. Dimitrie Bolintineanu - Preda Buzescu

Exist? ?n activitatea publicistic? a lui Eminescu trei perioade distincte ?n cadrul c?rora putem fixa ?i c?teva momente mai semnificative pentru o problem? sau alta. Criteriul de baz? pe care ne ?ntemeiem ?n periodizarea noastr? ?l constituie schimb?rile intervenite ?n statutul personal al poetului ?n cursul activit??ii sale scriitorice?ti, schimb?ri care hot?r?sc ?n fond orientarea ?i caracterul ei. Publicistica eminescian? din prima perioad? se circumscrie ?ntre ianuarie 1870, c?nd public? primul articol, O scriere critic? ?n Albina din Pesta ?i mai 1876, c?nd intr? ?n redac?ia Curierului de Ia?i, foaia ie?ean?. Vom distinge aici o publicistic? a epocii studiilor universitare la Viena, c?nd Eminescu colaboreaz? la publica?iile rom?nilor din Imperiul austro-ungar ?i se situeaz? pe pozi?iile acestora ?n ap?rarea institu?iilor culturale, critic? dualismul ?i se afirm? ca un exponent al "tinerilor" ?n lupta pentru ?nf?ptuirea idealului de unitate na?ional? a poporului rom?n. Eminescu se manifest? ?n direc?ii multiple, de la articolul pe teme culturale la editorialul de orientare politic? ?i lansarea de apeluri c?tre public pentru solidaritatea na?ional?. Pozi?ia sa este a t?n?rului intelectual rom?n, ?nsufle?it de lupta poporului s?u ?i acest av?nt tineresc se reflect? ?i ?n publicistica sa. Acestei prime perioade se impune s?-i al?tur?m ?i un al doilea moment care coincide cu activitatea de bibliotecar la Biblioteca Central? din Ia?i. Activitatea publicistic? de acum este redus? ca extindere ?i are, ?n chip evident, caracter c?rtur?resc. Eminescu ?ine, tot acum, ?i conferin?a Influen?a austriac? asupra rom?nilor din Principate, ?n care sintetizeaz? ideile din articolele anterioare ?i din ?nsemn?rile din manuscrise ?i schi?eaz? un program pentru viitoarea sa activitate publicistic?. Perioada a doua a gazet?riei lui Eminescu o ?nscriem ?ntre 19 mai 1876, c?nd avem date sigure c? poetul intr? ca redactor la Curierul de Ia?i, ?i ultima s?pt?m?n? din octombrie 1877, c?nd p?r?se?te redac?ia foii ie?ene. Se produce acum o schimbare fundamental? ?n statutul personal al poetului, ?n sensul c? devine ziarist profesionist. Foaia ie?ean? era, pe de alt? parte, o publica?ie oficial?, cu o apari?ie de trei ori pe s?pt?m?n? ?i care rezerv? p?r?ii neoficiale, din cele patru pagini, una singur?. Concep?ia lui Eminescu despre menirea ziarelor este cea a ?nainta?ilor s?i Asachi, Kog?lniceanu, Alecsandri, Negruzzi, care f?ceau din publica?iile lor organe de pres? cu caracter enciclopedic. Pe acest drum merge ?i Eminescu ?i ?n acea singur? pagin? o unei foi oficiale face cronic? de politic? extern?, cronic? de politic? intern?, cronic? cultural?, cronic? dramatic? ?i artistic?. Nic?ieri ?n gazet?ria lui Eminescu nu se vede mai bine ca la Curierul de Ia?i ce poate realiza geniul cu mijloace materiale reduse ?i ?ntr-un spa?iu tipografic restr?ns. Activitatea publicistic? a poetului surprinde prin diversitatea problemelor abordate, prin seriozitatea ?i buna informare ?i prin modul de-a polemiza ?n chestiunile controversate. Aici, la Curierul de Ia?i – ?i nu la Timpul – ?l g?sim pe Eminescu cronicarul de politic? extern?, cronicarul cultural ?i cronicarul dramatic. Perioada a treia a gazet?riei lui Eminescu este cuprins? ?ntre octombrie 1877, data intr?rii ?n redac?ia Timpului, cotidianul bucure?tean, ?i iunie 1883, pr?bu?irea sa intelectual?. Aparent nu se schimb? nimic ?n statutul personal al poetului, de vreme ce trece ca ziarist profesionist de la foaia ie?ean? la cotidianul bucure?tean. ?i totu?i situa?ia nu se prezint? a?a. Poetul intr? ?n redac?ia Timpului, ca simplu redactor, cum era ?i I. Slavici, la chemarea c?ruia p?r?se?te foaia ie?ean?, trece apoi ?n fruntea ziarului, ca redactor-?ef, ca s? ocupe, ?n final, postul de prim-redactor. Eminescu ??i asum? sarcina, la intrarea ?n redac?ia Timpului, s? fac? cronica de politic? intern? ?i se ocup? cu intermiten?e de evenimentele interna?ionale ?i de mi?carea cultural?. Publicistica sa cunoa?te, sub aspectul diversit??ii, o ?ngustare evident? ?n raport cu cea de la foaia ie?ean?. Dar dac? la cotidianul bucure?tean nu ne ?nt?mpin? peisajul caleidoscopic din foaia ie?ean?, se impune aten?iei ?nc? din primele articole amplificarea discursului critic ?i verva polemic?. Publicistica eminescian? cunoa?te desf??urarea cea mai larg? ?ntre februarie 1880 ?i decembrie 1881. Acum Eminescu este redactor-?ef al cotidianului bucure?tean ?i ?l transform? ?n organ de pres? al orient?rii sale politice. Poetul sus?ine, ?n zeci de articole, primatul muncii ?n promovarea ?n ierarhia social?, ia ap?rarea "claselor pozitive" ?i critic? ?n termeni necru??tori "p?tura superpus?" ?i demagogia din via?a politic?. Eminescu p?r?se?te conducerea Timpului ?n ianuarie 1882, ca urmare a apropierii "sincerilor conservatori" de "sincerii liberali" ?i a form?rii "opozi?iei coalizate". Poetul trece r?spunderea conducerii ziarului lui Grigore G. P?ucescu, membru marcant al "opozi?iei coalizate" ?i r?m?ne prim-redac