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Book Hell s Cartographers

Download or read book Hell s Cartographers written by Brian Aldiss and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six bestselling authors provide lively personal histories that provide fascinating insights into the creative process — and offer inspiration for aspiring wordsmiths. Includes essays by Robert Silverberg, Alfred Bester, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, and Brian W. Aldiss.

Book Hell s Cartographers

Download or read book Hell s Cartographers written by Brian Wilson Aldiss and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hell s cartographers

Download or read book Hell s cartographers written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book HELL S CARTOGRAPHERS

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  • Author : BRIAN. ALDISS
  • Publisher :
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9780007482696
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book HELL S CARTOGRAPHERS written by BRIAN. ALDISS and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Devil s Atlas

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  • Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2022-08-16
  • ISBN : 1797219219
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book The Devil s Atlas written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with strange stories and spectacular illustrations, The Devil's Atlas leads you on an adventure through the afterlife, exploring the supernatural worlds of global cultures to form a fascinating traveler's guide quite unlike any other. From the author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Phantom Atlas, The Sky Atlas, and The Madman's Library comes a unique and beautifully illustrated guide to the heavens, hells, and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world. Packed with colorful maps, paintings, and captivating stories, The Devil's Atlas is a compelling tour of the geography, history, and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures around the globe. Whether it's the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs, the Chinese Taoist netherworld of "hungry ghosts," Islamic depictions of Paradise, or the mysteries of the Viking mirror world, each is conjured through astonishing images and a highly readable trove of surprising facts and narratives, stories of places you'd hope to go, and those you definitely would not. A traveler's guide to worlds unseen, here is a fascinating visual chronicle of our hopes, fears, and fantasies of what lies beyond. DISCOVER THE BEYOND: From the depths of underworlds to the heights of heavens and everywhere else a life after death may be spent, this atlas explores the geography, history, and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of global mythologies. A GLOBAL SURVEY: From the demon parliament of the ancient Maya, to the eternal globe-spanning quest to find the Earthly Paradise, to the "Hell of the Flaming Rooster" of Japanese Buddhist mythology (in which sinners are tormented by an enormous fire-breathing cockerel), The Devil's Atlas gathers together a wonderful variety of beliefs and representations of life after death. UNUSUAL AND UNSEEN: These afterworlds are illustrated with an unprecedented collection of images. They range from the marvelous "infernal cartography" of the European Renaissance artists attempting to map the structured Hell described by Dante and the decorative Islamic depictions of Paradise to the various efforts to map the Garden of Eden and the spiritual vision paintings of nineteenth-century mediums. EXPERT AUTHOR: Edward Brooke-Hitching is a master of taking visually–driven deep dives into unusual historical subjects, such as the maps of imaginary geography in The Phantom Atlas, ancient pathways through the stars in The Sky Atlas, and the literary oddities lining the metaphorical shelves of The Madman's Library. Perfect for: Obscure history and mythology enthusiasts Anyone with an interest in the occult Spiritual curiosity seekers Map lovers

Book Voices for the Future

Download or read book Voices for the Future written by Thomas D. Clareson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cartographer

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  • Author : Craig Gaydas
  • Publisher : Next Chapter
  • Release : 2022-02-24
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 267 pages

Download or read book The Cartographer written by Craig Gaydas and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While exploring a cave with his friend, 16-year-old Nathan stumbles upon someone unexpected: Science Officer Satou of The Explorers' League. Satou is equally surprised, and after Nathan breaks through the security barrier, he does the only thing he can and takes Nathan with him, forever changing the balance of the universe. Nathan is introduced to the Consortium: an intergalactic league of explorers, scientists, soldiers and diplomats. He also discovers the Universal Map - an ancient artifact locked away long ago by the mysterious Cartographer. After Nathan accidentally unlocks the Universal Map, a chain of events is set in motion... one that threatens to tear at the very fabric of the universe, and to destroy Earth.

Book The Cartographer s Secret

Download or read book The Cartographer s Secret written by Tea Cooper and published by Harper Muse. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, 1880. Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her home—hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father’s obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. So when an advertisement appears in The Bulletin magazine offering a thousand-pound reward for proof of where Leichhardt met his fate, Evie is determined to use her father’s papers to unravel the secret. But when Evie sets out to prove her theory, she vanishes without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that haunts her family for thirty years. Letitia Rawlings arrives at the family estate in her Ford Model T to inform her great-aunt Olivia of a loss in their family. But Letitia is also escaping her own problems—her brother’s sudden death, her mother’s scheming, and her dissatisfaction with the life planned out for her. So when Letitia discovers a beautifully illustrated map that might hold a clue to the fate of her missing aunt, Evie Ludgrove, she sets out to discover the truth. But all is not as it seems, and Letitia begins to realize that solving the mystery of her family’s past could offer as much peril as redemption. A gripping historical mystery for fans of Kate Morton and Natasha Lester’s The Paris Seamstress, The Cartographer’s Secret follows a young woman’s quest to heal a family rift as she becomes entangled in one of Australia’s greatest historical puzzles. “A galvanizing, immersive adventure . . . forcing the characters to reckon with the choice found at the crux of passion and loyalty and the power of shared blood that can either destroy or heal.” —Joy Callaway, international bestselling author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society Daphne du Maurier Award Winner, 2021 Historical story with both romance and mystery Full-length, stand-alone novel (c. 104,000 words) Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Book Apocalyptic Cartography

Download or read book Apocalyptic Cartography written by Chet Van Duzer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Apocalyptic Cartography: Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript, Chet Van Duzer and Ilya Dines analyse Huntington Library HM 83, an unstudied manuscript produced in Lübeck, Germany. The manuscript contains a rich collection of world maps produced by an anonymous but strikingly original cartographer. These include one of the earliest programs of thematic maps, and a remarkable series of maps that illustrate the transformations that the world was supposed to undergo during the Apocalypse. The authors supply detailed discussion of the maps and transcriptions and translations of the Latin texts that explain the maps. Copies of the maps in a fifteenth-century manuscript in Wolfenbüttel prove that this unusual work did circulate. A brief article about this book on the website of National Geographic can be found here.

Book The Quantum Cartographer

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  • Author : Kristen Keenon Fisher
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2019-12-27
  • ISBN : 1532089856
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book The Quantum Cartographer written by Kristen Keenon Fisher and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2033 somewhere in the middle of the Nevada desert . A young woman named Eliza Carrefour stares at the Proctor, a mysterious man who invited himself into her home accompanied by eight henchmen. Eliza, mother of a two-year-old son and a former scientist at Holifax Industries, always knew this day would come. She’s spent too much time uncovering the dark secrets of the shadowy corporation to remain off the radar. She knows too much, and that knowledge has earned her the title “Public enemy number one.” An old friend warned her of her employer’s nefarious deeds at a time when she was much more naive. She was there when he paid the price for what he knew. His history with those at the top rungs of Holifax’s ladder is one that he swore went back much further than Eliza would believe. She always had a hard time swallowing the information he shared but it was all true. And all of his strange predictions have come to pass. All except this dreaded day. The day when past meets present. The day when “the night-dressed men” would find her and more importantly ... her son. They are now certain of his destiny. Past, present, and future. And no cost will be spared in stopping it. Eliza must now make a choice. To be selfish and covet her son, or to relinquish him and give him to his destiny. But to do that she must first outrun an enemy as dark as shadow. As lethal as poison. And as invincible as time itself.

Book The Cartographer Collection

Download or read book The Cartographer Collection written by Craig Gaydas and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three books in 'The Cartographer', a series of science fiction novels by Craig Gaydas, now available in one volume! The Cartographer: While exploring a cave, Nathan runs into Science Officer Satou and is taken on a wild adventure across the galaxy. After meeting the Consortium - an intergalactic league of explorers - he learns about the ancient Universal Map. When Nathan accidentally unlocks the map, he triggers a series of events that endangers Earth and the very fabric of their universe. Reborn: Nathan Chambers finds himself in the middle of a war that threatens the survival of humanity and the entire universe. With the help of the intergalactic Consortium and the Twelve Timeless, he must fight on two fronts to prevent history from repeating itself. Nathan must transform from a naive teenager to a true defender if he hopes to save humanity from destruction. Timeless: The Consortium is in chaos, and the Insurgents are struggling for survival. The Twelve Timeless, an ancient collective, aid Nathan and his allies, but their help may not be enough. Nathan is also losing a part of himself with each death of those close to him. Can he find the strength to save the universe and himself, or will he succumb to darkness?

Book The Temporal Cartographer

Download or read book The Temporal Cartographer written by Andrew Dunham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farley Snug's office life is interrupted when he discovers a decades-old invitation to his own birthday party in a pile of old '70s records. His curiosity gets the better of him and he embarks on a quest to discover the true purpose of The Time Travellers' Social Club, ensconced in mysterious Ferncombe manor deep in the English countryside. After meeting the club members, Farley is encouraged to set off on his first trip through time using the venerable Mildred, an old floral print sofa in the Great Hall. His travels take him through the 1920s and back into the Dark Ages before a new and sinister problem appears which gives an urgent purpose to the agenda of the club. Deeper and deeper he goes into the time-stream until he finds himself outside time itself. Only the guidance of the hermit Dorgas can deliver him to his ultimate destination...

Book The Cartographer s Compass

Download or read book The Cartographer s Compass written by MJ Fletcher and published by MJ Fletcher. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hell s Cartographers

Download or read book Hell s Cartographers written by Brian Aldiss and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six bestselling authors provide lively personal histories that provide fascinating insights into the creative process — and offer inspiration for aspiring wordsmiths. Includes essays by Robert Silverberg, Alfred Bester, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, and Brian W. Aldiss.

Book Benchmarks Continued 1975 1982

Download or read book Benchmarks Continued 1975 1982 written by Algis Budrys and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of book reviews and essays written for The magazine of fantasy and science fiction.

Book Know Your Place

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  • Author : Justin R. Phillips
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2021-05-03
  • ISBN : 1725268906
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Know Your Place written by Justin R. Phillips and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White evangelicals have struggled to understand or enter into modern conversations on race and racism, because their inherited and imagined world has not prepared them for this moment. American Southerners, in particular, carry additional obstacles to such conversations, because their regional identity is woven together with the values and histories of white evangelicalism. In Know Your Place, Justin Phillips examines the three community loyalties (white, southern, and evangelical) that shaped his racial imagination. Phillips examines how each community creates blind spots that overlap with the others, insulating the individual from alternative narratives, making it difficult to conceive of a world different than the dominant white evangelical world of the South. When their world is challenged or rejected outright, it can feel like nothing short of the end of the world. Blending together personal experiences with ethics and pastoral sensibilities, Phillips traces for white, southern evangelicals a line running from the past through the present, to help his beloved communities see how their loyalties—their stories, histories, and beliefs—have harmed their neighbors. In order to truly love, repair, and reconcile brokenness, you first have to know your place.

Book Topophrenia

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  • Author : Robert T. Tally
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2018-11-09
  • ISBN : 0253037689
  • Pages : 205 pages

Download or read book Topophrenia written by Robert T. Tally and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is our place in the world, and how do we inhabit, understand, and represent this place to others? Topophrenia gathers essays by Robert Tally that explore the relationship between space, place, and mapping, on the one hand, and literary criticism, history, and theory on the other. The book provides an introduction to spatial literary studies, exploring in detail the theory and practice of geocriticism, literary cartography, and the spatial humanities more generally. The spatial anxiety of disorientation and the need to know one's location, even if only subconsciously, is a deeply felt and shared human experience. Building on Yi Fu Tuan's "topophilia" (or love of place), Tally instead considers the notion of "topophrenia" as a simultaneous sense of place-consciousness coupled with a feeling of disorder, anxiety, and "dis-ease." He argues that no effective geography could be complete without also incorporating an awareness of the lonely, loathsome, or frightening spaces that condition our understanding of that space. Tally considers the tension between the objective ordering of a space and the subjective ways in which narrative worlds are constructed. Narrative maps present a way of understanding that seems realistic but is completely figurative. So how can these maps be used to not only understand the real world but also to put up an alternative vision of what that world might otherwise be? From Tolkien to Cervantes, Borges to More, Topophrenia provides a clear and compelling explanation of how geocriticism, the spatial humanities, and literary cartography help us to narrate, represent, and understand our place in a constantly changing world.