Download or read book How Not To Summon A Hero written by Q. L. Booker and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Summon a Hero is a story unlike any other. The summoned stories typically are based on the main character being pulled into another world, saving this world, getting the girl, and living happily ever after. However, our main character has done this already and now has his happily ever after ruined. Not only that, he's being summoned by the people responsible for their own problems. He refused the offer and wishes to return to his happily ever after but now must face being branded an outlaw. All he wishes is to be reunited with his precious wife, and he will do anything, even strike a deal with the Demon Lord he is summoned to kill. Yet there is more to be revealed such as "Why him?" "Who is truly to blame for this all?" "Will he ever be reunited with his wife?"

Download or read book A Girl Corrupted by the Internet Is the Summoned Hero written by Eliezer Yudkowsky and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours written by Gregory Nagy and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores the roots of Western civilization and offers a masterclass in classical Greek literature. We meet the epic heroes of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, but Nagy also considers the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the songs of Sappho and Pindar, and the dialogues of Plato. Herodotus once said that to read Homer was to be a civilized person. To discover Nagy’s Homer is to be twice civilized. “Fascinating, often ingenious... A valuable synthesis of research finessed over thirty years.” —Times Literary Supplement “Nagy exuberantly reminds his readers that heroes—mortal strivers against fate, against monsters, and...against death itself—form the heart of Greek literature... [He brings] in every variation on the Greek hero, from the wily Theseus to the brawny Hercules to the ‘monolithic’ Achilles to the valiantly conflicted Oedipus.” —Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly

Download or read book How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Volume 14 written by Yukiya Murasaki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former prime minister, Noah Gibun, is revealed to be an outsider. Like Diablo, she's a player of the MMORPG who came to this world. In order to defeat the Emperor and his overwhelming power, Noah recruits Diablo and the young Demon Lord Klem into her ranks. At first, Diablo's fear of social interaction made him refuse, but eventually... “I admit it. You are the leader.” “Thank you, Diablo. I will do everything to answer the trust you’ve placed in me.” Diablo finally decides to fight in a party...?! This is the fourteenth volume of the adventures of an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!

Download or read book How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Manga Vol 1 written by Yukiya Murasaki and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '" Takuma was just another awkward gamer, but a twist of fate sees him summoned to another world--in the body of a demon lord! And no one''s more terrified of the prospect than Takuma himself. He may have power, but he''s in way over his head. So he decides to pretend to be the monster he looks like, and accidentally winds up with a pair of gorgeous slaves: a voluptuous elf and cat girl. It''s not what any of them wanted, but they''ll have to figure out how to work together if they want to survive! "'

Download or read book How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Volume 1 written by Dojyomaru and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O, Hero! With that cliched line, Kazuya Souma found himself summoned to another world and his adventure--did not begin. After he presents his plan to strengthen the country economically and militarily, the king cedes the throne to him and Souma finds himself saddled with ruling the nation! What's more, he's betrothed to the king's daughter now...?! In order to get the country back on its feet, Souma calls the wise, the talented, and the gifted to his side. Five people gather before the newly crowned Souma. Just what are the many talents and abilities they possess...?! What path will his outlook as a realist take Souma and the people of his country down? A revolutionary transferred-to-another-world administrative fantasy series starts here!

Download or read book Lazy Dungeon Master Volume 3 written by Supana Onikage and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even a Hero is my enemy if they get in the way of my sleep! I, Keima Masuda, am a Dungeon Master in a fantasy world focusing all my efforts on avoiding as much work as possible. And finally, those efforts are being rewarded. The inn I built by the dungeon is super popular and super busy (Thanks for taking care of all that, Niku!). Heheh. Won't be long before I don't have to work at all...! Sure, a Hero's finally came to visit my dungeon, but... what?! He fell in love with Rokuko?! "Oh no, Keima! H-H-He proposed to me!" ...Yeah, this guy's a pain in the butt. Let's get him out of here! This is the third volume of my own dungeon story, where I work as hard as I can to one day not have to work at all! Hero or not, I'll take down anyone who interferes with my sleep!

Download or read book The Epic Hero written by Dean A. Miller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-05-22 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title From Odysseus to Aeneas, from Beowulf to King Arthur, from the Mahâbhârata to the Ossetian "Nart" tales, epic heroes and their stories have symbolized the power of the human imagination. Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed typology of the hero in Western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans Western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies. A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animals and sometimes monsters), foes, foils, and even antitypes. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit.

Download or read book How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Manga Vol 3 written by Yukiya Murasaki and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diablo, Rem, and Shera have arrived at the Bridge of Ulug only to discover that an army of Fallen are marching towards Faltra! This should be no problem for a powerful Demon Lord like Diablo...except that Diablo is actually Takuma, a video game addict who's in way over his head. Will Diablo's stats hold up in a real-life battle?

Download or read book A Hero s Throne written by Ross Lawhead and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel and Freya, along with an ancient knight and a Scottish police officer, must return to the underground city of Nidergeard in order to rally the citizens and stop the murder of sleeping knights.

Download or read book Cinema as a Worldbuilding Machine in the Digital Era written by Alain Boillat and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay examines the primacy of worldbuilding in the age of CGI, transmedia practices and "high concept" fiction by studying the principles that govern the creation of a multiverse in a wide range of film and TV productions. Emphasis is placed on Hollywood sci-fi movies and their on-screen representation of imaginary machines that mirror the film medium, following in the tradition of Philip K. Dick's writings and the cyberpunk culture. A typology of worlds is established, as well as a number of analytical tools for assessing the impact of the coexistence of two or more worlds on the narrative structure, the style (uses of color, editing practices), the generic affiliation (or hybridity), the seriality and the discourse produced by a given film (particularly in fictions linked to post-9/11 fantasies). Among the various titles examined, the reader is offered a detailed analysis of the Resident Evil film series, Total Recall and its remake, Dark City, the Matrix trilogy, Avatar, Source Code and other time-loop films, TRON and its sequel, Christopher Nolan's Tenet, and several TV shows – most notably HBO's Westworld, but also Sliders, Lost, Fringe and Counterpart.

Download or read book Battleaxe Rpg written by Doug Woolsey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004-09-19 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the war-ravaged world of Mordredica, ancient battlefield of the Gods and prison of the Forty Sorcerers, the BattleAxe RPG takes players to a deep fantasy world steeped in mystery and lore.Fully revised and reformatted in a 6"x9", printer-friendly pdf.Includes the complete supplement, The Creeping Dead, and both versions of the hero record sheets.

Download or read book The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious Vol 4 light novel written by Light Tuchihi and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robots versus Golems! Rampaging past his limits in his new Berserk Mode, Seiya emerges victorious from the battle with the Beast Emperor, Grandleon! But his struggles in the revamped world of Ixphoria have only just begun...Next on the chopping block is the Machine Emperor, Oxerio. His high-tech arsenal, replete with tens of thousands of killing machines, threatens to wipe Termine Kingdom off the map! Fortunately, Seiya's got a secret weapon! ...Sort of.

Download or read book The Hero Cults of Sparta written by Nicolette A. Pavlides and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the hero-cults of Sparta on the basis of the archaeological and literary sources. Nicolette Pavlides explores the local idiosyncrasies of a pan-Hellenic phenomenon, which itself can help us understand the place and function of heroes in Greek religion. Although it has long been noted that hero-cult was especially popular in Sparta, there is little known about the cults, both in terms of material evidence and the historical context for their popularity. The evidence from the cult of Helen and Menelaos at the Menelaion, the worship of Agamemnon and Alexandra/Kassandra, the Dioskouroi, and others who remain anonymous to us, is viewed as a local phenomenon reflective of the developing communal and social consciousness of the polis. What is more, through an analysis of the typology of cults, it is concluded that in Sparta, the boundaries of the divine/heroic/mortal were fluid, which allowed a great variation in the expression of cults. The votive patterns, topography, and architectural evidence permit an analysis of the kinds of offerings to hero-cults and an evaluation of the architecture that housed such cults. Due to the material and spatial distribution of the votive deposits, it is argued that Sparta had a large number of hero shrines scattered throughout the polis, which attests to an enthusiastic and long-lasting local votive practice at a popular level.

Download or read book The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 17 written by Aneko Yusagi and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A return to Kizuna’s world! Now the party must face a horde of traitors?! At a request for aid from Ethnobalt, Naofumi heads back to Kizuna’s world. There he is safely reunited with Raphtalia, as well as other friends including L'Arc. They tell him that enemies, presumably a vanguard for the waves, have defeated the Heroes in this world and completely taken over. Naofumi and his party hurry to confront these foes, both to rescue the captured Kizuna and finally discover the adversary behind the waves. However, among their opponents they see a number of familiar faces! “If it’s revenge you’re after, I’ll lend a hand! I despise all liars and traitors.” Time for payback! Get ready for the seventeenth volume of this still rising otherworld fantasy!

Download or read book Thomas Carlyle s Works Sartor Resartus Lectures on heroes and hero worship written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Banished from the Hero s Party I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Vol 8 light novel written by Zappon and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Hero named Van has appeared, and he’s headed for Zoltan. This naive and innocent boy possesses incredible strength, and he obeys the church’s every word. When an old enemy turned friend brings news of this other Hero, Red, Rit, and Ruti decide...to avoid him completely by heading off on a vacation?! A confrontation with this unprecedented second savior of the world does sound like a lot of work, after all. But will they really be able to evade Van forever? Despite his Divine Blessing, he doesn’t seem like much of a hero...