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Pandemonium Waltz
In Pandemonium Waltz, award-winning author Jeffrey Ford leads readers through a dizzying sequence of tales that blend fantasy, horror, and dark wonder with his trademark wit and literary grace. From a traveling waltz exhibition whose performers might not be entirely human, to a sun-scorched hunt for a cannibal that unearths something far worse, to a splatter-slick monster hunt that exposes the fault lines of a divided America-Ford's stories cross boundaries of genre and expectation. Each is a mirror turned slightly askew, revealing the marvelous and the monstrous just beyond the frame of the familiar.Ford has long refused to choose between fantasy, science fiction, or horror, insisting instead that "somewhere down there, it all turns to bullshit." The result is fiction that is fearless, unpredictable, and alive with imagination-a testament to storytelling itself and the spell it casts over those who listen. Pandemonium Waltz gathers some of Ford's most haunting and exhilarating recent work: tales of metamorphosis, obsession, and the uneasy price of wonder.
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Das Schattenjahr
Ausgezeichnet mit dem World Fantasy Award und dem Shirley Jackson Award.Nominiert für den Locus Award!Inhalt:DAS SCHATTENJAHR schildert das Leben dreier Kinder, ihrer alkoholabhängigen Mutter, dem überarbeiteten Vater und denGroßeltern im Amerika der 60iger Jahre.Die Kinder spielen im nahegelegenen Wald, verleben gute und schlechte Zeiten in der Schule und warten an heißen Sommer-tagen ungeduldig auf den Eismann. Alles geht seinen Gang.Bis eines späten Abends ein Gesicht ins Badezimmer der Nachbarn blickt. Wenig später verschwindet ein Junge.Die drei Kinder, entschlossen das Geheimnis aufzudecken, beginnen zu ermitteln ... DAS SCHATTENJAHR bündelt Alltägliches und Bizarres, wodurch ein Epos von unwahrscheinlicher Unmittelbarkeit entsteht. Es beinhaltet die typische amerikanische Nostalgie nach Kleinstädten und Vororten, nach verlorener Unschuld und nach kindlicher Energie, wie sie auch Ray Bradbury und Stephen King erzählen.
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When Things Get Dark
The Stoker Award-winning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today's best horror writers. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more. A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is a seminal writer of horror and mystery fiction, whose legacy resonates globally today. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Cassandra Khaw, Karen Heuler, Benjamin Percy, John Langan, Laird Barron, Jeffrey Ford, M. Rickert, Seanan McGuire, Gemma Files, and Genevieve Valentine.
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Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms
"Here be dragons . . . and a lot of stories that would make a dragon blink. A fascinating kaleidoscope of people and places and Things That Might Have Been--or Might Be." --Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author A captivating anthology of fantasy tales that journey deep into the unknown--brought to life by some of the finest fantasy writers working today. From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to Journey to the Center of the Earth, from the fabled island of Avalon to the lost oasis of Zerzura, from The Land That Time Forgot to the golden city of El Dorado, storytellers have long imagined what exists beyond the edges of the map. The need to seek and discover the unknown is embedded in who we are, no matter the culture or era. To celebrate this sense of wonder, award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has gathered together some of the best SF&F; writers working today, collecting adventure and mystery in this spectacular anthology. With original contributions from Kate Elliott, Tobias S. Buckell, Dexter Palmer, E. Lily Yu, Jonathan Maberry, and a dozen more, there are short stories sure to enthrall every reader. Explore the rich tradition begun centuries ago with this all-new compilation full of imagination and delights. What lies beyond the edge of the unknown? Only you, brave reader, can find out. Featuring new tales by today's masters of SF&F;: Tobias S. BuckellJames L. CambiasBecky ChambersKate ElliottC.C. FinlayJeffrey FordTheodora GossDarcie Little BadgerJonathan MaberrySeanan McGuire An OwomoyelaDexter PalmerCadwell Turnbull Genevieve ValentineCarrie VaughnCharles YuE. Lily Yu
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Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4
Author of the fantastic and the bizarre, Jeffrey Ford's work has won awards and acclaim across the globe for his stories of humor, horror, and unconventional beauty. "Powerful and disturbing in the best possible way" (Gawker) and "Intensely engaging" (Publishers Weekly), Ford crosses speculative genres with literary ideals, which has earned him the World Fantasy Award (seven times), the Shirley Jackson Award (four times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and France's vaunted Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire.Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to his work, the fourth in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover-or learn more of-the extraordinary voice of Jeffrey Ford, as beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich.Included within these pages are:• Six short stories, one written exclusively for this book• Author interview• Complete bibliography• Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD (former humanities chair and professor of the year, Seton Hill University)• … and more!Enter this doorway to the vast and fantastic: Get to know Jeffrey Ford.Table of Contents includes:• Introduction by Eric J. Guignard• About Jeffrey Ford• A Natural History of Autumn (fiction)• A Natural History of Autumn: A Commentary• Malthusian's Zombie (fiction)• Malthusian's Zombie: A Commentary• Boatman's Holiday (fiction)• Boatman's Holiday: A Commentary• The Night Whiskey (fiction)• The Night Whiskey: A Commentary• A Night in the Tropics (fiction)• A Night in the Tropics: A Commentary• Incorruptible (fiction)• Incorruptible: A Commentary• Why Jeffrey Ford Matters by Michael Arnzen, PhD• In Conversation with Jeffrey Ford• Scratching the Surface: An Essay by Jeffrey Ford• A Bibliography of English Language Fiction for Jeffrey Ford
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Echoes
The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of ghost stories. These twenty-nine stories, including all new works from New York Times bestselling authors Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay, span from the traditional to the eclectic, from the mainstream to the literary, from pure fantasy to the bizarrely supernatural. Whether you’re reading alone under the covers with a flashlight, or around a campfire with a circle of friends, there’s something here to please—and spook—everyone. Contributors include: Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Vincent J. Masterson, A.C. Wise, M. Rickert, Seanan McGuire, Lee Thomas, Alison Littlewood, M.L. Siemienowicz, Richard Kadrey, Indrapramit Das, Richard Bowes, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Aliette de Bodard, Carole Johnstone, Dale Bailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Bracken MacLeod, Garth Nix, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Gemma Files, Paul Tremblay, Nathan Ballingrud, Pat Cadigan, John Langan.
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Ahab's Return
A bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines one of the most legendary characters in American literature—Captain Ahab of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick—from the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy Award–winning author of The Girl in the Glass and The Shadow Year At the end of a long journey, Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to discover that he is a dead man—a walking ghost, whose tragic demise was detailed in a notorious fiction called Moby Dick. The consternated captain is eager to confront the true author of the novel, his former shipmate Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the ocean’s depths by a harpoon line, and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harm—after receiving news of Ahab’s fate, his wife and son, Gabriel, left Nantucket for New York, and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to reunite with them. Ahab’s pursuit leads him to the Gorgon’s Mirror, the sensationalist tabloid that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the haunting tale of the ill-fated Pequod. In the penny press’s office, Ahab meets George Harrow, a clever and inspired opportunist and a master of hokum. Eager to exploit Ahab’s misadventures, he strikes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help him navigate the city to find his lost family in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. Their investigation—like Ahab’s own story—takes unexpected, dangerous, and ultimately tragic turns, and leads Ahab and Harrow on a wondrous odyssey from the docks of lower Manhattan to the treacherous Five Points and subterranean opium dens, to the free black settlement of Seneca Village and the magnificent New York Crystal Palace, and to the Indian Caves and the wilds of northern Manhattan. For Ahab, Harrow, and the diverse cohort of allies they enlist in their quest, the trail ends in an epic battle with a mysterious, seemingly magical, entity who thrives in the shadows and feasts on the nativist sentiments roiling New York—the grotesque Malbaster, who directs his horde of violent street urchins, the Jolly Host, to prey on the innocent, most notably the city’s new immigrants and blacks. But his most powerful weapon is a terrifying creature whose existence may be entwined with the captain’s own past. Told with wisdom, suspense, a modicum of dry humor and horror, and a vigorous stretching of the truth, Ahab’s Return charts an enthralling and intriguing voyage involving one of the most memorable characters in classic literature, and pays homage to one of the greatest novels ever written. It is a love letter to a dangerous, thrilling, and colorful New York long past as well as an exploration of the art of literature and the imaginative power of stories to illuminate the truths of life and reveal who we are.
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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Ten
Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre’s best known anthologies is back with his 10th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy from 2015. With established names and new talent this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the reader to the outer-reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.Featuring Paolo Bacigalupi • Elizabeth Bear • Greg Bear • Jeffrey Ford • Neil Gaiman • Nalo Hopkinson • Nisi Shawl • Simon Ings • Gwyneth Jones • Caitlin R. Kiernan • Anne Leckie • Kelly Link • Usman T. Malik • Ian McDonald • Vonda McIntrye • Sam J. Miller • Tamsyn Muir • Robert Reed • Alastair Reynolds • Kim Stanley Robinson • Kelly Robson • Geoff Ryman • Nike Sulway • Catherynne Valente • Genevieve Valentine • Kai Ashante Wilson • Alyssa Wong
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The Four Conversations
raditional approaches to communication have emphasized such things as media, medium, and frequency of communication, as if leaders are engaged in campaigns of some type (which, at times, they are). What has been ignored, therefore, is the impact of day-to-day conversations on individual and organization performance and how those conversations can be altered and managed to bring about higher levels of performance. The Four Conversations identifies, explains, and illustrates the four day-to-day organizational conversations people at work must use on a daily basis to be successful. These four conversations, either singularly or in combination, comprise every single interaction people have at work.Initiative ConversationsConversations for UnderstandingPerformance ConversationsConversations for Closure Failing to use these four conversations appropriately, accurately, and completely, can turn temporary barriers to success into chronic ones. In The Four Conversations, people will learn how to use each conversation appropriately, accurately, and completely to avoid the pitfalls that become barriers to success at work.
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Spider-Man
-> Spider-Man: Homecoming (USA 2017, 133 Min., FSK 12):Nach seinem sensationellen Debüt in "The First Avenger: Civil War" muss sich der junge Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING erstmal mit seiner neuen Identität als Netze-schwingender Superheld anfreunden. Immer noch euphorisch von dem packenden Kampf mit den Avengers kehrt Peter in seine Heimat zurück, wo er mit seiner Tante May (Marisa Tomei) und unter dem wachsamen Auge seines neuen Mentors Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) lebt. Es fällt ihm jedoch nicht leicht, sich im Alltag zurechtzufinden - vielmehr will er beweisen, dass er mehr ist als nur der sympathische Spider-Man aus der Nachbarschaft. Als aber The Vulture (Michael Keaton) als neuer Gegenspieler auftaucht, gerät plötzlich alles, was Peter im Leben wichtig ist, in große Gefahr.-> Spider-Man: Far From Home (USA 2019, 129 Min., FSK 12):Nach den Ereignissen von Avengers: Endgame kehrt Peter Parker (Tom Holland) in Spider-Man: Far From Home zurück. Unser freundlicher Superheld aus der Nachbarschaft schließt sich seinen besten Freunden Ned, MJ und den anderen für eine Reise nach Europa an. Doch Peters Plan, das Superheldentum für ein paar Wochen hinter sich zu lassen, wird schnell zunichte gemacht, als er sich widerwillig einverstanden erklärt, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) bei der Aufklärung mehrerer Angriffe zu helfen. Spider-Man und Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) kämpfen Seite an Seite gegen das Chaos auf dem Kontinent, doch es ist nicht alles, wie es scheint.-> Spider-Man: No Way Home (USA 2021, 148 Min., FSK 12):Zum ersten Mal in der Filmgeschichte von Spider-Man ist unser freundlicher Held aus der Nachbarschaft unmaskiert und es ist ihm nicht mehr möglich, sein normales Leben von seinen Einsätzen als Superheld zu trennen. Als er Doctor Strange um Hilfe bittet, wird die Lage nur noch gefährlicher und er muss erkennen, was es wirklich bedeutet, Spider-Man zu sein.
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Spider-Man
TV-Norm: SDTV 576i (PAL). Sprachversion: Deutsch DD 5.1. Sprachversion: Englisch DD 5.1. Sprachversion: Französisch DD 5.1. Sprachversion: Türkisch DD 5.1
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The Avengers
TV-Norm: HDTV 1080p. Sprachversion: Deutsch DD plus 7.1. Sprachversion: Deutsch DTS-HD 7.1. Sprachversion: Englisch DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio
€ 37,99