Zapraszamy do zapoznania się z najbardziej interesującymi bestsellerami z kategorii fantastyka i horror. Oto najciekawsi autorzy, najlepszych bestsellerów z literatury fantastycznej i horroru: Stephen King, Harlan Coben, Herbert George Wells, Brandon Sanderson, Wojciech Siudmak, Siri Pettersen,
J.R.R. Tolkien, Anna Karnicka, Andrzej Sapkowski i wiele innych. Zapraszamy do mrożącej krew w żyłach literatury.
The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - the Little Prince of the title - and his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition.
First published in 1943, the year before the author's death in action, this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations.
This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Premature Burial' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.
These are the first modern detective stories and include 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'.
'In the great mirror opposite I saw myself, and right behind, another wicked fearful self, so like me my soul seemed to quiver within me, as though not knowing to which similitude of body it belonged'.
Elizabeth Gaskell is better known today for her pioneering social novels such as Mary Barton (1848) but she also wrote some fascinating tales of the supernatural and the macabre, which are collected here in this volume. The real charm of this dark anthology is its variety. Unlike so many writers of this kind of material, Gaskell allows the story to fit the style rather than the other way around and as result there is a charming freshness to each tale.
This remarkable author uses different voices, tones and topics to engage her readers and as you turn from one story to the next you cannot be quite sure what to expect.
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design.
Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he later recalled the 'note of doom' which runs like 'a purple thread' through its carefully crafted prose.
Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal).
As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit, and its attack on political and financial corruption, as well as abuses in science, continue to resonate in our own times.
Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror?' This is a unique collection of strang stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The Star attraction is the novella The Haunted Hotel, a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death. The action takes place in an ancient palazzo coverted into a modern hote that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale. The other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts, corpses that move, family curses and perhaps the most unusual of all, the Devil's spectacles which bring a clarity of vision that can lead to madness.
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals.
The other two stories in this book – Youth and The End of the Tether – concern the sea and those who sail upon it, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.
This book comes with an introduction and notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York. In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature This volume also includes Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, "The Merry Men" and Other Tales and Fables. "The Merry Men" is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and madness; "Markheim", the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; "Thrawn Janet", a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; "Olalla", a study o degeneration and incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; "Will O'the Mill", a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; and "The Treasure of Franchard", a study of French bourgeois life
'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.'
Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula, a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism.
Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818.
The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.
JULES VERNE (1828-1905) was internationally famous as the author of novels based on ‘extraordinary voyages.’ His visionary use of new travel technologies inspired his readers to look to the industrial future rather than the remote past for their dreams of adventure. The popularity of his novels led directly to modern science fiction.
In From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, Jules Verne turned the ancient fantasy of space flight into a believable technological possibility – an engineering dream for the industrial age. Directly inspired by Verne’s story, enthusiasts worked successfully at overcoming the practical difficulties, and within a century, human beings did indeed fly to the Moon. Curiously, however, Verne is unlikely to have thought it possible that a manned projectile could actually be fired out of a giant cannon, rising higher than the Moon, swinging around it, and then landing safely back on Earth. He had used the science of the day to construct a literary conjuring trick, a hoax, one of the most successful in all history. By skilful misdirection he drew the attention of readers away from weaknesses in the project. Read the book and you, too, will be fooled into accepting the realistic possibility in Verne’s time of that dream of flying to the Moon.
That is not dead that can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last.
The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'At the Mountains of Madness'. Arm yourself with a copy of Abdul Alhazred's fabled Necronomican and prepare to face terrors beyond the wildest imaginings of all, save H.P. Lovecraft.
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens' lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits. His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen. Chilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.
This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in glimpses.
W II części trylogii 2065 z gatunku eko science fiction, Emil Kolaux znów przenosi się do przyszłości, która jest jak przeszłość po recyklingu... Chciałby poznać wyniki losowań totolotka i jak najszybciej wrócić, jednak zostaje wplątany w wir niesamowitych wydarzeń prowadzących do rozwikłania zagmatwanej afery, która w roku 2065 roku pozbawiła wody mieszkańców jego rodzinnego miasta.
Sensacyjne przygody bohatera i jego rozbrajające poczucie humoru sprawiają, że tę rewelacyjną powieść czyta się na przemian z zapartym tchem i z odprężającym śmiechem.
Trylogia 2065: trzy sensacyjne powieści, każda z innym z wątkiem ekologicznej przyszłości Ziemi (Zatopione miasto", "Grabieżcy wody", "Piętno snów"); dla czytelników z wyobraźnią, w wieku od 10 do 14 lat.
Andrzej Pilipiuk kolejny raz rozkłada przed nami wachlarz opowieści z różnych miejsc, czasów i rzeczywistości alternatywnych. Kolejny raz bohaterowie zmierzą się z nienazwanym... W przededniu I wojny światowej doktor Skórzewski zostaje wplatany w kuriozalną aferę szpiegowsko-ornitologiczną. Antykwariusz Robert Storm otrzymuje dziwaczne zlecenie odnalezienia narzędzi zrabowanych w czasie okupacji przez szewca-nazistę. A archeolog Tomasz Olszakowski użerając się z nieuczciwymi inwestorami, przyjmie pomoc lapońskich szamanów. W zbiorze nie zabraknie też rozważań, co by było gdyby. Wyobraźcie sobie świat gdzie Hitler i Goering zamiast niewolić narody Europy zmagają się z wysokością czynszu i administratorem przytułku, a dilera morfiny doktora Mengele tropi konkurencja - żydowska mafia
Wydarzenia w Sachace zmierzają do punktu kulminacyjnego, gdy Lorkin powraca po kilku miesiącach spędzonych wśród buntowników. Królowa Zdrajców powierza mu doniosłe zadanie wynegocjowania przymierza między jego ludem a Zdrajcami. Lorkin musi zostać budzącym postrach czarnym magiem, aby móc okiełznać potęgę całkowicie nowego rodzaju mocy wykorzystywanej do tworzenia klejnotów. Wiedza ta może przynieść zmiany w Gildii Magów lub sprawić, że Lorkin na zawsze pozostanie wygnańcem.Królowa Zdrajców to triumfalne zwieńczenie ,,Trylogii Zdrajcy"" zapoczątkowanej przez Misję Ambasadora i rozwiniętej w tomie pod tytułem Łotr.
`Marzyciele i Pokutnicy` to zbiór dziesięciu opowiadań, których akcja została osadzona w znanej nam z codzienności współczesnej Polsce. Jednak świat przedstawiony posiada swoje drugie, mroczne i nieznane większości oblicze. Bo przecież skąd możemy wiedzieć, że człowiek, którego przed chwilą minęliśmy w sklepie lub na przejściu dla pieszych nie jest tym, który wynalazł maszynę czasu i właśnie planuje udać się w przeszłość, żeby zmienić losy ludzkości? A może chłopiec biegnący z naprzeciwka w zawadiacko przekrzywionej czapeczce bejsbolowej jest kimś zupełnie innym niż z pozoru nam się wydaje? Być może kryje w sobie straszliwą tajemnicę?Najnowsza książka Krzysztofa Spadło to obowiązkowa lektura dla miłośników zjawisk paranormalnych, horrorów i science-fiction.
Niedawne wydarzenia były niezwykle burzliwe. Fujimoto ma świadomość, że cała nienawiść w stosunki do Roz-kraju może być ukierunkowana na tego, kto przynosi zawiadomienia o śmierci.Bycie heroldem złej nowiny nigdy nie było proste, ale czy po tych wszystkich przejściach mężczyzna jest w stanie normalnie wrócić do pracy? Przecież Roz-kraj z pewnością będzie uważniej patrzył mu na ręce. Dla Fujimoto to czas kolejnych rozterek, a dla tych którzy dostają IKIGAMI ostatnie 24 godziny życia... IKIGAMI to bestsellerowa seria, która w Japonii sprzedała się już w ponad 3 milionach egzemplarzy. Komiks zdobył liczne nagrody i wyróżnienia (między innymi na festiwalach: Utopiales, Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angouleme, Polymanga, Japan Expo czy Le Festival du Voyageur). W 2010 roku w Polsce seria uzyskała nominacje w większości plebiscytów komiksowych.
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Osamotnieni, zagubieni i wystraszeni wspólnie z medium przeżyjecie projekcje ich podświadomie zduszonych lęków oraz pragnień. Czyj obraz świata w ostatecznym rachunku wydawać się będzie prawdziwszy? Racjonalizm Karola czy transcendencja Amandy? A przede wszystkim – którą wersję wybierzesz TY?
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