Новинки Джона Райта

SOMEWHITHER is the first part of A TALE OF THE UNWITHERING REALM, a new science fantasy series from the science fiction author John C. Wright. It is an adventure, it is a romance, and it is a coming of age story of a young man who is not a man, in a world that is only one among many. It is a tale of a greater and darker evil with longer reach than anything he could imagine, of despair without bounds, of pain beyond measure, and of the faith required to surmount all three. It is a story of inexorable destiny written in the stars and the stubborn courage that is required to defy it.

Ilya Muromets is a big, ugly, motherless boy who does not look like anyone else in his Oregon town. His father is often absent on Church
missionary work that strangely seems to involve silver bullets, sacred lances, and black helicopters. Ilya works as a janitor for Professor Achitophel Dreadful of the Cryptozoological Museum of Scientific Curiosities, and he has a hopeless crush on the Professor’s daughter, Penelope, who seems to think his name is Marmoset.

One night, when Professor Dreadful escapes from the asylum in which he is presently residing, he sends a warning to Ilya that not only is the professor’s Many Worlds theory correct, but those many worlds are dominated by an unthinkably powerful enemy determined to destroy anyone who opens the Moebius Ring between the worlds. And, as it happens, prior to his involuntary absence, the Professor left his transdimensional equipment in the basement of the Museum plugged-in and running….

So it is that Ilya, as he has long dreamed in secret, is called upon to save the mad scientist’s beautiful daughter. With his squirrel gun, his grandfather’s sword, and his father’s crucifix, Ilya races to save the girl, and, incidentally, the world.

Сборник рассказов и небольших повестей, написанных зарубежными авторами в разные годы XX и XXI веков. Общей тематики нет, единственное, что объединяет произведения из сборника: все они фантастические. Писатели реализуют свои идеи и мысли и в будущем близком, и в будущем очень удалённом, предугадать которое практически невозможно. Здесь постапокалипсис соседствует с космооперой и научной фантастикой, однако какими бы разными ни были произведения, как бы по-разному ни подходили авторы к их написанию, каждый способен заинтересовать и удивить.

Весь роман-эпопея «Золотой век» в одном томе.

Далекое будущее. Человечество достигло невиданных высот развития: люди теперь практически бессмертны и всемогущи, могут создавать новые солнца и полностью перестраивать тела и разумы, проводят жизнь в развлечениях и философствовании, войны и преступления давно забыты — золотой век, одним словом. Практически все теперь решают разумные компьютеры Софотеки, способные мыслить во много раз быстрее человека. Но вот однажды один из богатейших людей Золотой Ойкумены, Фаэтон из рода Радамант, подвергается нападению и узнает, что часть его памяти стерта, а сам он вовсе не богат и живет за счет своего «отца» Гелия (родственные отношения между ними…

Авторский сборник Джона Райта.

Второй том трилогии Золотой Век.

В пространстве галактики сложно встретиться двум кораблям, но когда это происходит, то вступает в силу «Гостевой закон», обязывающий вести себя по джентельменски и помогать друг другу. Но все ли следуют этому негласному правилу?

Телемах, неспящий в ночи, слышит голос, который зовет его... Это голос Перитоя, что ушел из Последнего Редута в Ночные Земли много лет назад. Телемах не знает жив ли Перитой? Не утратил ли он душу? Как спасти его, и не погубить себя и других? Голос в ночи зовет...

Gilberic Parzival Moth is a strange and lonely boy who has grown up without a father, raised by a single mother who moves from town to town in fear of something she will not name. His only friends are animals, with whom he has always been able to speak. But when he awakens one night at the Thirteenth Hour, and sees for the first time the cruel reality of the secret rule of Elf over Man, he begins to learn about his true heritage, the heritage of Twilight.

And when his mother finally tells him the terrible truth of her past, he must choose whether to continue running with her in fear, or learning how to fight against ancient powers that are ageless, soulless, and ultimately damned. SWAN KNIGHT'S SON is the first book of THE GREEN KNIGHT'S SQUIRE, the first volume of MOTH & COBWEB, an astonishing new series about magical worlds of Day, Night, and Twilight by John C. Wright.

John C. Wright is one of the living grandmasters of science fiction and the author of THE GOLDEN AGE, AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND, and IRON CHAMBER OF MEMORY, to name just three of his exceptional books. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, for the Hugo Award, and his novel SOMEWHITHER won the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at Dragoncon.

Дилогия Хроники Эвернесса в одном томе.

Звездная антология под редакцией Джорджа Р.Р. Мартина и Гарднера Дозуа, объединяющая рассказы, действие которых происходит в мире «Умирающей Земли» Джека Вэнса: отдаленное будущее, состарившаяся Земля под солнцем, превратившимся в красного гиганта, наука, которую не отличить от магии, смесь сотен языков и культур, руины древних цивилизаций, повсеместные декаданс, упадок и разрушение. В антологию включены рассказы 22 писателей, в их числе — Нил Гейман, Джордж Р.Р. Мартин, Дэн Симмонс, Роберт Сильверберг, Джефф ВандерМеер, Танит Ли, Говард Уолдроп, Глен Кук, Элизабет Хэнд, Элизабет Мун, Люциус Шепард, Майк Резник, Мэтью Хьюз.

The year is 10,515 AD. The Hyades Armada, travelling at near light speed, will reach Earth in just four centuries to assess humanity's value as slaves. For the last 8,000 years, two opposing factions have laboured to meet the alien threat in very different ways. One of them is Ximen del Azarchel, immortal leader of the mutineers from the star ship Hermetic and self-appointed Master of the World, who has allowed his followers to tamper continuously with the evolutionary destiny of Man, creating one bizarre race after another in an apparent search for a species the Hyades will find worthy of conquest. The other is Menelaus Montrose, the post human Judge of Ages, whose cryonic Tombs beneath the surface of Earth have preserved survivors from each epoch created by the Hermeticists. Montrose intends to thwart the alien invaders any way he can, and to remain alive long enough to be reunited with his bride Rania, who is on a seventy-millennia journey to confront the Hyades' masters, tens of thousands of light-years away. Now, with the countdown to the Hyades' arrival nearing its end, del Azarchel and Montrose square off for what is to be their final showdown for the fate of Earth, a battle of gunfire and cliometric calculus; powered armour and post human intelligence.

Continuing from Count to a Trillion, Menelaus Illation Montrose—Texas gunslinger, idealist, and posthuman genius—has gone into cryo-suspension following the discovery that, in 8,000 years, a powerful alien intelligence will reach Earth to assess humanity's value as slaves. Montrose intends to be alive to meet that threat, but he is awakened repeatedly throughout the centuries to confront the woes of an ever-changing and violent world, witnessing millennia of change compressed into a few years of subjective time. The result is a breathtaking vision of future history like nothing before imagined: sweeping, tumultuous, and evermore alien, as Montrose's immortal enemies and former shipmates from the starship Hermetic harness the forces of evolution and social engineering to continuously reshape the Earth in their image, seeking to create a version of man the approaching slavers will find worthy

John C. Wright burst upon the SF scene a decade ago with the Golden Age trilogy, an innovative space opera. He went on to write fantasy novels, including the popular Orphans of Chaos trilogy. And now he returns to space opera in Count to a Trillion.

After the collapse of the world economy, a young boy grows up in what used to be Texas as a tough duellist for hire, the future equivalent of a hired gun. But even after the collapse, there is space travel, and he leaves Earth to have adventures in the really wide open spaces. But he is quickly catapulted into the more distant future, while humanity, and Artificial Intelligence, grows and changes and becomes a kind of superman.

Return to the unique and evocative world of The Dying Earth in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-one brand-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel.A dim place, ancient beyond knowledge. The sun is feeble and red. A million cities have fallen to dust. Here live a few thousand souls, dying, as the Earth dies beneath them. Just a few short decades remain to the long history of our world. At the last, science and magic are one, and there is evil on Earth, distilled by time … Earth is dying.Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own.The list of twenty-one contributors eager to honour Jack Vance by writing for this anthology includes Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, Terry Dowling, Lucius Shepherd, Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, Tad Williams, Walter Jon Williams and George R.R. Martin himself.

Today, in order to honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and GARDNER DOZOIS, with the full cooperation of Jack Vance, his family, and his agents, suggest a Jack Vance tribute anthology called Songs of the Dying Earth, to encourage the best of today's fantasy writers to return to the unique and evocative milieu of The Dying Earth, from which they and so many others have drawn so much inspiration, to create their own brand-new adventures in the world of Jack Vance s greatest novel.

Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time ever, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. To say that other fantasy writers are excited by this prospect is a gross understatement; one has told us that he'd crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that he'd gladly give up his right arm for the privilege that's the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers.

Эвернесс... На земле это дом, затерявшийся в провинциальной глуши Америки. В царстве снов это место зовется Высоким домом, который высится на побережье моря Беспокойной Тьмы, последний бастион магии в нашем мире, сторожевой пост на границе яви и сна, воздвигнутый еще во времена Мерлина. Стражи сновидений держат закрытыми врата между миром яви и миром кошмаров, вахта их длится которую сотню лет, а число стражей становится все меньше и меньше. Силы зла готовятся к решительному штурму последнего бастиона. Ведь если крепость падет и два мира сольются в одно, Земля ввергнется в пучину кошмаров... Книга Джона Райта ближе всего по духу к…

Название этого романа поистине символично, ибо его автор заявил о себе как о продолжателе лучших традиций Золотого века НФ и прежде всего таких признанных корифеев жанра, как Альфред Ван Вогт и Роджер Желязны. Вселенная будущего, созданная фантазией Джона Райта, это совершенно особый мир, некая матрица, где обитают не только люди, но и иные формы жизни, обладающие искусственным разумом. Благодаря неожиданным идеям автора и их великолепному, поистине поэтическому воплощению в необыкновенно динамичном и насыщенном событиями сюжете "Золотой век" стал сенсацией в мире любителей НФ и был назван критиками "первой космооперой XXI века".

Wright’s new fantasy is a tale about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who begin to discover that they may not be human beings. The students at the school do not age, while the world around them does.
The children begin to make sinister discoveries about themselves. Amelia is apparently a fourth-dimensional being; Victor is a synthetic man who can control the molecular arrangement of matter around him; Vanity can find secret passageways through solid walls where none had previously been; Colin is a psychic; Quentin is a warlock. Each power comes from a different paradigm or view of the inexplicable universe: and they should not be able to co-exist under the same laws of nature. Why is it that they can?
The orphans have been kidnapped from their true parents, robbed of their powers, and raised in ignorance by super-beings no more human than they are: pagan gods or fairy-queens, Cyclopes, sea-monsters, witches, or things even stranger than this. The children must experiment with, and learn to control, their strange abilities in order to escape their captors.