Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis

Stranded in the 14th century — a time of superstition and fear — time traveler Kivrin becomes an unlikely angel of hope during history's darkest hour and awaits rescue by her comrades. Literary Award Winner

Melanie 31 августа 2014 г., 18:21

Perdido Street Station
by China Mieville

In the squalid, Gothic city of New Crobuzon, a mysterious half-human, half-bird stranger comes to Isaac, a gifted but eccentric scientist, with a request to help him fly, but Isaac's obsessive experiments and attempts to grant the request unleash a terrifying dark force on the entire city.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 21:29

The Xanth Series
by Piers Anthony

In Anthony's pun-besotted magical realm (which is shaped a lot like Florida), every human is born with a unique magical ability, which they use navigate a landscape full of dragons, goblins, harpies, centaurs and all manner of eldritch creatures.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 21:30

The Space Trilogy
by C.S. Lewis

Philologist Edwin Ransom travels to Mars and Venus, and makes a series of dramatic discoveries about Earth's place in the solar system – and the nature of a threat it unwittingly faces.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 21:33