After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien
10 best books like After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien (Martin H. Greenberg): The Fall of Gondolin, The Light of Other Days, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara, Radicalized, Death of a Cad, Compulsory, Batman Caballero Oscuro III: La raza superior, The Vanishing Tower, Octavia Gone
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| ISBN | 1328613046 |
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar: he is called...
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
| ISBN | 0812576403 |
When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses the cutting edge of quantum physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times: around every corner, through every wall, into everyone's most private, hidden, and even intimate moments. It amounts to the sudden and...
The Elfstones of Shannara
| Author | Terry Brooks |
| ISBN | 0736693416 |
Ancient Evil threatens the Elves: The ancient tree created by long-lost Elven magic, is dying. When Wil Ohmsford is summoned to guard the Amberle on a perilous quest to gather a new seed for a new tree, he is faced with the Reaper, the most fearsome of all Demons. And Wil is without power to control them....
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| Author | Terry Brooks |
| ISBN | 1857231325 |
Horror stalks the Four Lands. The Ildatch, immemorial book of evil spells, has stirred to eldritch life, sending its foul Mord Wraiths to accomplish at last Mankind's destruction. Once again Allanon, ancient Druid Protector of the Races, must seek the help of a descendant of Jerle Shannara. Brin,...
| Author | Cory Doctorow |
| ISBN | 1789541093 |
Here are four urgent stories from author and activist Cory Doctorow, four social, technological and economic visions of the world today and its near—all too near—future.
'Unauthorized Bread' is a tale of immigration, toxic economic stratification and a young woman's perilously illegal...
| Author | M.C. Beaton |
| ISBN | 0446607142 |
From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A CAD: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWhen Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted . . . except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet his affairs of the heart...
Murderbot prequel short story! 3.5 stars. It's free online here at Wired magazine. Review posted on Fantasy Literature:
I hugely enjoyed reading the four MURDERBOT DIARIES novellas last year, so when I found that Martha Wells had published a prequel short story online in December, I was all...
Batman Caballero Oscuro III: La raza superior
Una nueva guerra está comenzando. Un ejército de poder inimaginable, comandado por la propia hija de Superman, se está preparando para reclamar a la Tierra como su nuevo mundo.
La única fuerza capaz de detener a esta raza superior, Batman, está muerto.
Larga vida al nuevo Batman…
Incluye...
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
| ISBN | 0441860397 |
Elric of Melniboné, proud prince of ruins, last lord of a dying race, wanders the lands of the Young Kingdoms in search of the evil sorcerer Theleb K'aarna. His object is revenge. But to achieve this, he must first brave such horrors as the Creatures of Chaos, the freezing wilderness of World's Edge,...
| Author | Jack McDevitt |
| ISBN | 1481497979 |
After being lost in space for eleven years, Gabe finally makes his triumphant return to reunite with Alex and Chase and retrieve a possibly alien artifact—which may lead them to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of their careers, in the eighth installment of the Alex Benedict series.
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