Chasers of the Wind
10 best books like Chasers of the Wind (Alexey Pehov): The Rise of Endymion, Hard to Be a God, All Our Yesterdays, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, Endymion, Обитаемый остров, Волкодав, The Dead Mountaineer's Inn, Лабиринт отражений, Мастер снов
| Author | Dan Simmons |
| ISBN | 0553572989 |
The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer,...
| Author | Arkady Strugatsky |
| ISBN | 0816491216 |
The novel follows Anton, an undercover operative from the future planet Earth, in his mission on an alien planet, that is populated by human beings, whose society has not advanced beyond the Middle Ages. The novel's core idea is that human progress throughout the centuries is often cruel and bloody,...
| Author | Cristin Terrill |
| ISBN | 1423176375 |
Em is locked in a bare, cold cell with no comforts. Finn is in the cell next door. The Doctor is keeping them there until they tell him what he wants to know. Trouble is, what he wants to know hasn't happened yet.
Em and Finn have a shared past, but no future unless they can find a way out. The present...
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
| Author | Erich Maria Remarque |
| ISBN | 0151904707 |
After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks’ leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes.
Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents...
| Author | Dan Simmons |
| ISBN | 0553572946 |
Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raul and Aenea travel the river Tethys,...
| Author | Arkady Strugatsky |
| ISBN | 5170409583 |
Originally published in Russian as Obitaemyi ostrov, translated into English by Helen Saltz Jacobson. First in series, followed by Beetle in the Anthill (original title: Zhuk v Muraveinike), and The Time Wanderers (original title: Volny Gasyat Veter).
The novel is set in the 22nd century...
| Author | Мария Семёнова |
| ISBN | 5170082088 |
Ако бях прочел „Вълкодав“ преди двадесетата си година, определено щях да я впиша сред „човекооформящите“ си книги (и да я даря със заветните пет звезди...
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn
When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He’s there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude.
But he hadn’t counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch including...
Однажды окунувшись в мир виртуальной реальности, ты можешь навсегда остаться в Глубине, в блистательном городе Диптауне, где люди обретают свободу,...
| Author | Алексей Пехов |
| ISBN | 5992219269 |
Мир ближайшего будущего, на первый взгляд стабильный и гармоничный, где давно обузданы опасные вирусы, генная инженерия продлевает жизнь и молодость,...
Баннгок — кибернетический гигант, захвативший весь юго-восток Азии. Городская агломерация Александрия на севере Африки. Бэйцзин — мощный промышленный...
The Fearless. An army, powered by an incredible new serum that makes each soldier stronger, sharper, faster than their enemies. Intended as a force for good, the serum has a terrible side-effect - anyone who takes it is stripped of all humanity, empathy, love. And as the Fearless sweep through the country,...
Was scared and rescared, depressed and redepressed by this novel many times. A non-stop journey through heart-wrenching misery. A study in anger. A masterpiece of a novel. A must read for any psychologist. Highly recommend it for people who are willing to learn about dinamics of disfunctional families...
| Author | Arkady Strugatsky |
| ISBN | 9666965674 |
"Страна багровых туч". Первое крупное произведение братьев Стругацких, своеобразный "приквел" ко всем повестям и романам о мире "XXII века. Полдня".
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| Author | Arkady Strugatsky |
| ISBN | 5170501153 |
Cine nu a auzit de cei doi scriitori rusi si nu a citit macar una din cartile lor, si se doreste a fi sefist adevarat pus la punct cu greii genului, ar trebui sa de-a fuguta prin librarii si sa-si caute neaparat macar “Picnic la marginea drumului“, dupa care s-a facut vestitul film a lui Andrei Tarkovsky,...
| Author | Erich Maria Remarque |
| ISBN | 0449912442 |
From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany.
A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased...
What a beautifully expressed book about the life-long trials of an early 20th century artist who bucks his family expectations at every turn for his calling. Stephen Desmonde unapologetically refuses to become the vicar his father wishes, and sacrifices all creature comforts to keep on painting....
"Orphans of the Helix" is a 46-page short story by Dan Simmons set in his Hyperion Cantos fictional universe (one of three, the others being "Remembering Siri", a story which is also a chapter of Hyperion, and "The Death of a Centaur", which deals with an early and allegorical version of either The Fall...
