Paul Cook Knihy

Škótsky spisovateľ A.C. Doyle, ktorý sa preslávil najmä detektívkami s hlavnou postavou Sherlocka Holmesa, nás v románe Stratený svet zavedie do ťažko prístupných pralesov v okolí rieky Amazonky, kde sa údajne zachovalo živočíšstvo a rastlinstvo spred dvesto miliónov rokov. Štyria odvážni cestovatelia sa odhodlali preskúmať toto tvrdenie. Počas expedície spoznali množstvo predhistorických zvierat, predovšetkým z mladšej doby jurskej. Čitateľ prežíva spolu s nimi nevšedné dobrodružstvá, zdesenie a hrôzu.

A virus created for biological warfare is overtaking humanity, threatening the very fabric of society as its victims are transported, by the emotional power of music, to a seductive dream world. Francis Lanier is one of the few ""stalkers"", a person who is immune to the virus and is able to travel through its dream world in order to rescue others. The book follows him through a series of adventures, as he becomes more embroiled in the politics surrounding the virus and its cure. This is Paul Cook's debut novel, hailed by critics as ""an imaginative thriller"" (Publishers Weekly) and ""readable and intriguing"" (The Reference Library)."About the AuthorPaul Cook worked at the Arizona State University as an acquisitions librarian for five years, much of his time was spent doing research in the Noble Science Library. He currently works in the English Department as a Senior Lecturer. He has written several novels, including TINTAGEL, THE ALEJANDRA VARIATIONS, and FORTRESS ON THE SUN.

Kniha patrí medzi jeden z najznámejších gotických románov, ktorý bol viacnásobne filmovo spracovaný a inšpiroval veľké množstvo nových hororových príbehov. Aj napriek všeobecnému povedomiu mnohých prekvapí fakt, že Frankenstein nie je meno samotného monštra, ale jeho vynálezcu. Omylom je aj charakter stvorenia – vyzerá síce ohavne, vo vnútri je však múdry a emocionálne cítiaci. Rozprávajúc svoj príbeh od stvorenia po opätovné stretnutie so svojim tvorcom, odhaľuje nemožnosť nájsť blízkosť vo vzťahu kvôli svojej desivej podobe. Zaväzuje preto Frankensteina, aby mu stvoril jemu podobnú ženu. Tvorca svoj sľub nesplní a netvor zo zúfalstva a hnevu zabije Frankensteinovu manželku. Román sa končí tragicky – netvor prosí svojho tvorcu o odpustenie až nad jeho hrobom, zatiaľ čo on sám zomiera.

When the last great war came, a small group of survivors hid themselves below the fields of Kansas, living in a place of eternal twilight. *** Over time the energy surrounding the descendants of these survivors turned them into Duendes, ghost-like beings, never having seen real light or knowing anything of the conditions of the world beyond their underground enclosure. *** Six hundred years have passed since the war and now some Duendes want to leave the safety of their habitat and finally go 'above.' But what will they discover once they have emerged into the sunlight?

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