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THE SELLAMILLION is NOT a parody of Tolkien's THE SILMARILLION. That would be pointless because although all Tolkien fans have a copy, only three of them have read past page 40. It is, however, a parody of all that Tolkien created as he worked on LORD OF THE RINGS. The history of the elderly days. Early missing drafts of LORD OF THE RINGS. A correspondence between the author and publisher on whether it should be a Bellybutton Stud of Doom rather than a Ring of Power. An experimental version of LOTR as if written by Dr Seuss. That sort of thing. It'll be funny. Possibly hilarious. The author's told us it will be. Promised even. And he did write THE SODDIT. And that was quite funny.

Following "Bored of the Rings" comes the equally irreverent parody of Tolkien's other masterwork, "The Hobbit". Bingo Sac Grabbins is asked by the coughing wizard Gandef and some oddly Welsh dwarves to help them relieve the great dragon Smug of his gold.

Gordon finds himself rudely awakened to the reality of his mundane existence. Far from being a Database Coordinator, he is the inadvertent slave of Evil Machine Intelligences who are keeping his body sealed in a virtual-reality pod whilst distracting his mind with an elaborate virtual world.

Vergessen Sie Dan Brown! Vergessen Sie den Millionen-Bestseller ? Sakrileg?! Vergessen Sie den Da-Vinci-Code und all den anderen Mumpitz! Dies ist die wahre Geschichte der größten Verschwörung aller Zeiten ? die damit begann, dass Maria Magdalena eines Tages keine Lust mehr hatte, Jesus und seinen Jüngern ständig Fisch zu servieren. Die ultimative Dan-Brown-Parodie ? vom Autor der unverschämt erfolgreichen Satiren ? Der kleine Hobbnix? und ? Star Warped?!

Through readings of key figures like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, this Element argues that changes in publishing and distribution were crucial to the expansion of science fiction. Suitable for anybody interested in the reasons why science fiction went from being a niche variety of fantastical adventure into the global culture it is today.

This is a title about Soweto from inside and out. It is an effort to mark a century since the first forced removals of black Africans from central Johannesburg to the banks of the Klipspruit River. It is also in recognition of the limited books available on a world-famous city. Soweto's huge growth came in the post-war decades. One famous resident Walter Sisulu believed that the country's modern history is impossible to separate from that of its most famous township. 'The history of South Africa cannot be understood outside the history of Soweto the development of the township, and the trials and tribulations of its people are a microcosm of the history of this country.' The township became a focus of world attention in 1976 during bloody repression of student protests, and again during the violence of the Eighties.

Journalists Heidi Holland and Adam Roberts approached about 80 journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or style - the contributors were free to express themselves how ever they wanted to. Out of this has emerged 50-odd pieces of writing that reflect aspects of the city, idiosyncratic reactions to living and working here, appreciations of small and big things, some poems, some criticisms - all will find resonance with Joburg/Jozi residents and all will be enlightening and entertaining to visitors hoping to learn something about our metropolis. Amazingly, many of the contributors expressed how much they enjoy being in Joburg/Jozi - good news for a city that consistently suffers from bad press.

A trailblazing and highly topical look at how - and why - we imagine the world is going to end.

Widely recognised as one of today's most important cultural critics, Adam Roberts offers an engaging introduction to this crucial figure, which will convince any student of contemporary theory that Jameson must be read. schovat popis