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Storie dal crepuscolo di un mondo / 1
Nota: Prima parte della versione italiana di "Songs of the Dying Earth", la seconda è Storie dal crepuscolo di un mondo/2 , la terza è la terza è La Terra al tramonto
Centinaia di migliaia d’anni nel futuro, quando il sole avrà cominciato la sua parabola verso l’estinzione, gli ultimi rappresentanti della razza umana vivranno esistenze decrepite, furtive ma inspiegabilmente avventurose. Cosa faranno quando la crisi solare avrà raggiunto il culmine? Nei ventitré racconti di questa raccolta inedita, di cui appaiono qui i primi otto, torna uno dei pianeti “alieni” più affascinanti di sempre, la Terra morente del maestro Jack Vance.
Indice:
Introduzione - Grazie, Mr Vance (Dean Koontz)
Prefazione (Jack Vance)
Robert Silverberg - Il nettare d'annata di Erzuine Thale (The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale)
Matthew Hughes - Grolion di Almeria (Grolion of Almery)
Terry Dowling - La porta silvestre (The Copsy Door)
Liz Williams - Caulk il cacciatore di streghe (Caulk the Witch-Chaser)
Mike Resnick - L'inevitabile (Inescapable)
Walter Jon Williams - Abrizonda (Abrizonde)
Paula Volsky - Le tradizioni di Karzh (The Tradition of Karzh)
Jeff VanderMeer - L'ultima ricerca del mago Sarnod (The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod)
Contiene inoltre il racconto "Al di qua delle tenebre" (Antonio Bellomi)
Copertina di Franco Brambilla
Centinaia di migliaia d’anni nel futuro, quando il sole avrà cominciato la sua parabola verso l’estinzione, gli ultimi rappresentanti della razza umana vivranno esistenze decrepite, furtive ma inspiegabilmente avventurose. Cosa faranno quando la crisi solare avrà raggiunto il culmine? Nei ventitré racconti di questa raccolta inedita, di cui appaiono qui i primi otto, torna uno dei pianeti “alieni” più affascinanti di sempre, la Terra morente del maestro Jack Vance.
Indice:
Introduzione - Grazie, Mr Vance (Dean Koontz)
Prefazione (Jack Vance)
Robert Silverberg - Il nettare d'annata di Erzuine Thale (The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale)
Matthew Hughes - Grolion di Almeria (Grolion of Almery)
Terry Dowling - La porta silvestre (The Copsy Door)
Liz Williams - Caulk il cacciatore di streghe (Caulk the Witch-Chaser)
Mike Resnick - L'inevitabile (Inescapable)
Walter Jon Williams - Abrizonda (Abrizonde)
Paula Volsky - Le tradizioni di Karzh (The Tradition of Karzh)
Jeff VanderMeer - L'ultima ricerca del mago Sarnod (The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod)
Contiene inoltre il racconto "Al di qua delle tenebre" (Antonio Bellomi)
Copertina di Franco Brambilla
- GenresScience FictionFantasy
296 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
George R.R. Martin
1,511 books119k followersGeorge Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.
In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.
As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.
In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.
Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.
Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/george...
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.
In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.
As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.
In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.
Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.
Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/george...
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October 2, 2014
La Terra morente (e mi domando come si possano definire fantascienza queste storie, qui siamo assolutamente in ambito fantasy) è un luogo di prodigi. Ci sono creature di tutti i tipi, magie incredibili, sorprese di ogni genere pronte a saltare addosso all’incauto viaggiatore (o lettore) a ogni istante, una profusione di dettagli fantastici, una vitalità sfrenata difficili da descrivere a chi non se ne è mai imbattuto. Peccato solo che io odi questo genere di fantasy.
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May 3, 2012
Sono circa a metà e sono perplessa, probabilmente non capisco il genere.
Ma "password" in un racconto di maghi si può dire?
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Praticamente finito (ad esclusione dell'ultimo racconto), il giudizio negativo rimane, immagino che, forse, se avessi letto i racconti di Vance a cui tutto il volume si ispira lo avrei potuto apprezzare di più.
Ma "password" in un racconto di maghi si può dire?
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Praticamente finito (ad esclusione dell'ultimo racconto), il giudizio negativo rimane, immagino che, forse, se avessi letto i racconti di Vance a cui tutto il volume si ispira lo avrei potuto apprezzare di più.
February 16, 2013
Saranno anche un omaggio al ciclo di Vance, ma non riesco a considerarli SF.
Sono per lo più racconti fantasy, a volte con della buona avventura, e di qualità altalenante. Nulla di che, tutto sommato.
Sono per lo più racconti fantasy, a volte con della buona avventura, e di qualità altalenante. Nulla di che, tutto sommato.
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