Dimensioni vietate

by Fredric Brown (contributor), Giuseppe Lippi (contributor), Stefano Di Marino (contributor)

"Il primo tentativo di mandare sulla Luna un razzo munito di potenziomotore Burton fu un fallimento." Ma non è un fallimento - anzi, è uno dei risultati più alti della fantascienza d'avventura - la storia di Keith Winton, direttore della rivista "Storie sorprendenti" proiettato nel mondo parallelo dei Mop e degli Arturiani, della Totalnebbia e di Dopelle, il semidio da cui tutto dipende, nell' ASSURDO UNIVERSO di Fredric Brown

Un mercantile solitario ha recuperato il carico del Duncairn, la nave neozelandese naufragata al largo della costa australiana. Ma cosa nascondono quelle undici casse? E' un enigma tremendo e verrà rivelato solo una volta arrivati su L'ISOLA IN MEZZO AL PACIFICO di P. Kettridge, Jr.

A Hong Kong - non la città che conosciamo oggi, ma una metropoli trasfigurata del XXI secolo - è in atto una congiura. Il tempo stesso potrebbe invertire la sua marcia e tornare a un'epoca oscura, dimenticata. Un commando disposto a tutto, formato da una donna mutante, un killer invasato e altre sorprendenti creature, decide di sgominare la minaccia, incamminandosi su IL SENTIERO DEI MILLE SOSPIRI di Stefano Di Marino

Copertina di Stan Moston

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Fredric Brown was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. His works have been periodically reprinted and he has a worldwide fan base, most notably in the U.S. and Europe, and especially in France, where there have been several recent movie adaptations of his work. He also remains popular in Japan.

Never financially secure, Brown - like many other pulp writers - often wrote at a furious pace in order to pay bills. This accounts, at least in part, for the uneven quality of his work. A newspaperman by profession, Brown was only able to devote 14 years of his life as a full-time fiction writer. Brown was also a heavy drinker, and this at times doubtless affected his productivity. A cultured man and omnivorous reader whose interests ranged far beyond those of most pulp writers, Brown had a lifelong interest in the flute, chess, poker, and the works of Lewis Carroll. Brown married twice and was the father of two sons.