Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Four-volume boxed-set edition of The Lord of the Rings in hardback, featuring Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket designs, together with fourth hardback volume, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion. Includes special features and the definitive edition of the text. <br/><br/>Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike, with one hundred and fifty million copies of its many editions sold around the world. In 2005 Tolkien's text was fully restored - with the full co-operation of Christopher Tolkien - with almost 400 corrections, the original red and black maps as fold-out sheets, a fully revised and enlarged index, and for the first time a special plate section containing the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, making this set as close as possible to the version that J.R.R. Tolkien intended. <br/><br/>This Diamond Anniversary reissue of the prized boxed set marks 60 years since the first publication of The Fellowship of the Ring. These hardback editions feature Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket designs from the 1950s, reworked for this edition, and some additional text corrections. The four-volume boxed set includes The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, a unique annotated guide to the text, fully updated since its first publication in 2005, and is a book which will enhance the reader's enjoyment and understanding of one of the most influential books of the 20th century.

Boxed gift set of Tolkien's classic masterpieces, fully illustrated throughout in watercolour by the acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT films. Since they were first published, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been two books people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, these works of sweeping fantasy have touched the hearts of young and old alike. <br/><br/>Between them, nearly 150 million copies have been sold around the world. And no editions have proved more popular than the two that were illustrated by award-winning artist, Alan Lee - the Centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings and the 60th Anniversary edition of The Hobbit. Now, the new hardback editions of these beautifully illustrated works have been collected together into one boxed set of four books. <br/><br/>Readers will be able to follow the complete story of the Hobbits and their part in the quest for the Ring - beginning with Bilbo's fateful visit from Gandalf and culminating in the dramatic climax between Frodo and Gollum atop Mount Doom - while also enjoying over seventy full-page colour paintings and numerous illustrations which accompany this epic tale.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea - '...reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago' (David Mitchell) - comes this complete omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles, including over fifty illustrations illuminating Le Guin's vision of her classic saga. Contains the short story, 'The Daughter of Odren', published in print for the first time, and her last story 'Firelight'. Ursula K.<br/><br/>Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature-they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Now for the first time ever, they're all together in one volume-including the early short stories, Le Guin's "Earthsea Revisioned" Oxford lecture, and new Earthsea stories, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include over fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way.<br/><br/>Stories include: 'A Wizard of Earthsea', 'The Tombs of Atuan', 'The Farthest Shore', 'Tehanu', 'Tales From Earthsea', 'The Other Wind', 'The Rule of Names', 'The Word of Unbinding', 'The Daughter of Odren', and 'Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture at Oxford University'With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings-but also unlike anything but themselves-this edition is perfect for those new to the world of Earthsea, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: to know Earthsea is to love it. - 1,008 pages- 56 illustrations (including seven lavishly coloured plate sections)- maps of Earthsea- stunningly beautiful endpapers- Six novels- 4 short stories- An essay

Sextonårige Wille och fjortonårige Hugo, två bröder från den lilla byn Horndal, är som andra tonåringar med kärlekstrassel, starka vänskapsband och skoltrötthet - ett normalt tonårsliv där inget oförutsett händer.<br/> Men ödet har andra planer och efter en skräckfylld mardröm får Wille ett märkligt halsband av sin mamma. Snart märker han att tillvaron inte är vad den verkar vara och Hugo döljer en tung hemlighet för honom.<br/> När en ny kille börjar i Willes klass blir det upptakten till ett äventyr som för Wille och Hugo, samt deras vänner Oscar och Lovisa, långt bort från deras hemby. Färden går genom tätvuxna skogar och över väldiga berg, samtidigt som de jagas av demoniska varelser och illvilliga väsen. Deras vägvisare är en gåtfull, talande varg som leder dem norrut mot fjälltrakterna vid norska gränsen.<br/> <br/> -----<br/> Det här är berättelsen om Wille och hans bror Hugo, som en dag får reda på att de är gudar och måste lämna sitt hem i människornas värld för att ta sig till gudarnas boning i Asgård. Det blir en intensiv jakt där de jagas av ondskans väsen och måste samarbeta för att hålla sig vid liv tills de når fram till tryggheten.<br/> De måste konfrontera mörkret inom sig och deras vänskap sätts på prov när de ställs inför farliga beslut och skräckinjagande fiender, men de träffar också nya vänner som visar att vänskap och kärlek är värt att kämpa för.<br/> <br/> En berättelse om äventyr, magi, sorg och skräck - men också humor, vänskap, kärlek och att få vara den man är.

»Bröderna Strugatskij -- det är mäktig, begåvad litteratur <i>på riktigt</i>. Levande klassiker i ordets rätta bemärkelse. De är galaktiska stjärnor av samma storleksordning som en Ray Bradbury eller en Kurt Vonnegut, tro mig. Ni har bara inte kunnat se dem ordentligt hos er på det västra halvklotet.« <i>Dmitrij Gluchovskij</i><br/><br/> <br/><br/><b>År 2157.</b> Ungkommunisten och rymdutforskaren Maxim Kammerer kraschlandar och blir strandsatt på en okänd planet som visar sig vara bebodd av humanoider. Han inleder genast en första kontakt och blir snart indragen i planeten Sarakshs primitiva livsföring och obegripliga politiska konflikter, som står i bjärt kontrast till Jorden där det klasslösa samhället har förverkligats och alla lever i harmoni. En dag bestämmer han sig för att omkullkasta den rådande ordningen...<br/><br/>»Den bebodda ön« av Arkadij och Boris Strugatskij från 1969/71 är en av de mest inflytelserika science fiction-romanerna från sovjettiden och har en särskild plats inom rysk litteraturhistoria med sin dystopiska och filosofiska skildring av individens kamp mot totalitära system och sina reflektioner om maktmissbruk, fri vilja och ideologisk manipulation. Romanen har inte tidigare översatts till svenska. <br/><br/>Efterord Boris Strugatskij <br/><br/>Översättning Ola Wallin <br/><br/><i> </i>

Starside (Deluxe Limited Edition) [Bok / Inbunden]

To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it's soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear.<br/><br/> Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work - as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, <i>vital</i> . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don't always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .<br/><br/> Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi' t'flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with <i>gallons</i> of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails . . .