![]() But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day… ![]() So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest – the beautiful Carmilla. In an isolated castle deep in the Styrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her elderly father for company. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Its hairless body was a strange and ghoulish blue, except for a broad band of white which encircled its protruding, single eye: an eye that was all dead white – pupil, iris, and ball. But rather than being returned to the city of Helium, where he hopes that his lost love Dejah Thoris and his little chicky-child will be waiting for him, he lands in a mighty forest populated by fiercely vicious creatures – the Plant Men! After spending many years trying to find a way back to Mars, one night John Carter is swept back there (no explanation is given – that would spoil the fun). Once again, we are told the story by John Carter himself, in the journals that he left in the possession of his nephew when he was last on Earth. There is no way to review this book without spoilers for the first, so if you intend to read the books at some point, you may want to skip this review… * * * * * * * * * The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ![]() ![]() Would John Carter ever find a way to return to Barsoom (Mars, to you and me)? Would the people of Barsoom have survived the danger that threatened to destroy their world? Would Dejah Thoris’ egg have hatched?!? Left dangling by the cliffhanger ending of the first in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom Chronicles, A Princess of Mars, I had no alternative but to take up the next in the series. The continuing adventures of John Carter… ![]() ![]() ![]() Years ago I knew and loved a boy who in many ways reminded me of Finch, and I’d always thought about that experience and knew that I wanted to write something about it. And last year when I was thinking about my next book – I’d come out of writing a series, so for the last five or six years, I hadn’t been able to think about what I would really love to do next – I kept thinking about YA, and when I thought about this particular story I thought it belonged there. ![]() ![]() I’ve dabbled in different genres, and all the while I was thinking about doing a YA. I’ve always loved reading YA and for years I thought it would be wonderful to write a YA someday. What made you want to write YA, and does it feel different from the other kinds of writing you’ve done? You’ve written adult fiction, nonfiction, a memoir, and now this, your YA debut. Niven spoke with PW from her home in Los Angeles about her personal connection to the story and how she came to tackle yet another genre: YA. It tackles heavy topics such as depression and suicide, but also romance and the many unsung wonders of the state of Indiana. ![]() Now she’s written All the Bright Places, the story of high school seniors Finch and Violet. Clearly author Jennifer Niven likes to mix things up: her books include a series of historical novels set before, during, and after World War II a memoir and an account of a disastrous 1913 scientific expedition to the Arctic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Blake brings this world alive in many ways, from detailed descriptions of the construction of the Ark and preparations for the journey, to the day-to-day practicalities of living with a literal boatload of creatures who need to be fed, cleaned up after, cared for, and controlled. ![]() ![]() Naamah is filled with the sights, scents, and sounds of Naamah, Noah, and their family’s trying existence on the Ark. With this book, Blake has taken one of the best-known biblical tales and opened it up in ways both inventive and provocative. In her debut novel, Sarah Blake vividly conveys the story of Noah and the Ark from an unusual perspective - that of Noah’s wife, Naamah. Blake writes with strong, sensual, modern language, and utilizes time travel and dream sequences to create a multilayered story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rubina Patel, a psychologist employed by the hospital. First in Thomas's interests, and then for his own sake, he sees a therapist, Dr. Dominick also displays classic symptoms of PTSD, as a result of stressors in his adult life. In the process, Dominick contemplates his own difficult life as Thomas's brother, his marriage to his gorgeous ex-wife, which ended after their only child died of SIDS, and his ongoing hostility toward his stepfather. Dominick sees him through the ensuing decision not to attempt to reattach the hand, and makes efforts on his behalf to free him from what he knows to be an inadequate and depressing hospital for the dangerously mentally ill. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that will stop the Gulf War, Thomas cuts off his own hand while at a public library. ![]() ![]() With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, but occasionally he has severe episodes of his illness. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin, Thomas, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut, in the early 1990s. It was featured in Oprah's Book Club for June 1998. I Know This Much Is True is the second novel by Wally Lamb, published in 1998. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I doubt that.” Even she wasn’t sure if she wanted to clobber Keefe, lock him up somewhere, or wrap him in a huge strangle-hug and tell him everything was going to be okay-though the last option seemed the least likely. “Is Sandor still outside?” she asked, hoping he’d gotten a report about Keefe from one of the other guards. Sandor was in the process of frantically amping up Havenfield’s security because she’d burned down one of the Neverseen’s storehouses a few hours earlier, and everyone seemed to think that meant she’d officially started the war they’d been teetering on the brink of for years-but she couldn’t worry about that at the moment. “I didn’t see him-but I was out in the pastures, waiting for the new patrols to arrive.” “How long ago did Keefe leave?” she asked, glancing between Grady and the tiny gnome standing near her canopied bed.įlori shook her head, making her plaited hair rustle like windblown leaves. All she could do was stare at the crumpled note she’d found waiting for her in her bedroom, hoping she’d somehow misread it.Ī sound bubbled up her throat, something between a laugh, a cry, and a groan. Grady had asked the question three times, and Sophie still didn’t have an answer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings-rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall-and its mysterious history. Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass-will its dark secrets finally be revealed? “This eerie thriller…can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining.” - Booklist (starred review) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was also a popular man-about-town, admired by men as diverse as Mark Twain and George Westinghouse, and adored by scores of society beauties.įrom Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered - and continue to alter - the world in which we live. Almost supernaturally gifted, unfailingly flamboyant and neurotic, Tesla was troubled by an array of compulsions and phobias and was fond of extravagant, visionary experimentations. Tesla not only discovered the rotating magnetic field - the basis of most alternating-current machinery - but also introduced us to the fundamentals of robotics, computers, and missile science. Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming devices that were virtually without theoretical precedent. ![]() In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors. In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors. ![]() ![]() He is not immortal, but he does have an extended life of about 170 years before he meets his fate at the end of the novel. ![]() Melmoth is a member of an Irish family who in the seventeenth century was cursed and now wanders about Europe causing terror and tempting the innocent. Its stories-within-a-story technique, a common element of the Gothic, makes the reader wonder how all the stories will come together, but in the tale of Immalee, the full extent of Melmoth’s Gothic wanderer role is apparent. In this article, I will discuss a little about why Melmoth the Wanderer is an important Gothic novel, especially for its title Gothic wanderer figure and its anti-Catholicism, and then I will look at some of the other works it influenced.Ĭontribution to the Gothic Wanderer Figure and Anti-CatholicismĪ good summary of Melmoth the Wanderer can be found at Wikipedia for those not familiar with the novel although I would encourage you to read it. Charles Maturin (1780-1824) wrote several novels including historical fiction that predated Sir Walter Scott, whom he was friends with, and a popular tragedy, “Bertram.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The mystery of the fifth chosen one for Dragon Reborn is solved in episode 4 of The Wheel of Time. This not only surprises Rand and Mat, but also the viewers who thought there were only four of them, the other two being Egwene and Perrin. The Fifth Contender For Dragon Reborn In The Wheel Of Time?įirst of all, let's talk about how the barmaid, Dana mentions that there are five individuals who could be the Dragon Reborn. MORE: Aes Sedai Colors aka Ajahs In The Wheel Of Time TV Show Explained.But just before his death, Nynaeve does something that suggests that she might be the Dragon Reborn instead! The man in question is Logain Ablar (played by Alvaro Morte) who seems to hold a tremendous amount of power - so much that it took a handful of powerful Aes Sedai to cage him.īut towards the end of Episode 4 of The Wheel Of Time, these suspicions are quashed as Logain is killed by the Aes Sedai members. The latest episode of TWOT unraveled a new chapter in the story as the claims of the man, who declared himself the Dragon Reborn, turned out to be false. Warning: This article contains spoilers ahead! Episode 4 of The Wheel Of Time concluded on a dramatic note leading us to suspect if Nynaeve is the Dragon Reborn. ![]() |