This madcap cosmic farce relates the adventures of the hapless human Carmody, as he attempts to make his way home to Earth after winning the grand prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstake, encountering parallel worlds, incompetent bureaucrats and talking dinosaurs on the way.

This madcap cosmic farce relates the adventures of the hapless human Carmody, as he attempts to make his way home to Earth after winning the grand prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstake, encountering parallel worlds, incompetent bureaucrats and talking dinosaurs on the way.

This madcap cosmic farce relates the adventures of the hapless human Carmody, as he attempts to make his way home to Earth after winning the grand prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstake, encountering parallel worlds, incompetent bureaucrats and talking dinosaurs on the way.

'The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction' J. G. Ballard These surreal, elegantly witty tales from one of the most esteemed writers of science fiction encompass indignant aliens, stranded space explorers, shapeshifters, a company that manufactures designer planets and a deadly hunting game in far-future New York. 'Robert Sheckley is one of the great funny writers' Douglas Adams 'A writer not quite like any other whose forte is his own brand of strange and wonderful humour' The New York Times 'Genuinely funny SF' Neil Gaiman

Действие романа начинается в 1958 году. Главный герой книги, возвращаясь из отпуска, предаётся приятным воспоминаниям об отдыхе. Внезапно его автомобиль теряет управление, происходит авария, молодой человек погибает, но неожиданно приходит в себя через полтора века. Сотрудники компании "Рэкс Корпорэйшн" переместили его сознание в тело другого человека. Герою предстоит научиться жить в новой реальности и ответить на вопросы, кто он теперь, с какой целью его вернули в этот мир, зачем нужен столь бесчеловечный эксперимент. Текст сокращён и адаптирован. Уровень Intermediate. Адаптация, сокращение и словарь: И. Б. Загородняя.

Предлагаем вниманию читателей сборник рассказов знаменитого американского писателя-фантаста Роберта Шекли (1928-2005), необычайно популярного в нашей стране еще во времена "железного занавеса", когда любая переводная литература воспринималась читающей публикой как глоток свободы, а фирменный стиль Шекли - яркий интригующий сюжет, искрометный, подчас парадоксальный юмор и неожиданная ударная концовка - способствовал его славе. В конце прошлого века в Петербурге ему вручили премию "Странник" за сатиру в научной фантастике. Неадаптированный текст рассказов снабжен комментариями и словарем.

A mysterious city called Carcosa filled with ancient curses and dark magics. A terrible play called 'The King in Yellow' which drives its readers mad. A demi-god escaped from another dimension seeking global domination. Terrifying and filled with otherworldly dread, the stories of Robert W. Chambers are landmark works in horror. His stories have inspired generations of horror writers including Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner and H. P. Lovecraft as well as the modern TV show True Detective. This collection includes such remarkable tales as: • The Repairer of Reputations • The Mask • In the Court of the Dragon • The Maker of Moons • The Harbour-Master

As Diana Morrison laid the table for six at her elegant Central Park apartment, she had no warning of what was to come. Spending New Year's Eve together was a tradition for Diana, her husband Eric, and their best friends Pascale and John Donnally and Anne and Robert Smith, and as the friends sipped champagne, they talked of renting a villa together in the South of France the following summer. But life had other plans... Just two weeks after New Year, tragedy strikes at the heart of their close circle as Robert suffers a sudden, tragic loss. Diana and Eric, Pascale and John, united in their love and shared grief, rally to his side and urge him to join them on the Riviera in August. But the ramshackle old mansion is far from the exquisite villa they had imagined, and Robert surprises them all by inviting a lovely, much-younger film actress with mile-long legs and a million-dollar smile. Diana and Pascale hate her on sight, but the men are dazzled, and amidst the crumbling furniture and glorious sunsets more surprises are in store. Old wounds are healed, new love discovered, and miracles unfold... all beneath the dazzling sun of St Tropez.

Трек-лист:A1 Robert Ziegler– Star Wars: Main Title 5:36 A2 Robert Ziegler– Duel Of The Fates 4:34 A3 Robert Ziegler– Anakin’s Theme 3:10 A4 Robert Ziegler– Across The Stars (Love Theme) 6:03 B1 Robert Ziegler– Battle Of The Heroes 3:36 B2 Robert Ziegler– Princess Leia’s Theme 4:39 B3 Robert Ziegler– The Throne Room / End Title 5:10 B4 Robert Ziegler– The Asteroid Field 4:39 C1 Robert Ziegler– Yoda’s Theme 4:01 C2 Robert Ziegler– The Imperial March 3:10 C3 Robert Ziegler– Han Solo And The Princess 5:53 C4 Robert Ziegler– Parade Of The Ewoks 3:49 C5 Robert Ziegler– Luke & Leia 4:53 D1 Robert Ziegler– The Forest Battle 4:17 D2 Robert Ziegler– Rey’s Theme 3:07 D3 Robert Ziegler– March Of The Resistance 2:38 D4 Robert Ziegler– Ahch-To Island 4:11 D5 Robert Ziegler– The Battle Of Crait 7:21

Paul Murray's Skippy Dies is a tragicomic masterpiece about a Dublin boarding school Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010 Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. But when Skippy falls for Lori, the frisbee-playing siren from the girls' school next door, suddenly all kinds of people take an interest - including Carl, part-time drug-dealer and official school psychopath... A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, Skippy Dies scours the corners of the human heart and wrings every drop of pathos, humour and hopelessness out of life, love, Robert Graves, mermaids, M-theory, and everything in between.

M.A.C Пудра компактная Extra Dimension Skinfinish Shade Extensions т.Whisper of Gilt

Треклист: A1 Robert Palmer– Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley 4:23 A2 Robert Palmer– Give Me An Inch 3:14 A3 Robert Palmer– Which Of Us Is The Fool 3:22 A4 Robert Palmer– Man Smart, Woman Smarter 2:33 A5 Robert Palmer– Every Kinda People 3:23 A6 Robert Palmer– Best Of Both Worlds 3:50 A7 Robert Palmer– What's It Take? 3:24 B1 Robert Palmer– Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) 3:10 B2 Robert Palmer– Can We Still Be Friends? 3:38 B3 Robert Palmer– Johnny And Mary 3:59 B4 Robert Palmer– Looking For Clues 4:52 B5 Robert Palmer– Some Guys Have All The Luck 3:08 B6 Robert Palmer– You Are In My System 4:26 B7 Robert Palmer– You Can Have It (Take My Heart) 3:07 C1 Robert Palmer– Pride 3:28 C2 Robert Palmer– Riptide 2:24 C3 Robert Palmer– Addicted To Love 4:21 C4 Robert Palmer– I Didn't Mean To Turn You On 3:41 C5 Robert Palmer– Simply Irresistible 4:13 C6 Robert Palmer– She Makes My Day 4:18 C7 Robert Palmer– Change His Ways 2:59 D1 Robert Palmer– Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You 5:55 D2 Robert Palmer– You Blow Me Away 4:31 D3 Robert Palmer– Respect Yourself 4:02 D4 Vinegar Joe– Never Met A Dog (That Took To Me) 6:32 D5 The Power Station– Some Like It Hot 5:04 D6 Robert Palmer Ft. UB40– I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 3:23

Genocide by David Bischoff The alien queen is dead, the hive mind left to flounder... and on a world bereft of its leader two strains of Alien divide their forces for world-shattering, acid-drenched war. On Earth, in the wake of alien infestation, athletes are flocking to humanity s Goodwill Games. But some come with a deadly new tool: a drug called Fire, distilled from the very essence of the Aliens body chemistry. The military wants it. Pharmaceutical kingpin Daniel Grant wants it. But the only place the essential ingredient can be found is on that terrible world, convulsed by Alien holocaust. Alien harvest by Robert Sheckley Royal jelly, the most illicit of Alien by-products, is keeping Dr Stan Myakovsky alive. A once-famous scientist fallen on hard times, Stan is fighting off the repo-men and trying hard to patent the cybernetic ant that will reinstate his reputation. Julie Lish is beautiful, mysterious, and totally amoral. She has a plan so outrageous that there might be one chance in a million to pull it off. Together they make an attempt to grab the ultimate treasure royal jelly from an Alien hive.

Genocide by David Bischoff The alien queen is dead, the hive mind left to flounder... and on a world bereft of its leader two strains of Alien divide their forces for world-shattering, acid-drenched war. On Earth, in the wake of alien infestation, athletes are flocking to humanity s Goodwill Games. But some come with a deadly new tool: a drug called Fire, distilled from the very essence of the Aliens body chemistry. The military wants it. Pharmaceutical kingpin Daniel Grant wants it. But the only place the essential ingredient can be found is on that terrible world, convulsed by Alien holocaust. Alien harvest by Robert Sheckley Royal jelly, the most illicit of Alien by-products, is keeping Dr Stan Myakovsky alive. A once-famous scientist fallen on hard times, Stan is fighting off the repo-men and trying hard to patent the cybernetic ant that will reinstate his reputation. Julie Lish is beautiful, mysterious, and totally amoral. She has a plan so outrageous that there might be one chance in a million to pull it off. Together they make an attempt to grab the ultimate treasure royal jelly from an Alien hive.

Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle.Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one.Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado, is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars.At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo.They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect. .

Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle.Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one.Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado, is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars.At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles. And at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future: Beatriz, the girl without feelings, who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the Saint of Bicho Raro, who performs miracles for everyone but himself; and Joaquin, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo.They are all looking for a miracle. But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect. .