Thomas Burnett Swann Livres

Exilés au cœur sauvage de Crète, deux jeunes gens s'aventurent dans des collines et forêts mystérieuses peuplées de créatures mythologiques telles que centaures, minotaures et dryades. Hora, la blonde, et son cousin Lordon, un jeune voleur, trouvent du réconfort parmi ces êtres légendaires, mais doivent également faire face à de nombreux dangers : la colère du roi des centaures, la trahison des tritons, l'esclavage par les Crétois et les jeux cruels de l'arène, où ils affrontent un ennemi redoutable, une sphinx femelle. Sensuel, humoristique et exotique, ce premier volet de la Trilogie du Minotaure, qui peut se lire indépendamment, plonge les lecteurs dans une Antiquité réinventée où toutes les créatures des anciennes légendes prennent vie. Thomas Burnett Swann, né en Floride en 1928 et décédé le 5 mai 1976, a laissé une œuvre originale dans le domaine de la fantasy moderne. Sa Trilogie du Minotaure, suivie de titres comme La Forêt du minotaure et Le jour du minotaure, ainsi que d'autres romans inédits en France, explore des univers variés, allant de la Crète à l'Angleterre victorienne, en passant par l'Égypte des Pharaons et la Grèce, peuplés de magie ancienne et de créatures mythiques.

Swann's last published novel, Queens Walk in the Dusk is a retelling of the romance of Dido and Aeneas. It is a companion volume to Green Phoenix.Cover Illustration: Jeff Jones

Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976) earned a distinguished reputation among writers of science fiction, one that caused his enthusiastic following to nominate him again and again for awards. Unique in his talent, his novels dealt not with the far future, but with the enigma of the past. Prior to the dawn of human history, the Earth did not belong solely to humanity -- there were other intelligent species still fighting a last-stand battle against extinction.Remembered today only in legend, these are creatures of the trees and water, beings that combined beast and man, with strange lore of their own and sciences lost to the human victors. GREEN PHOENIX is a tour-de-force of the final stronghold of the prehumans against the last legion of fallen Troy. "He writes his own golden thing his own way..." --Theodore Sturgeon, The New York Times "Swann's neo-romantic fantasies of the past are unique. He uses the stuff of myth with twists and inventions all his own." --The Village Voice After being unavailable for many years, the complete works of Thomas Burnett Swann are being reprinted by Wildside Press -- all 16 novels and the complete short stories.

Renowned for his enchanting depictions of ancient civilizations and mythical cultures, the author blends scholarly insight with poetic flair. His work transports readers to forgotten eras, exploring the depth and richness of history through a fantastical lens. Swann's unique storytelling captures the imagination, inviting exploration of lost peoples and their wonders.

Igniting a new field of scholarly inquiry, this pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of the radical idea of participatory democracy within organizations.