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Christopher Priest

    14 juillet 1943 – 2 février 2024

    Christopher Priest est un auteur britannique dont les œuvres plongent dans des structures narratives complexes et des thèmes psychologiques. Son écriture se distingue par ses intrigues sophistiquées et son exploration de la nature de la réalité, de la mémoire et de l'identité. Le style de Priest se caractérise par sa précision et sa capacité à immerger les lecteurs dans des mondes profonds, souvent troublants. C'est un créateur distingué dont l'influence transcende les frontières des genres.

    Inverted World
    The Gradual
    Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 8
    Vampirella Vol. 4: Red Mass
    Univers 02
    eXistenZ
    • eXistenZ

      • 229pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,2(6)Évaluer

      Le jeu s'appelle eXistenZ, quand on y joue il est impossible de faire la différence entre la partie en cours et la réalité. Pour Allegra Geller, conceptrice-vedette d'eXistenZ la partie commence, enfin, quand un partisan du réel attente à sa vie lors d'une démonstration publique. Elle s'enfuit alors en compagnie de Ted Pikul, un jeune cadre en marketing. Ensemble, ils plongent dans un monde différent : produits ludiques interdits, technologies liées aux mutations, nouvelles religions, repas au restaurant chinois dont la spécialité de la maison est un pistolet en os capable de cracher des dents humaines... Avec eXistenZ Christopher Priest et David Cronenberg vous proposent une plongée hallucinée dans on monde où toutes les cloisons du virtuel et du réel ont explosé... Autant dire que Philip Dick aurait aimé être de la partie.

      eXistenZ
    • THE LONG NIGHT concludes Dynamite's record-breaking 50th Anniversary Celebration of the swingiest of modern space vampires! Our dark heroine is finally home from her Interstellar journey but pursued through the cosmic Gateway by the enigmatic vampire-murdering SHANE who follows a twisted agenda all his own to seek out the oldest and deadliest of the undead and set in motion events which will change Vampirella forever! issues 22-25 plus 7,8, 15

      Vampirella Vol. 4: Red Mass
    • In the late '80s, Val Semeiks revitalized the Conan the Barbarian series, collaborating with Christopher Priest to create a legendary storyline culminating in issue #200. This epic features Conan facing the formidable Devourer of Souls, who wields the power of the Elder Gods, forcing Conan to seek help from the dreaded Thulsa Doom. The collection also includes the return of Red Sonja and the "Heku Trilogy," alongside early works by Andy Kubert, making it an essential read for fans of the franchise.

      Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 8
    • The Gradual

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      4,0(56)Évaluer

      War, music and identity are explored and dissected in this powerful and affecting novel from one of the UK's greatest authors.

      The Gradual
    • Inverted World

      • 250pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      4,0(596)Évaluer

      A uniquely powerful novel of a society in decay. On a planet whose very nature is a mystery a massive decrepit city is pulled along a massive railway track, laying the line down before it as it progresses into the wilderness. The society within toils under an oppressive regime, its structures always on the point of collapse, the lives of its individuals lived in misery. No one knows where they are going, why they are going or what they will find when they get there. The ending of the novel provides one of the most profound twists in SF.

      Inverted World
    • Picking up from the end of volume 1. While vacationing in the Caribbean with Benny the Witch, Vampirella enters the surreal world of a Voodoo Vampire King who becomes obsessed with winning her as his bride. Meanwhile, Victory, Vampirella's estranged lover, was left behind in Los Angeles. Now she's impersonating Vampirella for her own amusement, unaware that a newly forged team of Vampirella's enemies closing in for the kill!

      Vampirella: Seduction of The Innocent Vol. 2
    • THE AFFIRMATION is a haunting thriller; a compulsive, dream-like novel from one of Britain's most exciting writers.

      The Affirmation
    • The Prestige

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      3,9(19110)Évaluer

      In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From that moment on, they vie to outwit and destroy one another. Published in hardcover to international acclaim, "The Prestige" won the World Fantasy Award and Britain's James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Now it finally appears in softcover--sophisticated, breathtaking entertainment.

      The Prestige
    • Our second story arc begins with our women of the evening, having lost the woman who'd drawn them together, Lilith of Drakulon, but discovering a new and more powerful incentive to stay and defend the peaceful vampires of Ashthorne: cold, hard cash. Plus the non-team gets one and one-half new recruits-and they don't even realize it! Bonus: our new Nyx micro-series, drawn by fan favorite artist Stephane Roux begins here! Issues 7 thru 12

      SACRED SIX V. 2: WAR OF THE ROSES