Armada: A Novel by the Author of Ready Player One
NEW YORK TIMES¿ BESTSELLER *¿A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide¿phenomenon¿ Ready Player One¿ "Exciting . . . mixes¿ Star Wars ,¿ The Last Starf...
Ready Player Two
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest: a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who'll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
Ready Player One Fti
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune - and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he's beset by rivals who'll kill to take this prize. The race is on - and the only way to survive is to win.
Bridge to Bat City
A National Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats. Includes a beautiful map of Austin on the underside of the jacket After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal bonds with Uncle Roscoe over music and befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats' cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on the farmland next. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere, it's the nearby city of Austin, home to their favorite music and a host of wonderfully eccentric characters. But with people afraid of the bats and determined to get rid of them, it'll take a whole lot of courage to prove that this is where the bats--and Opal--belong.
Armada
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Ready Player One
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. 'Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.'--USA Today - 'As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.'--Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune--and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he's beset by rivals who'll kill to take this prize. The race is on--and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly - San Francisco Chronicle - Village Voice
Ready Player One
At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut that is part quest, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle gia...
Ready Player Two
Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest: a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who'll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
Ready Player Two
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST - 'The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.'--The Wall Street Journal AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous--and addictive--than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest--a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who'll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's
Ready Player One
It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place.We're out of oil.We've wrecked the climate.Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread.Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century.And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.
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The Girls
An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong this stunning first novel is perfect for readers of Jeffrey Eugenides sThe Virgin Suicides and Jennifer Egan s A Visit fr...
The Guest
Summer's almost over and Alex is no longer welcome... Alex is a young woman teetering on the edge. Behind on her rent and with nothing to keep her in New York she agrees to spend August by the beach, in the lavish house of the older man she’s been seeing. After one misstep at a dinner party she’s dismissed with a ride to the station and a ticket back to the city. But Alex decides to stay on the island, charming her way into the lives of the dazzlingly wealthy set who live there and leaving a trail of destruction behind her. Just how long can she keep going before she’s found out?
Daddy
Novellerna är samtida och mycket obehagliga, och det går inte att sluta läsa.Barometern"Emma Cline har en förståelse för det allra mest mänskliga - vårt icke-motstånd, vår svaghet och längtan - och den är närvarande i alla noveller."Svenska Dagbladet "Emma Clines minimalistiska realism med dovt undersug visar på djupa psykologiska insikter i människors gränslösheter."Aftonbladet"det är som skildrare av modern förödmjukelse som Cline imponerar"Dagens Nyheter En frånvarande pappa hämtar sin son på internatskolan efter en chockerande våldshandling. Två flickor som fascineras av Mansonmorden börjar fota varandra i en lek som spårar ur. En ung kvinna inser att hon kan tjäna pengar på att sälja sina använda trosor till främmande män. I tio noveller målar Emma Cline upp "ett samtida panorama av insikter, drivkrafter och begär" (Booklist). Hon intresserar sig för sökande, sexualitet och identitet, hur begär uppstår och sätter människor i rörelse, mot saker vi själva begriper – eller är blinda för. Det handlar om kärlekstörstande flickor och ensamma män, om hur längtan efter att bli sedd och få kontakt ofta leder in i förvirrande och våldsamma situationer. Cline rör sig kalejdoskopiskt runt ett antal personer, barn och vuxna, individer och familjer, och placerar dem i situationer där allt verkar stå på spel. I ögonblicket då de tvingas handla uppenbarar sig obekväma sanningar.
Harvey
Om ett dygn ska domen falla, den som kan förändra allt. Filmproducenten har flytt undan reportrarna och förskansat sig i ett lånat hus utanför New York. Han tänker på att han måste sätta igång med ett nytt filmprojekt, att någon borde filmatisera Don DeLillo; han tänker på sina barn och barnbarn, ska de komma och hälsa på? Staben runt omkring assistenter, medarbetare, tjänstefolk, en massös trippar på tå kring det faktum att något avgörande ska hända imorgon. Med en berättarröst som ligger tätt inpå Harvey och skildrar hans vånda och alienering, projektioner, försvar och aggressioner lyckas Cline förvandla en figur som antagit symboliska dimensioner till en man av kött och blod. Hennes starka psykologiska porträtt kryper under skinnet på läsaren.Om författarenEmma Cline växte upp i Sonoma, Kalifornien. Hon tog sin examen vid Columbia University i New York, och har fått noveller publicerade i The Paris Review, Salon, Tin House och O The Oprah Winfrey Magazine. 2014 fick hon Paris Reviews Plimpton Prize, som tilldelas nya skönlitterära talanger. Hon har varit skribent hos The New Yorker. Emma Cline blev ett världsnamn med debutromanen Flickorna (2016), som blev en internationell bestseller och en av de senaste årens stora litterära händelser. 35 länder köpte på kort tid rättigheterna. Romanen bygger löst på historien om Charles Manson och de mord som han fick sina följare att begå i slutet av 60-talet.Om uppläsarenAnna Thiam gick ut från Balettakademiens musikalutbildning år 2000 och har bland annat medverkat i musikteaterproduktioner.Tidigare utgivning av Emma ClineA Nice Noise har även givit ut Flickorna på fysiska ljudboksformat.
Harvey
Cline skriver inget förutsägbart nidporträtt. Snarare är det här en psykologisk studie av en patriarks fall, med eko av Gudfadern-filmerna.Aftonbladet"så skarp och samtidigt inte ett ord för mycket"Arbetaren"Cline lyckas dra så mycket spänning och stress ur ett förlopp vi redan vet slutet på."Landskrona Posten "tät och febrig"Göteborgs-Posten"[Cline] gör det med total kontroll och väldigt mycket humor."Svenska Dagbladet Om ett dygn ska domen falla, den som kan förändra allt. Filmproducenten har flytt undan reportrarna och förskansat sig i ett lånat hus utanför New York. Han tänker på att han måste sätta igång med ett nytt filmprojekt, att någon borde filmatisera Don DeLillo; han tänker på sina barn och barnbarn, ska de komma och hälsa på? Staben runt omkring – assistenter, medarbetare, tjänstefolk, en massös – trippar på tå kring det faktum att något avgörande ska hända imorgon. Med en berättarröst som ligger tätt inpå Harvey och skildrar hans vånda och alienering, projektioner, försvar och aggressioner lyckas Cline förvandla en figur som antagit symboliska dimensioner till en man av kött och blod. Hennes starka psykologiska porträtt kryper under skinnet på läsaren.
The Girls
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family from one of the most exciting young voices in fiction.If you're lost, they'll find you...Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be noticed.It's the summer of 1969 and restless, empty days stretch ahead of her. Until she sees them. The girls. Hair long and uncombed, jewelry catching the sun. And at their centre, Suzanne, black-haired and beautiful.If not for Suzanne, she might not have gone. But, intoxicated by her and the life she promises, Evie follows the girls back to the decaying ranch where they live.Was there a warning? A sign of what was coming? Or did Evie know already that there was no way back?'Taut, beautiful and savage, Cline's novel demands your attention' Guardian
Harvey
Cline skriver inget förutsägbart nidporträtt. Snarare är det här en psykologisk studie av en patriarks fall, med eko av Gudfadern-filmerna.Aftonbladet"så skarp och samtidigt inte ett ord för mycket"Arbetaren"Cline lyckas dra så mycket spänning och stress ur ett förlopp vi redan vet slutet på."Landskrona Posten "tät och febrig"Göteborgs-Posten"[Cline] gör det med total kontroll och väldigt mycket humor."Svenska Dagbladet Om ett dygn ska domen falla, den som kan förändra allt. Filmproducenten har flytt undan reportrarna och förskansat sig i ett lånat hus utanför New York. Han tänker på att han måste sätta igång med ett nytt filmprojekt, att någon borde filmatisera Don DeLillo; han tänker på sina barn och barnbarn, ska de komma och hälsa på? Staben runt omkring – assistenter, medarbetare, tjänstefolk, en massös – trippar på tå kring det faktum att något avgörande ska hända imorgon. Med en berättarröst som ligger tätt inpå Harvey och skildrar hans vånda och alienering, projektioner, försvar och aggressioner lyckas Cline förvandla en figur som antagit symboliska dimensioner till en man av kött och blod. Hennes starka psykologiska porträtt kryper under skinnet på läsaren.
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The Graph Music of Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman is widely regarded as one of America's greatest composers. His music is famously idiosyncratic, but, in many cases, the way he presented it is also unusual because, in the 1950s and 1960s, he often composed in non-standard musical n...
