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“jan cichy”

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  • The Eye of Eyes

    by Jan Cichy, Mirosław Słowik, Adam Zmarzlinski ...
    February, 1901: Jan Cichy, a Polish inventor, sets out from Snowshill, England on a latitudinal circumnavigation of the globe. A few weeks later, disheveled and on the brink of insanity, he returns to London, but quickly departs for the European continent. Months pass, and Prof. Michał Nowak, Cichy's friend, receives a package from Oman. Inside the parcel are several bone fragments, a small bag of ... Read more

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  • We

    by Yevgeny Zamyatin ...
    Translated by Mirra Ginsburg ...
    Yevgeny Zamyatin's page-turning science fiction adventure, a masterpiece of wit and black humor that accurately predicted the horrors of Stalinism, We is the classic dystopian novel that became the basis for the tales of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Margaret Atwood, among so many others. Its message of hope and warning is as timely at the beginning of the twenty-first century as it was at the ... Read more

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  • The City of Dreaming Books

    by Walter Moers ...
    In this whimsical fantasy adventure, a novelist's search for an author takes him to a magical city, a villainous literary scholar, and perilous catacombs.Optimus Yarnspinner's search for an author's identity takes him to Bookholm―the so-called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second-hand bookshop. His nostrils are assailed ... Read more

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  • Cthulhu's Reign

    Edited by Darrell Schweitzer ...
    All original stories about the return of Cthulhu and the Old Ones to Earth.Some of the darkest hints in all of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos relate to what will happen after the Old Ones return and take over the earth. What happens when Cthulhu is unleashed upon the world? What happens when the other Old Ones, long since banished from our universe, break through and descend from the stars? What ... Read more

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  • Autobiography of a Corpse

    by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky ...
    Translated by Joanne Turnbull ...
    An NYRB Classics OriginalWinner of the 2014 PEN Translation PrizeWinner of the 2014 Read Russia PrizeThe stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and wild paradoxes. This new collection of eleven mind-bending and spellbinding tales includes some of Krzhizhanovsky’s most dazzling conceits: a provincial ... Read more

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  • The Undressing

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    by Li-Young Lee ...
    “Immediate, sensual, unrelentingly intense.” —NPRA breathtaking volume about the violence of desire and the peace of love from celebrated poet Li-Young Lee, The Undressing is a tonic for spiritual anemia; it attempts to uncover things hidden since the dawn of the world. Short of achieving that end, these mysterious, unassuming poems investigate the human violence and dispossession increasingly ... Read more

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  • We

    A Novel

    by Yevgeny Zamyatin ...
    Translated by Bela Shayevich ...
    The chilling dystopian novel that influenced George Orwell while he was writing 1984, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood and an essay by Ursula Le GuinIn a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful “Benefactor,” the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState are regulated by spies and secret police; wear identical clothing; and are distinguished ... Read more

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  • The Continent of Lies

    by James Morrow ...
    A dystopian tale about mass-entertainment-turned-toxic from the award-winning author of Towing Jehovah—perfect for Philip K. Dick fans.Cutting-edge virtual reality has emerged as a popular, albeit controversial, source of amusement. Devouring a cephapple or "dreambean" allows the eater to become the primary player in a preprogrammed narrative: love story, historical spectacle, horror thriller—this ... Read more

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  • Reality by Other Means

    by James Morrow ...
    This short story anthology by the author of The Godhead Trilogy "reveals him to be one of the wittiest writers of contemporary speculative fiction" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Join the Abominable Snowman as, determined to transcend his cannibalistic past, he studies Tibetan Buddhism under the Dalai Lama. Pace the walls of Ilium with fair Helen as she tries to convince both sides to ... Read more

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  • The Descent of Alette

    by Alice Notley ...
    Series series Penguin Poets
    In The Descent of Alette, Alice Notley presents a feminist epic, a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not allowed to live in the world above. Traveling deeper and deeper, she is on a journey of continual transformation, encountering a series of figures and undergoing ... Read more

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  • Chasing Homer

    by László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann ...
    Translated by John Batki ...
    WINNER OF THE 2025 NOBEL PRIZEA classic escape nightmare, Chasing Homer is sped on not only by Krasznahorkai’s signature velocity, but also by a unique musical score and intense illustrationsIn this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed—careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies ... Read more

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  • Frost and Fire

    by Roger Zelazny ...
    Frost and Fire is a triumph of style and vision. The collection opens with “Permafrost” which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and the final story in the collection is “24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai” which won the Hugo Award and was nominated for the Nebula Award. These two stories alone represent an amazing achievement; but this collection is filled with gems such as “Mana from Heaven” and ... Read more

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