Résultats pour "ursula" dans Fantasy

Un jeune garçon nommé Arren apporte une inquiétante nouvelle : dans son pays, les sorciers ont oublié leur langage et perdu leur pouvoir. Le vieux Ged, l'archimage, doit remettre à l'endroit ce qui est à l'envers. Tous deux font voile vers des îles dévastées. Chez les Enfants de la Mer Ouverte, qui vivent sur des radeaux, Ged et Arren assistent au long bal, où les chanteurs oublient les paroles et se taisent.

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement.

Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior clan, Liuar. But when the technologically primitive planet is suddenly invaded by a fleet of ships from the stars, rebels against the League of All Worlds, Rocannon is the only survey member left alive. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this newly discovered world - and finds that legends grow around him as he fights.

Return to Earthsea with Ged, the brash young wizard who survived the enchanted labyrinth of The Tombs of Atuan. In the third episode of this brilliant fantasy saga, a much older Ged sets off on a harrowing quest for the source of a terrible darkness that is taking the magic out of Earthsea.

Outer Space, Inner Lands includes many of the best known Ursula K. Le Guin nonrealistic stories (such as "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," "Semley' s Necklace," and "She Unnames Them") which have shaped the way many listeners see the world. She gives voice to the voiceless, hope to the outsider, and speaks truth to power - all the time maintaining her independence and sense of humor.

A trans-siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. The catalyst for this frosty metamorphosis of 20th century history is the impact of the Tunguska asteroid, deep in Siberia, in 1908. As the land freezes, so does history: the Tsar still rules Russia; the Belle Époque endures; and the First World War never happened. But out there, on the ice, a new world is being forged.

Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk - Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world - even beyond the realm of death - as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.   

So hatte sich Ursula ihren großen Tag nicht vorgestellt! Da wird man jahrelang ausgebildet, um am achtzehnten Geburtstag Köln gegen die Dämonen der Hunnen zu verteidigen, und dann läuft alles anders als erwartet! Nicht genug damit, dass zwei der elf Mitglieder ihres Teams spurlos verschwinden und Ursula notgedrungen Adam, seines Zeichens Exil-Amerikaner und Gelegenheitsstadtführer, in einer Bar auflesen muss; zusätzlich verschwinden plötzlich auch noch mitten im Kampf alle Hunnen - und mit ihnen auch Ursulas Ausbilderin Una.

Primera entrega del emblemático ciclo de Terramar. En el mundo de Terramar la magia es un elemento indispensable. Un principio fundamental rige ese mundo: el equilibrio entre la vida y la muerte, que pocos pueden alterar. Pasados diez años, Ged capaz ya de actuar en beneficio de otros, decide recobrar la mitad de un anillo perdido en las tumbas de Atuan; sin embargo la sacerdotisa le involucrará en las profundidades de Terramar. ¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar!

¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar! El mal medra, y la magia se ha pervertido. En todas partes hay miedo e incertidumbre; magos y reyes quieren que una mujer de Gont les muestre el camino. Tenar, sacerdotisa de Atuan, cuida de Therru, una muchacha que ha conocido el horror, y dedica toda su fuerza y sabiduría a protegerla de sus perseguidores y llegar a entender un mundo que está cambiando de una manera misteriosa.

Earth, like the rest of the Known Worlds, has fallen to the Shing. Scattered here and there, small groups of humans live in a state of semi-barbarism. They have lost the skills, science and knowledge that had been Earth's in the golden age of the League of Worlds, and whenever a colony of humans tries to rekindle the embers of a half-forgotten technology, the Shing, with their strange, mindlying power, crush them out. There is one man who can stand against the malign Shing, but he is an alien with amber eyes and must first prove to paranoid humanity that he is not a creature of the Shing.

Amane stellt mit Entsetzen fest, dass ihre Eltern "kopuliert" haben, um sie zu zeugen, anstatt wie alle anderen die Vorteile künstlicher Befruchtung zu nutzen. Auch wenn ihre Mutter an der alten Welt festhält und das Konzept Liebe verzweifelt verteidigt, will Amane dazugehören in einer Gesellschaft, in der Sex und Romantik fast ganz verschwunden sind. Mit ihrem Mann Saku zieht Amane in die experimentelle Stadt in Chiba, wo auch Männer Kinder in künstlichen Gebärmüttern austragen und sich alle Menschen gleichermaßen um alle Kinder kümmern.

'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE 'Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed' BOOKLIST 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER 'A tour de...

Memer is a child of rape; when the Alds took the beautiful city of Ansul, they descecrated or destroyed everything of beauty. The Waylord they imprisoned and tortured for years until finally he is freed to return to his home. Though crippled, he is not destroyed. His life still has purpose...

'She's showing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters... GIFTS has the simplicity of fairy tale and the power of myth' GUARDIAN 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER Orrec, the son of the Brantor of...

These stories are set in the familiar quasi-medieval worlds to which modern listeners are accustomed, and also stories rooted in the authentic myth-constructs of high antiquity, along with several that depend for their power on the juxtaposition of fantastic situations and terribly contemporary aspects of modern life on Earth. Together these stories make up a collection which provides reassuring proof of fantasy's eternal power in this technological age.

Just when John thinks things are finally calming down, the world never fails to throw a new twist his way. And the latest one is deadly. A distress call from Katrine has set John on a crash course with a band of vicious dimensional raiders led by a supreme mage who are already planning an invasion, while back home, the clock is ticking on the prophecy of the beast invasion that will wipe humans from the face of the world. Worse still, John’s mana is growing stronger, forcing him to choose between sealing his mana away and becoming mortal, or destroying the world by his very presence.

Edgar does not cheat in flower shows. He might use a magically enhanced serum, but anyone could do that. It's not his fault the other competitors don’t know magic exists! But when the Ivy House crew goes to the pre-show to support him, it becomes clear that someone should've been watching Edgar much more carefully. What he's done is way worse than overgrown flora.

Hunted by an ungrateful Persian royal family, the rogue agents Samuel and Mehrnaz are on the run to escape the empire they formerly served. Their destination (if they live to see it): the distant fabled land of India. There, on the far side of the Indus, the agents find ancient perils have returned in the weapons-blasted desert left behind by the earth-shattering Mahabharata War. Nightmarish creatures that have grown giant and twisted hunt down their human prey, while other animals have metamorphosized into something stranger still.

Eighteen-year-old Aela Everflame is finally old enough to enroll at the War College of Solarus. Reunited with her childhood friend Nathaniel after a long twelve months apart, she’s eager to begin the next chapter of her life. Despite her modest magical abilities, lack of social finesse, and terrible combat skills, Aela is a Fire Wielder—one of the sought-after "Flames" destined to join the Olympian Army.