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Tommaso Campanella The City of the Sun

Philosophie
Englisch
16565 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
278
2

The City of the Sun is a philosophical work by the Italian Dominican philosopher Tommaso Campanella. It is an important early utopian work. The work was written shortly after Campanella's imprisonment for heresy and sedition. The book is presented as a dialogue between "a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller and a Genoese Sea-Captain". Inspired by Plato's Republic and the description of Atlantis in Timaeus, it describes a theocratic society where goods, women and children are held in common. It also resembles the City of Adocentyn in the Picatrix, an Arabic grimoire of astrological magic. In the final part of the work, Campanella prophesies —in the veiled language of astrology— that the Spanish kings, in alliance with the Pope, are destined to be the instruments of a Divine Plan: the final victory of the True Faith and its diffusion in the whole world. While one could argue that Campanella was simply thinking of the conquest of the New World, it seems that this prophecy should be interpreted in the light of a work written shortly before The City of the Sun, The Monarchy in Spain, in which Campanella exposes his vision of a unified, peaceful world governed by a theocratic monarchy. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the city of the sun, tommaso campanella, utopian vision, political philosophy, occult philosophy, astrology, religion

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Caitlin Arthurs Hidden City

Kurzgeschichte
Englisch
3142 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
684
7

It pulsed all around him. Life. He knew it was out there. He had to escape that city, [mehr]

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Shia Naawl Scarlet's City

[First six chapters]

Fantasy
Englisch
7734 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
616
16

Scarlet is a newly Mistress of the City. she doesn't want it but the death of her twin sister and the little visit she had from two of the Supremes, forced her into this mess. And since she hasn't fully announced it openly to the supernatural and non-supernatural world of the City, her title is up for grabs. Attempting to avoid getting killed, she soon finds out her sister had some dirty secrets hidden in her closet after her death and this would determine the allegiance between her and those who can control the elements itself -not to mention a hell of a lot more- the mages. [mehr]

Stichwörter: scarlet, fantasy, Fiction

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E. Goldsby City Stories

Kurzgeschichte
Englisch
19308 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
7
0

City Stories "This will fulfil your desire for drama set in the city of sin - at least, it did for me. Money, relationships and showbiz abound in these stories - and what could be more perfect for the setting? Some of these people's lives end tragically, and some end happily ever after. But you'll never know who's who until you read the book. It may say something about this seedy town as to how each of these people's lives is affected by it. One thing's for sure - it's entertaining as can be, and you won't quit until the end. " — Oprah W. [mehr]

Stichwörter: sex, new releases, neuerscheinung, neue buecher, krimi, kostenlose buecher, kostnlose buecher, neuerscheinungen 2023, new releases 2024, ebooks 2024, books 2024, neuheiten2024

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Bernd Keller Anbis City

Science Fiction
Deutsch
135145 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
584
1

Ein Scifi-Krimi Einige Jahrhunderte in der Zukunft hat sich die Menschheit ins All ausgebreitet und etliche Planeten besiedelt. Anbis [mehr]

Stichwörter: Scifi, Science-Fiction, Space Opera, Krimi

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Paul W. Fairman Deadly City

Belletristik
Englisch
15930 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Paul Warren Fairman (1916-1977) was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and under pseudonyms. His detective story "Late Rain" was published in the February 1947 issue of Mammoth Detective. He published his story "No Teeth for the Tiger" in the February 1950 issue of Amazing Stories. Two years later, he was the founding editor of If, but only edited four issues. In 1955, he became the editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic.[1] He held that dual position until 1958. His science fiction short stories "Deadly City" and "The Cosmic Frame" were made into motion pictures. [mehr]

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Frank Lauria DARK CITY

Der Roman zum Film

Science Fiction
Deutsch
38323 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
97
0

»Die dunkle Spur auf dem Fußboden führte zu einem nackten, weißen Fuß, der hinter dem Bett hervorragte. Zögernd ging Murdoch näher heran. Eine nackte Frau lag mit ausgebreiteten Armen in einer Blutlache. Ihre Augen starrten leblos zur Decke.« Ein Mann erwacht in einem Zimmer einer billigen Absteige und findet eine Tote vor. Doch ihm fehlt jegliche Erinnerung daran, was geschehen sein könnte. Ihm ist, als durchlebe er den Alptraum eines anderen, eines Fremden, zumal merkwürdige Gestalten in langen schwarzen Mänteln immer wieder versuchen, ihm den Garaus zu machen... Der futuristische Psycho-Thriller DARK CITY von Frank Lauria ist die Roman-Adaption des gleichnamigen Films aus dem Jahr 1998 (Regie: Alex Proyas) – in den Hauptrollen: Rufus Sewell als John Murdoch, Kiefer Sutherland als Dr. Schreber, Jennifer Connelly als Emma Murdoch/Anna, William Hurt als Frank Bumstead und Ian Richardson als Mr. Book. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Apex-Verlag, Science Fiction, SF, SciFi, Cyberpunk, Dystopie, Thriller, Krimi, futristischer Thriller, SF-Krimi, Roman, Romane, Post-Cyberpunk, Buch zum Film, Roman zum Film, 90er, 90er Jahre, Sci-Fi, Außerirdische, Aliens, düster, kafkaesk, Noir, Neo Noir, Noir-Krime, Crime Noir, Zukunft, Anti-Utopie, Kult, Spannung, Suspense, ebook, Ebook, E-Book, Neuausgabe 2021, Neuerscheinung 2021 [mehr][weniger]