Brány Anubisovy
by:
Tim Powers (author)
Václav Kříž (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788071932048 (8071932043)
Publish date: December 5th 2005
Publisher: Laser-books
Pages no: 508
Edition language: Czech
This is a fast-paced and imaginative book that combines quantum mechanics, Egyptian mythology and sorcery, Lord Byron, clown sorcerers, body snatchers, cross dressers, millionaires, doppelgangers (called "ka" in the book), time travel and hints of illegal human medical experimentation . How can you ...
Without actually intending it to be any sort of theme, I've read a number of time-travel books this year, and enjoyed all of them. The Anubis Gates was the most recent, and I picked it up not knowing that it was a time-travel story; I simply wanted to read more Tim Powers, as I really liked the othe...
The Anubis Gates (1983) is a time travel fantasy novel by Tim Powers. It won the 1983 Philip K. Dick Award and 1984 Science Fiction Chronicle Award. Well where do I start. I remember first reading this in the early 1990's and like a few other people, I struggled somewhat with the first two chapter...
One of the better time travel novels I have read. The story is full of surprises, twists and turns and weird ideas. You are never sure where the author is leading you but its always pleasantly surprising. There are strange and interesting characters but most of them are not really fleshed out.
DARK SLEEPER is an interesting, fascinating book that creates a lush fantastic world inspired by Dickens, but so much darker and stranger. Recommended by Tim Powers and Suzanne Clarke -- and I can see why. I enjoyed the novel... partially because I've never seen anyone do Dickenesque fiction quit...
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