Auteur(s): Susan Cooper
Editeur: Gardners Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dark Is Rising Sequence 1-5
Résumé: This is a collection of five stories. They are "Over Sea, Under Stone", "The Dark is Rising", "Greenwitch", "The Grey king" and "Silver on the Tree". "The Grey King" won the 1975 Newbery Medal.

Auteur(s): Marion Zimmer Bradley
Editeur: DAW
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Darkover 9
Résumé: From Library Journal
This installation of Bradley's popular "Darkover" series was first published in 1977. Though not out of print, the Severn House version is the only hardcover edition currently available. For all sf/fantasy collections.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Auteur(s): Marion Zimmer Bradley
Editeur: Daw Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Darkover 21
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
The 33rd book in the author's popular Darkover series (begun in 1958 and composed mostly of Bradley's novels but also of some story collections edited by her) moves the epic slowly forward, primarily by explicating the emotional lives of the many characters, telepathic and otherwise, who make up the population of the planet of Darkover. Senator Hermes-Gabriel Aldaran receives a telepathic wake-up call to return home to Darkover before the rapacious Expansionists in the Terran Federation destroy what few personal freedoms are left to their citizenry. Arriving planetside with his children and his wife, Katherine?who has been kept ignorant of his psychic gifts?Herm finds life on Darkover more difficult than anticipated. The on-planet Terran contingency not only wants to arrest him, but also is plotting various illegal political assassinations in order to usurp power during the interregnum. Regis Hastur is dying and the succession has become a bone of contention among the nobility, which puts young Domenic, who is legitimately in line of rule, in the crossfire of the political fallout. Herm decides to accompany Domenic on a spy mission after the overly dutiful boy takes a night off and inadvertently becomes embroiled in the Terrans' murderous plans. This trip takes Herm away from his wife, allowing him to avoid dealing with her outrage at the hard truths he has kept from her. Though characters constantly explain what is going on, and every major plot point is seen through several substantially similar viewpoints, fans of the series not put off by the repetition and glacial pace should be satisfied with the happy glow engendered by spending time with familiar characters and their warm, humanistic values.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal
This sequel to Shadow Matrix (LJ 9/15/97) continues Bradley's epic saga of the world of the bloody sun. The death of Regis Hastur, Regent of Darkover, signals the beginning of an uneasy time for the planet. As his heir, Mikhail, prepares to assume the reins of power, the relationship between Darkover and the Terran Federation reaches a boiling point, drawing the major families of the planet into a crucible of intrigue and treachery. Bradley's consummate skill at presenting complex political intrigue side-by-side with acute personal drama makes her Darkover series both involving and intricate. Highly recommended for most sf collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Auteur(s): Elizabeth Moon
Editeur: Legend
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Deed of Paksenarrion 1
Résumé: The trilogy "The Deed of Paksenarrion" starts off with this book. In the Sheepfarmer's Daughter Paksenarrion (Paks to friends) runs away from home. She does not want to marry the pig farmer her father has dowried for her. Instead she joins the mercenary band of Duke Phelan in order to realize her dreams of becoming a warrior and enjoy fame and glory. Of course, Paks soon finds out that being a warrior is not all fighting and learning the use of weapons. Jacks have to be dug out and clothes need to be taken care of. Paks, too, meets challenges in the form of other warriors in the Duke's band as well as in other mercenary bands. Not all bands are as fair as the Duke's. He is a strict task master.
The first installment in this series takes Paks through physical and mental development. Some of this development lends a favorable light to Paks, but not all.
All in all an enjoyable book.

Auteur(s): Diana Wynne Jones
Editeur: Gollancz
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Derkholm 1
Résumé: If, next door to our ordinary world, there existed a world full of magic, wouldn't you want to visit it?That's the situation that Diana Wynne Jones explores in Dark Lord of Derkholm, and she makes an effective and comical tale of it.
Groups of tourists, called Pilgrim Parties and organized by the cold-hearted profiteer Mr. Chesney, take a portal to the magical realm, where they are shepherded about the countryside by a wizard guide. Mr. Chesney sets the rules, such as that all wizard guides must have long white beards--even 14-year-old Blade--and every Party gets to "slay" the Dark Lord. No wizard wants to be chosen as the year's Dark Lord, because Mr. Chesney demands large battles that cause great devastation in the local villages and farms, and he doesn't pay very well, but he does have a captive demon to enforce his will. This year, things are going especially badly for the chosen Dark Lord, Derk. He can't seem to keep his evil forces on the right track, despite help from his son Blade, his daughter Shona the bard, and his griffin sons and daughters. His chief aide, Barnabas, is drinking heavily and muddling his spells. And the dwarfs are taking their baskets of gold as tribute to the one they say is the real Dark Lord--Mr. Chesney.
Jones spoofs many of the trappings of fantasy epics, while at the same time portraying a family, with its surface squabbles and underlying love, through a rollicking and somewhat unwieldy story. Her messages about exploitation and responsibility come through clearly. Although not as tightly focused as some of her earlier novels, the galloping pace makes Dark Lord of Derkholm a quick, fun read for her numerous fans. --Blaise Selby

Auteur(s): Diana Wynne Jones
Editeur: Gollancz
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Derkholm 2
Résumé: In the very strange Pilgrim Parties of Diana Wynne Jones's Dark Lord of Derkholm, tourists from the next universe would come to wizards' lands expecting to have exciting battles with dwarfs, dragons, and the powers of darkness. Sadly, wizards were forced to host these hokey yet horrific pseudoadventures, and in the process, laid waste to their lands. But as its sequel Year of the Griffin begins, we learn with some relief that the mercenary Mr. Chesney's magic tours had ended eight years previous. While that is excellent news, the Wizards' University is now decidedly short of funds.
Wavy-blond-haired Professor Corkoran has plenty of schemes for extracting money from his students' families. But he always has plenty of ideas, and none of them work. Besides, he is too busy researching how to be the first man to walk on the moon to do much of anything else. As his new crop of students shows up, Corkoran is in for a surprise. Not only do none of them have any money, but one is a huge griffin, "brightly golden in fur and crest and feathers, so sharply curved of beak, and so fiercely alert in her round orange eyes that at first sight she seemed to fill a room." (Meet Elda, softhearted yet gigantic daughter of Wizard Derk.)
The hilarious goings-on begin when Corkoran's moneymaking schemes backfire horribly, and the motley crew of would-be wizards begin their studies. Comical tableaux involving spells that create deep pits and smelly winged monkeys alternate with suspenseful (yet always amusing) scenes involving tiny assassins who mean business. Jones's satirical pokes at academia, racial intolerance (the greenish and jinxed Claudia has mixed blood), and hierarchical societies (Ruskin is bucking the tyranny of the forgemasters to become the first dwarf wizard) keep the story lively, as do the realistic portrayals of her very odd and endearing cast of characters. You definitely don't have to have read Dark Lord to enjoy this wonderful sequel, but you may not be able to resist going back to it. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 1
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 2
Résumé: Surtout, ne vous fiez pas aux apparences. Le jeune Conan a beau être haut comme trois pommes, c'est un détective redoutable. Petit par la taille, d'accord, mais déjà grand par la capacité de déduction. Bref, il ne fait pas son âge... Et pour cause : en réalité, il n'a pas vraiment six ans, comme un rapide coup d'oeil à sa morphologie pourrait le laisser croire. Conan - de son véritable nom Shinichi Kudo - est, à l'origine, un détective lycéen. Mais il s'est retrouvé un jour en butte aux membres de l'Organisation des hommes en noir. Et ceux-ci n'ont rien trouvé de mieux que de lui faire ingurgiter un liquide empoisonné qui l'a fait replonger en enfance... Et tandis que le professeur Agasa multiplie les inventions loufoques afin de lui rendre sa taille normale, Conan passe son temps à résoudre des énigmes en tous genres. Pour le plus grand plaisir des ados, qui se régalent de ses aventures menées tambour battant. Un manga très séduisant qui rend hommage aux grands classiques de la littérature policière. --Gilbert Jacques

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 3
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 13
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 14
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 15
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 16
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 26
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 27
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 28
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 29
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 30
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 31
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 32
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 33
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 34
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 35
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 36
Résumé: Salut, c'est Aoyama ! A la fête de fin d'année organisée par Tokyo Movie, j'ai eu la chance de rencontrer, devinez qui, Monkey Punch ! En personne ! Nous nous sommes serrés la main et alors que je m'apprêtais à engager la conversation, j'ai ressenti une étrange sensation dans la bouche : une de mes dents en pivot venait de se déchausser... Monkey Punch a continué à me parler en souriant, mais tout de même, perdre une dent devant lui, c'est déprimant... Morale de l'histoire : prenons soin de nos dents ! ("encore ?!" oui, je sais... rires).

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 37
Résumé: Salut, c'est Gosho Aoyama ! ça y est, la coupe du monde de foot va enfin commencer! Pour Conan, c'est aussi un moment très attendu : il mériterait parfois bien un trophée. Kogoro, lui, se contentera de siffler... quelques coupes (de champagne... ?). Ran, quant à elle, surveille les lignes (de son corps). Et moi, à défaut de coupe, c'est dans un bol que je mange mes nouilles instantanées... Je vous laisse le soin de trouver d'autres jeux de mots du même acabit... (rires

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 38
Résumé: Résumé des épisodes précédents : Shinichi Kudo est un détective lycéen dont le corps a rapetissé suite à l'ingestion d'un poison fabriqué par une mystérieuse organisation. Il habite chez son amie d'enfance, Ran, sous l'identité temporaire de Conan Edogawa. Tout ce que l'on sait sur L'Organisation est qu'elle multiplie les actes criminels dans l'ombre pour récupérer d'importantes sommes d'argent, qu'elle fabrique d'étranges médicaments et qu'elle essaie de réunir les meilleurs programmeurs informatiques. Un jour, au cours d'une enquête menée par Kogoro, Conan met la main sur le journal intime tenu par un ingénieur informatique qui a été assassiné et découvre un indice sur les hommes en noir. En se faisant passer pour la victime, il entre en contact avec l'organisation et fixe un rendez-vous pour une rencontre, auquel il se rend en compagnie du professeur Agasa. Mais en cours de route, la voiture du professeur tombe en panne. Pris en stop par un couple, Conan comprend très vite qu'il s'agit en fait de deux braqueurs de bijouterie en fuite ?!

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 39
Résumé: Suite de l'enquête de Shinichi Kudo, détective lycéen dont le corps a rapetissé suite à l'ingestion d'un poison fabriqué par une mystérieuse organisation.

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 40
Résumé: Salut, c'est Gôshô Aoyama ! Le premier amour du professeur Agasa apparaît enfin ! Cela fait un bon moment que j'avais cette histoire en tête mais je la gardais pour une parution en automne (période romantique au possible). Malheureusement, j'ai manqué plusieurs fois le bon timing pour la faire paraître et les années ont passé. Du coup, le code secret est devenu assez difficile à déchiffrer. Mais je n y suis pour rien Ce sont des enfants qui l'ont inventé... (rires).

Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
Série: Détective Conan 41
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Gosho Aoyama
Editeur: Kana
Genre: Manga
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Auteur(s): Katharine Kerr
Editeur: Spectra Bantam
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Deverry 1
Résumé: Review
"This grand saga a wide margin the best  Celtic fantasy around."--Chicago  Sun-Times

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"This grand saga a wide margin the best  Celtic fantasy around."--Chicago  Sun-Times--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Auteur(s): Katharine Kerr
Editeur: Spectra Bantam
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Deverry 2
Résumé: Book Description
On the long roads of Deverry ride two mercenaries whose fates like hidden deep in that of their own land.  But Lord Rhodry, exiled from the dragon court of Aberwyn, has yet to discover his true parentage, and his swordmaster-lover, Jill, has barely glimpsed her awesome powers.  Meanwhile, the ancient sorcerer Nevyn, held back by his vows from boldly intervening in their lives, can only watch and wait as Rhodry and Jill move ever closer to danger.  For as the two struggle to recover the Great Stone, the mystic jewel that guides the conscience of the kingship of Deverry, malevolent dark masters are weaving terrifying spells against them--and displacing messengers of death.

Katharine Kerr has extensively rewritten Darkspell, incorporating major changes in the text, making this her definitive edition.  Here the epic saga that began with the Daggerspell continues--a tale of might and magic, lust and glory, dark danger and poignant desires that echo from Deverry's sapphire waters to its secret mountain caverns.  It's a spellbinding story destined to please fantasy lovers everywhere.

The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
On the long roads of Deverry ride two mercenaries whose fates like hidden deep in that of their own land. But Lord Rhodry, exiled from the dragon court of Aberwyn, has yet to discover his true parentage, and his swordmaster-lover, Jill, has barely glimpsed her awesome powers. Meanwhile, the ancient sorcerer Nevyn, held back by his vows from boldly intervening in their lives, can only watch and wait as Rhodry and Jill move ever closer to danger. For as the two struggle to recover the Great Stone, the mystic jewel that guides the conscience of the kingship of Deverry, malevolent dark masters are weaving terrifying spells against them--and displacing messengers of death. Katherine Kerr has extensively rewritten Darkspell, incorporating major changes in the text, making this her definitive edition. Here the epic saga that began with the Daggerspell continues--a tale of might and magic, lust and glory, dark danger and poignant desires that echo from Deverry's sapphire waters to its secret mountain caverns. It's a spellbinding story destined to please fantasy lovers everywhere.

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Auteur(s): Katharine Kerr
Editeur: Spectra Bantam
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Deverry 3
Résumé: From Library Journal
The war between Light and Darkness in the world of Deverry reaches a critical stage as the Dark Council moves against three people whose fates are linked with the world's destiny. This sequel to Daggerspell and Darkspell continues a complex story of a love triangle that spans time and space as Prince Rhodri of Eldidd, the warrior-woman he loves, and a mage who shares their karmic burden seek to unravel their tragic past. This Celtic-based fantasy is recommended for libraries owning the previous titles.-- JC
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Auteur(s): Katharine Kerr
Editeur: Spectra Bantam
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Deverry 4
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
In this adept fourth volume of the Deverry tales, Kerr's world grows denser and more complex as the forces of darkness and light do battle. Rhodry, who will one day rule Aberwyn, has been abducted and taken as a slave to the land of Bardek, home to the evil Dark Council. The Council is using him to lure into destruction the sorcerer Nevyn, chief of the forces of light. The elf Salamander, Rhodry's half-brother, and the mercenary Jill, Rhodry's lover, go in search of the missing lord. While the rescuers wander through Bardek as itinerant magicians, Jill learns how to handle her "dweomer,"sp. OK the power with which she is gifted. When Nevyn arrives, almost falling into the trap, he and his companions succeed in destroying the head of the Dark Council. Meanwhile in Deverry, Lovyan, Rhodry's mother, must fend off contenders for her son's position, while protecting Rhodda, Rhodry's illegitimate daughter, from assassination attempts. Perhaps anticipating another installment, Kerr purposely leaves some loose ends untied, and in a surprisingly unromantic twist, the hero and heroine must find their separate destinies.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"No one does real, live, gritty Celtic fantasy better than Katharine Kerr."
--Judith Tarr

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Auteur(s): Mercedes Lackey
Editeur: Tor Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Diana Tregarde 1
Résumé: Review
"Mercedes Lackey's work is as sharp--and as scary--as the suddenly revealed fang of a vampire. She'll keep you up long past your bedtime."--Stephen King

"Diana Tregarde is an intelligent and resourceful entrant in the [dark fantasy] field--with a most charming and unusual associate."--C. J. Cherryh on Children of the Night

"A very enjoyable thriller with a sense of humor."--Locus on Children of the Night

"[The heroine has] a wry, practical sense of humor. Further pluses include an almost complete lack of sexual stereotyping or politics. Anyone who likes their supernatural yarns laced with intelligence will find this novel more than satisfying."--Dragon magazine on Burning Water

"The characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately. The plot weaves a magic spell of its own. This is a hard one to put down, and readers will clamor for the rest of the series."--Booklist on Jinx High

Auteur(s): Mercedes Lackey
Editeur: Tor Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Diana Tregarde 2
Résumé: Review
"Mercedes Lackey's work is as sharp--and scary--as the suddenly revealed fang of a vampire. She'll keep you up long past your bedtime."--Stephen King

"There are days that I think that I would much rather be Diana Tregarde than anyone else...."--OtherRealms

Auteur(s): Mercedes Lackey
Editeur: Baen
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Diana Tregarde 3
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Auteur(s): Koge Donbo
Editeur: Soleil
Genre: Manga
Série: Digi Charat 1
Résumé: Son passe-temps favori ? Conquérir la terre
Elle vient d'une lointaine planète, c'est une princesse, et elle est super-mignonne !

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Carpe Jugulum is the 23rd Discworld novel, and with it this durable series continues its juggernaut procession onwards. Pratchett is an author who inspires such devotions that his fans will fall on the novel with cries of joy. Non-fans, perhaps, will want to know what all the fuss is about; and that's something difficult to put into a few words. The best thing to do for those completely new to Pratchett is to sample him for themselves, and this novel is as good a place to start as any. But fans have a more precise question. They know that Discworld novels come in one of two varieties: the quite good, and the brilliant. So, for instance, where Hogfather and Maskerade were quite good, Feet of Clay and Jingo were brilliant. While true fans wouldn't want to do without the former, they absolutely live for the latter. And with Carpe Jugulum Pratchett has hit jackpot again. This novel is one of the brilliant ones.
The plot is a version of an earlier Discworld novel, Lords and Ladies, with the predatory elves of that novel being replaced here by suave and deadly vampires, and the tiny kingdom of Lancre being defended by its witches. But plot is the least of Pratchett's appeal, and Carpe Jugulum is loaded with marvellous characters (not least the witches themselves, about whom we learn a deal more here), comic touches and scenes of genius, and even some of the renowned down-to-earth Pratchett wisdom (here about the inner ethical conflicts we all face, and the wrongness of treating people as things). Pratchett's vampires are elegant Bela Lugosi types, and they come up against an unlikely but engaging alliance of witches, blue-skinned pixies like Rob Roy Smurfs, a doubting priest with a boil on his face and a magical house-sized Phoenix in a seamless, completely absorbing and feel-good-about-the-universe mixture. Highly recommended. --Adam Roberts

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby, Amazon.com

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs
Editeur: Books Britain
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
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Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: The third in Terry Pratchett's hugely popular "Discworld" series. The wizard Drum Billet decides the time has come to relinquish his power and choose a successor, who should by rights be the eighth son of an eighth son. The designated eighth son, though, is female, and wizards are meant to be male.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Orion Pub Co
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: From Booklist
The latest in Pratchett's Discworld series plays a variation on the Faust theme. Eric is a singularly inept sorcerer who conjures up an even more inept wizard, Rincewind, and a sentient (also treacherous, vindictive, and unruly) footlocker named, of course, the Luggage. Not having got anything like what he bargained for, Eric is fated to go through the usual zany ordeals of a Pratchett protagonist, until he wishes he'd never been born. Nor do things really all work out in the end, even if Eric is better off than he expected to be through most of the book. The Discworld books are building a following that is beginning to resemble that of Piers Anthony's Xanth stories, although it can be said that Pratchett is rather more sophisticated than Anthony. In any case, there should be a lot of readers for this one. Fantasy collections, provide accordingly. Roland Green--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
British fantasist Pratchett's latest special-delivery delight, set in his wonderfully crazed city of Ankh-Morpork, hilariously reflects the plight of post offices the world over as they struggle to compete in an era when e-mail has stolen much of the glamour from the postal trade. Soon after Moist von Lipwig (aka Alfred Spangler), Pratchett's not-quite-hapless, accidental hero, barely avoids hanging, Lord Havelock Vetinari, the despotic but pretty cool ruler of Ankh-Morpork, makes him a job offer he can't refuse—postmaster general of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office. The post office hasn't been open for 20 years since the advent of the Internet-like clacks communication system. Moist's first impulse is to try to escape, but Mr. Pump, his golem parole officer, quickly catches him. Moist must then deal with the musty mounds of undelivered mail that fill every room of the decaying Post Office building maintained by ancient and smelly Junior Postman Groat and his callow assistant, Apprentice Postman Stanley. The place is also haunted by dead postmen and guarded by Mr. Tiddles, a crafty cat. Readers will cheer Moist on as he eventually finds himself in a race with the dysfunctional clacks system to see whose message can be delivered first. Thanks to the timely subject matter and Pratchett's effervescent wit, this 29th Discworld novel (after 2003's Monstrous Regiment) may capture more of the American audience he deserves.
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From School Library Journal
Adult/High School - When petty con man Moist von Lipwig is hung for his crimes in the first chapter of this surprising and humorous novel, it appears to be the end. But this is Discworld after all, a world "a lot like our own but different." Moist awakes from the shock of his hanging to find that the city's Patrician, Lord Vetinari, has assigned him a government job (a fate worse than death?) restoring the defunct postal system. Of course, there is much more to restore than the flow of letters and packages. Justice as well as communication has been poorly served by a hostile takeover of the "clacks" - a unique messaging system that is part semaphore, part digital, and under the monopoly of the Grand Trunk Company. Before Moist can get very far into the job, he encounters ghosts, the voices of unsent letters, and a ruthless corporate conspiracy. In this quickly escalating battle, the post office is definitely the underdog, but, as the author notes, "an underdog can always find somewhere soft to bite." Fortunately Moist has friends: the determined Miss Dearheart, a golem with more than feet of clay, and a secret society of unemployed and very unusual postal workers as well as a vampire named Oscar. The author's inventiveness seems to know no end, his playful and irreverent use of language is a delight, and there is food for thought in his parody of fantasyland. This 29th Discworld novel, like the rest of the series, is a surefire hit for fans of Douglas Adams and Monty Python. - Carolyn Lehman, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
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Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Terror stalks the streets of Ankh-Morpork, greatest city on the Discworld. Something is turning unwary citizens into things resembling small charcoal biscuits. To the rescue come Carrott, Sergeant Vimes and the other members of the inebriated night watch.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: What could more genuinely embody the spirit of Christmas (or Hogswatch, on the Discworld) than a Terry Pratchett book about the holiday season? Every secular Christmas tradition is included. But as this is the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists.
This year the Auditors, who want people to stop believing in things that aren't real, have hired an assassin to eliminate the Hogfather. (You know him: red robe, white beard, says, "Ho, ho, ho!") Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him. So someone does. Well, at least Death tries. He wears the costume and rides the sleigh drawn by four jolly pigs: Gouger, Tusker, Rooter and Snouter. He even comes down chimneys. But as fans of other Pratchett stories about Death know, he takes things literally. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul.
Fans will welcome back Susan, Death of Rats (the Grim Squeaker), Albert and the wizardly faculty of Unseen University and revel in new personalities like Bilious, the "oh god of Hangovers." But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Christmas. --Nona Vero, Amazon.com

Auteur(s): Peter Haining
Editeur: Time Warner Books Uk
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Following from his comic-fantasy anthologies The Wizards of Odd and The Flying Sorcerers, Peter Haining presents a third collection of oddities, now with a somewhat wider scope. Besides funny fantasy and SF, these 24 stories include absurdism, allegory, historical tomfoolery, and even offbeat crime fiction. They range from inevitable names like Terry Pratchett--here with an SF riff on the old mystery of why or how the chicken crossed the road--to unlikely ones like L. Frank Baum of Oz fame, who contributes a wholly uncomic murder story.
Jerome K. Jerome spoofs SF's utopian socialist futures, Robert Bloch introduces a Tuxedo of Invisibility into the lowlife world of Damon Runyon, Ray Bradbury is exuberantly funny about low-budget SF/horror movies, Peter Beagle explores the embarrassments of being a lady werewolf's boyfriend, Mark Twain deliberately paints his daft medieval-romance plot into a corner, John Kendrick Bangs invents a new and silly Munchausen adventure, and Gene Wolfe actually lives up to his splendid title "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion." It's a wildly eclectic mix, whose famous names also include Woody Allen, G.K. Chesterton, Philip K. Dick, Mervyn Peake, Spike Milligan, A.A. Milne, Peter Sellers, and James Thurber.
Everyone has different views on what's funny and what isn't, and some of Haining's choices seem eccentric--but most readers should find enough chuckles in this plump anthology to make it well worth the price of admission. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Another "Discworld" novel. In this episode, the Discword is moving inexorably towards a collision with a malevolent redstar. There is only one man who can save the planet, the strange and hapless wizard Rincewind, last seen falling off the edge of the world.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Another wild romp through Discworld! Corporal Carrot, a young dwarf, is newly in charge of the recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork. Edward, the 37th Lord d'Eath, has just discovered that Ankh-Morpork, kingless for generations, has a sovereign ruler, who must be convinced that he is, in fact, the King. The fate of Ankh-Morpork rides on a young man's courage, an ancient sword's magic and a three-legged poodle's bladder.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: The Monstrous Regiment in question is made up of a vampire, a troll, Igor, a collection of misfits and a young woman who shoves a pair of socks down her pants to join the army. Here you have the characteristically charming novel by Terry Pratchett.
Polly becomes Private Oliver Perks, who is on a quest to find her older brother, who's recently MIA in one of the innumerable wars the tiny nation of Borogravia has a habit of starting with its neighbors. This peevish tendency has all but expended Borogravia's ranks of cannon fodder. Whether Sergeant Jackrum knows her secret or not, he can't afford to be choosy as Perks and her/his comrades are among the last able-bodied recruits left in Borogravia. This collection of misfits includes the aforementioned vampire (reformed and off the blood, thank you), troll, and macabre Igor, who is only too happy to sew you a new leg if you aren't too particular about previous ownership. Off to war, Polly/Oliver learns that having a pair of, um, socks is a good way to open up doors in this man's army.
For those who haven't made this underrated author's acquaintance, Monstrous Regiment is as good a place to start as any. Readers will encounter Pratchett's subtle and disarming wit, his trademark footnoted asides along with a not-too-shabby tale of honor, courage and duty in the face of absurd circumstances. --Jeremy Pugh, Amazon.com

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: This illustrated edition from Terry Pratchett finds Mort ending up as Death's apprentice. The job comes with some perks, bed and board, plus free use of the company horse.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: The ninth "Discworld" novel. The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen, and the inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork achieve stardom as the cameras roll. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? It's up to Victor Tugelbend and Theda Withel to find out.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Set in the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi, "Pyramids" follows the adventures and, more often, misadventures of Teppic, a teenage pharoah faced with a terror-filled world of mad high priests, sacred crocodiles, marching mummies and exploding pyramids.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: One of the "Discworld" humorous fantasy series. Death is missing. Dead Rights activist Reg Shoe suddenly has more work than he'd ever dreamed of, and newly-deceased wizard Windle Poons wakes up in his coffin to find that he has come back as a corpse.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Discworld is an extragavanza--among much else, it has billions of gods. "They swarm as thick as herring roe," writes Terry Pratchett in Small Gods, the 13th book in the series. Where there are gods galore, there are priests, high and low, and ... there are novices. Brutha is a novice with little chance to become a priest--thinking does not come easily to him, although believing does. But it is to Brutha that the great god Om manifests, in the lowly form of a tortoise.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: A Discworld novel. It's hard to grow up normally when grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe - especially when you have to take over the family business, everyone thinks you're the Tooth Fairy, and you have to face the new and addictive music that has reached the Discworld.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Coin may only be a child, but he is also an extremely powerful sourcerer who has decided that he wants to take over the Disc World. The only people who stand in his way are Rincewind the inept wizard, Conina the Great Barbarian Thief who really wants to be a hairdresser and Nijel.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: In Thief of Time in the great stinking metropolis of Ankh Morpork, an obsessed clockmaker receives an unusual commission from an excessively beautiful woman whose feet do not touch the ground; strict school-teacher Susan finds herself summoned by her grandfather, Death, to do him a favour; the monks who manage the even distribution of Time find themselves with a recalcitrant novice; and dairyman Ronnie Soak muses on his glory days, when he was the Fifth Rider of the Apocalypse, the one who left before they got famous.
Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time, confronts Discworld and a variety of its defenders with an insidious menace; never before has the phrase "The End of History" had quite so sinister a sound. As always, the sometimes startlingly surrealistically original, sometimes comfortingly groan-worthy, jokes are underlain by some intensely complex ideas and tight plotting. Susan makes a reappearance as one of Pratchett's more interesting heroines; the sinister Lady LeJean is one of Pratchett's most interesting villains, particularly once we learn the answer to the mystery about her.
There is an attractive darkness to much of the humour here--Pratchett is often at his best when at his darkest.--Roz Kaveney

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: I have to admit that while I love all Pratchetts characters, I am particularly fond of Vimes and the rest of the watch! Thud is a great read, not as obviously witty as some of his stuff but it doesnt really matter because the story is good. There have been countless references to Koom Valley before and now the 'ambush' is expanded and explained and it's just classic!

Auteur(s): David Langford
Editeur: Vista
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: Book Description
THE UNSEEN UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE:
Trolls have smashed down the door, there's a banshee on the roof, the river's caught fire, the librarian has turned into some kind of ape, and this is your starter for ten...
Questions about figgins, DEATH, mind-destroying footnotes, carnivorous Luggage with lots of little legs, quantum butterflies, the magico-numerical significance of what we must always call twice four or seven plus one, and even the precise sex of the Great Turtle who supports Terry Pratchett's phenomenal planet (via four elephant middlemen).
This is a quizbook for fans of fantasy and fun alike - and the ultimate challenge for all Discworld aficionados.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: One of the "Discworld" novels. The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick travel to the distant city of Genua to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince. But all they've got is Mrs Gogol's voodoo, a one-eyed cat and a secondhand magic wand that can only do pumpkins.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld
Résumé: The sixth "Discworld" novel. The witches of Discworld, not the most joyful bunch, decide that they must get involved in the politics of the planet. Granny Weatherwax, their obvious choice as spokesperson, finds that life in royal politics is not as simple as it seems.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby
Editeur: Gollancz
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld Diary
Résumé: This is yet another spin-off product from the vast Discworld merchandising empire based on the novels of Terry Pratchett, who by now needs no introduction. Following on from the Unseen University and Ankh-Morpork City Watch theme diaries, this book has the two-faced stealth of Discworld's Assassins. One face is a perfectly genuine year 2000 diary with eleven square inches of nice white space for each day's annotations, plus complete year planners for both 2000 and 2001 as front and back end papers. The second, a grinning face is the usual added-value material: 23 pages of assorted misinformation about the School for Assassins, plus an extra snippet in the space for each week's Octeday--the unnumbered eighth day of the Discworld week. There are mock school rules, lethal warnings, bizarre weapons, a tongue-in-cheek message from the Headmaster, a tour of Guild HQ, a summary of HQ's history, mini-biographies of notable Assassins (including several Disgraced Old Boys) and meticulous halftone illustrations by Discworld's most realistic artist, Paul Kidby. One typically Pratchettian in-joke is a teacher called Mr Linbury-Court, named for the school attended by Anthony Buckeridge's young scamp Jennings. A nicely produced gift, though useful as a diary only to outsiders who won't understand the allusions--since what Discworld fan could bear to deface it? --David Langford

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby
Editeur:
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld Diary
Résumé: Book Description
Contrast the Fools' Guild with the Assassins' Guild next door: one is pleasant, light and airy and the corridors echo with the quiet activity of people working hard to master a job they love; the other is gaunt, forbidding and silent, except for the occasional muffled sob . . . The Fools' Guild, founded 150 years ago, is also a hospital, craft standards enforcer, fraternal society and school. There is always a place and a custard pie in the face for any young boy with an amusing hump, speech impediment or other laughable deformity. As with previous diaries in the series, the usual mundane dates are complemented by the Discworld's own special occasions, so you will always know when to expect the Soul Cake Duck's choccie eggs and which days are most auspicious for the throwing of custard pies.

Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett, S. Briggs, Paul Kidby, Stephen Briggs
Editeur: Gollancz
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld Diary
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Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby
Editeur: Corgi
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld Map
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Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett
Editeur: Not Avail
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld Map
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Auteur(s): Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby
Editeur: Corgi Adult
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Discworld Map
Résumé: Between Uberwald and Whale Bay, the Octarine Grass Country and the Widdershins Ocean lies the most exciting and dangerous terrain in all Discworld. This is a map of Lancre, where Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick live.

Auteur(s): Michael Terracciano
Editeur: Keenspot Entertainment
Genre: Comic
Série: Dominic Deegan Series
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Auteur(s): Mercedes Lackey
Editeur: DAW Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragon Jouster 1
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
In this elegant, compelling fantasy from the prolific author of the Valdemar series (Arrows Fall, etc.), Lackey combines meticulously detailed dragon lore with emotionally intense, realistic human characters. In the arid desert country of Tia, the Altan serf Vetch has to scramble after whatever crumbs are left over after the servants, the slaves and the animals have been fed, while doing the work of three or four full-grown boys. Being hungry is hard enough to take at the best of times, but being a hungry, growing boy, sorely overworked during the dry season when even the beasts of burden are sheltered against the cruel sun, is intolerable. By chance (or the will of the gods), this dreadful situation comes to the notice of one who can change it. Jouster Ari, a dragon rider and a warrior of the Great King of Tia, dislikes cruelty to animals, men and even to mere serfs. In a neat turn of events, Vetch becomes Ari's dragon boy and the caretaker of Ari's dragon, Kashet. What follows is a detailed look at the lives of Tia's dragons, their dragon riders and those who care for them. This uplifting tale, which contains a valuable lesson or two on the virtues of hard work, is a must-read for dragon lovers in particular and for fantasy fans in general.
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people? In Vetch's world, Lackey gives us a wonderfully visualized society, similar in terrain, climate, religion, and the differing circumstances of slave, serf, and free person to ancient Egypt. Moreover, she fills the book with well-limned characterizations and convincing, detailed dragon lore to make up a whole in which Vetch's coming-of-age becomes an integral part. Fans of McCaffrey's Pern will love it, but they won't be the only ones who do. Sally Estes
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Auteur(s): Mercedes Lackey
Editeur: DAW Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragon Jouster 2
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
As in its predecessor Joust (2003), a clear, uncluttered style marks Lackey's latest light entertainment about wizards and dragons and social struggle. Vetch (aka Kiron), the hero of Joust, has escaped from the oppressive dragon riders of Tia with Avatre, the crimson female dragon he has secretly raised. In his native Alta, the former serf finds his fate interconnected with the destinies of Orest, youngest son of the Lord Ya-tiren, and the girl Aket-ten, a "Winged One" in training capable of speaking with animals. Vetch begins a new career teaching other Altan males how to bond with dragons from the egg. Vivid depictions of mythical creatures and a pastoral, casual approach to magic enliven such emotionally charged themes as cultural displacement, alienation and search for self. The crises of individual characters with easily identifiable conflicts nicely mirror larger catastrophes of plot. Full of adventure, romance and political intrigue if low on moral complexity, this highly readable fantasy will appeal particularly to young adults. Fans of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series will also be happy.
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From Booklist
Young Vetch, former serf turned dragon boy in Joust [BKL Mr 15 03], and his hand-reared dragon, Avarte, escape from Tia and cross the deadly desert to Altan-controlled lands. Back among his own people, Vetch becomes indispensable because he knows how to tame newly hatched dragons, which then don't need to be drugged into submission. All is not well with the Altans, however. The Magi, who work their will on the world, have great powers they use to prolong the war that is raging for their own benefit. There's plenty of dragon lore as Vetch, now known as Kiron, teaches a close-knit cadre of young jousters how to bond with dragonets and train them for combat in the hope of ending the war. Rife with intrigue and dangerous counterintrigue, the story continues a classic quest-for-good-against-evil plot development while beautifully maintaining the world, society, and characterizations established in Joust. A very satisfying sequel with an ending that begs for another episode because the final battle is yet to come. Sally Estes
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Auteur(s): Gordon R. Dickson
Editeur: Grafton Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragon Knight 1
Résumé: Jim is a college basketball player and expert in medieval history. When his girlfriend, Angie, disappears from the college psychology laboratory as a result of an experiment in astral projection, Jim submits himself to the same experiment. The next thing he knows, he is in the body of a dragon!

Auteur(s): Gordon R. Dickson
Editeur: Tor Books
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragon Knight 2
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
Thrown into the alternative universe of 14th-century England, 20th-century mathematician Jim Eckert and his new wife, Angie, have become Sir James, Baron de Bois de Malenconti, and Lady Angela. They are learning how to live and govern in the medieval era, coping as well with the local dragons and other magical manifestations. Suddenly finding himself transformed into a dragon, Jim turns to S. Carolinus, his magician neighbor, who takes him on as an apprentice. When Prince Edward is captured by the French at the Battle of Poitiers, Jim, submitting to feudal pressure, sets out with some companions from his earlier adventures, including the wolf Aargh, to join the English forces. He is chosen for a special mission that involves penetrating the castle of the evil sorcerer Malvinne, councillor to the king of France, where the prince is being held. During ensuing events, Jim finds that he has become chief pawn in a battle with the Dark Powers--with far-ranging consequences. Dickson has further developed the intriguing medieval universe he posited in the first volume of the series ( The Dragon and the George ) giving reality and texture to the actual life of the time while exploring the effects of magic. The scenes describing diplomatic relations among the dragons are particulary fine.
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From School Library Journal
YA-- A sequel to The Dragon and the George (Ballantine, 1978), set within the same year. Jim and Angie have decided not to return to the 20th century, but rather have chosen to stay in the fantasy world of 14th-century England with the dragons and sorcery. The two are now the proud possessors of a middling-size castle where they worry about draining moats, fleas, baths, and other prosaic problems of the time. Then the Accounting Office for Magic steps in and turns Jim back and forth into a dragon without his consent. It seems that when you are a magician, even a lowly Class D one, you must use your magic or it uses you. This latest tale involves a quest to France with his newfound friends and cohorts to rescue Prince Edward of England from the hands of the evil French sorcerer, Malvinne. Included are spells, dragons, talking wolves, enchantment, foul play, and a rousing good time. This humorous, engrossing adventure is sure to please fantasy fans.
- Pat Royal, Crossland High School, Camp Springs, MD
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Auteur(s): Gordon R. Dickson
Editeur: Ace
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragon Knight 3
Résumé: From Library Journal
A plague of Hollow Men--unkillable spirits clad in suits of armor--threatens the northern border of England. The task of defeating them and the evil they serve falls once more to Jim Eckert, a modern man transplanted to an alternate medieval universe. Although known primarily for his award-winning sf novels, Dickson captures the spirit of medieval fantasy in this third installment of what can now be considered a series. Fans of The Dragon and the George (Ballantine, 1976) and The Dragon Knight ( LJ 11/15/90) will savor this tongue-in-cheek fantasy adventure. Consider this a solid addition to most fantasy collections.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 1
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Auteur(s): Anne Mccaffrey
Editeur: Del Rey
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 2
Résumé: Download Description
<B>Dragonfire</B><P>Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So thebold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flyingdragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed theshimmering strands before they reach the ground.<P>But F'lar knew he had to find a better way to protect his beloved Pern,and he had to find it before the rebellious Oldtimers could breed anymore dissent... before his brother F'nor would be foolhardy enough tolaunch another suicide mission... and before those dratted fire-lizardscould stir up any more trouble!<P><HR>Cover art by Michael Whelan<HR>--This text refers to the Digital edition.

From the Publisher
There are dragons all over Anne McCaffrey's house. Some she's bought, but many have been made for her by adoring fans and given to her as gifts. I don't make dragons, of course. But whenever circumstances allow, I do try to bring her American bacon, something she can't get easily in Ireland, and something which she has taught all her friends there to love, as well! I remember the first time I went to visit her, when she was still living in her old, much smaller but very homey, house. My husband and I arrived at the doorstep, and she immediately began bustling about, frying up some of the bacon we'd brought and sharing a lovely late breakfast with us before sending us off to the hotel for a nap. She made us dinner that night, too--the one and only time in my life that I've actually liked shrimp cocktail. Maybe that's because if you squint your eyes and look sideways, shrimp are kind of dragonlike, and I was eating them in the right company!
                        --Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor

Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 3
Résumé: Book Description
Science FictionLarge Print EditionMenolly loved music and wanted to be a Harper, though her father would not allow it. It was a disgrace for a woman even to think of such a thing. Finally, he forbad Menolly to even sing for fear her ambition would become known. Menolly had no choice but to run away. On her journey she meets a group of fire lizards who bring new adventure, challenge and direction to her life.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 4
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Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 5
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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 6
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<P><B>A fantasy of a time when...</B></P><P>Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed betweenthe daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary whitedragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of manytalents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that wouldnever amount to anything.</p><P>But Jaxom knew better, knew he could teach his dragon to fly and todestroy the deadly silver Threads that fell from the sky. Disobeying allrules, Jaxom and Ruth trained in secret. Their illicit flights seemedbut a minor disobedience -- until they found themselves in the path ofdanger and in a position to prevent the biggest disaster of all!</P><HR><p>"At last we have the long-awaited tale of Jaxom, a ruler who became adragon-friend by chance, and Ruth, the white dragon, alone of his kind.If only one could hunt up a spaceport and invest in a ticket to Pern! Atleast <I>The White Dragon</I> gives us the illusion of such a joy."<BR>   <A HREF="/author/detail/1151"> ANDRE NORTON</A></p><P>"<I>The White Dragon</I> is a triumph!"<BR>   <A HREF="/author/detail/2837"> MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY</A></P><HR>--This text refers to the Digital edition.

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There are dragons all over Anne McCaffrey's house. Some she's bought, but many have been made for her by adoring fans and given to her as gifts. I don't make dragons, of course. But whenever circumstances allow, I do try to bring her American bacon, something she can't get easily in Ireland, and something which she has taught all her friends there to love, as well! I remember the first time I went to visit her, when she was still living in her old, much smaller but very homey, house. My husband and I arrived at the doorstep, and she immediately began bustling about, frying up some of the bacon we'd brought and sharing a lovely late breakfast with us before sending us off to the hotel for a nap. She made us dinner that night, too--the one and only time in my life that I've actually liked shrimp cocktail. Maybe that's because if you squint your eyes and look sideways, shrimp are kind of dragonlike, and I was eating them in the right company!
                        --Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 7
Résumé: From AudioFile
Sheila Hart reads Moreta with a sensitivity and delicacy that reflect the magical, mythical quality of McCaffrey's dragon legends. Hart's characterization is subtle; vocal styles suggest, rather then impersonate, characters, and male voices are satisfying. It is not necessary to have read or heard other titles of the series to enjoy Moreta. Hart's sensitive portrayal will leave the listener grieving for the loss of the Weyr woman. D.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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There are dragons all over Anne McCaffrey's house. Some she's bought, but many have been made for her by adoring fans and given to her as gifts. I don't make dragons, of course. But whenever circumstances allow, I do try to bring her American bacon, something she can't get easily in Ireland, and something which she has taught all her friends there to love, as well! I remember the first time I went to visit her, when she was still living in her old, much smaller but very homey, house. My husband and I arrived at the doorstep, and she immediately began bustling about, frying up some of the bacon we'd brought and sharing a lovely late breakfast with us before sending us off to the hotel for a nap. She made us dinner that night, too--the one and only time in my life that I've actually liked shrimp cocktail. Maybe that's because if you squint your eyes and look sideways, shrimp are kind of dragonlike, and I was eating them in the right company!
                        --Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 9
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
Readers who for two decades have been following the fortunes of the dragonriders and other inhabitants of the planet Pern will welcome the latest volume, chronicling the early years. It stands very much on its own, however; knowing about the later history of the planet only adds enjoyment. After 15 years of cold sleep, 6000 colonists land on Pern, seeking a simpler existence, escaping the aftermath of interstellar war and an overly technical society. The colony prospers until the consuming Threada force that destroys all life it comes in contact withmakes its first appearance. A brilliant bio-engineer attempts to develop a biological weapon to save them, a much larger version of a native life form many of the colonists have adopted as pets: dragonets with the ability to teleport and breathe flame after eating phosphoric rock. The book ends with the first successful result of that experiment. Many richly developed characters people the novel, among them two youngsters, Sorka Hanrahan and Sean Connell, who grow up to become two of the first dragonriders. One hopes McCaffrey, who most recently has been writing in the mainstream ( The Lady ), is beginning a new Pern cycle in which she will tell, in answer to many other questions, whatever happened to the intelligent dolphins that came with the humans to Pern. Major ad/promo; author tour
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From Library Journal
When the deadly silver "threadfall" from an orbiting comet threatens to destroy the thriving human colony on the otherwise hospitable planet Pern, scientists and genetic engineers undertake a bold and risky experiment to change the tiny native winged reptiles called fire lizards into allies for mutual survival. While fans of the "Dragonriders of Pern" novels will particularly enjoy the revelations in this prequel to the series, newcomers will find McCaffrey's latest an accessible introduction to the world of Pern. Recommended. JC
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Auteur(s): Anne Mccaffrey
Editeur: Del Rey
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 10
Résumé: From Publishers Weekly
A quarter century after Dragonflight , the novel that introduced the vastly popular dragon planet of Pern, McCaffrey details the difficult yet exhilarating early years of the Pernese settlers in five highly readable tales. Trouble starts early when the original landing site is threatened by volcanic action, forcing the human settlers to ring "The Dolphin's Bell" in a plea for help from the intelligent sea mammals who migrated with them from Earth. Then there is the First Fall of the devastating Thread which leads colonists to the security of Rua Atha (Ruatha Hold) in "The Ford of Red Hanarahan," while "The Second Weyr" recounts the creation of two new Weyrs to accommodate the growing population of dragons and riders who are essential to the colony's survival. The book begins and ends with the human federation, with the initial survey of Pern and, in the odd final tale called "Rescue Run," with the story of how the planet was abandoned when a small Federation expedition, responding to a distress message sent by Pern during the First Fall, finds only 11 colonists led by a madman. Told of the Thread and convinced that these are the only survivors, the rescuers recommend that Pern and the entire system be interdicted. This collection will provide some answers long awaited by avid Pern fans.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal
From the initial reports of the survey team that discovers Rukbat's third planet ("The Survey: P.E.R.N.") to the official banning of the planet to space travel ("Rescue Run"), these five original stories by the author of the popular Pern series offer a glimpse into the early history of the world of "thread" and Dragonriders. McCaffrey's unadorned prose allows characters and plot to take center stage. Anticipate a demand for this title. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/93.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Auteur(s): Anne Mccaffrey
Editeur: Del Rey
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 12
Résumé: Book Description
Open these pages and discover 14 remarkable stories of fantasy by a grand master of the genre. A wonderful writer, as well as successful and beloved by fans across the world, Anne McCaffrey has created an exciting collection of telepaths, secret gifts, dangerous missions, dragonriders, and more.

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Open these pages and discover fourteen remarkable stories of fantasy by a grand master of the genre. <P>A wonderful writer, as well as successful and beloved by fans across the world, Anne McCaffrey has created an exciting collection of telepaths, secret gifts, dangerous missions, dragonriders, and more.<P><HR>Cover Art by Paul Alexander<HR>--This text refers to the Digital edition.

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Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 13
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Auteur(s): Anne McCaffrey
Editeur: Transworld Pub
Genre: Fantastic
Série: Dragonriders of Pern 15
Résumé: From School Library Journal
YA-- AIVAS, the Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System that was a part of the original colonists' settlement, is unearthed on the Southern continent after having been buried for generations. This latest volume in the Pern saga deals with the reactions of the various lords, dragonriders, and craftsmen as they realize the impact the artificial intelligence will have on their culture and traditions. With its help, F'lar, Robinton, Lessa, Menolly, and all of the other characters YAs have come to care about devise a risky plan to eliminate a serious threat to their environment. While All the Weyrs of Pern is not as tight and exciting as the earlier dragonrider books, it is a well-written novel that's sure to appeal to McCaffrey's many fans.
- John Lawson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal
The dream of generations of Dragonriders draws within reach as, with the aid of an intelligent computer, the possibility of destroying the devastating phenomenon known as "Thread" becomes a reality. Having exposed Pern's civilization to technology in Renegades of Pern ( LJ 10/15/89), McCaffrey proceeds with her customary skill and humor to explore all the ramifications of culture shock. Despite some weaknesses in plot and an odd notion of time travel, the latest novel in a popular series will not lack for readers. Especially for libraries owning the previous Pern titles.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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