Naota's life is not simple. He lives with his eccentric father and grandfather in a city distinguished by a gigantic hand-iron shaped factory perched on hill. His brother's ex-girlfriend makes passes at him. And to top it all off, an impish, playful alien has run him over with her Vespa and smacked him in the head with a bass guitar! Little does he know that this is only the beginning of his involvement in an interplanetary ideological war.Inspired by the FLCL anime.
Брат-боец! В этот тяжелый для Родины час я собрал для тебя все свои руководства в одну книжку. Здесь есть все, что необходимо знать для грамотного кровопускания: Deathmatch Quake, Capture the Flag, Team Fortress, Deathmatch Quake II, Capture the Flag Quake II и даже `Санитары подземелий`! Читай, запоминай и тренируйся, елы-палы! Не дай себе подохнуть! Старший опер Goblin. Дмитрий Пучков («Гоблин») родился 2 августа 1961 года в Кировограде (СССР, ныне – Украина) в семье военного – отец был полковником Советской Армии. В восемь лет вместе с родителями Дмитрий переехал в Ленинград. Высшего образования нет. Работал
Some night-time prowler is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork, greatest city of the fantasy Discworld, into something resembling small charcoal biscuits.And that's a real problem for Captain Vimes of the City Watch, who must tramp the mean streets of the city searching for a seventy-foot-long fire-breathing dragon which, he believes, can help him with their enquiries.In a city thrown into turmoil by magic, charcoal biscuits, secret societies and mad lady dragon breeders ("Just tell him 'sit' if he'sothering you"), he's just looking for the facts. Which is flat and rides through space on the back of four elephants who stand on the shell of an enormous turtle, as every scholar knows.
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless - and oddly familiar - universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly psychotic member of the Assassins' Guild and certain representatives of Ankh-Morpork's rather extensive criminal element. Suddenly Discworld's entire myth system is unraveling at an alarming rate. Drastic measures must be taken, which is why Death himself is taking up the reins of the fat man's vacated sleigh... which, in turn, has Death's level-headed granddaughter, Susan, racing to unravel the nasty, humbuggian mess before the holiday season goes straight to hell and takes everyone along with it.
IEDOM?GAIS ROBOTSHENRIJS KATNERSizdevniec?ba «Zin?tne» R?ga 1970No ang?u valodas tulkojusi V. GRUNT? M?kslinieks A. ?IPINS«Iedom?gais robots» ir Henrija Katnera pirmais st?stu kr?jums latvie?u valod?. Sis amerik??u fantastisk?s literat?ras autors sav? ?saj? m??? izm??in?jis roku da??d?s profesij?s un paguvis sarakst?t daudz interesantu darbu. Saisto?? si?eta, dzirksto?? humora un spilgti ori?in?l? stila d?j amerik??u las?t?ji vi?u sevi??i iem??oju?i. H. Katners ir ...
Involution Ocean is a far cry from the cyberpunk niche that Sterling later came to dominate (and arguably create). The setting is the far-flung world of Nullaqua. The world is defined by a single habitable crater, and that crater is filled with a heavy, perpetual mist of dust. Nullaqua is a sea-faring world, populated by a race of stoic, unimaginative sailors - all on an ocean of dust.The book’s protagonist John Newhouse, an off-worlder, is drawn to Nullaqua by ‘Flare’, a potent drug stilled from the belly of the ’dustwhale’. The story begins with the drug being declared illegal. In order to preserve his supply, John is forced to join a whaling ship, and sail the dusty seas of Nullaqua.
Two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen is still surrounded by the literature she loves—but now it's because she's the owner of Flyleaf Books in a sleepy college town in Upstate New York. Every day she watches her novels fly off the shelves—along with dozens of unauthorized sequels, spin-offs, and adaptations. Jane may be undead, but her books have taken on a life of their own.To make matters worse, the manuscript she finished just before being turned into a vampire has been rejected by publishers—116 times. Jane longs to let the world know who she is, but when a sudden twist of fate thrusts her back into the spotlight, she must hide her real identity—and fend off a dark man from her past while juggling two modern suitors. Will the inimitable Jane Austen be able to keep her cool in this comedy of manners, or will she show everyone what a woman with a sharp wit and an even sharper set of fangs can do?
Life was a lot easier for Jane when she was just an unknown, undead bookstore owner in a sleepy hamlet in upstate New York. But now the world embraces her as Jane Fairfax, author of the bestselling novel —and she’s having a killer time trying to keep her true identity as Jane Austen a secret. Even the ongoing lessons in How to Be a Vampire, taught by her former lover Lord Byron, don’t seem to be helping much. Jane can barely focus on her boyfriend, Walter, while keeping him in the dark about her more sanguine tastes.To make matters worse, Walter announces that his mother is coming for a visit—and she’s expecting Jane to be Jewish. Add in a demanding new editor, a convention of romance readers in period costume, a Hollywood camera crew following Jane’s every move, and the constant threat of a certain bloodsucking Bront? sister coming back to finish her off, and it’s enough to make even the most well-mannered heroine go batty!
In this genre-twisting novel, infamous necromancer Johannes Cabal, after beating the Devil and being reunited with his soul, leads us on another raucous journey in a little-known corner of the world. This time he's on the run from the local government.Stealing the identity of a minor bureaucrat, Cabal takes passage on the , a passenger aeroship that is leaving the country. The deception seems perfect, and Cabal looks forward to a quiet trip and a clean escape, until he comes face-to-face with Leonie Barrow, an enemy from the old days who could blow his cover. But when ...
Сверхсекретное задание майора разведки Федора Сбондина и финансовый кризис космического «волка» капитана Зигфрида Безногого настолько сближают этих разных людей, что в дальнейшей жизни им уже друг без друга не обойтись. Теперь они вместе будут мешать олигарху Злюхину разорять Родину, вместе готовиться к отражению бастурман-бастманчского нашествия, вместе спасать бойцовую швахианскую мурлышку со вселенской помойки. Не сказать чтобы этот альянс сложился на добровольной основе, однако эффективность его подтвердила уже первая операция. Галактика вздрогнула, и звезды начали сыпаться... у Безногого из глаз, а Сбондину на погоны. И чем дальше, тем чаще.
SAVIEZ-VOUS…que la plan?te Terre doit ?tre d?truite d’ici deux minutes ?SAVIEZ-VOUS…que votre meilleur ami est peut-?tre natif de Betelgeuse ?SAVIEZ-VOUS…que la po?sie des vogons est vraiment ex?crable ?SAVIEZ-VOUS…que le Pr?sident de nla Galaxie est peut-?tre moins idiotqu’il n’en a pas l’air (ou l’inverse) ?SAVIEZ-VOUS…quelle est la r?ponse ? la Question fondamentalede la Vie, de l’Univers et du Reste ?SAVIEZ-VOUS…que vous tenez en ce moment ce bouquin ? l’envers ?Ce Guide du routard galactique a r?ponse ? tout !
After adapting his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts from the BBC radio series into two successful novels, author Douglas Adams reshaped a rejected "Doctor Who" script he'd written into this third novel in the original trilogy. Reluctant space traveler Arthur Dent finds himself drawn into a race to save the universe from the people of Krikkit, who, upon discovering that they're not alone in the universe, set out to destroy it.In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophies, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.
