Name: Prayers to Broken Stones
SKU: 1650290
Price: 399.00 ZAR
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Author: Dan Simmons
ISBN: 9780553762525

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dan Simmons

Publisher

Spectra Books

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x2.7 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN

0553762524

ISBN13

9780553762525

Synopsis "Prayers to Broken Stones "

From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . . An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . . During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . . Includes the following stories: "The River Styx Runs Upstream""Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams""Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell""Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle""Remembering Siri""Metastasis""The Offering""E-Ticket to 'Namland""Iverson's Pits""Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites""The Death of the Centaur""Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds""Carrion Comfort"

Dan Simmons

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Dan Simmons was born in 1948 in Peoria (Illinois, USA). After eighteen years dedicated to teaching literature, in 1987 he decided to dedicate himself full-time to writing. Since then, he has cultivated all kinds of genres (from fantasy, to horror and historical fiction), although he is best known for his contribution in the field of science fiction.

He is the author of Hyperion (winner of the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1990), the first novel of the acclaimed series "The Hyperion Cantos", which includes Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion. Simmons has become an undisputed reference in contemporary science fiction.

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