Resultados para "Alice" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Popularizado por las decenas de versiones que de él se han llevado a cabo, el relato que el reverendo Charles Dodgson (verdadero nombre de Lewis Carroll) escribió para la pequeña Alicia Liddell de 10 años, es un delicioso entramado de situaciones inverosímiles y absurdas, de metamorfosis insólitas de seres y ambientes, de juegos con el lenguaje y la lógica y de asociaciones oníricas que hacen de él un libro inolvidable.

Continue to follow the adventures of USMC Captain Jacob Thomas as he emerges from a failed DARPA experiment hundreds of years in the future and under the guidance of an artificial life form that has its own agenda.

En un futuro cercano, siete años después de que un cometa golpeara la Tierra y oscureciera el sol, el mundo es un paisaje oscuro y congelado. Y entonces, emergen criaturas bestiales y toman el control. ¿Podrían ser realmente vampiros?

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of a young girl named Alice who, while sitting bored with her sister, follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world. In Wonderland, Alice experiences a series of bizarre and illogical encounters, including a shrinking potion and growing cake, meeting the Cheshire Cat, attending a mad tea party with the Mad Hatter, and playing croquet with the ill-tempered Queen of Hearts.

Si alguna vez te has preguntado por qué no aceptan a los squibs en Hogwarts, qué pasó cuando Vernon Dursley conoció a James Potter, o cómo forjó McGonagall una amistad tan fuerte con Dumbledore... Entonces, deberías poner Del Archivo Mágico al principio de tu lista de deseos. Con 80 artículos escritos por J. K. Rowling para la web Pottermore, disponibles por primera vez y en exclusiva en formato sonoro para Audible, los fans de Harry Potter van a estar encantados.

With the invading aliens temporarily driven from Human-and-NeHaw-occupied space, all the races are using the pause to recover and rebuild, both friend and foe alike. For the NeHaw, that means pressuring the Earth to allow them to rebuild and rearm their fleet from the Wawobash shipyards, a risk that could easily backfire. For Jake, the lingering concerns of a lost crew with the un-activated Artificial Life installed in the captured saucer still dominate his thoughts.

I was played for a fool by Hades and the Fates, when it was Death they always wanted. I am nothing more than mortal pawn in a game of gods and monsters. Now, they have taken everyone from me. They expect me to be broken, to be compliant. To be woven into their plans. But I refuse to let Death's sacrifice be in vain. I refuse to give up without a fight. I refuse to believe that love cannot win.

Solo aquellos dignos superan las pruebas, y la joven Meryn arriesgará la vida (y el corazón) para ser una de ellos. Vincúlate o sangra. Lucha o muere. La derrota no es una opción.

Lenora Montmayne leads a charmed life as the most beautiful woman at King Wymer's court, surrounded by admirers. And then disaster strikes. The red pox sweeps the summer palace at Caer-Lyones, and Lenora's fair face falls victim to its ravages. Without her looks, what does Lenora have left to her? If ever there was a knight the crowd loves to hate, it's Garman Orde. Even his own family despises him. Then one night a heavily veiled lady offers him an extraordinary bargain. And he finds out that Lenora Montmayne was never just a pretty face.

Una ninfa acuática, un cazador de espíritus y un apuesto mortal. Un amor que podría condenar a los tres. Gisela se transformó en una ninfa acuática cuando se ahogó trágicamente en un río mientras paseaba. Ahora, sueña con volver a la vida para reencontrarse con su hermano y su padre, con quienes no ha vuelto a tener contacto desde su accidente. Para lograrlo tan solo necesita el beso sincero de un mortal. ¿Quién estaría dispuesto a besar a un espectro y, más aún, a enamorarse de él?

Life was far from perfect after my mother's sudden death, but it was one I'd grown to love. And now, it's a life I'll never know again. Not after she and her two cruel sons entered our lives. My father swore he'd never love again, but just as suddenly as Merelda arrived, she became the very center of his world . . . and just as quickly, I was all but forgotten. Still, I did not complain . . . if only for my father's sake. Not even when cruel words turned into even crueler punishments at my new step family's hands.

Fenella Thane is a desperate woman. Her absentee husband of eight years has served her with divorce papers, and she looks likely to lose her beloved home and be forced into a convent. There is just one slim chance to avoid this fate, one person of prominence at court who she knows has the ear of the King. Oswald Vawdrey, the man who cruelly jilted her when she was a starry-eyed 15-year-old with a head full of romantic dreams.

Includes books one through four in the AL:ICE series: AL:ICE, AL:ICE-9, AL:ICE: Resurrection, and AL:ICE: Space War.

Lady Linnet Cadwallader has been raised a helpless invalid in her own castle. Brought up to believe she will "never make old bones" she lives a quiet and lonely existence, hiding away her excessive freckles and red hair from a world that believes her to be hideously misshapen and ugly. Until one day her uncle arranges a marriage of convenience for her, a marriage in name only with a young puppet groom...but Sir Roland does not show up. In his place turns up his base-born brother Mason Vawdrey. And dark, forceful Mason is no one's puppet.

Alice no País das Maravilhas, de Lewis Carroll, é um dos maiores clássicos da Literatura Universal. O livro vem encantando crianças, adolescentes e adultos desde sua publicação, em 1865 – e cada uma das gerações que folheia as páginas dessa obra descobre um novo aspecto de Alice e outras personagens inesquecíveis, como o Chapeleiro Maluco e a Rainha de Copas. Escrita durante o reinado da Rainha Vitória na Inglaterra, a obra satiriza o racionalismo exacerbado desse período por meio do nonsense, da introdução do maravilhoso na realidade cotidiana, relativizando as convenções dominantes de seu tempo.

Princess Una harbors no illusions about her claims to Karadok's throne. The last of her ill-fated line, she is just grateful she emerged from the dark days of war with her head still on her shoulders. After three years under house arrest, she is keen to start her own life afresh, hopefully in relative obscurity. What she does not realize is the extraordinary scheme the king has devised to find her a suitable bridegroom.

Captain Jacob Thomas, USMC, is a divorced combat veteran just trying to get his life back on track. Returning to the marine corps after a failed attempt at reconciliation with his estranged wife, Jake volunteers for a DARPA experiment that catapults him into a future where humanity has been stripped of 200 years of technological advancements and more than half its population. With the help of a faceless benefactor named Alice, he escapes the confines of an abandoned lab facility.

The fantasy worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass come to life in these audio theatre presentations with music and sound effects.

The disappearance of a routine patrol has the humans scrambling for answers as they investigate the possibility of a new Phaser weapon. Research back on Earth uncovers a technology native to the inhabitants of Reaper's World that has far-reaching implications for the future of all Artificial Lifeforms on Earth and in space. Finally, to add to all General Jake Thomas has on his plate, a fundamental change in his relationship with ALICE could land his personal life on its ear and upset a decade of stability all in one swoop.

It's been more than 10 years since the war with the NeHaw ended in an uneasy truce. During that time, Jake Thomas has been relegated from battlefield commander and chief to the role of interstellar bureaucrat. To add to his frustrations, he is now father to a passel of teens and preteens, all with their father's propensity for getting into trouble. However, unexplained violations around the Human/NeHaw Neutral Zone and the mysterious disappearances of people in a remote backwater town in Arizona has everyone, Human and NeHaw alike, pointing fingers and threatening war.