Resultados para "The Picture" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

"If it were I who were to be always young and the picture to grow old, I would give my soul for it." So says Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's brilliant creation who sells his soul for youth and beauty.

The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic gothic stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

In the novel by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, the Cimmerian youth Conan witnesses the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom, a priest of Set. Enslaved, he is trained as a gladiator. Gaining his freedom he allies with Subotai, a Hyrkanian archer, and a skilled swordswoman thief named Valeria. Together they raid the Tower of the Serpent, and then Conan breaks away to seek the cult of Doom—and revenge on the sorcerer who leads it.

Dorian is a vain programmer who just wants to be left alone to write his masterpiece. He's a jaded AI developer with a family who wants nothing to do with him, working for a stagnant tech company. In his spare time, he's also working on a secret project, combining the latest areas of research from his company into one forward-thinking prototype that he knows will change the world.

Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork. Entwining stories and worlds from a vast and complex canvas, here is the conclusion readers have long...

The Lovely Dark is a fiction podcast about how darkness in our lives may reveal a path to love and light. Each of these short audio plays is written by an award-winning writer and performed by a cast of remarkable actors, including Oscar winners and members of New York City’s Labyrinth Theater Company. Each episode is produced with a full cast and a beautiful, immersive soundscape.

When a local artist disappears under mysterious circumstances, Chief Fox enlists my help to solve the case. An inspection of the artist's most recent paintings reveals there's magic at work, and I have to get in touch with my inner Rembrandt in order to access it. Meanwhile, life takes a sharp turn for frenemy Sassy Persimmons, and I find myself in the unexpected position of offering her comfort while offering my evil family a piece of my mind.

When a mass psychosis from misuse of new technology spreads with the aid of social media, the entire world experiences an apocalypse that is labeled The Crash. People shed all logic and become possessed by rage that leads to killing and destruction on a scale that destroys societies and infrastructures everywhere. Amid the chaos, Ben, an evolutionary psychologist and the inventor of the world-changing Stoffer Solution, must find a way to halt The Crash while battling the organized forces trying to take control of his technology and use it for their own dark purposes.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

A man travels back in time to the date of President Lincoln's assassination in the hope of saving him. Will his presence have any impact at all and can he actually change history?

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before 'Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or...

When a local artist disappears under mysterious circumstances, Chief Fox enlists my help to solve the case. An inspection of the artist's most recent paintings reveals there's magic at work, and I have to get in touch with my inner Rembrandt in order to access it. Meanwhile, life takes a sharp turn for frenemy Sassy Persimmons, and I find myself in the unexpected position of offering her comfort while offering my evil family a piece of my mind.

Florida, 2012. Summoned by the daughter of an old friend, Dorian finds himself confronted by the actions of his past...and a familiar picture that holds a dreadful secret. But can he stop history from repeating itself, or is it already far too late?

Tales of the Talking Picture is a fabulous science-fiction fantasy novel about a boy who comes into possession of an old oval portrait of a woman named Rhiannon Tanglewyst, who happens to be a witch who has been trapped within the picture for centuries. Rhiannon tells Matthew and his troublesome girlfriend, a Goth named Christina, fantastical tales from the future and the past....

A brother and sister in Northern California get derailed from their ambitious career paths in art and science when their obsession with a mysterious elderly neighbor propels them to the inside of the sun and beyond. The Book of Geezer puts a literary spin on a rollicking tale of young professionals who get caught up in a mystery far more fantastic than they'd anticipated on the night they sneaked into an overgrown house on an island in the middle of a lake.

What happens to teenaged heroes once they've fulfilled the prophecies and saved the world? Well, the lost prince of Atlantis is going to speed dating events in Manhattan, and having a surprising meeting.

Our story starts the day after tomorrow in a world much like ours. Until a young woman in Louisiana gives birth to turquoise twins whose shocking appearance becomes worldwide news. The dumbfounded father and protective mother are forced to take their family on the run in a frenzied madcap adventure. The family is besieged by a mob of bozos and misfits fueled by crazed media attacks. At the same time they are stalked by a child beauty pageant queen who has vicious voodoo tendencies

Listeners will engage with the main character's personal journey and witness their determination to make a positive impact. Explore a thought-provoking topic, learn about ABA, and discover practical strategies for reducing or eliminating school shootings in this gripping blend of fiction and reality.

Follow two young sisters on a harrowing journey through Las Vegas in a British double decker bus while giant, decaying, advertising signs walk among the hotels and casinos, and horrific gangs force the end of civilization.

A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing. When a veteran FAA investigator is called upon to solve the mystery, his own past provides the answer.