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Kim Newman

    31 luglio 1959

    Kim Newman è un maestro della narrativa di genere, che attinge in modo promiscuo ai tropi dell'horror, della fantascienza e del fantasy con notevole complessità e irriverenza. Le sue opere sono densamente stratificate di riferimenti, sovvertendo giocosamente le aspettative del lettore e le convenzioni del genere. Lo stile di Newman è caratterizzato dalla sua arguzia e dalla sua capacità di intrecciare allusioni disparate in narrazioni avvincenti e spesso inquietanti. Sia che esplori storie alternative in cui la finzione diventa realtà, sia che si addentri negli aspetti più oscuri della psiche umana, la sua scrittura offre costantemente una prospettiva unica e stimolante.

    Kim Newman
    Vampire Genevieve
    Cat People
    Nightmare Movies
    Route 666
    Blood and Iron
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    • Lupi mannari!

      • 404pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      Creature condannate, nelle notti di plenilunio, a subire orripilanti metamorfosi e ad assalir gli esseri umani più indifesi,spesso proprio le persone da loro amate,i licantropi costituiscono la figura più tragica del pantheon orrorifico. Ventitre racconti tradotti per la prima volta in italiano riuniscono, in questa antologia,i nomi più prestigiosi della narrativa fantastica che si sono magistralmente cimentati nella rielaborazione del mito del Lupo Mannaro - rilanciato anche dal Cinema con il film "Wolf",interpretato da Jack Nicholson e da Michelle Pfeiffer - Graham Masterton,Peter Tremayne,Karl Edward Wagner,Ramsey Campbell, Basil Copper con i loro uomini-lupo rievocano in ventitre modi diversi la natura animale che è in ciascuno di noi. Dopo aver letto le storie di questo libro, le notti di luna piena non saranno più le stesse per noi...

      Lupi mannari!
    • Route 666

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      One of a series of novels set in a nightmare USA of the near future; an anarchic, cybergoth world devastated by climatic catastrophe and populated by gang-cults and policed zones. Society is marked by a resurgence of tribalism, and even the laws of nature are on the brink of collapse.

      Route 666
    • In 1968, George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby brought a new slant to the horror film, bringing zombies and witchcraft into a contemporary setting, and much closer to home than the cardboard Transylvanias of earlier films. This work is a critical overview of the horror movie genre from the late 1960s with a discussion of over 2000 films - masterpiece and monstrosity alike.

      Nightmare Movies
    • Cat People

      • 96pagine
      • 4 ore di lettura

      Novelist and critic Kim Newman assesses the horror noir Cat People (1943), produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. This important and influential film is considered in the light of its place in film history and as a work of ambitious horror. The new edition includes a postscript about the sequel, The Curse of the Cat People.

      Cat People
    • Experience the gothic splendour of Warhammer Horror in this great omnibus. Evil has a new enemy… one of its own. Meet Genevieve Dieudonné. She’s beautiful, powerful, resourceful and courageous – and over four hundred years old. In the crowded cities and dark forests of the Warhammer world, Genevieve and her unlikely companions battle the forces of malevolence and insanity. However, the vampire blood running through Genevieve’s veins means she must constantly fight the urge to surrender to the evil within. The Vampire Genevieve collects together all the tales of Genevieve and her unusual allies into one packed volume, including Drachenfels, Genevieve Undead, Beasts in Velvet, and Silver Nails.

      Vampire Genevieve
    • Horror!

      • 352pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      From Frankenstein to Peeping Tom , the imaginative flair of the horror film has always shocked and delighted viewers. Packed with images of the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, this definitive volume traces the genre decade by decade, providing a witty and informative critique of more than 200 movies from all over the world. A team of seasoned, top horror experts leads the way with authority, humor, and encyclopedic knowledge, making this a superb guide for both die-hard and new horror fans.

      Horror!
    • Drachenfels

      • 268pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      High medieval gothic horror, featuring vampire Genevieve, from an undisputed master of macabre fiction.

      Drachenfels
    • Krokodil is an arch assassin who is also possessed by a demon. Many people want her dead because she interferes with corporate plans. So much so that the powers that be feel the need to send three hit men to hunt her down -- one of which is another demon. What's a girl and demon host supposed to do to earn a living?

      Dark Future. Krokodil Tears
    • Back in the USSA

      • 356pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      1989... One of the two superpowers which has dominated the 20th century is on the verge of being torn apart. The old communists regime which has held sway since the Revolution of 1917 is weak and divided. Dissident voices, silent for too long, have been raised against the corrupt and inefficient gangsterism of a morally and financially bankrupt ruling party. A new age of openness and reconstruction is dawning... This is the United Socialist States of America. When Eugene Debs led the Revolution, few expected it to lead to the iron-fisted regime of Chairman Al "Scarface" Capone, a dictatorship that would last into the 1950s. But no tyranny, capitalist or communists, can stop real revolutionaries like Buddy Holy, Howard Hughes, Tom Joad, Eliot Ness, Kurt Vonnegut, andthe Blues Brothers. This is the story of 20th century where America had a revolution... and Russia didn't; where there were Tsars in the Kremlin and Commissars in the White House. Where America invaded Japan and Britain fought the war in Vietnam; where Isaac Asimov was a Russian TV astrologer and Ed Gein was a Hero of Labor. Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne turn history on its head with this novel of "what if...?" -- a must-read for Proletariats world-wide!

      Back in the USSA