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Eric Brown

    24 maggio 1960 – 21 marzo 2023

    Eric Brown è un autore la cui opera è caratterizzata da una ricca immaginazione e una profonda intuizione sulla natura umana, spesso ambientata in mondi futuristici e immaginifici. Le sue narrazioni intrecciano abilmente elementi di fantascienza con una narrazione avvincente, esplorando temi come l'umanità, la tecnologia e il nostro posto nell'universo. Lo stile di Brown è noto per la sua fluidità e la sua capacità di coinvolgere i lettori in trame intricate e personaggi accattivanti. La sua scrittura attrae un'ampia gamma di lettori, lasciando un'impressione duratura.

    Ace Doubles
    The Ration Book Diet
    Wings on My Sleeve
    Murder by the Book
    Pilgrimm's Progress
    Best of British Science Fiction 2022
    • Best of British Science Fiction 2022

      • 300pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      The anthology features a diverse collection of two dozen science fiction stories from British and British-based authors, showcasing a wide range of subjects and styles. Curated by editor Donna Scott, it highlights the best works published in 2022, drawing from magazines, anthologies, webzines, and lesser-known sources. This compilation reflects the vibrant landscape of contemporary British science fiction, offering readers a rich tapestry of imaginative narratives.

      Best of British Science Fiction 2022
      4,6
    • Pilgrimm's Progress

      • 318pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      The plot revolves around Graham Pilgrimm, a middle-aged local government officer who is wrongfully accused of murder by the alluring Frieda. As he seeks to clear his name from the confines of an allotment shed, he is supported by a cast of quirky characters, including his inept male friends, his spirited daughter, a haunting figure from his past, and an eager young reporter named Becky. The story blends humor and suspense as Graham navigates his unexpected predicament.

      Pilgrimm's Progress
      5,0
    • Murder by the Book

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham’s literary agent asks for his help in sorting out ‘a delicate matter’, little does Langham realize what he’s getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London’s literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of the London Crime Writers’ Association coming to sudden and violent ends, what at first appeared to be a series of suicides looks suspiciously like murder – and there seems to be something horribly familiar about the various methods of despatch. With the help of his literary agent’s assistant, the delectable Maria Dupre, Langham finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer – a killer with old scores to settle.

      Murder by the Book
      4,5
    • Wings on My Sleeve

      • 296pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Eric Brown went to Germany in 1939 on an exchange course, and his first experience of the war came when the Gestapo arrested him, not knowing he was an RAF pilot. The rest is history. He is the only man alive to have flown every major and most minor combat aircraft of the Second World War (as well as all the early jets), and has been interviewed by the top Nazis. While testing the Nazi jets in war-stricken Germany, he interviewed (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. A living legend among aviation enthusiasts, his amazing life story deserves to be told in full--from crashing in front of Winston Churchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets.

      Wings on My Sleeve
      4,3
    • The Ration Book Diet

      • 144pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      A social history of wartime dining and a collection of over sixty delicious and healthy seasonal recipes with a vintage twist.

      The Ration Book Diet
      4,0
    • Ace Doubles

      • 120pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Ed Bentley's wife has left him and he's been dropped by his publisher. Still, it's not the end of the world. All he has to do is ghost-write a science-fiction novel for Tuppy Cotton, a YouTuber young enough to be his daughter... When Ed uncovers an unearthly mystery at Tuppy's Yorkshire retreat, everything changes. The world might not be ending, but it will be turned upside down.Ace Doubles is Eric Brown's dazzling and moving tribute to his the writers who captured his imagination in his youth, inspiring him to become an award-winning author; and the ordinary people who do extraordinary things. 

      Ace Doubles
      4,0
    • Murder at the Chase

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      July, 1955. Fellow writer Alastair Endicott has requested Donald Langham's help in discovering what happened to his father Edward, who has disappeared without a trace from inside his locked study. The elder Endicott had been researching a biography of the notorious Satanist Vivien Stafford. Could there be a connection to his disappearance?

      Murder at the Chase
      4,0
    • Serving Herself is a comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson, one of the most important figures in African American women's sports history and one of the preeminent athletes of the twentieth century. Offering a portrait of the life and career of a complicated and unconventional figure, this book shows how Gibson reaped rewards as well as remonstrances for her extraordinary sports achievements and life-long defiance of social norms.

      Serving Herself
      4,2
    • Jani and the Great Pursuit is the thrilling sequel to Jani and the Greater Game from best selling author Eric Brown.

      Jani and the Great Pursuit
      3,0
    • Murder Takes a Turn

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      When Langham's literary agent receives a cryptic letter inviting him to spend the weekend at the grand Cornish home of successful novelist Denbigh Connaught, Charles Elder seems reluctant to attend. What really happened between Elder and Connaught during the summer of 1917, nearly 40 years before--and why has it had such a devastating effect?fect?

      Murder Takes a Turn
      3,0