Böcker av James Stoddard

COME WITH US TO WORLDS OF WONDER A collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction from the author of The High House, including Stoddard's celebrated The Battle of York and his previously unpublished Evenmere novella, The Leechmont. Many of these tales originally appeared in award-winning magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, and others. Journey to a Victorian grand hotel whose guests determine the fate of the universe. Visit an alternate history of the United States remembered only as mythology. Enter an observatory whose astronomers regulate the stars. Travel to a kingdom where a wizard turns his victims into books. In these and other enchanted tales, James Stoddard takes the reader on a voyage through realms of the fantastic.

Originally published: New York: Warner Books, 2000.

A new form of Power has appeared within the infinite corridors and rooms of Evenmere, a force so strong it destroys any who attempt to wield it. Unless Carter Anderson, Master of the House, can find its source, Evenmere, and the universe with it, will swiftly degenerate into an existence of eternal warfare and endless pain. He must act, while the life of his only son hangs in the balance. Edited by Betsy Mitchell.

Originally published: New York: Warner Books, 1998.

The elves claim no one can enter Animonea and live.Nine champions hope they are wrong . . .>They enter Animonea, a land the Elf-King feared so much he raised a wall to keep its denizens out. There, every animal, tree, insect, and bird possesses intelligence. Every object-swords, chairs, garments-can speak. Which creatures can they trust? Which merciless predators intend to destroy them? Gray is soon embroiled in a war against an invading army of nightmarish mechanical soldiers intent on eradicating the source of Animonea's sentience. Unless he and his companions can overcome the designs of men, wolves, rivers, and trees, Animonea will perish, and Gray and Tana with it. A novel both complete in itself and the first book of a series.

Americans love their Constitution. In seventeen-year-old Liberty Bell's era it has become a myth. Centuries after the Great Blackout obliterates the world's digitized information, America's history is forgotten. Only confused legends remain, written in The Americana, a book depicting a golden age where famous Americans from different eras lived and interacted with one another during the same time. Raised on the stories and ideals from The Americana, Liberty Bell joins secret agent Antonio Ice on a quest for her country. But in the Old Forest, forgotten technologies are reawakening. Historic figures such as Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, and Thomas Jefferson are coming to life. The source of their return, a mystery hidden since before the apocalypse, lies waiting for Liberty. Her knowledge of The Americana holds the key to unraveling the riddles of the past. Will the American continent return to the freedom of Liberty's forefathers? Or will it descend into a dark age of tyranny? The choices she makes will determine its fate. For, as The Americana says, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it-and forfeit all coupons, discounts, and travel miles." Filled with quotations from exceptional Americans, here is a humorous and poignant celebration of America and its Constitution.