Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 8 January 2012
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Song of Two Worlds
In Alan Lightman's new book, a verse narrative titled Song of Two Worlds, we meet a man who has lost his faith in all things following a mysterious personal tragedy. After decades of living hung like a dried fly, emptied and haunted by his past, the narrator awakens one morning revitalized and begins a Dante-like journey to find something to believe in, first turning to the world of science and then to the world of philosophy, religion, and human life. As his personal story is slowly revealed, little by little, we confront the great questions of the cosmos and of the human heart, some questions with answers and others without.
Worlds closer to the galatic core than Known Space are --or were-- home to intelligent speciers. Some learned of the core explosion in time to flee. Destroyer of Worlds opens in 2670, ten years after Juggler of Worlds closes; with refugee species fleeing in an armada of ramscoops in the direction of the Fleet of Worlds. The onrushing aliens are recognized as a threat; they have left in their trail a host of desolated worlds: some raided for supplies, some attacked to eliminate competition, and some for pure xenophobia.
Humanity has been faithfully serving the Citizens for years, and Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks is among the best and the brightest of the humans. She gratefully serves the race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a home world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from. A chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy's core unleashes a wave of lethal radiation that will sterilize the galaxy. The Citizens flee, taking their planets, the Fleet of Worlds, with them.
Imagination and the Arts in C. S. Lewis - Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds
Imagination has long been regarded as central to C. S. Lewis’s life and to his creative and critical works, but this is the first study to provide a thorough analysis of his theory of imagination, including the different ways he used the word and how those uses relate to each other.
Let your child in on some incredible truths about mind-boggling confidential secrets and conspiracy theories 'they' don't want anyone to know about. From where the Bermuda Triangle is, whether alien abductions actually happen, and the truth about crop circles your child will explore lost worlds, unravel secret codes, marvel at mysterious places and meet spooks, spies, secret keepers and scandal makers of the world. Do Not Open is a behind-the-scenes, full-disclosure investigation into all the most intriguing mysteries that have made history. But ssh! Don't tell a soul ...
