John Shirley
Demons
A Novel
Ebook (EPUB Format)
An allegory for our time, full of creepy splendorand excitement . . . Demons is a brave and smart book. Read it if you dare.-San Francisco Bay GuardianDemons is funny, outrageous, and frightening, and, as a metaphor for our times, it works frighteningly well.-Rocky Mountain NewsIn a future uncomfortably close to the present day, the apocalypse has surpassed all expectations. Hideous demons roam the streets in an orgy of terror, drawing pleasure from torturing humans as sadistically as possible. Ira, a young San Francisco artist, becomes involved with a strange group of scientists and philosophers desperately trying to end the bloody siege. Bu…
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An allegory for our time, full of creepy splendorand excitement . . . Demons is a brave and smart book. Read it if you dare.-San Francisco Bay GuardianDemons is funny, outrageous, and frightening, and, as a metaphor for our times, it works frighteningly well.-Rocky Mountain NewsIn a future uncomfortably close to the present day, the apocalypse has surpassed all expectations. Hideous demons roam the streets in an orgy of terror, drawing pleasure from torturing humans as sadistically as possible. Ira, a young San Francisco artist, becomes involved with a strange group of scientists and philosophers desperately trying to end the bloody siege. But the most shocking revelation is yet to come. . . .Praise for DemonsBarely street-legal, Shirley's Bosch-like visions mark him out as perhaps the closest thing contemporary American fantasy has to a genuine 'outsider artist.'-William GibsonJohn Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. I heartily recommend a journey with John Shirley at your side.-Clive Barker John Shirley writes like a runaway train. . . . Intensely suspenseful, visionary, surreal, and every bit as gritty and immediate and believable as a police report, this book will scare you, dazzle you, and delight you.-Tim Powers
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-345-45504-8
- EAN: 9780345455048
- Produktnummer: 15731968
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 400 KB
Über den Autor
John Shirley is the author of more than a dozen books including City Come A-Walking, Really Really Really Really Weird Stories (a collection of short fiction), and the newly reissued classic cyberpunk A Song Called Youth” trilogy-Eclipse, Eclipse Corona, and Eclipse Penumbra. He is the recipient of the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award for his collection Black Butterflies. Shirley has fronted punk bands and written lyrics for his own music, as well as for Blue Oyster Cult and other bands. A principal screenwriter for The Crow, Shirley now devotes most of his time to writing for television and film.Visit the author's Web site at www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley
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