Lewis Shiner Knihy

V ulicích New Yorku propukají oslavy Dne divokých karet – výroční akce připadající na 15. září, při níž se vzpomíná na mrtvé a vzdává čest živým. Je to den ohňostrojů, pouličních trhů a průvodů, politických demonstrací a vzpomínkových hostin, pitek a rvaček v tmavých uličkách. Oslavy jsou rok od roku masovější a bouřlivější. A letos, v roce 1986, určitě proběhne u příležitosti čtyřicátého výročí zatím největší a nejlepší Den divokých karet. Na svátek se už chystají nejrůznější média i přívaly turistů a nálevny i restaurace očekávají rekordní obrat. V pozadí však číhá zvrácený génius, kterého nezajímá zábava ani veselí. Hvězdář má jen jeden cíl: zkázu.

Containing 41 stories and extensive author's notes, Collected Stories is the definitive compilation of Shiner's short work. His best known stories are all here, including The War at Home, Twilight Time, The Circle, Perfidia, and Mozart in Mirrorshades, as well as a brand new story, The Death of Che Guevara.Contents:- Perfidia (2004)- Stuff of Dreams (1981)- The War at Home (1985)- Straws (2007)- Nine Hard Questions about the Nature of the Universe (1983)- White City (1990)- Primes (2000)- The Long Ride Out (2007)- Sitcom (1995)- The Death of Che Guevara (2009)- His Girlfriend's Dog (1989)- Deep Without Pity [Dan Sloane #1] (1980)- The Circle (1982)- Twilight Time (1984)- Jeff Beck (1986)- Wild for You (1990)- Till Human Voices Wake Us (1984)- Flagstaff (1998)- Tommy and the Talking Dog (1982)- Oz (1988)- Love in Vain (1988)- Steam Engine Time (1989)- Kings of the Afternoon (1980)- Sticks (1992)- The Tale of Mark the Bunny (1999)- The Killing Season [Dan Sloane #2] (1998)- Scales (1990)- Snowbirds (1982)- Match (1990)- Relay (1991)- Castles Made of Sand (1997)- Prodigal Son [Dan Sloane #3] (1998)- Mozart in Mirrorshades (1985, with Bruce Sterling)- Kidding Around (1990)- Mystery Train (1983)- Secrets (1993)- Golfing Vietnam (2007)- Stompin' at the Savoy (1985)- Gold (1989)- Dirty Work (1992)- Lizard Men of Los Angeles (1999)

A 1960s rock and roll magnum opus about three friends on the cusp of musical stardom.

When Michael follows his dying father to North Carolina, a lifetime of lies begins to unravel. His pursuit of his father's past-haunted by voodoo, adultery and murder-takes him to a place called Hayti, once the most prosperous black community in the South. Now the mysteries of Michael's own heritage become a matter of life and death, as racial conflicts barely restrained since the 1960s erupt again. Rooted in the true story of the US government's urban renewal policy and its disastrous aftermath, Black & White is a literary thriller, a family saga, and a searing portrait of institutionalized hatred.

Originally published: New York: Doubleday, c1990.

"The four long pieces in this volume show Lewis Shiner writing ?hard edged, often political genre fiction at its finest, as Publishers Weekly said about his Collected Stories. These are some of the most accessible stories Shiner has ever written, featuring, as he says in his introduction, ?car chases, ticking clocks, and things blowing up in slow motion. At the same time, all four stories deal with the abuse of power in a way that has never been more timely. For those new to Shiner's work, Heroes and Villains is an ideal starting point, offering the complex characters and moral issues of his acclaimed novels in condensed and action-packed form."--Amazon.com.

»Das ist das beste Buch auf dem Gebiet der Science Fiction und Fantasy, das ich dieses Jahr gelesen habe.« "The Washington Post Book World" »Dieser Roman ist sowohl ein harter politischer Thriller wie eine transzendentale apokalyptische Fantasy.« Im fieberheißen Yucatan kämpfen rivalisierende Aufständische, Truppen der rechtskonservativen Regierung und amerikanische »Militärberater«, die in Wirklichkeit aus dunklen Quellen von der CIA finanzierte Söldner sind, die unter dem Befehl reaktionärer christlicher Fundamentalisten aus den USA stehen. Eddie, ein ehemaliger Rockstar, ist untergetaucht und durchstreift die Ruinenstädte der Maya, um zu sich selbst und Erleuchtung zu finden. Thomas, sein Bruder, ein idealistischer Anthropologe, und Eddies Frau Lindsey, beide auf der Suche nach dem verschollenen Musiker, und Carmichael, ein Reporter auf der Jagd nach einer brandheißen Story, geraten zwischen die Fronten und werden Zeuge von blutigen Massakern, von denen die amerikanische Offentlichkeit nichts erfahren soll. In den Maya-Ruinen von Na Chan kommt es zur entscheidenden militärischen Konfrontation an dieser uralten heiligen Pilgerstätte der Indianer, von der aus die zu ihren Reisen in die Vergangenheit aufbrechen.

Ray Shackleford is trying to deal with the death of his father and the collapse of his marriage when the impossible happens. Music that no one has ever heard before begins to play from his stereo speakers. It is only the first step on a journey that will take him to Los Angeles, London, Cozumel, and points far beyond, and bring him face to face with Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix-and his own mortality.

Ten years ago the world's governments collapsed, and now the corporations are in control. Houston's Pulsystems has sent an expedition to the lost Martian colony of Frontera to search for survivors. Reese, aging hero of the US space program, knows better. The colonists are not only alive, they have discovered a secret so devastating that the new rulers of Earth will stop at nothing to own it. Reese is equally desperate to use it for his own very personal agenda. But none of them have reckoned with Kane, tortured veteran of the corporate wars, whose hallucinatory voices are urging him to complete an ancient cycle of heroism and alter the destiny of the human race.