The Legend of Fang

The Legend of Fang
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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781412055222
ISBN-13 : 1412055229
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Legend of Fang by : D. C. Drapper

Under the Fang

Under the Fang
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0671695738
ISBN-13 : 9780671695736
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Under the Fang by : Sally Peters

"The ultimate vampire anthology. Imagine a time when a new and terrible plague infects humankind a plague far more hideous, more terrifying than any virus or bacteria could ever be. Imagine a time when a plague of vampirism spreads geometrically across the world until the dominant human species is a race of the undead ... Under the auspices of the Horror Writers of America, Robert R. McCammon has assembled seventeen stories which share the vision of his terrible new world daring tales from both well-known and new writers of darkly imaginative fiction. This edition of Under the Fang is limited to 750 copies, slipcased, numbered, and signed by all contributors, and should be considered the authoritative text"--Jacket

Spear and Fang

Spear and Fang
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1501019066
ISBN-13 : 9781501019067
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Spear and Fang by : Robert Ervin Howard

"Spear and Fang" is a short story by Robert Ervin Howard. Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in the state of Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death at the age of 30 by suicide, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he had become successful in several genres. Although a Conan novel was nearly published into a book in 1934, his stories never appeared in book form during his lifetime. The main outlet for his stories was in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. Howard's suicide and the circumstances surrounding it have led to varied speculation about his mental health. His mother had been ill with tuberculosis his entire life, and upon learning that she had entered a coma from which she was not expected to wake, he walked out to his car and shot himself in the head. In the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales, Howard created Conan the Barbarian, a character whose cultural impact has been compared to such icons as Tarzan, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Batman, and James Bond. With Conan and his other heroes, Howard created the genre now known as sword and sorcery, spawning many imitators and giving him a large influence in the fantasy field. Howard remains a highly read author, with his best works still reprinted. Howard spent his late teens working odd jobs around Cross Plains; all of which he hated. In 1924, Howard returned to Brownwood to take a stenography course at Howard Payne College, this time boarding with his friend Lindsey Tyson instead of his mother. Howard would have preferred a literary course but was not allowed to take one for some reason. Biographer Mark Finn suggests that his father refused to pay for such a non-vocational education. In the week of Thanksgiving that year, and after years of rejection slips and near acceptances, he finally sold a short caveman tale titled "Spear and Fang", which netted him the sum of $16 and introduced him to the readers of a struggling pulp called Weird Tales. Now that his career in fiction had begun, Howard dropped out of Howard Payne College at the end of the semester and returned to Cross Plains. Shortly afterwards, he received notice that another story, "The Hyena," had been accepted by Weird Tales. During the same period, Howard made his first attempt to write a novel, a loosely autobiographical book modeled on Jack London's Martin Eden and titled Post Oaks & Sand Roughs. The book was otherwise of middling quality and was never published in the author's lifetime but it is of interest to Howard scholars for the personal information it contains. Howard's alter ego in this novel is Steve Costigan, a name he would use more than once in the future. The novel was finished in 1928 but not published until long after his death.

Fang, the Gnome

Fang, the Gnome
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Publisher : Gateway
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780575129443
ISBN-13 : 0575129441
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Fang, the Gnome by : Michael G. Coney

There was a time when the Earth had three moons, and when the seductive sorceress Avalona could alter futures and bend "happentracks" with her spells. Indeed, in this vast chaotic universe called the Greataway, with its many imaginable futures, anything is possible. Especially when Nyneve, Avalona's bewitching human disciple, conjures up the complete legend of Camelot and when the roguish gnome Fang, slayer of the dread daggertooth, stumbles into the human happentrack, causing human and gnome worlds to overlap. For then the moons begin to disappear one by one, and Fang, Nyneve, and all their comrades find themselves caught in a happentrack from which there is no escape, a happentrack in which the legend of Arthur might prove their only salvation...

Arresting Cinema

Arresting Cinema
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781503600751
ISBN-13 : 1503600750
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Arresting Cinema by : Karen Fang

When Ridley Scott envisioned Blade Runner's set as "Hong Kong on a bad day," he nodded to the city's overcrowding as well as its widespread use of surveillance. But while Scott brought Hong Kong and surveillance into the global film repertoire, the city's own cinema has remained outside of the global surveillance discussion. In Arresting Cinema, Karen Fang delivers a unifying account of Hong Kong cinema that draws upon its renowned crime films and other unique genres to demonstrate Hong Kong's view of surveillance. She argues that Hong Kong's films display a tolerance of—and even opportunism towards—the soft cage of constant observation, unlike the fearful view prevalent in the West. However, many surveillance cinema studies focus solely on European and Hollywood films, discounting other artistic traditions and industrial circumstances. Hong Kong's films show a more crowded, increasingly economically stratified, and postnational world that nevertheless offers an aura of hopeful futurity. Only by exploring Hong Kong surveillance film can we begin to shape a truly global understanding of Hitchcock's "rear window ethics."

The Legend Begins

The Legend Begins
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9781479720347
ISBN-13 : 1479720348
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Legend Begins by : Charles & Irene Nickerson

The Saber Claw is a new fast destroyer built around the new Vallen/Maxumus warp engines. It is armed with new attack and electronic warfare jump ships called Daggers. These jump ships were designed for marines by marines. Beary Maxumus is a young 18 year old Bearilian Fleet Cadet with a secret. He is actually Dr. Beary Maxumus the designer of the Warp engine that powers the ship. He is also a Marine reserve Corporal who was part of an elite Special Forces unit called MSU 6. The enemy calls him the Ghost. His dream was to be just another cadet. Those dreams are about to be shattered.

Burying the Mountain

Burying the Mountain
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Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9781619322455
ISBN-13 : 1619322455
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Burying the Mountain by : Shangyang Fang

In Shangyang Fang’s debut Burying the Mountain, longing and loss rush through a portal of difficult beauty. Absence is translated into fire ants and snow, a boy’s desire is transfigured into the indifference of mountains and rivers, and loneliness finds its place in the wounded openness of language. From the surface of a Song Dynasty ink-wash painting to a makeshift bedroom in Chengdu, these poems thread intimacy, eros, and grief. Evoking the music of ancient Chinese poetry, Fang alloys political erasure, exile, remembrance, and death into a single brushstroke on the silk scroll, where names are forgotten as paper boats on water.

The Mysterious Wu Fang

The Mysterious Wu Fang
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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages : 126
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ISBN-10 : 9780809515943
ISBN-13 : 0809515946
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mysterious Wu Fang by : Robert J. Hogan

The ancient Indian tomb had been sealed for a thousand years; its discovery was an archaeological find. But few guessed its horrible secret, or knew that a certain Oriental super-villain, the fiendish Wu Fang, wished to enter its portals . . . not to study the withered bones, but to capture the death germs buried there -- deadly germs of a rare plague of madness which he meant to use to control the world! "The Case of the Suicide Tomb" originally appeared in the December, 1935 issue of "The Mysterious Wu Fang," a classic pulp magazine, and is presented with its original cover and interior arwork.

Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief

Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief
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Publisher : Delacorte Press
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780593172483
ISBN-13 : 0593172485
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief by : Laura Ellen Anderson

Book three in the Amelia Fang series! Read her adventures before she makes her way on the TV screen! Amelia and her friends are taking part in a competition to visit Pumpkin Paradise Park - the most bloodcurding theme park ever! All they have to do is sell as many cookies as possible. But the creatures of Nocturnia have begun to act stranger than usual . . . no one can seem to remember anything - including their own names or even Amelia's big birthnight party! Where have everyone's memories gone? And how can Amelia save them when they have all forgotten who she is?

The Medical Guru

The Medical Guru
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Publisher : Tapread
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Medical Guru by : Bu Xing Tian Xia

He was the youngest guru of martial arts as well as the perfect Mr. McDreamy of most girls. He had a mysterious absolute touch, clear-sighted observation ability, and various outstanding talents. But now, he was just an ordinary freshman at the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine, who wanted to learn Chinese Medicine, see patients, and get into a relationship with a girl in a low-key way. However, at a Mid-Autumn Festival party, he was forced to put on a performance, which shocked the whole audience. The shiny and wonderful university life began from then on. In the university, he met a beautiful and smart School Beauty Jiang Miaoyu who shook his heart slightly. But the road of love was never smooth, even to a perfect hero. He also met a kind and friendly teacher Dr. Shen who discovered his excellent technique and gave him a chance to practice. Besides, his three lovely and interesting roommates were indispensable in his life, although sometimes they looked a little awkward. But this young hero’s life was not always full of happiness without a hitch, some trouble still appeared from time to time. The domineering and imperious President of the Students’ Union Li Qingshi purposely made difficulties for him repeatedly. The stubborn and hardworking martial arts practitioner Chen Cong often challenged him in different ways. Just because of these extraordinary personalities around him, this young hero’s road of struggle looked so amazing...