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Mary looked at the moving wall. It was a film of a terrible,
"terrible" disaster.
"Does it have to be on, Mother?"
"Well, nobody seems to be watching. I don't think the doctor
would mind if I switched it off."
Mrs. Cuberle rose from the couch and walked to the wall. She
depressed a little button and the life went from the wall,
flickering and glowing.
Mary opened her eyes.
"Honestly," Mrs. Cuberle said to a woman sitting beside her,
"you'd think they'd try to get something else. We might as well go
to the museum and watch the first landing on Mars. The Mayoraka
Disaster -- really "
Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties,
identified and broken up after passing national secrets to the
Soviets for years… But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford.
Because one never existed? Or because it was never found…? 2022:
Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private
sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a
mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the
chance. But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to
emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no
apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that
suddenly just… stop. Has he found what none of his former
colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the
heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid
ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption? From
Oxford’s hallowed quadrangles to brush contacts on Hampstead
Heath, agent-running in Vienna and mysterious meetings in Prague, A
Spy Alone is a gripping international thriller and a searing
portrait of modern Britain in the age of cynical populism. Perfect
for readers of Charles Cumming, Mick Herron and John le Carré.
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The Twilight Zone (Paperback)
Anne Washburn; Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson
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R303
Discovery Miles 3 030
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Between light and shadow, science and superstition, fear and
knowledge is a dimension of imagination. An area we call the
Twilight Zone. Adapted by Anne Washburn (Mr Burns) and directed by
Olivier Award-winner Richard Jones, this world premiere production
of the acclaimed CBS Television Series The Twilight Zone lands on
stage for the first time in its history. Or its present. Or its
future. Stage magic and fantasy unite as the ordinary becomes
extraordinary.
Ce guide vous invite a visiter, d'un point de vue linguistique, le
Pays basque des deux cotes de la frontiere franco-espagnole. Outre
les bases de la langue basque, qui peut sembler deroutante,
(re)decouvrez les elements de conversation, ainsi que des anecdotes
et renseignements concernant la culture locale!
That Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting
scripts for The Twilight Zone is only natural: for his was an
imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other
dimension. So take one uneasy step and fall headlong into his
world: a world where lions stalk the plains, classics cars rove the
streets, and spacecraft hover just overhead. Here roam musicians,
magicians, vampires, monsters, toreros, extraterrestrials,
androids, and perhaps even the Devil himself. Perchance to Dream
contains a selection of Beaumont's finest stories, including five
stories that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes. This
volume contains an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by
William Shatner, two fellow science fiction luminaries who counted
themselves among Beaumont's close friends.
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Elegy (Paperback)
Charles Beaumont
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R400
R346
Discovery Miles 3 460
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"A memorable first book of fiction, one which belongs on any shelf
of the best contemporary weird tales." - August Derleth, "Chicago
Tribune"
" E]xtraordinary . . . gives Mr. Beaumont undeniable stature as an
artist." - "N. Y. Herald Tribune"
"Charles Beaumont was a genius . . . and one hell of a
storyteller." - Dean R. Koontz
"The name of Charles Beaumont will be honored and recognized for
generations yet to come." - Robert Bloch
When "The Hunger and Other Stories" (1957) appeared, it heralded
the arrival of Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) as an important and
highly original new voice in American fiction. Although he is best
known today for his scripts for television and film, including
several classic episodes of "The Twilight Zone," Beaumont is being
rediscovered as a master of weird tales, and this, his first
published collection, contains some of his best. Ranging in tone
from the chilling Gothic horror of "Miss Gentilbelle," where an
insane mother dresses her son up as a girl and slaughters his pets,
to deliciously dark humor in tales like "Open House" and "The
Infernal Bouillabaisse," where murderers' plans go disastrously
awry, these seventeen stories demonstrate Beaumont's remarkable
talent and versatility. This new edition of "The Hunger and Other
Stories," the first in more than fifty years, includes a new
introduction by Dr. Bernice M. Murphy, who argues for reevaluation
of Beaumont alongside the other greats of the genre, including
Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, and Richard Matheson.
Mary looked at the moving wall. It was a film of a terrible,
terrible disaster. Does it have to be on, Mother? Well, nobody
seems to be watching. I don't think the doctor would mind if I
switched it off. Mrs. Cuberle rose from the couch and walked to the
wall. She depressed a little button and the life went from the
wall, flickering and glowing. Mary opened her eyes. Honestly, Mrs.
Cuberle said to a woman sitting beside her, you'd think they'd try
to get something else. We might as well go to the museum and watch
the first landing on Mars. The Mayoraka Disaster -- really
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