Charge of the Three-horned Monster

Charge of the Three-horned Monster

Author: Rex Stone

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780192794758

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Jamie and Tom have returned to their secret world of dinosaurs and can't wait to explore. But when a herd of triceratops heads their way, it looks like the boys are going to get squashed. There's only one thing for it--they'll have to hitch a ride on a dinosaur's back!


Basilisks and Beowulf

Basilisks and Beowulf

Author: Tim Flight

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2023-07-25

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1789144345

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An eye-opening, engrossing look at the central role of monsters in the Anglo-Saxon worldview—now in paperback. This book addresses a simple question: why were the Anglo-Saxons obsessed with monsters, many of which did not exist? Drawing on literature and art, theology, and a wealth of firsthand evidence, Basilisks and Beowulf reveals a people huddled at the edge of the known map, using the fantastic and the grotesque as a way of understanding the world around them and their place within it. For the Anglo-Saxons, monsters helped to distinguish the sacred and the profane; they carried God’s message to mankind, exposing His divine hand in creation itself. At the same time, monsters were agents of disorder, seeking to kill people, conquer their lands, and even challenge what it meant to be human. Learning about where monsters lived and how they behaved allowed the Anglo-Saxons to situate themselves in the world, as well as to apprehend something of the divine plan. It is for these reasons that monsters were at the very center of their worldview. From map monsters to demons, dragons to Leviathan, we neglect these beasts at our peril.


Charon's Ark

Charon's Ark

Author: Rick Gauger

Publisher: Del Rey

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780345317735

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"For the teachers and students of Seattle's Garfield High School, the trip was just a public-relations lark, for helping a wealthy Pacific island open a science museum, they were to get a free trip around the world. It all seemed too esay. It was. As their chartered 747 crossed the Pacific, a huge spacecraft swooped down, cut off its wings, swallowed it up, and headed deep into outer space. Next stop: Charon, the moon of Pluto. Suddenly the flight crew, the students, and their teacher found themselves the unwilling guests of unseen and unreliable hosts whose life-support systems were breaking down. Even worse, the humans were caught in a deadly cross-fire between the rapidly failing aliens and a mad computer program that considered only itself indispensable, and whose intentions clearly were to destroy Earth ..."--Page 4 of cover


Doctor Who: Book 5: Monstrous Missions

Doctor Who: Book 5: Monstrous Missions

Author: Gary Russell

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1405908149

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Exciting action-packed new original fiction for younger Doctor Who fans, starring the Eleventh Doctor with his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams. Monstrous Missions contains two fast-paced, fun-filled adventures! The Doctor and his friends join a group of explorers on a Victorian tramp steamer in Terrible Lizards. The explorers are searching for the Fountain of Youth, but neither they nor the treasure they seek are quite what they seem! People are mysteriously disappearing on Moonbase Laika. They return with strange bite marks and no idea where they have been. Can the Doctor and his friends get to the bottom of what's going on in Snakes on a Base!


Doctor Who: Terrible Lizards

Doctor Who: Terrible Lizards

Author: Jonathan Green

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2016-02-04

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1405926295

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The Eleventh Doctor and his friends join a group of explorers on a Victorian tramp steamer in the Florida Everglades. The explorers are searching for the Fountain of Youth, but neither they nor the treasure they seek are quite what they seem . . .