Chthon
Chthon

Author: Piers Anthony

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1497657326

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A Nebula and Hugo Award Finalist: The first novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Xanth series. Chthon was Piers Anthony’s first published novel in 1967, written over the course of seven years. He started it when he was in the US Army, so it has a long prison sequence that is reminiscent of that experience, being dark and grim. It features Aton Five, a space man who commits the crime of falling in love with the dangerous, alluring Minionette and is therefore condemned to death in the subterranean prison of Chthon. It uses flashbacks to show how he came to know the Minionette, and flash-forwards to show how he dealt with her after his escape from prison. The author regards this as perhaps the most intricately structured novel the science fantasy genre has seen.

Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony

Author: Michael R. Collings

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 0893700584

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Michael R. Collings examines the life and work of American science fiction author Piers Anthony. Starmont Reader's Guide 20.

Phthor
Phthor

Author: Piers Anthony

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1497657911

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A young man and a woman from the planet Minion face violence and destruction on the subterranean world of Chthon in the bestselling author’s early novel. Phthor is the sequel to Chthon, less intricately structured and less complicated in plot, but still quite dark and ugly in theme and detail. Rather than flashbacks and flash-forwards, it has a Y outline, with the stem the initial story and the ends alternate futures, neither of which is acceptable to Aton’s son Arlo. Arlo has his own encounter with a Minionette, and naturally, destruction is upon him and all with whom he associates. Writer and editor Charles Platt was so impressed with the chthonic setting that he wrote two additional sequels, Plasm and Soma, which are even darker and grimmer.

Darkhold
Darkhold

Author: Chris Cooper

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2018-09-26

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 1302506056

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Collecting Darkhold: Pages From The Book Of Sins #1-16, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #90 And Material From Midnight Sons Unlimited #1-2 And Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #145. Once you get your hands on the Darkhold, you’ll be dying to read what’s inside! And when long-lost pages of the Book of Sins begin to resurface, cursing those who read them with vicious twists on their greatest desires, it’s up to Victoria Montesi and her Darkhold Redeemers, Sam Buchanan and Louise Hastings, to keep them out of the wrong hands! As the mysterious Darkhold Dwarf spreads chaos and the powerful pages wreak havoc, the Redeemers get a little help from Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider and their fellow Midnight Sons — but whose side is Modred the Mystic on? With demonic forces on the rise, can the Redeemers prevent the rebirth of Chthon?

Marvel Arms and Armor
Marvel Arms and Armor

Author: Nick Jones

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 074409321X

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Who is Iron Man without his armor, or Thor without his hammer? Learn about the mightiest weapons ever made! From Iron Man's armor to Cap's shield and Star-Lord blasters to Gamora's godslayer, the Marvel universe is filled with iconic weapons, armor, and technology. Wielded by some of the greatest heroes and villains ever created, many of these objects have histories just as compelling as the characters who use them. Some are high-tech, futuristic creations; others have mystical origins. A few have destroyed worlds or sent entire empires crashing into dust. This is their story. © 2023 MARVEL

Spider-Man: Requiem
Spider-Man: Requiem

Author: Jeff Mariotte

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-10-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1416510788

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When Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, he became much more than the shy, introverted high school student he had always been. Now possessed of the proportionate strength, speed, and agility of a spider, he sought to use his newfound abilities to achieve wealth and fame. But after his beloved Uncle Ben was murdered, the grief-stricken youth soon realized that with great power comes great responsibility. Now Peter wages a one-man crusade against crime...in the costumed identity of the amazing Spider-Man!

The Pre-Platonic Philosophers
The Pre-Platonic Philosophers

Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780252025594

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Roughly formulating many of the themes he later developed at length, Nietzsche sketches concepts such as the will to power, eternal recurrence, and self-overcoming and links them to specific pre-Platonics." "This translation, complete with Nietzsche's own extensive sidenotes and philological citations, is accompanied by a prologue, introductory essay, and extensive translator's commentary.".

The Darkhold
The Darkhold

Author: Steve Orlando

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2022-02-16

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1302940708

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Collects The Darkhold Alpha (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Blade (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Wasp (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Iron Man (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Black Bolt (2021) #1, The Darkhold: Spider-Man (2021) #1, The Darkhold Omega (2020) #1. Enter the pages of the Darkhold! For hundreds of years, scholars, heroes and villains alike have searched for the complete text of this terrible tome: the Book of the Damned, penned by the elder god Chthon. Now, at long last, one of the greatest sorcerers in the Multiverse has found the Darkhold - and Chthon has found him. To save all of existence, the Scarlet Witch must gather the world's greatest heroes…and unleash their inner darkness. Because the only way to stand up to the forces unleashed by the Darkhold is to go insane! Witness the Marvel Universe's descent into madness!