Bøger af Richard Marshall

The Confiding Stone draws on the freedoms of speculative fiction in order to critically examine the seductions of power and vision. In the tradition of H.G.Wells ' The Time Machine, the story generates a vision of an alternate world in which a sophisticated civilization, already in danger of collapse, is rocked by contact with its past. King Henlone, a deeply flawed product of royal privilege, in a desperate attempt to save the city and his position, initiates a series of events that soon spin out of control. A startling truth is revealed to the inhabitants of the city, which challenges the fundamental nature of their reality.

Hannaville is a small American town, nestling at the feet of The Catskills, in New York state. Its residents include Katrina Van Klint, Marguerita Hump. the Rev Peter Poynter, Chief Redbud, and a host of equally wacky, yet totally believable eccentrics, whose outrageous antics enrich and confuse the life of the dandy dentist, Salgoud Yennick.When Salgoud meets the love of his life, he has a problem:is she really a woman? Or does Morgana Sanchez come from non-human realms? Is she an enchantress like Morgana le Faye, who once caught the great Merlin in her magic? Or are we simply not used , here in Hannavilla, to ravishing, Latina drug dealers with exotic manners?

Emerging Urbanity provides a critical reading of urban transformations throughout the world and in particular in Asia. Includes case studies of detailed design analysis of the largest urban developments in the Pacific Rim.