Ergebnis für "Mervyn Peake" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Deep in the labyrinthine corridors of Gormenghast Castle, a child is born. Titus, 77th Earl of Groan, is heir to arcane and all-embracing rituals that determine the activities of everyone from Lord Sepulchrave, his father, to the vast cook, Swelter, and the irrepressible Dr Prunesquallor. But not the steely and devious Steerpike, who will lie, cheat and even murder to get on. One of the greatest feats of sustained imaginative writing, the world of Gormenghast Castle is brilliantly realised in this darkly fantastic novel.

Continuing to mark 100 years since Mervyn Peake’s birth, Naxos AudioBooks releases the second novel in the cycle series. Gormenghast follows protagonist Titus (now the 77th earl of Gormenghast) from the age of seven to 17 and describes his desire to break free from the physical and psychological constraints of the castle. Meanwhile, the Machiavellian Steerpike continues his dastardly rise to power. But will he succeed?

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Titus Groan has fled the rambling, ruined and ruinous castle of Gormenghast, desperate for a view of the world beyond. But he wasn’t prepared for this! Satellites, death-rays, sinister policemen and underworld outcasts live in a nightmarish contemporary city that feels like something by Wells, Burroughs or Philip K. Dick. Threatened and lost, he begins to miss the home he left; but surely he won’t be tempted back?

Paul Rhys, Miranda Richardson and Carl Prekopp star in this major six-part BBC Radio Classic Serial based on the writings of Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore. The life and times of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast - a vast stronghold of crumbling masonry steeped in immemorial ritual and...

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Goldenen Stephan für das Beste Phantastik-Werk des Jahres 2022. Small Scale Fantasy mit Plot Twists, Mystik, Abenteuern und einer Prise Sarkasmus in einem mittelalterlichen Setting. Wer "Diener des Ordens" gelesen hat, findet in "Bestien von Haygenhast" das ein oder andere Easteregg. Dennoch ist dieser Fantasy-Einzelband unabhängig lesbar, spielt jedoch in derselben fiktiven Erdenwelt. Darum geht's: Während in Haygenhast das Ahnenfest gefeiert wird, flüstert der Wald von Wahnsinn und Tod. Zwei Trunkenbolde betreten zur Mutprobe den Flüsterwald und kehren verändert zurück.

Titus Awakes is the fourth and last novel in the Gormenghast series and was finished by Peake’s widow, Maeve Gilmore. In this last novel, Titus has left the world of Gormenghast behind, but he remains haunted by memories of his former life. Journeying from snow-covered mountains to archipelagos strewn with coral reefs, he awakens his senses but fails to conquer his aching sense of solitude.