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Thomas Schlück

    Die Prinzen von Amber. Corwin von Amber; Die Gewehre von Avalon; Im Zeichen des Einhorns; Die Hand Oberons; Die Burgen des Chaos. Fünf Romane in e. Bd.
    Gesänge des Computers
    Die programmierten Musen
    Fiese Geschichten für fixe Leser
    In den Wäldern von Borodino. Roman
    The Charm School
    • In den Wäldern von Borodino. Roman

      • 383 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      In Moskau der 80er Jahre erhält die US-Botschaft einen Anruf von einem amerikanischen Touristen, der eine geheime Einrichtung entdeckt hat, in der Vietnam-Kriegsgefangene festgehalten werden. Nach seinem Verschwinden macht sich CIA-Agent Sam Hollis auf, um diesen gefährlichen Fall zu lösen.

      In den Wäldern von Borodino. Roman2003
      4.2
    • A Mind to Murder

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is one of the most reputable institutions in Lindon. but when the administrative head is found dead with a chisel in her heart, that distinguished facade begins to crumble as the truth emerges. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh pf Scotland Yard is called in to investigate and quickly find himself caught in a whirlwind of psychiatry, sex, drug and deceit. Now he must analyse the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts has resulted in murder and stop a cunning killer before the next blow.

      A Mind to Murder2000
      3.7
    • By the same author as "The Eagle has Landed", "The Savage Day" and "A Prayer for the Dying", this story revolves around an attempt to rescue a man with important information about the D-Day landings from Nazi occupied Jersey.

      Night of the Fox1988
      3.9
    • Gesänge des Computers

      • 125 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      One of the great authors of short fiction in the 20th century, Bradbury's works are read in classrooms all over the country. This collection features 28 of his stories and one luscious poem, with themes ranging from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Contents: The Kilimanjaro Device (1965) The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place (1969) Tomorrow's Child (1948) The Women (1948) The Inspired Chicken Motel (1969) Downwind from Gettysburg (1969) Yes, We'll Gather at the River (1969) The Cold Wind and the Warm (1964) Night Call, Collect (1949) The Haunting of the New (1969) I Sing the Body Electric! (1969) The Tombling Day (1952) Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby's Is a Friend of Mine (1966) Heavy-Set (1964) The Man in the Rorschach Shirt (1966) Henry the Ninth (1969) The Lost City of Mars (1967) Christus Apollo (1969) (poem)

      Gesänge des Computers1975
      3.7
    • Die programmierten Musen

      Science-Fiction-Roman

      • 202 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Meet some of the insufferably zany characters that inhabit the mad, gay, heady world of the 'arts'... GASPARD DE LA NUIT - human journeyman writer. He has problems with an eager girlfriend, Heloise Ibsen (assigned to him by his publisher.) What he really loves is the robot that actually writes his novels, which he oils with devoted care. His closest friend is ZANE GORT - a fine, upstanding, self-employed robot writer, Zane writes books for other robots and is madly in love with MISS BLUSHES - a censor robot who is something of a prude and rather hysterical - very logical when you consider her circuits are wired for censorship, but it makes life difficult for Zane. He turns for help to NURSE BISHOP - a small but formidably beautiful human who plays nursemaid to a mysterious group of near-human entities who are owned by FLAXMAN AND CULLINGHAM - human publishers of low cunning and deplorable language. And there are many, many more...

      Die programmierten Musen1972
      3.0