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a torre negra de stephen king

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Roland Deschain e o seu ka-tet viajaram juntos e separadamente, espalhados por múltiplas camadas de mundos, inúmeros quandos e ondes. O destino de Roland, Susannah, Jake, do padre Callahan, Oy e Eddie prende-se com a própria Torre, que agora os puxa para mais perto de si, para fim de todos e novos inícios… e para um turbilhão de emoções, violência e descoberta.

Wook

— Longos dias e noites agradáveis, Nancy Deepneau.

A Torre Negra de Stephen King (página 528)

Final excelente para uma saga monumental e fenomenal. Realmente o final ideal, pois o Ka é uma roda.

A introdução do Artista como nova personagem, a atmosfera negra – tudo está bem balanceado, até a metaficção se aceita e compreende. (Nisto Rhys Hughes é o senhor.)

Uma saga que nunca desapontou. E que demorou uns três anos a ler – calmamente.

Tradução: Rosa Amorim

cenas recebidas

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Três livros recebidos.

O primeiro de Rhys Hughes, “The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed” que andou perdido em Barcelos – encomenda efectuada a 04.11.2018

Os outros dois são de John Scalzi e fazem parte da série “The Interdependency”:

smurfs & welsh yeti

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Uma das melhores brincadeiras que fiz com Rhys Hughes.

how many times? by rhys hughes

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Graças a Rhys Hughes descobri a corrente literária Oulipo (não confundir com Olimpo). Elaborei, até, alguns textos utilizando os seus constrangimentos literários.

Rhys Hughes, que sempre revelou um interesse nos constrangimentos literários permitidos pelo Oulipo, tendo produzido algumas peças aqui e ali, oferece agora, não apenas um livro completo de brincadeiras, desafios, puzzles, mas constrangimentos originais – duplo desafio. 

This book:

  • improves the quality of your life;
  • gives you better mood;
  • is creamy and smooth;

Rhys Hughes pode não ser real, mas este livro é-o certamente! Urra!

Parabéns à Eibonvale Press pela ousadia em publicar esta obra.

sangria in the sangraal by rhys hughes

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Esta nova – ampliada – edição, publicada pela Eibonvale Press, tem mais 2 histórias do que a edição da Ex Occidente Press e continua a ser um mimo.
É sempre um prazer (re)descobrir Rhys Hughes.

fae visions of the mediterranean

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The Mediterranean is a liquid road connecting places and people. Ships, words and stories travel on its waves. Sometimes fantastic creatures, hidden in the hold. The Mediterranean speaks many languages; some of them we don’t recognize anymore. They are ancient, but never really dead. This speculative fiction anthology collects twenty-four pieces of fiction and poetry, new and old, and some things that are in between, because we don’t believe in boundaries. It gathers Mediterranean stories with a horror twist and horror stories with a Mediterranean flavour—caring sea monsters, still dripping and briny; brave mermaids, merciless ghosts and bizarre creatures—in nine different languages and many different styles.

Future Fire

Following the request made by Rhys Hughes to draw a Minotaur there is my nonsense version.

More info about the anthology Fae Visions of the Mediterranean: An Anthology of Horrors and Wonders of the Sea can be found here.

a minha escolha

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Rhys Hughes tagged me for this. In your status line list 10 books that have stayed with you.

Rhys Hughes

Don’t take more than a few minutes. Don’t think too hard. They don’t have to be great works, or even your favourites. Just the ones that have touched you.
Tag 10 friends including me so I’ll see your list.

Books that have stayed with me?

  1. L’Éducation sentimentale (Gustave Flaubert)
  2. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (Honoré de Balzac)
  3. Le Rouge et le Noir (Stendhal)
  4. The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  5. War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
  6. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
  7. After Such Knowledge (James Blish)
  8. Le Matin des Magiciens (Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier)
  9. Les jeux sont faits (Jean-Paul Sartre)
  10. À la recherche du temps perdu (Marcel Proust)
  11. The Trial (Franz Kafka)
  12. Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
  13. Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
  • 2010 – The Coandă Effect (Rhys Hughes)
  • 2010 – O Evangelho do Enforcado (David Soares)
  • 2013 – Experiments at 3 Billion A.M. (Alexander Zelenyj)
  • 2014 – Feather (David Rix)
  • 2015 – Sylvow (Douglas Thompson)
  • 2016 – A Suite In Four Windows (David Rix)

Rules: In your status line, list 10 books that have stayed with you. Don’t take more than a few minutes; don’t think too hard. They don’t have to be great works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag 10 friends, including me, so I’ll see your list.

the messiah of the mannequins

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The Messiah of the Mannequins is the 605th story by Rhys Hughes, of The 1,000 Story Cycle, written in 2011. The story was published in the anthology This Hermetic Legislature: A Homage to Bruno Schulz (2012) by Ex Occidente Press.

I wasn’t feeling the very best today so when I got the chance to read a new story by Rhys Hughes who I’ve always adored I hope to say at last carpe diem.

I closed my ears to the outside noises and then I began the reading… The Messiah of the Mannequins is another wild, non-sense, fantastic, exhilarating tale from Rhys Hughes, a man capable of never fails to fascinate me. The story maybe isn’t real, but it sure is powerful…

The Messiah of the Mannequins is a story that people with an imagination will enjoy, but if you lost your capacity of dreaming you still can give it a try.

rhys hughes photoshopped

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Uma série de imagens com Rhys Hughes.

mirrors in the deluge

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A real-time review by Paulo Brito.

Mirrors in the Deluge is a collection of 32 unrelated stories that take elements from fantasy, science fiction, horror and other genres and give them a lateral shift. Like much of Rhys’ work these quirky tales between them encompass parody, pastiche and puns. The fun, as ever, starts with the title of each story – gently leading an unsuspecting reader into preconceived ideas and expectations; expectations that are soon spun around, turned on their head (or other extremities), and pushed in an unexpected direction. Thus, even a saunter through the contents page is already a hugely entertaining experience and one more akin to savouring the hors d’oeuvres of a grand banquet than consulting a list of shortcuts into a literary tome.

http://elsewhen.alnpetepress.co.uk

“Mirrors in the Deluge by Rhys Hughes” it was published by Elsewhen Press.

I soon will do a gastronomic review.

This is will be another real-time review thanks to Des Lewis.