The story takes place in a near future (more or less). The world is a huge factory, and the factory is the world. This world is presided over by "The Orifice," the company which revolutionized the working method. You put your hands inside two holes, and you work, without you (or anybody) actually knowing what you're working on... In the midst of all this is Lantz. Lantz is a comic book author. He's the one who came up with the New New Testament, the bestseller that the entire economy depends on. Problem is: he's got writer's block. Riddled with doubt, he doesn't know what he wants anymore, and his various frustrations are making him miserable. Lantz reflects the daily life of many among us. Will he be able to find an honorable way out of his psychological battles?
These are not your mother's vampire novels."—The Boston Globe on Dark Side of the Moon
In Dark Side of the Moon, Gerard J. DeGroot reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans’ thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with putting men in space.
When the paper ran a full review of the album, they offered the rather quixotic opinion that Dark Side was “perhaps the best Pink Floyd album since Ummagumma.” The New Musical Express, mercifully, proved to be a little more perceptive.
Features transcriptions of all the songs from Pink Floyd's 1973 landmark release that spent an incredible 741 weeks on the Billboard album chart: Any Colour You Like * Brain Damage * Breathe * Eclipse * The Great Gig in the Sky * Money * On ...
Pink Floyd. The dark side of the moon
In Moonfall,McDevitt has created a disaster thriller of truly epic proportions, featuring a cast of unforgettable characters: the reluctant Russian rocket jockey entrusted with the lives of squabbling refugees; the woman chosen to be first ...
... which heclaimed to have instructed the BritishArmy on how to endthe Boer War.41 In1909,at yetanother dinner party, Magnusmeta young woman “wholooked like Rembrandt'sSaskia, wearing abroad black velvethat with white peacock feathers.
But the dream holiday turns into a nightmare when politics and terrorism on Earth destroy international cooperation on the Dark Side of the Moon.
Discusses the myths constructed by the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations that were used to exploit American fears of what Russians would do in space.
Quelque part en Amérique latine, une jeune journaliste, Anna Maria, va recueillir le témoignage d'un homme ayant survécu à la torture. Elle note l'insoutenable, sans prendre le temps de regarder...