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  • The Diamond Lens/钻石透镜
    Fitz James O’Brien
    The Diamond Lens by Fitz James O’Brien is a pioneering work of science fiction and Gothic horror. The story follows a obsessed young scientist who discovers a way to craft an extraordinary microscope lens using a flawless diamond. Through this lens, he does not merely magnify tiny life-forms-he glimpses a complete, glowing, miniature world within the stone. He becomes fixated o...
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    22,16 €

  • An Arabian Night-mare
    Fitz-James O’Brien
    'O’Brien’s early death undoubtedly deprived us of some masterful tales of strangeness and terror.' - H. P. LovecraftAn Arabian Night-mare and Others (1848-1854) gathers O’Brien’s earliest speculative fiction. The collection opens with the eerie poem 'Forest Thoughts', a meditation on dark Gothic themes, and concludes with the story 'A Peep Behind the Scenes', which explores the...
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    25,34 €

  • The Diamond Lens
    Fitz-James O’Brien
    'Fitz-James O’Brien is the most important figure after Poe and before Lovecraft in modern horror literature.' - Jessica Amanda SalmonsonThe Diamond Lens and Others (1855-1858) collects O’Brien’s earliest speculative fiction written in America. This volume marks his initial exploration into what would become his signature genre-tales of the outré and macabre. Within its pages, r...
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    25,38 €

  • What Was It?
    Fitz-James O’Brien
    '[When O’Brien] turned to science fiction and fantasy, he began to display the full force of his truly outstanding talents.' - Sam MoskowitzWhat Was It? and Others (1858-1864) showcases O’Brien’s finest speculative fiction, reflecting his growth as a writer. This collection includes 'What Was It?', featuring an encounter with a strange invisible creature, 'The Lost Room', regar...
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    25,47 €

  • The Diamond Lens (Esprios Classics)
    Fitz-James O’ Brien
    Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-1862) was an Irish author and is often considered one of the forerunners of today’s Science Fiction. He travelled to the United States in 1852. His earliest writings in the United States were contributed to the Lantern, which was then edited by John Brougham. Subsequently he wrote for the Home Journal, the New York Times, and the American Whig Review. H...
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    18,41 €

  • The Diamond Lens
    Fitz-James O’brien
    A discovery that reads like a fever dream of the mind. The Diamond Lens pulls you into a laboratory of obsession, where curiosity blurs into revelation and every artifact asks a question about who we are.This acclaimed science fiction short story by Fitz-James O’brien arrives in a pristine Alpha Editions edition, reimagined for today’s readers without losing its pristine ninete...
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    16,11 €

  • Skuggor vid aftonlampan
    Arthur Conan Doyle / Fitz-James O'Brien / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
    Stödda mot väggarna stod hela rader av lik, gula, hemska, vanställda. Några gapskrattade, andra vred sig i dödsryckningar; några var nakna, andra i rika dräkter. Halvnakna häxor red på bockskelett, fasliga gnomer hakade sig fast i väggarna; över deras huvudskallar skakade en vampyr sina fantastiska vingar. Hela denna vidunderliga värld av orörliga och döda skuggbilder såg ut at...
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    19,93 €

  • The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Fitz-James O’Brien
    Fitz-James O'Brien / Fitz-James O’Brien
    Writer, soldier and innovator in the fiction of the weird and other worldlyThis well regarded author of weird and supernatural tales was born in Cork, Ireland in 1826. Originally Michael O’Brien it is known he had journalistic experience and had possibly served in the British Army. Probably to ensure distinction he changed his name to Fitz-James O’Brien and emigrated to the Uni...
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    32,91 €

  • What Was It?
    Fitz James O’Brien / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
    This early work by Sheridan Le Fanu was originally published in 1896. Born in Dublin in 1814, he came from a literary family of Huguenot origins; both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights, ...
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    12,24 €

  • Good Stories. Part 4
    Fitz James O’Brien / Paul Heyse / William Makepeace Thackeray
    Dive into a captivating collection of short stories in 'Good Stories. Part 4,' featuring literary gems from renowned authors William Makepeace Thackeray, Paul Heyse, and Fitz James O’Brien. This anthology showcases a variety of narratives, reflecting the storytelling styles and thematic concerns of the 19th century. From Thackeray’s sharp wit and social commentary to Heyse’s nu...
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    29,84 €

  • Stories By American Authors
    Fitz James O'Brien / Fitz James O’Brien / Frances Hodgson Burnett / George Parsons Lathrop
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    28,00 €

  • Good Stories Part 4
    Fitz-James O'Brien / Fitz-James O’Brien / Paul Heyse / William Makepeace Thackeray
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,05 €

  • The Poems And Stories Of Fitz-James Obrien V1
    Fitz James O'Brien / Fitz James O’Brien
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,76 €

  • The Poems And Stories Of Fitz-James O’Brien V2
    Fitz-James O'Brien / Fitz-James O’Brien
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,14 €

  • The Diamond Lens
    Fitz-James O'Brien / Fitz-James O’Brien
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,77 €