"Finde den legendären Berg aus schwarzen Glas, von dem es heisst, er reiche bis zu den Sternen, und dort wirst du die Antwort finden." ...

Eine Verschwörung in der realen Welt und ein virtuelles Wunderland vollertödlicher Gefahren. In 'Otherland', Stadt der goldenen Schatten, öffnetTad Williams eine Welt der Phantasie, in der jedes Abenteuer, jeder Nachtmahrund jeder Wunsch Realität werden kann. ...

Tad Williams Tad Williams, 1957 in Kalifornien geboren, absolvierte die Universität von Berkeley und arbeitete anschließend in hunderten verschiedenen Jobs - als Bandsinger, Schuhverkäufer, Manager eines Finanzinstituts, Zeitungsjunge, als Moderator im Radio, am Theater, beim Fernsehen, als Lehrer in Schule und Hochschule, in einer Computerfirma. Er schreibt neben Fantasy-Bestsellern Comics, Drehbücher und Hörspiele. Er lebt in London und ...

Eine Verschwörung in der realen Welt und ein virtuelles Wunderland vollertödlicher Gefahren. Im zweiten Band von 'Otherland' ist es einer kleinenGruppe verzweifelter gelungen, tatsächlich in Otherland einzudringen. Undda schnappt die Falle zu. Sie sind gefangen, unfähig, wieder in ihre Körperaus Fleisch und Blut in der realen Welt zurückzukehren. Ihre einzige Hoffnungist der Fluß aus blauem Feuer, der durch ...

Otherland, an incredibly complex and detailed virtual reality, has appeared. A new kingdom of worlds within worlds, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares of its users and its creators. Vast sums of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have built it. And slowly it is claiming Earth's children.
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An incredible complex and detailed virtual reality, 'Otherland' is home
to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares of its users and creators.
The conspiracy threatens to sacrifice our Earth for the promise of this
far more exclusive place. And, somehow, 'Otherland' is claiming the Earth's
most valuable source, its children. Now, in 'Otherland Four: Sea of Silver
Light', Tad Williams' epic saga reaches a magnificent ...

In a strange world of the near future, where virtual reality encompasses all aspects of society and boundaries are limited only by the power of the imagination, a dark conspiracy involving the world's most powerful individuals threatens to destroy everyth
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Latest episode in the latest saga from the king of fantasy fiction, whose breakthrough )Memory, Sorrow And Thorn( trilogy sold over half a million copies. Begun in 1996, the ever more complex and detailed virtual reality storyline continues to move deeper into the rich world of the Otherland. "True speculative grandeur" )Time Out(. "A big colourful novel full of real-world conspiracy and virtual reality wonders" )Locus(.
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in this absorbing tale, a long-ago event has thrown the seasons into disarray, and the royal house of Starks has a motto befitting the kingdom's volatile conditions: "Winter is coming". Prophetically, it becomes a metaphor for the horrors that could consign the kingdom to the darkest moment in its history.
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The start of a new science fiction series from the author of )The Stone Of Farewell( and )To Green Angel Tower(. Otherland is a universe run by Earth's wealthiest power brokers. It is a place where dreams and fantasies can be realised and much of Earth's money has been spent on it. But only a few people can see that it is taking one of the Earth's most powerful resources - its children.
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