Is he part of The Grail Brotherhood? Does he oppose them? Or, as he sits like a spider at the center of a vast web, does he have ambitions of his own? The answers will only be found in Otherland. And Mister Sellars, a strange old man on a military base, a prisoner of both the government and his own body, may be the greatest mystery of all. However, youth and frailty are not enough to get you excused from saving the world. Fourteen-year-old Orlando is also the invincible barbarian Thargorm, but only in his imagination. As he flees from the bloody battlefields of World War I to a castle in the sky, and onward to lands beyond imagining, he must not only evade his terrifying pursuers, but solve the terrible riddle of his own identity. Paul Jonas is lost, seemlingly adrift in space and time. With the heart of a poet and the soul of a shaman, he will journey with Renie on this quest into the very heart of darkness. ![]() Xabbu is a Bushman, come to the city to learn skills which may save the spirit of his tribe. When people around her begin to die, she realizes she has stumbled onto something she is not meant to know, a terrifying secret from which there is no turning back. But when her young brother is struck down by a bizarre and mysterious illness, Renie swears to save him. But every age has its heroes, and unusual times call for unusual champions: Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher and the backbone of her family, proud of her African heritage, has fought all her life simply to get by. Fewer still are willing or able to take up the challenge of this perilous and seductive realm. Only a few have become aware of the danger. ![]() And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource - its children. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. ![]() Speaking of MMOs, there’s one based on the Otherland series in the works that will supposedly release some time in 2012.Envíos a: Alemania, Antigua y Barbuda, Arabia Saudí, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahréin, Bangladés, Barbados, Belice, Bermudas, Bolivia, Brunéi, Bulgaria, Bélgica, Camboya, Canadá, Chile, China, Chipre, Colombia, Corea del Sur, Costa Rica, Croacia, Dinamarca, Dominica, Egipto, El Salvador, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, España, Estados Unidos, Estonia, Filipinas, Finlandia, Francia, Gibraltar, Granada, Grecia, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Guayana Francesa, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungría, Indonesia, Irlanda, Islandia, Islas Caimán, Islas Turcas y Caicos, Israel, Italia, Jamaica, Japón, Jersey, Jordania, Kuwait, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgo, Macao, Malasia, Maldivas, Malta, Martinica, Montserrat, México, Mónaco, Nicaragua, Noruega, Nueva Zelanda, Omán, Pakistán, Panamá, Paraguay, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Qatar, Reino Unido, República Checa, República Dominicana, Reunión, Rumanía, San Cristóbal y Nieves, Santa Lucía, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Sudáfrica, Suecia, Suiza, Tailandia, Taiwán, Trinidad y Tobago, Uruguay Ver detalles para el envíoįirst book in New York Times -bestselling author Tad Williams's cyberpunk fantasy series - "Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists." Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Otherland. The planned first WB movie will follow a “group of unlikely heroes” (probably normal everyday folks in this amazing virtual world) who find themselves on a journey through many different areas of the virtual reality trying to uncover the answers to a conspiracy that could destroy humanity, all while an assassin is on their trail. They take place in a world about 100 years in the future where the internet has evolved into a fully immersive virtual reality so incredible that you can basically enter an almost lucid dream type state, able to experience any time or any life or any story you wish as if it were real.Ĭalled the Net (keep in mind the first book was released way back in ’96), these simulations offer users the chance to enter into their own interpretations of classic works of literature as Through the Looking-Glass, The Odyssey, The Iliad, The War of the Worlds, and The Wizard of Oz, or even live in today’s equivalent of an MMORPG based on the works of J.R.R. The series of books includes four installments published between 19, titled City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, Mountain of Black Glass, and Sea of Silver Light. The studio has also brought in screenwriter John Scott III to pen the first script of what they hope turns into multiple scripts in a successful new franchise. ![]() Warner Brothers, in always looking for the next big thing-especially now that their Harry Potter series has come to an end (…for now)-has acquired the feature film rights to Otherland, the sci-fi tetralogy by author Tad Williams.
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