by Tim Powers · MR · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427012165
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«Las puertas de Anubis» is the fantasy and science fiction novel by Tim Powers, published by MR in paperback (400 pages, in Spanish).
Brendan Doyle, a distinguished professor, travels to the past without imagining he will be stranded in the England of 1810. There he becomes involved in a complex web of intrigues that includes an old Egyptian sorcerer, a werewolf who changes bodies, a deformed clown, a Lord Byron programmed to assassinate King George, and a girl disguised as a man. An adventure of time travel, magic, and conspiracies with a mystery that unfolds page by page.
Award-winning work, recipient of the Philip K. Dick Memorial 1984 and Apollo 1987 awards. It is part of the Anubis Gates series, of which this novel is the first installment.
Recommended for readers of fantasy and science fiction seeking an adventure novel with time travel and historical inspiration.
Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was partly adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
