S. P. Somtow
Autor(a) de Vampire Junction
About the Author
S. P. Somtow is a composer, film director, and author of over forty books His prolific output spans the genres of horror, science-fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and children's literature. His work has won or been nominated for dozens of major awards, including the John W. Campbell Award, the mostrar mais Locus, the Bram Stoker, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy Award He has written and directed two feature films -- The Laughing Dead and Ill met at Moonlight -- and will soon direct Timetwist from his own script. His epic ballet, Kaki, premiered as a Royal Command performance in Bangkok and he recently conducted the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra. Somtow -- otherwise known as the Secret Godfather of the New Age -- currently lurks somewhere in the bowels of Los Angeles mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por S. P. Somtow
Lottery Night [short fiction] 4 exemplares
Chui Chai [short fiction] 3 exemplares
Dragon's Fin Soup [short story] 3 exemplares
The Pavilion of Frozen Women [novelette] 3 exemplares
An Alien Heresy {short story} 3 exemplares
Gingerbread 2 exemplares
Dinosaur Ballet 2 exemplares
Darker Angels 2 exemplares
Kingdoms in the Sky {novelette} 1 exemplar
Aquila [novelette] 1 exemplar
Red as Jade 1 exemplar
The Vampire of Mallworld 1 exemplar
Vanilla Blood 1 exemplar
The Voice of the Hummingbird 1 exemplar
Hunting the Lion 1 exemplar
Diamonds Aren't Forever 1 exemplar
The Thirteenth Utopia 1 exemplar
The Dark Side of Mallworld 1 exemplar
คืนเกิดเหตุ (The Great Tales) 1 exemplar
A Symphony of Terror 1 exemplar
Vampire in the Closet (Club X, #1) 1 exemplar
Encuentro con el mal 1 exemplar
The Laughing Dead [Blu-ray] 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Contribuidor — 266 exemplares
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1992) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 4, No. 6 [June 1980] (1980) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Hiroshima soll leben. Die schönsten Alternativwelt- Geschichten. (1993) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 6, No. 2 [February 1982] (1982) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Best of the Rest 2: The Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 1998 (1999) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
S-Fマガジン 1983年 09月号 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Somtow, S. P.
- Nome legal
- Sucharitkul, Somtow Papinian
สมเถา สุจริตกุล - Data de nascimento
- 1952-12-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Thailand
- Local de nascimento
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Educação
- Eton College
University of Cambridge (St. Catherine's) - Ocupações
- composer
conductor
artistic director (Bangkok Opera)
director (film)
actor
science fiction writer (mostrar todos 8)
fantasy writer
horror writer - Prémios e menções honrosas
- John W. Campbell Award (1981)
International Horror Guild Award Nominee (Novel ∙ 1998 ∙ Darker Angels)
International Horror Guild Award (Long Fiction ∙ 1996 ∙ "Brimstone and Salt")
Bram Stoker Award Nominee (Long Fiction ∙ 1996 ∙ "Brimstone and Salt")
Bram Stoker Award Nominee (Long Fiction ∙ 1987 ∙ "Ressurec Tech")
World Fantasy Award (Novella ∙ 2002 ∙ "The Bird Catcher") (mostrar todos 7)
Locus Award (Best First Novel ∙ 1982 ∙ Starship & Haiku)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 87
- Also by
- 56
- Membros
- 3,045
- Popularidade
- #8,385
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 33
- ISBN
- 175
- Línguas
- 5
- Marcado como favorito
- 4
This book is based in Thailand, it is about a Journalist named Stephen Lelloit and his wants to make a documentary or tv show about the sex industry in Thailand but it is a little exploitative of the women that he talks to.
His grandmother Linda Dusit who is the Shaman, can astral project herself into the spiritual/astral realm while there she senses an evil presence which is Dirk Temple.
Dirk Temple who is my favourite character because he is depraved and psychotic, he goes on a killing spree so he can metamorphose into a godlike being and then rule over human beings to collect their souls.
However things don't exactly work out for him so eventually he is punished. One of his murder victims and her brother are finally set free.… (mais)