For Kivrin Engle preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century & inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone For her instructors in the twenty-first century it meant painstaking calculations & careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received But a crisis strangely linking past & future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her In a time of superstition & fear Kivrin
- barely of age herself
- finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history's darkest hours Winner of the Hugo Award 1993 Winner of the Nebula Award 1993A tour de force
- New York Times Book Review Ambitious finely detailed & compulsivly readable
- Locus It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in
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DC COLLECTIBLES brings to life the characters featured in the smash-hit comic book series DOOMSDAY CLOCK by GEOFF JOHNS & GARY FRANK This 2-pack action-figure pairing of DR MANHATTAN & OZYMANDIAS depicts the worlds of the DC Universe & WATCHMEN colliding for the first time! These figures are in a 675" scale & are loaded with very dynamic articulation points Collect all three 2-packs for the full experience ...

DC Collectibles brings to life the characters featured in the smash-hit comic book series Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns & Gary Frank This 2-pack action-figure pairing of Rorschach & Mime depicts the worlds of the DC Universe & Watchmen colliding head-on! Both figures are in a 7-inch scale stand 7-inch tall & feature 21 points of articulation ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Titles Comprise The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) A remake of the classic 1951 science-fiction film & starring Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth accompanied by an indestructible heavily armed robot Gort & a warning to world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to annihilation by a species watching from afar This classic tale of man&s arrogance updating Cold War themes of nuclear warfare & incorporating current issues of environmental destruction has been a massive influence on modern cinema This faithful remake stays true to its roots & delivers a sobering message with no little excitement suspense & drama The Day After Tomorrow When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age tornadoes flatten Los Angeles a tidal wave engulfs New York City & the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid Now climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) & a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm to stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful & relentless than any they&ve ever encountered Mother Nature! Independence Day One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious & powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth&s skies But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet Now the world&s only hope lies with a determined band of survivors uniting for one last strike against the invaders
- before it&s the end of mankind Actors Keanu Reeves Jennifer Connelly Kathy Bates John Cleese Aaron Douglas Jon Hamm Alisen Down Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal Emmy Rossum Jay O Sanders Dash Mihok Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary Mc Donnell & Judd Hirsch Director Scott Derrickson & Roland Emmerich Certificate 12 years & over Year 2008 ; 2004 ; 1996 Screen Widescreen Languages English
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Collection of three mega-budget special-effects packed sci-fi films In ' The Day After Tomorrow' (2004) global warming & the greenhouse effect have given rise to abrupt climate change
- with cataclysmic consequences for the entire planet Dennis Quaid stars as Professor Adrian Hall a paleoclimatologist who is fighting to save the world from a second ice age & all the natural disasters that herald it floods hurricanes earthquakes & tornadoes to name but a few But first Hall must complete a more personal mission his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is stranded in New York City where he was taking part in a school competition when the catastrophe began As well as facing a perpetual onslaught of natural catastrophes Hall must fight his way through the mass of humanity fleeing south into warmer climes but can he reach his son in time to save him? ' The Day the Earth Stood Still' (2008) is a big-budget remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien & a giant robot who visit Earth Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu the inhabitant of a flying saucer that lands in Washington DC after orbiting Earth Along with Gort his indestructible robot companion Klaatu sets out to discover all he can about this strange planet & its peculiar inhabitants Along the way he meets Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) & her son Jacob (Jaden Smith) who become his only real friends & end up saving his life Kathy Bates & John Cleese co-star Finally in ' Independence Day' (1996) when massive spaceships appear hovering above planet Earth the world stands in awe & wonder This soon turns to terror as the aliens launch an all-out attack devastating the planet The survivors led by American President Thomas J Whitmore (Bill Pullman) decide to fight back The traditional B-movie format is updated for the 1990s making it one of the biggest box office smashes of all time Also starring Will Smith & Jeff Goldblum Actors Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal Emmy Rossum Dash Mihok Jay O Sanders Directors Roland Emmerich Scott Derrickson Producers Roland Emmerich Mark R Gordon Paul Harris Boardman Gregory Goodman Erwin Stoff Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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After a deadly plague results in the quarantine of Scotland a wall is built around the country preventing anyone from going in or out Thirty years later the British government believes everyone within the wall to be dead but when they find signs of life & learn of the possibility of a cure a team of specially trained agents led by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) become the first outsiders to venture inside the country since the epidemic They discover that there are plenty of survivors who have splintered into fierce warlike tribes living in a lawless society where cannibalism & murder are the order of the day ...

Tracklist Hard Times Over & Over Spirit That Made Me Into The Light Bring It On Home Days Since I Saw The Sun Will You Wait Break You Come My Way Were You Ever Mine Too Far Left To Fall ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Rated Suitable for 15 years & over ...

The first expansion for the Zeppelin Attack pulp-themed Zeppelin card game It adds several new types of cards atomic attacks & defenses experimental attacks science zeppelins as well as new cards of the existing types from the base game This expansion adds a lot of variety to the game Dominate the skiesand your opponents! This is not a st&-alone game the base game is required to play Expansion Age range 12 & up Number of players 2 to 4 Play time 45 minutes Manufacturer Evil Hat Productions ...

The Earth may have dodged a bullet on 12212012 but there are worse things in store for our little blue planet Seven adventurers aboard the International Space Station watch in horror as most of the world is decimated by a monster solar flare & their only choice is to return to the surface & face whatever awaits them there! ...