Buckell) set in a world where using magic has terrible consequences. The first foray into fantasy from Hugo winner Bacigalupi (The Windup Girl) is one of two novellas (the other by Tobias S. Where he sought to save a cityĪnd its people, the balanthast has the potential to save the world entire-if it doesn t destroy him and his family first. But the power of his newly-built balanthast is even greater than he dreamed. Driven by desperation and genius, the alchemist constructs a device that transcends magic, unlocking the mysteries of bramble s essential nature. Threatening to strangle the city under poisonous vines. The bramble, a plant that feeds upon magic, now presses upon Khaim, nourished by the furtive spellcasting of its inhabitants and In the beleageured city of Khaim, a lone alchemist seeks a solution to a deadly threat. A world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses a little magic, and someone else always pays the price. In paired novellas, award-winning authors Tobias Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi explore a shared world where magic is forbidden and its use is rewarded with the axe. Monuments to people who loved magic too much. A little at first, and then more-until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines and empires lie dead, ruins choked by bramble forest. It sprouts in tilled fields and in neighbors' roof beams, thrusts up from between street cobbles, and bursts forth from sacks of powdered spice. Every time a spell is cast, a bit of bramble sprouts, sending up tangling vines, bloody thorns, and threatening a poisonous sleep. Man of Nazareth by Anthony Burgess (1979 First Edition Hardback) £30.Magic has a price.Synopsis of The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi:Īn alchemist determined to heal his sick daughter and save his town from a weed-like plant that feeds off magic invents a device that destroys the plant, but things start to go wrong after he shows the device to the town’s mayor.Īlso see our Sci-Fi Authors Surnames Beginning with Letter Msection.
95 clean, slightly off white inside pages of English text with 4 full page b&w illustrations, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket over very good condition grey boards with blue lettering to spine. Intact clean condition pictorial dust jacket with slight creasing to edges and slight signs of handling. Published by Subterranean Press, MI, USA.Ĭover and inside illustrations: J.K. Very Fine condition used 2011 First Edition, First Print Hardback with intact Dust Jacket. The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi Condition and Description:
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