Showing results for "Dream Doctor" in Literature & Fiction

Jeanne Thornton's debut novel is a love story unlike any other, featuring Julie Thatch, a tough-as-nails, chainsmoking, wise-cracking 17-year-old Texan. Her idol, her older sister, jogs headlong into the lights of an approaching car, and dies. And Julie falls in love with a girl who both is and isn't an echo of her older sister, a long-limbed Francophone named Patrice - who is also a devotee of the Institute of Temporal Illusions, a Church of Scientology-like cult.

Dive into the thrilling world of Dream Doctor, a collection of intriguing detective tales featuring the brilliant, Sherlock-inspired Professor Craig Kennedy. Alongside intrepid reporter Walter Jameson, Kennedy employs his scientific prowess to unravel the most perplexing mysteries. Initially published in the early 20th century in Cosmopolitan magazine, these stories continue to captivate with their timeless appeal.

The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version Revised) is one of the most influential science fiction novels ever written. In this chilling tale by H. G. Wells, Edward Prendick survives a shipwreck and finds himself stranded on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. There he encounters the brilliant but disturbing Doctor Moreau, a scientist conducting secret experiments that blur the line between humans and animals.As Prendick uncovers the truth behind the island’s strange inhabitants, he is forced to confront unsettling questions about science, morality, evolution, and the nature of humanity itself. ...

In this eye-opening six-part series, Dr. Franziska Kohlt looks at the concept of dreams through the lens of the stories that feature them. You’ll visit the enchanted slumbering land of Sleeping Beauty and the dark and mysterious realm of The Sandman. You’ll explore the ironic dreaming devices of Slaughterhouse-Five; the trippy, fantastical world of Alice in Wonderland; and many more on the quest to deconstruct the symbolism and intent of the dreams that are part of the narrative—or even, in some cases, that are characters in the narrative.

It is 1777, in a colonial America where the internet, social media, and ubiquitous electronic communications are fully woven into the fabric of society. Hours after a top-secret Congressional sub-committee uploads the Articles of Confederation, a mysterious internet plague breaks loose in the cloud, killing any user who accesses a networked device.

München 1898: Lulu, Elsa und Fanny könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein, doch eines verbindet die drei jungen Frauen: Sie wollen Ärztinnen werden. Aber an der Universität sind Frauen offiziell nicht erwünscht, und von Gleichberechtigung ist die bayerische Hauptstadt nicht nur in der Wissenschaft weit entfernt. Lulus Vater, Direktor des Haunerschen Kinderspitals, will seine Tochter lieber standesgemäß verheiraten.

A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic ""robot western"" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. It’s been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder...

Rebel Daydreams creates queer and absurd skits. Our comedy podcast provides the best absurd humor in the Milky Way Galaxy (but not the Virgo Supercluster). From our expert thespians who have sometimes acted since high school, to our mentally ill script writer, to the more-than-one-sound-effect in a show, Rebel Daydreams will delight you with jaw-dropping subversive hijinks. We don't just create gay comedy and lesbian comedy. We create comedy for every letter of the LGBTQ+ alphabet. And straight people may find us funny too. Allegedly. From time to time we accidentally have social commentary in...