Crowley, John 1942-

Lord Byron's novel : the evening land by John Crowley ( Book )
3 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 971 libraries worldwide
On a stormy night at Lord Byron's Swiss villa, Mary Shelley challenged her host, her husband and herself to write a ghost story. Mary's, of course, became Frankenstein. Byron supposedly soon gave up his--but, Crowley asks, what if he didn't? The result is this brilliant gothic novel of manners enclosed in two frames. In one, Byron's manuscript comes into the hands of Ada, his daughter by his estranged wife. Ada, in reality, became famous as a proto-cyberneticist, having collaborated on mathematician Charles Babbage's "difference engine." In Crowley's novel, Ada ciphers Byron's work into a kind of code in order to keep it from her mother. The second frame consists of the contemporary discovery of Ada's notes on Byron's story by Alexandra Novak, who's researching Ada for a Web site dedicated to the history of women in science. Alex is, a little too conveniently, the estranged daughter of a Byron scholar and filmmaker; her interest in Ada dovetails with her father's interest in Byron, and she's fascinated by the notes and the code both.

Aegypt by John Crowley ( Book )
16 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 916 libraries worldwide
Is there more than one history of the world? This is the question Pierce Moffett is seeking to answer when, jilted and newly jobless, he gets off a bus by chance in the Faraway Hills and steps unawares into a story that has been awaiting him there. His search will bring him into contact with Rosie Rasmussen, another seeker marked by loss. And it will lead them both on a path toward the longed-for country of our oldest dreams and most unanswerable desires, toward a magnificent discovery.

Four freedoms by John Crowley ( Book )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 880 libraries worldwide
In the early years of the 1940s, as the nation's young men ship off to war, the call goes out for builders of the machinery necessary to defeat the enemy. To this purpose, a city has sprung up seemingly overnight in the windswept fields of Oklahoma: the Van Damme airplane factory, a gargantuan complex dedicated to the construction of the B-30 Pax, the largest bomber ever built. Some men, but mostly women, many of whom have never operated a rivet gun or held a screwdriver, flock to this place eager to earn, to grow, to do their part. Many are away from home for the very first time, enticed by the opportunity to be something more than wife and homemaker. In the middle of nowhere they will live, work, and earn their own money, fearing for the safety of their absent fighting men as the world around them changes forever.--From publisher's description.

An introduction to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury audio guide by Dan Stone ( Recording )
2 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 804 libraries worldwide
Readings of excerpts from and critical analysis of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, a novel about a future American society that embraces hedonism and bans critical thought through reading.

The translator by John Crowley ( Book )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 718 libraries worldwide
Set amid the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, this tale of Cold War romance finds an exiled Russian poet falling in love with his American translator.

Little, big by John Crowley ( Book )
11 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 687 libraries worldwide
John Crowley's masterful "Little, Big" is the epic story of Smoky Barnable, an anonymous young man who travels by foot from the City to a place called Edgewood--not found on any map--to marry Daily Alice Drinkawater, as was prophesied. It is the story of four generations of a singular family, living in a house that is many houses on the magical border of an otherworld. It is a story of fantastic love and heartrending loss; of impossible things and unshakable destinies; and of the great Tale that envelops us all. It is a wonder.

Daemonomania by John Crowley ( Book )
8 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and Russian and held by 544 libraries worldwide
"In Daemonomania, volume three of the acclaimed epic Ægypt cycle, the concerns of everyday life are beginning to transmute into the extraordinary and to reveal the forces, dark and light, that truly govern our lives. So it is for Pierce Moffett, would-be historian, who has moved to the Faraway Hills, where he seems to discover a path into magic, past and present. It is the dark of the year, between Halloween and the winter solstice, and the gateway is open between the worlds of the living and the dead. A great cycle of time is ending, and Pierce and his girlfriend Rosie must take sides in an age-old war that is approaching its final battle. Daemonomania is a journey into the very mystery of existence: What is, what went before, and what could break through at any moment in our lives"--P. [4] of cover.

Love & sleep by John Crowley ( Book )
9 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 517 libraries worldwide
A man's metaphysical investigation of the forces governing the world. He is Pierce Moffett, a writer who believes that just because science has taken over from the occult in our time, it does not mean the occult was not valid in its time, that these forces undergo constant mutation. The novel traces the impact of his ideas on his everyday life. By the author of Little, Big.

Engine summer by John Crowley ( Book )
5 editions published between 1979 and 2007 in English and French and held by 446 libraries worldwide
In the dim future, several catastrophes have reduced Earth's population to a minimum and the survivors have divided themselves into separate and isolated cultures. Rush That Speaks, a member of one of these cultures, The Truth Speakers, discovers the existence of a splinter group who preserve secrets from the past and discovers a means to his own immortality.

Beasts by John Crowley ( Book )
4 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and held by 421 libraries worldwide