Venera Dreams: A Weird Entertainment (12) (Speculative Fiction) - Softcover

Lalumière, Claude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771832169 ISBN 13: 9781771832168

Publisher: Guernica Editions, 2017

Synopsis

Venera Dreams is a mosaic novel, a surreal history of a fictional and fantastical European city-state, inspired in part by Venice, The Arabian Nights, and the architecture of Antoni Gaudí. It is divided in three sections. The first, The Lure of Vermilion, describes the impact of Venera's lure on various characters. The second section, Adventures in Times Past, ranges from the Roman Empire's invasion of Venera and an intrigue involving a Veneran spy at the court of the Chinese Zhengde Emperor during the Renaissance to a tale of Salvador Dalí's ties to Venera and a metafictional exploration of Scheherazade's relationship to Venera. The final section, The Secret Histories of Magus Amore, returns to the present to resolve the mysteries of Venera.

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From the Back Cover:

Somewhere in the Mediterranean lies the mysterious archipelago of Venera, a city-state drenched in erotic romanticism, fuelled by atavistic ritual, and suffused with surreal adventure and intrigue. Outside forces repeatedly attempt to steal its most closely guarded treasure: the secret of the sacred spice vermilion, and its power to alter consciousness and perhaps even reality. Venera Dreams chronicles the city-state's mythic history through antiquity, Roman times, the Renaissance, the Victorian era, the twentieth century, the present, and the far future.

About the Author:

Claude Lalumière (claudepages.info) is the author of three previous books: Objects of Worship (CZP 2009), The Door to Lost Pages (CZP 2011), and Nocturnes and Other Nocturnes (Infinity Plus 2013). He has edited or co-edited fourteen anthologies in various genres. Originally from Montreal, he's currently headquartered in Ottawa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1771832169
• ISBN 13: 9781771832168
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252