Bøker av Robert Stikmanz

The Seven Jewel Bird evokes a plausible, near future as a lens through which to see our present. It tells of Maker, inventor and handy-man, the violence that presses around him, and the remarkable machine he creates.

Nod's Way is the ancient oracle and cultural cornerstone of the Dvarsh, a fictional people imagined in captivating detail by Robert Stikmanz. This "Author's Edition" represents a complete re-imagining of the book, superseding all earlier versions. The full oracle appears in the Dvarsh language-also created by Stikmanz-with accompanying English translation. Inventively planned and beautifully set, the book follows Dvarsh, An Introduction as the second title of an interactive trilogy that blends literary experiment, conceptual art, language creation and role play into an absolutely unique field of play.

A dramatic narrative in 197 stanzas, The Song of Worlds (Dzadefve oa Charls'm) celebrates the Dvarsh people from their origin in the world we shared to their exile in an alternate reality. Presented in the Dvarsh invented language without English translation, the poem serves up the latest cultural artifact from the Habdvarsha universe of Robert Stikmanz. Even if one cannot read the characters in which it is written, the book is a work of graphic beauty, a mystery and an expansive conceptual experiment. It sings in a tongue no one speaks from a past that may have been.

Dvarsh Workbook, Beginning Exercises for the Extraordinary Student originated as a set of drills author Robert Stikmanz devised for personal use. After collecting the exercises, he realized they constitute an excellent short course in Dvarsh grammar and vocabulary. A few tweaks and a dash of wit readied it for the public. Perfectly suited for conlangers, role players and travelers through imaginary lands, Dvarsh Workbook serves equally well as a companion to Dvarsh, An Introduction, or as a stand-alone work. Lessons cover the writing system, four simple tenses, useful phrases and a Dvarsh vocabulary of 250 words.

This volume includes a novella and a short story set in the fictional universe of Robert Stikmanz. The novella, Rose Moon, is a lyrical, erotically charged, psychedelic mashup, weaving shifting realities, passionate sex and a battle between ancient gods into a post-petroleum future. Set fifty years on, the short story, "Death on the Toilet," finds the same protagonist from Rose Moon tapped by necessity to substitute for doom itself.

Since it first appeared in 2000, Prelude to a Change of Mind, the origin story of the Habdvarsha universe, has gone in and out of print with three different publishers. Despite significant revision to the successive releases, author Robert Stikmanz remained dissatisfied with the still evolving text."Reworked from start to finish" best describes this new version from Stikmantica. For Prelude to a Change of Mind, the Author's Edition, a novel of Habdvarsha, Stikmanz stripped the narrative to its familiar outline and rebuilt it, adding dimension to characters and setting, and tightening prose. The tale of Meg Christmas and her intersection with alternate worlds, mysterious forces and magical beings now takes definitive shape in a lively, engaging, completely fresh account.Prelude to a Change of Mind, the Author's Edition relaunches the entire cycle of fiction by Robert Stikmanz. The retitled series steps forward with Prelude to a Change of Mind, the Author's Edition, a Novel of Habdvarsha.