Imagination And Desire Books | Summaries & Audio

The Strength to Dream

by Colin Wilson • 1962

The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.

3.93

123

📝 Literary Criticism 🎨 Philosophy Of Art 🧠 Existentialism

The Strength to Dream 88%

The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.

by Colin Wilson 1962

3.93

123 ratings

📝 Literary Criticism 🎨 Philosophy Of Art 🧠 Existentialism

La Peau de chagrin

by Honoré de Balzac • 1831

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

3.67

12k+

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman

La Peau de chagrin 87%

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

by Honoré de Balzac 1831

3.67

12k+ ratings

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman

How to Read Lacan

by Slavoj Žižek • 2006

Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.

3.94

4k+

🧠 Continental Thought 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📉 Critical Theory

How to Read Lacan 87%

Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.

by Slavoj Žižek 2006

3.94

4k+ ratings

🧠 Continental Thought 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📉 Critical Theory

Awake!

by Mark Vernon • 2025

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

4.37

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing

Awake! 87%

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

by Mark Vernon 2025

4.37

49 ratings

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing

A Magical Girl Retires

by Park Seolyeon • 2022

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

3.54

12k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn

A Magical Girl Retires 87%

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

by Park Seolyeon 2022

3.54

12k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 87%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino • 1972

A Venetian traveler's tales of impossible cities become an aging emperor's last hope for meaning.

4.09

99k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 📜 Fragmented Narrative 🏙️ Imaginary Cities

Invisible Cities 87%

A Venetian traveler's tales of impossible cities become an aging emperor's last hope for meaning.

by Italo Calvino 1972

4.09

99k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 📜 Fragmented Narrative 🏙️ Imaginary Cities

Magic

by Isaac Asimov • 1995

A tiny demon's wishes always backfire in this final collection of comic fantasy tales and essays.

3.65

697

📖 Comic Fantasy 🧞 Wishes Gone Wrong 😈 Trickster Demon

Magic 87%

A tiny demon's wishes always backfire in this final collection of comic fantasy tales and essays.

by Isaac Asimov 1995

3.65

697 ratings

📖 Comic Fantasy 🧞 Wishes Gone Wrong 😈 Trickster Demon

Tales from the Perilous Realm

by J.R.R. Tolkien • 1997

Enchanted dogs, cunning dragons, unfinished paintings: tales where our world meets the fairy realm.

4.07

12k+

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏰 Medieval England 🤷 Reluctant Hero

Tales from the Perilous Realm 87%

Enchanted dogs, cunning dragons, unfinished paintings: tales where our world meets the fairy realm.

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1997

4.07

12k+ ratings

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏰 Medieval England 🤷 Reluctant Hero

Super Consciousness

by Colin Wilson • 2007

Peak experiences are a skill, not a gift. The neglected faculty that makes them trainable.

3.90

259

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🏔️ Peak Experiences

Super Consciousness 87%

Peak experiences are a skill, not a gift. The neglected faculty that makes them trainable.

by Colin Wilson 2007

3.90

259 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🏔️ Peak Experiences

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

by David Torevell • 2023

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts Summary

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts 87%

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

by David Torevell 2023

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination

by Gary Lachman • 2017

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

4.25

246

🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination 87%

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

by Gary Lachman 2017

4.25

246 ratings

🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami • 1985

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

4.11

154k+

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 87%

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

by Haruki Murakami 1985

4.11

154k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories

The Emperor's Soul

by Brandon Sanderson • 2012

Condemned to death, a master forger gets one hundred days to rebuild an emperor's shattered soul.

4.37

133k+

🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 🎨 Art And Magic 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

The Emperor's Soul 87%

Condemned to death, a master forger gets one hundred days to rebuild an emperor's shattered soul.

by Brandon Sanderson 2012

4.37

133k+ ratings

🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 🎨 Art And Magic 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Salman Rushdie • 1990

His father's stories vanish. A genie takes him to a moon where tales are water.

3.98

38k+

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 📢 Free Speech Allegory

Haroun and the Sea of Stories 87%

His father's stories vanish. A genie takes him to a moon where tales are water.

by Salman Rushdie 1990

3.98

38k+ ratings

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 📢 Free Speech Allegory

Enchanted

by Nancy Madore • 2004

Erotic retellings of classic fairy tales where heroines navigate forbidden desires and dark secrets.

3.31

2k+

🍎 Erotic Fairy Tales 🔥 Female Desire ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Enchanted 87%

Erotic retellings of classic fairy tales where heroines navigate forbidden desires and dark secrets.

by Nancy Madore 2004

3.31

2k+ ratings

🍎 Erotic Fairy Tales 🔥 Female Desire ⚖️ Power Dynamics

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored

by Phillips • 1993

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

3.74

825

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 87%

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

by Phillips 1993

3.74

825 ratings

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations

Bedtime Stories for Kids

by Uncle Amon • 2015

Before sleep: a leap among stars, a pirate stowaway, a magic gem, and a cardboard moon rocket.

3.82

22k+

🛏️ Bedtime Stories 🎨 Imaginative Play 🌙 Dream Adventures

Bedtime Stories for Kids 87%

Before sleep: a leap among stars, a pirate stowaway, a magic gem, and a cardboard moon rocket.

by Uncle Amon 2015

3.82

22k+ ratings

🛏️ Bedtime Stories 🎨 Imaginative Play 🌙 Dream Adventures

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami • 2023

To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.

3.75

41k+

📚 Surreal Libraries 👤 Shadow Self 👻 Ghostly Mentor

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls 87%

To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.

by Haruki Murakami 2023

3.75

41k+ ratings

📚 Surreal Libraries 👤 Shadow Self 👻 Ghostly Mentor

Looking Awry

by Slavoj Žižek • 1991

Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Lacanian Theory 🎭 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Ideology Critique

Looking Awry 87%

Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.

by Slavoj Žižek 1991

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Lacanian Theory 🎭 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Ideology Critique

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

by Will Wight • 2015

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

4.32

899

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles 87%

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

by Will Wight 2015

4.32

899 ratings

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice

The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

32k+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Missing Piece 86%

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

by Shel Silverstein 1976

4.28

32k+ ratings

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

Eyes Like Stars

by Lisa Mantchev • 2009

An orphan in a magical theater must become its first director or lose her home forever.

3.72

13k+

🎭 Magical Theater 📜 Shakespeare Reimagining 💔 Love Triangle

Eyes Like Stars 86%

An orphan in a magical theater must become its first director or lose her home forever.

by Lisa Mantchev 2009

3.72

13k+ ratings

🎭 Magical Theater 📜 Shakespeare Reimagining 💔 Love Triangle

La Tempête des échos

by Christelle Dabos • 2019

Voids devour the arks. Exiled, a mirror-walker enters the wrong world to undo what she released.

3.74

55k+

🪞 Mirror Portal 🏛️ Kafkaesque 🫂 Found Family

La Tempête des échos 86%

Voids devour the arks. Exiled, a mirror-walker enters the wrong world to undo what she released.

by Christelle Dabos 2019

3.74

55k+ ratings

🪞 Mirror Portal 🏛️ Kafkaesque 🫂 Found Family

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum • 1900

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

4.00

516k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 86%

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

by L. Frank Baum 1900

4.00

516k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

by A.S. Byatt • 1994

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

3.85

5k+

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye Summary

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye 86%

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

by A.S. Byatt 1994

3.85

5k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern • 2019

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

3.84

237k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love

The Starless Sea 86%

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

by Erin Morgenstern 2019

3.84

237k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love

William Blake vs the World

by John Higgs • 2021

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

4.15

1k+

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies

William Blake vs the World 86%

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

by John Higgs 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Split Infinity

by Piers Anthony • 1980

A serf flees a game-run world for a magic land where his twin was a wizard.

3.97

18k+

🌀 Parallel Worlds 🔮 Science Fantasy 🎲 Game-Based Society

Split Infinity 86%

A serf flees a game-run world for a magic land where his twin was a wizard.

by Piers Anthony 1980

3.97

18k+ ratings

🌀 Parallel Worlds 🔮 Science Fantasy 🎲 Game-Based Society

Lovers at the Museum

by Isabel Allende • 2024

A detective finds two lovers inside the Guggenheim and no evidence of how they got in.

3.48

27k+

🏃‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🌙 Museum After Dark 🎭 Whimsical Mystery

Lovers at the Museum 86%

A detective finds two lovers inside the Guggenheim and no evidence of how they got in.

by Isabel Allende 2024

3.48

27k+ ratings

🏃‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🌙 Museum After Dark 🎭 Whimsical Mystery

Imaginal Love

by Tom Cheetham • 2015

A twelfth-century shift locked consciousness inside the skull, and only imagination breaks it out.

4.53

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌑 Islamic Mysticism ✨ Imagination As Cognition

Imaginal Love 86%

A twelfth-century shift locked consciousness inside the skull, and only imagination breaks it out.

by Tom Cheetham 2015

4.53

91 ratings

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌑 Islamic Mysticism ✨ Imagination As Cognition

The Poetics of Space

by Gaston Bachelard • 1957

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

4.18

11k+

🏠 Phenomenology Of Space 🛋️ Domestic Space Psychology ✨ Poetic Imagination

The Poetics of Space 86%

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

by Gaston Bachelard 1957

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏠 Phenomenology Of Space 🛋️ Domestic Space Psychology ✨ Poetic Imagination

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

by Michelle Cuevas • 2017

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

4.19

3k+

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend Summary

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend 86%

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

by Michelle Cuevas 2017

4.19

3k+ ratings

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond

The Shadow of the Object

by Christopher Bollas • 1987

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

4.51

196

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience

The Shadow of the Object 86%

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

by Christopher Bollas 1987

4.51

196 ratings

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience

Make Believe

by Mac Barnett • 2026

How the most daring literature ends up for eight-year-olds, and what adults can learn from them.

4.38

3k+

📚 Children'S Literature 📝 Literary Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections

Make Believe 86%

How the most daring literature ends up for eight-year-olds, and what adults can learn from them.

by Mac Barnett 2026

4.38

3k+ ratings

📚 Children'S Literature 📝 Literary Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections

The Wood at Midwinter

by Susanna Clarke • 2024

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

3.41

26k+

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

The Wood at Midwinter 86%

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

by Susanna Clarke 2024

3.41

26k+ ratings

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke • 2020

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

4.21

501k+

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

Piranesi 86%

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

by Susanna Clarke 2020

4.21

501k+ ratings

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

(The Unconsoled) [By

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995

A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.

3.59

19k+

🔮 Dream Logic 🎹 Artist In Crisis 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

(The Unconsoled) [By 86%

A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.

by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995

3.59

19k+ ratings

🔮 Dream Logic 🎹 Artist In Crisis 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Ursula K. Le Guin

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.

4.28

2k+

✍️ Writing Craft 🎙️ Author Interviews 🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding

Ursula K. Le Guin 86%

Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018

4.28

2k+ ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 🎙️ Author Interviews 🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding

Nostalgia

by Mircea Cărtărescu • 1989

A gambler defies death, a lover unravels, and a child's dream reveals hidden worlds in Bucharest.

4.20

5k+

🪆 Nested Narratives 🎯 Deadly Games 💔 Obsessive Love

Nostalgia 86%

A gambler defies death, a lover unravels, and a child's dream reveals hidden worlds in Bucharest.

by Mircea Cărtărescu 1989

4.20

5k+ ratings

🪆 Nested Narratives 🎯 Deadly Games 💔 Obsessive Love

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony • 1977

Bink has no magic in enchanted Xanth. At twenty-five, exile comes unless he proves his gift exists.

3.92

48k+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🪄 Hidden Magic 🎭 Shifting Identity

A Spell for Chameleon 86%

Bink has no magic in enchanted Xanth. At twenty-five, exile comes unless he proves his gift exists.

by Piers Anthony 1977

3.92

48k+ ratings

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🪄 Hidden Magic 🎭 Shifting Identity

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

by Tomihiko Morimi • 2006

One surreal Kyoto night: a student floats through bars, a classmate trails her, hoping to speak.

3.97

2k+

🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 🌙 One Wild Night 💌 Secret Admirer

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl Summary

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl 86%

One surreal Kyoto night: a student floats through bars, a classmate trails her, hoping to speak.

by Tomihiko Morimi 2006

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 🌙 One Wild Night 💌 Secret Admirer

Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang • 2002

Eight stories where language reshapes time, math comes undone, and a tower scrapes heaven.

4.25

127k+

🗣️ Linguistic Sci-Fi 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Time

Stories of Your Life and Others 86%

Eight stories where language reshapes time, math comes undone, and a tower scrapes heaven.

by Ted Chiang 2002

4.25

127k+ ratings

🗣️ Linguistic Sci-Fi 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Time

Someday

by David Levithan • 2018

He borrowed bodies. She staked her heart. Now his double steals lives for good.

3.64

10k+

🔄 Body-Swap Romance 🌌 Star-Crossed Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Someday 86%

He borrowed bodies. She staked her heart. Now his double steals lives for good.

by David Levithan 2018

3.64

10k+ ratings

🔄 Body-Swap Romance 🌌 Star-Crossed Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Highcastle

by Stanisław Lem • 1966

Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.

3.65

635

🧒 Childhood Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🎭 Imagination And Play

Highcastle 86%

Before the science fiction, Stanisław Lem ran an imaginary bureaucracy that authorized regicide.

by Stanisław Lem 1966

3.65

635 ratings

🧒 Childhood Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🎭 Imagination And Play

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

The Wind Through the Keyhole 86%

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky • 2022

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

4.39

352

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 86%

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

by Stephen Chbosky 2022

4.39

352 ratings

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

The Ship of Ishtar

by A. Merritt • 1924

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

3.56

669

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds

The Ship of Ishtar 86%

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

by A. Merritt 1924

3.56

669 ratings

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds

Neville Goddard

by Neville Goddard • 2013

Reality is assumption made solid. The method for reshaping past and future through imagination.

4.65

710

🪄 Manifestation 🌐 Reality Creation 📜 New Thought

Neville Goddard 86%

Reality is assumption made solid. The method for reshaping past and future through imagination.

by Neville Goddard 2013

4.65

710 ratings

🪄 Manifestation 🌐 Reality Creation 📜 New Thought

Speculative Everything

by Anthony Dunne • 2013

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

4.12

999

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies

Speculative Everything 86%

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

by Anthony Dunne 2013

4.12

999 ratings

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies

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