Sunday, April 26, 2009

New releases for the week of April 28th


Spotlight:

Synopsis:
On a world of intelligent robots who seem to have forgotten their own distant past, it is a time of war as the soldiers of Artemis City set out to conquer everything within range on the continent of Shull, killing or converting every robot they capture to their philosophy, while viewing their own wire-based minds as nothing but metal to be used or recycled for the cause. Elsewhere, the more individualistic robots of Turing City believe they are something more than metal, but when the Artemisian robot Kavan sets out on a determined crusade to prove himself, even Turing City can't stand against him.Increasingly tied up with Kavan's destiny is Karel, a Turing robot with elements of Artemis' philosophy already woven into his mind ...as well as Karel's wife Susan, and their recently created child. Following the inevitable violence and destruction, Artemisian ambition focuses elsewhere and a journey begins towards the frozen kingdoms of the north ...and towards the truth about the legendary "Book of Robots", a text which may finally explain the real history of this strange world ...


Synopsis:
Aqueduct Press is pleased to announce the release of Cheek by Jowl, a collection of talks and essays on how and why fantasy matters, by Ursula K. Le Guin. In these essays, Le Guin argues passionately that the homogenization of our world makes the work of fantasy essential for helping us break through what she calls ''the reality trap.'' Le Guin writes not only of the pleasures of her own childhood reading, but also about what fantasy means for all of us living in the global twenty-first century.

Hardcover:
> The Currents of Space, Isaac Asimov
> Conspirator, C.J. Cherryh
> City of Glass, Cassandra Clare
> The Onion Girl, Charles de Lint
> The Red Wolf Conspiracy, Robert V.S. Redick
> Empties, George Zebrowski
Paperback:
> The Ashes of Worlds, Kevin J. Anderson
> To Outlive Eternity, Poul Anderson (Anthology)
> Sins and Shadows, Lyn Benedict
> The Lost Fleet: Relentless, Jack Campbell
> Genesis, Paul Chafe
> Congo, Michael Crichton (Reprint)
> State of Fear, Michael Crichton (Reprint)
> The Terminal Man, Michael Crichton (Reprint)
> Eve of Darkness, S.J. Day
> Dayhunter, Jocelynn Drake
> The Twisted Citadel, Sara Douglass
> Terminator Salvation, Alan Dean Foster
> The Laurentine Spy, Emily Gee
> In a Time of Treason, David Keck
> Odd Hours, Dean Koontz
> Warhammer 40,000: Heroes of the Space Marines, Nick Kyme, Lindsey Priestley
> Fallen, Tim Lebbon
> Singularity’s Ring, Paul Melko
> The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
> Blood of Elves, Andrzej Sapkowski
> Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi
> The Trouble with Demons, Lisa Shearin
> Heavy Mental, Ian Shirley
> The Dragons of Babel, Michael Swanwick
> Slanted Jack, Mark L. Van Name
> Star Trek: Vanguard: Open Secrets, Dayton Ward
> The Grand Conjunction: Astropolis, Sean Williams
> The Curse of the Mistwraith, Janny Wurts



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