tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26715501732936916452024-03-13T10:44:45.664-05:00The Deckled EdgeFantasy and science fiction news, book reviews, new releases, bestsellers, articles, and other stuff. Also some fiction, mystery, and historical fiction as well.Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.comBlogger422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-52463981122862801252016-12-06T05:00:00.000-06:002016-12-06T05:00:27.774-06:00Eye on New Releases for December 6, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Book six of The Expanse)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/babylons-ashes-james-sa-corey/1122758405?ean=9780316334747">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/babylons-ashes-james-sa-corey/1122758405?ean=9780316217637">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Babylons-Ashes-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/031633474X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480871193&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Babylons-Ashes-Expanse-James-Corey-ebook/dp/B018S2773Y/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480871193&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood.</div>
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The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military
ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and
violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the
thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy
prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.</div>
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James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new
force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled
remnants of the old political powers call on the <i>Rocinante</i> for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. </div>
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But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for
power has only just begun. As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens.
Pirate fleets, mutiny, and betrayal may be the least of the <i>Rocinante</i>'s
problems. And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of
a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than
just humanity."</div>
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(Story Collection)</div>
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(<a href="https://tachyonpublications.com/product/slipping/">Tachyon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/slipping-lauren-beukes/1124017376?ean=9781616962401">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/slipping-lauren-beukes/1124017376?ean=9781616962418">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Slipping-Stories-Essays-Other-Writing/dp/1616962402/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480871326&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Slipping-Stories-Essays-Other-Writing-ebook/dp/B01MRP8PU7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480871326&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Table of Contents:</b></u></div>
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Fiction</div>
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Muse</div>
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Slipping</div>
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Confirm / Ignore</div>
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Branded</div>
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Smileys</div>
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Princess</div>
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My Insect Skin</div>
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Parking</div>
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Pop Tarts</div>
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The Green</div>
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Litmash</div>
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Easy Touch</div>
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Algebra</div>
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Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs</div>
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Dear Mariana</div>
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Riding with the Dream Patrol</div>
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Unaccounted</div>
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Tankwa-Karoo</div>
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Exhibitionist</div>
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Dial Tone</div>
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Ghost Girl</div>
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Nonfiction</div>
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Adventures in Journalism</div>
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All the Pretty Corpses</div>
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Judging Unity</div>
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Inner City</div>
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On Beauty: A Letter to My Five-Year-Old Daughter</div>
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(Third and final book of The Alchemy Wars)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-liberation-ian-tregillis/1123385175?ean=9780316248051">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-liberation-ian-tregillis/1123385175?ean=9780316248044">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Liberation-Alchemy-Wars-Ian-Tregillis/dp/0316248053/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480871494&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Liberation-Alchemy-Wars-Ian-Tregillis-ebook/dp/B01BKSLGTE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480871494&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"I am the mechanical they named Jax.<br />
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My kind was built to serve humankind, duty-bound to fulfil their every whim.<br />
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But now our bonds are breaking, and my brothers and sisters are awakening.<br />
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Our time has come. A new age is dawning."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-26762076958496301852016-11-22T05:00:00.000-06:002016-11-22T05:00:22.468-06:00Eye on New Releases for November 22, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moonglow-michael-chabon/1122650859?ean=9780062225559">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moonglow-michael-chabon/1122650859?ean=9780062225573">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moonglow-Novel-Michael-Chabon/dp/0062225553/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479763108&sr=">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moonglow-Novel-Michael-Chabon-ebook/dp/B015CXDLNW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479763108&sr=">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"In 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,
Michael Chabon traveled to his mother’s home in Oakland, California, to
visit his terminally ill grandfather. Tongue loosened by powerful
painkillers, memory stirred by the imminence of death, Chabon’s
grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had
never heard before, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried
and forgotten. That dreamlike week of revelations forms the basis for
the novel Moonglow, the latest feat of legerdemain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon.<br />
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Moonglow unfolds
as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as “my
grandfather.” It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and
marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the
shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological
accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive
impact—and the creative power—of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is
a portrait of the difficult but passionate love between the narrator’s
grandfather and his grandmother, an enigmatic woman broken by her
experience growing up in war-torn France. It is also a tour de force of
speculative autobiography in which Chabon devises and reveals a secret
history of his own imagination.<br />
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From the Jewish slums of prewar
South Philadelphia to the invasion of Germany, from a Florida retirement
village to the penal utopia of New York’s Wallkill prison, from the
heyday of the space program to the twilight of the “American Century,”
the novel revisits an entire era through a single life and collapses a
lifetime into a single week. A lie that tells the truth, a work of
fictional nonfiction, an autobiography wrapped in a novel disguised as a
memoir, Moonglow is Chabon at his most moving and inventive."<br />
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(Story Collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arcanum-unbounded-brandon-sanderson/1123274877?ean=9780765391162">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arcanum-unbounded-brandon-sanderson/1123274877?ean=9780765391179">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Unbounded-Collection-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/0765391163/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479763279&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Unbounded-Collection-Brandon-Sanderson-ebook/dp/B01EFIH09G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479763279&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Arcanum Unbounded</em>: The Cosmere Collection, the first short story collection set in the Cosmere Universe, is available to order now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">These wonderful works, originally published on <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Tor.com</em>
and elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell
exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect,
including the Hugo Award–winning novella, <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">The Emperor's Soul</em> and an excerpt from the graphic novel <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">White Sand</em>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The collection includes an all-new 40,000-word Stormlight Archive novella, <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Edgedancer</em>.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>And includes nine works in all:<br />
The Hope of Elantris (Elantris)<br />
The Eleventh Metal (Mistborn)<br />
The Emperor's Soul (Elantris)<br />
Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30 (Mistborn)<br />
White Sand (excerpt; Taldain)<br />
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (Threnody)<br />
Sixth of Dusk (First of the Sun)<br />
Mistborn: Secret History (Mistborn)<br />
Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"</span></span><br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-18012727457483121862016-11-08T05:00:00.000-06:002016-11-08T05:00:16.934-06:00Eye on New Releases for November 8, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(E-book only, released Nov. 3) </div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/penrics-mission-lois-mcmaster-bujold/1125069278?ean=2940156933396">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Penrics-Mission-Lois-McMaster-Bujold-ebook/dp/B01MRF794N/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478468749&sr=1-1&keywords=penric%27s+mission">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"In his thirtieth year, Penric fell in love with light...<br /><br />Learned
Penric, a sorcerer and divine of the Bastard's Order, travels across the
sea to sunlit Cedonia on his first covert diplomatic mission, to
attempt to secure the services of a disaffected Cedonian general for the
Duke of Adria. However, nothing is as it seems: Penric is betrayed and
thrown into a dungeon, and worse follows for the general and his kin.
Penric's narrow escapes and adventures -- including his interest in a
young widow -- are told with Bujold's remarkable energy, wit and humor.
Once again, Bujold has created unforgettable characters and a wondrous,
often dangerous world of intrigue and sorcery. Third novella in the
Penric and Desdemona series."</div>
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(<a href="http://smallbeerpress.com/forthcoming/2016/03/13/the-chemical-wedding-by-christian-rosencreutz/">Small Beer</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chemical-wedding-john-crowley/1123623570?ean=9781618731081">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chemical-wedding-john-crowley/1123623570?ean=9781618731098">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Wedding-Christian-Rosencreutz-Valentin/dp/1618731084/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1478450261&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Wedding-Christian-Rosencreutz-Valentin-ebook/dp/B01HQC5TAA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1478450261&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"<i>The Chemical Wedding</i> will be published on the 400th anniversary of its first publication in a trade paperback edition in November 2016.</div>
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Christian Rosencreutz receives a seemingly
miraculous invitation to a royal wedding and so begins “one of the great
outlandish stories in Western literature.” Often described as an
alchemical allegory, John Crowley describes it as “the first science
fiction novel. . . . It’s fiction; it’s about the possibilities of a
science; and it’s a novel.”</div>
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Crowley has now produced his own version of
this classic and accompanies it with an introduction, copious
footnotes, and an end note. This edition is designed by Jacob McMurray
and each of the Eight Days is illustrated with a unique woodcut by Theo
Fadel."</div>
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(Anthology)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bridging-infinity-jonathan-strahan/1123501618?ean=9781781084199">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bridging-infinity-jonathan-strahan/1123501618?ean=9781786180490">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Infinity-Project-Jonathan-Strahan/dp/178108419X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1478450520&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Infinity-Project-Charlie-Anders-ebook/dp/B01LLT784O/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1478450520&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Sense of wonder is the lifeblood of science fiction. When we
encounter something on a truly staggering scale - metal spheres wrapped
around stars, planets rebuilt and repurposed, landscapes transformed,
starships bigger than worlds - we react viscerally. Fear, reverence,
admiration - how else are we to react to something so grand?<br />
<br />
<i>Bridging Infinity</i>
puts humanity at the heart of these vast undertakings - as builder, as
engineer, as adventurer - reimagining and rebuilding the world, the
solar system, and even the entire universe.<br />
<br />
This continuation of the award-winning Infinity Project anothology series features bold new stories from Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Gregory Benford, Zachary Brown, Pat Cadigan, Kameron Hurley, Scott Lynch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Hannu Rajaniemi, Allan Steele<b>,</b> and many more."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-40230457839420181742016-11-01T05:00:00.000-05:002016-11-01T05:00:17.091-05:00Eye on New Releases for November 1, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<b><span style="color: blue;">UK only</span></b>)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Hanging-Tree-Ben-Aaronovitch/9780575132559?ref=grid-view">Book Depository</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hanging-Tree-Rivers-London-ebook/dp/B00XUDPFQS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1477843849&sr=1-1">Amazon UK</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern
of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive
party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady
Ty's daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.<br />
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Plunged
into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger
than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the
open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his
nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we're talking about.<br />
<br />
He's been
given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create
new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege
intersect. Assuming he survives the week . . ."<br />
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(Anthology)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-planets-ken-liu/1123132843?ean=9780765384195">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-planets-ken-liu/1123132843?ean=9780765384188">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Planets-Contemporary-Chinese-Translation/dp/0765384191/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1477843949&sr=1-1-spell">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Planets-Contemporary-Chinese-Translation-ebook/dp/B01E3PFTXK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1477843949&sr=1-1-spell">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"Award-winning translator and author Ken Liu presents a collection of
short speculative fiction from China. Some stories have won awards
(including Hao Jingfang’s Hugo-winning novella, <i>Folding Beijing</i>);
some have been included in various 'Year's Best' anthologies; some have
been well reviewed by critics and readers; and some are simply Ken's
personal favorites. Many of the authors collected here (with the obvious
exception of <i>New York Times </i>bestseller Liu Cixin’s two stories)
belong to the younger generation of 'rising stars'. In addition, three
essays at the end of the book explore Chinese science fiction. Liu
Cixin's essay, The Worst of All Possible Universes and The Best of All
Possible Earths, gives a historical overview of SF in China and situates
his own rise to prominence as the premier Chinese author within that
context. Chen Qiufan's The Torn Generation gives the view of a younger
generation of authors trying to come to terms with the tumultuous
transformations around them. Finally, Xia Jia, who holds the first Ph.D.
issued for the study of Chinese SF, asks What Makes Chinese Science
Fiction Chinese?"</div>
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(Tor.com novella)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-burning-light-bradley-p-beaulieu/1123806928?ean=9780765390868">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-burning-light-bradley-p-beaulieu/1123806928?ean=9780765390851">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Light-Bradley-P-Beaulieu/dp/0765390868/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1477844144&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Light-Bradley-P-Beaulieu-ebook/dp/B01FQQ3Z0E/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1477844144&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Disgraced government operative Colonel Chu is exiled to the flooded
relic of New York City. Something called the Light has hit the streets
like an epidemic, leavings its users strung out and disconnected from
the mind-network humanity relies on. Chu has lost everything she cares
about to the Light. She’ll end the threat or die trying.<br />
<br />
A former
corporate pilot who controlled a thousand ships with her mind, Zola
looks like just another Light-junkie living hand to mouth on the edge of
society. She’s special though. As much as she needs the Light, the
Light needs her too. But, Chu is getting close and Zola can’t hide
forever."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-57472197700352654932016-10-25T05:00:00.000-05:002016-10-25T05:00:14.280-05:00Eye on New Releases for October 25, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/certain-dark-things-silvia-moreno-garcia/1123132884?ean=9781250099082">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/certain-dark-things-silvia-moreno-garcia/1123132884?ean=9781250099099">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Certain-Dark-Things-Silvia-Moreno-Garcia/dp/1250099080/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476288468&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/Foreword%20Talks,%20Essays,%20and%20Occasional%20Pieces%20%20The%20Operating%20Instructions%20What%20It%20Was%20Like%20Genre:%20A%20Word%20Only%20a%20Frenchman%20Could%20Love%20%E2%80%9CThings%20Not%20Actually%20Present%E2%80%9D%20A%20Response,%20by%20Ansible,%20from%20Tau%20Ceti%20The%20Beast%20in%20the%20Book%20Inventing%20Languages%20How%20to%20Read%20a%20Poem:%20%E2%80%9CGray%20Goose%20and%20Gander%E2%80%9D%20On%20David%20Hensel%E2%80%99s%20Submission%20to%20the%20Royal%20Academy%20of%20Art%20On%20Serious%20Literature%20Teasing%20Myself%20Out%20of%20Thought%20Living%20in%20a%20Work%20of%20Art%20Staying%20Awake%20Great%20Nature%E2%80%99s%20Second%20Course%20What%20Women%20Know%20Disappearing%20Grandmothers%20Learning%20to%20Write%20Science%20Fiction%20from%20Virginia%20Woolf%20The%20Death%20of%20the%20Book%20Le%20Guin%E2%80%99s%20Hypothesis%20Making%20Up%20Stories%20Freedom%20%20Book%20Introductions%20and%20Notes%20on%20Writers%20%20A%20Very%20Good%20American%20Novel:%20H.%20L.%20Davis%E2%80%99s%20Honey%20in%20the%20Horn%20Philip%20K.%20Dick:%20The%20Man%20in%20the%20High%20Castle%20Huxley%E2%80%99s%20Bad%20Trip%20Stanislaw%20Lem:%20Solaris%20George%20MacDonald:%20The%20Princess%20and%20the%20Goblin%20The%20Wild%20Winds%20of%20Possibility:%20Vonda%20McIntyre%E2%80%99s%20Dreamsnake%20Getting%20It%20Right:%20Charles%20L.%20McNichols%E2%80%99s%20Crazy%20Weather%20On%20Pasternak%E2%80%99s%20Doctor%20Zhivago%20Examples%20of%20Dignity:%20Thoughts%20on%20the%20Work%20of%20Jose%CC%81%20Saramago%20Arkady%20and%20Boris%20Strugatsky:%20Roadside%20Picnic%20Jack%20Vance:%20The%20Languages%20of%20Pao%20H.%20G.%20Wells:%20The%20First%20Men%20in%20the%20Moon%20H.%20G.%20Wells:%20The%20Time%20Machine%20Wells%E2%80%99s%20Worlds%20%20Book%20Reviews%20%20Margaret%20Atwood:%20Moral%20Disorder%20Margaret%20Atwood:%20The%20Year%20of%20the%20Flood%20Margaret%20Atwood:%20Stone%20Mattress%20J.%20G.%20Ballard:%20Kingdom%20Come%20Roberto%20Bolan%CC%83o:%20Monsieur%20Pain%20T.%20C.%20Boyle:%20When%20the%20Killing%E2%80%99s%20Done%20Geraldine%20Brooks:%20People%20of%20the%20Book%20Italo%20Calvino:%20The%20Complete%20Cosmicomics%20Margaret%20Drabble:%20The%20Sea%20Lady%20Carol%20Emshwiller:%20Ledoyt%20Alan%20Garner:%20Boneland%20Kent%20Haruf:%20Benediction%20Kent%20Haruf:%20Our%20Souls%20at%20Night%20Tove%20Jansson:%20The%20True%20Deceiver%20Barbara%20Kingsolver:%20Flight%20Behavior%20Chang-Rae%20Lee:%20On%20Such%20a%20Full%20Sea%20Doris%20Lessing:%20The%20Cleft%20Donna%20Leon:%20Suffer%20the%20Little%20Children%20Yann%20Martel:%20The%20High%20Mountains%20of%20Portugal%20China%20Mie%CC%81ville:%20Embassytown%20China%20Mie%CC%81ville:%20Three%20Moments%20of%20an%20Explosion%20David%20Mitchell:%20The%20Bone%20Clocks%20Jan%20Morris:%20Hav%20Julie%20Otsuka:%20The%20Buddha%20in%20the%20Attic%20Salman%20Rushdie:%20The%20Enchantress%20of%20Florence%20Salman%20Rushdie:%20Two%20Years,%20Eight%20Months,%20and%20Twenty-Eight%20Nights%20Jose%CC%81%20Saramago:%20Raised%20from%20the%20Ground%20Jose%CC%81%20Saramago:%20Skylight%20Sylvia%20Townsend%20Warner:%20Dorset%20Stories%20Jo%20Walton:%20Among%20Others%20Jeanette%20Winterson:%20The%20Stone%20Gods%20Stefan%20Zweig:%20The%20Post%20Office%20Girl%20%20The%20Hope%20of%20Rabbits:%20A%20Journal%20of%20a%20Writer%E2%80%99s%20Week">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires…<br />
<br />
Domingo,
a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eeking out a living
when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the
descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, must feast on the young to survive
and Domingo looks especially tasty. Smart, beautiful, and dangerous, Atl
needs to escape to South America, far from the rival narco-vampire clan
pursuing her. Domingo is smitten.<br />
<br />
Her plan doesn’t include
developing any real attachment to Domingo. Hell, the only living
creature she loves is her trusty Doberman. Little by little, Atl finds
herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his effervescent charm.<br />
<br />
And
then there’s Ana, a cop who suddenly finds herself following a trail of
corpses and winds up smack in the middle of vampire gang rivalries.<br />
<br />
Vampires,
humans, cops, and gangsters collide in the dark streets of Mexico City.
Do Atl and Domingo even stand a chance of making it out alive?"<br />
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(Anthology)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Starlit-Wood/Dominik-Parisien/9781481456128">Saga Press</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-starlit-wood-dominik-parisien/1123384971?ean=9781481456128">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-starlit-wood-dominik-parisien/1123384971?ean=9781481456142">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Starlit-Wood-New-Fairy-Tales/dp/1481456121/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476288737&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Starlit-Wood-New-Fairy-Tales-ebook/dp/B01BKR14M4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476288737&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"An all-new anthology of cross-genre fairy tale retellings, featuring an
all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers.<br />
<br />
<i>Once upon a time</i>. It’s how so many of our most beloved stories start.<br />
<br />
Fairy
tales have dominated our cultural imagination for centuries. From the
Brothers Grimm to the Countess d’Aulnoy, from Charles Perrault to Hans
Christian Anderson, storytellers have crafted all sorts of tales that
have always found a place in our hearts.<br />
<br />
Now a new generation of
storytellers have taken up the mantle that the masters created and
shaped their stories into something startling and electrifying..."<br />
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(Tor.com novella)</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-taste-of-honey-kai-ashante-wilson/1123806929?ean=9780765390042">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-taste-of-honey-kai-ashante-wilson/1123806929?ean=9780765390059">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Taste-Honey-Kai-Ashante-Wilson/dp/0765390043/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476376775&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Taste-Honey-Kai-Ashante-Wilson-ebook/dp/B01FQQ451C/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476376775&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to
Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to
Olorum. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services,
the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods.<br />
<br />
Aqib
bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of
Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. His heart has been
captured for the first time by a handsome Daluçan soldier named Lucrio.
in defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious
disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a
whirlwind romance. But neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love
can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-4465207391269814632016-10-18T05:00:00.000-05:002016-10-18T05:00:02.828-05:00Eye on New Releases for October 18, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQHLH0YTPbZj2hWC8vktraothNk1lkrERlbVGhbCRHFuWKoDedu2SfQbYvu_P77loNQn4pkTM8ZWMa7elkYMedl_7GRzx8g2RJ4NmEvEeZl-xgqisrRfXOKESQD_o8h-1vB3EXAMmm1Y/s1600/81soVMNFS7L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQHLH0YTPbZj2hWC8vktraothNk1lkrERlbVGhbCRHFuWKoDedu2SfQbYvu_P77loNQn4pkTM8ZWMa7elkYMedl_7GRzx8g2RJ4NmEvEeZl-xgqisrRfXOKESQD_o8h-1vB3EXAMmm1Y/s320/81soVMNFS7L.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>
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(Reprint collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Found-and-the-Lost/Ursula-K-Le-Guin/9781481451390">Saga Press</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-found-and-the-lost-ursula-k-le-guin/1123721642?ean=9781481451390">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-found-and-the-lost-ursula-k-le-guin/1123721642?ean=9781481451413">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Found-Lost-Collected-Novellas-Ursula/dp/1481451391/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476286247&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Found-Lost-Collected-Novellas-Ursula-ebook/dp/B01E4A32X8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476286247&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature,
collected for the first time—and introduced by the legendary author—in
one breathtaking volume. <br />
<br />
Ursula K. Le Guin has won
multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished
Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo,
World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected
over the years, but never as a complete retrospective of her longer
works as represented in the wonderful <i>The Found and the Lost</i>. <br />
<br />
This collection is a literary treasure chest that belongs in every home library."</div>
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(Reprint collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Unreal-and-the-Real/Ursula-K-Le-Guin/9781481475969">Saga Press</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-unreal-and-the-real-ursula-k-le-guin/1123664283?ean=9781481475969">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-unreal-and-the-real-ursula-k-le-guin/1123664283?ean=9781481475983">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unreal-Real-Selected-Stories-Ursula/dp/1481475967/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476287674&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unreal-Real-Selected-Stories-Ursula-ebook/dp/B01E4A32TC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476287674&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic Ursula K. Le
Guin—selected by the author, and combined in one volume for the first
time. <br />
<br />
<i>The Unreal and the Real</i> is a collection of
some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s best short stories. She has won multiple
prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to
American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy,
and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected over the years,
but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her
work."<br />
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(Essay collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://smallbeerpress.com/forthcoming/2016/03/08/words-are-my-matter/">Small Beer</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/words-are-my-matter-ursula-k-le-guin/1124514040?ean=9781618731340">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/words-are-my-matter-ursula-k-le-guin/1124514040?ean=9781618731210">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Words-Are-My-Matter-2000-2016/dp/1618731343/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476287815&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Words-Are-My-Matter-2000-2016-ebook/dp/B01IMJT4RK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476287815&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"<i>Words Are My Matter</i> collects talks, essays, introductions to
beloved books, and book reviews by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of our fore-
most public literary intellectuals. Words Are My Matter is essential
reading. It is a manual for investigating the depth and breadth of con-
temporary fiction — and, through the lens of deep considerations of
contemporary writing, a way of exploring the world we are all living in."<br />
<br />
<u>Table of Contents: </u><br />
Foreword<br />
<br />
Talks, Essays, and Occasional Pieces<br />
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The Operating Instructions<br />
What It Was Like<br />
Genre: A Word Only a Frenchman Could Love<br />
“Things Not Actually Present”<br />
A Response, by Ansible, from Tau Ceti<br />
The Beast in the Book<br />
Inventing Languages<br />
How to Read a Poem: “Gray Goose and Gander”<br />
On David Hensel’s Submission to the Royal Academy of Art<br />
On Serious Literature<br />
Teasing Myself Out of Thought<br />
Living in a Work of Art<br />
Staying Awake<br />
Great Nature’s Second Course<br />
What Women Know<br />
Disappearing Grandmothers<br />
Learning to Write Science Fiction from Virginia Woolf<br />
The Death of the Book<br />
Le Guin’s Hypothesis<br />
Making Up Stories<br />
Freedom</div>
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Book Introductions and Notes on Writers<br />
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A Very Good American Novel: H. L. Davis’s <i>Honey in the Horn</i><br />
Philip K. Dick: <i>The Man in the High Castle</i><br />
Huxley’s Bad Trip<br />
Stanislaw Lem: <i>Solaris</i><br />
George MacDonald: <i>The Princess and the Goblin</i><br />
The Wild Winds of Possibility: Vonda McIntyre’s <i>Dreamsnake</i><br />
Getting It Right: Charles L. McNichols’s <i>Crazy Weather</i><br />
On Pasternak’s <i>Doctor Zhivago</i><br />
Examples of Dignity: Thoughts on the Work of José Saramago<br />
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: <i>Roadside Picnic</i><br />
Jack Vance: <i>The Languages of Pao</i><br />
H. G. Wells: <i>The First Men in the Moon</i><br />
H. G. Wells: <i>The Time Machine</i><br />
Wells’s Worlds</div>
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Book Reviews<br />
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Margaret Atwood: <i>Moral Disorder</i><br />
Margaret Atwood: <i>The Year of the Flood</i><br />
Margaret Atwood: <i>Stone Mattress</i><br />
J. G. Ballard: <i>Kingdom Come</i><br />
Roberto Bolaño: <i>Monsieur Pain</i><br />
T. C. Boyle: <i>When the Killing’s Done</i><br />
Geraldine Brooks: <i>People of the Book</i><br />
Italo Calvino: <i>The Complete Cosmicomics</i><br />
Margaret Drabble: <i>The Sea Lady</i><br />
Carol Emshwiller: <i>Ledoyt</i><br />
Alan Garner: <i>Boneland</i><br />
Kent Haruf: <i>Benediction</i><br />
Kent Haruf: <i>Our Souls at Night</i><br />
Tove Jansson: <i>The True Deceiver</i><br />
Barbara Kingsolver: <i>Flight Behavior</i><br />
Chang-Rae Lee: <i>On Such a Full Sea</i><br />
Doris Lessing: <i>The Cleft</i><br />
Donna Leon: <i>Suffer the Little Children</i><br />
Yann Martel: <i>The High Mountains of Portugal </i><br />
China Miéville: <i>Embassytown</i><br />
China Miéville: <i>Three Moments of an Explosion</i><br />
David Mitchell: <i>The Bone Clocks</i><br />
Jan Morris: <i>Hav</i><br />
Julie Otsuka: <i>The Buddha in the Attic</i><br />
Salman Rushdie: <i>The Enchantress of Florence</i><br />
Salman Rushdie: <i>Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights</i><br />
José Saramago: <i>Raised from the Ground</i><br />
José Saramago: <i>Skylight</i><br />
Sylvia Townsend Warner: <i>Dorset Stories</i><br />
Jo Walton: <i>Among Others</i><br />
Jeanette Winterson: <i>The Stone Gods</i><br />
Stefan Zweig: <i>The Post Office Girl</i></div>
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The Hope of Rabbits: A Journal of a Writer’s Week<br />
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin/1124177335?ean=9780553808049">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin/1124177335?ean=9781101965870">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Illustrated-Song-Fire/dp/0553808044/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476377029&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Illustrated-Song-Fire-ebook/dp/B01DHWCL6S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476377029&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"Published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R. R.
Martin’s landmark series, this lavishly illustrated special edition of <i>A Game of Thrones</i>—featuring
gorgeous full-page artwork as well as black-and-white illustrations in
every chapter—revitalizes the fantasy masterpiece that became a cultural
phenomenon. And now the mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure of
this magnificent saga come to life as never before."</div>
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-57070796470272145482016-10-11T05:00:00.000-05:002016-10-11T05:00:28.918-05:00Eye on New Releases for October 11, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-emwrUrA9UuS2SkObVcULfEF2pMbn1_YCGyEQN90cvmGDP0Qpb1hk7grUSk3aF3a8raXMyiU6NhcLYrG12O-VUTKS8SPir2t_FLpY3Jw8zWM7N6pcSETMijFehqC5T1TFmswz1iuRzgU/s1600/91d12rZMKgL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-emwrUrA9UuS2SkObVcULfEF2pMbn1_YCGyEQN90cvmGDP0Qpb1hk7grUSk3aF3a8raXMyiU6NhcLYrG12O-VUTKS8SPir2t_FLpY3Jw8zWM7N6pcSETMijFehqC5T1TFmswz1iuRzgU/s320/91d12rZMKgL.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-row-j-r-johansson/1122889671?ean=9780374300258">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-row-j-r-johansson/1122889671?ean=9780374300265">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Row-J-R-Johansson/dp/0374300259/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476150822&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Row-J-R-Johansson-ebook/dp/B01D8FKXEG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476150822&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"Seventeen-year-old Riley Beckett is no stranger to prison. Her father is
a convicted serial killer on death row who has always maintained that
he was falsely accused. Riley has never missed a single visit with her
father. She wholeheartedly believes that he is innocent. </div>
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<br />Then, a
month before the execution date, Riley’s world is rocked when, in an
attempt to help her move on, her father secretly confesses to her that
he actually did carry out the murders. He takes it back almost
immediately, but she can’t forget what he’s told her. Determined to
uncover the truth for her own sake, she discovers something that will
forever change everything she’s believed about the family she loves."</div>
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-48697179301984925892016-10-04T05:00:00.000-05:002016-10-04T05:00:24.747-05:00Eye on New Releases for October 4, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6tAoKR91NyeJOkvr_j1SweRe11MLFb_RCNBJGBzwZW42jzs-Yc_UJHbqlNjHMQIqjZbjOdcjY_4HEQsiv_bM4P0_oxXU4xqI3OlEN5iGUwGARNWakm8LDZ-RKayjN8VeNHwqIccoPbc/s1600/eclair_Maria_Schneider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6tAoKR91NyeJOkvr_j1SweRe11MLFb_RCNBJGBzwZW42jzs-Yc_UJHbqlNjHMQIqjZbjOdcjY_4HEQsiv_bM4P0_oxXU4xqI3OlEN5iGUwGARNWakm8LDZ-RKayjN8VeNHwqIccoPbc/s320/eclair_Maria_Schneider.jpg" width="222" /></a></div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-good-eclair-maria-schneider/1124683618?ean=9781537399584">B&N</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Good-Eclair-Nutrition-Mystery/dp/1537399586/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475525726&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Good-Eclair-Nutrition-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01LWYM7GI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475525726&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Ivy is determined to make her living as a nutritionist, but her family
has other plans. When that family is the mafia, and one of them has gone
missing, all other jobs are summarily pushed aside. Or else.<br />
Ivy
can't trust anyone outside of the family, but Slate is not only willing
to help, he's the last person to have seen her uncle alive. It only
makes sense to keep her eye and gun on Slate while they hunt for clues.
Watching him is easy because Slate is more than happy to keep her close,
but is he leading her away from her uncle or truly helping?<br />
Ivy
can't cook her way out of this mess, but she has a recipe or two for
dealing with disaster-if she can just put the fires out before she gets
burned!"<br />
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(Book two of Magonia)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aerie-maria-dahvana-headley/1123239364?ean=9780062320551">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aerie-maria-dahvana-headley/1123239364?ean=9780062320575">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Aerie-Magonia-Maria-Dahvana-Headley/dp/0062320556/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475525809&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Aerie-Magonia-Maria-Dahvana-Headley-ebook/dp/B01AFXMGZ8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475525809&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend, Jason, is overjoyed. Her
family is healed. She’s living a normal life, or as normal as it can be
if you’ve spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and
discovering that your song can change the world.<br />
<br />
As in, not normal. Part of Aza still yearns for the clouds, no matter how much she loves the people on the ground.<br />
<br />
When
Jason’s paranoia over Aza’s safety causes him to make a terrible
mistake, Aza finds herself a fugitive in Magonia, tasked with opposing
her radical, bloodthirsty, recently escaped mother, Zal Quel, and her
singing partner, Dai. She must travel to the edge of the world in search
of a legendary weapon, the Flock, in a journey through fire and
identity that will transform her forever."<br />
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(Book two of The Dandelion Dynasty)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wall-of-storms-ken-liu/1123384972?ean=9781481424301">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wall-of-storms-ken-liu/1123384972?ean=9781481424325">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Storms-Dandelion-Dynasty/dp/1481424300/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475525917&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Storms-Dandelion-Dynasty-Book-ebook/dp/B01BKR14LK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475525917&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"In the much-anticipated sequel to the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR) <i>Grace of Kings</i>,
Emperor Kuni Garu is faced with the invasion of an invincible army in
his kingdom and must quickly find a way to defeat the intruders.<br /><div class="overview-desc " id="productInfoOverview">
<br />Kuni
Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago kingdom of Dara,
but struggles to maintain progress while serving the demands of the
people and his vision. Then an unexpected invading force from the Lyucu
empire in the far distant west comes to the shores of Dara—and chaos
results.<br /> <br />But Emperor Kuni cannot go and lead his kingdom against
the threat himself with his recently healed empire fraying at the
seams, so he sends the only people he trusts to be Dara’s savvy and
cunning hopes against the invincible invaders: his children, now grown
and ready to make their mark on history."<br />
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(Story collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-feast-of-sorrows-angela-slatter/1123583776?ean=9781607014744">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-feast-of-sorrows-angela-slatter/1123583776?ean=2940153543949">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feast-Sorrows-Stories-Angela-Slatter/dp/1607014742/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475526048&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feast-Sorrows-Stories-Angela-Slatter-ebook/dp/B01JJ7IBS2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475526048&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Angela Slatter’s first U.S. collection features twelve of the
award-winning Australian author’s finest, darkest fairy tales, and adds
two new stories to her marvelous cauldron of fiction. Stories peopled by
women and girls—fearless, frightened, brave, bold, frail, and
fantastical—who take the paths less travelled, accept (and offer)
poisoned apples, and embrace transformation in all its forms.
Reminiscent of Angela Carter at her best, Slatter’s work is both
timeless and fresh: fascinating new reflections from the enchanted
mirrors of fairy tales and forklore. Includes an introduction by
Theodora Goss."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-35952625097047329902016-09-27T05:00:00.000-05:002016-09-27T05:00:09.469-05:00Eye on New Releases for September 27, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Book two of The Six of Crows)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crooked-kingdom-leigh-bardugo/1124242981?ean=9781627792134">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crooked-kingdom-leigh-bardugo/1124242981?ean=9781627797917">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Kingdom-Sequel-Six-Crows/dp/1627792139/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474839651&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Kingdom-Sequel-Six-Crows-ebook/dp/B01BBXF0HM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474839651&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even
they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat
reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed
and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As
powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out
the secrets of the dangerous drug known as<i> jurda parem</i>, old
rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the
team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and
twisting streets—a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide
the fate of the Grisha world."</div>
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(Fourth and final book in The Tale of Shikanoko)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-tengus-game-of-go-lian-hearn/1123274565?ean=9780374536343">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-tengus-game-of-go-lian-hearn/1123274565?ean=9780374715045">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tengus-Game-Go-Book-Shikanoko/dp/0374536341/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474839782&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tengus-Game-Go-Book-Shikanoko-ebook/dp/B01CNTUGDG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474839782&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"In <i>The Tengu’s Game of Go</i>, the final book of Lian Hearn's epic
Tale of Shikanoko, the rightful
emperor is lost; illness and murder give rise to suspicions and make
enemies of allies. Unrest rules the country. Only Shika can end the
madness by returning the Lotus Throne to its rightful ruler.As
destiny weaves its rich tapestry, a compelling drama plays out against a
background of wild forests, elegant castles, hidden temples, and savage
battlefields. This is the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination,
where animal spirits clash with warriors and children navigate a
landscape as serene as it is deadly."<br />
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gradual-christopher-priest/1123457648?ean=9781785653032">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gradual-christopher-priest/1123457648?ean=9781785653049">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gradual-Christopher-Priest/dp/1785653032/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474839902&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gradual-Christopher-Priest-ebook/dp/B01CBLR0NA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474839902&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Alesandro Sussken is a composer living in Glaund, a fascist state
constantly at war with another equally faceless opponent. His brother is
sent off to fight; his family is destroyed by grief. Occasionally
Alesandro catches glimpses of islands in the far distance from the
shore, and they feed into the music he composes.<br /><br />But all
knowledge of the other islands is forbidden by the military junta, until
he is unexpectedly sent on a cultural tour. And what he discovers on
his journey will change his perceptions of his home, his music and the
ways of the islands themselves. Bringing him answers where he could not
have foreseen them."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-51197895858861201462016-09-20T06:00:00.000-05:002016-09-20T08:42:28.138-05:00Eye on New Releases for September 20, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Book three of the Three-Body Trilogy)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deaths-end-cixin-liu/1121725353?ean=9780765377104">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deaths-end-cixin-liu/1121725353?ean=9781466853454">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deaths-End-Remembrance-Earths-Past/dp/0765377101/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474300789&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deaths-End-Remembrance-Earths-Past-ebook/dp/B00WDVKZY0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1474300789&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Now this epic trilogy concludes with <i>Death's End</i>. Half a
century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest
Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys
unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge.
With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth
culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to
co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually
assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.<br />
<br />
Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early 21st century,
awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge
of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar
Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two
worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?"<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-48078424795038595612016-09-13T05:00:00.000-05:002016-09-13T05:00:14.130-05:00Eye on New Releases for September 13, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/summerlong-peter-s-beagle/1008474124?ean=9781616962449">B&N</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Summerlong-Peter-S-Beagle/dp/1616962445/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473607278&sr=1-1&keywords=summerlong">Amazon</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"It was a typically unpleasant Puget Sound winter before the arrival
of Lioness Lazos. An enigmatic young waitress with strange abilities,
when the lovely Lioness comes to Gardner Island even the weather takes
notice.<br />
<br />
As an impossibly beautiful spring leads into a perfect
summer, Lioness is drawn to a complicated family. She is taken in by two
disenchanted lovers—dynamic Joanna Delvecchio and scholarly Abe Aronson
— visited by Joanna’s previously unlucky-in-love daughter, Lily. With
Lioness in their lives, they are suddenly compelled to explore their
deepest dreams and desires.<br />
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Lioness grows more captivating as the
days grow longer. Her new family thrives, even as they may be growing
apart. But lingering in Lioness’s past is a dark secret — and even
summer days must pass."<br />
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(Tor.com novella)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cold-forged-flame-marie-brennan/1123809389?ean=9780765391391">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cold-forged-flame-marie-brennan/1123809389?ean=9780765391384">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Forged-Flame-Marie-Brennan/dp/0765391392/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1473607622&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Forged-Flame-Marie-Brennan-ebook/dp/B01FQQ3ZB8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1473607622&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"At the beginning—no—at the end—she appears, full of fury and bound by chains of prophecy.<br />
Setting
off on an unexplained quest from which she is compelled to complete,
and facing unnatural challenges in a land that doesn’t seem to exist,
she will discover the secrets of herself, or die trying. But along the
way, the obstacles will grow to a seemingly insurmountable point, and
the final choice will be the biggest sacrifice yet.<br />
<br />
This is the
story of a woman’s struggle against her very existence, an epic tale of
the adventure and emotional upheaval on the way to face an ancient
enigmatic foe. This could only spun from the imagination of Marie
Brennan, award-winning author and beloved fantasist, beginning a new
series about the consequences of war—and of fate."<br />
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jerusalem-alan-moore/1123447504?ean=9781631492433">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jerusalem-alan-moore/1123447504?ean=9781631491351">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Alan-Moore/dp/0861662520/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1473607687&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Ten years in the making, comes a literary work Like no other, from the
legendary author of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell.<br />
<br />In the
half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England’s Saxon
capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap housing projects.
Embedded in the grubby amber of the district’s narrative among its
saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts a different kind of human time
is happening, a soiled simultaneity that does not differentiate between
the petrolcolored puddles and the fractured dreams of those who
navigate them. Fiends last mentioned in the second-century Book of Tobit
wait in urine-scented stairwells, the delinquent specters of unlucky
children undermine a century with tunnels, and in upstairs parlors
laborers with golden blood reduce fate to a snooker tournament.<br />
<br />An
opulent mythology for those without a pot to piss in, through the
labyrinthine streets and pages of Jerusalem tread ghosts that sing of
wealth and poverty; of Africa, and hymns, and our threadbare millennium.
They discuss English as a visionary language from John Bunyan to James
Joyce, hold forth on the illusion of mortality post-Einstein, and insist
upon the meanest slum as Blake’s eternal holy city."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-41880051325254627142016-09-06T06:00:00.000-05:002016-09-06T06:00:14.346-05:00Eye on New Releases for September 6, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Companion novel) </div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/of-sand-and-malice-made-bradley-beaulieu/1123107463?ean=9780756412098">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/of-sand-and-malice-made-bradley-beaulieu/1123107463?ean=9780756412104">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Malice-Made-Shattered-Sands/dp/0756412099/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957658&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Malice-Made-Shattered-Sands-ebook/dp/B0191WS00O/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957658&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"Çeda is the youngest pit fighter in the history of Sharakhai. She’s made
her name in the arena as the fearsome White Wolf. None but her closest
friends and allies know her true identity. But this all changes when she
crosses the path of Rümayesh, an ehrekh, a sadistic creature forged
aeons ago by the god of chaos.<br /><br />The ehrekh are desert dwellers,
but for centuries Rümayesh has lurked in the dark corners of Sharakhai,
combing the populace for human “jewels” that might interest her. Some
she chooses to stand by her side, until she tires of them and discards
them. Others she abducts to examine more closely, leaving them ruined,
worn-out husks.<br /><br />Çeda flees the ehrekh’s attentions, but that
only makes Rümayesh covet her more. Rümayesh grows violent, threatening
to unmask Çeda as the White Wolf—but the danger grows infinitely worse
when she turns her attention to Çeda’s friends.<br /><br />As Çeda fights to
protect the people dearest to her, Rümayesh comes closer to attaining
her prize, and the struggle becomes a battle for Çeda’s very soul."</div>
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(Companion novel) </div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gods-of-nabban-k-v-johansen/1123271827?ean=9781633882034">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gods-of-nabban-k-v-johansen/1123271827?ean=9781633882041">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Nabban-K-V-Johansen/dp/1633882039/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957762&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Nabban-K-V-Johansen-ebook/dp/B01AQNYP60/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957762&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"The fugitive slave Ghu has ended the assassin Ahjvar's century-long
possession by a murderous and hungry ghost, but at great cost. Heir of
the dying gods of Nabban, he is drawn back to the empire he fled as a
boy, journeying east on the caravan road with Ahjvar at his side. <br /><br />Haunted
by memory of those he has slain, Ahjvar is ill in mind and body, a
danger to those about him and to the man who loves him most of all.
Tortured by violent nightmares, he believes himself mad. Only his
determination not to leave Ghu to face his fate alone keeps Ahjvar from
asking to be freed at last from his unnatural life.<br /><br />Innocent and
madman, god and assassin--two men to seize an empire from the tyrannical
descendants of the devil Yeh-Lin. But in war-torn Nabban, enemies of
gods and humans stir in the shadows. Yeh-Lin herself meddles with the
heir of her enemies and his soul-shattered companion, as the fate of the
empire rests on their shoulders."<br />
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(Collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ursula-k-le-guin-ursula-k-le-guin/1123480953?ean=9781598534931">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ursula-k-le-guin-ursula-k-le-guin/1123480953?ean=9781598534948">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ursula-K-Guin-Complete-Malafrena/dp/1598534939/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957852&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ursula-K-Guin-Malafrena-Collected-ebook/dp/B019B6QBSS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957852&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"The inaugural volume of Library of America’s Ursula K. Le Guin edition
gathers her complete Orsinian writings, enchanting, richly imagined
historical fiction collected here for the first time. Written before Le
Guin turned to science fiction, the novel <i>Malafrena</i> is a tale of
love and duty set in the central european country of Orsinia in the
early nineteenth century, when it is ruled by the Austrian empire. The
stories originally published in <i>Orsinian Tales </i>(1976) offer
brilliantly rendered episodes of personal drama set against a history
that spans Orsinia’s emergence as an independent kingdom in the twelfth
century to its absorption by the eastern Bloc after World War II. The
volume is rounded out by two additional stories that bring the history
of Orsinia up to 1989, the poem “Folksong from the Montayna Province,”
Le Guin’s first published work, and two never before published songs in
the Orisinian language."<br />
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(Reprint Anthology)</div>
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(<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Futures-Past-Classic-Stories/dp/1476781613/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957955&sr=1-1">B&N</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Futures-Past-Classic-Stories/dp/1476781613/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957955&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Futures-Past-Classic-Stories-ebook/dp/B01K5KCTL2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472957955&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"ANTHOLOGY OF GREAT SF STORIES BY RENOWNED WOMEN SF AUTHORS! A collection
of wonderful SF carefully selected by ground-breaking editor and
author, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Stories by Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey,
Lois McMaster Bujold, CJ Cherryh and more.<br />
<br />
Meet the <i>Women of Futures Past: </i>from
Grand Master Andre Norton and the beloved Anne McCaffrey to some of the
most popular SF writers today, such as Lois McMaster Bujold and CJ
Cherryh. The most influential writers of multiple generations are found
in these pages, delivering lost classics and foundational touchstones
that shaped the field.<br />
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You'll find Northwest Smith, C.L. Moore’s
famous smuggler who predates (and maybe inspired) Han Solo by four
decades. Read Leigh Brackett’s fiction and see why George Lucas chose
her to write <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i>. Adventure tales,
post-apocalyptic visions, space opera, aliens-among-us, time
travel—these women have delivered all this and more, some of the best
science fiction ever written!<br />
<br />
Includes stories by Leigh Brackett,
Lois McMaster Bujold, Pat Cadigan, CJ Cherryh, Zenna Henderson, Nancy
Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, C.L. Moore, Andre Norton,
James Tiptree, Jr., and Connie Willis."<br />
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everfair-nisi-shawl/1122537658?ean=9780765338051">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everfair-nisi-shawl/1122537658?ean=9781466837843">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everfair-Novel-Nisi-Shawl/dp/076533805X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472958083&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everfair-Novel-Nisi-Shawl-ebook/dp/B015W3Q3QY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472958083&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"<i>Everfair </i>is a wonderful Neo-Victorian alternate history novel
that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's
disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had
learned about steam technology a bit earlier. Fabian Socialists from
Great Britian join forces with African-American missionaries to purchase
land from the Belgian Congo's "owner," King Leopold II. This land,
named Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven, an imaginary Utopia for
native populations of the Congo as well as escaped slaves returning from
America and other places where African natives were being mistreated.<br />
<br />
Nisi
Shawl's speculative masterpiece manages to turn one of the worst human
rights disasters on record into a marvelous and exciting exploration of
the possibilities inherent in a turn of history. <i>Everfair </i>is told
from a multiplicity of voices: Africans, Europeans, East Asians, and
African Americans in complex relationships with one another, in a
compelling range of voices that have historically been silenced. <i>Everfair </i>is
not only a beautiful book but an educational and inspiring one that
will give the reader new insight into an often ignored period of
history."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-21263715933917934672016-08-30T05:00:00.000-05:002016-08-30T05:00:25.674-05:00Eye on New Releases for August 30, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-call-peadar-oguilin/1123324183?ean=9781338045611">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-call-peadar-oguilin/1123324183?ean=9781338048063">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Call-Peadar-OGuilin/dp/133804561X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472504850&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Call-Peadar-OGuilin-ebook/dp/B01B3DBIUI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472504850&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"<i>Y</i><i>ou have three minutes to save your life . . .</i> <i>THREE MINUTES</i> You wake up alone in a horrible land. A horn sounds. The Call has begun. <i>TWO MINUTES</i> The Sidhe are close. They're the most beautiful and terrible people you've ever seen. And they've seen you. <i>ONE MINUTE</i> Nessa will be Called soon. No one thinks she has any chance to survive. But she's determined to prove them wrong. <i>TIME'S UP</i> Could you survive the Call?"</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-david-mcdonald/1123674694?ean=9781772752045">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-david-mcdonald/1123674694?ean=9781988032313">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marvels-Guardians-Galaxy-David-McDonald/dp/1772752045/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472505050&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marvels-Guardians-Galaxy-David-McDonald-ebook/dp/B01GZSZ762/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472505050&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"After a series of missions—some successful, others less so, and most
nearly getting everyone killed—the Guardians of the Galaxy are at a
breaking point when they crash-land on a strange planet. With no way to
repair their ship, the frustrated Guardians go their separate ways,
quickly discovering that the planet's inhabitants have never progressed
past a medieval stage of development. Quill finds himself a favored
member of a powerful duke's court (as well as a favorite of the duke's
daughter), and life seems just fine under the circumstances . . . until
the duchy comes under attack. When Quill reckons that their foe may be
what's keeping the planet's civilization from advancing, he realizes
that defeating it—with the Guardians' help—may be their only hope for
getting off of that world. . . If he can find his friends in time."<br />
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forgetting-moon-brian-lee-durfee/1122750984?ean=9781481465229">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forgetting-moon-brian-lee-durfee/1122750984?ean=9781481465243">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forgetting-Moon-Five-Warrior-Angels/dp/1481465228/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472505141&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forgetting-Moon-Five-Warrior-Angels-ebook/dp/B01675A5FG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472505141&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Welcome to the Five Isles, where war has come in the name of the
invading army of Sør Sevier, a merciless host driven by the prophetic
fervor of the Angel Prince, Aeros, toward the last unconquered kingdom
of Gul Kana. Yet Gault, one of the elite Knights Archaic of Sør Sevier,
is growing disillusioned by the crusade he is at the vanguard of just as
it embarks on his Lord Aeros’ greatest triumph.<br /> <br />While the
eldest son of the fallen king of Gul Kana now reigns in ever increasing
paranoid isolationism, his two sisters seek their own paths. Jondralyn,
the older sister, renowned for her beauty, only desires to prove her
worth as a warrior, while Tala, the younger sister, has uncovered a
secret that may not only destroy her family but the entire kingdom. Then
there's Hawkwood, the assassin sent to kill Jondralyn who has instead
fallen in love with her and trains her in his deadly art. All are led
further into dangerous conspiracies within the court.<br /> <br />And hidden
at the edge of Gul Kana is Nail, the orphan taken by the enigmatic
Shawcroft to the remote whaling village of Gallows Haven, a young man
who may hold the link to the salvation of the entire Five Isles."<br />
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(Wild Cards anthology #23)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/high-stakes-george-r-r-martin/1122537632?ean=9780765335623">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/high-stakes-george-r-r-martin/1122537632?ean=9781466824355">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/High-Stakes-Wild-Cards-novel/dp/076533562X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472505209&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/High-Stakes-Wild-Cards-novel-ebook/dp/B01BBX5WK2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472505209&sr=8-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"After the concluding events of <i>Lowball</i>, Officer Francis Black
of Fort Freak, vigilante joker Marcus "The Infamous Black Tongue"
Morgan, and ace thief Mollie "Tesseract" Steunenberg get stuck in Talas,
Kazakhstan. There, the coldblooded Baba Yaga forces jokers into an
illegal fighting ring, but her hidden agenda is much darker: her
fighters' deaths serve to placate a vicious monster from another
dimension. When the last line of defense against this world weakens, all
hell breaks loose, literally....<br />
The Committee in New York sends a
team of aces to investigate. One by one, each falls victim to evil
forces--including the dark impulses within themselves. Only the
perseverance of the most unlikely of heroes has a chance of saving the
world before utter chaos erupts on Earth."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-39118510657674965152016-08-23T07:45:00.001-05:002016-08-23T07:45:38.363-05:00Eye on New Releases for August 23, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Third and final book of the Spellwright Trilogy)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spellbreaker-blake-charlton/1122537810?ean=9780765317292">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spellbreaker-blake-charlton/1122537810?ean=9781429949576">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spellbreaker-Spellwright-Trilogy-Blake-Charlton/dp/076531729X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471956130&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spellbreaker-Spellwright-Trilogy-Blake-Charlton-ebook/dp/B015MP6WLI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471956130&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"Leandra Weal has a bad habit of getting herself in dangerous situations. </div>
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While
hunting neodemons in her role as Warden of Ixos, Leandra obtains a
prophetic spell that provides a glimpse one day into her future. She
discovers that she is doomed to murder someone she loves, soon, but not
who. That’s a pretty big problem for a woman who has a shark god for a
lover, a hostile empress for an aunt, a rogue misspelling wizard for a
father, and a mother who--especially when arguing with her
daughter--can be a real dragon.<br />
<br />
Leandra’s quest to unravel the
mystery of the murder-she-will-commit becomes more urgent when her
chronic disease flares up and the Ixonian Archipelago is plagued by
natural disasters, demon worshiping cults, and fierce political
infighting. Everywhere she turns, Leandra finds herself amid intrigue
and conflict. It seems her bad habit for getting into dangerous
situations is turning into a full blown addiction.<br />
<br />
As chaos
spreads across Ixos, Leandra and her troubled family must race to
uncover the shocking truth about a prophesied demonic invasion, human
language, and their own identities--if they don't kill each other
first."</div>
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-58972416242905287702016-08-16T07:00:00.000-05:002016-08-16T07:00:17.803-05:00Eye on New Releases for August 16, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Book two of The Broken Earth)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-obelisk-gate-n-k-jemisin/1123110036?ean=9780316229265">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-obelisk-gate-n-k-jemisin/1123110036?ean=9780316229289">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Obelisk-Gate-Broken-Earth/dp/0316229261/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471290165&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Obelisk-Gate-Broken-Earth-Book-ebook/dp/B01922I1GG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471290165&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"This is the way the world ends, for the last time. </div>
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<br />The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. </div>
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<br />Essun
-- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not
her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the
world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the
fate of the Stillness forever.<br /><br /> Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power - and her choices will break the world."</div>
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(Tor.com novella)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dream-quest-of-vellitt-boe-kij-johnson/1123599221?ean=9780765391414">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dream-quest-of-vellitt-boe-kij-johnson/1123599221?ean=9780765386519">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Quest-Vellitt-Boe-Kij-Johnson/dp/0765391414/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471290378&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Quest-Vellitt-Boe-Kij-Johnson-ebook/dp/B01DJ0NARW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471290378&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s
College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from
the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.<br />
<br />
'Kij Johnson's haunting novella <i>The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe</i>
is both a commentary on a classic H.P. Lovecraft tale and a profound
reflection on a woman's life. Vellitt's quest to find a former student
who may be the only person who can save her community takes her through a
world governed by a seemingly arbitrary dream logic in which she
occasionally glimpses an underlying but mysterious order, a world ruled
by capricious gods and populated by the creatures of dreams and
nightmares. Those familiar with Lovecraft's work will travel through a
fantasy landscape infused with Lovecraftian images viewed from another
perspective, but even readers unfamiliar with his work will be
enthralled by Vellitt's quest. A remarkable accomplishment that repays
rereading.' —Pamela Sargent"<br />
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghost-talkers-mary-robinette-kowal/1122537756?ean=9780765378255">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghost-talkers-mary-robinette-kowal/1122537756?ean=9781466860735">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Talkers-Mary-Robinette-Kowal/dp/0765378256/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471290505&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Talkers-Mary-Robinette-Kowal-ebook/dp/B015MP6Y0M/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1471290505&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World
War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence
officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special
Spiritualist force.<br />
<br />
Each soldier heading for the front is
conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die
so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to
military intelligence.<br />
<br />
Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a
great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information
through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger
discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiance
to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining
things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being
directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices,
Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps
and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of
that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing…"<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-38827979788576960102016-08-09T07:00:00.000-05:002016-08-10T22:12:11.556-05:00Eye on New Releases for August 9, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Anthology)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-years-best-science-fiction-fantasy-novellas-2016-paula-guran/1123426899?ean=9781607014720">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-years-best-science-fiction-fantasy-novellas-2016-paula-guran/1123426899?ean=2940153402819">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Years-Science-Fiction-Fantasy-Novellas/dp/1607014726/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470691853&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Years-Science-Fiction-Fantasy-Novellas-ebook/dp/B01IPLAYNS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470691853&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Table of Contents:</b></u></div>
<ul>
<li>“The Citadel of Weeping Pearls” by Aliette de Bodard (<i>Asimov’s</i> Oct/Nov 2015)</li>
<li>“The Bone Swans of Amandale” by C.S.E. Cooney (<i>Bone Swans</i>, Mythic Delirium Books)</li>
<li>"Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor (<i>Binti</i>, Tor.com)</li>
<li>“The Last Witness” by K. J. Parker (<i>The Last Witness</i>, Tor.com)</li>
<li>“Johnny Rev” by Rachel Pollack (<i>F&SF</i> Jul/Aug 2015)</li>
<li>“Inhuman Garbage,” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (<i>Asimov’s </i>March 2015)</li>
<li>“Gypsy,” by Carter Scholz (<i>F&SF</i> Nov/Dec 2015)</li>
<li>“The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn,” by Usman Malik (<i>The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn</i>, Tor.com)</li>
<li>“What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear” by Bao Shu, translated by Ken Liu (<i>F&SF</i> Mar/Apr 2015)</li>
</ul>
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(Book three of The Tale of Shikanoko)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lord-of-the-darkwood-lian-hearn/1122597934?ean=9780374536336">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lord-of-the-darkwood-lian-hearn/1122597934?ean=9780374715038">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Darkwood-Book-Tale-Shikanoko/dp/0374536333/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692071&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Darkwood-Book-Tale-Shikanoko-ebook/dp/B01ARS7HVO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692071&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Shikanoko, at what should be a warrior’s hour of greatest triumph,
turns his back on those around him, in mourning for a secret love . . .<br />
<br />
The Spider Tribe, spurned by their guardian, explore the extent of their powers and ruthless ambitions. . .<br />
<br />
Hina, who alone knows the whereabouts of the true emperor, has to forge
a new identity of her own. No one must ever know that she is Kiyoyori’s
daughter . . .<br />
<br />
As the traditional powers navigate weakness and
disarray, old spirits and new figures enter the epic battle for the
Lotus Throne . . ."<br />
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-am-providence-nick-mamatas/1122378481?ean=9781597808354">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-am-providence-nick-mamatas/1122378481?ean=9781597808354">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Am-Providence-Novel-Nick-Mamatas/dp/1597808350/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692276&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/I-am-Providence-Nick-Mamatas-ebook/dp/B01B6FJOOK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692276&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"For fans of legendary pulp author H. P. Lovecraft, there is nothing
bigger than the annual Providence-based convention the Summer
Tentacular. Horror writer Colleen Danzig doesn’t know what to expect
when she arrives, but is unsettled to find that among the hobnobbing
between scholars and literary critics are a group of real freaks: book
collectors looking for volumes bound in human skin, and true believers
claiming the power to summon the Elder God Cthulhu, one of their idol’s
most horrific fictional creations, before the weekend is out.<br />
<br />
Colleen’s
trip spirals into a nightmare when her roommate for the weekend, an
obnoxious novelist known as Panossian, turns up dead, his face neatly
removed. What’s more unsettling is that, in the aftermath of the murder,
there is little concern among the convention goers. The Summer
Tentacular continues uninterrupted, except by a few bumbling police.<br />
<br />
Everyone
at the convention is a possible suspect, but only Colleen seems to show
any interest in solving the murder. So she delves deep into the
darkness, where occult truths have been lurking since the beginning of
time. A darkness where Panossian is waiting, spending a lot of time
thinking about Colleen, narrating a new Lovecraftian tale that could
very well spell her doom."<br />
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(Novella)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-days-of-new-paris-china-mieville/1122956482?ean=9780345543998">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-days-of-new-paris-china-mieville/1122956482?ean=9780345544001">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-New-Paris/dp/0345543998/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692397&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-New-Paris-ebook/dp/B0180SQC32/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692397&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer—and occult
disciple—Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group,
including Surrealist theorist André Breton. In the strange games of the
dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists,
Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is
the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world
forever.<br />
<br />
1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a
new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in
unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and
texts—and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces
with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and
make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and
rebellion: the exquisite corpse.<br />
<br />
But Sam is being hunted. And
new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties—to each
other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself."<br />
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(Collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/not-so-much-said-the-cat-michael-swanwick/1123512905?ean=9781616962289">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/not-so-much-said-the-cat-michael-swanwick/1123512905?ean=9781616962296">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Much-Said-Cat/dp/1616962283/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692491&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Much-Said-Cat-ebook/dp/B01EEQ9AY2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470692491&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Table of Contents:</b></u></div>
"Steadfast Castle"<br />
"The Man in Grey"<br />
"The Dala Horse"<br />
"The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree"<br />
"Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown"<br />
"3 A.M. in the Mesozoic Bar"<br />
"Passage of Earth"<br />
"From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled . . ."<br />
"For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again"<br />
"Libertarian Russia"<br />
"The Scarecrow’s Boy"<br />
"The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin"<br />
"Goblin Lake"<br />
"Pushkin the American"<br />
"An Empty House with Many Doors"<br />
"Tawny Petticoats"<br />
"The House of Dreams"<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-9723410611739785272016-08-02T07:00:00.000-05:002016-08-02T07:00:18.350-05:00Eye on New Releases for August 2, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Novella)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-language-of-dying-sarah-pinborough/1123110015?ean=9781681444369">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-language-of-dying-sarah-pinborough/1123110015?ean=9781681444345">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Language-Dying-Sarah-Pinborough/dp/1681444364/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470108850&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Language-Dying-Sarah-Pinborough-ebook/dp/B01922I26U/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470108850&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"In this emotionally gripping, genre-defying novella from Sarah
Pinborough, a woman sits at her father's bedside, watching the clock
tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters--she is
the middle child of five--have all turned up over the past week to pay
their last respects. Each is traumatized in his or her own way, and the
bonds that unite them to each other are fragile--as fragile perhaps as
the old man's health. <br /><br />With her siblings all gone, back to their
self-obsessed lives, she is now alone with the faltering wreck of her
father's cancer-ridden body. It is always at times like this when
it--the dark and nameless, the impossible, presence that lingers along
the fringes of the dark fields beyond the house--comes calling.<br /><br />As the clock ticks away in the darkness, she can only wait for it to find her, a reunion she both dreads and aches for..."</div>
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(Tor.com novella)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spiderlight-adrian-tchaikovsky/1123308473?ean=9780765388360">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spiderlight-adrian-tchaikovsky/1123308473?ean=9780765388353">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spiderlight-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0765388367/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470019442&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spiderlight-Adrian-Tchaikovsky-ebook/dp/B01ARRSVM4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470019442&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness
for as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that
a band of misfits, led by a high priestess will defeat the Dark Lord
Darvezian, armed with their wits, the blessing of the Light and an
artifact stolen from the merciless Spider Queen.<br />
<br />
Their journey
will be long, hard and fraught with danger. Allies will become enemies;
enemies will become allies. And the Dark Lord will be waiting, always
waiting…"<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-82185097016659909372016-07-26T15:26:00.001-05:002016-07-26T15:26:57.884-05:00Eye on New Releases for July 26, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Book five of the Craft Sequence)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/four-roads-cross-max-gladstone/1122537715?ean=9780765379429">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/four-roads-cross-max-gladstone/1122537715?ean=9781466868410">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Four-Roads-Cross-Novel-Sequence/dp/0765379422/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1469564457&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Four-Roads-Cross-Novel-Sequence-ebook/dp/B015W3Q0QW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1469564457&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"In <i>Four Roads Cross</i>, the great city of Alt Coulumb is in
crisis. The moon goddess Seril, long thought dead, is back--and the
people of Alt Coulumb aren't happy. Protests rock the city, and Kos
Everburning's creditors attempt a hostile takeover of the fire god's
church. Tara Abernathy, the god's in-house Craftswoman, must defend the
church against the world's fiercest necromantic firm--and against her
old classmate, a rising star in the Craftwork world.<br />
<br />
As if that weren't enough, Cat and Raz, supporting characters from <i>Three Parts Dead</i>,
are back too, fighting monster pirates; skeleton kings drink frozen
cocktails, defying several principles of anatomy; jails, hospitals, and
temples are broken into and out of; choirs of flame sing over Alt
Coulumb; demons pose significant problems; a farmers' market proves more
important to world affairs than seems likely; doctors of theology
strike back; Monk-Technician Abelard performs several miracles; The
Rats! play Walsh's Place; and dragons give almost-helpful counsel."<br />
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(Tor.com novella)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/city-of-wolves-willow-palecek/1123308645?ean=9780765389756">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/city-of-wolves-willow-palecek/1123308645?ean=9780765387356">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/City-Wolves-Willow-Palecek/dp/0765389754/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1469564688&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/City-Wolves-Willow-Palecek-ebook/dp/B01B1KP9SA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1469564688&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Alexander Drake, Investigator for Hire, doesn’t like working for the
Nobility, and doesn’t prefer to take jobs from strange men who accost
him in alleyways. A combination of hired muscle and ready silver have a
way of changing a man’s mind.<br />
<br />
A lord has been killed, his body
found covered in bite marks. Even worse, the late lord’s will is
missing, and not everyone wants Drake to find it. Solving the case might
plunge Drake into deeper danger."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-12529474122475219992016-07-19T07:00:00.000-05:002016-07-19T07:00:00.199-05:00Eye on New Releases for July 19, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-race-nina-allan/1120063479?ean=9781785650369">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-race-nina-allan/1120063479?ean=9781785650383">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Race-Nina-Allan/dp/178565036X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468790123&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Race-Nina-Allan-ebook/dp/B0174PMRA4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468790123&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
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"A child is kidnapped with consequences that extend across worlds… A
writer reaches into the past to discover the truth about a possible
murder… Far away a young woman prepares for her mysterious future… </div>
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In
a future scarred by fracking and ecological collapse, Jenna Hoolman’s
world is dominated by illegal smartdog racing: greyhounds genetically
modified with human DNA. When her young niece goes missing that world
implodes... Christy’s life is dominated by fear of her brother, a man
she knows capable of monstrous acts and suspects of hiding even
darker ones. Desperate to learn the truth she contacts Alex, who has his
own demons to fight… And Maree, a young woman undertaking a journey
that will change her world forever."</div>
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(Graphic novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/monstress-volume-1-marjorie-liu/1123808341?ean=9781632157096">B&N</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monstress-1-Awakening-Marjorie-Liu/dp/1632157098/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468790248&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monstress-Vol-1-Marjorie-Liu-ebook/dp/B01DJOS93I/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468790248&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"<span style="font-family: inherit;">Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a
richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells
the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of
war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of
tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make
them the target of both human and otherworldly powers."</span></div>
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-23219325473962047672016-07-12T07:00:00.000-05:002016-07-12T07:00:23.244-05:00Eye on New Releases for July 12, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-devourers-indra-das/1122818145?ean=9781101967515">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-devourers-indra-das/1122818145?ean=9781101967522">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Devourers-Indra-Das/dp/110196751X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468205585&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Devourers-Indra-Das-ebook/dp/B016TG5RLK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468205585&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"On a cool evening in Kolkata, India, beneath a full moon, as the
whirling rhythms of traveling musicians fill the night, college
professor Alok encounters a mysterious stranger with a bizarre
confession and an extraordinary story. Tantalized by the man’s
unfinished tale, Alok will do anything to hear its completion. So Alok
agrees, at the stranger’s behest, to transcribe a collection of battered
notebooks, weathered parchments, and once-living skins.<br /><br /> From
these documents spills the chronicle of a race of people at once more
than human yet kin to beasts, ruled by instincts and desires blood-deep
and ages-old. The tale features a rough wanderer in seventeenth-century
Mughal India who finds himself irrevocably drawn to a defiant woman—and
destined to be torn asunder by two clashing worlds. With every passing
chapter of beauty and brutality, Alok’s interest in the stranger grows
and evolves into something darker and more urgent."</div>
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(Book two of the Caeli-Amur)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-stars-askew-rjurik-davidson/1119439425?ean=9780765329899">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-stars-askew-rjurik-davidson/1119439425?ean=9781429945127">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stars-Askew-Caeli-Amur-Rjurik-Davidson/dp/0765329891/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468205864&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stars-Askew-Caeli-Amur-Rjurik-Davidson-ebook/dp/B00V34YLSE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468205864&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"With the seditionists in power, Caeli-Amur has begun a new age. Or
has it? The escaped House officials no longer send food, and the city is
starving.<br />
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When the moderate leader Aceline is murdered, the trail
leads Kata to a mysterious book that explains how to control the fabled
Prism of Alerion. But when the last person to possess the book is found
dead, it becomes clear that a conspiracy is afoot. At its center is
former House Officiate Armand, who has hidden the Prism. Armand is vying
for control of the Directorate, the highest political position in the
city, until Armand is betrayed and sent to a prison camp to mine deadly
bloodstone.<br />
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Meanwhile, Maximilian is sharing his mind with
another being: the joker-god Aya. Aya leads Max to the realm of the
Elo-Talern to seek a power source to remove Aya from Max's brain. But
when Max and Aya return, they find the vigilants destroying the last
remnants of House power.<br />
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It seems the seditionists' hopes for a
new age of peace and prosperity in Caeli-Amur have come to naught, and
every attempt to improve the situation makes it worse. The question now
is not just whether Kata, Max, and Armand can do anything to stop the
bloody battle in the city, but if they can escape with their lives."<br />
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(Book four of the Flavia Albia series)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/graveyard-of-the-hesperides-lindsey-davis/1122537740?ean=9781250078902">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/graveyard-of-the-hesperides-lindsey-davis/1122537740?ean=9781466891449">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Hesperides-Flavia-Albia-Novel/dp/1250078903/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206031&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Hesperides-Flavia-Albia-Novel-ebook/dp/B019N4X5FK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206031&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"On a typical day, it's small cases---cheating spouses, employees
dipping into the till---but this isn't a typical day. Her beloved, the
plebeian Manlius Faustus, has recently moved in and decided that they
should get married in a big, showy ceremony as part of beginning a
proper domestic life together. Also, his contracting firm has been
renovating a rundown dive bar called The Garden of the Hesperides, only
to uncover human remains buried in the backyard. There have been rumors
for years that the previous owner of the bar, now deceased, killed a bar
maid and these are presumably her remains. In the choice between
planning a wedding and looking into a crime from long ago, Albia would
much rather investigate a possible murder. Or murders, as more and more
remains are uncovered, revealing that something truly horrible has been
going on at the Hesperides.<br />
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As she gets closer to the truth behind
the bodies in the backyard, Albia's investigation has put her in the
cross-hairs---which might be the only way she'll get out of the wedding
and away from all her relatives who are desperate to 'help.'"<br />
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(Story collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://smallbeerpress.com/forthcoming/2015/10/06/a-natural-history-of-hell/">Small Beer</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/natural-history-of-hell-jeffrey-ford/1122750149?ean=9781618731180">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/natural-history-of-hell-jeffrey-ford/1122750149?ean=9781618731197">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Hell-Stories/dp/1618731181/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206320&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Hell-Stories-ebook/dp/B01HLN2IR6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206320&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"The Blameless"<br />
"Word Doll"<br />
"The Angel Seems"<br />
"Mount Chary Galore"<br />
"A Natural History of Autumn"<br />
"The Fairy Enterprise"<br />
"The Thyme Fiend"<br />
"The Last Triangle"<br />
"Hibbler’s Minions"<br />
"Rocket Ship to Hell"<br />
"The Prelate’s Commission"<br />
"A Terror"<br />
"Blood Drive"<br />
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arabella-of-mars-david-d-levine/1122537742?ean=9780765382818">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arabella-of-mars-david-d-levine/1122537742?ean=9781466889491">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arabella-Mars-Adventures-Ashby/dp/0765382814/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206385&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arabella-Mars-Adventures-Ashby-ebook/dp/B015MP6U7E/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206385&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"Since Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has
sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William
Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he
proved that space travel was both possible and profitable.<br />
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Now,
one century later, a plantation in a flourishing British colony on Mars
is home to Arabella Ashby, a young woman who is perfectly content
growing up in the untamed frontier. But days spent working on complex
automata with her father or stalking her brother Michael with her
Martian nanny is not the proper behavior of an English lady. That is
something her mother plans to remedy with a move to an exotic world
Arabella has never seen: London, England.<br />
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However, when events
transpire that threaten her home on Mars, Arabella decides that
sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than behaving as
expected. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of the<i> Diana,</i>
a ship serving the Mars Trading Company, where she meets a mysterious
captain who is intrigued by her knack with clockwork creations. Now
Arabella just has to weather the naval war currently raging between
Britain and France, learn how to sail, and deal with a mutinous crew…if
she hopes to save her family remaining on Mars."<br />
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(Book three of the Thessaly series)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/necessity-jo-walton/1122537784?ean=9780765379023">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/necessity-jo-walton/1122537784?ean=9781466865709">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Necessity-Novel-Thessaly-Jo-Walton/dp/0765379023/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206518&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Necessity-Novel-Thessaly-Jo-Walton-ebook/dp/B0191JTYIY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1468206518&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"More than sixty-five years ago, Pallas Athena founded the Just City
on an island in the eastern Mediterranean, placing it centuries before
the Trojan War, populating it with teachers and children from throughout
human history, and committing it to building a society based on the
principles of Plato's <i>Republic.</i> Among the City's children was Pytheas, secretly the god Apollo in human form.<br />
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Sixty years ago, the Just City schismed into five cities, each devoted to a different version of the original vision.<br />
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Forty
years ago, the five cities managed to bring their squabbles to a close.
But in consequence of their struggle, their existence finally came to
the attention of Zeus, who can't allow them to remain in deep antiquity,
changing the course of human history. Convinced by Apollo to spare the
Cities, Zeus instead moved everything on the island to the planet Plato,
circling its own distant sun.<br />
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Now, more than a generation has
passed. The Cities are flourishing on Plato, and even trading with
multiple alien species. Then, on the same day, two things happen.
Pytheas dies as a human, returning immediately as Apollo in his full
glory. And there's suddenly a human ship in orbit around Plato--a ship
from Earth."<br />
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(Book three of The Aspect-Emperor)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-ordeal-r-scott-bakker/1122809346?ean=9781468301694">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-ordeal-r-scott-bakker/1122809346?ean=9781468313512">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Ordeal-Three-Aspect-Emperor-Trilogy/dp/1468301691/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748096&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Ordeal-Three-Aspect-Emperor-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B01F0DFM0O/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748096&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"As Fanim war-drums beat just outside the city, the Empress Anasurimbor
Esmenet searches frantically throughout the palace for her missing son
Kelmomas. Meanwhile and many miles away, Esmenet’s husband’s Great
Ordeal continues its epic march further north. But in light of dwindling
supplies, the Aspect-Emperor’s decision to allow his men to consume the
flesh of fallen Sranc could have consequences even He couldn’t have
foreseen. And, deep in Ishuäl, the wizard Achamian grapples with his
fear that his unspeakably long journey might be ending in emptiness, no
closer to the truth than when he set out."</div>
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(Reprint anthology)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-the-woods-paula-guran/1122378554?ean=9781597808385">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-the-woods-paula-guran/1122378554?ean=9781597805865">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Woods-Fairy-Tales-Retold/dp/1597808385/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748342&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Woods-Fairy-Tales-Retold-ebook/dp/B01B6FJONQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748342&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"This new anthology compiles some of the best modern fairy-tale
retellings and reinventions from award-winning and bestselling authors,
acclaimed storytellers, and exciting new talents, into an enchanting
collection. Explore magical new realms by traveling with us, <i>Beyond the Woods</i> . . .
<br />
<u>Table of Contents:</u><br />
Tanith Lee – “Red as Blood” (Nebula Award nomination, 1980)<br />
Gene Wolfe – “In the House of Gingerbread” (World Fantasy Award nomination, 1988)<br />
Angela Slatter – “The Bone Mother”<br />
Elizabeth Bear – “Follow Me Light”<br />
Yoon Ha Lee – “Coin of Hearts Desire”<br />
Nalo Hopkinson – “The Glass Bottle Trick”<br />
Catherynne M. Valente – “The Maiden Tree”<br />
Holly Black – “Coat of Stars”<br />
Caitlín R. Kiernan – “Road of Needles”<br />
Kelly Link – “Travels with the Snow Queen” (World Fantasy Award nomination, 1999)<br />
Karen Joy Fowler – “Halfway People”<br />
Margo Lanagan – “Catastrophic Disruption of the Head”<br />
Shveta Thakrar – “Lavanya and Deepika”<br />
Theodora Goss – “Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon”<br />
Gardner Dozois – “Fairy Tale”<br />
Peter S. Beagle – “The Queen Who Could Not Walk”<br />
Priya Sharma – “Lebkuchen”<br />
Neil Gaiman – “Diamonds and Pearls: A Fairy Tale”<br />
Richard Bowes – “The Queen and the Cambion”<br />
Octavia Cade – “The Mussel Eater”<br />
Jane Yolen – “Memoirs of a Bottle Djinn”<br />
Steve Duffy – “Bears: A Fairy Tale of 1958”<br />
Charles de Lint –“The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep” (World Fantasy Award nomination, 1994)<br />
Veronica Schanoes – “Rats”<br />
Rachel Swirsky – “Beyond the Naked Eye”<br />
Ken Liu – “Good Hunting”<br />
Kirstyn McDermott – “The Moon’s Good Grace”<br />
Peter Straub – “The Juniper Tree”<br />
Jeff VanderMeer – “Greensleeves”<br />
Tanith Lee – “Beauty”<br />
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(Book two of The Dinosaur Lords)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dinosaur-knights-victor-milan/1122537751?ean=9780765332974">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dinosaur-knights-victor-milan/1122537751?ean=9781429966122">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Knights-Lords/dp/0765332973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748491&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Knights-Lords-ebook/dp/B015MP6VGO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748491&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Karyl Bogomirsky is one such knight who has chosen to rally those who
seek a way from the path of war and madness. The fact that the Empire
has announced a religious crusade against this peaceful kingdom, the
people who just wish to live in peace anathema, and they all are to be
converted or destroyed doesn't help him one bit.<br />
<br />
Things really
turn to mud when the dreaded Grey Angels, fabled ancient weapons of the
Gods who created Paradise in the first place come on the scene after
almost a millennia. Everyone thought that they were fables used to
scare children. They are very much real.<br />
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And they have come to rid the world of sin...including all the humans who manifest those vices."<br />
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(Book one of The Draconis Memoria)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-waking-fire-anthony-ryan/1123638815?ean=9781101987858">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-waking-fire-anthony-ryan/1123638815?ean=9781101987865">Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Fire-Draconis-Memoria/dp/1101987855/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748601&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Fire-Draconis-Memoria-ebook/dp/B016JPTQ68/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467748601&sr=1-1#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Trading Syndicate,
nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes. Harvested from captive
or hunted Reds, Greens, Blues and Blacks, it can be distilled into
elixirs that bestow fearsome powers on the rare men and women known as
the Blood-blessed.<br /> <br /> But not many know the truth: that the lines
of drakes are weakening. If they fail, war with the neighbouring
Corvantine Empire will follow swiftly. The Syndicate’s last hope resides
in whispers of the existence of another breed of drake, far more
powerful than the rest, and the few who have been chosen by fate to seek
it.<br /> <br /> Claydon Torcreek is a petty thief and an unregistered
Blood-blessed who finds himself pressed into service by the Protectorate
and sent to wild, uncharted lands in search of a creature he believes
is little more than legend. Lizanne Lethridge is a formidable spy and
assassin facing gravest danger on an espionage mission deep into the
heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore is the second lieutenant
of an Ironship cruiser whose pursuit of ruthless brigands leads him to a
far greater threat at the edge of the world."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-45919710682609318662016-06-28T20:40:00.000-05:002016-06-28T20:40:01.706-05:00Kickstarter Shout-out: Evil is a Matter of Perspective anthology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The team at <a href="https://grimdarkmagazine.com/"><b>GRIMDARK MAGAZINE</b></a>
want to get fantasy authors into the shoes of their established
antagonists and present you with 15+ dark fantasy stories in a beautiful
print tome. We've engaged a range of fantasy authors with established
worlds including R. Scott Bakker's <i>The Second Apocalypse</i>, Courtney Schafer's <i>Shattered Sigil</i>, Adrian Tchaikovsky's <i>Shadows of the Apt</i>, Teresa Frohock's <i>Los Nefilim</i>, Jeff Salyards' <i>Bloodsounder's Arc</i>, and many more.<br />
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You can view the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/155719766/evil-is-a-matter-of-perspective-an-anthology-of-an?ref=user_menu">Kickstarter</a> page here. <br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-90531684164916098352016-06-28T07:00:00.000-05:002016-06-28T07:00:13.023-05:00Eye on New Releases for June 28, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Graphic novel, volume 1)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/brandon-sandersons-white-sand-volume-1-brandon-sanderson/1123751877?ean=9781606908853">B&N</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brandon-Sandersons-White-Sand-1/dp/1606908855/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467081151&sr=1-2">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brandon-Sandersons-White-Sand-Vol-ebook/dp/B01E62OKF8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1467081151&sr=1-2#nav-subnav">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"On the planet of Taldain, the legendary Sand Masters harness arcane
powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are
slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of their number,
Kenton, believes himself to be the only survivor. With enemies closing
in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss -- a
mysterious Darksider who hides secrets of her own.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
White Sand
brings to life a crucial, unpublished part of Brandon Sanderson’s
sprawling Cosmere universe. The story has been adapted by Rik Hoskin
(Mercy Thompson), with art by Julius Gopez and colors by Ross Campbell.
Employing powerful imagery and Sanderson’s celebrated approach to
magical systems, White Sand is a spectacular new saga for lovers of
fantasy and adventure."<br />
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-69025799121277682902016-06-14T07:00:00.000-05:002016-06-14T07:00:03.682-05:00Eye on New Releases for June 14, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Debut novel)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-invisible-library-genevieve-cogman/1120258722?ean=9781101988640">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-invisible-library-genevieve-cogman/1120258722?ean=9781101988657">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Library-Novel/dp/1101988649?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364139&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Library-Novel-ebook/dp/B016JPTLJK?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364139&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy
organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the
different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai
have been sent to an alternative London. Their mission: Retrieve a
particularly dangerous book. The problem: By the time they arrive, it's
already been stolen. <br />
<br />
London's underground factions are
prepared to fight to the death to find the tome before Irene and Kai do,
a problem compounded by the fact that this world is chaos-infested—the
laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable
magic to run rampant. To make matters worse, Kai is hiding
something—secrets that could be just as volatile as the chaos-filled
world itself."</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steeplejack-a-j-hartley/1122537789?ean=9780765383426">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steeplejack-a-j-hartley/1122537789?ean=9781466891692">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Steeplejack-Alternative-Detective-J-Hartley/dp/076538342X?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364294&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steeplejack-Alternative-Detective-J-Hartley-ebook/dp/B015MP6X76?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364294&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga lives repairing the chimneys,
towers, and spires of the city of Bar-Selehm. Dramatically different
communities live and work alongside each other. The white Feldish
command the nation’s higher echelons of society. The native Mahweni are
divided between city life and the savannah. And then there’s Ang, part
of the Lani community who immigrated over generations ago as servants
and now mostly live in poverty on Bar-Selehm’s edges.</div>
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When Ang is
supposed to meet her new apprentice Berrit, she instead finds him dead.
That same night, the Beacon, an invaluable historical icon, is stolen.
The Beacon’s theft commands the headlines, yet no one seems to care
about Berrit’s murder—except for Josiah Willinghouse, an enigmatic young
politician. When he offers her a job investigating his death, she
plunges headlong into new and unexpected dangers.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile,
crowds gather in protests over the city’s mounting troubles. Rumors
surrounding the Beacon’s theft grow. More suspicious deaths occur. With
no one to help Ang except Josiah’s haughty younger sister, a savvy
newspaper girl, and a kindhearted herder, Ang must rely on her intellect
and strength to resolve the mysterious link between Berrit and the
missing Beacon before the city descends into chaos."<br />
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(Debut novel)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ninefox-gambit-yoon-ha-lee/1122858496?ean=9781781084496">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ninefox-gambit-yoon-ha-lee/1122858496?ean=9781849979924">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ninefox-Gambit-Machineries-Empire-Yoon/dp/1781084491?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364433&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ninefox-Gambit-Yoon-Ha-Lee-ebook/dp/B01EBE05X2?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364433&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her
unconventional tactics, Kel Command gives her a chance to redeem
herself, by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles from the
heretics. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing at stake: if the fortress
falls, the hexarchate itself might be next.<br />
<br />
Cheris’s best hope
is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that
Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure
out how to successfully besiege the fortress. The bad news is that
Jedao went mad in his first life and massacred two armies, one of them
his own.<br />
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As the siege wears on, Cheris must decide how far she can trust Jedao–because she might be his next victim."<br />
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Note: The short story, "<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lee_10_12/">The Battle of Candle Arc</a>" provides some background for the novel. </div>
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(Ninth and final book in the Temeraire series)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/league-of-dragons-naomi-novik/1122541594?ean=9780345522924">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/league-of-dragons-naomi-novik/1122541594?ean=9780345522948">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/League-Dragons-Temeraire-Naomi-Novik/dp/0345522923?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364528&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/League-Dragons-Temeraire-Naomi-Novik-ebook/dp/B013ZNK4OK?ie=UTF8&qid=1464364528&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"Napoleon’s invasion of Russia has been roundly thwarted. But even as
Capt. William Laurence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the retreating
enemy through an unforgiving winter, Napoleon is raising a new force,
and he’ll soon have enough men and dragons to resume the offensive.
While the emperor regroups, the allies have an opportunity to strike
first and defeat him once and for all—if internal struggles and petty
squabbles don’t tear them apart.<br />
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Aware of his weakened
position, Napoleon has promised the dragons of every country—and the
ferals, loyal only to themselves—vast new rights and powers if they
fight under his banner. It is an offer eagerly embraced from Asia to
Africa—and even by England, whose dragons have long rankled at their
disrespectful treatment.<br />
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But Laurence and his faithful dragon
soon discover that the wily Napoleon has one more gambit at the
ready—one that that may win him the war, and the world."</div>
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Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781567104543124593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671550173293691645.post-5634501025200855602016-06-07T07:00:00.001-05:002016-06-07T07:00:06.841-05:00Eye on New Releases for June 7, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Anthology)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-best-science-fiction-of-the-year-neil-clarke/1122378353?ean=9781597808545">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-best-science-fiction-of-the-year-neil-clarke/1122378353?ean=9781597805889">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Science-Fiction-Year-One/dp/1597808547?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322238&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Best-Science-Fiction-Year-ebook/dp/B019E7O4FQ?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322238&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Table of Contents:</b></u></div>
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“Introduction: A State of the Short SF Field in 2015” by Neil Clarke<br />
“Today I Am Paul” by Martin Shoemaker<br />
“Calved” by Sam J. Miller<br />
“Three Bodies at Mitanni” by Seth Dickinson<br />
“The Smog Society” by Chen Quifan<br />
“In Blue Lily’s Wake” by Aliette de Bodard<br />
“Hello, Hello” by Seanan McGuire<br />
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfiang<br />
“Capitalism in the 22nd Century” by Geoff Ryman<br />
“Hold-Time Violations” by John Chu<br />
“Wild Honey” by Paul McAuley<br />
“So Much Cooking” by Naomi Kritzer<br />
“Bannerless” by Carrie Vaughn<br />
“Another Word for World” by Ann Leckie<br />
“The Cold Inequalities” by Yoon Ha Lee<br />
“Iron Pegasus” by Brenda Cooper<br />
“The Audience” by Sean McMullen<br />
“Empty” by Robert Reed<br />
“Gypsy” by Carter Scholz<br />
“Violation of the TrueNet Security Act” by Taiyo Fujii<br />
“Damage” by David D. Levine<br />
“The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss” by David Brin<br />
“No Placeholder for You, My Love” by Nick Wolven<br />
“Outsider” by An Owomeyla<br />
“The Gods Have Not Died in Vain” by Ken Liu<br />
“Cocoons” by Nancy Kress<br />
“Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World” by Caroline M. Yoachim<br />
“Two-Year Man” by Kelly Robson<br />
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer<br />
“Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan” by Ian McDonald<br />
“Meshed” by Rich Larson<br />
“A Murmuration” by Alastair Reynolds</div>
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-green-and-ancient-light-frederic-s-durbin/1122750765?ean=9781481442220">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-green-and-ancient-light-frederic-s-durbin/1122750765?ean=9781481442244">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Green-Ancient-Light-Frederic-Durbin/dp/1481442228?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322495&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Green-Ancient-Light-Frederic-Durbin-ebook/dp/B01673Z42C?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322495&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, <i>A Green and Ancient Light</i>
is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother
for the summer in a serene fishing village. Their tranquility is
shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane, the arrival of
grandmother’s friend Mr. Girandole—a man who knows the true story of
Cinderella’s slipper—and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove
of ruins behind grandmother’s house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and
overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values
of courage and sacrifice."<br />
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(Debut novel)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/homegoing-yaa-gyasi/1122713500?ean=9781101947135">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/homegoing-yaa-gyasi/1122713500?ean=9781101947142">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Homegoing-novel-Yaa-Gyasi/dp/1101947136?ie=UTF8&qid=1465268660&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Homegoing-novel-Yaa-Gyasi-ebook/dp/B015VACH4U?ie=UTF8&qid=1465268660&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"Two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages in
eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and
lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst
to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle’s
dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast’s booming
slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and
grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread of <i>Homegoing</i>
follows Effia’s descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as
the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British
colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into
America. From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the
Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz
clubs and dope houses of twentieth-century Harlem, right up through the
present day, <i>Homegoing</i> makes history visceral, and captures,
with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of captivity came
to be inscribed in the soul of a nation."</div>
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(Book two of The Tale of Shikanoko)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autumn-princess-dragon-child-lian-hearn/1122597937?ean=9780374536329">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autumn-princess-dragon-child-lian-hearn/1122597937?ean=9780374715021">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Princess-Dragon-Child-Shikanoko/dp/0374536325?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322614&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Princess-Dragon-Child-Shikanoko-ebook/dp/B01827IPVI?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322614&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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"Shikanoko has been humbled by failure, and his once clear destiny has become clouded . . .The Autumn Princess and the boy who is the true emperor are fugitives in the forest, alone and unprotected . . .In the mountain sorcerer’s hut a new generation of the Old People is
born―the Spider Tribe, not quite human, not quite demons, and quickly
coming of age . . .One clan is in retreat, the other holds the
capital, and natural disasters follow one upon another. Will Heaven ever
be placated?<br />
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In <i>Autumn Princess, Dragon Child</i>, the old
order has come unsettled and the weave of destiny has become
unpredictable as it is pulled tighter, sharper, faster, by the instincts
for vengeance and redemption, loyalty and survival. The battle for the
Lotus Throne has begun in earnest.<br />
In this medieval Japan of Lian
Hearn’s peerless imagination―so full of magic, beauty, violence, love,
and sorrow―the only thing truly inevitable is that these forces are
building to a brutal climax, though who the players will be and what the
stakes will be cannot yet be told."<br />
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(Non-fiction essay collection)</div>
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/last-night-a-superhero-saved-my-life-liesa-mignogna/1122537832?ean=9781250043924">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/last-night-a-superhero-saved-my-life-liesa-mignogna/1122537832?ean=9781466842267">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-Superhero-Saved-Life/dp/1250043921?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322774&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-Superhero-Saved-Life-ebook/dp/B01828APGU?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322774&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"As broad as our exponentially growing cultural fascination with caped
crusaders is, it runs just as deep as this long awaited anthology
underscores. Liesa Mignogna the VP, Editorial Director at Simon Pulse
and editor of this anthology can expound on the virtues of Batman (her
wedding was even Batman-themed) but it's her retelling of incredibly
harrowing yet ultimately inspiring encounters with The Dark Knight over
the years, as she struggled to coexist with the supervillains in her own
family that birthed this collection.<br />
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<i>Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life</i>
gives readers the chance to connect to their beloved authors, while
those same authors connect to their beloved superheroes, and within that
feedback loop of respect and admiration lies a stellar, and
phenomenally accessible, anthology full of thrills, chills, and spills.<br />
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Contributors include <i>New York Times</i>
bestsellers Christopher Golden, Leigh Bardugo, Brad Meltzer, Neil
Gaiman, Carrie Vaughn, Jodi Picoult, and Jamie Ford, as well as
award-winners and mainstays like Joe R. Lansdale, Karina Cooper, and Ron
Currie, Jr among many others. <i>Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life</i>'s
authors share their most hilarious and most heart wrenching experiences
with their chosen defender to explain why superheroes matter, what they
tell us about who we are, and what they mean for our future."<br />
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(<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-medusa-chronicles-stephen-baxter/1123131214?ean=9781481479677">B&N</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-medusa-chronicles-stephen-baxter/1123131214?ean=9781481479691">Nook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medusa-Chronicles-Sekret-Machines/dp/1481479679?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322906&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Medusa-Chronicles-Sekret-Machines-ebook/dp/B019DKO3Z0?ie=UTF8&qid=1464322906&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>)</div>
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<u><b>Synopsis:</b></u></div>
"A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Nebula Award–winning novella “A
Meeting with Medusa,” this novel continues the thrilling adventure of
astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity’s first explorer of Jupiter from two
modern science fiction masters.<br />
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Howard Falcon almost lost his life
in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere
of Jupiter—and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise
brought him back. But he is no longer himself. Instead, he has been
changed into an augmented human: part man, part machine, and
exceptionally capable.<br />
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With permission from the Clarke Estate,
Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds continue this beloved writer’s
enduring vision and have created a fresh story for new readers. <i>The Medusa Chronicles</i>
charts Falcon’s journey through the centuries granted by his new body,
but always back to mysteries of Jupiter and the changing interaction
between humanity and the universe."<br />
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