one of the best collections that I've ever read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I'm impressed - this is good stuff!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This collection was my first introduction to Alastair Reynolds' work. Readers are hooked on Alastair Reynolds' short stories: One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers. With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout shorts in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS, as well as MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG.Īlastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. This collection includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout episodes in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' The Times
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In other words, automatic culture clashes, even when both sides say they're trying to get along. In the U.S., there are two basic scenarios for dealing with alien races: science fiction, but it's a very subtle shading. James Alan Gardner: I think there is a difference between Canadian and U.S. Louis Bright-Raven: Is there any significant difference between the American and Canadian SF scenes? We in America rarely hear of what's happening in the Canadian (or other English-speaking) scenes. This interview was conducted over the course of late October/early November 2001 via email. Born and raised in Canada, he now lives in Kitchener, Ontario with his wife Linda Carson and his confused but earnest rabbit, Basil. He's published five novels through Eos his latest, Ascending, was released in November 2001, and is available through the Science Fiction Book Club and your local bookstore. Winner of the Grand Prize for Short Fiction in the 1989 Writers Of The Future contest, Gardner has been a finalist for and has won the Aurora award, the Canadian version of the Hugo, for Best Short Work in English he has also been a finalist for both the Hugo and Nebula for his short fiction. His ever-growing list of published short fiction has appeared in Amazing, Asimov's, Galaxies, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nature, On-Spec, Tesseracts 3-6, and other venues. James Alan Gardner is fast becoming one of science fiction's veteran authors. Simon believes that there isn’t enough room in Andy’s life for two furry friends, so he uses the power of the pen to get Baxter to move out. He had done a good job taking care of his boy, Andy, but now that Andy’s parents are divorced, a dog named Baxter has moved into Andy’s dad’s house. 6-8)Įpistolary dispatches from the eternal canine/feline feud. Children will come back to this less for the story or the glimpses of Mazatecan life than for the vivid visuals. They sit beneath the huge pachota tree, where her “bellybutton” was buried so that “if ever I were to go far away, I would come back.” Then she drifts into sleep. Defined in spots, bands, and splashes of bright acrylics in multiple layers that melt into each other, the houses, trees, and river seem to shimmer in tones of orange, purple, green, and deep blue on successive spreads, as Napí listens to her grandfather’s tales. ”-describes how the day’s color changes make her feel, sees herons lighting in the trees at nightfall, and dreams of being a heron herself, flying “safe and happy” over her river and village. In terse, wooden prose, a child introduces herself and her family-“We are Mazateca Indians. Outdoing even her work in Subcomandante Marcos’s Story of Colors (2003) for symphonic plays of hue, Domi illustrates another fellow Zapatista’s text with dazzling, stylized Oaxacan figures and scenes. Powerless / Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Published by Sourcebooks Fire, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Sourcebooks, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor in this book. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.Īll brand names and product names used in this book are trademarks, registered trademarks, or trade names of their respective holders. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously. 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With so much wrong in the film it is hard to differentiate whose shoulders must bear the brunt of the blame. I'm disappointed and all I did was read the summary of the novel after watching the film, and all I can say is "woof, Cliffnotes, eat your heart out." Serena is a tragedy of editing, direction, screen writing, and acting all with a pretty paint job to delude viewers into thinking the drama is adequate. Anyone who has read the novel Serena by Ron Rash should be deeply disappointed by the film adaptation by screenwriter Christopher Kyle and director Susanne Bier. Their saga and dramatics for success is the basis of the narrative within this film. Together, the newly married couple return to North Carolina and pursue the venture together, Serena being the ever proficient business partner. While in the Northeast he meets a captivating woman named Serena (Jennifer Lawrence) and marries her. George Pemberton (Bradley Cooper) is trying to build a timber empire in North Carolina in 1929. Serena is a bunch of melodramatic nonsense masked as a worthy Hollywood feature film – when in reality it is just a bigger budgeted soap opera set in a historical time period. If a film has Academy Award nominated actors, is based off a New York Times bestseller, it can still be a crap movie. Can Mackenzie untangle the mystery before she herself unravels? And unless Mac can track down the real culprit, she'll lose everything, not only her role as Keeper, but her memories, and even her life. She's sure the Archive knows more than they are letting on, but before she can prove it, she becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile, people are vanishing without a trace, and the only thing they seem to have in common is Mackenzie. She knows the past is past, knows it cannot hurt her, but it feels so real, and when her nightmares begin to creep into her waking hours, she starts to wonder if she's really safe. But moving on isn't easy-not when her dreams are haunted by what happened. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she's struggling to get her life back. Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.Įach body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. But she plunged back in, adamant that she had more lives to save, and led a victorious guerilla campaign, liberating swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown. Even as her face covered wanted posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and-despite her prosthetic leg-helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it. In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. So, then it became, “Okay, what can go horribly wrong in their lives?” After much brainstorming, I settled on “zombie animals,” which isn’t a unique concept but certainly an under-utilized one. STRAND: I had no story idea when I wrote the first chapter - I just liked the idea of this gruff, antisocial guy living in a cabin deep in the woods suddenly having a baby thrust upon him after his sister died. HORROR ADDICTS: Undead animals? What sparked the idea for Ferocious? He even answers the question if there will be a second Wolf Hunt sequel. Strand, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, agreed to an exclusive interview with about his new book and shares news on a couple of other future projects. Purchase the Kindle edition of Ferocious here. Strand’s horror novels, Pressure and Dweller, earned Bram Stoker Award nominations, but the versatile author has also written young adult comedies, horror comedies, and even a romantic comedy.Ĭheck out his website and ridiculously long bio here. Strand’s first new release of 2019 is the Kindle version of Ferocious, an action-packed novel about wild zombie animals on the prowl in a forest where Uncle Rusty and his teenage niece Mia live off the grid in a cabin. Horror author Jeff Strand is already having a ferocious 2019 following a productive 2018, which featured five new releases from the four-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated writer. In addition to fiction, Macomber has also published three bestselling cookbooks, three adult coloring books, numerous inspirational and nonfiction works, and two acclaimed children’s books.Ĭelebrated as “the official storyteller of Christmas”, Macomber’s annual Christmas books are beloved and six have been crafted into original Hallmark Channel movies. In 2023, Macomber’s all-new hardcover publication includes Must Love Flowers (July). Fifteen of these novels hit the number one spot. Macomber’s novels have spent over 1,000 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. In her novels, Macomber brings to life compelling relationships that embrace family and enduring friendships, uplifting her readers with stories of connection and hope. Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of today’s most popular writers with more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide. Not even his lifelong quest for revenge will stop him from keeping her safe, even if every battle could be his last. The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.Īs Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers-powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. |