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fishfingersandscarves · 4 months
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hello i am once again continuing my tradition of redesigning my favorite book's cover
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agardenandlibrary · 3 months
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another episode of my podcast Backlog Books out now! (link in pinned post)
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
Let’s set the stage: in the future, the Company has discovered time travel – but only to the past – and immortality – but only by basically turning you into a cyborg. I’m sure this company will use these innovations only for good and not for profit. So they set out to use time travel to go back and rescue long extinct plants and animals and works of art for the future. Which they then use to generate profit for the company. Well, what did you expect? How dare a book make me sad, I say, having picked up a book that starts with the main character being taken by the Spanish Inquisition.
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grison-in-space · 9 months
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I have found myself rereading the Anvil of the World (Kage Baker) in the wake of this morning's bit about the butterflies, and I'm delighted by Lord Ermenwyr all over again:
“…with complete confidence, my lord. The man is a seasoned veteran of the roads. Er—Smith! I have the great honor of commending to your care the very noble Lord Ermenwyr of the House Kingfisher.” “Honor to your house, lord,” said Smith, rising to his feet though he’d never heard of the House Kingfisher. Lord Ermenwyr was doubled over in a coughing fit. When he straightened up, dabbing at his lips with an embroidered handkerchief, Smith beheld a slender young man. A pomaded and spangled beard was visible below his half mask, which was that of a unicorn’s head. He had extended the unicorn theme to an elaborate codpiece, from which a silver horn spiraled up suggestively. The eyes behind the mask had the glitter of fever. “Hello,” he croaked. “So you’re the fellow taking me to Salesh-by-the-Sea? I hope you’ve had some training as a psychopomp too. I expect to die en route.” “His lordship is pleased to be humorous,” said Smith’s cousin, wringing his hands. “His lord father has paid a great deal for his passage to the health resort at Salesh, and I have written to assure him in the strongest terms that Lord Ermenwyr will arrive there safely.” “Really?” said Lord Ermenwyr. “Watch this, then.” He reached out with the toe of his boot and drew a bull’s-eye in the dust. Stepping back several paces, he hawked and spat in a neat arc, hitting the center of the target with a gob of blood. “You see?” he said brightly, as Smith and his cousin stared. “Utterly moribund. Don’t worry, though; I’ve got embalming spices in my luggage, and Daddy won’t mind my early demise much, whatever he may have written.” Smith’s cousin closed his mouth, then said hastily, “It’s simply the inconvenience of our local weather, my lord. I myself coughed up a little blood not an hour ago. It passes with the first winter rains!”
There really ought to be more chronically ill characters with that kind of a sense of humor rocketing around.
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thepotentialof2007 · 1 year
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A thought like a loose plank in a bridge, to be stepped around.
Kage Baker, In the Garden of Iden
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weirdesplinder · 1 year
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Questo fine 2022 invece dei soliti post dedicati ai libri natalizi o ai riassuntoni di cosa si è letto durante l’anno, siccome per me questo è stato un anno horribilis da dimenticare, ho deciso di regalarvi una serie di post e video dedicati ai LIBRI CON VIAGGI NEL TEMPO.
Cosa c’è di meglio per fuggire alla realtà che viaggiare nel tempo?
Spero queste lista vi saranno utili e vi intratterranno, e come sempre vi invito ad aggiungere i vostri titoli preferiti di questo genere.
Ogni lista è specifica di un genere per agevolarvi e suddividere il LISTONE che altrimenti sarebbe stato lunghissimo.
Il primo video è dedicato a:
LISTA DI LIBRI CON VIAGGI NEL TEMPO, VIDEO 1, SEZIONE FANTASCIENZA-SCIFI:
- Inverso,  William Gibson (serie di 2 libri)
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Trama: America, futuro prossimo. Flynne Fisher vive in una zona rurale  dove il lavoro è scarso per chi sceglie di non dedicarsi alla produzione  di droghe sintetiche, l'unica attività remunerativa. Dopo un periodo in  cui è stata ingaggiata per combattere in un gioco online, Flynne ora  cerca di mantenersi facendo l'assemblatrice in un negozio locale di  stampa 3D. Ma arrivare a fine mese è difficile. Suo fratello Burton, ex  Marine, non è in una condizione migliore, e come unica forma di  sostentamento ha il denaro che gli viene passato dall'esercito in quanto  veterano di guerra con gravi lesioni neurologiche riportate sul campo.  Inghilterra, settant'anni dopo. Wilf Netherton vive a Londra. È un  professionista affermato e un uomo potente all'interno di una società in  cui i ricchi sono la maggior parte e i poveri sono stati eliminati  quasi interamente. Una realtà in cui tornare indietro nel tempo è solo  un hobby come tanti. America, futuro prossimo. Flynne e Burton accettano  un lavoro come parte della sicurezza occulta nel prototipo di un nuovo  gioco online ambientato in una Londra simile a quella che conoscono, ma  con alcune distorsioni. In questa piattaforma non si spara, ma i crimini  a cui Flynne assiste sono molto peggiori. Flynne e Wilf sono destinati a  conoscersi in una terra di mezzo. Un incontro che cambierà per sempre  il modo di vedere il presente e il futuro di ciascuno di loro.
- LA FINE DELL'ETERNITA', di Asimov
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 In un futuro ancora molto lontano l'uomo ha imparato a viaggiare  nel tempo, spostandosi con disinvoltura da un secolo all'altro e  organizzando traffici commerciali tra ere diverse. Il viaggio nel tempo  permette anche di tenere l'umanità sotto rigido controllo, modificando  tutto ciò che potrebbe provocare gravi turbamenti nella storia. A  effettuare i cambiamenti sono delegati gli analisti e i tecnici della  chiusa casta degli Eterni, gli unici in grado di manipolare passato e  futuro. Un giorno però Andrew Harlan, un giovane Eterno, si trova di  fronte a una scelta atroce: salvare l'eternità o il suo amore, e non  avrà dubbi.
-Hyperion, di Dan Simmons (serie di 4 libri)
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Link al post che ho dedicato alla serie: https://weirdesplinder.tumblr.com/post/654156471593041920/i-canti-di-hyperion
In  un lontano futuro nel quale tutti i pianeti sono ormai riuniti in una  pacifica federazione una nuova e pericolosa minaccia si profila per  l'umanità. Sul pianeta Hyperion, l'unico che non ha aderito alla  federazione, una creatura dotata di poteri divini, fra cui quello di  viaggiare nel tempo, lo Shrike, è pronto per sferrare il suo attacco.  Alla vigilia dell'Armageddon, che costituirà la fine dell'intera  Galassia, sette pellegrini si mettono in viaggio alla ricerca di una  soluzione ad un terribile enigma.
- La Compagnia del Tempo, di  Kage Baker   (serie di 11 libri)
Link: https://amzn.to/2LOeCob
Nel  Ventiquattresimo secolo la Dr. Zeus,  Inc. (altrimenti nota come la  Compagnia) offre l'immortalità fisica e la possibilità  di viaggiare nel  tempo: i suoi agenti continuano a scandagliare i secoli  per recuperare  antichi tesori d'arte e materiale genetico indispensabile  alle  ricerche. Mendoza, una specialista in botanica che la Compagnia ha   prelevato dalla Spagna del XVI secolo, deve raccogliere alcuni esemplari  di  rare specie ormai estinte. Ma sul suo cammino incontrerà  l'Inquisizione, un  amichevole cyborg e soprattutto la sconfinata  ingordigia della Compagnia,  il cui vero scopo è arricchirsi a spese del  passato…
-La luce del passato, di Arthur C. Clarke
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2037.  OurWorld è un centro di tecnologia avanzata ideato da Hiram  Patterson,imprenditore spregiudicato. Non soddisfatto di avere il  monopolio delle telecomunicazioni planetarie, Patterson convince il  figlio David, coadiuvato dal fratellastro Bobby e dalla giornalista  Kate, a realizzare la WormCam, una macchina che può sorvegliare chiunque  in qualsiasi momento. La WormCam può inoltre viaggiare nel tempo e  visualizzare il passato. Se da un lato tale invenzione porterà molti  vantaggi all'umanità, dall'altro si potrà frugare nella vita intima  delle persone, ledendone le libertà fondamentali.Consapevoli di tale  pericolo Bobby e Kate cercheranno di sfuggire allo sguardo implacabile  della prodigiosa macchina e a rimediare ai loro errori..
-La macchina del tempo, di G. H. Wells
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Un gentiluomo inglese, scienziato dilettante, annuncia una sera ai suoi  amici di aver costruito una macchina in grado di viaggiare attraverso il  tempo, sia nel passato che nel futuro, e di essere in procinto di  partire per la sua prima esplorazione. Dà  loro appuntamento a casa sua  per la settimana successiva. Al loro arrivo, gli ospiti del Viaggiatore  nel tempo (così è denominato nel romanzo) lo vedono tornare, piuttosto  malconcio, da un viaggio nel lontano futuro. Il Narratore, che era uno  degli ospiti, riporta fra virgolette il resoconto del Viaggiatore. Egli  racconta di essere montato sulla sua macchina per il viaggio di collaudo  e di essersi subito spinto fino all’anno 802701. In una Terra che della  passata civiltà umana conserva solo rare vestigia, ma che per opera  delle precedenti generazioni è stata interamente liberata dalle  malattie, dagli animali nocivi e anche dalle asperità climatiche, il  Viaggiatore è venuto a contatto con due future razze umane: gli Eloi e i  Morlock. I primi vivono in quella sorta di ospitale e confortevole  giardino che è diventata la superficie terrestre, e sono d’aspetto  grazioso, miti e gentili, ma la loro intelligenza è pari a quella dei  bambini. I secondi vivono sotto terra, sono astuti, infidi e d’aspetto  repellente. Il Viaggiatore ritiene che i Morlock siano i discendenti,  totalmente abbrutiti, delle attuali classi lavoratrici; gli Eloi  sarebbero invece i discendenti delle classi dominanti, rammolliti e  istupiditi da secoli di benessere materiale.
- L’ Incognita del tempo, di Stephen Baxter
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Ideale  seguito del libro di Wells, La macchina del tempo. Il Viaggiatore del  Tempo nel grande capolavoro di H.G. Wells “La macchina del tempo” pensa  con rimpianto a “come sia stato breve il sogno dell'intelletto umano”.  Ma Stephen Baxter sa quello che Wells non poteva sapere, cioè  proiettandosi nel tempo il Viaggiatore ha cambiato il futuro e sarà  destinato a cambiarlo ancora. Svegliandosi nella casa di Richmond, al  ritorno dal suo primo viaggio, il Viaggiatore non riesce a soffocare i  rimorsi. Ha abbandonato la bella e indifesa Weena, del mite popolo degli  Eloi, alle brame cannibalesche dei Morlock, la razza umana degenerata  da cui è stato costretto a fuggire. Decide così di ripartire prontamente  per un nuovo viaggio nell'anno 802.701 d.C., ma scopre con sgomento di  essere entrato in un “altro” futuro…
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This scene would not leave my head so I had to try and draw it. (The outstretched hand was really hard)
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aetnart · 2 years
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The Life of the World to Come
Exercise, copy of the cover of " The Life of the World to Come " by Kage Baker (original by Franco Brambilla) 2022
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lizabethstucker · 5 months
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The Mammoth Book of the End of the World edited by Mike Ashley
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3.5 out of 5
A collection of twenty-four short stories and novellas exploring the destruction of civilization and/or the planet. The authors range from Golden Age giants to more modern ones. While the majority of the stories are reprints, there are a few original to this collection.
I've taken my time reading this chunky book which is reflected in the time taken from start to finish. I find collections like this work better for me when I dip in when I want something different from what else that I've been reading. However the stories are different enough to read through with no interruptions.
One of the better collections of this trope that I've read in many years. Only one story came in rated at less than 3 stars, an unusual situations with such a narrow focus and large number of stories. A few of my favorites include "When Sysadmins Ruled the World" by Cory Doctorow; "The Last Sunset" by Geoffrey A. Landis, particularly heart wrenching; and "And the Deep Blue Sea" by Elizabeth Bear.
If you love well written stories, consider picking this up. It is well worth your time.
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ladykissingfish · 3 months
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*Gaara and Naruto, in Naruto's office* Gaara: My thanks again for hosting me this week. Naruto: Ah, it's no problem, Gaara. We're friends, aren't we? And what kind of friend lets another friend come to his village and NOT have him in their own house?! *lightly punches Gaara on the shoulder* Gaara, smiling: Tsk; such informality between Kages. Our respective village elders would disapprove. But speaking of which ... you're positive there's not a problem with me staying with you? Naruto: Why would there be a problem? Gaara: Well ... I get the feeling that Sasuke isn't too happy to have me there ... Naruto: What do you mean? Sasuke knows how important you are to me, both as a friend and an ally to the Leaf. Gaara: I get that, but, I don't know. Sometimes I see him watching me out of the corner of his eye when we're talking and he honestly looks like he wants to kill me or something. Naruto: *bursts out laughing* Sasuke? Kill YOU? Come on, now. He's so sweet and gentle and -- *Gaara pulls a small, plastic-wrapped bag out of his pocket and puts it on the desk* Gaara: So the other day, while you were out, he made me these. Naruto: *looks at the bag* Cookies? See, he DOES like you! Sasuke is a great baker and his cookies are fantastic! You're in for a real treat, dattebayo! He -- Gaara: He filled these with almonds. After asking me to my face if I had any allergies. I told him when I eat any kind of nuts, my face swells up and I can't breathe. I watched him in the kitchen, chopping up almonds and adding them to the cookie batter. And smiling at me while he did it. Naruto: Naruto: M-maybe -- Gaara: Don't worry; I already asked Lee if I could stay with him.
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magnificentmoose · 4 months
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favorites from 2023
novels
moby dick by herman melville*
mendoza in hollywood by kage baker
in memoriam by alice winn
everything is Illuminated by jonathan safran foer
plays
the baltimore waltz by paula vogel
ironbound by martyna majok
hurricane diane by madeleine george
film + tv
please, baby, please dir. amanda kramer (2022)
la dolce vita dir. federico fellini (1960)
beau travail dir. claire denis (1999)
encounters at the end of the world dir. werner herzog (2007)**
lifetime guarantee: phranc’s adventures in plastic dir. lisa udelson (2001)***
broadchurch (2013-2017)
* this listing also includes the opera by jake heggie + gene scheer. ** the nihilistic penguin has become a strangely endearing symbol for my endless trudge to finish grad school. i watched a grand total of 9 werner herzog films this year.)
*** saw phranc perform "tupperware lady" before my screening of this doc and it was absolutely everything.
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mitchipedia · 5 months
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Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles I read Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” when I was a teen-ager, and did not find it erotic, and didn’t realize it was intended to be erotic. The eroticism just went right over my head. I thought it was long-winded and Louis was a self-absorbed whiner. But I did finish the book.
When I was in my 20s, I read “The Vampire Lestat” and loved it. Again: If it was intended to be erotic, I didn’t realize it or even register it. I grooved on it as a science fiction nerd. It turned a science fiction cliche on its head—the belief that a person from the past, transported to the present, would have his brain fried by all the technology and science. Lestat tells us he grew up in the French Enlightenment—science, technology, sexual freedom and exalting the common people were all familiar to him.
I loved that the book “Interview With the Vampire” existed in the Vampire Chronicles universe, and Lestat felt about that book exactly as I did.
I loved the idea of vampires as heroes. Or at least protagonists.
And I loved the Deep Time history of it. You think events in the Enlightenment were long ago? How about Ancient Rome? OK, you think that’s old—how about ancient Egypt? I’m still a sucker for that kind of thing today. I’m currently reading Kage Baker’s series about the Company; she makes ancient Egypt look like current events.
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agardenandlibrary · 7 months
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My current read is a sci-fi historical novel. It's good so far!
In the future, The Company has figured out a) immortality (by turning people (mostly children) into cyborgs) and b) time travel (but only back in time (for now)(they "save" missing art and extinct animals)).
The book follows one of the new immortals as she's taken from 16th century Spain, turned into a cyborg and taught human history, then returned to the 16th century and told to work for the good of The Company to Save Things From Time.
Her first posting is in England, where they came over with Philip of Spain as he gets ready to marry Mary.
Reminding me of:
The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by OSC (boo hiss etc but nonetheless)
And is it To Say Nothing of the Dog? With the time agents who go back to rescue pieces of art? (Edit: yes, yes it is)
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radicarian · 8 months
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Yuletide brainstorming
I am DEFINITELY nominating:
FFVI (Edgar, Sabin, open to requests for the other slots)
My current longlist for other stuff to MAYBE nominate:
If by a long shot ToS is still eligible at the time I should ensure Raine gets in there
Speed Dating for Ghosts (my BFF Spooky Peter!!!)
Potionomics (some subset of: Worldbuilding, Oswald, Roxanne, Quinn, Baptiste, Muktuk)
Kage Baker's Ermenwyr series (Ermenwyr, maybe Worldbuilding?)
Carol Berg's Lighthouse Duet or Collegia Magica (some combination of mean women and angsty men as appropriate)
Fire Emblem 7 (there are many possible picks but as of this writing I am in the mood for Serra)
Tokimeki Memorial original game (awful girlfriend Yuina, other awful girlfriend Rei)
EO2U story mode party
Chrono Trigger (literally anyone but especially Magus)
The Cabal brothers?
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autistpride · 2 days
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How many of these famous autists do you recognize? And this isn't even a complete list!
So many amazing wonderful people are autistic. I will never understand why people hate us so much.
Actors/actresses/entertainment:
Chloe Hayden
Talia Grant
Rachel Barcellona
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Dan Akroyd
David Byrne
Darryl Hannah
Courtney Love
Jerry Seinfeld
Roseanne Barr
Jennifer Cook
Chuggaaconroy
Stephanie Davis
Rick Glassman
Paula Hamilton
Dan Harmon
Paige Layle
Matthew Labyorteaux
Wentworth Miller
Desi Napoles
Freddie Odom Jr
Kim Peek
Sue Ann Pien
Henry Rodriguez
Scott Steindorff
Ian Terry
Tara Palmer -Tomkinson
Albert Rutecki
Billy West
Alexis Wineman- Miss America contestant
Athletes:
Jessica- Jane Applegate
Michael Brannigan
David Campion
Brenna Clark
Ulysse Delsaux
Tommy Dis Brisay
Jim Eisenreich
Todd Hodgetts
John Howard
Anthony Ianni
Lisa Llorens
Clay Matzo
Frankie Macdonald
Jason McElwain
Chris Morgan
Max Park
Cody Ware
Amani Williams
Samuel Von Einem
Musicians:
Susan Boyle
Elizabeth Ibby Grace
David Byrne
Johnny Dean
Tony DeBlois
Christopher Dufley
Jody Dipiazza
Pertti Kurikka
James Jagow
Ladyhawke
Kodi Lee
Left at London
Red Lewis Clark
Abz Love
Thristan Mendoza
Heidi Mortenson
Hikari Oe
Matt Savage
Graham Sierota
SpaceGhostPurp
Mark Tinley
Donald Triplett
Aleksander Vinter
Comedians:
Hannah Gatsby
Robert White
Bethany Black
Scientists/inventors/mathematians/Researchers:
Damian Milton
Bram Cohen
Michelle Dawson
Carl Sagan
Writers:
Neil Gaimen
Mel Bags
Kage Baker
Amy Swequenza
M. Remi Yergeau
Sean Barron
Lydia X Z Brown
Matt Burning
Dani Bowman
Nicole Cliffe
Laura Kate Dale
Aoife Dooley
Corrine Duyvus
Marianne Eloise
Jory Flemming
Temple Grandin
John R Hall
Naomi Higashida
Helan Hoang
Liane Holliday Willey
Luke Jackson
Rosie King
Thomas A McKean
Johnathan Mitchell
Jack Monroe
Caiseal Mor
Morenike Giwa- Onaiwu
Jasmine O'Neill
Brant Page Hanson
Dawn Prince-Hughs
Sue Robin
Stephen Shore
Andreas Souvitos
Sarah Stup
Susanna Tamaro
Chuck Tingle
Donna Williams
Leaders:
Julia Bascom
Ari Ne'eman
Sarah Marie Acevedo
Sharon Davenport
Joshua Collins
Conner Cummings
Kevin Healy
Poom Jenson
Amy Knight
Jared O'Mara
David Nelson
Shaun Neumeier
Master Sgt. Shale Norwitz
Jim Sinclair
Judy Singer
Dr. Vernon Smith
Artists:
Miina Akkijjyrkka
Danny Beath
Deborah Berger
Larry John Bissonnette
Patrick Francis
Goby
Jorge Gutierrez
Lina Long
Johnathan Lerman
Julian Martin
Haley Moss
Morgan Harper Nichols
Tim Sharp
Gilles Tehin
Willem Van Genk
Richard Wawro
Poets:
David Eastham
Christopher Knowles
David Miedzianik
Henriette Seth F
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manic-intent · 1 year
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The sixth World SF story bundle is out, and my space opera novel ION CURTAIN is part of the collection! So if you haven’t read it yet, please consider picking it up--and all the great books that are keeping it company :D 
Pay as much as you want ((minimum of $5 for 4 books, minimum of $20 for all 10)), and you can choose to use 10% of what you pay to support English PEN, the founding centre of PEN international, a charity that supports the freedom to read and write worldwide. 
Check it out here: https://storybundle.com/scifi 
Selected reviews:
Unto the Godless What Little Remains by Mário Coelho
"Rock'n'roll for the eyes."
– The Times
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"Haunting and beautifully nuanced, Signal to Noise is a magical first novel."
– The Guardian
Ion Curtain by Anya Ow
"An addictive space opera"
– Publishers Weekly
Nova Hellas: Stories from Future Greece by Francesca T Barbini and Francesco Verso
"Often underwater, sometimes entirely virtual, facing calamities from austerity to beepocalypse, near future Greece comes to life in these stories. Forget everything you learned in school, on vacation, or from the faded memories of your immigrant γιαγιά. Λοιπόν, this is the real deal."
– Nick Mamatas, author of The Planetbreaker's Son and The Second Shooter
The Love Machine & Other Contraptions by Nir Yaniv
"In short, this collection of short stories is: outstanding. Buy more copies than one if you give special books to people you respect... I don't mean 'outstanding' in relation to other books this year, but in relation to any in any."
– World Fantasy Award nomineee Anna Tambour
& This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
"A beautiful and rending look at family, loss, and grief, all while sharply dissecting time travel tropes and delivering a powerful message about memory, storytelling, and responsibility. It's a story that hurts in the best of ways, confronting death and healing without losing its sense of humor or its impulse for rebellion."
– Charles Payseur, author of The Burning Day and Other Stories
And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed
"And What Can We Offer You Tonight is a deep dive into sacred revenge, a vivid, devastating and exquisite story of love and loyalty, among three friends who can ill afford such luxuries."
– L.X. Beckett, author of Gamechanger and Dealbreaker
Hadithi & the State of Black Speculative Fiction by Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis
"Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis come together for Hadithi & The State of Speculative Black Fiction to share a compelling addition to the commentaries and canon of black literature"
– Aurealis
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders by Aliette de Bodard
"Delightful… Beautiful writing, weird and magical world, fascinating culture and politics, and compelling characters: what more do you need?"
– KJ Charles, author of Slippery Creatures
HebrewPunk by Lavie Tidhar
"Imagine Hard-Boiled Kabbalah... If you like your otherworld fun noir, have I got a book for you!"
– Kage Baker, author of In the Garden of Iden
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I just found out that “In the Garden of Iden” is the first book in a 13 book series??? Omg that’s amazing!!! Now the ending makes more sense!!
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