tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45482729696881134302024-03-14T05:51:59.826-04:00Kayleighbug Booksa frequent blog about bookselling, publishing, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-86657743147930039772012-06-12T07:00:00.000-04:002012-06-12T07:00:06.348-04:0006/12/2012 - This week's new releases in SF, Fantasy, Horror, YA, and SteampunkMost of this week's new releases fall into the Young Adult category but we've a few SF, Urban Fantasy, and Steampunk to spice it up.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780062064646.html" target="_blank">The Taken by Vicki Pettersson</a> - Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive. Fifty years later, he's an angel, but that doesn't make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now he's been dumped back onto the mortal mudflat to collect another soul—Katherine "Kit" Craig, a journalist whose latest investigation is about to get her clipped.<br />
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Bucking heavenly orders, Grif refuses to let the sable-haired siren come to harm. Besides, protecting her offers a chance to solve the mystery of his own unsolved murder—and dole out some overdue payback for the death of his beloved wife, Evie.<br />
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Joining forces, Kit and Grif's search for answers leads beyond the blinding lights of the Strip into the dark heart of an evil conspiracy. But a ruthless killer determined to destroy them isn't Grif's biggest threat. His growing attraction to Kit could cost them both their lives, along with the answer to the haunting question of his long afterlife . .<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780142421437.html" target="_blank">Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma</a> - Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be contained or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has deeply hidden away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781601254184.html" target="_blank">City of the Fallen Sky (Pathfinder Tales) by Tim Pratt</a> - Once a student of alchemy with the dark scholars of the Technic League, Alaeron fled their arcane order when his conscience got the better of him, taking with him a few strange devices of unknown function. Now in hiding in a distant city, he's happy to use his skills creating minor potions and wonders - at least until the back-alley rescue of an adventurer named Jaya lands him in trouble with a powerful crime lord. In order to keep their heads, Alaeron and Jaya must travel across wide seas and steaming jungles in search of a wrecked flying city and the magical artifacts that can buy their freedom. Yet the Technic League hasn't forgotten Alaeron's betrayal, and an assassin armed with alien weaponry is hot on their trail...<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780307700957.html" target="_blank">Niceville by Carsten Stroud</a> - A boy literally disappears from Main Street. A security camera captures the moment of his instant, inexplicable vanishing. An audacious bank robbery goes seriously wrong: four cops are gunned down; a TV news helicopter is shot and spins crazily out of the sky, triggering a disastrous cascade of events that ricochet across twenty different lives over the course of just thirty-six hours.<br />
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Nick Kavanaugh, a cop with a dark side, investigates. Soon he and his wife, Kate, a distinguished lawyer from an old Niceville family, find themselves struggling to make sense not only of the disappearance and the robbery but also of a shadow world, where time has a different rhythm and where justice is elusive. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780385737531.html" target="_blank">All That Glass by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes</a> - Sarah Vida has given up everything for love. From a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, Sarah was raised to never trust a vampire, to never let her guard down, and to avoid all tricky attachments of the heart. But now Sarah IS a vampire—changed by the boy she thought she loved. Her family has forsaken her, and Sarah herself is disgusted by her appetite for blood.<br />
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Aida Vida is Sarah's older sister, the good, reliable sibling who always does her family proud. But when Aida's mother insists that Sarah be found and killed, Aida is given the one assignment that she may not be able to carry out.<br />
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Taking place over just twenty-four hours, ALL JUST GLASS tells the story of a game-changing battle that will forever change the world of the Den of Shadows. And at its center is the story of two sisters who must choose between love and duty. Dark, fully-imagined, and hard to put down, ALL JUST GLASS will thrill Amelia's fans—old and new.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780316123518.html" target="_blank">Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</a> - Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected — and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What — or who — will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin?<br />
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For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it's not Lena — and the mysterious figure is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself — forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and he's afraid to ask.<br />
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Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780316187299.html" target="_blank">The Shadowed Sun by N. K. Jemisin</a> - Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected to die screaming in their sleep. Trapped between dark dreams and cruel overlords, the people yearn to rise up — but Gujaareh has known peace for too long.<br />
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Someone must show them the way.<br />
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Hope lies with two outcasts: the first woman ever allowed to join the dream goddess' priesthood and an exiled prince who longs to reclaim his birthright. Together, they must resist the Kisuati occupation and uncover the source of the killing dreams... before Gujaareh is lost forever.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780375859335.html" target="_blank">Tighter by Adelle Griffin </a>- When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl—and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780385739184.html" target="_blank">Rapture by Lauren Kate </a>- RAPTURE, the fourth & final FALLEN novel, is the Lauren Kate book the world has been waiting for.<br />
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The sky is dark with wings. . . .<br />
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Like sand through an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the angels fell to earth.<br />
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Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed.<br />
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And suddenly Luce knows what must happen. For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now is the only one that truly matters. In the fight for Luce, who will win?<br />
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The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780385742016.html" target="_blank">Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown</a> - Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake.<br />
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Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough—especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistable good looks and charm on ususpecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily—just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781606841457.html" target="_blank">Timepiece by Myra McEntire</a> - Kaleb Ballard was never supposed to be able to see ripples—cracks in time. Are Kaleb’s powers expanding, or is something very wrong? Before Kaleb can find out, Jonathan Landers, the man who tried to murder his father, reappears. Why is he back, and what, or whom, does he want?<br />
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In the wake of Landers’s return, the Hourglass organization is offered an ultimatum by a mysterious man. Either they find Landers and the research he has stolen on people who might carry the time gene, or time will be altered—with devastating results for the people Kaleb loves most.<br />
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Now Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to use their extraordinary powers to find Landers. But where do they even start? And when? Even if they succeed, just finding him may not be enough.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781595143181.html" target="_blank">The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead</a> - The second thrilling installment in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy spinoff series<br />
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Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in the sunny, glamorous world of Palm Springs, California. The students—children of the wealthy and powerful—carry on with their lives in blissful ignorance, while Sydney, Jill, Eddie, and Adrian must do everything in their power to keep their secret safe. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought.<br />
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Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Richelle Mead's breathtaking Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive. In this second book, the drama is hotter, the romances are steamier, and the stakes are even higher.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781442429697.html" target="_blank">Riese: Kingdom Falling by Greg Cox</a> - A steampunk princess is torn between love and duty in this prequel to SyFy.com’s wildly popular webisodes.<br />
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Riese has never been happy as a princess; she’d much rather be hunting or fighting than sitting through another lesson on court etiquette. When she meets Micah, a wandering artist with a mysterious past, she pretends to be a peasant—it’s a chance to be just a normal girl with a normal boy for a while. But with war decimating her once-proud nation and the sinister clockwork Sect infiltrating her mother’s court, Riese’s moments with Micah are the only islands of sanity left in a world gone mad. As her kingdom falls and the Sect grows ever stronger, will Riese remain true to her duty as a princess…or risk everything on a boy she barely knows?<br />
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SyFy’s enormously popular Riese webisodes come to literary life in this prequel rife with steampunk technology and medieval mysticism.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780399256547.html" target="_blank">The Vindico by Wesley King </a>- <i>X-Men</i> meets <i>The Breakfast Club</i> in this darkly humorous adventure<br />
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The Vindico are a group of supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes for as long as anyone can remember. Realizing they're not as young as they used to be, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of teenagers to take over for them when they retire—after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of angsty teens to be evil?<br />
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Held captive in a remote mansion, five teens train with their mentors and receive superpowers beyond their wildest dreams. Struggling to uncover the motives of the Vindico, the teens have to trust each other to plot their escape. But they quickly learn that the differences between good and evil are not as black and white as they seem, and they are left wondering whose side they should be fighting on after all . . .<br />
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With fast-paced action, punchy dialogue, and sarcastic humor, this high-stakes adventure from a talented new YA voice pulls you in from the first page.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780440240020.html" target="_blank">Siren's Storm by Lisa Papdemetriou</a> - Nothing has been the same for Will ever since what happened last summer. One day, on an ordinary sailing trip with his brother, there is a strange accident. When Will wakes up, he learns his brother has disappeared, presumed drowned. Worst of all, Will can't remember what happened—his family finds him unconscious, with no memory of the accident.<br />
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Now Will and his best friend and neighbor, Gretchen, are starting a new summer. Gretchen seems troubled—her sleepwalking habit is getting worse, and she keeps waking up closer and closer to the water. Will is drawn to Asia, the exotic new girl in town. Nobody knows where she's from—all Will knows is that her beauty and her mesmerizing voice have a powerful effect on people.<br />
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Then there is another mysterious drowning, and Will and Gretchen begin to wonder: Is Asia just another beautiful, wealthy summer resident? Or is she something entirely more sinister . . . and inhuman?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781595145079.html" target="_blank">Ripple by Mandy Hubbard</a> - Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. Each day she goes to school like a normal teenager, and each night she must swim, or the pain will be unbearable. She is a siren - a deadly mermaid destined to lure men to their watery deaths. After a terrible tragedy, Lexi shut herself off from the world, vowing to protect the ones she loves. But she soon finds herself caught between a new boy at school who may have the power to melt her icy exterior, and a handsome water spirit who says he can break Lexi's curse if she gives up everything else. Lexi is faced with the hardest decision she's ever had to make: the life she's always longed for - or the love she can't live without?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-36117138430074393952012-06-06T11:22:00.000-04:002012-06-06T11:22:03.355-04:00R. I. P. Ray BradburyScience Fiction author Ray Bradbury passed away Tuesday night at the age of 91. The author of more than 2 dozen books and 600 short stories has long been considered one of the most influential writers of the last 75 years. Bradbury's novels have been required reading for generations of readers - Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Illustrated Man, and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit will be etched in our collective consciousness for generations to come.<br />
<br />Rest In Peace, Mr. Bradbury - and Thank You.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-71424872295492453832012-06-05T09:06:00.000-04:002012-06-05T09:06:15.015-04:0006/05/2012 - New Releases in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult FictionThis week marks another massive release of genre fiction - fairly well distributed across the spectrum - SF, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, and some Horror. Several of these I've already read and can recommend wholeheartedly. Others are solidly on my 'to-read' list. [editorial comments appear in brackets below]<br />
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It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.<br />
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Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.<br />
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And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them. <br />
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For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.<br />
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And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.<br />
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Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.<br />
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[A must-read, firmly ensconced on my to-read list.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312387976.html" target="_blank">Awakened by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast</a> - Exonerated by the Vampyre High Council and returned to her position of High Priestess at Tulsa’s House of Night, Neferet has sworn vengeance on Zoey. Dominion over Kalona is only one of the weapons she plans to use against Z. But Zoey has found sanctuary on the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over for her there. Being Queen would be cool, wouldn’t it? Why should she return to Tulsa? After losing her human consort, Heath, she will never be the same—and her relationship with her super-hot-warrior, Stark, may never be the same either…<br />
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And what about Stevie Rae and Rephaim? The Raven Mocker refuses to be used against Stevie Rae, but what choice does he have when no one in the entire world, including Zoey, would be okay with their relationship? Does he betray his father or his heart?<br />
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In the pulse-pounding eighth House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast, how far will the bonds of friendship stretch and how strong are the ties that bind one girl’s heart?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312569037.html" target="_blank">Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne</a> - <i>Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don’t thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not—you launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner.</i><br />
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<i>Only, if it’s the last time you’ll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you’d stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus.</i><br />
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Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong.<br />
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In Emmy Laybourne’s action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart.<br />
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[I read and <a href="http://kayleighbugbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-monument-14-by-emmy-laybourne.html" target="_blank">reviewed</a> an ARC of this last month. The short version - good read but sucky cliffhanger]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312590727.html" target="_blank">Hex Appeal edited by P. N. Elrod</a> - In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss—or raise him back again. And they’re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you’re the unlucky soul who falls victim to a conjurer’s curse? And if you had the power to cast a magic spell of your own, would you use it?<br />
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In this bewitching collection, nine of today’s hottest paranormal authors tell all-new, otherworldly tales. Spellbinding stories featuring bigfoot, albino vampires, professional wizards, resurrected boyfriends and even a sex droid from the twenty- third century named Silicon Lily. But as our conjurers are about to discover, it’s all fun and games until someone gets hexed. And sometimes, even the best spun spells can lead to complete and utter mayhem.<br />
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[Worth it for the Jim Butcher and Ilona Andrews stories alone.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780316133999.html" target="_blank">Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor</a> - Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.<br />
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In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.<br />
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And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.<br />
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Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.<br />
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When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?<br />
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[Somehow I missed this when the hardcover was released last fall. Almost 8,000 5-star reviews on Goodreads - My to-read list is growing faster than I can read them this week.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780385535151.html" target="_blank">Amped by Daniel H. Wilson</a> - Technology makes them superhuman. But mere mortals want them kept in their place. The New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse creates a stunning, near-future world where technology and humanity clash in surprising ways. The result? The perfect summer blockbuster.<br />
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As he did in Robopocalypse, Daniel Wilson masterfully envisions a frightening near-future world. In Amped, people are implanted with a device that makes them capable of superhuman feats. The powerful technology has profound consequences for society, and soon a set of laws is passed that restricts the abilities—and rights—of "amplified" humans. On the day that the Supreme Court passes the first of these laws, twenty-nine-year-old Owen Gray joins the ranks of a new persecuted underclass known as "amps." Owen is forced to go on the run, desperate to reach an outpost in Oklahoma where, it is rumored, a group of the most enhanced amps may be about to change the world—or destroy it.<br />
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Once again, Daniel H. Wilson's background as a scientist serves him well in this technologically savvy thriller that delivers first-rate entertainment, as Wilson takes the "what if" question in entirely unexpected directions.<br />
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[Wilson's Robopocalypse examined the near-future after the advent of AI. This time he tackles Cyborgs. Wilson is a robotics engineer - his science is sound but his futures don't seem probable. Waiting for the paperback release for this one.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780425247549.html" target="_blank">Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton</a> - When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she’s faced with something she’s never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people—kids, grandparents, soccer moms—all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there’s one martyr, there will be more…<br />
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But even vampires have monsters that they’re afraid of. And Anita is one of them…<br />
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[I confess to being one of the legions of fans who abandoned this series when the plot went out the window in favor of wall-to-wall sex somewhere around book #13. I recently picked up and read Skin Trade (Book #17) and was pleasantly surprised to see the series returning to its roots (less sex, more action/adventure/mystery). Word on the street is that both Hit List (#20) and this title (#21) are remaining true to the formula that gathered so many fans in the first place - sex AND plot. Thus, I'm planning a catch-up on those I missed, this one included]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780441020713.html" target="_blank"> Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds</a> - With his critically acclaimed Revelation Space novels, Alastair Reynolds confirmed “his place among the leaders of the hard-science space opera renaissance.” (Publishers Weekly) With Blue Remembered Earth, the award-winning author begins a new epic, tracing generations of one family across more than ten thousand years of future history—into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society…<br />
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One hundred and fifty years from now, Africa has become the world’s dominant technological and economic power. Crime, war, disease and poverty have been eliminated. The Moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system. And Ocular, the largest scientific instrument in history, is about to make an epochal discovery…</div>
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Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his long-running studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey’s family, who control the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans for him. After the death of his grandmother Eunice—the erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur—something awkward has come to light on the Moon, so Geoffrey is dispatched there to ensure the family name remains untarnished. But the secrets Eunice died with are about to be revealed—secrets that could change everything...or tear this near utopia apart.</div>
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780451235121.html" target="_blank">The Last Four Things by Paul Hoffman</a> - To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, “the last four things” represent the culmination of a faithful life. Death. Judgment. Heaven. Hell. The last four things represent eternal bliss—or endless destruction, permanent chaos, and infinite pain.<br />
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Unfortunately, my family wasn’t so lucky. In my absence, Drood Hall was destroyed and all my relatives were killed. Which left me as the Last of the Droods. I didn’t much like being The Last Drood, I can tell you—and then I realized that things weren’t as they seemed. Someone had activated a dimensional engine, sending my Drood Hall off to an alternate Earth, replacing it with a burnt-out doppelganger. My family is still alive out there. Somewhere. And nothing’s going to stop me from finding them…<br />
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[The Secret Histories #6]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780451464583.html" target="_blank">Blood Kin by M. J. Scott</a> - I didn’t plan on becoming a thief and a spy. But options are limited for the half-breed daughter of a Fae lord. My father abandoned me but at least I inherited some of his magic, and my skills with charms and glamours mean that few are as good at uncovering secrets others wish to hide. Right now the city has many secrets. And those who seek them pay so well…<br />
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I never expected to stumble across a Templar Knight in my part of the city. Guy DuCaine is sworn to duty and honor and loyalty—all the things I’m not. I may have aroused more than his suspicion but he belongs to the Order and the human world. So when treachery and violence spill threaten both our worlds, learning to trust each other might be the only thing that saves us.<br />
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But even if a spy and a holy knight can work together, finding the key to peace is never going to be easy…<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780756407278.html" target="_blank">Home From The Sea by Mercedes Lackey</a> - In Edwardian Britain, magic is real. And Masters of the Elements control Fire, Water, Air, and Earth...<br />
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Mari Prothero has lived all her life with her father, Daffyd, in a tiny fishing village on the coast of Wales. Though Daffyd takes his boat out on the sea regardless of weather, Mari has learned not to fear for his safety, for her father is a Water mage, and always comes home safely with a large catch. Mari knows that in her family, children are expected to marry at eighteen, to an appropriate stranger. However, Mari is a fledgling Water Master with a rebellious nature. She has no intention of agreeing to any arranged marriage. But Mari has yet to learn the truth of the magical heritage that must be protected by these very marriages. For the Protheros are descended from Selkies—magical beings who are able to change from seals to humans—and to continue her line, she must marry a full-blooded Selkie...<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780756407292.html" target="_blank">Spellcrossed by Barbara Ashford</a> - It's not easy losing the love of your life...<br />
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But when Maggie Graham freed Rowan Mackenzie from the curse that bound him to this world, she took the first step toward her new life as director of the Crossroads Theatre. As a hectic new season begins, magic takes a back seat to ticket sales as Maggie balances the demands of her interfering board president and a company of actors that includes bewildered amateurs, disdainful professionals, a horde of children, and an arthritic dog. But magic is hard to banish from the old white barn, where memories lurk like ghosts in the shadowy wings and the unexpected is as time-honored a tradition as the curtain call. And when the tangled spells of the past turn Maggie's life upside down, it will take more than magic to ensure the happy-ever-after ending she longs for.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765316998.html" target="_blank">Redshirts by John Scalzi</a> - Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.<br />
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Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations, and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.<br />
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Not surprisingly, a great deal of energy below decks is expended on avoiding, at all costs, being assigned to an Away Mission. Then Andrew stumbles on information that completely transforms his and his colleagues’ understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.<br />
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[A must-read for any fan of Star Trek, or well, pretty much anyone!]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765322135.html" target="_blank">Judgment at Proteus by Timothy Zahn</a> - In Timothy Zahn's Judgment at Proteus, the Quadrail that connects the twelve civilizations of our galaxy has been the flashpoint of a battle for dominance fought mostly unnoticed by humankind. But Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch.<br />
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Following a trail of deception and death to Proteus Station, Compton has discovered a conspiracy that threatens all life in the galaxy: the Shonkla’raa, an ancient enemy thought to be long dead, is rising again. So serious is the danger that the Modhri, the enemy of his enemy, may now be his friend, as the burgeoning threat of a race of invincible soldiers emerges.<br />
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If Compton and Bayta can’t stop them, the Shonkla’raa will decimate all who oppose them, destroying the Quadrail and billions of lives throughout the galaxy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765328274.html" target="_blank">KOP Killer by Warren Hammond</a> - Juno Mozambe once had a life. That was when he was a dirty cop, married to a woman who suffered such profound abuse that she murdered her vile, drug kingpin father. Juno loved his wife and did his best to help her survive her guilt, her drug habit, and her desire to end her life on the dead-end planet of Lagarto.<br />
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When she died, however, Juno’s life went downhill. And then his first partner, the corrupt chief of the Koba Office of Police, was murdered. The man responsible, Emil Mota, is using the KOP for his personal gain. Juno has been laying low, but now he’s ready to do whatever it takes to take down the bastard.<br />
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Rather than working from inside the system, he’s decided that the only way to take down the KOP is to create an independent base of power. So he gets involved with a team of dirty cops and starts working as a rent-a-thug for a whorehouse that needs protection.<br />
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Juno’s last partner knows that his risky plan has a purpose, but she’s that rarest of creatures on the hothouse planet of Lagarto: an honest cop. She can’t help him.<br />
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When Juno discovers a series of profoundly twisted murders, he faces a bleak possibility: in his desperate quest for vengeance against the man who targeted him for death, Juno may have placed himself beyond any hope of redemption....<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765329141.html" target="_blank">The Broken Universe by Paul Melko</a> - Possessing technology that allows him to travel across alternate worlds, John Rayburn begins building a transdimensional commercial empire, led by him, his closest friends, and their doppelgängers from several different parallel universes. But not every version of every person is the same, and their agendas do not always coincide.<br />
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Despite their benign intentions, the group’s activities draw unwanted attention from other dimensional travelers who covet their technology and will kill anyone to control it, a threat that culminates in a nuclear standoff for dominance throughout the multiverse.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780786960248.html" target="_blank">Bury Elminster Deep by Ed Greenwood</a> - Elminster's archenemy, the vampiric Lord Manshoon, thinks he has destroyed Elminster at last. But Elminster survives in the form of magical ash, and with the help of his scion, a fop who is growing into a true nobleman, and his longtime companion Storm, he still has a chance to counter Manshoon's insidious plots.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765330376.html" target="_blank">Silver by Rhiannon Held</a> - Andrew Dare is a werewolf. He’s the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, and responsible for capturing or killing any Were intruders in Roanoke’s territory. But the lone Were he’s tracking doesn’t smell or act like anyone he’s ever encountered. And when he catches her, it doesn’t get any better. She’s beautiful, she’s crazy, and someone has tortured her by injecting silver into her veins. She says her name is Silver, and that she’s lost her wild self and can’t shift any more.<br />
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The packs in North America have a live-and-let-live attitude, and try not to overlap with each other. But Silver represents a terrible threat to every Were on the continent.<br />
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Andrew and Silver will join forces to track down this menace while discovering their own power and their passion for each other.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765332516.html" target="_blank">Mother of Storms by John Barnes</a> - It is 2028. A strike to destroy an illegal Arctic weapons cache has a catastrophic side effect. Massive amounts of energy are liberated from the polar ice, suddenly and radically warming the Earth’s climate.<br />
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In the middle of the Pacific, a gigantic hurricane thousands of miles across is forming, larger than any in human history. A storm with winds of supersonic speed. A storm that changes direction at whim. A storm that refuses to die. A storm so vast it spawns dozens more in its wake.<br />
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Blinded by intrigue, expedience, and greed, the world’s politicians and power brokers ignore the killer storm’s threat until it’s too late. The death toll climbs to the tens of millions as it savages the Pacific coast, and the smaller storms it spawns are wreaking havoc across the planet.<br />
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While the survivors scramble for advantage, a handful of courageous men and women undertake a desperate plan to save humanity from total destruction—a plan so visionary it may alter forever the future of the human race.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780805094596.html" target="_blank">Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo</a> - Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.<br />
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Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.<br />
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Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha…and the secrets of her heart.<br />
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[I read an ARC of this last month - an absolutely brilliant novel. I can't recommend this enough.]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781416963844.html" target="_blank">The Demon's Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan</a> -The Goblin Market has always been the center of Sin's world. She's a dancer and a performer, secure in her place. But now the Market is at war with the magicians, and Sin's place is in danger. Exiled from the market she loves, Sin is thrown together with Nick and Alan - whom she's always despised.<br />
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Alan has been marked by a magician and can be tortured as the magician pleases. As Sin watches Alan struggle to continue to protect the demon brother he loves, she begins to see him in a new light. When Alan is finally possessed as a punishment for Nick's disobedience, Sin can only watch helplessly as the boy she has grown to love is destroyed. No one ever comes back from a possession - ever. But no one else has a demon for a brother. How far will Nick go to save Alan? And what will it cost them all?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781439167410.html" target="_blank">The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma</a> - Characters real and imaginary come vividly to life in this whimsical triple play of intertwined plots, in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including Dracula and The Time Machine, from being wiped from existence. What happens to the present if we rewrite the past?<br />
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Félix J. Palma explores this provocative question, weaving a historical fantasy as imaginative as it is exciting—a story full of love and adventure that transports readers from a haunting setting in Victorian London to a magical reality where centuries collide and a writer’s mind seems to pull all the strings.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781442401914.html" target="_blank">Shadows Cast by Stars by Catherine Knutsson</a> - Two hundred years from now, blood has become the most valuable commodity on the planet—especially the blood of aboriginal peoples, for it contains antibodies that protect them from the Plague ravaging the rest of the world.<br />
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Sixteen-year-old Cassandra Mercredi might be immune to Plague, but that doesn’t mean she’s safe—government forces are searching for those of aboriginal heritage to harvest their blood. When a search threatens Cassandra and her family, they flee to the Island: a mysterious and idyllic territory protected by the Band, a group of guerilla warriors—and by an enigmatic energy barrier that keeps outsiders out and the spirit world in. And though the village healer has taken her under her wing, and the tribal leader’s son into his heart, the creatures of the spirit world are angry, and they have chosen Cassandra to be their voice and instrument....<br />
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Incorporating the traditions of the First Peoples as well as the more familiar stories of Greek mythology and Arthurian legend, Shadows Cast by Stars is a haunting, beautifully written story that breathes new life into ancient customs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781442442993.html" target="_blank">Mirage by Kristi Cook</a> - Violet McKenna is back for her senior year at Winterhaven and thrilled to be with Aidan after a long summer apart. But while their love for each other is as strong as ever, their troubles are far from over.<br /><br /> News of a rogue vampire on a killing spree sets everyone on edge. While Aidan is determined to stop the killer, Violet is chilled by a horrifying vision she simply must prevent...for if she can’t, two people she loves will meet a violent end.<br /><br /> In the midst of Violet’s fear, a mysterious newcomer enters her life—and he has some vital information not just about her past, but about her future as well. Now everything Violet held as truth is upended, and she is left not knowing whom to trust, if she is in danger, and—worst of all—whether she and Aidan are really meant to be together.<br />
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All of that changes when Raine falls for Gunner. Raine’s got every reason in the world to stay away from Gunn, but she just can’t. Especially when she discovers his connection to Vi’s boyfriend, Zenn.<br />
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Raine has never known anyone as heavily brainwashed as Vi. Raine’s father expects her to spy on Vi and report back to him. But Raine is beginning to wonder what Vi knows that her father is so anxious to keep hidden, and what might happen if she helps Vi remember it. She’s even starting to suspect Vi’s secrets might involve Freedom’s newest prisoner, the rebel Jag Barque….<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781599906843.html" target="_blank">Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill</a> - Jett is a girl disguised as a boy, living as a gambler in the old West as she searches for her long-lost brother. Honoria Gibbons is a smart, self-sufficient young woman who also happens to be a fabulous inventor. Both young women travel the prairie alone – until they are brought together by a zombie invasion! As Jett and Honoria investigate, they soon learn that these zombies aren’t rising from the dead of their own accord … but who would want an undead army? And why? This gunslinging, hair-raising, zombie western mashup is perfect for fans of Cowboys vs. Aliens and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781599908540.html" target="_blank">Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer</a> - Sarah Weaver wasn't looking forward to starting at an all-girls school. But that was before she met Maddy. Maddy and her best friend, Agnes, are fun and rich and interesting-and for some reason, they seem to really like Sarah. Before long, Maddy and Agnes have moved Sarah into a big house off campus, where they cook together, buy each other presents, and share each other's secrets. So why does Sarah feel like something's bizarrely wrong? As more and more cracks start to show in Maddy's and Agnes's perfect veneers, Sarah notices some strange and disturbing things: Maddy's compulsive lying, Agnes's obsession with Maddy, and the deterioration of their friendship. And just when Sarah begins to question her own sanity, things turns deadly. Fans of Pretty Little Liars will devour this juicy debut novel.<br />
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This week should go much further towards satisfying hardcore SF fans than the last few. Much less Young Adult, much less Contemporary Fantasy, much more hard SF. Solaris, Black Library, Baen and Angry Robot all releasing SF titles this week - as well as new Star Wars and Star Trek novels. Enjoy!<br />
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Meanwhile, back at Telgar Weyr, Weyrwoman Fiona, herself pregnant, and the harper Kindan must somehow keep morale from fading altogether in the face of the steadily mounting losses of dragons and their riders. But time weighs heavily against them - until Lorana finds a way to use time itself in their favor.</div>
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780345511393.html" target="_blank">Deceived (Star Wars: The Old Republic) by Paul S. Kemp</a> - A Sith warrior to rival the most sinister of the Order’s Dark Lords, Darth Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy. But if war crowned him the darkest of Sith heroes, peace will transform him into something far more heinous—something Malgus would never want to be but cannot stop becoming, any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching. Her name is Aryn Leneer—and the lone Jedi Knight that Malgus cut down in the fierce battle for the Jedi Temple was her Master. Now she’s going to find out what happened to him, even if it means breaking every rule in the book.</div>
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780345522306.html" target="_blank">The Casket of Souls by Lynn Flewelling</a> - More than the dissolute noblemen they appear to be, Alec and Seregil are skillful spies, dedicated to serving queen and country. But when they stumble across evidence of a plot pitting Queen Phoria against Princess Klia, the two Nightrunners will find their loyalties torn as never before. Even at the best of times, the royal court at Rhíminee is a serpents’ nest of intrigue, but with the war against Plenimar going badly, treason simmers just below the surface.<br />
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And that’s not all that poses a threat: A mysterious plague is spreading through the crowded streets of the city, striking young and old alike. Now, as panic mounts and the body count rises, hidden secrets emerge. And as Seregil and Alec are about to learn, conspiracies and plagues have one thing in common: The cure can be as deadly as the disease.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780345533142.html" target="_blank">The Nano Flower (Mandel Files #2) by Peter F. Hamilton</a> - Greg Mandel is a psychic detective whose skills have been augmented by powerful but dangerous biotechnology. Those abilities have won him success and almost killed him many times over. Little wonder that he has settled down to the life of a gentleman farmer.<br />
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But Greg’s former employer, the mighty tech company Event Horizon, needs him once more. After Royan, hacker-genius and husband to company owner Julia Evans, mysteriously vanishes, a business rival suddenly boasts an incredible new technology. Has Royan been kidnapped and forced to work for his captors, or is the truth far stranger? The answer may lie in a gift of flowers received by Julia—flowers with DNA like nothing on Earth. Greg already has his hands full with corporate killers and other unsavory characters. Is he going to have to add aliens to the list?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780345534491.html" target="_blank">A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Cookbook by George R. R. Martin, Sariann Lehrer, and Chelsea Monroe-Cassely</a> - Ever wonder what it’s like to attend a feast at Winterfell? Wish you could split a lemon cake with Sansa Stark, scarf down a pork pie with the Night’s Watch, or indulge in honeyfingers with Daenerys Targaryen? George R. R. Martin’s bestselling saga A Song of Ice and Fire and the runaway hit HBO series Game of Thrones are renowned for bringing Westeros’s sights and sounds to vivid life. But one important ingredient has always been missing: the mouthwatering dishes that form the backdrop of this extraordinary world. Now, fresh out of the series that redefined fantasy, comes the cookbook that may just redefine dinner . . . and lunch, and breakfast.<br />
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A passion project from superfans and amateur chefs Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer—and endorsed by George R. R. Martin himself—A Feast of Ice and Fire lovingly replicates a stunning range of cuisines from across the Seven Kingdoms and beyond. From the sumptuous delicacies enjoyed in the halls of power at King’s Landing, to the warm and smoky comfort foods of the frozen North, to the rich, exotic fare of the mysterious lands east of Westeros, there’s a flavor for every palate, and a treat for every chef.<br />
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These easy-to-follow recipes have been refined for modern cooking techniques, but adventurous eaters can also attempt the authentic medieval meals that inspired them. The authors have also suggested substitutions for some of the more fantastical ingredients, so you won’t have to stock your kitchen with camel, live doves, or dragon eggs to create meals fit for a king (or a khaleesi). In all, A Feast of Ice and Fire contains more than 100 recipes, divided by region:<br />
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• The Wall: Rack of Lamb and Herbs; Pork Pie; Mutton in Onion-Ale Broth; Mulled Wine; Pease Porridge<br />
• The North: Beef and Bacon Pie; Honeyed Chicken; Aurochs with Roasted Leeks; Baked Apples<br />
• The South: Cream Swans; Trout Wrapped in Bacon; Stewed Rabbit; Sister’s Stew; Blueberry Tarts<br />
• King’s Landing: Lemon Cakes; Quails Drowned in Butter; Almond Crusted Trout; Bowls of Brown; Iced Milk with Honey<br />
• Dorne: Stuffed Grape Leaves; Duck with Lemons; Chickpea Paste<br />
• Across the Narrow Sea: Biscuits and Bacon; Tyroshi Honeyfingers; Wintercakes; Honey-Spiced Locusts<br />
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There’s even a guide to dining and entertaining in the style of the Seven Kingdoms. Exhaustively researched and reverently detailed, accompanied by passages from all five books in the series and full-color photographs guaranteed to whet your appetite, this is the companion to the blockbuster phenomenon that millions of stomachs have been growling for. And remember, winter is coming—so don’t be afraid to put on a few pounds.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780373803460.html" target="_blank">Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey</a> - The eldest daughter is often doomed in fairy tales. But Bella—Isabella Beauchamps, daughter of a wealthy merchant—vows to escape the usual pitfalls.<br />
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Anxious to avoid the traditional path, Bella dons a red cloak and ventures into the forbidden forest to consult with "Granny," the local wisewoman. But on the way home she's attacked by a wolf—who turns out to be a cursed nobleman. Secluded in his castle, Bella is torn between her family and this strange man who creates marvelous inventions and makes her laugh—when he isn't howling at the moon.<br />
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Bella knows all too well that breaking spells is never easy. But a determined beauty, a wizard (after all, he's only an occasional werewolf) and a little Godmotherly interference might just be able to bring about a happy ending.…<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780399158742.html" target="_blank">The Watchers by Jon Steele</a> - Beneath Lausanne Cathedral, in Switzerland, there is a secret buried before time began, something unknown to angels and men, until now...<br />
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Marc Rochat watches over the city at night from the belfry of the cathedral. He lives ina world of shadows and "beforetimes" and imaginary beings.<br />
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Katherine Taylor, call girl and daydreamer, is about to discover that her real-life fairy tale is too good to be true.<br />
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Jay Harper, private detective, wakes up in a crummy hotel room with no memory. When the telephone rings and he's offered a job, he knows he has no choice but to accept.<br />
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Three lives, one purpose: save what's left of paradise before all hell breaks loose.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780399257858.html" target="_blank">Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey</a> - A stunning middle-grade debut--full of heart, humor, and nonstop action<br />
It's tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody's trying to kill you.<br />
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Not that Egg's life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts.<br />
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But when Egg's father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued daughter Millicent. Finally, life seems perfect.<br />
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Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff.<br />
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Suddenly, Egg's running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he's been marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy.<br />
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Come along for the ride. You'll be glad you did.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780452298019.html" target="_blank">The Magician King by Lev Grossman</a> - Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The Magicians<br />
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Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory - a fictional utopia - was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring.<br />
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Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off - only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they'd hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia's illicitly-learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780515150896.html" target="_blank">The Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton</a> - A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect “monsters” are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, U.S. Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killer.<br />
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But some monsters are very real—and even to speak their name can earn you a death sentence. The bogeymen of the vampire world, The Harlequin, are here in America hunting weretigers and human police. But Edward thinks the serial killings are just a trap—to lure Anita ever closer to the most dangerous vampire they’ve ever hunted…<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780857661876.html" target="_blank">Night's Engines by Trent Jamieson</a> - The conclusion of the Nightbound Land duology. Shale is dying. The vast, boiling maelstrom known only as the Roil has pushed humanity to the edge of extinction. The last cities teeter on the verge of collapse.<br />
There is one hope, but it is enshrined in a decadent wastrel who does not want his destiny, and a young woman who seeks only an end to everything. And yet they go on, in search of the ancient weapons that worked against the Roil once, and must work again.<br />
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File Under: Fantasy [ The World Engines | Darkness Prevails | A Land In Shadow | Final Chance ]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780857662248.jpg" target="_blank">Strangeness and Charm by Mike Shevdon</a> - Alex has been saved from the fate that awaited her in Bedlam, but in freeing her, Niall has released others of their kind into the population. Now, as Warder, he must find them and persuade them to swap their new-found liberty for security in the courts – but is the price of sanctuary to swap one cage for another?<br />
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File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Folklore hero | Faerie Legend | Secret World | Magic London ]<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451605761.html" target="_blank">Warcraft::Wolfheart by Richard A. Knaak</a> - In the wake of the Cataclysm, conflict has engulfed every corner of Azeroth. Hungering for more resources amid the turmoil, the Horde has pressed into Ashenvale to feed its burgeoning war machine. There, acting warchief Garrosh Hellscream has employed a brutal new tactic to conquer the region and crush its night elf defenders, a move that will cripple the Alliance’s power throughout Azeroth.<br />
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Unaware of the disaster brewing in Ashenvale, the night elves’ legendary leaders, High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind and Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage, conduct a summit near Darnassus in order to vote the proud worgen of Gilneas into the Alliance. However, resentment of Gilneas and its ruler, Genn Greymane, runs deep in Stormwind’s King Varian Wrynn. His refusal to forgive Genn for closing his nation off from the rest of the world years ago endangers more than just the summit: it threatens to unravel the Alliance itself.<br />
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Varian’s animosity is only one of many unsettling developments in Darnassus. An uneasiness creeps over the once-immortal night elves as the first of them fall victim to the infirmities of age. While they cope with their mortality, tensions flare over the reintroduction of the Highborne, formerly the highest caste of night elf nobility, into their society. Many night elves are unable to pardon the Highborne for the destruction unleashed millennia ago by their reckless use of magic.<br />
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When a murdered Highborne is discovered on the outskirts of Darnassus, Malfurion and Tyrande move to stop further bloodshed and unrest by appointing one of the night elves’ most cunning and skilled agents to find the killer: the renowned warden Maiev Shadowsong. Yet with all that is transpiring in Darnassus, the Alliance might be powerless to stop the relentless new warchief Garrosh from seizing the whole of Ashenvale.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451636246.html" target="_blank">Blood Lite III: Aftertaste edited by Kevin J. Anderson</a> - Sink your teeth into a smorgasbord of macabre morsels laced with horrific humor in this all-new Blood Lite collection! Whether you shriek with laughter or scream in fear . . . well, that’s simply a matter of taste.<br />
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Jim Butcher’s wizardly PI Harry Dresden pranks some high-tech monster seekers—and attempts to save a friend’s son whose life-energy is slowly being drained by an unknown adversary in “I Was a Teenage Bigfoot.” The Author from Hell has dropped dead, but a stressed-out editor is harassed by her emails from beyond the grave in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “A Day in the Life.” The flesh is weak— and possibly even rotting—as a teenage virgin werewolf discovers on a visit to a brothel in Kelley Armstrong’s “V Plates.” Murder comes alive in “Mannequin,” by Heather Graham, as two thrill-seeking couples “axe” for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451637779.html" target="_blank">Threshold by Eric Flint and Ryk E. Spoor</a> - When the strange fossil she'd discovered gave her a trip to Mars, Helen Sutter thought she'd gone about as far as any paleontologist would ever go in her lifetime. But when you’re married to an overconfident super-sensor expert for the only private agency in space – the Ares Corporation – and your best friend is a former secret agent for the Interplanetary Research Institute of the United Nations, there's always somewhere farther to go.<br />
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Soon Helen’s new discoveries will lead her to the mysterious asteroid Ceres and beyond in a desperate race to reach Jupiter's perilous miniature system of radiation-bombarded moons. It seems the next gold rush is on–for alien technology. <br />
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And there are people willing to do anything to get it – even if they must start the Solar System’s first interplanetary war!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451637786.html" target="_blank">Going Interstellar edited by Les Johnson and Jack McDevitt</a> - Essays by space scientists and engineers teamed with a collection of tales by an all-star assortment of award winning authors all taking on new methods of star travel.<br />
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Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what’s beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them? Others are concerned with the survival of the species. It may be that we have to get out of Dodge before the lights go out on Earth. How can we accomplish this?<br />
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Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some answers.<br />
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Here is the science behind interstellar propulsion: reports from top tier scientists and engineers on starflight propulsion techniques that use only means and methods that we currently know are scientifically possible. Here are in-depth essays on antimatter containment, solar sails, and fusion propulsion. <br />
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And the human consequences? Here is speculation by a magnificent array of award-winning SF writers on what an interstellar voyage might look like, might feel like—might be like. It’s an all-star cast abounding with Hugo and Nebula award winners: Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Sarah Hoyt and more.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451637793.html" target="_blank">Flandry's Legacy by Poul Anderson</a> - Sir Dominic Flandry is now an admiral, but takes little joy in his new rank. He sees the rot in the Terran Empire on every hand and knows that the Long Night will inevitably fall upon the galaxy. His consolation is that measures he has taken while doing what he can to postpone the Empire’s final collapse may shorten the coming galactic dark age and hasten the rise of a new interstellar civilization. In the meantime, he’ll enjoy the comforts of a decadent civilization—and he’ll always be ready for one more battle against the Empire’s enemies. This concluding volume of the Technic Civilization saga, one of the milestones of modern science fiction includes two full-length novels: <br />
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A Stone in Heaven—When the daughter of Flandry’s mentor asks for help, he intervenes, and finds he must thwart a would-be dictator’s plans to seize control of the Empire.<br />
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The Game of Empire—The Merseians, alien enemies of the Empire, have put into motion an insidious plan to bring the Terran Empire down. Flandry’s daughter, Diana, and her feline-like alien friend have discovered the conspiracy, but can they stop it in time?<br />
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Plus four novellas set in the time of the Long Night and the renaissance of civilization which followed it, concluding one of the grandest adventure sagas in science fiction.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEHXa_pw9j8_ogFhdwe9mPc9bV6fd8HJw3bOq9kXlX0X14iFDoGNRCOl7MZQA5VU8XCSrhfvlnCoi_TYXc-3o4uOLqlsAbJlOF2VlSjziRZPiWaolccmO3bqJvoLxNIbxcNxezXaYHDES/s1600/9781451638103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEHXa_pw9j8_ogFhdwe9mPc9bV6fd8HJw3bOq9kXlX0X14iFDoGNRCOl7MZQA5VU8XCSrhfvlnCoi_TYXc-3o4uOLqlsAbJlOF2VlSjziRZPiWaolccmO3bqJvoLxNIbxcNxezXaYHDES/s320/9781451638103.jpg" width="209" /></a><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451638103.html" target="_blank">No Going Back by Mark L. Van Name</a> - Jon and Lobo are back–and everything is about to change.<br />
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If they both survive.<br />
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Haunted by memories of children he could not save, Jon Moore is so increasingly self-destructive that even his best friend, the hyper-intelligent Predator-Class Assault Vehicle, Lobo, is worried. When Jon risks meeting a woman from his distant past and undertakes a high-stakes mission, Lobo fears this will be their last.<br />
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The job is illegal.<br />
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They have to take on one of the oldest, most powerful men alive.<br />
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Two different security forces are tracking them.<br />
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And Jon is falling in love.<br />
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Desperate and out of options on a world so inhospitable that its statues and monuments outnumber its living inhabitants, Jon and Lobo encounter their deadliest challenges yet. They must make decisions from which there truly is No Going Back.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781451649550.html" target="_blank">Star Treck Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night by David R. George III</a> - In the wake of the final Borg invasion, which destroyed entire worlds, cost the lives of sixty-three billion people, and struck a crippling blow to Starfleet, six nations adversarial to the United Federation of Planets—the Romulan Star Empire, the Breen Confederacy, the Tholian Assembly, the Gorn Hegemony, the Tzenkethi Coalition, and the Holy Order of the Kinshaya— joined ranks to form the Typhon Pact. For almost three years, the Federation and the Klingon Empire, allied under the Khitomer Accords, have contended with the nascent coalition on a predominantly cold-war footing. But as Starfleet rebuilds itself, factions within the Typhon Pact grow restive, concerned about their own inability to develop a quantum slipstream drive to match that of the Federation. Will leaders such as UFP President Bacco and RSE Praetor Kamemor bring about a lasting peace across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, or will the cold war between the two alliances deepen, and perhaps even lead to an all-out shooting war?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGRXpIGA1jOUtL5AEfR_SyV2dZH2rw3RRfhPnIJWMpgS9FK_ZtgogJHxJZhCos5uO2Ye490AMXB4a49NfSBkJULtq9ZV3lc8qBLWali8d-iC7Z_A4tjqj1IHkDBuC_Ug_tR_SeL-EL6E9/s1600/9781590208168.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGRXpIGA1jOUtL5AEfR_SyV2dZH2rw3RRfhPnIJWMpgS9FK_ZtgogJHxJZhCos5uO2Ye490AMXB4a49NfSBkJULtq9ZV3lc8qBLWali8d-iC7Z_A4tjqj1IHkDBuC_Ug_tR_SeL-EL6E9/s320/9781590208168.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781590208168.html" target="_blank">The White-Luck Warrior by R. Scott Bakker</a> - Praised by readers and critics around the world, R. Scott Bakker has become one of the most celebrated voices in fantasy fiction. The Aspect-Emperor trilogy follows on from the acclaimed Prince of Nothing saga, and The White-Luck Warrior is the chilling second book in the new series. Ruler Anasurimbor Kellhus and his Great Ordeal march ever farther into the Ancient North, as his consort Esmenet finds herself at war. Exiled wizard Achamian, meanwhile, leads his own ragtag mission to the legendary ruins of Sauglish. Into this tumult walks the White-Luck Warrior, assassin and messiah both . . . . . . In this ambitious volume, Bakker delves even further into his richly imagined universe of myth, violence, and sorcery.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781849702089.html" target="_blank">The Primarchs edited by Christian Dunn</a> - Created in the Emperor’s own image, the primarchs had long thought themselves to be princes of the universe and masters of their own destiny – they led the Space Marine Legions in glorious conquest of the galaxy, and no enemy of the Imperium could stand against them. However, even amongst this legendary brotherhood, the seeds of dissent had been sown long before the treacherous Warmaster Horus declared his grand heresy. Gathered within this anthology are four novellas focusing on some of the mightiest warriors and leaders that mankind has ever known – Fulgrim, Alpharius, Lion El’Johnson and Ferrus Manus – and the roles that they may have yet to play in a war which threatens to change the face of the Imperium forever.<br /><br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781595144737.html" target="_blank">Bloodlines by Richelle Mead</a> - When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California.<br />
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Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive--this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781849701907.html" target="_blank">The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembrowski-Bowden</a> - The Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretive beginnings during the Horus Heresy, these legendary Space Marine daemon hunters have journeyed into the dark realms of the warp – and beyond – in pursuit of their supernatural enemies. Through an intensive regime of psychic training, new recruits are brought to the clandestine fortress of Titan to join the hallowed and vaunted ranks of the 666th Chapter. More than ever, these legendary battle-brothers must be vigilant and ever ready to defend the Imperium for the forces of Chaos are never truly defeated, and Armageddon beckons…<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781781080016.html" target="_blank">Harmony by Keith Brooke</a> - The aliens are here, all around us. They always have been. And now, one by one, they're destroying our cities.<br />
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Dodge Mercer deals in identities, which is fine until the day he deals the wrong identity and clan war breaks out. Hope Burren has no identity and no past, but she does have a multitude of voices filling her head.<br />
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In a world where nothing is as it seems, where humans are segregated and aliens can sing realities and tear worlds apart, Dodge and Hope lead a ragged band of survivors on a search for sanctuary in what may be the only hope for humankind.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBVLcj2h6DoDOt4-M2jybu-0FViWPfllFCXkZ7ZZJKFbRROqAOy5e7jcRu-ctvjoouzNnFmgFj7bRt07Jlav5WBNz3K6CyZcUWy6nXU2Ise2ZsTkAdCiv0I51TWjXknujTunV1YXxIt-f/s1600/9781781080047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBVLcj2h6DoDOt4-M2jybu-0FViWPfllFCXkZ7ZZJKFbRROqAOy5e7jcRu-ctvjoouzNnFmgFj7bRt07Jlav5WBNz3K6CyZcUWy6nXU2Ise2ZsTkAdCiv0I51TWjXknujTunV1YXxIt-f/s320/9781781080047.jpg" width="206" /></a><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781781080047.html" target="_blank">Toxicity by Andy Remic</a> -Welcome to Manna - the utopian galaxy where all races exist in harmony. Ruled by Shamans, perfect alien machines, Manna is a place of wisdom, technology and art. on the edge of the galaxy, away from romantic holiday cruises, hides toX1C, a reprocessing planet run by the Company and dealing with all Manna’s waste – there’s no poison the Company will not “recycle.”<br /><br />Jenni Xi, ECO terrorist, is fighting a cleanup war against the Company. When a sabotage goes horribly wrong, she learns the future of the planet – and it’s far worse than she ever dreamed... Svoolzard Koolimax – poet, swashbuckler, bon viveur – is guest of Honour on a Masters Cruise when a violent attack leaves his Cruiser crashed in NukePuke. Horace is a torture model anarchy android, known simply as the Dentist. Horace works for the Company. Soon, he will meet Jenni and Svool – and the fate of Manna will change forever...<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781781080238.html" target="_blank">Weird Space: The Devil's Nebula by Eric Brown</a> - Best-selling author Eric Brown has created a brand new shared world for Abaddon Books: Weird Space. This thrilling space-opera series will begin with the release of The Devil's Nebula. Brown will introduce readers to the human smugglers, veterans and ne’erdowells who are part of the Expansion – and their uneasy neighbours, the Vetch Empire.<br />
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When an evil race threatens not only the Expansion, but the Vetch too - an evil from another dimension which infests humans and Vetch alike and bends individuals to do their hideous bidding, only cooperation between them means the difference between a chance of survival and no chance at all.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781849701723.html" target="_blank">Bloodsworn by Nathan Long</a> - Returning to Nuln after her adventures in Praag, Ulrika finds the Lahmian vampires preparing for war. Across the Old World, their rivals, the sinister von Carsteins, attack their strongholds and lead the witch hunters to their hidden lairs. Spurned by her sisters, Ulrika forms an uneasy alliance with the von Carsteins in a plot to destabilise the Empire by striking at its very heart – they plan nothing less than the assassination of Emperor Karl Franz. With enemies on all sides and the Empire in flames, Ulrika must decide whether her future will see her living among the humans, or as their enemy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781937007591.jpg" target="_blank">Cursed by Benedict Jacka</a> - Since his second sight made him infamous for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex has been keeping his head down. But now he's discovered the resurgence of a forbidden ritual. Someone is harvesting the life-force of magical creatures—destroying them in the process. And draining humans is next on the agenda. Hired to investigate, Alex realizes that not everyone on the Council wants him delving any deeper. Struggling to distinguish ally from enemy, he finds himself the target of those who would risk their own sanity for power...<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781937007638.html" target="_blank">Bleeding Out (An OSI Novel) by Jes Battis</a> - From the author of Infernal Affairs comes a story of murder. mayhem, and demon relations. Is this really the vacation Tess was looking for?<br />
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Though she’s on leave from the Occult Special Investigations squad, Tess Corday is still grappling with her own personal mysteries. But finding out the truth about her demonic heritage has been more difficult than she expected. Plus, her unauthorized investigation into an addictive new vampire street drug is driving a stake between her and her undead boyfriend.<br />
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Then Vancouver’s premier necromancer turns up dead. Tess suspects that the cases are related. And her suspicions will lead her into a paranormal showdown that can—and will—change the course of her life forever.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781606843581.html" target="_blank">Shift by Em Bailey</a> - Olive Corbett is not crazy. Not anymore. <br />She obediently takes her meds and stays under the radar at school. After “the incident,” Olive just wants to avoid any more trouble, so she knows the smartest thing is to stay clear of the new girl who is rumored to have quite the creepy past.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312382575.html" target="_blank">Bridge of Time by Lewis Buzbee</a> - Best friends Lee Jones and Joan Lee have a lot more in common besides their names. On the eve of their class trip, they each learn their parents are getting divorced. Ugh. The class trip is a dud, so Lee and Joan steal away to talk. What follows is an afternoon nap in a lighthouse, walking up to find the Golden Gate Bridge gone--gone!--and meeting a young man named Sam Clemens, who is on the run from a mysterious stranger.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312551513.html" target="_blank">Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier</a> - Gwyneth Shepherd’s sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!<br />
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Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon—the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the eighteenth century and in contemporary London, they can trust.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312553395.html" target="_blank">Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander</a> - From debut author Cassie Alexander comes a spectacular new urban fantasy series where working the nightshift can be a real nightmare. Nothing compares to being Nightshifted.<br />
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Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine—from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond…<br />
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Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed. But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose. Now she’s haunted by the man’s dying words—Save Anna—and before she knows it, she’s on a mission to rescue some poor girl from the undead. Which involves crashing a vampire den, falling for a zombie, and fighting for her soul. Grey’s Anatomy was never like this…<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312623067.html" target="_blank">Zombie Island: A Shakespeare Undead Novel by Lori Handeland</a> - In the follow-up to Shakespeare Undead, vampire William Shakespeare and his Dark Lady are stranded on a mystical island where zombies are plentiful and one man will stop at nothing to become all-powerful.<br />
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Fresh from a triumphant battle over the zombie horde that invaded London, vampire William Shakespeare concocts a plot to rid the love of his life from the encumbrance of her husband. Will plans to give his ”dark lady,” Katherine Dymond, a potion that will make her sleep the sleep of the dead. Once she is entombed, Will can sneak in, wait for her to awaken, then spirit her away. After her husband returns to his plantation in America, Kate can return to London under a different name and assume a new identity. No one will believe that the dead Katherine and the live Kate are the same woman. Of course, as is often the case with true love, all does not go as smoothly as planned. When the two of them are shipwrecked on an island ruled by a wizard and a nymph, as well as infested by zombies, Will and Kate must stop an even larger plot afoot—one that leads all the way to the royal palaces of Queen Elizabeth.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780312664855.html" target="_blank">Fated by Alyson Noel</a> - Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams. Fearing for her daughter’s sanity, Daire’s mother sends her to live with the grandmother she’s never met. A woman who recognizes the visions for what they truly are—the call to her destiny as a Soul Seeker—one who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead.<br />
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There on the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico, Daire sets out to harness her mystical powers. But it’s when she meets Dace, the boy from her dreams, that her whole world is shaken to its core. Now Daire is forced to discover if Dace is the one guy she's meant to be with...or if he’s allied with the enemy she's destined to destroy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780316081078.html" target="_blank">Blackout by Mira Grant</a> -The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising.<br />
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The year was 2039. The world didn't end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and Shaun Mason set out on the biggest story of their generation. The uncovered the biggest conspiracy since the Rising and realized that to tell the truth, sacrifices have to be made.<br />
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Now, the year is 2041, and the investigation that began with the election of President Ryman is much bigger than anyone had assumed. With too much left to do and not much time left to do it in, the surviving staff of After the End Times must face mad scientists, zombie bears, rogue government agencies-and if there's one thing they know is true in post-zombie America, it's this:<br />
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Things can always get worse.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780316098120.html" target="_blank">2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson</a> - The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future.<br />
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The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780316178457.html" target="_blank">Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells</a> - The epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series.<br />
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Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too.<br />
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The one man who holds the key to defeating Cain is, of course, Abel. A mage with secrets to spare and, hopefully, the power to match it. Unfortunately, for Sabina, he's in Rome and may not want to be found.<br />
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Sabina sets out for Italy with her friends, Giguhl and Adam Lazarus, to track down the only man who can get her the revenge she hungers for. But will he help her or oppose her? And just who is Abel, really? Worst of all, when Sabina figures out the goddess Lilith has a plan for her-she realizes this trip is getting deadlier by the minute. As they say: when in Rome-SURVIVE.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780385735353.html" target="_blank">The Enchantress by Michael Scott</a> - San Francisco: Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.<br />
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But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?<br />
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Danu Talis:<br />
Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it’s on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.<br />
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Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what—or who—the twins will be fighting for.<br />
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Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost. But will the twins of legend stand together? Or will they stand apart—one to save the world and one to destroy it?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765321671.html" target="_blank">Nightworld by F. Paul Wilson</a> - This is the way the world ends…not with a bang but a scream in the dark.<br />
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It begins at dawn, when the sun rises late. Then the holes appear. The first forms in Central Park, in sight of an apartment where Repairman Jack and a man as old as time watch with growing dread. Gaping holes, bottomless and empty…until sundown, when the first unearthly, hungry creatures appear.<br />
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Nightworld brings F. Paul Wilson’s Adversary Cycle and Repairman Jack saga to an apocalyptic finale as Jack and Glaeken search the Secret History to gather a ragtag army for a last stand against the Otherness and a hideously transformed Rasalom.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765329943.html" target="_blank">Dark Magic by James Swain</a> - Peter Warlock is a magician with a dark secret. Every night, he amazes audiences at his private theater in New York, where he performs feats that boggle the imagination. But his day job is just a cover for his otherworldly pursuits: Peter is a member of an underground group of psychics who gaze into the future to help prevent crimes.<br />
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No one, not even his live-in girlfriend, knows the truth about Peter—until the séance when he foresees an unspeakable act of violence that will devastate the city. As Peter and his friends rush to prevent tragedy, Peter discovers that a shadowy cult of evil psychics, the Order of Astrum, know all about his abilities. They are hunting him and his fellow psychics down, one by one, determined to silence them forever.<br />
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Dark Magic is a genre-bending supernatural thriller from national bestselling novelist and real-life magician James Swain.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765329998.html" target="_blank">Orb Sceptre Throne by Ian C. Esslemont</a> - The epic new chapter in the history of Malaz—the new epic fantasy from Steven Erikson's friend and co-creator of this extraordinary and exciting imagined world.<br />
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Darujhistan, city of dreams, city of blue flames, is peaceful at last; its citizens free to return to politicking, bickering, trading and, above all, enjoying the good things in life. Yet there are those who will not allow the past to remain buried. A scholar digging in the plains stumbles across an ancient sealed vault. The merchant Humble Measure schemes to drive out the remaining Malazan invaders. And the surviving agents of a long-lost power are stirring, for they sense change and so, opportunity. While, as ever at the centre of everything, a thief in a red waistcoat and of rotund proportions walks the streets, juggling in one hand custard pastries, and in the other the fate of the city itself.<br />
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Far to the south, fragments of the titanic Moon's Spawn have crashed into the Rivan Sea creating a series of isles...and a fortune hunter's dream. A Malazan veteran calling himself 'Red' ventures out to try his luck—and perhaps say goodbye to old friends. But there he finds far more than he'd bargained for as the rush to claim the Spawn's treasures descends into a mad scramble of chaos and bloodshed. For powers from across the world have gathered here, searching for the legendary Throne of Night. The impact of these events are far reaching, it seems. On an unremarkable island off the coast of Genabackis, a people who had turned their backs upon all such strivings now lift their masked faces towards the mainland and recall the ancient prophesy of a return.<br />
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And what about the ex-Claw of the Malazan Empire who now walks the uttermost edge of creation? His mission—the success or failure of which the Queen of Dreams saw long ago—is destined to shape far more than anyone could have ever imagined.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765330307.html" target="_blank">The Paths of the Dead by Steven Brust </a>- Two hundred years ago, Adron’s Disaster destroyed Dragaera City, killed the Emperor, and deprived the entire Dragaeran Empire of the ability to use sorcery.<br />
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It’s been a rough Interregnum. The children of the great adventurers Khaavren, Aerich, Tazendra, and Pel are growing up in a seemingly diminished world. Like their elders, they’re convinced that the age of adventures is over, and that nothing interesting will ever happen to any of them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765330956.html" target="_blank">Princeps by L. E. Modesitt, Jr</a>. - The thrilling follow-up to Scholar—in which, after discovering a coup attempt and preventing a bloody civil war, Quaeryt was appointed princeps of Tilbor—begins a new episode in the young Imager's life. Now second only to the governor, and still hiding his powers as an Imager, Quaeryt is enjoying his new position, as well as his marriage to Lord Bhayar’s youngest sister, Vaelora, when a volcanic eruption devastates the old capital of Telaryn.<br />
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He and his wife are dispatched to Extela, Telaryn’s capitol city, to replace the governor killed in the eruption. Quaeryt and Vaelora must restore order to a city filled with chaos and corruption, and do so quickly. The regiment under his command must soon depart to bolster Telaryn’s border defenses against a neighboring ruler who sees the volcanic devastation as an opportunity for invasion and conquest.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765359650.html" target="_blank">The Walls of the Universe by Paul Melko</a> - John Rayburn thought all of his problems were the mundane ones of an Ohio farm boy in his last year in high school. Then his doppelgänger appeared, tempted him with a device that let him travel across worlds, and stole his life from him. John soon finds himself caroming through universes, and, when the device breaks, unable to return home. John settles in a new universe to unravel the machine’s secrets and fix it.<br />
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Meanwhile, his doppelgänger tries to exploit the commercial technology he’s stolen from other Earths: the Rubik’s Cube! John’s attempts to lie low in his new universe backfire when he inadvertently introduces pinball. It becomes a huge success. Both actions draw the notice of other, more dangerous travelers, who are exploiting worlds for ominous purposes. Fast-paced and exciting, this is SF adventure at its best from a rising star.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765360465.html" target="_blank">Out of the Waters by David Drake</a> -The wealthy Governor Saxa, of the great city of Carce, has generously subsidized a theatrical/religious event. During this elaborate staging of Hercules founding a city on the shores of Lusitania, dark magic turns the panoply into a chilling event. The sky darkens and the waves crash in the flooded arena. A great creature rises from the sea: a huge, tentacled horror on snake legs. It devastates the city, much to the delight of the crowd.<br />
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A few in the audience, although not Saxa, understand that this was not mere stagecraft, but something much darker and more dangerous. If all signs are being read right, this illusion could signify a dreadful intrusion of supernatural powers into the real world. Saxa’s son, Varus, has been the conduit for such an event once before. This new novel is as powerful and elaborate as that fantastic theatrical event, a major fantasy for this year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765364104.html" target="_blank">Honeyed Worlds by J. A. Pitts</a> - Sarah Beauhall is a blacksmith, has a night job as a props manager for a low-budget movie, and spends her free time fighting in a medieval reenactment group. Her world falls apart when she discovers that dragons are real and live among us as shapeshifters; in fact, it is they who have been the secret masters of our world from time immemorial. On top of all this, it appears that Sarah has managed to reforge an ancient sword that everyone suddenly wants...and those who don’t want the weapon want Sarah to take on her destiny and become humanity’s saviour.<br />
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As Sarah tries to make her way in this new world, she discovers just how little she knows of reality. Fairies and dwarves and giants abound, the fault line of the Pacific Northwest is rife with ancient Norse magic. Odin himself appears with ravens at his side and cryptic advice for the fledgling heroine. And the cherry on the sundae? The discovery that Sarah’s girlfriend is from a family that has been battling these forces for generations and they look to Sarah as their last best hope.<br />
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What’s a girl to do when the powers of the world decide that you’re responsible for cleaning up the magical mess?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780765365897.html" target="_blank">Dark Jenny by Alex Bledsoe</a> - For twenty-five gold pieces a day, plus expenses, Eddie LaCrosse will take on almost any case. But the unexpected delivery of a coffin in the dead of winter forces LaCrosse to look at a bygone chapter of his life—and the premeditated murder of a dream.<br />
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Ruled by the noble King Marcus Drake, the island kingdom of Grand Braun is an oasis of peace and justice in an imperfect world. At least until the beautiful Queen Jennifer is accused of adultery and murder. In the wrong castle at the wrong time, Eddie finds himself drafted at sword’s point to solve the mystery. With time running out, and powerful nobles all too eager to pin the murder on Eddie himself, he must unravel a tangled web of palace intrigues, buried secrets, and bewitching women—before the entire kingdom erupts into civil war.<br />
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Murder, mystery, and magic—just another day on the job for Eddie LaCrosse.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781250003324.html" target="_blank">Of Poseidon by Anna Banks</a> - Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. It’s while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen. Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen's not fully convinced that Emma's the one he's been looking for. That is, until a deadly encounter with a shark proves that Emma and her Gift may be the only thing that can save his kingdom. He needs her help--no matter what the risk.<br />
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<b><i>[I read an ARC of this one - good YA contemporary fantasy - 4 of 5 stars. ]</i></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781250004857.html" target="_blank">So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev</a> - All Beatrice Shakespeare Smith has ever wanted is a true family of her own. And she’s close to reuniting her parents when her father disappears. Now Bertie must deal with a vengeful sea goddess and a mysterious queen as she tries to keep her family—and the Theatre Illuminata—from crumbling. To complicate it all, Bertie is torn between her two loves, Ariel and Nate.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781416990086.html" target="_blank">Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury</a> - Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy, about to make the first cut into the wrappings—about to unlock ancient (and not-so-ancient) history. She sees herself wearing a pith helmet with antique dust swirling around her. She sees herself as a young Egyptologist who has arrived in Cairo on camelback.<br />
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She sees herself dreaming. Because reality for a seventeen-year-old debutante in 1815 London does not allow for camels—or dust even. No, Agnes’s encounter with a mummy is happening on Lord Showalter’s verdant green lawn, where butlers abound and strolling sitar players strain to create an exotic “atmosphere” for the first party of the season. An unwrapping.<br />
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And a beginning. Not just of Agnes’s debut season and the ever-shrinking scope of her future—home, husband, and high society. No, something else begins as well, because the mummy Agnes unwraps is more than a mummy: It’s a host for a secret that could unravel a new destiny—unleashing a mystery, an international intrigue—and possibly a curse.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781606843093.html" target="_blank">Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster</a> - Kyle Straker volunteered to be hypnotized at the annual community talent show, expecting the same old lame amateur acts. But when he wakes up, his world will never be the same. Televisions and computers no longer work, but a strange language streams across their screens. Everyone’s behaving oddly. It’s as if Kyle doesn’t exit.<br />
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Is this nightmare a result of the hypnosis? Will Kyle wake up with a snap of fingers to roars of laughter? Or is this something much more sinister?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781606843192.html" target="_blank">Taken by Storm by Jennifer Lynn Barnes</a> - In the eye of a storm stands Bryn, the alpha of the Cedar Ridge werewolf pack. She is young. Female. Human. Physically weaker than any werewolf, she could never survive a battle with another alpha, the strongest, fiercest, and canniest of his pack. <br />
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Yet she cannot refuse a summons from the werewolf Senate. A rogue werewolf is attacking humans. The risk of exposure threatens to destroy pack life, and the center of the crisis is Cedar Ridge territory—her own lands.<br />
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Bryn has no choice but to attend the meeting, a gathering of the most powerful werewolves on the continent. The subject is the rogue wolf, but Bryn knows the other packs want what she has. Her territory. Her females. Her pack.<br />
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They want her death.<br />
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Werewolf law prevents the other alphas from making a direct attack. It also prevents her former alpha, the mysterious and powerful Callum, from coming to her aid. But it doesn’t prevent Bryn from knowing what she wants. To keep her lands. To protect her pack.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781606843352.html" target="_blank">Undercurrent by Tricia Rayburn</a> - Nothing has been normal since Vanessa Sands learned that her sister was murdered by sirens — femme fatales of the watery depths — and that everything she believed about her family was a lie. Her boyfriend Simon’s been the only person Vanessa feels she can really trust. But now there are some secrets she can’t tell even him. And when Vanessa finds herself in the sights of Parker, Hawthorne Prep’s resident charmer, she needs someone to confide in more than ever. Doubting her relationship with Simon, unsure of Parker’s intentions — and of her own — and terrified by what she’s learned about herself, Vanessa has never felt so alone. But personal problems must be put aside, because the Winter Harbor sirens are back for revenge. Now, Vanessa must face her past and accept that she is just like her enemies — every bit as alluring, every bit as dangerous. The eagerly anticipated second novel of the Siren trilogy, Undercurrent is a seductive paranormal romance that will leave you breathless.<br />
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4 more ARC's in the mail today. An odd mix this time. The first one was from Simon & Schuster - This was notable from several points of view. <b>A Once Crowded Sky</b> by Tom King. First, it's a hardcover ARC, a rarity in the days when most ARC's that are fortunate enough to find print form (don't get me started on electronic galleys) are put out on digital POD presses making a workmanlike paperback that, while more than sufficient to the task of getting the story out to advance reviewers, nonetheless is typically lacking in the style that will be present in the final printed hardcover.<br />
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The copy that I received is likely a hardcover from the first printing with a different jacket wrapped around it but I was pleasantly surprised anyway. Secondly, this is a hardcover superhero novel with a marketing budget - a rarity in itself. Immediately on opening the package I was drawn to recall <b>Soon I Will Be Invincible </b>by Austin Grossman which I thought was a brilliant novel. This looks every bit as intriguing.<br />
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Finally, there is comic book art interspersed with the text. Yay!<br />
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Synopsis: The superheroes of Arcadia City fight a wonderful war, and play a wonderful game, forever saving yet another day. However, after sacrificing both their powers and Ultimate, the greatest hero of them all, to defeat the latest apocalypse, these comic book characters are transformed from the marvelous into the mundane. After too many battles won and too many friends lost, The Soldier of Freedom was fine letting all that glory go. But when a new threat blasts through his city, Soldier, as ever, accepts his duty and reenlists in this next war. Without his once amazing abilities, he’s forced to seek the help of the one man who walked away, the sole hero who refused to make the sacrifice— PenUltimate, the sidekick of Ultimate, who through his own rejection of the game has become the most powerful man in the world, the only one left who might still, once again, save the day. A tour de force debut novel from a former CIA counterterrorism officer, A Once Crowded Sky fuses the sensibility of bombastic, comic-book-style storytelling with modern literary fiction to bring to life a universe of supermen stripped of their powers, newly mortal men forced to confront danger in a world without heroes<br /><br />
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The next package in my mail bin was one of Fiewel & Friends distinctly wrapped bright metallic red envelopes containing their latest Fierce Reads promotion for summer: <b>Shadow and Bone</b> by Leigh Bardugo.<br />
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Synopsis: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. <br />Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha…and the secrets of her heart<br />
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This book carries the distinction of having the highest early review rating I've ever seen on Goodreads.com (4.42 out of 5 at the time of writing). Looking forward to both of these..<br />
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In a departure from my usual reading comfort zone - I requested and received this next one from Penguin - <b>It's OK Not to Share and other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids </b>by Heather Schumaker. In addition to being a bookseller and blogger, I am also a parent. This looks interesting and potentially helpful. Synopsis: "Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it’s easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house—isn’t this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn’t feel like sharing?). In this inspiring and enlightening book, Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down “the rules” to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids. Drawing on her own experiences as the mother of two small children, as well as on the work of child psychologists, pediatricians, educators and so on, in this book Shumaker gets to the heart of the matter on a host of important questions. Hint: many of the rules aren’t what you think they are! The “rules” in this book focus on the toddler and preschool years—an important time for laying the foundation for competent and compassionate older kids and then adults. Here are a few of the rules: It’s OK if it’s not hurting people or property Bombs, guns and bad guys allowed. Boys can wear tutus. Pictures don’t have to be pretty. Paint off the paper! Sex ed starts in preschool Kids don’t have to say “Sorry.” Love your kid’s lies."<br />
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Finally, there arrived a book called <b>The Pleasures of Men </b>by Kate Williams. Synopsis: "Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. She has few companions and little to occupy the days beyond her own colourful imagination. But then a murderer strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak, leading the press to christen him The Man of Crows. And as Catherine hungrily devours the news, she finds she can channel the voices of the dead ... and comes to believe she will eventually channel The Man of Crows himself.<br />But the murders continue to panic the city and Catherine gradually realizes she is snared in a deadly trap, where nothing is as it first appears ... and lurking behind the lies Catherine has been told are secrets more deadly and devastating than anything her imagination can conjure.<br /><br />With an elegant style and thrilling plot, The Pleasures of Men reveals the dark, beating heart of corrupt London during Queen Victoria's reign."<br />
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This is a Victorian-Era murder mystery that I am likely going to enjoy. Unfortunately, in this town, I cannot sit in front of my store and read this without everyone in town immediately questioning my sexual orientation. Hopefully I will have time in the privacy of my office to read this.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-92144271671704447582012-05-21T11:52:00.004-04:002012-05-21T11:52:54.892-04:002011 Nebula Award WinnersThe Nebula Awards were presented over the weekend. The 2011 Winners are:<br />
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<li>NOVEL: Among Others, by Jo Walton (Tor)</li>
<li>NOVELLA: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011)</li>
<li>NOVELLETTE: “What We Found,” Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011)</li>
<li>SHORT STORY: “The Paper Menagerie,” Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011)</li>
<li>RAY BRADBURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife,” Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)</li>
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ANDRE NORTON AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOK: The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)<br />
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2011 DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD: Connie Willis<br />
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SOLSTICE AWARD: Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute<br />
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SERVICE TO SFWA AWARD: Bud Webster</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-48563348195818249312012-05-21T11:47:00.002-04:002012-05-21T11:47:40.025-04:00Houghton Mifflin Harcourt files for bankruptcy<a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/52040-houghton-mifflin-files-for-bankruptcy.html">http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/52040-houghton-mifflin-files-for-bankruptcy.html</a>
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Publisher's weekly reports that details are initially light but that HMH's filing is re-organizational rather than final. HMH said in their statement that they "will maintain normal day-to-day business operations throughout the restructuring process, and we expect no disruptions to our relationships with our customers, agents, authors, employees, business partners and suppliers. Additionally, our plan provides for our suppliers and vendors to be paid in full during and after this process and for our employees to continue receiving their usual pay and benefits."<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-20333388154645730292012-05-15T07:00:00.000-04:002012-05-15T07:54:04.309-04:0005/15/2012 - This Week's New Releases in Science Fiction, Fantasy, HorrorIt seems I picked the right week to ease back into the new release blog. There are only a handful of new releases this week though the headlining one is a must-read.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780345524522.html" target="_blank">Railsea by China Mieville</a> - On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one’s death and the other’s glory. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life than traveling the endless rails of the railsea–even if his captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-coloured mole she’s been chasing since it took her arm all those years ago. When they come across a wrecked train, at first it's a welcome distraction. But what Sham finds in the derelict—a series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible—leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers. And it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780547572543.html" target="_blank">Eye In The Sky by Philip K. Dick</a> - While sightseeing at the Belmont Bevatron, Jack Hamilton, along with seven others, is caught in a lab accident. When he regains consciousness, he is in a fantasy world of Old Testament morality gone awry - a place of instant plagues, immediate damnations, and death to all perceived infidels. Hamilton figures out how he and his compatriots can escape this world and return to their own, but first they must pass through three other vividly fantastical worlds, each more perilous and hilarious than the one before.<br />
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When a telescope's particle beam tears loose from its restraining guides and slices across the paths of the observatory's eight visitors, their innermost hopes, terrifying fears, and exultant dreams are exposed.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780547572710.html" target="_blank">The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick</a> - Scaldingly sarcastic yet enduringly empathetic, The Zap Gun is Dick's remarkable novel depicting the insanity of the arms race. Lars Powderdry and Lilo Topchev are counterpart weapons fashion designers for a world divided into two factions–Wes-bloc and Peep-East. Since the Plowshare Protocols of 2002, their job has been to invent elaborate weapons that only seem massively lethal. But when alien satellites hostile to both sides appear in the sky, the two are brought together in the dire hope that they can create a weapon to save the world, a task made all the more difficult by Lars falling in love with Lilo even as he knows she's trying to kill him.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781612182438.html" target="_blank">Further: Beyond The Threshold by Chris Roberson</a> - The thirty-fourth century. Humankind is spread across three thousand light years in a myriad of worlds and habitats known as the Human Entelechy. Linked by a network of wormholes with Earth at its center, it is the world Captain RJ Stone awakens to after a twelve-thousand-year cryogenic suspension.<br />
Stone soon finds himself commanding the maiden voyage of the first spacecraft to break the light speed barrier: the FTL Further. In search of extraterrestrial intelligence, the landing party explores a distant pulsar only to be taken prisoner by the bloodthirsty Iron Mass, a religious sect exiled from the Entelechy millennia before. Now Stone and his crew must escape while they try to solve the riddle of the planet’s network of stone towers that may be proof of the intelligence they’ve come to find.<br />
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The first in critically acclaimed author Chris Roberson’s scintillating new series, Further: Beyond the Threshold is a fascinating ride to the farthest reaches of the imagination.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781907992933.html" target="_blank">The Shadowmage Trilogy Omnibus by Matthew Sprange</a> - Forced onto the streets of Turnitia after the army destroys his home and murders his parents, Lucius Kane becomes an excellent thief, gaining notoriety in his new profession. Soon drawn into a war between rival thieves guilds, Kane fights for friends and profit but finds himself pulled into the darker and more mysterious world of the Shadowmage. Mercenary practitioners who combine stealth with magic, Shadowmages make the best scouts, infiltrators, spies ... and assassins!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781937007607.html" target="_blank">Dead As A Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #5) by Charlaine Harris</a> - When small-town cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees her brother Jason’s eyes start to change, she knows he’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population, and Jason’s new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who’s behind the attacks—unless the killer decides to find her first…<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0408 Main St, Morristown, NY 13664, USA44.5857701 -75.648053344.5843566 -75.6505208 44.587183599999996 -75.6455858tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-46241182922711337662012-05-10T10:18:00.002-04:002012-05-10T10:18:39.368-04:00Review: Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Overview:</b> <i>"Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don’t thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not—you hurdle down the stairs and make a run for the corner.<br /><br />Only, if it’s the last time you’ll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you’d stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus.<br /><br />But the bus was barreling down our street, so I ran."</i><br /><br />Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong. <br /><br />In Emmy Laybourne’s action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart<br />
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The characters, particularly the older students, seemed to be an accurate cross-section of what you'd find on a school bus (where the story begins) and their personalities, motives, and attitudes seemed solidly true-to-life. There were a couple spots where I found a particular action - usually Astrid's - to be incongruous with the description of her character. Maybe more information in the sequel will shed more light on her motives, maybe not. The strong points of this novel are the non-stop action, the methodology of 14 children dealing with horrible disaster and the way they pull through it. </div>
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The ending felt abrupt, almost a clifffhanger but not quite. The second book is already in the hands of the editor and I get the feeling that the story will be primarily told by a different character and I was invested enough in Dean (the narrator of this story) to be annoyed with that idea. </div>
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<b>Summary:</b> This was certainly a fun and exciting read and I would definitely recommend it. The occasional inconsistencies only slightly detract from a good book with a great premise. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-34045330092022664462012-05-10T09:50:00.002-04:002012-05-10T09:50:26.826-04:00In The Mail: The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems to be the week for children's books in the mail. This morning's addition to my 'to-read' shelf is <i><b>The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell</b></i> by Chris Colfer (Yes, the Glee star). Little, Brown & Company sent me an ARC of Colfer's Juvenile fantasy which is due out in July, 2012.<br />
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Synopsis: <span id="freeText14291852977173621204">Alex and Conner
Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that
uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of
classic fairytales.<br /><br /><em>The Land of Stories</em> tells the tale
of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished
book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a
foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with
the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. <br /><br />But after a
series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike,
getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText14291852977173621204">Early reviews are good but at first glance the material seems to rely on fairytale derivative. The promise of this one is going to rest strongly on Colfer's narrative voice. I know my daughters are strongly looking forward to getting their hands on this but we'll see if this actor can turn author.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-77091704683489646102012-05-08T12:19:00.001-04:002012-05-10T09:39:51.737-04:00In The Mail: Monument 14 & 2 More<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Macmillan's Teen imprint Feiwel and Friends has been publishing some very good teen SF&F for the last couple years and aggressively marketing it via social networking. Their latest promotion is for their spring 2012 "Fierce Reads." Booksellers and bloggers (myself included) have been getting shiny red packages with intriguing ARC's for the last month or so.<br />
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The latest to arrive (this morning) is <b>Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne</b>. Synopsis:"<span id="freeText4310541550268915229">Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong. <br /><br />In
Emmy Laybourne’s action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some
popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six
little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for
themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters,
beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons
spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart."</span><br />
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<span id="freeText4310541550268915229">Also in the mail today: An ARC of Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey arrived from G. P. Putnam's Sons. This is a grade 3+ novel at nearly 300 pages which looks like it's going to be a fun read. One of my children may get to this one before I do though. Synopsis: "</span><span id="freeText8068863597962106326">It's tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody's trying to kill you.<br /><br />Not
that Egg's life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested
Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a
pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts.<br /><br />But when
Egg's father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to
fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a
freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of
the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued
daughter Millicent. Finally, life seems perfect.<br /><br />Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff."</span><br />
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<span id="freeText8068863597962106326">Finally, I received an ARC and event kit for <b>Exiled by J. R. Wagner</b>. - a teen fantasy from a small press receiving mixed reviews. Early reviewers seem to either love or hate this one. Stay tuned for my take. Synopsis: "</span><span id="freeText5276068233497618064">James has never known an
ordinary life. As long as he can remember, he and his family have been
on the run—moving from place to place, never settling down, never
growing roots. Now, just when he’s on the brink of manhood, the very
thing his family has been trying to prevent tears him from all he has
ever known and thrusts him into a place where he is powerless and alone.
<br /><br />Bent on finding a way back, James must brave a place reserved
for the worst of his kind. He quickly learns that the land itself poses a
greater threat than its inhabitants and if he is to have any chance of
returning, he must work with the very people he’s been raised to fear.<br /><br />James
has known magic since just after he was born. As a sorcerer, his skills
are exceptional yet when he wakes in The Never, his abilities are gone.
Armed with nothing but determination and the will to survive, he braves
a land wrought with dangers, mysteries and temptations meant to ensnare
both body and mind and prevent escape forever."</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-518861282039665122012-05-08T09:48:00.002-04:002012-05-08T09:49:12.199-04:00R. I. P. Maurice Sendak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maurice Sendak died last night at age 83 from complications due to a recent stroke. <br />
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Sendak authored and illustrated hundreds of children's titles, most notably, the Caldecott Medal-winning <i>Where The Wild Things Are.</i><br />
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Despite many attempts at censorship over the last 40+ years, Sendak's work inspired generations of young readers and carved him a place as one of the most beloved illustrators of all time.<i> </i><br />
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Rest in Peace, Mr. Sendak. You are missed already.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-20202262250205187962012-05-07T18:24:00.000-04:002012-05-07T18:26:30.271-04:00British Fantasy Society Releases Shortlist for 2012 British Fantasy Awards<br />
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Without further ado, here's the list. <br /><br /><br /><b>Novel:</b><br /><br />The Heroes; Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)<br />11.22.63; Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)<br />Cyber Circus; Kim Lakin-Smith (NewCon Press)<br />A Dance with Dragons; George RR Martin (Harper Voyager)<br />The Ritual; Adam Nevill (Pan)<br />Among Others; Jo Walton (Tor Books)<br /><br />There will be two awards in the best Novel category: The August Derleth Award for best horror novel and The Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel.<br /><br /><b>Novella:</b><br /><br />Terra Damnata; James Cooper (PS Publishing)<br />Ghosts with Teeth; Peter Crowther (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)<br />King Death; Paul Finch (Spectral Press)<br />Near Zennor; Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)<br />The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer; John Ajvide Lindqvist (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)<br />Gorel and the Pot Bellied God; Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)<br /><br /><br /><b>Short Fiction:</b><br /><br />Dermot; Simon Bestwick (Black Static)<br />Sad, Dark Thing; Michael Marshall Smith (A Book of Horrors)<br />Florrie; Adam Nevill (House of Fear)<br />Alice Through the Plastic Sheet; Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)<br />The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter; Angela Slatter (A Book of Horrors)<br /><br /><b>Anthology:</b><br /><br />A Book of Horrors; editor Stephen Jones (Jo Fletcher Books)<br />House of Fear; editor Jonathan Oliver (Solaris Books)<br />The Weird; editors Jeff and Ann Vandermeer (Corvus Books)<br />Gutshot; editor Conrad Williams (PS Publishing)<br /><br /><b>Collection:</b><br /><br />Rumours of the Marvellous; Peter Atkins (Alchemy Press)<br />Mrs Midnight; Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press)<br />Everyone’s Just So So Special; Robert Shearman (Big Finish)<br />A Glass of Shadow; Liz Williams (NewCon Press)<br /><br /><b>Screenplay:</b><br /><br />Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen<br />Attack the Block by Joe Cornish<br />The Awakening by Stephen Volk and Nick Murphy<br />Melancholia by Lars Von Trier<br />Kill List by Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump<br /><br /><b>Magazine/Periodical:</b><br /><br />Black Static; ed. Andy Cox TTA Press<br />Interzone; ed. Andy Cox TTA Press<br />SFX, ed. Dave Bradley Future Publishing<br />The Horror Zine, ed. Jeani Rector<br /><br /><b>Comic/Graphic Novel:</b><br /><br />Animal Man; Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman (DC Comics)<br />Batwoman; JH Williams III and W Haden Blackman (DC Comics)<br />Locke and Key; Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)<br />The Unwritten; Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)<br />The Walking Dead; Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard (Image)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-18523912859972041152012-05-04T16:40:00.001-04:002012-05-04T16:40:32.133-04:00In the Mail: Hogarth Press & Fifty Shades of Grey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hogarth is a new literary imprint from Crown Publishing Group that is publishing "Contemporary, voice-driven, character-rich books that entertain, inform, and move readers" according to their masthead. The initial selection looks intriguing. Hogarth sent me a Limited Edition "Hogarth Launch Edition" containing their first four titles and a nice Hogarth tote bag.<br />
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The four launch titles contained therein are:<br />
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<b>The Kissing List</b> by Stephanie Reents<br />
<b>I Am Forbidden</b> by Anouk Markovitz<br />
<b>The Watch </b>by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya<br />
<b>The Dead Do Not Improve</b> by Jay Caspian Kang<br />
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I'll be reviewing some or all of them in the near future. <br />
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Also delivered today was a(nother) box of <a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb016857.html" target="_blank">Fifty Shades of Grey</a> by E. L. James. Cannot keep this book in stock! Mommy-porn @ #1 on the NYTimes Bestseller list - who'd have thunk it?<br />
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The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp<br />
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<b>Overview: </b><em>A Tale of Egil and Nix</em>
Kill the demon.<br />
Steal the treasure.<br />
Retire to a life of luxury.<br />
Sounds easy when you put it like that.<br />
Unfortunately for Egil and Nix, when the demon they kill has friends in high places, retirement is not an option.<br />
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File Under: Fantasy [Derring Don't | Hammer Time | Family Affair | Hell Spawn] <br />
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<b>Review: </b> I grew up reading classic sword & sorcery fantasy. Lin Carter, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard. Sword and Sorcery was by no means the only thing I read but one of my favorite subgenres. In later years, I read R. A. Salvatore, Weis & Hickman's Dragonlance, Gygax's Gord The Rogue series and many more.<br />
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Paul S. Kemp's upcoming novel <i>The Hammer and the Blade</i> owes much to Leiber's Fafhrd & The Grey Mouser stories but stands up against them nicely. This is classic Sword & Sorcery at its best. The duo of Egil and Nix (a priest of a dead god and a thief) are a memorable pair. They are accomplished tomb robbers and staunch friends. Their witty banter adds a wonderfully humorous element to a grand adventure. <br />
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This is fantasy for pure fun and adventure. No epic political intrigue or confusing magic systems, no elements of science fiction thrown in. Egil and Nix are great characters on quest - battling horrendous demons, diabolical traps, cunning sorcerers, and evil hordes. Their goal is simple - get out alive and try (again) to retire to a life of luxury with their ill-gotten gains. Of course, it's never that simple.<br /><br />I wholeheartedly recommend this novel to anyone with a love for Sword & Sorcery novels. Kemp does it right! You'll love this pair of ne'er do wells and their first adventure in print form. Mr. Kemp assures me that it will not be the last - there are more Egil and Nix stories on the way - and I can't wait to read them.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-66993892372635486692011-10-29T15:13:00.000-04:002011-10-29T15:13:35.778-04:00Added Today: Philip Wylie, Leigh Brackett, Samuel R. Delaney, Larry Niven, Ron Goulart & more...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014964.jpg" width="192" /></a></div>More great vintage-ish SF added to the site today - including this copy of Dell's Binary Star #3 - Dell's version of an Ace Double....<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014964.html">Binary Star #3: Dr. Scofflaw / Outerworld by Ron Goulart and Isidore Haiblum</a> - Two complete novels in one volume:<br />
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<b>Dr. Scofflaw</b> by Ron Goulart: The master criminal was spread all over the place--an arm here, a leg there--and Silvera was obsessed with reassembling Scofflaw. After all, a scattered collection of spare parts can't pay off a ten-grand debt!<br />
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<b>Outerworld</b> by Isidore Haiblum: They framed Dunjer as professionally as if he'd been a Picasso original--the dead gang boss, the looted safe--and the evidence that could clear him was long gone, into the enemy-states of the Outerworld.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014959.html">When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer</a> - A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans. A crackling plot and sizzling, cataclysmic vision have made When Worlds Collide one of the most popular and influential end-of-the-world novels of all time.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014952.html">The Light Bearer by Sam Nicholson</a> - Harems and treasure palaces, pirate hordes and gilded barges...the splendors of Mus-al-ram were typical of a Bronze Age world, with one slight difference: a spaceship hovered above its clouds, observing, planning... Prince Zeid, whose subjects called him Light-Bearer, lusted after the Space Givers'knowledge. Prince Rustard lusted after the moonship's jewels and gold. And then there was the pirate girl, Coral Bud, who lusted after the Light-Bearer himself!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014953.html">The Practice Effect by David Brin</a> - Dennis Nuel is a physicist who, during his research, develops a machine that allows him to explore alternate realities, each of which sport some very strange scientific properties.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014955.html">The Neutral Stars by Dan Morgan and John Kippax</a> - United Earth Government couldn't get past the vast appropriations needed to commandeer an entire planet-necessary to experiment with the titanic forces that would be unleashed while doing research on a warp-drive. And meanwhile, Venturer Twelve and her sister ships continued to protect Earth Sector as best they could, knowing aliens must already have the drive. But their worst enemy was right here on Earth.<br />
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T<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014958.html">he Descent of Anansi by Larry Niven and Stephen Barnes </a>- It's the American Revolution all over again. But this time it's a ragtag band of space colonists vs. the United States. And the fate of the world hangs by a thread--200 miles above the earth.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014957.html">Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delaney</a> - The story of a truly galactic civilization with over 6,000 inhabited worlds.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014961.html">Face of the Enemy by Richard Fawkes</a> - The Interstellar Defense League is claiming rights to a string of rich colonies, and the Pan-Stellar Combine and the Mercantile Union are squabbling over wormhole transit routes. Remor is bent on eradicating all trace of humankind from space. In a pitched galaxy-wide battle for survival, the crucial conflict may come on an out-of-the-way jungle planet called Chugen.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014979.html">Flameweaver by Margaret Ball</a> - After her expulsion from the priesthood, Tamai is sent to obtain fabled rifles for her people and comes under the protection of a British Officer's Lady. Becoming friends, Tamai and Louisa Westbrook head to Tamai's homeland, Gandhara, where Louisa becomes a full-fledged priestess gifted with occult powers unseen in Gandhara since the glory days.<br />
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Special illustrated edition is packed with over 160 images of artwork, symbols, architecture and historic locations associated with the text.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-77504925632531610032011-10-28T08:16:00.002-04:002011-10-28T08:22:01.548-04:00First Trailer released for Dr. Seuss's THE LORAX<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxggjYV3X6dpIxDVZe9-fhdLXJPVc-znXYZL2V3BO8TZ8KPC0ZpP-BWG8h5hyqMtjCMNJHBDW2y_106TnC5Ex54go2OQoi5pKuVZqzRTjDbu1a_7uOqYe_KQSO8J5BJL5eghqz_We29_BQ/s1600/lorax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxggjYV3X6dpIxDVZe9-fhdLXJPVc-znXYZL2V3BO8TZ8KPC0ZpP-BWG8h5hyqMtjCMNJHBDW2y_106TnC5Ex54go2OQoi5pKuVZqzRTjDbu1a_7uOqYe_KQSO8J5BJL5eghqz_We29_BQ/s320/lorax.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/thelorax/">http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/thelorax/</a><br />
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Incredible animation, great cast, and what seems to be a creatively fleshed-out back-story to bring it up to movie length.<br />
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I'm definitely eager to see this. The Lorax has always been one of my favorite Seuss stories.<br />
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Danny DeVito<br />
Betty White<br />
Zac Efron<br />
Taylor Swift<br />
Willow Smith<br />
Ed HelmsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-6460413521836528672011-10-27T16:27:00.000-04:002011-10-27T16:27:49.950-04:00And the bestselling Science Fiction series of all time? .....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Perry Rhodan!</span><br />
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Ace Books and Forest J. Ackerman published some 117 translated issues in novel format during the 1970s but, primarily due to marketing difficulties, the series has never been as popular here as it is overseas.<br />
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Several years ago kept most all of the series in stock at all times, letting that stock lapse without replacement about 8 years ago. Those copies I had have since sold out and I hadn't seen any for some time - until excavating a box of vintage SF&F from one of our storage areas this morning. Inside, among some other gems of 60s and 70s SF&F, was 1 1/2 dozen or so Perry Rhodans.<br />
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Unfortunately, many of them had some damage - likely why I never shelved them for sale years ago. Several are moisture-stained - a flaw that will typically consign a book to my woodstove during the winter. The scarcity of the long out-of-print Rhodans has saved these few though. Most of these are reading copies.. not for display - and are priced accordingly. <br />
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Perry Rhodans available today:<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014944.html">#13: The Immortal Unknown</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014943.html">#28: The Plague of Oblivion</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014948.html">#50: Attack From The Unseen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014942.html">#57: A Touch of Eternity</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014950.html">#59: Interlude on Siliko 5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014947.html">#70 Thora's Sacrifice</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014946.html">#73: Spaceship of Ancestors</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014940.html">#79: The Sleepers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014945.html">#96: Horn: Green</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014950.html">#101: Blockade: Lepso</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-86919032708002442672011-10-27T12:20:00.000-04:002011-10-27T12:20:06.613-04:00More vintage SF&F added today....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014933.jpg" width="188" /></a></div>Second batch today of vintage science fiction and fantasy.. including a couple scarce titles.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014933.html">Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis</a> - The first novel in C.S. Lewis's classic sci-fi trilogy which tells the adventure of Dr Ransom who was kidnapped and transported to another planet. Dr Ransom is a Cambridge academic who is captured whilst on a walking tour and forced into a spaceship by two men. With them he flies to Malacandra (Mars) . There he escapes his captors and discovers an amazing range of rational creatures on the planet, and in addition, spiritual creatures. Through the story of the Malacandrans, spiritual truths concerning the planet Earth are uncovered. Lewis tells the tale with a wealth of imagination and sense of adventure, drawing out the realities of good and evil, God and the devil from the fantasy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014932.html">Tide by Zach Hughes</a> - An experiment in radiation treatment of fish produces mutations in the microscopic dino-flagellates the fish feed on. The result in the fish is horrifyingly abnormal aggressiveness - toward other fish and even against man.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014934.html">Mindmix by Leo P. Kelley</a> - A strange virus was creeping slowly over the earth like a monster, wiping out millions of lives. The finest scientific minds. The greatest geniuses of art and literature. The rich. The poor. All were doomed.<br />
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Other Richard Blade titles in stock:<br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb008197.html">#6: Monster of the Maze</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb008147.html">#7: Pearl of Patmos</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb008148.html">#10: The Ice Dragon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb008046.html">#13: The Golden Steed</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb004931.html">#17: The Mountains of Brega</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb008151.html">#24: The Dragons of Englor</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014936.html">The Nets of Space by Emil Petaja</a> - The Centaur expedition to the far stars had vanished - no trace, no clue. But, back on Earth, Centaur project worker Don Quick, under an overdose of time-space gas, had strange dreams - dreams of a monstrous race of beings that spread their nets across the galactic wastes, and lovingly prepared and ate their catch!<br />
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It was too terrible to believe - but then one weak signal came through from space: "The Nets - The Nets!"<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014937.html">Seven Trips Through Time and Space edited by Groff Conklin</a> - an awesome anthology of SF from the masters containing: "Flatlander" by Larry Niven; "The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal" by Cordwainer Smith; "Overproof" by Jonathan Blake Mackenzie; "Poor Planet" by J. T. McIntosh; "Shamar's War" by Kris Neville; "The Tactful Saboteur" by Frank Herbert; and "Ministry of Disturbance" by H. Beam Piper.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014940.html">Ability Quotient by Mack Reynolds</a> - When the Asian Wars were over Major Bert Alshuler had few prospects, until Mid-West University asked him to take part in an "educational experiment" that would test the effect of certain drugs on his I.Q.<br />
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The project was top secret, but it looked like an easy way to make money and get an education, so Bert saw no reason to worry - until his girlfriend was kidnapped...and someone tried to kill him.<br />
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And then he discovered just what the drugs were doing to him - he was more than an educational experiment...HE WAS THE FIRST MAN OF THE NEW HUMAN RACE.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014939.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014939.html">The Journey of Joenes by Robert Sheckley </a>- Joenes set out on his great Journey, venturing to the legendary land of America. There he encountered mysteries of yore, beings of legend: for he saw New York, the great city of the walking dead; he stood before the dreaded warlocks of the Congressional Committee and was given justice by the computer priests of the Sperry Oracle; he even witnessed the High Security measures of the Octagon, until at last he discovered the secret at the center of its forbidden maze.<br />
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Robert Sheckley has always been one of my favorite old-school SF authors. Spider Robinson said once "I don't know of anyone else in SF who has written so many really classic stories... wittier than Pohl, blacker than Lenny Bruce, subtler and more bent than the Firesigns and Monty Python put together."<br />
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This particular title has been out of print for some time and is rather scarce in any condition. This copy is in good condition but priced low... grab it before it's gone!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-63179043423981869022011-10-27T10:24:00.000-04:002011-10-27T10:24:00.756-04:00Acquisitions: Vintage Science Fiction & Fantasy Paperbacks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014923.jpg" width="192" /></a></div>For every book we have listed for sale on our website, we have 10 more still waiting to be cataloged. Usually my methodology is to grab the next box at hand and start cataloging them, whatever they may be. Once in a while, though, I get the urge to find something specific - so this morning, I dug around in one of the storage areas until I found a case of vintage SF&F. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014923.html">The Island Snatchers by George H. Smith</a> - DAW Collector's #298; Flying machines had not yet been invented on Earth's dimensional twin, Annwn. So Dylan McBride thought it would be a good idea, even if a bit on the crackpot side from the viewpoint of that world's somewhat backward Victorian viewpoint. But when Dylan and his witch wife Clarinda tried out the machine by flying to Hibernia to attend a wild Irish wedding, they came a-cropper. For the Emerald Isle was not where it was supposed to be. Instead, it was drifting rapidly westward under some strange power.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014924.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014924.html">The Star-Crowned Kings by Robert Chilson</a> - DAW Collector's #161. Race Warden was his name and he was a human being trying to live peacefully in his allotted niche on the colony world Mavia...until the day he moved a stone slab by mental projection. Until that moment, he had regarded himself as a simple pawn on the vast social board. But it raised him to a higher status at once - possibly a castle or bishop or knight. The kings of the board, they who ruled the human cosmos, had the telkinetic-telepathic power. They had crowned themselves with the stars and all the rest of humanity were theirs to move or sacrifice as they wished.<br />
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But a maverick mentalist - even one like Race who did not even know the rules of their games nor the extent of his place - was not to be tolerated. He had to be removed from the board before he broke up their cozy zodiac.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014928.html">Rod Serling's Other Worlds</a> - An anthology edited by Rod Serling and containing: They by Robert A. Heinlein; Fifteen Miles by Ben Bova; Dolphin's Way by Gordon R. Dickson; The Royal Opera House by Carl Jacobi; Special Aptitude by Theodore Sturgeon; The Underdweller by William F. Nolan; I'm in Marsport without Hilda by Isaac Asimov; A Nice Shady Place by Dennis Etchison; Construction Shack by Clifford D. Simak; A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury; The Visible Man by Gardner R. Dozois; Mister Magister by Thomas F. Monteleone; What Johnny Did on His Summer Vacation by Joe Haldeman and Robert Thurston; and Little Old Mis Macbeth by Fritz Leiber.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014922.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014922.html">King of the World's Edge by H. Warner Munn</a> - They were a lonely half-starved band of adventurers who had been cast out of their homeland by hordes of invading marauders - and they came to an unknown world as strange, as fantastic, as wonder-packed as the legendary Atlantis.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014926.html">Berserker Worlds by Fred Saberhagen</a> - A promotional book printed for Waldenbook's Otherworlds Club members.<br />
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Contains the short stories: Masque of the Red Shift; In the Temple of Mars; Brother Berserker; Smasher.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014929.html">The Book of Lost Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien</a> - The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Simarillion. Complete with commentary and notes.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014930.html">Tain by Gregory Frost </a>- TAIN and its sequel, REMSCELA, comprise the retelling of the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge--the stories of Cu Chulainn, the hero of Ulster who at the age of 18 single-handedly defended his people against the invading army of the sorcerous queen Maeve.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/kb014927.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/kb014927.html">The Outer Space Connection by Alan & Sally Landsburg</a> - Actually, non-fiction, not science fiction. This book on UFOs presents evidence and makes predictions - including the prediction that aliens will return to the Earth on December 24th, 2011.<br />
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many more on tap for later today - Vintage SF from Mack Reynolds, Robert Sheckley, Emil Petaja, Jeffrey Lord, C. S. Lewis, Leo P. Kelley and more including a large batch of Perry Rhodan paperbacks....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0201 Chapman St, Morristown, NY 13664, USA44.592095 -75.64473199999997613.571895000000001 -135.41035699999998 75.612295 -15.879106999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-20845203468176000722011-10-11T15:31:00.000-04:002011-10-11T15:31:02.272-04:00Barnes & Noble pulls DC Graphics Novels over Kindle Fire deal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dccomics.com/media/product/1/4/1462_400x600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.dccomics.com/media/product/1/4/1462_400x600.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Amazon.com's recent launch of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kayleighbugenter&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0051VVOB2">Kindle Fire</a> put them back in the ball game for tablet devices. While the Android-powered Fire isn't in the same league with the iPad in terms of design and power, it's rock-solid integration with Amazon's Kindle platform gives it a strong leg up in the ereader market - at a price-point that beats Barnes & Noble's Nook device.<br />
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Amazon, like B&N before them, has been pushing the benefits of a full-color reader over a b&w e-ink display - and selling the device at a loss to pull in those customers. To sweeten the pot, Amazon recently announced an exclusive deal with DC Comics for large backlist of digital graphic novels to be available <i>only</i> on the Kindle. While the LA Times reports that the deal is more of a "Kindle First" 4-month exclusive, the move was more than enough to invite retribution from Barnes & Noble.<br />
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B&N's response was to order their brick-and-mortar stores to pull the physical copies from their stores. B&N has maintained a strong position in the wake of previous Amazon or Walmart-exclusive deals to protest the move. If a publisher intends to do any type of business with Barnes & Noble, they are told that if they want B&N to carry their titles, the publisher must make all formats available to B&N that are available anywhere else. Thus, publishers pushing Kindle-only digital versions won't find a home on B&N shelves for their print copies.<br />
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Even Amazon has previously buckled on this issue - promising that titles from their own publishing imprints will be available in Nook format as well as Kindle in order to get those titles carried in B&N stores. DC either wasn't paying attention or thought the deal to sweet to pass up but B&N refused to look the other way.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-44517113849049126702011-10-11T13:20:00.000-04:002011-10-11T13:20:00.123-04:00Amanda Hocking inks deal for Hollowland graphic novelsAmanda Hocking has inked a deal (for an undisclosed amount) with <a href="http://www.dynamite.net/htmlfiles/">Dynamite Entertainment</a> to produce a graphic novel adaptation of her popular Hollowland series. <br />
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Hocking - well known among YA readers and self-publishing advocates for her astounding climb to success with her self-published Kindle YA novels and subsequent $2mil deal with St. Martin's Press - reported that she loves the idea - and the work that Dynamite is producing, saying "They do the kind of things and have the kind of image I like."<br />
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Dynamite produces a range of quality graphic novels - both original and licensed - including a beautiful adaptation of Burroughs' Barsoom series, adaptations of Jordan's The Wheel of Time, SyFy Channel's Warehouse 13, and more.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-18052176673973022962011-10-11T12:20:00.000-04:002011-10-11T12:20:07.975-04:00Amazon launches Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror ImprintAmazon.com has launched another imprint - this time for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. The new imprint is called 47North and will be publishing both new SF&F and reprinting out-of-print titles from core genre authors as well.<br />
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Signed on initially to the imprint are notables such as Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Dave Duncan, Chris Roberson, and B. V. Larson.<br />
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The move touches off another outcry from publishers and indie booksellers alike at Amazon's approach to profiting from both sides of the book sale but, with millions behind them, Amazon can offer larger advances and has the dominate market position to push the sales numbers high enough to justify it. Some authors have been hesitant about getting in bed with the retail giant but often the bottom line of better sales and higher royalties are making the decision for them.. they can't afford to say no.<br />
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On the flip side, Amazon does distribute the book through standard trade channels and distributors - at standard discounts - allowing indies and brick & mortar chains alike to stock and sell the book as if it were published by any traditional publisher.<br />
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With indies struggling against Amazon's dominant market position though, it hurts to deliberately put more money in their pockets - even when the sale benefits the B&M store. Amazon's marketing force is arranging book signings and author tours like any other publisher as well. <a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/">Kayleighbug</a>, like hundreds of indies before us, will now virtually be forced to stock Amazon's 47North titles - or risk sending even more business to Amazon if we don't carry the books in our specialty.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137035975096728394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548272969688113430.post-31391116129811047982011-08-09T08:00:00.000-04:002011-08-09T08:00:19.701-04:0008/09/11 - This Week's New Releases in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young AdultThe big release news this week is Lev Grossman's follow-up to the critically acclaimed <i>Magicians. </i>The rest of the list is light on titles but features some strong young adult releases.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/9780670022311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/9780670022311.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780670022311.html">The Magician King by Lev Grossman</a> - <i>The Magicians</i> was praised as a triumph by readers and critics of both mainstream and fantasy literature. Now Grossman takes us back to Fillory, where the Brakebills graduates have fled the sorrows of the mundane world, only to face terrifying new challenges. <br />
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Quentin and his friends are now the kings and queens of Fillory, but the days and nights of royal luxury are starting to pall. After a morning hunt takes a sinister turn, Quentin and his old friend Julia charter a magical sailing ship and set out on an errand to the wild outer reaches of their kingdom. Their pleasure cruise becomes an adventure when the two are unceremoniously dumped back into the last place Quentin ever wants to see: his parent's house in Chesterton, Massachusetts. And only the black, twisted magic that Julia learned on the streets can save them. <br />
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The Magician King is a grand voyage into the dark, glittering heart of magic, an epic quest for the Harry Potter generation. It also introduces a powerful new voice, that of Julia, whose angry genius is thrilling. Once again Grossman proves that he is the modern heir to C.S. Lewis, and the cutting edge of literary fantasy.<br />
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On Coruscant, a political vacuum has left tensions at the boiling point, with factions racing to claim control of the Galactic Alliance. Suddenly surrounded by hidden agendas, treacherous conspiracies, and covert Sith agents, the Jedi Order must struggle to keep the GA government from collapsing into anarchy.<br />
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The Jedi are committed to maintaining peace and ensuring just rule, but even they are not prepared to take on the combined threats of Sith power, a deposed dictator bent on galaxywide vengeance, and an entity of pure cunning and profound evil hungry to become a god.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9780307476890.html">Machine Man by Max Barry</a> - Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It's not a tragedy. It's an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts. <br />
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Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon. <br />
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A story for the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man's quest for ultimate self-improvement.<br />
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Brian Falkner, author of The Tomorrow Code and The Project, delivers an action-packed and thought-provoking sci-fi thriller in which logging on to a computer could mean the difference between life and death.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kayleighbug.com/si/9781595143235.html">All You Desire by Kirsten Miller</a> - Haven Moore and Iain Morrow have been living a blissful life in Rome, an ocean way from the Ouroboros Society and its diabolical leader. But paradise is not to last. The mysterious disappearance of Haven's best friend, Beau, sends the pair running back to New York, where they encounter the Horae, an underground group of women who have spent centuries scheming to destroy Adam Rosier. Only they can help Haven uncover the secret to Beau's whereabouts in one of her past lives. But their help comes at a price: Haven must infiltrate the Ouroboros Society, charm Adam Rosier, and lure him into a trap. It's a plan the Horae believe will save the world-but Haven and Iain fear that it may destroy the happiness they've been chasing for two thousand years.<br />
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Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war to a halt. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan's peacekeeping mission, they find themselves alone and hunted in enemy territory. <br />
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Alek and Deryn will need great skill, new allies, and brave hearts to face what’s ahead.<br />
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The Haunted by Jessica Verday - After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/9781416978961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.scrybepress.com/images/9781416978961.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess....<br />
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