Free and 99 cent books
from Hadley Rille
99 cent romance and Western books
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley
$1.99 each
Men Without Bones and Other Haunting Inhabitants
by Gerald Kersh
$1.99
Jungleland:
A Mysterious Lost City and a True Story of Deadly Adventure
by Christopher S. Stewart
$1.99
A Velvet of Vampyres
by Don Webb
$2.51 (chapbook)
A. Bertram Chandler novels
($2.99 novels and Baen omnibuses)
Clarkesworld: Year Six
Authors: Aliette de Bodard, Robert Reed, Catherynne M. Valente, Kij Johnson, Ken Liu, Carrie Vaughn,
Editors: Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace
$6.99
Nebula Awards Showcase 2014
edited by Kij Johnson
$8.69
Shadows & Tall Trees: 6
Editor: Michael Kelly
$8.89
Beowulf:
A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien
$14.99
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 6
edited by Ellen Datlow
$15.99
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Showing posts with label Clarkesworld. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clarkesworld. Show all posts
Monday, May 26, 2014
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
"The Book of Phoenix Excerpted from The Great Book" by Nnedi Okorafor
First appeared in Clarkesworld
Like "African Sunrise," this is "excerpted from The Great Book," which--if/when it becomes real--may be a pretty nifty book, indeed.
Phoenix is a created being, kept or trapped on Tower 7. Her body overheats and she gets shot at, but her body heals itself. She has a friend, Mmuo, who can walk through walls and cannot be held in the building, but he sticks around, anyway. Mmuo has a trick of direct communication as well.
Why she's created and what she is, you may surmise; it's a cool premise, nonetheless. Some description isn't stellar (the conceit here is that this is orally told, explaining the description), but it's a fun read.
Like "African Sunrise," this is "excerpted from The Great Book," which--if/when it becomes real--may be a pretty nifty book, indeed.
Phoenix is a created being, kept or trapped on Tower 7. Her body overheats and she gets shot at, but her body heals itself. She has a friend, Mmuo, who can walk through walls and cannot be held in the building, but he sticks around, anyway. Mmuo has a trick of direct communication as well.
Why she's created and what she is, you may surmise; it's a cool premise, nonetheless. Some description isn't stellar (the conceit here is that this is orally told, explaining the description), but it's a fun read.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
"From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7" by Nnedi Okorafor
First appeared in Clarkesworld
audio version
TreeFrog7 and her husband, Morituri36, are writing a field guide, but nature does not appear to be TreeFrog7's friend. Insect and shrieking animals But then she is pregnant as she catalogs the area searches for CPU plants to download. They are, however, being stalked by a dangerous species of moth and may not live to tell about it... although they may tell about it anyway.
Interesting speculation on legacy, possibly casting a shade of nontraditional dubiousness upon it or possibly saying that the end justifies the means.
audio version
TreeFrog7 and her husband, Morituri36, are writing a field guide, but nature does not appear to be TreeFrog7's friend. Insect and shrieking animals But then she is pregnant as she catalogs the area searches for CPU plants to download. They are, however, being stalked by a dangerous species of moth and may not live to tell about it... although they may tell about it anyway.
Interesting speculation on legacy, possibly casting a shade of nontraditional dubiousness upon it or possibly saying that the end justifies the means.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Close reading of "Future Memories Market" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Originally appeared in Clarkesworld
Reprinted in Hartwell's Year's Best SF
Geeta gives people memories, experiences not their own. The memories are always fresh and experience strange worlds as if the worlds love her. Her memories are so child-like because her memories are extracted before visiting any new worlds. Although another beat follows, the story ends on a bittersweet kiss before Geeta's memory is lost. Geeta will never remember all of the kisses she's given the narrator.
This is a good metaphor for how Nina Kiriki Hoffman's fiction impacts its readers. Not that Ms, Hoffman has her memory erased after every story (although she is rather pleasant to be around--I met her at Wiscon), but that this could be--intentionally or not--a metaphor for how she works: Moving the reader to a new world, even if the situation is unpleasant, her characters often work to make the best of a bad circumstance.
Reprinted in Hartwell's Year's Best SF
Geeta gives people memories, experiences not their own. The memories are always fresh and experience strange worlds as if the worlds love her. Her memories are so child-like because her memories are extracted before visiting any new worlds. Although another beat follows, the story ends on a bittersweet kiss before Geeta's memory is lost. Geeta will never remember all of the kisses she's given the narrator.
This is a good metaphor for how Nina Kiriki Hoffman's fiction impacts its readers. Not that Ms, Hoffman has her memory erased after every story (although she is rather pleasant to be around--I met her at Wiscon), but that this could be--intentionally or not--a metaphor for how she works: Moving the reader to a new world, even if the situation is unpleasant, her characters often work to make the best of a bad circumstance.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Stories mapped, Get out of writing, World of Clarke, Burning the dust
Storymap is one the cooler websites I've come across. They have a map of Dublin, where stories have taken place. Clicking the link leads to a video telling the story. This one visually tells Roddy Doyle's short story.
Philip Roth to young writers: Get out while you can.
Neil Clarke needs help after a number of health and financial mishaps. Support Clarkesworld.
Ken Burn's Dust Bowl
Can astronauts on Mars survive the radiation? Apparently, yes.
Philip Roth to young writers: Get out while you can.
Neil Clarke needs help after a number of health and financial mishaps. Support Clarkesworld.
Ken Burn's Dust Bowl
Can astronauts on Mars survive the radiation? Apparently, yes.
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