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stairnaheireann · 4 months
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#OTD in 1937 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) repealed the 1922 Constitution, and came into effect on this date.
The Irish Constitution, accepted by national vote in July became law at midnight. The constitution echoed much of the thinking of Éamon de Valera. Much of the development and drafting of the constitution was done by John J. Hearne, Éamon de Valera’s confidante and advisor. Hearne went on to become first Irish ambassador to the United States in 1950. Article 1 reads: The Irish nation hereby…
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magratpudifoot · 2 months
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Finished 11 February 2024:
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Dracula: The Ultimate, Illustrated Edition of the World-Famous Vampire Play - Hamilton Deane & John L. Balderston, Ed. David J. Skal
One of these days, I am going to finish researching this dang Dracula paper I have been working on for...I was going to say 15 months, but honestly I've been cogitating on this since 2002 or there abouts.
Now that I have read the Deane version that was adapted into the Balderston version that was adapted into the 1931 and 1979 films, I can start to tease apart where some of the baffling changes crept in. But gosh, I think I may have more questions now than I did to start?
Hey, wanna know something AMAZING??
This is Quincey Morris in one staging of Deane's version:
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The original cast evidently had Frieda Hearn in the part.
I was so worried that the play was going to neuter the character because Ladies Are Delicate And Shit, but Miss Morris gets to do almost all the stupid nonsense Mr. Morris gets up to in the book, minus the final act. I'm fairly well convinced she was meant to be understood as one of the suitors, too.
There is an alternate timeline out there where the Deane play was kept as is when it moved to the U.S. and all the subsequent film versions had a Miss Morris instead of no Morris at all, and I am SO SAD for all of us sapphics stuck in this timeline and missing out on Mary Stuart Masterson shooting a bat in 1992.
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King of the Pecos is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring John Wayne and Muriel Evans. Cast John Wayne as John Clayborn Muriel Evans as Belle Jackson Cy Kendall as Alexander Stiles Jack Clifford as Henchman Ash Arthur Aylesworth as Hank Mathews Herbert Heywood as Josh Billings J. Frank Glendon as Lawyer Brewster Edward Hearn as Eli Jackson John Beck as Mr. Clayborn Mary MacLaren as Mrs. Clayborn Bradley Metcalfe as Little John Yakima Canutt as Henchman P Never Miss An Upload, Join the channel. https://www.youtube.com/@nrpsmovieclassics
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thenighttrain · 3 years
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books read in 2021
here we go again! i also have goodreads and @thesonofneptune​ is my book blog. bolded are favourites
The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky ★★★
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ★★★
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow ★★★
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker ★★★
Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney ★★★★
Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1) by Nicholas Eames ★★★★
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse ★★★
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica ★★★★
Salt In the Sea by Ruth Sepetys ★★
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (DNF)
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah ★★★★
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho ★★★
Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long ★★★★
The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick ★★★
The Push by Ashley Audrain ★★★★★
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie ★★★
Where The Forest Meets The Stars by Glendy Vanderah ★★★
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers ★★
Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology #1) by Emily Tesh ★★★★
Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology #2) by Emily Tesh ★★★
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu ★★★
A Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec ★★★
Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane ★★★★
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell ★★★
On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu ★★
Hamnet by by Maggie O'Farrell ★★★
Do No Harm by Christina McDonald ★★
Never Die by Rob J Hayes ★★★
The Frozen Crown (Warrior Witch #1) by Greta Kelly ★★★
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1) by Chloe Gong ★★★★
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by Kevin Hearne ★★
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman ★★★
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird ★★★
Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay ★★★★
Master of Sorrows (The Silent Gods #1) by Justin Travis Call ★★★
The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst ★★★
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ★★★
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (DNF)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder ★★★★
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin ★★★
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan ★★★
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir ★★★
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake ★★★★
The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry ★★★★
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1) by C.L. Clark ★★★
Run Away by Harlan Coben ★★★
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon ★★★★
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland ★★★★★
Crier’s War (Crier’s War #1) by Nina Varela ★★★
Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson ★★★
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson ★★★★
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) by Helene Wecker ★★★
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson ★★
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong ★★
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo ★★★
These Feathered Flames (These Feathered Flames, #1) by Alexandra Overy ★★★
The Perfect Daughter by D.J. Palmer ★★★
The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy, #1) by M.R. Carey ★★★
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint ★★★★
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry ★★★★
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge ★★★
Lore by Alexandra Bracken ★★
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho ★★★★
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe #1) by P. Djèlí Clark ★★★★
Paris By Starlight by Robert Dinsdale ★★
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark ★★★
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson ★★★
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng ★★
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley ★★★
The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding ★
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo ★★★
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1) by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ★★★
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon ★★★
The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri ★★★★
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri ★★★
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid ★★★
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston ★★★★
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides ★
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1) by John Gwynne ★★★
Daughter of Sparta (Daughter of Sparta, #1) by Claire M. Andrews ★★★
The Tangleroot Palace: Stories by Marjorie M. Liu ★★★
Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger ★★★
This Poison Heart (The Poison Heart, #1) by Kalynn Bayron ★★★
Sistersong by Lucy Holland ★★★★
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf ★★★★
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) by Elizabeth Lim ★★
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass ★★
The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie, #1) by Marie Rutkoski ★★★
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ★★★
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan ★★★
The Lost War (Eidyn #1) by Justin Lee Anderson ★★★★
Malice (Malice Duology #1) by Heather Walter ★★★★
The Haunting Of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe #2) by P. Djèlí Clark ★★★
Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #4) by Brian Staveley ★★★
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee ★★★★
Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1) by Mike Shel ★★★
Chasing Graves (The Chasing Graves Trilogy, #1) by Ben Galley ★★★
Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst ★★★★
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould ★★★
The Hand of the Sun King (Pact and Pattern #1) by J.T. Greathouse ★★★★
Along the Razor's Edge (The War Eternal, #1) by Rob J. Hayes ★★
The Dragon Warrior (The Dragon Warrior #1) by Katie Zhao ★★★★
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto ★★★
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1) by Michael R. Fletcher ★★★
The Boy with Fire (The Ravence Trilogy #1) by Aparna Verma ★★★
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1) by Jay Kristoff ★★
The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston ★★★
Master Assassins (The Fire Sacraments, #1) by Robert V.S. Redick ★★★★
Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece ★★★
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ★★★★
Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers, #1) by Rachel Aaron ★★★
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1) by Xiran Jay Zhao ★★
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune ★★★
To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames ★★★★
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee ★★★
A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables #1) by Alix E. Harrow ★★★
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1-2)by Marjane Satrapi ★★★★
Vespertine (Vespertine, #1) by Margaret Rogerson ★★★
The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke ★★
The Keeper of Night (The Keeper of Night, #1) by Kylie Lee Baker ★★★
We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1) by Mike Shackle ★★★
Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1) by Margaret Owen ★★★
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo ★★
Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1) by C.S. Pacat ★★★★
A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) by Freya Marske ★★★
All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)b y Amanda Foody ★★★
Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights, #2) by Chloe Gong ★★★★
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig ★★★
Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente ★★
The Bone Shard Emperor (The Drowning Empire, #2) by Andrea Stewart ★★★★
Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) by Fonda Lee ★★★★
The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library #1) by A.J. Hackwith ★★★
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier ★★★★
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan ★★★
City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda ★★★★
The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris ★★★
Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley ★★★
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hjmarseille · 3 years
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VMF-121 aircrews on Guadalcanal on 1 January 1943, just before the unit ended its time on the island. (From Left some names not complete) top row: Lieutenant Savage (USN) intelligence officer, Eldon H. "Duke" Railsback, Bob Baesler, Major Donald K. Yost - Commanding Officer, Ken Frazier, Youell L. "Joe" Crum, Harry J. "Rocky" Coleman, Robert L. "Pete" Petersen, Perry L. Shuman, J. Hunter Reinburg, Harold A. "Tony" Eisele, Sweethelm, Irwin W. Carter, Jack B. Gilford, Robert E. "Rosie" Daigh. Middle row: Frank D. Williams, Jr., unkn, "Doc" Little, (USN) - Flight Surgeon, Virgil G. Ray, Philip R. White, Alexander M. "Sandy" Hearn, Roy T. Spurlock, ( VM0-251 ), Joe H. “Pete” McGlothlin, Jr., (VM0-251), Master Sergeant William J. "Bill" Kopas -NAP, John R. McMahon. Knelling: Harold E. "Fateye" Gardner, Bertel R. "Ras" Rasmussen, Francis E. "Effie" Pierce, Joseph F. Cannon, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel S. Jack, Commander, Guadalcanal Fighter Command, (original VMF-121 Commander, 1941), Warren E. Fisher, Charles P. "Pat" Weiland, (VM0-251), Elton "Shorty" Mueller, Joseph F. Moravec, Jack Foeller, William M. Lundin. (USMC via Steve Blake)
Photo and caption from Marine Fighting Squadron One-Twenty-One (VMF-121) By Tom Doll
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weirdletter · 4 years
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The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature, Issue 16, The Swan River Press, Samhain 2020. Cover art by Althea Gyles, info: swanriverpress.ie.
Here we are, after a brief hiatus, with the continued serialisation of the Guide to Irish Writers of Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature, which I am co-editing with my long-time collaborator Jim Rockhill. (How many years has it been now, Jim?) This is a project we started work on sometime in 2017 — although it’s something we had talked about for longer than that. Our goal is to create a resource for both readers and scholars, not unlike E.F. Bleiler’s Supernatural Fiction Writers (1985), showing the rich extent of Ireland’s contributions to supernatural literature and its related genres. The first entries appeared in Issue 11, back in 2018, and continued through Issue 12 and Issue 13. In the “Editor’s Notes” for those issues you’ll also find more details on the background of this project, plus how we as editors have set about defining the criteria to guide us through such an enormous task. It’s been three years now, and, near as I can reckon, we’re somewhere over the halfway mark. When we initially embarked on this journey, neither Jim nor myself quite realised the scope of the undertaking. Perhaps it’s good that we hadn’t as we might have been instilled with a deep sense of daunting fear and put off entirely. But that’s not what happened, and so here we are with another issue filled cover to cover with more fascinating entries on an array of Irish authors whose lives and works span the better part of three centuries. I have to say, I’m grateful that we have The Green Book as a venue in which to serialise these entries, otherwise they might have temporarily languished as we continue to work towards (with luck) a collected single volume. It’s been a long road so far, and, just now passing the midway point, we’ve still a long way to go. On the plus side, as I’m working on these entries, I’ve personally been learning so much, finding new connections, asking more questions, making lists of things I ought to read and explore. For me, our Guide is already doing what it’s supposed to do? With that in mind, I hope you’ll enjoy this issue. Some big names in this one, including J.S. Le Fanu, Lafcadio Hearn, and Elizabeth Bowen; along with some names that might be less familiar, but I hope all the more thrilling for it. I would also like to welcome some new contributors to this issue, including Janis Dawson, Paul Murray, and Nicola Darwood. We’ll be hearing more from each of them in future issues. In the meantime, I hope you and your communities are staying safe, healthy, and happily reading. (Editor’s Note, Brian J. Showers, 22 August 2020)
Contents: “Editor's Note” by Brian J. Showers “Edmund Burke (1729-1797)” by Albert Power “James McHenry (1785-1845)” by Reggie Chamberlain-King “Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)” by Jim Rockhill “Thomas Caulfield Irwin (1823-1892)” by James Doig “L.T. Meade (1844-1914)” by Janis Dawson “Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)” by Paul Murray “St. John D. Seymour (1880-1950)” by Richard Bleiler “Forrest Reid (1875-1947)” by John Howard “Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973)” by Nicola Darwood “Frank Carney (1902-1977)” by Reggie Chamberlain-King “Notes on Contributors”
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mightystargazer · 3 years
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Readinglist 2020
Another year gone, another (audio)booklist completed! Not as many as past years, but that´s because I watched a lot of series instead.
Here goes!
Stephen Leather The House on Gable Street
Scott Sigler Pandemic
Jennifer McMahon The Invited
Robert R. McCammon Swan Song
Peter James The House on Cold Hill
Michael McBride Subterrestrial
Karl Beecher Interstellar Caveman
Flint Maxwell Dead Haven
Flint Maxwell Dead Hope
Flint Maxwell Dead Nation
Flint Maxwell Dead Coast
Flint Maxwell Dead End
Andrzej Sapkowski The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski Season of Storms
Andrzej Sapkowski Sword of Destiny
Andrzej Sapkowski Blood of Elves
Andrzej Sapkowski Time of Contempt
Andrzej Sapkowski Baptism of Fire
Andrzej Sapkowski The Tower of the Swallow
Andrzej Sapkowski Lady of the Lake
Nicholas Sansbury Smith Extinction Ashes
Jonathan Maberry Rage
T.W. Piperbrook The Reckoning
T.W. Piperbrook The Change
Jeremy Robinson Infinite
Bobby Akart The Shift
Bobby Akart The Pulse
Bobby Akart The Collapse
Chuck Dixon Blooded
Eoin Colfer Highfire
India Hill Brown The Forgotten Girl
Jeff Strand Cyclops Road
Kevin Hearne First Dangle and Other Stories
Douglas Preston Gideon’s Sword
Douglas Preston Gideon’s Corpse
Douglas Preston The Lost Island
Douglas Preston Beyond the Ice Limit
Douglas Preston The Ice Limit
Douglas Preston The Pharaoh Key
Adrienne Lecter Uprising
Adrienne Lecter Retribution
David Morrell Creepers
David Morrell Scavenger
Greig Beck The Void
Greig Beck From Hell
Peter Clines Terminus
James Herbert Moon
Damian Dibben Tomorrow
Dean Koontz Ricochet Joe
Jack Hunt As We Fall
James Herbert The Dark
Jeremy Robinson Tribe
Michael McBride Subhuman
Michael McBride Forsaken
Mark Tufo Asabron
Dean Koontz 77 Shadow Street
George Hill Uprising USA
J R Grey Supervillainy and Other Poor Career Choices
Simone St. James The Sun Down Motel
Mike Evans Origins
Mike Evans Surviving the Turned
Mike Evans Strangers
Mike Evans White Lie
Mike Evans Civil War
Mike Evans Divided
Mike Evans Flight
Keith C. Blackmore Make Me King, Mountain Man
Dean Koontz Darkness Under the Sun
Craig DiLouie One Of Us
Mira Grant Alien Echo
Ambrose Ibsen The Splendor of Fear
Daniel Kraus Bent Heavens
Dean Koontz Watchers
Jack Townsend Tales from the Gas Station 2
Jeff Strand Dead Clown Barbecue
Patrick F. McManus Strange Encounters of the Bird Kind
Scott Cawthon The Silver Eyes
Scott Cawthon The Twisted Ones
Scott Cawthon The Fourth Closet
Eoin Colfer The Fowl Twins
Richard Laymon The Traveling Vampire Show
Peter Meredith The Queen Unthroned
Peter Meredith The Queen Enslaved
Peter Meredith The Queen Unchained
Luke Duffy When There's No More Room in Hell
Larry Levin Oogy
Joseph  Duncan The Oldest Living Vampire
Joseph  Duncan The Oldest Living Vampire on the Prowl
Jeff Strand Sick House
Douglas Adams Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency
Patrick F. McManus Mosquito Bay
Clive Barker Mister B Gone
Jeremy Robinson Tether
James Herbert The Survivor
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Thunderhead
Darcy Coates The Carrow Haunt
Adam Nevill The Ritual
Ben Kissel The Last Book on the Left
Craig Robertson The Galaxy According to Giddeon
Kc Wayland We're Alive season 1
Kc Wayland We're Alive season 2
Kc Wayland We're Alive season 3
Kc Wayland We're Alive season 4
Stephen King If It Bleeds
Patric F McManus Scritch's Creek
Luke Duffy The Dead Walk
Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer Authority
Jeff VanderMeer Acceptance
Adrian Tchaikovsky The Expert System's Brother
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Days
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Lies
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Hearts
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Games
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Places
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Reapers
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Rites
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Witches
Amanda M. Lee Freaky Fangs
André Alexis Fifteen Dogs
Cherie Priest The Family Plot
Danielle Trussoni The Ancestor
Michael McBride Burial Ground
Mary Roach Stiff
Dean Koontz Devoted
Grady Hendrix The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
James Herbert The Jonah
Mark Tufo Bitfrost
Robert Bevan 7d6
Scott Carson The Chill
Ambrose Ibsen Beyond
Creepypasta Creepypasta storytime
Darcy Coates Craven Manor
Greg F. Gifune Children of Chaos
Joe Hill Full Throttle
Jonathan Janz Exorcist Falls
Linda S. Godfrey Monsters Among Us
Michael Bray Something in the Dark
Terry Pratchett The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett Equal Rites
Terry Pratchett Mort
Terry Pratchett Sourcery
Terry Pratchett Wyrd Sisters
Terry Pratchett Pyramids
Terry Pratchett Guards Guards
Terry Pratchett Eric
Terry Pratchett Moving Pictures
Terry Pratchett Reaper Man
Terry Pratchett Witches Abroad
Terry Pratchett Small Gods
Terry Pratchett Lords and Ladies
Terry Pratchett Men at Arms
Terry Pratchett Soul Music
Terry Pratchett Intreresting Times
Dean Koontz Breathless
Terry Pratchett Maskerade
Terry Pratchett Feet of Clay
Terry Pratchett Hogfather
Terry Pratchett Jingo
Terry Pratchett The Last Continent
Dean Koontz By the Light Of the Moon
Terry Pratchett Carpe Jugulum
Terry Pratchett The Fifth Elephant
Terry Pratchett The Truth
Terry Pratchett Thief of Time
Terry Pratchett The Last Hero
Dean Koontz After the Last Race
Adrienne Lecter Green Fields Book 12
Dean Koontz Chase
Terry Pratchett The Amazing Maurice
Terry Pratchett Night Watch
Terry Pratchett The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett Monstrous Regiment
Terry Pratchett A Hat Full of Sky
Terry Pratchett Going Postal
Terry Pratchett Thud
Terry Pratchett Wintersmith
Terry Pratchett Making Money
Terry Pratchett Unseen Academicals
Terry Pratchett I Shall Wear Midnight
Terry Pratchett Snuff
Terry Pratchett Raising Steam
Terry Pratchett The Shepherds Crown
Dean Koontz Shattered
Terry Pratchett Mrs Bradshaws Handbook
Terry Pratchett The Folklore of Discworld
Terry Pratchett The Science of Discworld I
Terry Pratchett The Science of Discworld II
Terry Pratchett The Science of Discworld III
Terry Pratchett The Science of Discworld IV
Dean Koontz Darkfall
Mark Tufo Hvergelmir
Stephen R. George Nightscape
Alan Dean Foster To the Vanishing Point
Barry J. Hutchison A Lot of Weird Space Shizz
Drew Hayes The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales
Drew Hayes Undeath and Taxes
Drew Hayes Bloody Acquisitions
Drew Hayes The Fangs of Freelance Fred
Drew Hayes Deadly Assessments
Drew Hayes Undeasding Bells Fred
Guillermo del Toro Blackwood Tapes 01
Mark Tufo The Bleed
David Haynes Dead Crow
Alex North The Shadows
Adam Nevill Apartment 16
David Gerrold Hella
DC Alden UFO Down
Rachel Aukes 100 Days in Deadland
Rachel Aukes Deadland's Harvest
Rachel Aukes Deadland Rising
Dean Koontz Nightmare Journey
Mark Tufo The Trembling Path
Drew Hayes Underqualified Advice
Tim Lebbon Eden
Eden
Jeff Strand Wolf Hunt 1
Jeff Strand Wolf Hunt 2
Jeff Strand Wolf Hunt 3
L.G. Estrella Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Army of Golems
Rick Gualtieri Strange Days
Rick Gualtieri Everyday Horrors
Jeff VanderMeer A Peculiar Peril
Dean Koontz The Taking
John Connolly A Book of Bones
John Connolly The Dirty South
Neil Gaiman The Sandman
Greig Beck The Siberian Incident
Robert A. Heinlein Between Planets
TW Brown Zomblog
TW Brown Zomblog II
TW Brown The Final Entry
TW Brown Snoe
TW Brown Snoe's War
TW Brown Snoe's Journey
Adam Nevill The Reddening
Dean Koontz The Darkest Evening Of The Year
Bernard Taylor The Godsend
Carole Stivers The Mother Code
Spencer Quinn A Cat was Involved
Spencer Quinn Tail of Vengeance
Spencer Quinn Dog on It
Spencer Quinn Thereby Hangs a Tail
Spencer Quinn To Fetch a Thief
Spencer Quinn The Dog Who Knew Too Much
Spencer Quinn A Fistful of Collars
Spencer Quinn The Iggy Chronicles
Spencer Quinn The Sounds and the Furry
Spencer Quinn Paw and Order
Spencer Quinn Scents and Sensibilty
Spencer Quinn Heart of Barkness
Spencer Quinn Of Mutts and Men
Mark Tufo United States of Apocalypse
Robert Bevan Critical Failures VIII
Jeremy Robert Johnson The Loop
Nathan Hystad Red Creek
Nathan Hystad Return to Red Creek
Tom Abrahams The Scourge
Gary Small M.D The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head
Dean Koontz The Voice Of The Night
Mark Tufo The Spirit Clearing
Robert Paolini To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Orson Scott Card Treasure Box
Ted Dekker House
Darcy Coates Hunted
Dean Koontz The Vision
Mark Tufo Encounters
Mark Tufo Reckoning
Mark Tufo Conquest
Mark Tufo From the Ashes
Mark Tufo Into the Fire
Mark Tufo Victory's Defeat
Mark Tufo Defeat's Victory
Brandon Sanderson The Original
Dean Koontz Elsewhere
Mike Baron Florida Man
Keith C Blackmore The Majestic 311
L.G. Estrella Two Necromancers a Dragon and a Vampire
L.G. Estrella The Hungry Dragon Cookie Company
L.G. Estrella a Dwarf Kingdom and a Sky City
Bobby Adair Zero Day
Bobby Adair Infected
Bobby Adair Destroyer
Bobby Adair Dead Fire
Bobby Adair Torrent
Bobby Adair Bleed
Bobby Adair City of Stin
Bobby Adair Grind
Bobby Adair Sanctum
Darcy Coates Ghost Camera
Susanna Clarke Piranesi
Marc-Uwe Kling QualityLand
Darcy Coates The Folcroft Ghosts
Charles Stross Dead Lies Dreaming
D.M. Siciliano Inside
Jim C. Hines Tamora Carter
Jamie McFarlane Junkyard Pirate
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne The Salvage Crew
Andy Mulvihill Action Park
Darcy Coates The Haunting of Blackwood House
Luke Arnold Dead Man in a Ditch
Iain Reid Foe
Micaiah Johnson The Space Between Worlds
Richard Kadrey Hollywood Dead
Richard Kadrey Ballistic Kiss
Orson Scott Card Lost and Found
Greig Beck To the Center of the Earth
Jenny Lawson Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy
Guy Adams Arkham County
James Patterson The Warning
James S. Murray Don't Move
Neal Asher Dark Intelligence
Luke Arnold The Last Smile in Sunder City
Jeff Menapace Dark Halls
Darcy Coates The Haunting of Rookward House
Laurel Hightower Crossroads
Pierce Brown Red Rising
Bobby Adair The Liar
Erik Henry Vick Demon King
Alister Hodge The Cavern
Linda S. Godfrey Monsters Among Us
Aaron Mahnke Dreadful Places
R. R. Haywood A Town Called Discovery
Kate Alice Marshall Rules for Vanishing
Ted Dekker The Girl Behind the Red Rope
Steve Alten Primal Waters
Steve Alten Hell's Aquarium
Steve Alten Nightstalkers
Steve Alten Generations
Adam Savage Every Tool's a Hammer
Darcy Coates Black Winter
Eoin Colfer Deny All Charges
David Moody Isolation
Jonathan Maberry Ink
Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians
Barry J. Hutchison The Hunt for Reduk Topa
Lily Brooks-Dalton Good Morning, Midnight
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Fives: Tag Game!
Tagged by: @plexflexico
Sorry that this literally took forever, I got distracted and this got left in my drafts
five favorite books: (some of these are actually series)
1. Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan
2. The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
3. Good Omens by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
4. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 
5. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
five favorite drinks:
1. Coca-Cola
2. Canada Dry Ginger Ale
3. Limoncello La Croix
4. White Russian (sans vodka because I’m just here for the coffee ice cream flavor)
5. Strawberry wine
five favorite songs atm:
1. Living Proof by Des Rocs
2. Wicked Games by The Weeknd
3. It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me by Billy Joel
4. Smooth by Santana (feat. Rob Thomas)
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica
five favorite quotes: (all of these are from one of my friends because I love her and she says some wild shit)
1. “Spank me, Christian Student Fellowship.”
2. “Take my fruit beetle, you bunny fuck!”
3. [in a porn star voice] “Yeah, high quality nuggets!”
4. “I just wanna eat as much food as possible and hope it all goes to my pussy.”
5. “All I wanted was a donut hole. What did I do to deserve this?”
five favorite fictional characters:
1. Din Djarin
2. Frankie Morales
3. Obi-Wan Kenobi
4. Elvira or John Wick
5. The Hex Girls
I feel like this is wrong but I don’t know how to rank anyone because I love them all too much. Don’t ask about number 4
No Pressure Tags: 
I don’t know, I think most people already answered this back when it was originally going around. If you see this and feel like doing it, go for it. Tag me if and when you post 💕
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Intro to IR
Afifah Jilan Hasninda - 072011233094 - Norway
What is nationalism?
Nationalism comes from the ‘nation’ which means unity of people who simultaneously originate from descent, custom, language, its history and its self-governing which have the same characteristics. The term nationalism which has been translated into Indonesian has two meanings, understanding to love the nation and awareness of a nation to achieve identity, integrity, and power of the nation. Nationalism can be all of these things at once – feeling, identity, idea, movement and process – though certain cases, and approaches to research, will tend to direct our attention to some aspects more than others (Hearn, 2006).
Why does national identity play a significant role in building relations among nation states
No country can survive and compete in international relations without a national identity (Halliday, 1997). In a certain sense, national identity in International Relations is very important. Its role is very necessary for a country in getting the nation interests. National identity will direct a nation to achieve its goals.
Illustrate power in IR and give examples for each subcategory of power and IR
Power in IR is the ability of an actor to persuade, influence, coerce, or encourage other actors to take an action or change a goal that should not have been done (by the actor). There are three powers in IR, hard power, soft power, and smart power. Hard power can be seen through the state's ability to influence other actors by using; military factors, Population, Economic Power. Some examples are American intervention to the Middle East and Germany invasion to Poland. Soft power derived from non-material aspects such as, culture, ideology, regional affinity with attractive and persuasive. The example is Wonderful Indonesia programme that will attract the foreign tourists. Smart power is a combination of soft power and hard power. In implementing smart power, the state will balance the use of military force and diplomatic capabilities. Nine factors that determining the power is geographical landscape, natural resources, population, industrial capacity, military forces, quality of diplomacy, national morality, national character, and the last is good governance (Morgenthau, 1973).
 References
1.      Halliday, J. 1997. “Nationalism” in Baylis, John &Smith, Steve (eds.), The Globalizations of World Politics, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, pp. 440-455
2.      Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: a critical introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
3.      Morgenthau, Hans Joachim. 1973. Politics among Nations: the Struggle for Power and Peace. 5th edition revised. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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#OTD in 1937 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) repealed the 1922 Constitution, and came into effect on this date.
#OTD in 1937 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) repealed the 1922 Constitution, and came into effect on this date.
The Irish Constitution, accepted by national vote in July became law at midnight. The constitution echoed much of the thinking of Éamon de Valera. Much of the development and drafting of the constitution was done by John J. Hearne, Éamon de Valera’s confidante and advisor. Hearne went on to become first Irish ambassador to the United States in 1950. Article 1 reads: The Irish nation hereby…
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atlantisinsirri · 5 years
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yaz tatilinde okunması gereken bir kitap listesi verebilir misin? ❤
 Glen Erik Hamilton - Geri Sayım
Gezerin HayalleriYazar : Jean Jacgues Rousseau
1984: George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 : Ray Bradbury
Geminaü : Amie Kaufman
Artemis : Andy Weir
Kazıkçı : Kevin Hearne
Yenilmez : Stanislaw Lem
Kızıl İsyan Serisi : Pierce Brown
Kızıl Kraliçe Serisi : Victoria Aveyard
Otostopçunun Galaksi Rehberi  : Douglas Adams
Soğuk Uyanış Serisi  : Robin Wasserman
Liste : Patricia Forde
Derin Sular : Robert Bryndza
Fil Kız : Henriette Gyland
Sherlock Holmes - Bütün Hikayeler  : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Beni Bul- J. S. Monroe
Psiko Analist : John Katzenbach
Sen, Ben Ve Yıldızlar : Katie Khan
Olağanüstü Bir Gece: Stefan Zweig
Daha geniş daha güzel bir liste yapmak isterdim amaa bunlar da tatilde okuman için yeter de artar bile :)
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An unpublished, autograph booklet by Jean Lemaire de Belges, presented to the Queen of France on New Year’s day 1512
Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 1/52
   Lemaire de Belges, Jean, 1473-1524 – Pronosticque historial de la félicité future de l’an mil cincq cens et douze, Philadelphia, The Rosenbach Museum and Library, MS 232/11, fols. 1v-2r
Our series begins auspiciously with a long-lost royal prognostication on the good fortune of the year to come, the Pronosticque historial de la félicité future de l’an mil cincq cens et douze, or, translated roughly into English, the Exemplified foretelling of the future joy of the year fifteen-hundred-and-twelve. This sixteen-folio manuscript, written and signed by the important Walloon poet and historiographer Jean Lemaire de Belges (c. 1473–c. 1525), is an autograph copy produced for the Queen of France, Anne of Brittany (1477–1514). The text is otherwise unknown, and its rediscovery in the collections of The Rosenbach Museum and Library makes for an important addition to the author’s corpus while providing new information about the literary leanings of its famed recipient. Anne, to whom the work is dedicated, was an extraordinary political leader and a great patroness of the arts. She has the distinction of being the only French sovereign to have been twice crowned, first as the wife of King Charles VIII and then, after his sudden death in 1498, as the consort of Charles’ successor and second cousin once removed, Louis XII.
Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (Great Hours of Anne of Brittany), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms lat. 9474, portrait of Anne in prayer, fol. 3r
Philadelphia in fact preserves numerous manuscript artifacts related to Anne and her husbands: the Free Library of Philadelphia houses the beautiful February, June, August, and September calendar pages from a grand Book of Hours made by the court painter Jean Bourdichon for Louis XII in 1498, while a single leaf fragment with a miniature of the Lamentation by Jean Poyer includes, on its reverse side, an inscription identified by Roger Wieck as possibly being in Anne’s own hand.[1] The FLP also houses a manuscript with an unusual binding decorated with the ermine tail, one of Anne’s emblems, and a (previously unnoticed) fragment from the once-impressive choirbooks commissioned by Anne and Louis,[2] bearing their initials and emblems. Anne’s library has been the subject of some excellent recent scholarship,[3] and this new find helps to enrich our knowledge even further.
As mentioned above, the present manuscript is the sole surviving exemplar of an unpublished text apparently unknown to specialists. Its most detailed prior mention occurs in the Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts of 1876, when it was in the collection of Evelyn Philip Shirley (1812-1882) of Ettington Hall, Warwickshire (where, incidentally, scenes from the 1963 film The Haunting were filmed). It was presumably Shirley who brought the manuscript to the British Museum to have it inspected by Keeper of Manuscripts John Holmes (1800-1854), whose handwritten notes are found in the front flyleaves of the manuscript. Previously, it had been in the collection of Walter Henry Bracebridge (d. 1832). It is not immediately clear how the manuscript ended up with A.S.W. Rosenbach in Philadelphia. Despite being present in prominent collections, the book has escaped mention in the voluminous literature dedicated to Lemaire de Belges, being noted briefly only in Paul Oskar Kristeller’s Iter Italicum. As such, I am currently at work on a critical edition of the short text, to be published in the not-too-distant future.
But what does this unusual text actually say? As a prominent court poet, Lemaire de Belges was renowned for creating “poésies de circonstance” or short works intended to address a particular situation. In this case, he addressed the auspicious numerological circumstances of the year 1512. The first page opening includes the queen’s Castilian motto “NON MUDERA” inherited from her Spanish mother (and also seen below, on the right, in the most splendid book she owned, the Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne), as well as the year in Roman numerals. These insriptions are contained in two red banderoles, which frame a star-like emblem with a cypher containing the letters of ANNA BONA (good Anne/good year).
   MS 232/11, fol. 1v and Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (Great Hours of Anne of Brittany), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms lat. 9474, emblem of Anne of Brittany on final flyleaf, fol. 238r
The book’s prologue consists of a pompous justification as to why a historian like Lemaire de Belges ought to engage in prognostication, traditionally the realm of soothsayers and astrologists. The first main section of the text (fols. 5v-8r) consists of examples from ancient and modern history demonstrating the universality and preeminence of the number twelve (“universalité et preeminence du nombre de douze”). The second section (fols. 8v-10v) draws parallel examples of duodecimal supremacy from the sacred scriptures. A conclusion (fols. 11r-15v) draws together both strands while explaining the palindrome-like pun, visualized in the opening emblem, of ANNA BONA (“good Anne”) being a pseudo-anagram of BON AN (“good year,” in French). A helpful colophon (fol. 15v, see image below) tells us that the short text was written in Paris at the beginning of January, 1512. It is subscribed by a large rendition of Lemaire de Belges’ personal motto, “De peu assez,” (In little, enough), in sputtering red ink. Finally, the text is accompanied by a rhyming “double virelay” (fols. 16r-16v), also unpublished, consisting of two twelve-line stanzas, signed by the author at its conclusion (fol. 16v):
   MS 232/11, collophon (fol. 15v) and signature of Lemaire (fol. 16v)
Lemaire de Belges and his contemporaries were fond of word play, complex rhymes, and clever layouts. In fact, another manuscript in Philadelphia, quite damaged and certainly not an autograph copy by its author, contains a similarly virtuoso device in praise of Queen Anne. The University of Pennsylvania’s partial copy of Le vray-disant, advocate des dames (UPenn Ms. Codex 956), written in the same years by Lemaire de Belges’ contemporary Jean Marot, includes a “Ballade de la Paragonne des Dames” in which the letters at the start of each line spell the Queen’s name and title: ANNE DE BRETAIGNE, ROYNE DE FRANCE. This kind of acrostic device was especially popular with the French rhétoriqueurs of the early sixteenth century. Can you spot this example of word-play in the images below?
   Marot, Jean, 1463-1523 – [La vray-disant, advocate des dames], Philadelphia, UPenn Ms. Codex 956, fols. 9r-9v
[1] See Roger S. Wieck, “The Artist Jean Poyet and His Oeuvre,” in The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet, ed. Roger S. Wieck, William M. Voelkle, and K. Michelle Hearne (New York: George Braziller, 2000), 27–29.
[2] For an otherwise comprehensive list of known fragments, see Christopher De Hamel, Gilding the Lilly: A Hundred Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts in the Lilly Library (Bloomington: Lilly Library, 2010), no.83, 183.
[3] Cynthia J. Brown, ed., The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2010); Cynthia J. Brown, The Queen’s Library: Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010).
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Newsletter #99 September — November, 2012
RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION
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Doctor Who Magazine #447
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Fantasy & Science Fiction July / August 2012
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Locus #617 June 2012
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Locus #618 July 2012
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Locus #619 August 2012
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Abraham, Daniel
Shadow and Betrayal: A Shadow in Summer / A Betrayal in Winter
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Adams, John J. (ed)
Other Worlds Than These
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Asaro, Catherine
Aurora in Four Voices
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Baker, L-J
Promises, Promises
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Bedford, K.A.
Paradox Resolution
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Zoo City
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Bradbury, Ray
Fahrenheit 451
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On to Genesis
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Carroll, Jonathan
The Woman Who Married a Cloud
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Chen, Haiyan/Li, Fang (ed)  
Eight Dragons on the Roof and Other Tales
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Conley, Darby
Survival of the Filthiest
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Cox, Greg
The Dark Knight Rises
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Cronin, Justin
The Passage
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Dick, Philip K.
Now Wait for Last Year
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Dick, Philip K.
The Simulacra
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Fies, Brian
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Prince of Evil / Messenger of Death / Room 1313
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Hand, Elizabeth
Glimmering
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Horrors from Haunted Seas
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Holt, Tom
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Hopkinson, Nalo
Report from Planet Midnight
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Kane/O'Regan (ed)
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
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King, Stephen
11/22/63
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Koch, G.J. (Gini)
Alexander Outland: Space Pirate
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Maas, Sarah J.
Throne of Glass
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Mandelo, Brit (ed)
Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction
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Marmell, Ari
The Abomination Vault
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Martin, George R.R. et al
A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Companion Cookbook
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Matthews, Hugh
Song of the Serpent
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McMann, Lisa
The Unwanteds
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Merciel, Liane
Nightglass
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Moorcock, Michael et al
Elric: The Balance Lost Volume 2
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Payton, T. Aaron
The Constantine Affliction
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Pinkwater, Daniel
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Pratt, Tim
City of the Fallen Sky
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Quinn, Seabury
The Devil's Bride
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Rankin, Robert
The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age
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The Lost Hero
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Roberts, Adam
By Light Alone
(In a world where people have been genetically engineered so that they can photosynthesize sunlight with their hair, the poor grow their hair, while the rich affect baldness and flaunt their wealth by eating. The young daughter of an affluent family is kidnapped, but the ransom demands are refused. A year later a young woman arrives at the family home claiming to be their daughter. She has changed so much, she has lived on light, can anyone be sure that she has come home?) $14.95
Robeson, Kenneth
Murder on Wheels / The Three Gold Crowns / Death to the Avenger
 (Avenger #7: Pulp reprints) $14.95
Robeson, Kenneth
The Pirate's Ghost / The Green Eagle (Bama cover)
 (Doc Savage #50: Pulp reprints) $14.95
Robeson, Kenneth
The Derrick Devil / The Spotted Men
 (Doc Savage #58: Pulp reprints) $14.95
Robeson, Kenneth
Pirate Isle / The Speaking Stone
 (Doc Savage #59: Pulp reprints) $14.95
Robeson, Kenneth
He Could Stop the World / The Laugh of Death
 (Doc Savage #60: Pulp reprints) $14.95
Salvatore, R.A.
Charon's Claw
(Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter #3: Drizzt draws his sword once more to aid his friends, assisting the elf Dahlia as she enacts revenge, and helping an old foe break the bonds that have held him hostage for over a century $27.95
Scott, M/Barnett, L
Point of Hopes
(Astreiant #1: Reissue; In the great city of Astreaint, magic is real, stars guide lives, and Nicolas Rathe and his colleagues are attempting to establish a police force. Rathe and Eslingen work together to halt an astrological and alchemical conspiracy against the queen, and rescue scores of kidnapped children) $18.00
Scott, Melissa
Point of Knives
(Astreiant #1.5: Novella. Rathe and Eslingen work together to solve the murders of father-and-son pirates. When pirate treasure proves a threat to the throne, they must make uncomfortable choices) $13.00
Shepard, Lucius
The Dragon Griaule
 (Collection; 6 tales, 1 original to this volume) $45.00
Smith, Jeff
The Drift
(RASL #1: PBO; Black & white graphic novel. Not for kids. A dimension-jumping art thief races through space and time searching for his next big score - and trying to escape his past) $13.00
Smith, Jeff
The Fire of St. George
(RASL #2: PBO; Black & white graphic novel. Not for kids. A dimension-jumping art thief races through space and time searching for his next big score - and trying to escape his past) $15.00
Smith, Jeff
Romance at the Speed of Light
(RASL #3: PBO; Black & white graphic novel. Not for kids. A dimension-jumping art thief races through space and time searching for his next big score - and trying to escape his past) $15.00
Stauber, Katy
Spin the Sky
(PBO; After years away at war, Cesar Vaquero returns to Ithaca, an orbital colony that boasts the only cattle in space, to find his wife and son don't recognize him. Penelope swore off men after her husband disappeared, and has been busy running the ranch, raising her son, and fending off suitors. But something about the war-weary man stirs forgotten feelings in her, even as sabotage, rustlers, and a space stampede threaten to tear Ithaca apart) $14.99
Swift, E.J.
Osiris
(Osiris Project #1: Osiris has been cut off from the land since the Great Storm 50 years ago. Adelaide is a jaded socialite. Vikram is a third-generation refugee, who sees his people dying of cold and starvation. As a brutal winter brings the city closer to riot and revolution, these two will try to bridge the gap dividing the city) $26.99
Szathmari, Sandor
Voyage to Kazohinia
(A dystopian classic in Hungary, available in the U.S. for the first time. A shipwrecked surgeon finds himself among the Hins, who live a technologically advanced existence without emotions, desires, arts, money or politics. Unhappy amid the bleak perfection, he asks to be admitted to the closed settlement of the Behins, beings with souls and atavistic human traits) $16.95
Tan, Charles (ed)
Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology
 (14 original stories) $18.00
Tobin, Paul (ed)
White Cloud Worlds
 (Full color art book showcasing the work of 27 established and emerging sf and fantasy artists from Aotearoa New Zealand) $29.99
Walton, Evangeline
The Mabinogion Tetralogy: Prince of Annwn / The Children of Llyr / The Song of Rhiannon / The Island of the Mighty (alternate title: The Virgin and the Swine)
 (Omnibus reprint; 4 classic fantasies based on Welsh mythology) $24.95
Watson/Whates (ed)
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
 (Anthology; 24 stories (3 original to this volume) of war in the future) $13.95
Whitehead, Colson
Zone One
(After a pandemic devastates the planet, a team of civilian volunteers is tasked with clearing out feral zombies from lower Manhattan. Mark is occupied with the mundane mission of zombie mop-up, the rigors of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder, and the impossible tasks of coming to terms with a fallen world. Then things start to go wrong) $15.00
Williams, Mazarkis
The Emperor's Knife
(Tower & Knife #1: When the Cerani Empire is devastated by a strange plague, long-planned conspiracies boil over into violence, and an invincible evil intelligence known as the Pattern Master appears from the deep desert. Only three people stand in his way: a lost prince, a world-weary assassin, and a young girl from the steppes who saw a path in a pattern once, among the waving grasses - a path that just might save them all) $14.99
Williams, Tad
A Stark and Wormy Knight
 (Collection; 11 stories, novellas, and scripts) $40.00
Wilson, N.D.
The Dragon's Tooth
(Ashtown Burials #1: Kids; Cyrus and Antigone Smith join an ancient order of explorers who search for lost cities and powerful artifacts, and act as jallers to unkillable criminals who have terrorized the world for millennia) $7.99
Wingrove, David
Son of Heaven
(Chung Kuo Prequel #1: Dorset, 2085: Chinese airships are in the skies, and Jake finds himself forcibly incorporated into a global city of some 34 billion souls, where a resurgent China is seeking to abolish the past and bring about world peace through rigidly enforced order. But a civil war looms, and Jake will find himself at the heart of the struggle) $12.95
Wrede, Patricia C.
Shadow Magic
(Lyra #1: Reissue; Her kingdom's ancient enemies have kidnapped 20-year-old Princess Alethia, carrying her off through the forest. These are magic woods, home to fabled creatures whose existence she has always doubted. To find her way home, Alethia will have to learn to trust the old tales, which hold the only hope of saving her kingdom; Signed copies) $14.99
Wrede, Patricia C.
Daughter of Witches
(Lyra #2: Reissue; After her parents were executed for practicing magic, Ranira became indentured servant to a brutal innkeeper. While attempting to protect her from her master's cruelty, three guests reveal magical powers. Now she must unleash her own magical powers to save her new friends from certain death; Signed copies) $14.99
Wrede, Patricia C.
The Harp of Imach Thyssel
(Lyra #3: Reissue; Emereck, a minstrel, and Flindaran, a nobleman masquerading as a tramp, have found an abandoned castle, and in it, one of Lyra's most sought-after treasures. Emereck must learn to harness its strength to create and destroy, with the fate of the kingdom hanging in the balance; Signed copies) $22.99
Wrede, Patricia C.
Caught in Crystal
(Lyra #4: Reissue; When a sorceress asks for a room at Kayl's country inn, Kayl is sure the woman has come to take her back to the life she renounced. To save her family and her world, Kayl will have to unlock a side of herself she buried long ago; Signed copies) $24.99
Wrede, Patricia C.
The Raven Ring
(Lyra #5: Reissue; Learning that her mother has died far from home, of wounds sustained in an attack, Eleret sets out to reclaim her mother's belongings - especially a ring etched with a raven. She doesn't know what's special about the ring, but someone was willing to kill for it. To make it home in one piece, she will have to unlock the mysteries of the ring; Signed copies) $23.99
Zeltserman, Dave
Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein
(19th-century Germany: When his beloved is murdered, a young man is accused of the crime. Broken on the wheel and left for dead, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. He finds his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, creating something much more sinister) $23.95
Expected Early September
Aguirre, Ann
Endgame
(Sirantha Jax #6: PBO; The planet La'heng is occupied by foreign conquerors, but Jax means to liberate it as part of a grass-roots resistance movement) $7.99
Aiken, G.A.
How to Drive a Dragon Crazy
(Dragon Kin #6: PBO; Izzy is trying to fulfill a ridiculous quest for a pushy god; sexy dragon warlord Eibhear the Blue is determined to come along to protect her) $7.99
Allston, Aaron
Conviction
(Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi #7: Abeloth is on the run, but has not given up its plans to destroy the galaxy, even as the Jedi and the Sith abandon all pretense of cooperation and make plans to rout each other) $7.99
Almasi, G.T.
Blades of Winter
(Shadowstorm #1: Rather than risk another war, the four superpowers - the U.S., the Soviet Union, Greater Germany, and the Nationalist Republic of China - have poured their resources into creating superspies known as Levels. Alix is one of the best U.S. Levels. But when a decision explodes - literally - in her face, she uncovers a conspiracy that could upset the balance of power) $9.99
Anderson, K/Peart N
Clockwork Angels
(Companion novel to the newest Rush album; a young man travels across a steampunk world of lost cities, pirates, anarchists, carnivals, and a Watchmaker who imposes precision on daily life) $24.95
Anderson, Kevin J.
Death Warmed Over
(Dan Shamble #1: PBO; A resurrected mummy is suing the museum that put him on display. Two witches, victims of a curse gone wrong, are seeking restitution from a publisher for not using 'spell check' on magical tomes. It's all in a day's work for zombie P.I. Dan Chambeaux. And he's got to figure out a very personal question: Who killed him?) $15.00
Anthony, Piers
Well-Tempered Clavicle
(Xanth #35: Picka Bones and his sister Joy'nt are off in search of adventure with three creatures newly arrived from Mundania - and not the sort of creatures you might expect!) $7.99
Archer, Alex
The Matador Crown
(Rogue Angel #38: PBO; Invited to the Museum of Cadiz to assess some coins, Annja soon finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation that leads her to an illegal - and deadly - collection of Visigoth votive crowns) $6.99
Axler, James
Crimson Waters
(Deathlands #106: PBO; Stranded in a gutted redoubt in the West Indies, Ryan and his friends must escape before they are wiped out by pirates) $6.99
Baggott, Julianna
Pure
(Pressia barely remembers the Detonations, when the world turned to ash, dust, and damaged bodies. Having reached the age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia - to be trained as a soldier, or used as a live target - she is on the run. Those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked are inside the Dome. Partridge - whose father is an important man in the Dome, and whose mother never made it inside their shelter - feels isolated. When he learns that his mother might still be alive, he risks his life to leave the Dome to find her. And when Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again) $9.99
Ballantine, Philippa
Wrayth
(Book of the Order #3: PBO; Sorcha is still unable to move or speak; even her partner Merrick cannot reach her through their shared bond. But when Sorcha is abducted by men seeking her lover Raed, only Merrick can find and rescue her) $7.99
Base, Graeme
Little Elephants
( Kids; Full color picture book; a boy living on a farm in Texas gets a big surprise when he discovers tiny flying elephants under his bed) $16.95
Battersby, Lee
The Corpse-Rat King
(Battlefield looter Marius is mistaken for a dead monarch by one of the dead soldiers, and transported to the Kingdom of the Dead. The dead need a King to remind God where they are. To recover his life, Marius must return to the surface and find them a King. Which he fully intends to do - just as soon as he stops running) $7.99
Bell, Alex
Lex Trent versus the Gods
(Lex Trent #1: Lex Trent's world is inhabited by magicians, crones, and a menagerie of gods and goddesses. And while Lex is seemingly dedicated to his legal studies, he leads a double life as a notorious cat burglar who has been evading capture for years. But Lex's luck is about to run out, because the Goddess of Fortune has selected him to be her player in the highly dangerous Games) $11.95
Beyer, Kristen
The Eternal Tide
(Star Trek Voyager: PBO; The fleet continues its exploration of the Delta Quadrant, investigating the current status of sectors formerly controlled by the Borg) $7.99
Blaylock, James P.
Zeuglodon
(Pursued by kidnappers, three junior members of the Guild of St. George must descend into the depths of the hollow earth to return the Sleeper to his ancestral home. But awakening him might mean the end of the dream, the closing of the passage, and three intrepid explorers marooned in a savage land) $35.00
Bond, Gwenda
Blackwood
(YA; 114 modern-day people have disappeared from Roanoke Island. Miranda, from the island's most infamous family, and Phillips, who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony) $9.99
Bornikova, Phillipa
This Case Is Gonna Kill Me
(Linnet comes from an affluent human family. When she begins her career at a vampire law firm, she discovers that, in a workplace where some humans will eventually achieve immense power and centuries of extra lifespan, office politics can be vicious beyond belief) $14.99
Brockmann, Suzanne
Born to Darkness
(Determined to end the scourge of a designer drug that can make anyone a superpowered Greater-Than, but exacts a lethal toll, operative Michelle Mackenzie is knocked for a loop when she meets the new test subject: former Navy SEAL Shane Laughlin, her latest one-night stand) $7.99
Brook, Meljean
Riveted
(Iron Seas #3: PBO; Five years ago, Annika unwitting endangered the secret of her Iceclandic community. Now she serves on an airship - and her home is again threatened when David comes aboard, looking to expose her secrets. Disaster leaves them stranded on a glacier, pursued by a madman - with heat rising between them) $16.00
Buehlman, Christopher
Those Across the River
(When Frank Nichols returns to his Georgia hometown to write a history of his family's plantation, he soon learns there is a presence there that demands sacrifice - and has been waiting for Frank's homecoming) $15.00
Buettner, Robert
Undercurrents
(Orphan's Legacy #2: Sent to bring down the local politicos of a politically quarantined giant habitat, Lt. Jazen Parker finds himself inclined to abandon the place to its ways - until he uncovers a plot to throw a 500-hundred-planet alliance into anarchy) $7.99
Carroll, Lee
Black Swan Rising
(Garet James #1: New York City shopkeeper John Dee offers jeweler Garet James a generous sum of money to open a vintage silver box. The symbol of the swan on the box matches a ring Garet's mother gave her, and when she opens the box, otherworldly things start happening) $7.99
Carson, Rae
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
(Elisa #1: YA; Andre Norton Award finalist. Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. She could be everything to those who need her most - if the prophecy is fulfilled, if she finds the power deep within herself, if she doesn't die young. Most of the chosen do) $9.99
Cassidy, Dakota
Accidentally Dead
(Accidentally Paranormal #2: After a patient bites her, dental assistant Nina Blackman ends up with a set of fangs, a taste for blood - and an irresistible attraction to the patient) $7.99
Charlton, Blake
Spellbound
(Nicodemus #2: The demon behind his curse has hatched a plot to force Nicodemus to change language and ultimately use it to destroy all human life. Nico faces challenges from all sides as he struggles to thwart the demon's plan) $7.99
Christopher, Adam
Seven Wonders
(PBO; Tony lives in a city under siege by hooded supervillain The Cowl. When Tony develops superpowers and acts to take down The Cowl, he finds that the local superheroes aren't as grateful as he thought they'd be) $12.99
Ciruelo
The Book of the Dragon
 (Reissue; Full color. Reveals the secrets of the dragons, illuminating a culture filled with poetry, magic, and art) $17.95
Cook, Glen
A Path to Coldness of Heart
(Dread Empire #8: King Bragi Ragnorson is the captive of Lord Shih-kaa and the Empress Mist at the heart of the Dread Empire. Bragi's queen and what remains of his army seek to find and free their king, hampered by the loss or desertion of their best warriors. Dane, Duke of Greyfells, seeks to seize the rule of Kavelin. And in the ancient castle Fangdred, the sorcerer Varthlokkur waits, using his arts to spy on the world at large, and observing the puppet strings that control kings and empires alike) $15.99
Correia, Larry
Legion
(Monster Hunter #4: When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a WWII weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert. A wager between rival companies turns into a race to see who can bag the creature first. But there's more to this case than meets the eye: the crew from MHI will have to stop an ancient god from turning Sin City into hell on earth; Signed copies; signing at Uncle Hugo’s Tuesday, September 18, 5-6 pm) $25.00
Crane, Carolyn
Head Rush
(Justine Jones #3: As Midcity cowers under martial law, sleepwalking cannibals, and a mysterious rash of paranormal copycat violence, Justine's search for answers leads her into the most dangerous mind game yet) $16.00
Curran, Kim
Shift
(YA; 16-year-old Scott learns he's a Shifter, with the power to undo any decision he's ever made. Pretty cool, until his world starts to unravel around him, and he realizes that using his power has terrible consequences) $9.99
Daniells, Rowena Cory
Sanctuary
(Outcast #3: With winter storms brewing and raiders drawn by rumors of wealth, tension grows on the overcrowded ships of the mystics. And although Imoshen sent the Sagora Scholars a request for sanctuary, they haven't replied) $8.99
De Grave, Kathleen
The Hour of Lead
(Kansas, 2039: An earthquake that has slowed down time forces two people to confront their pasts in order to repair their broken lives in the present) $14.95
Dick, Philip K.
Upon the Dull Earth
 (Collected Stories #3: Collection; 23 stories and novellas written in 1953 and 1954, plus extensive story notes) $40.00
Dick, Philip K.
Solar Lottery (alternate title: World of Chance)
(Reissue; In 2203 anyone can become the ruler of the solar system - it all comes down to the random turns of a giant wheel. But when a new Quizmaster takes over, the old one still keeps some rights, namely the right to hire assassins to attempt to kill the new leader. After the most recent change in leadership, employees of the former ruler scurry to find an assassin who can get past telepathic guards. But when one employee switches sides, troubling facts about the lottery system come to light, and it just might not be possible for anyone to win) $13.95
Dick, Philip K.
We Can Build You
(Reissue; When Louis Rosen's electronic organ company builds a pitch-perfect robotic replica of Abraham Lincoln, they are pulled into the orbit of a shady businessman, who is looking to use Lincoln for his own profit. Meanwhile, Rosen seeks Lincoln's advice as he woos a woman incapable of understanding human emotions - someone who may be even more robotic than Lincoln's replica) $13.95
Dick, Philip K.
The World Jones Made
(Reissue; Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future, a gift and curse that began one year before he was born. As a fortune-teller at a post-apocalyptic carnival, Jones is a powerful force, and may just be able to force society away from its paralyzing Relativism - if he can avoid the radioactively unstable government hitman on his tail) $13.95
Doctorow, C/Stross, C
The Rapture of the Nerds
(At the dusk of the 21st century, Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids happily living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who weren't happy have emigrated to the densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system. The metaconsciousness of the solar system occasionally spams Earth's networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies. A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there's always someone who will bite. So there's Tech Jury Service: random humans charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic, misanthropic Welshman, has been selected for the latest jury) $24.99
Doctorow, Cory
For the Win
(YA; In electronic sweatshops, countless 'gold farmers', trapped by abusive contracts and physical threats, harvest virtual treasure for their employers to sell to First World gamers willing to spend real money to skip straight to higher-level gameplay. A mysterious woman called Big Sister Nor will use her experience, knowledge of history, and connections to real-world organizers to build group of young people into a movement that can challenge the status quo) $10.99
Douglas, Ian
Bloodstar
(Star Corpsman #1: PBO; Navy Corpsman Elliot Carlyle and Bravo Company's Black Wizards are en route to the colony planet of Bloodworld, where the alien Qesh have made violent first contact) $7.99
Egan, Greg
The Eternal Flame
(Orthogonal #2: When a fuel shortage threatens the generation ship's voyage, Tamara the astronomer sees a risky solution in a meteor whose trajectory will bring it within range. Meanwhile, Carlo the biologist searches for a better way to control the ship's population explosion) $26.99
Elliott, Kate
Cold Fire
(Spiritwalker #2: Cat and Bee are caught in an intricate web of subterfuge and politics. Everyone seems to want something from them: the warlord who wants to conquer Europa, the Cold Mages who stand against him, and the dangerous Master of the Wild Hunt) $7.99
Flanagan, John
The Outcasts
(Brotherband #1: Kids; Skandians are known for their size and strength. Not Hal, Stig, and their friends. But that doesn't mean they don't have skills, or courage. And they'll need both to do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks in the ultimate race) $8.99
Flavin, Teresa
The Blackhope Enigma
(Kids; Blackhope Tower is shrouded in intrigue, centering on a labyrinth and painting in the Mariner's Chamber. When 14-year-old Sunni visits the tower and sees her stepbrother Dean disappear, seemingly into the painting itself, she sets out to find him) $6.99
Flint, Eric (ed)
Ring of Fire III
 (Ring of Fire: Anthology; 20 original alternate history tales set in the world of  
1632
, by Flint, Lackey, and more) $7.99
Friedman, C.S.
Legacy of Kings
(Magister #3: With the Magisters hunting her for killing one of their own, Kamala's only hope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates. There spells are warped by a curse, originally intended to protect the lands of men from the souleaters. But the curse appears to be weakening - and the threat of the souleaters is once more falling across the land) $7.99
Froud, Brian & Wendy
Trolls
 (Art book; new and classic work by the Frouds, revealing the world of trolls) $35.00
Gaider, David
The Stolen Throne
 (Dragon Age: Prequel to video game  
Dragon Age: Origins
) $7.99
Gear, W.M. & Kathleen
The Broken Land
(First North Americans #19: Dangerous sorcerer Atotarho has set in motion a cataclysmic battle that threatens to destroy the Iroquoian world. To stop him, Jigonsaseh, Hiyawento, and Sky Messenger must find a way to unite five warring nations) $7.99
Gibson, William
Distrust That Particular Flavor
 (Collection; 25 essays and articles on technology, popular culture, writing, and more) $16.00
Gilman, Laura Anne
The Shattered Vine
(Vineart War #3: As conditions worsen throughout the Lands, Jerzy returns to the Berengia to delve into the magic that has been growing within him, knowing that his god-forbidden knowledge may be the only thing that can save the Lands Vin) $9.99
Golden, Christie
Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War
(World of Warcraft: When a beloved peacekeeper is pressed to the limit by an inconceivable horror, will it change her forever? Break her? Or redefine her role on Azeroth?) $26.00
Goonan, Kathleen Ann
In War Times
(1941: After his brother is killed at Pearl Harbor, Sam promises that he will do anything he can to stop the war, and is selected to study code breaking, electronics, and physics. He is seduced by a mysterious female physicist, and given the plans for a device that will end the war, perhaps even end the human predilection for war. But the device does something less, and more, than that) $15.99
Gorey, Edward
A Halloween Treat
(In a previously unpublished vignette, kids and cats go trick-or-treating, gathering loot that might be tricks - or their very own monsters. Plus a collection of ghastly ghost illustrations) $13.00
Green, Simon R.
Ghost of a Dream
(Ghost Finders #3: PBO; Renovations at the long-abandoned Haybarn Theater have been thrown off schedule by some peculiar incidents. The team figures investigating a haunted theater will be a walk in the park - until they encounter the Phantom of the Haybarn, an ancient evil with the ability to alter reality) $7.99
Greenwood, Ed
Elminster Enraged
(Forgotten Realms: Sage of Shadowdale #2: Inhabiting the body of a fallen dark elf, Elminster begins to rally Cormyr's Wizards of War. Manshoon has plans as well: to conquer Cormyr and be the new Emperor, and hunt down the Sage's clones) $25.95
Grimes, Linda
In a Fix
(Ciel Halligan #1: Aura adaptor Ciel Halligan takes on her clients' appearances and slips into their lives to handle situations they don't want to deal with themselves. Her current job, snagging a marriage proposal for her client during an island vacation, is pretty enjoyable - until her resort bungalow is blown up and her client's date is snatched by modern-day Vikings) $14.99
Grinti, Mike & Rachel
Claws
(Kids; Emma's family lives in a trailer park that's home to down-and-out harpies, hags, trolls - and Jack, a one-eyed, smooth-talking cat. He becomes Emma's friend, and she discovers that she, too, has cat magic - claws. She's going to need them to rescue her sister from the powerful faeries who stole her) $16.99
Harris/Kelner (ed)
An Apple for the Creature
 (Anthology; urban fantasy stories of unnatural education, including a new Sookie Stackhouse story) $26.95
Hartley, A.J.
Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact
(Kids; When he's forced to move from his tiny English town to Atlanta, Georgia, Darwen knows things will be different - but he wasn't expecting to discover that the old mirror in his new closet leads to another world - or that there are creatures there who are after something that only human children possess) $8.99
Hatke, Ben
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl
(Zita #2: PBO; Kids; Full color graphic novel; Zita is determined to make it home to Earth, but her robot doppelganger is wreaking havoc, and Zita is being blamed) $12.99
Herbert, James
The Secret of Crickley Hall
(Would you live in a place where ghostly things keep happening? Where hushed whimpering is heard? Where the presence of evil is all around you? The Caleighs did, but they had their reasons. They should have known better) $9.99
Hinks, Darius
Orion: The Vaults of Winter
(Warhammer: The forest-king Orion awakens from his winter slumber to discover he has been cursed. As the corruption spreads to the woodland realm around him, he must rely upon his loyal subjects to help him unmask a traitor) $11.99
Holkins, J/Krahulik, M
Magical Kids in Danger
(Penny Arcade #8: Full color. Collects the 2007 strips of the popular webcomic starring geeky heroes Gabe and Tycho, plus creator commentary) $14.99
Hughes, Alex
Clean
(Mindspace #1: PBO; Adam used to work for the Telepath's Guild. Now he works for the cops. His ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes him their best interrogator. A serial killer is stalking the city, and Adam needs to solve the case, because he's just had a vision of the future - and he's the next to die) $7.99
Hunter, Erin
The Empty City
(Survivors #1: Kids; The humans are gone, and a new animal is ready to rule the world. Which animals are brave enough to take control when disaster strikes? And what enemies will stand in their way?) $16.99
Jacka, Benedict
Taken
(Alex Verus #3: PBO; Mage apprentices have been vanishing without a trace, and someone on the Council might be involved. Alex has no evidence, no witnesses, and no suspects, but he sees that he doesn't know the half of it - and that he could be the next to disappear) $7.99
Johnson-Shelton, Nils
The Invisible Tower
(Otherworld Chronicles #1: Kids; A mysterious message appears in Artie Kingfisher's favorite video game, leading him to a game store where a centuries-old wizard named Merlin holds the key to his destiny) $6.99
Johnson, Mat
Pym
 (A failed academic acquires an old slave narrative manuscript confirming that Edgar Allan Poe's  
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
 is a true story. He sets out for Antarctica to discover the land of black people that Poe describes, but instead he and his fellow adventurers are enslaved by the white ice creatures from the novel. Now this black crew must try to escape slavery all over again) $15.00
Kadrey, Richard
Devil Said Bang
(Sandman Slim #4: While ruling the denizens of darkness does have perks, James Stark isn't exactly thrilled with the course of his career. He has to hold off a host of killers while working on his escape plan. Meanwhile, a serial killer ghost is running wild in LA, and Slim's angelic alter ego is hiding in the lost days of time with a cabal who can rewrite reality) $24.99
Kibuishi, Kazu
Prince of the Elves
(Amulet #5: Kids; Full color graphic novel. The Elf King has forged new amulets which will allow him to invade Cielis and destroy it; Emily and her friends make desperate preparations to defend Cielis) $12.99
Kittredge, Caitlin
Soul Trade
(Black London #5: PBO; Crow-mage Jack Winter and former detective Pete Caldecott face formidable new enemies as they continue their quest to save Black London from destruction) $7.99
Kostic, Conor
Edda
(Epic #3: YA; In the virtual world of Edda, Scanthax the ruler decides he wants to invade another virtual world. This move embroils the universes of Edda, Saga, and Epic in all-out war - with three teenagers determined to try to restore peace) $9.99
Krentz/Castle, Jayne
The Lost Night
(PBO; Psychic Rachel Bonner has found peace and quiet on Rainshadow Island - until Harry Sebastian arrives to investigate strange events in the Preserve. She can sense the heart of darkness within him - and the stirrings of desire within her) $7.99
Lackey, M/Edghill, R
A Host of Furious Fancies: Beyond World's End / Spirits White as Lightning
 (Bedlam's Bard #3 / #4: Omnibus reprint; 2 fantasy novels) $13.00
LaValle, Victor
The Devil in Silver
(On his first night in New Hyde Hospital's psych ward, Pepper is visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It's no delusion; Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back) $27.00
Laws, Robin D.
Blood of the City
 (Pathfinder Tales: PBO; Novel based on the game) $9.99
Lee, Sharon/Miller, Steve
Dragon Ship
 (Liaden: Theo Waitley #4: Theo has a trade route to run for Clan Korval while she convinces the ghost ship  
Bechimo
 - and herself - that she wants to commit herself to being the human side of their immensely powerful symbiosis. While her former lover battles a nano-virus that's eating him alive, Theo faces the unexpected challenge of rescuing hundreds of stranded pilots and crewmen from an explosive situation in near orbit around a suddenly hostile planet; Signed copies) $23.00
Lore, Pittacus
The Rise of Nine
(Lorien Legacies #3: YA; The stakes are higher than ever as John, Number Six, and Number Seven desperately try to find the rest of the Lorien Nine before it's too late) $17.99
Maltin, Leonard
Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide
(PBO; Revised and updated guide with thousands of capsule movie reviews, DVD and video listings, mail-order and online resources for buying and renting DVDs and videos, and more) $9.99
Mandanna, Sangu
The Lost Girl
(YA; Eva was cloned to replace Amarra if she ever died. So when Amarra dies in a car crash, Eva moves to India to replace her. But does she want to live out her years as a copy? Or risk everything to be Eva?) $17.99
Marr, Melissa
Carnival of Souls
(YA; Aya and Kaleb both face bleak futures, unless they can win a competition hosted by the Carnival of Souls, fighting to the death to join the ruling elite) $17.99
Martin/Lowder, J (ed)
Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
 (Essays by authors and critics looking at Martin's epic fantasy) $14.95
McDonald, Ian
Be My Enemy
(Everness #2: YA; Everett has escaped with the Infundibulum from the clutches of Charlotte Villiers and the Order, but his father is missing, banished to one of the billions of parallel universes. Everett and the airship crew have taken a Heisenberg Jump to a random parallel plane, where Everett is making plans to rescue his family. But Charlotte Villiers is one step ahead of him) $16.95
McGuire, Seanan
Ashes of Honor
(October Daye #6: PBO; While searching for a powerful changeling with the potential to destroy all of Faerie, Tobey is drawn into a web of kidnappings, political intrigue, and attempted assassinations) $7.99
McKinney, Joe
Mutated
(PBO; Fleeing the cities and their flesh-eating zombies, Bob Richardson and his crew find sanctuary at an abandoned farm. But their stronghold may not be enough - the undead are banding together and working as a group) $7.99
McMahon, Gary
Beyond Here Lies Nothing
(Concrete Grove #3: Ben arrives in Concrete Grove to research a infamous paranormal incident from the early 1970s; when strange things begin happening, it's up to him to put the ghosts to rest) $8.99
O'Brien, Caragh M.
Prized
(Birthmarked #2: YA; 16-year-old midwife Gaia flees the Enclave with her baby sister, only to be captured by the people of Sylum, where women rule the men, and a kiss is a crime) $9.99
Oliver, Lauren
Liesl & Po
(Kids; Locked in the attic by her cruel stepmother, Liesl is surprised one evening when a ghost named Po appears. That same evening, an alchemist's apprentice named Will makes an innocent mistake that has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey) $6.99
Packard, Edward
Through the Black Hole
(U-Ventures: Kids; You're in command of the most advanced spaceship in the galaxy on the wildest mission in history. Choose your own fate as you try to make it through a black hole) $5.99
Palma, Felix J.
The Map of the Sky
(H.G. Wells #2: Socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her challenge to reproduce the invasion featured in Wells'  
War of the Worlds
. Interconnected plots tell a tale of time travel and mystery, with appearances by a young Edgar Allan Poe as well as Captain Shackleton and Charles Winslow) $26.00
Passarella, John
Rite of Passage
(Supernatural: A series of accidents and strange occurrences in a New Jersey town attracts the attention of the Winchester brothers) $7.99
Paterson, K & J
The Flint Heart
(Kids; Freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts' 1910 fantasy. A Stone Age man demands a talisman to harden his heart, allowing him to take control of his tribe. The tribe's magic man creates the Flint Heart, but the cruelty of it destroys the tribe. Thousands of years later, the talisman reemerges. Can Charles and his sister Unity find a way to rescue humans, fairies, and animals alike from its dark influence?) $9.99
Paver, Michelle
Gods and Warriors
(Kids; Warriors have kidnapped his sister and tried to kill him; a stranger has given him a bronze dagger. Now young Hylas is on the run, trying to discover why he's being hunted, and to find his sister before the warriors find him) $16.99
Petrucha, Stefan
Dead Mann Running
(Hessius Mann #2: PBO; The living dead PI is drawn into a killer case when a severed arm leaves a mysterious briefcase at his office) $7.99
Phillips, Holly
At the Edge of Waking
 (Collection of short fantasy fiction) $15.95
Priest, Christopher
The Islanders
(The Dream Archipelago is a vast network of islands whose very locations seem to twist and shift. Some islands have been sculpted into musical instruments, some are home to lethal creatures, some are playgrounds for the rich. And a war being fought by two distant continents is playing out across the archipelago's waters) $14.95
Reay, Joanne
Romeo Spikes
(Homicide detective Alexis Bianco teams up with the mysterious Lola, who is more weapon than woman, to pursue the Tormenta, demonic predators who convince humans to kill themselves in order to siphon off their victims' unspent lifespans) $25.00
Redwine, C.J.
Defiance
(YA; While other girls train to be ladies, Rachel trains to survive in the wilderness and wield a sword. When her father fails to return from a courier mission, her father's apprentice Logan is assigned to protect her. Together they will escape the tyrant's city to hunt for Rachel's father) $17.99
Reus, Katie
Primal Possession
(Moon Shifter #2: PBO; When a hate group targets humans known to sympathize with paranormal beings, December McIntyre turns to lupine shifter Liam Armstrong for help) $7.99
Rosca, Madeleine
The Clockwork Sky Volume 1
(Graphic novel. 1895: In the London slums, young Sally Peppers and automaton police boy Sky uncover a dark secret that could overturn all of London) $10.99
Scarrow, Alex
Day of the Predator
(TimeRiders #2: YA; When Maddy mistakenly opens a time window, Liam is marooned 65 million years in the past. He must make contact with Maddy and Sal before he's hunted down by dinosaurs - or alters history) $9.99
Sedia, Ekaterina (ed)
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top
 (PBO; Anthology; stories of circuses traditional, bizarre, and futuristic) $15.95
Shatner, William
Shatner Rules
(A collection of guidelines and fun facts, illustrated with stories from Bill's life and career, showing how to become Shatneresque) $15.00
Silverberg, Robert (ed)
Tales from Super-Science Fiction
 (Anthology; reprints 14 stories from the 1950s magazine) $32.00
Singh, Nalini
Archangel's Storm
(Guild Hunter #5: PBO; Angelic spymaster Jason and Princess Mahiya are drawn to each other as they work together to solve the murder of Neha's consort) $7.99
Slonczewski, Joan
The Highest Frontier
(On an Earth altered by global warming, with an invasive alien species threatening the surviving ecosystems, Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, daughter of a rich and influential family, is headed for the college of the future, in orbit) $7.99
Smith, Cordwainer
When the People Fell
 (Collection of Instrumentality stories and miscellaneous short stories, providing a sweeping saga of the centuries to come) $7.99
Smith, Sherwood
Blood Spirits
(Kim Murray #2: With the man she loves set to marry a look-alike princess, Kim returns to California to heal her broken heart. But family politics send her to London, where she winds up in a duel with a Dobrenican nobleman, and learns that her great sacrifice, leaving Alex, was a disaster. She returns to Dobrenica, where she finds ghosts, magic, and murder awaiting her) $7.99
Stein, Jeanne C.
Haunted
(Anna Strong #8: PBO; Vampire and bounty hunter Anna Strong and her friend Culebra end up in Mexico, dealing with cartel infighting, a few old vendettas, and missing girls) $7.99
Stirling, S.M.
The Tears of the Sun
(Change #8: Rudi McKenzie - now Artos, the High King of Montival - must stand against the forces of the Church Universal and Triumphant, knowing he may lose his life in the final battle) $9.99
Stirling, S.M.
Lord of Mountains
(Change #9: To end the war, Artos must journey to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains and take part in a coronation that will unite the realms into a single kingdom, granting him an army large enough to defeat his enemies once and for all) $27.95
Strahan, Jonathan (ed)
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron
 (YA; Anthology; original stories celebrating the witch) $16.99
Swallow, James
Fear to Tread
(Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy #21: Horus sends the Blood Angels to the Signus system, where an army of Khornate daemons waits for them. The Warmaster's plan is to use the flaw in the Blood Angels' gene-seed to turn them to the worship of the Blood God) $9.99
Thomas, Shelley Moore
The Seven Tales of Trinket
(Kids; Guided by a tattered map, accompanied by Thomas the Pig Boy, and inspired by her heritage, 11-year-old Trinket searches for the stories she needs to become a bard like her father, who disappeared years ago) $16.99
Thorpe, Gav
Path of the Outcast
(Warhammer 40,000: Eldar #3: While Aradryan lives as a Ranger, Alaitoc is attacked by the Sons of Orar Space Marines, and must do what he can to help save the craftworld) $8.99
Tinker, Major (ed)
The Steampunk Gazette
(From the founder of the Victorian Steampunk Society, a lavishly illustrated history of steampunk, from its 1980s origins to today. Sections on fashion, gadgets, home decor, art, literature, media, and social events) $24.99
Trent, Tiffany
The Unnaturalists
(YA; When his Tinker family is captured to be refinery slaves, Syrus Reed finds that his fate may be bound up with that of Vespa Nyx - and with the Unnatural creatures she catalogues in her father's New London museum) $16.99
Varley, John
Slow Apocalypse
(Screenwriter Dave Marshall thought the scenario sounded implausible when he heard it from a government consultant on his last film: a scientist releases a virus that feeds on petroleum into an Iraqi oil field, but it spreads to infect the entire international fuel supply. Now it's become a terrifying reality) $25.95
Weber, David
A Beautiful Friendship
(Stephanie Harrington #1: YA; On the pioneer planet Sphinx, young Stephanie Harrington discovers an intelligent alien species, treecats, and forms the first telepathic bond with one. But a lot of powerful people are determined to make sure that Sphinx remains entirely in human hands - even if it means the extermination of another thinking species) $9.99
Wendig, Chuck
Mockingbird
(Miriam #2: PBO; Miriam is trying to live a normal life, keeping her ability - to see when and how someone is going to die - in check. Which feels like keeping a tornado trapped in a tiny bottle. And then comes one really bad day) $7.99
Williams, Tad
The Dirty Streets of Heaven
(Bobby Dollar #1: Bobby is a rough-and-tumble angel who's always done his part in the long cold war between Heaven and Hell. But now he's stepped into the middle of something that's got both sides nervous - an unprecedented number of missing souls) $25.95
Wooding, Chris
Havoc
(Malice #2: Kids; Having escaped from Malice, Seth isn't sure if he should try to destroy the evil comic book from his own world, or go back for an artifact that might help. Meanwhile, Kady is still trapped in Malice, trying to find a rebel group of kids who want to fight cruel overlord Tall Jake) $9.99
Zeltserman, Dave
A Killer's Essence
(When a serial killer terrorizes New York City, jaded detective Stan Green finds just a single witness, a neurologically disabled recluse who sees through the souls of others as demonic hallucinations) $15.00
Expected Mid-September
Andrews, Scott K.
School's Out Forever
(Afterblight Chronicles: 15-year-old Lee and his boarding school's Matron must try to protect their charges from cannibalistic gangs, religious fanatics, a bullying prefect, and the surviving might of the U.S. Army) $12.99
Bachmann, Stefan
The Peculiar
(Kids; Bartholomew is a changeling, child of a faery father and a human mother, who lives in the faery slums of Bath. When he witnesses the kidnapping of another changeling, he finds himself at the center of a web of intrigue) $16.99
Balaban, Bob
The Creature from the Seventh Grade: Boy or Beast
(Kids; Charlie has suddenly morphed into a giant mutant sea creature. Now his best friends are treating him like a science project, the cool kids are recruiting him for their clique, and, for some reason, his parents are acting like everything is perfectly normal) $15.99
Barnhill, Kelly
The Mostly True Story of Jack
(Kids; When Jack is sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his crazy aunt and uncle, he expects a summer of boredom. But the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for a long time. He makes friends. The town bully beats him up. And the richest man in town begins to plot Jack's imminent demise. It's up to Jack to figure out why - but to do that, he'll have to believe that magic is real, and has something to do with him) $6.99
Bray, Libba
The Diviners
(YA; 1920s: Evie is shipped off to NYC to live with her Uncle Will, curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition and the Occult. They find themselves in the thick of an investigation of occult-based murders. And Evie has a secret - a mysterious power that could help catch the killer, if he doesn't catch her first) $19.99
Brower, S/Heller, S
Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback
 (Reissue; A celebration of the art and design of the mass-market paperback, from the late 19th century to today) $7.98
Burroughs/Maxwell
Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan
 (PBO; Authorized by the Burroughs estate. The Tarzan story told from Jane's viewpoint; $25.99 hc also available) $14.99
Carlson, Amanda
Full Blooded
(Jessica McClain #1: PBO; Jessica has become a werewolf. It wasn't supposed to happen: female werewolves don't exist. When a killer comes looking for her, her Pack finds themselves caught in the middle of a war. It's up to Jessica to find out why everyone wants her dead) $12.99
Chabon, Michael
Telegraph Avenue
(2004: Archy and Nat rule a kingdom of used vinyl located in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland. Their wives, Gwen and Aviva, are two semi-legendary midwives who have welcomed more than a thousand newly minted citizens into the community. When a former NFL quarterback announces plans to build his latest megastore on a nearby stretch of Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy fear it means certain doom for their vulnerable little enterprise. Meanwhile, Aviva and Gwen also find themselves caught up in a battle for their professional existence; Signed copies expected) $27.99
Cornwall, Emma
Incarnation
 (In a steampunk London, Lucy Weston confronts Bram Stoker to find out why he lied about her in his novel  
Dracula
. Then, with Stoker's reluctant help, she sets out to track down the fiend who turned her into a vampire) $15.00
Davis, Jim
Garfield Gets in a Pickle
 (Garfield #54: PBO; Full color comic strips) $14.00
Durst, Sarah Beth
Vessel
(YA; Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess, but the goddess never comes. Abandoned by her tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert, until a boy arrives. Korbyn is a trickster god inside his vessel, who tells Liyana that five other gods are missing. They set off in search of the other vessels, for the tribes cannot survive without the magic of their gods. The closer she grows to Korbyn, the less Liyana wants to disappear to make way for her goddess. But she must die for her tribe to live, unless a trickster god can help her to trick fate - or a human girl can muster some magic of her own) $16.99
Edward, John
Fallen Masters
 (A final confrontation between good and evil unfolds on both the Earthly plane and the Other Side) $25.99
Erikson, Steven
The Forge of Darkness
(Malazan: Kharkarnas #1: In Kurald Galain, the commoners want Vatha Urusander, their great hero, to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her consort Lord Draconus is opposed. As the impending clash disrupts the realm of Darkness, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin) $27.99
Griffin, Kate
Stray Souls
(Sharon Li has just discovered she's a shaman, and not a moment too soon. London's soul has gone missing. To solve the mystery and rescue the dying city, she'll need help from the support group she's just set up for people with magical issues) $14.99
Johnson, Kij
At the Mouth of the River of Bees
 (Collection; 16 works of sf and fantasy from an award-winning author; Signed copies expected) $16.00
Jones, Stephen (ed)
A Book of Horrors
 (Anthology; original stories of horror and dark fantasy from top writers) $15.99
Jordan, Hillary
When She Woke
(In the not too distant future, the line between church and state has been eradicated, and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned but chromed - their skin color genetically altered to match the class of their crimes - and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is abortion) $14.95
Kenyon, S/Love, D
The Curse
(Belador #3: PBO; When Svart Trolls invade Atlanta, Evalle tries to stop the bloody troll-led gang wars; she unwittingly exposes a secret that endangers all she holds dear and complicates her tumultuous love life with Storm) $7.99
King, A.S.
Everybody Sees the Ants
(YA; Andre Norton Award finalist. Lucky has a secret that helps him wade through his dysfunctional life. In his dreams, he escapes to the war-torn jungles of Laos, where he can be a hero. It's dangerous and wild - a place where his life just might be worth living. But how long can Lucky hide in his dreams before reality forces its way in?) $9.99
Knaak, Richard A.
Shade
(Legends of the Dragonrealm: Shade the spellcaster struggles to find an end to the curse he brought upon himself millennia ago) $16.00
Kristoff, Jay
Stormdancer
(Lotus War #1: After disaster befalls her mission to capture a griffin for the Shogun, Yukiko finds herself stranded in the wilderness with a crippled griffin. They will face intrigue, betrayal, and murder as they try to save their homeland) $24.99
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Finding My Elegy
 (Collection of some of her best early poetry plus a group of poems written over the last four years) $22.00
Leslie, Mark (ed)
Tesseracts 16: Parnassus Unbound
 (Anthology; short works of speculative fiction about art, music, literature, and culture) $15.95
Marillier, Juliet
Shadowfell
(YA; Possessing a powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk, 16-year-old Neryn sets out for Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a rebel group determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec) $16.99
McElligott/Tuxbury
Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers
(Victor Godwin #2: Kids; When giant bat planes and mysterious attacks bring mayhem to Philadelphia, Victor knows only the Wright Brothers could pilot such creations - but the red-eyed brothers don't seem quite like themselves. Can Victor and his friends stop them from taking over the city?) $7.99
McOmber, Adam
The White Forest
(Jane has a gift that allows her to see the souls of manmade objects. When her friend Nathan becomes interested in a cult - led by a mystic who encourages his followers to explore dream manipulation - and then disappears, the famed Inspector Vidocq arrives in London to untangle events. But when a sinister truth emerges, Jane realizes she must use her talent to find Nathan before it's too late) $25.00
Shirley, John
Retribution
 (Resident Evil: PBO; Novelization of the film) $7.99
Starmer, Aaron
The Only Ones
(Kids; Martin arrives at the village of Xibalba. Like the other children who've journeyed there, he faces an awful truth. When families and friends all disappeared one afternoon, he and these other children were forgotten. Inspired by the prophesies of a mysterious boy who talks to animals, Martin believes he can reunite them with their loved ones - but believing and knowing are two different things) $7.99
Tanner, Lian
City of Lies
(Keepers #2: Kids; When his sister is stolen, Toadspit and his friend Goldie follow the child-stealers to a neighboring city. Along the way, Toadspit is captured. When Goldie discovers some secrets that the child-stealers will kill to protect, she'll need all her skills as a thief and a liar to survive and save her friends) $6.99
Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Art of
The Hobbit
 (The author's complete artwork for the book) $40.00
Weber, David
Midst Toil and Tribulation
(Safehold #6: A vicar of the Church of God Awaiting has engineered a rebellion against the Lord Protector of Siddermark, bringing civil war to the nation at harvest time) $27.99
Weeks, Brent
The Blinding Knife
(Lightbringer #2: Gavin had thought he had five years left, now he has less than one. Magic is running wild and threatens to destroy the Satrapies. The old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable. The only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin stole) $25.99
Ziegler, Rob
Seed
(After economic, political, and environmental collapse, the US is now controlled by Satori, a corporation that is also a living, intelligent city. Satori bioengineers the climate-resistant seed that feeds the nation, as well as the post-human genetic Designers, Advocates, and Laborers. When a Designer goes rogue, the government hopes to regain power by using her to break Satori's stranglehold on seed production) $15.99
Expected Early October
Anderson, Kevin J.
The Martian War
(PBO; What if the Martian invasion was not entirely the product of H.G.'s imagination? What if he witnessed something that spurred him to write  
The War of the Worlds
 as a warning?) $12.95
Anderson, Taylor
Firestorm
(Destroyermen #6: Even as the Allies and the Empire of New Britain Isles stand united against the Grik and the Japanese, the Holy Dominion - a warped, power-hungry mix of human cultures - threatens destruction with a devastating weapon neither Allies nor Empire can withstand) $7.99
Archer, Jill
Dark Light of Day
(Noon Onyx #1: PBO; Noon is capable of wielding the destructive power of demons. But because she's human, the demons consider her an abomination- and a threat to their rule over Earth) $7.99
Bein, Steve
Daughter of the Sword
(Fated Blades #1: Tokyo cop Mariko Oshiro investigates the attempted theft of an old samurai sword, forged by a swordsmith whose blades may have magical qualities. She is only the latest in a long line of warriors to confront this power, and it threatens to turn against her even as she learns to wield the sword) $16.00
Benford, Gregory et al
The Wonderful Future That Never Was
 (Between 1903 and 1969,  
Popular Mechanics
 magazine included hundreds of predictions about the future. This book recaps some of those ideas, illustrated with the original futurist art. Benford supplies modern perspective on why some of the predictions were made. Full color throughout) $17.95
Briggs, Patricia
Cry Wolf Vol. 1
 (Alpha & Omega GN #1: Full color graphic novel; adaptation of the novel) $24.95
Brown, Eric
Helix Wars
(For 200 years, peace has reigned on the Helix. But when shuttle pilot Jeff Ellis crash-lands on Phandra, he interrupts an invasion by the neighboring Sporelli - who scheme to exterminate Ellis before he can return to New Earth and inform the peacekeepers) $8.99
Buehlman, Christopher
Between Two Fires
(1348: After an orphan tells him that the Black Plague is only part of a greater cataclysm, Thomas, a disgraced knight, finds himself in a macabre battleground of angels and demons, sinners and saints, in a struggle for nothing less than the soul of man) $25.95
Burroughs/Griffin
Tarzan Centennial
 (Lavishly illustrated official history of the Tarzan phenomenon) $39.95
Caine, Rachel
Black Dawn
(Morganville Vampires #12: YA; Unless Claire and her friends figure out how to cure Amelie - who has been infected by the master draug's bite - and defeat the draug, Morganville will become little more than a ghost town) $9.99
Campbell, Jack
Tarnished Knight
(Lost Stars #1: Betrayed by the brutal Syndicate government, Artur Drakon and Gwen Iceni launch a battle for control of the Midway star system) $26.95
Carey, Jacqueline
Dark Currents
(Agent of Hel #1: Fathered by an incubus, Daisy lives in a Midwestern resort town that is home to eccentric locals, wealthy summer residents, assorted paranormals, and eldritch folk presided over by reclusive Norse goddess Hel. When a boy drowns and signs point to eldritch involvement, Daisy investigates with the help of a sexy werewolf cop) $26.95
Chan, Kylie
Earth to Hell
(Journey to Wudang #1: On Earth, Simon Wong, the Demon King's son, is no longer around to trouble Emma and Simone, but his associates have taken over Simon's underworld activities. The otherworldly stones are being targeted and are in danger of being completely destroyed. It seems that the Demon King is the only one Emma can turn to for help) $7.99
Chance, Karen
Fury's Kiss
(Midnight's Daughter #3: PBO; Dory and Louis-Cesare will have to face off with zombie vampires, fallen angels, and a mad scientist to get to the bottom of a deadly smuggling ring) $7.99
Clarke, Cassandra Rose
The Assassin's Curse
(YA; When Ananna runs away from her arranged marriage, her cutthroat parents hire Naji the assassin to murder her. When she inadvertently saves his life, she activates his curse: whenever her life is in danger, he must protect her. This development pleases neither of them - but to lift the curse, they will have to complete three impossible tasks) $9.99
Cobley, Michael
Seeds of Earth
(Humanity's Fire #1: The planet Darien hosts a thriving human settlement. But hidden on Darien's forest moon are secrets that go back to an apocalyptic battle between ancient races. Darien is about to become the focus of an intergalactic power struggle, and the true stakes are beyond human comprehension) $7.99
Connolly, Tina
Ironskin
(Jane, who wears an iron mask to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek, answers a carefully worded ad for a governess, certain that the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help. She finds herself fascinated by the girl's artist father: a parade of ugly women enter his studio, and come out as beautiful as the fey) $24.99
Crossan, Sarah
Breathe
 (YA; In a world where air is restricted, three teens find out exactly what they're willing to do for the freedom to breathe) $17.99
Cummings, Sean
Poltergeeks
(YA; To save her witch mother's life, 15-year-old Julie and her uber-geek friend Marcus must find out who is responsible for increasing levels of poltergeist activity all over their town) $9.99
Doctorow, Cory
Pirate Cinema
(YA; In dystopian near-future Britain, artists and activists are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize harmless internet creativity, making felons of millions of British citizens. Parliament is in thrall to a few wealthy media conglomerates, but the powers-that-be haven't reckoned on the power of a gripping movie to change people's minds) $19.99
Drake, D/Lambshead, J
Into the Hinterlands
(Sent to clear the power-hungry Terrans from a star sector where they're encroaching, greenhorn commander Allen Allenson must also overcome the machinations of the alien Riders) $7.99
Drake, David
Night & Demons
 (PBO; Collection of horrific, weird, and fantastic tales) $13.00
Dunn, Christian (ed)
Shadows of Treachery
 (Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy #22: PBO; Anthology) $8.99
Dunn, Christian (ed)
Treacheries of the Space Marines
 (Warhammer 40,000: PBO; Anthology) $8.99
Emson, Thomas
Skarlet
(Vampire Trinity #1: When a new drug starts turning users into vampires, Iraqi War veteran Jake Lawton finds himself doing battle with immortals and their human cohorts. And beneath the London streets lurks a bigger evil, waiting to be resurrected to reign over a city of human slaves) $14.99
Evans, Chris
Ashes of a Black Frost
(Iron Elves #3: As the human-dominated Calahrian Empire struggles to maintain its hold on power in the face of armed rebellion, the Iron Elves' perilous quest to defeat the power-hungry elf witch, the Shadow Monarch, takes on greater urgency) $9.99
Evenson, B.K.
Catalyst
 (Dead Space: Novel based on the video game) $14.99
Feehan, Christine
Dark Predator
(Carpathian #19: When he leaves his life as master executioner behind, Zacarias wonders who he really is. The answer awaits him back home in Peru, where he will face old enemies and a bloody family legacy - and find his lifemate) $7.99
Fforde, Jasper
The Last Dragonslayer
(YA; 15-year-old Jennifer runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians, but it's hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. Now visions are predicting the death of the world's last dragon at the hands of an unnamed Dragonslayer. If the visions are true, everything will change for Jennifer and Kazam - because something known as Big Magic is coming) $16.99
Fforde, Jasper
The Woman Who Died a Lot
(Thursday Next #7: After an assassination attempt, Thursday returns to Swindon to recuperate. But there are problems at home: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the Anti-Smote shield in time to prevent an angry Deity from wiping Swindon off the face of the earth; and the issue of Thursday's third child Jenny, who exists only as a confusing and disturbing memory. With Goliath attempting to replace Thursday with synthetic Thursdays, and a call from Bookworld to hunt down Pagerunners who have jumped into the Realworld, Thursday's convalescence is going to be anything but restful) $26.95
Fisher, Catherine
Darkwater
(YA; Desperate to regain the power and wealth her family had lost, Sarah made a bargain with Azrael, Lord of Darkwater Hall, who gave her 100 years and the means to her objective - in exchange for her soul. A century later, will she be able to stop young Tom from making the same ruinous bargain?) $16.99
Flint, Eric
1635: Papal Stakes
(Ring of Fire: Trapped in a mire of papal assassins, power politics, murder, and mayhem, Pope Urban VII and uptimers Frank Stone and Ambassador Sharon Nichols and their downtimer spouses need help fast. Special rescue crews converge on Rome, and an uptime airplane is on its way to spirit the Pope to safety. When everything goes wrong, it's once again up to the rough and ready Grantville natives to set things right) $25.00
Gear, W.M. & Kathleen
A Searing Wind
(Contact: The Battle for America #3: After learning of de Soto's plans to target the Chicaza, Black Shell is determined to set the perfect trap to preserve his people's pride, traditions, and winter stockpiles of food and supplies) $9.99
Giallongo, Zack
Broxo
(Kids; Full color graphic novel. Can Broxo - the only survivor of a barbarian tribe - and Princess Zora defeat the man-eating walking dead that drag themselves out of a fetid lake?) $16.99
Gibson, William
Zero History
(Campbell Memorial Award finalist. A Department of Defense contract for combat wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy that even global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend, whose subtlety and power in the private sector would be hard to overstate, finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift in a seriously dangerous world) $9.99
Gilman, Charles
Professor Gargoyle
(Lovecraft Middle School #1: Kids; At his brand new, high-tech school, 11-year old Robert finds some anomalies: rats in the lockers; a student gone missing; a library corridor full of worm-eaten antique books; and a science professor who seems to be undergoing a strange transformation) $13.99
Gladstone, Max
Three Parts Dead
(A god has died, and it's up to Tara, a first-year associate at a necromantic firm, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart) $24.99
Gropp, Richard E.
Bad Glass
(PBO; The military moves in to quash rumors of unexplained phenomena in Spokane and figure out what's going on. But after weeks of news leaking out of the quarantine, it becomes clear they have no idea. A young photographer sneaks into the city, hoping to make a name for himself documenting the unimaginable - if he doesn't go insane first) $15.00
Hamilton, Kiki
The Faerie Ring
(YA; 1871: Pickpocket Tiki steals a ring that could lead to all-out war. For the ring belongs to Queen Victoria, and binds the rulers of England and Faerie to peace. A group of faerie rebels hopes to break the treaty with dark magic - and Tiki's blood) $9.99
Harris, Charlaine
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
(Southern Vampire: Agatha Award finalist. Tour Bon Temps, Louisiana, prowl around the werewolf and werepanther communities, visit Tara's dress shop, and belly up to the bar at Merlotte's in this guide to Sookie's family, friends, enemies, lovers, and adventures. Includes an original Sookie novella, recipes, and more) $18.00
Harrison, Kim
A Perfect Blood
(Rachel Morgan #10: Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in by the FIB to help investigate, Rachel Morgan soon realizes that someone is determined to make demons. But it can't be done without Rachel's blood) $7.99
Hayes, Erica
Revelation
(Seven Signs #1: PBO; Dr. Morgan Sterling doesn't believe in angels, but Luniel is one of the fallen, bound to fight evil to earn redemption. Together they must stop a zombie plague ravaging Manhattan's slums) $7.99
Heinlein, Robert A.
Starman Jones
 (Reissue; Classic sf novel) $7.99
Hendee, Barb
Ghosts of Memories
(Vampire Memories #5: PBO; Not all vampires want to live by the Four Laws. Now Eleisha must confront the deadliest predator she has ever faced, or lose everything she has fought to protect) $7.99
Hidalgo, Pablo
Star Wars: The Essential Reader's Companion
(Looks at all published Star Wars fiction, providing a synopsis of each story, behind the scenes facts and anecdotes, and a chronological listing of titles placing each in context. Illustrated with over a hundred full-color paintings) $28.00
Holm, Chris F.
The Wrong Goodbye
(Collector #2: PBO; Because of his efforts to avert the Apocalypse, Sam has been given a second chance, provided he can stick to the straight and narrow. Which is all well and good, until the soul he's sent to collect goes missing) $7.99
Hunter, Faith
Death's Rival
(Jane Yellowrock #5: PBO; To uncover the identity of the vamp who is trying to steal Leo's territory, Jane will have to venture into the underbelly of New Orleans vamp society) $7.99
Jerome, Celia
Sand Witches in the Hamptons
(Willow Tate #5: PBO; As if Willow didn't have enough problems coping with Otherworld visitors, now she has a stalker, her doom-seer father has a secret, and Paumanok Harbor has Otherworld sand stealers) $7.99
Jones, Darynda
Death and the Girl Next Door
(PBO; YA; Why is Cameron, her high school's designated loner, standing outside Lorelei's house every night? What does tough, sexy newcomer Jared know about her parents, who disappeared years ago? And what will any of them do when Death comes knocking for real?) $9.99
Jones, Diana Wynne
Reflections
 (Collection of essays, speeches, and biographical pieces written and/or chosen by Jones) $24.99
Jones, Stephen (ed)
The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fight Back
(Mosaic novel; interconnected eyewitness narratives - text messages, emails, blog entries, letters, diaries, and transcripts - telling of the fight against the New Zombie Order) $13.95
Joyce, William
The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie
(Guardians of Childhood #2: Kids; Full color picture book. When the moon is less than full, who will keep the children safe at night? The Man in the Moon thinks sleepy sweet-dreamer Sandy is the perfect choice to help thwart Pitch, the Nightmare King) $17.99
Joyce, William
Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies
(Guardians of Childhood Novel #3: Kids; Toothiana can spin herself into a multitude of selves, depending on nightly teeth-placed-under-pillows rates. And she is tiny, but very fierce - the villainous Pitch has no idea what he's up against) $14.99
Karpyshyn, Drew
Revan
 (Star Wars: Old Republic #3: Novel based on the online game) $7.99
Kessler, Liz
Emily Windsnap Boxed Set: The Tail of Emily Windsnap / Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep / Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist / Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret
 (Reissue; Kids; Four fantasy novels; the adventures of a teenage girl with a human mother and a merman father) $23.96
Ketter, Greg (ed)
Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores
 (Anthology; 16 sf, fantasy, and horror stories, each with a bookstore at its core) $15.95
Kiesbye, Stefan
Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
(Four young friends come of age in Hemmersmoor, a place shrouded with fear - and talk of revenants. Their innocent games soon bring them face-to-face with the village's darkest secrets) $15.00
L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time graphic novel
 (Kids; Adaptation of the classic sf novel) $19.99
Lackey, Mercedes
Changes
(Valdemar: Collegium #3: Magpie pursues his quest for his parent's identity, while being trained as an undercover agent for Valdemar. Bardic Trainee Lena has to face her uncaring father, a famous Bard. And Healing Trainee Bear struggles with his parents, who are pressuring him to quit the Collegium because he lacks the magical Healing Gift) $7.99
Lackey, Mercedes
Redoubt
(Valdemar: Collegium #4: A mysterious new enemy has taken an interest in Herald trainee spy Mags, but why? The answers can only be found in the most unexpected corners of Mags' past. Assuming he can stay alive long enough to find them) $25.95
Lamberson, Gregory
Tortured Spirits
(Jake Helman #4: PBO; Jake's ongoing quest to save his best friend Edgar Hopkins takes him to New Orleans, Miami, and the jungles of Pavot Island, where undead slaves harvest narcotics for a ferocious dictator) $14.95
Launet, Francois
Unspeakable Vault (of Doom)
 (Collection of webcomics providing a humorous look at the Cthulhu mythos through the daily lives of the Great Old Ones) $19.95
Lazellari, Edward
Awakenings
(Cal MacDonnell and Seth Raincrest have nothing in common - except they both suffer from retrograde amnesia. It's as if they just appeared out of thin air thirteen years ago. Now their forgotten past has caught up with them) $7.99
Lin, Grace
Starry River of the Sky
(Kids; Rendi has run away from home and is now working at the inn in the remote Village of Clear Sky. The moon is missing there, but only Rendi seems to notice. He also notices the village's peculiar inhabitants and their problems. A mysterious lady arrives at the Inn with the gift of storytelling, and slowly transforms the villagers and Rendi himself. As the days pass, Rendi begins to realize that perhaps it is his own story that holds the answers to all his questions) $17.99
Lovecraft/Lockwood
The Lovecraft Anthology Volume 2
 (Full color graphic novel; adaptations of Lovecraft stories) $19.95
Lovegrove, James
Red Eye
(Redlaw #2: PBO; In the U.S. to investigate a series of vicious attacks on vampire immigrants, Redlaw uncovers a conspiracy that could give journalist Tina Checkley the career break she's been looking for. It could also spell death for Redlaw) $8.99
Ma, Roger
The Vampire Combat Manual
 (PBO; A humorous guide to fighting the bloodthirsty undead) $15.00
MacAlister/Harper/Sims
The Undead in My Bed
 (PBO; Anthology; 3 vampire romance novellas) $7.99
Maguire, Gregory
Out of Oz
(Wicked Years #4: The Emerald City plans to invade Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law, and look who's knocking at the door: Dorothy. Amid the chaos, Elphaba's granddaughter Rain comes of age, and will now take up her broom in an Oz racked by war) $15.99
Mallory, H.P.
Something Witchy This Way Comes
(Jolie Wilkins #5: PBO; Jolie must protect her Underworld realm from the Lurkers, half-humans bent on conquering the undead. At least she has her boyfriend, warlock Rand Balfour, by her side. But why can't she forget dangerously alluring vampire Sinjin Sinclair?) $7.99
Mallory, Michael
The Science Fiction Universe and Beyond: Syfy Channel Book of Sci-Fi
 (A look at sf in films and television, from the Saturday matinee serials to modern times) $40.00
Mariconda, Barbara
The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons
(Kids; An enchanted flute that warns of danger, a mist that unlocks a drawer of family secrets, a bookcase that expands to conceal her: since her parents drowned at sea, magic has been helping Lucy keep her house out of the hands of her greedy uncle) $16.99
Massey, Brandon (ed)
Voices from the Other Side
 (Anthology; 20 horror and suspense stories by African-American writers) $6.99
McCormack, Una
Brinksmanship
(Star Trek: Typhon Pact: PBO; The independent Venette Convention becomes the flashpoint for a tense military standoff between the United Federation of Planets and the Typhon Pact) $7.99
McDevitt, Jack
Firebird
(Alex Benedict #6: Nebula Award finalist. Decades ago, renowned physicist Chris Robin, known for his theories about alternate universes, vanished. Alex and Chase discover that Robin had several interstellar yachts flown far outside the planetary system, where they too vanished. Now they're planning to follow Robin's trail into the unknown) $7.99
McGhoul/Kilbane
The Brain Eater's Bible
 (A field manual and manifesto for the reanimated dead) $16.99
McIntosh, Will
Hitchers
(PBO; Contrary his grandfather's dying wish, Finn has resurrected the old man's newspaper comic, and it's more popular than ever. Then Finn realizes he has a hitcher within his skin: his grandfather, who isn't happy about the changes Finn has made) $14.99
McKillip, Patricia A.
Wonders of the Invisible World
 (PBO; Collection of short fantasy fiction) $14.95
Meloy, Colin
Wildwood
(Wildwood Chronicles #1: Kids; After her brother is abducted, Prue and her friend Curtis head into the Impassable Wilderness to find him. There they find warring creatures, peaceable mystics, and powerful figures with dark intentions, and their rescue mission turns into a struggle for the freedom of Wildwood) $8.99
Meloy, Colin
Under Wildwood
(Wildwood Chronicles #2: Kids; A growing threat draws Prue back into Wildwood, where she and Curtis face their greatest challenge yet. To save themselves and the lives of their friends, and bring unity to a divided country, they must go under Wildwood) $17.99
Meluch, R.M.
The Ninth Circle
(USS Merrimack #5: On the distant world of Zoe, an expedition finds DNA-based life - and alien invaders. And it seems that the Ninth Circle and the Palatine Empire have also found Zoe. Glenn Hamilton calls on the  
USS Merrimack
 for help) $7.99
Modesitt Jr., L.E.
Scholar
(Imager #4: Begins a new story arc set hundreds of years earlier. Quaeryt is a scholar, concealing the fact that he's an imager. To escape the intrigues of the capital city, he convinces his ruler to send him on a reconnaissance mission. On the journey, he must face pirates, storms, poisonings, and attempted murder, as well as discovering that he is not quite who he thought he was) $7.99
Morgan, Richard K.
The Cold Commands
(Land Fit for Heroes #2: Aging warrior Ringil Eskiath is growing more comfortable with his return to the hero's life. But the stakes against him are being raised - a major threat is gathering on the horizon, one that Ringil cannot defeat by himself) $16.00
Mosley, Walter
Merge / Disciple
(Crosstown to Oblivion #2: Two novellas: a lottery winner notices something in his apartment that seems ordinary but reveals itself to be from a very different world; a data entry clerk realizes he has become a pawn in a battle that threatens the prime life force on Earth) $24.99
Niven, L/Barnes, S
The Moon Maze Game
(Dream Park #4: 2085: The first lunar live-action role-playing game turns ugly when a dozen gamers are kidnapped. But the gamers are brilliant, unpredictable, resourceful, and addicted to problem-solving - they're going to play this new scenario to win) $7.99
Oliver, Lauren
The Spindlers
(Kids; One morning, 12-year-old Liza realizes that spindlers have stolen her younger brother's soul. Armed with little more than her wits, and with a huge talking rat for a guide, she sets out to rescue him) $16.99
Pivarcsi, Istvan
Just a Bite
(Nonfiction; a Transylvanian historian peels away the effects of pop culture to set the record straight about the history and evolution of vampire folklore) $16.95
Pratchett, T/Cabell, C
Terry Pratchett: The Spirit of Fantasy
(A detailed biography of the beloved writer, including his battle with Alzheimers, over forty years of irreverent artistic achievements, and a note about cats) $14.95
Pratchett, Terry
Dodger
(YA; In an alternate London ruled by a young queen Victoria, Dodger is an enterprising lad, smart and lucky. Everyone likes him, which is good, because his life is about to get seriously complicated. When he sees a girl leap from a carriage in an attempt to escape her captors, will he stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not. He's not about to let anything happen to the unknown girl - not even if her fate affects some of the most powerful people in England)
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BALIOC’S READING LIST, 2018 EDITION
This list counts only published books, consumed in published-book format, that I read for the first time and finished.  No rereads, nothing abandoned halfway through, no Internet detritus of any kind, etc.  I stopped tracking the “short” category, but most things here are “full-length” in the sense of being at least as long as a short novel.
1. The Secret Teachers of the Western World, Gary Lachman
2. The City of Brass, S. A. Chakraborty
3. Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Reshaping the American Family, June Carbone & Naomi Cohn
4. The Girl in the Tower, Katherine Arden
5. The Red Knight, Miles Cameron
6. How Democracy Dies, Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt
7. The Fell Sword, Miles Cameron
8. The Dread Wyrm, Miles Cameron
9. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution, Gregory Cochran & Henry Harpending
10. The Plague of Swords, Miles Cameron
11. The Fall of Dragons, Miles Cameron
12. Jade City, Fonda Lee
13. Emperor of the Eight Islands, Lian Hearn
14. Autumn Princess, Dragon Child, Lian Hearn
15. Lord of the Darkwood, Lian Hearn
16. The Tengu’s Game of Go, Lian Hearn
17. The Armored Saint, Myke Cole
18. The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, Bart D. Ehrman
19. The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
20. Circe, Madeline Miller
21. Senlin Ascends, Josiah Bancroft
22. Arm of the Sphinx, Josiah Bancroft
23. The Cruel Prince, Holly Black
24. Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring, Bassem Youssef
25. The Rhetoric of Reaction, Albert O. Hirschman
26. Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, Amy Chua
27. Speak Easy, Catherynne Valente
28. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, Gustave le Bon
29. Space Opera, Catherynne Valente
30. A Time of Dread, John Gwynne
31. The Flowers of Vashnoi, Lois McMaster Bujold
32. Mythago Wood, Robert Holdstock
33. Ghostwater, Will Wight
34. The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned, Anne Rice
35. After Virtue, Alasdair McIntyre
36. Age of Myth, Michael J. Sullivan
37. Man and His Symbols, C. G. Jung et al
38. Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It, Richard H. Sander & Stuart Taylor
39. Sword of Justice, Christian Cameron
40. Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik
41. The Shadow of What Was Lost, James Islington
42. An Echo of Things to Come, James Islington
43. On Grand Strategy, John Lewis Gaddis
44. Furies of Calderon, Jim Butcher
45. Academ’s Fury, Jim Butcher
46. Cursor’s Fury, Jim Butcher
47. Captain’s Fury, Jim Butcher
48. The Personality Brokers, Merve Emre
49. Princeps’ Fury, Jim Butcher
50. First Lord’s Fury, Jim Butcher
51. Brimstone Angels, Erin M. Evans
52. Lesser Evils, Erin M. Evans
53. The Adversary, Erin M. Evans
54. Notes From the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
55. The Dinosaur Lords, Victor Milan
56. The Dinosaur Knights, Victor Milan
57. Fire & Blood, George R. R. Martin
58. The Bloodprint, Ausma Zehanat Khan
59. Wonders of the Invisible World, Patricia McKillip
60. Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation, Michael Zielenziger
61. The Tethered Mage, Melissa Caruso
62. The Defiant Heir, Melissa Caruso
63. In the Eye of Heaven, David Keck
Plausible works of improving nonfiction consumed in 2018: 14
Works consumed in 2018 by women: 25
Works consumed in 2018 by men: 37
Works consumed in 2018 by both men and women: 1
Balioc’s Choice Award, fiction division: Spinning Silver
>>>> Honorable mention: Emperor of the Eight Islands et al.
Balioc’s Choice Award, nonfiction division: Secret Teachers of the Western World
>>>> Honorable mention: The 10,000 Year Explosion
Lifetime Achievement Award For “Yes, This Is a Great Classic, It’s Not Fair to Put It On the Scales With Everything Else”: Notes From the Underground
Cultural Heritage Award For “This Book Is Approximately 2/3 Piercingly Insightful Statements About the Human Mind and 1/3 Statements Like ‘All Crowds Are Essentially Feminine In Their Mentality, But This Is Most True of Crowds Composed of Members of the Latin Races’”: The Crowd
Overall a disappointing year.  A lot of books that failed to live up to their promise, and a lot of outright trash where I pretty much knew I was wasting my time going in.  The lesson here is probably that I should be reading more old stuff.
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Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976-1986 by j- No Via Flickr: Museum of Arts and Design Manhattan NYC April 15, 2019
More than forty years after punk exploded onto the music scenes of New York and London, its impact on the larger culture is still being felt. Born in a period of economic malaise, punk’s energy coalesced into a powerful subcultural phenomenon that transcended music to affect other fields, and especially graphic design. Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die explores the visual language of punk through hundreds of its most memorable graphics, from the shocking remixes of expropriated images and texts to the DIY zines and flyers that challenged the commercial slickness of the mainstream media.
“Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die charts punk’s explosive impact on design and examines its complex relationship with art, history, and culture,” said Chris Scoates, MAD’s Nanette L. Laitman Director. “Punk questioned everything, and it’s that spirit of inquiry that is driving MAD forward today, presenting and debating innovative works and ideas with lots of energy, color, and noise.”
John (Johnny Rotten) Lydon, of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited (PiL), kicked off a full slate of public programs - beginning with an intimate and fascinating (as well as entertaining) interview and discussion at the press preview, which NYTCAP attended.  
Other events will include an evening on punk photography with David Godlis, Bob Gruen, Marcia Resnick, and Paul Zone; a night of music with DJ Phast Phreddie; a conversation with Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein, plus programs focused on punk fashion, band history, and more.
My interest in this exhibition goes beyond my own  art and design background, but also as an active participant in the Houston TX punk scene. Leaving my musicianly lack of talent behind, I found refuge as a concert reviewer for the late Public News weekly, and also as a co-producer of KTRU-FM’s cutting edge award-winning and popular punk radio program “The S&M Show”, (”Friday Nights In Hell!”) founded and hosted by the still punk af Marilyn Mock - for 11 years.  
Having a huge collection of punk lps, eps, tapes, demos, and 45s, as well as many posters, fliers, zines, and scores of buttons, this was a must-see show.  Getting to meet and talk with Mr. Lydon was an added incentive..
Originating at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan’s Cranbrook Art Museum, the exhibition has been adapted for its run at MAD to include selections that showcase the visual output of New York City’s punk scene: flyers from the famed East Village punk venue CBGB; concert posters and memorabilia from Blondie, the Ramones, and other artists; early issues of Punk magazine; and more.
“Since its rebellious inception in the 1970s, punk has always exhibited very visual forms of expression,” said Andrew Blauvelt, Director of Cranbrook Art Museum and Curator-at-Large for Design at MAD. “From the dress and hairstyles of its devotees and the onstage theatrics of its musicians to the design of its numerous forms of printed matter, punk’s energy coalesced into a powerful subcultural phenomenon that transcended music to affect other fields such as visual art, fashion, and graphic design.”
Arranged thematically, Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die examines a variety of visual design strategies, including parody and pastiche, and techniques such as appropriation and collage. Further, it illuminates the influence of genres such as science fiction, horror, and comics on punk and post-punk graphics. The works on view move from the sobriety of a stripped-down, black-and-white minimalism to the expansive color palettes and expressive forms of New Wave graphics.
Legendary graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Peter Saville, both of whom have work represented in the exhibition, collaborated with MAD to create original promotional materials, including a subway poster campaign, a three-story banner for the Museum’s facade, and merchandise for The Store at MAD. Garrett’s “Too Fast to Live” graphic—featuring bold black type on a metallic silver ground with a square pop of fluorescent orange—recalls his cover art for the Buzzcocks’ 1989 compilation album Product; while Saville’s “Too Young to Die” borrows its typographic treatment and high-contrast black-and-white colorway from his 1980 design for Joy Division’s Closer album cover.
In addition, from April 25 through July 11, MAD will present a global punk cinema series of films from Mexico, Japan, Cameroon, Hungary, and other countries underscoring the variety of contexts in which punk music has galvanized youth movements for rebellion and social change.
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During Museum hours, a multimedia presentation, Please Kill Me: Voices from the Archive, will play continuously in the gallery. Narrated by McNeil and McCain and compiled by filmmaker/artist Brendan Toller, the presentation includes vintage interviews from Iggy Pop, Joey and Dee Dee Ramone, Debbie Harry, Jim Carroll, Billy Name, and others, combined with never-before-seen photographs (including many of Nico) and ephemera from Fred W. McDarrah, Adam Ritchie, Danny Fields, Bob Gruen, James Marshall and Gillian McCain, David Godlis, Leni Sinclair, Mike Barich, Natalie Schlossman, Paul Zone, and Tom Hearn.
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