Nove i pročitane knjige (u 2017.)

[Perin]

Se meni čini ili se Darren Shan okušava u fenteziju za odraslu publiku? Pročitao sam onaj serijal o vampirima, Demonatu nisam, nisam je u to vreme mogao naći u ebook...

[Nightflier]

Mene je smorio negde na pola serijala. Sad je snimljen film, pa valjda hoće da se unovči.

[Nightflier]

The Midnight Mayor: Or, the Inauguration of Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin

It's said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, then the Tower will crumble and the kingdom will fall. Resurrected sorcerer Matthew Swift is about to discover that this isn't so far from the truth. . .

One by one, the protective magical wards that guard the city are falling: the London Wall defiled with cryptic graffiti, the ravens found dead at the Tower, the London Stone destroyed. This is not good news. This array of supernatural defenses - a mix of international tourist attractions and forgotten urban legends - formed a formidable magical shield, one that could protect London from the greatest threat it has ever known. But what could be so dangerous as to threaten an entire city?

Against his better judgment, Matthew Swift is about to find out. And if he's lucky, he might just live long enough to do something about it . . .

[Nightflier]

A evo šta mi je danas prijatelj doneo:

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Teenagers love a good apocalypse. Who doesn't? All those annoying rules suspended. Society's pretenses made irrelevant. Malls to be looted. School out forever.

But in The Forest and Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan's marvelous debut novel, the post-apocalypse is defined more by constraints than freedoms. The book begins seven generations after the Return, an undead plague that has ended civilization as we know it. Of course, a zombie outbreak usually means shotguns and mall looting--the very essence of freedom. But more than a century on from the Return, the malls have already been looted, and shotguns are a distant memory. The novel's heroine, Mary, lives in a village surrounded by one last vestige of industrial technology: a chain-link fence, beyond which is a vast forest full of shambling, eternally ravenous undead--the forest of hands and teeth. No villager ever goes outside this fence, unless they want to die. (And given this bleak scenario, some do.)

Mary's world is bounded not only by the fence but by the archaic traditions of her people, which are enforced by a religious order called the Sisterhood. Marriages, childbirth, death, every stage of life must be controlled to sustain the village's precarious existence. Even the houses are circumscribed--literally--with passages of scripture carved into every entrance to remind the inhabitants of the rules that sustain human life amid the horrors of the forest.

After so long an isolation, the village is beginning to forget. Some doubt that there really was a time before the Return, with giant cities and wondrous technologies. Others believe that nothing at all exists beyond the forest of hands and teeth. And nobody but Mary and her slightly mad mother believes in something called "the ocean," a huge and unbounded space beyond the reach of the undead.

Mary is the sort of teenager who dreams of bigger things. Not just the ocean, but epic romance and adventure beyond the fence, maybe even other villages somewhere out there, safe behind their own fences. She believes that answers can be found to questions like, What made the Return happen? And what was it like before?

Escaping the confines of home for the greater world is, of course, one of the great themes of teen literature. But few heroes in any genre have faced an obstacle as daunting as the forest of hands and teeth. Though Ryan's writing is as lyrical as her title, this novel is driven by the same grim relentlessness that animates any good zombie film. Elegant prose and undead hordes combine to create a story where high drama feels completely unforced, where tension is constant, and where an image as simple as the open sea is achingly romantic.

Zombies have been metaphors for many things: consumerism, contagion in an overpopulated world, the inevitability of death. But here they resonate with a particularly teenage realization about the world--that social limits and backward traditions are numberless and unstoppable, no matter how shambling they may seem at first.

And yet we must try to escape them anyway, lest we wither inside the fence.

A ovo je nova stvar:

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan

Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She’s content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like the secrets Gabry’s mother thought she left behind when she escaped from the Sisterhood and the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Like the cult of religious zealots who worship the dead. Like the stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry. And suddenly, everything is changing. One reckless moment, and half of Gabry’s generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. Now Gabry only knows one thing: she must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves.

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Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

A thrilling epic about an ancient clash reignited in our time- between a hidden society and heaven's darkest creatures

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.
Genesis 6:5

Sister Evangeline was just a girl when her father entrusted her to the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in upstate New York. Now, at twenty-three, her discovery of a 1943 letter from the famous philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller to the late mother superior of Saint Rose Convent plunges Evangeline into a secret history that stretches back a thousand years: an ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans, the Nephilim.

For the secrets these letters guard are desperately coveted by the once-powerful Nephilim, who aim to perpetuate war, subvert the good in humanity, and dominate mankind. Generations of angelologists have devoted their lives to stopping them, and their shared mission, which Evangeline has long been destined to join, reaches from her bucolic abbey on the Hudson to the apex of insular wealth in New York, to the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris and the mountains of Bulgaria.

Rich in history, full of mesmerizing characters, and wondrously conceived, Angelology blends biblical lore, the myth of Orpheus and the Miltonic visions of Paradise Lost into a riveting tale of ordinary people engaged in a battle that will determine the fate of the world.

[Melkor]

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Mislim da ti se ovo nece dopasti.

[Nightflier]

Šta je džabe i Bogu je drago.

[Nightflier]

Zanimljivost u vezi s Martinovim "Ratnicima". Naime, njegova novela "Tajanstveni vitez" napisana je poodavno. Martin je sve ovo vreme ubeđivao Silverberga da uredi "Legende 3", ali ovaj je to odbijao. Očigledno da je Martinu dojadilo da čeka. 

[Nightflier]

Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

There once was a girl who liked to pretend she was lost. . . .
 
Meg Rosenthal is driving toward the next chapter in her life. Winding along a wooded roadway, her car moves through a dense forest setting not unlike one in the bedtime stories Meg used to read to her daughter, Sally. But the girl riding beside Meg is a teenager now, and has exchanged the land of make-believe for an iPod and some personal space. Too much space, it seems, as the chasm between them has grown since the sudden, unexpected death of Meg’s husband.

    Dire financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take Meg and Sally from a comfortable life on Long Island to a tucked-away hamlet in upstate New York: Arcadia Falls, where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. The creaky, neglected cottage Meg and Sally are to call home feels like an ill portent of things to come, but Meg is determined to make the best of it—and to make a good impression on the school’s dean, the diminutive, elegant Ivy St. Clare.

St. Claire, however, is distracted by a shocking crisis: During Arcadia’s First Night bonfire, one of Meg’s folklore students, Isabel Cheney, plunges to her death in a campus gorge. Sheriff Callum Reade finds Isabel’s death suspicious, but then, he is a man with secrets and a dark past himself.

Meg is unnerved by Reade’s interest in the girl’s death, and as long-buried secrets emerge, she must face down her own demons and the danger threatening to envelop Sally. As the past clings tight to the present, the shadows, as if in a terrifying fairy tale, grow longer and deadlier.

In Arcadia Falls, award-winning author Carol Goodman deftly weaves a mesmerizing narrative of passion: for revenge, for art, for love.

[Nightflier]

Inače, naslovnicu prvog romana u novom serijalu Brendona Sendersona uradio je Majkl Vilan. Tor se bogme vraški trudi oko Sendersona.

[Nightflier]

Evo šta nas čeka petnaestog i šesnaestog marta:

“Terminal World” by Alastair Reynolds. UK Release Date: March 15, 2010.
“Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror” by Ellen Datlow. Release Date: March 15, 2010.
“Warriors” edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“Secret of the Dragon” by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“The Sorcerer’s House” by Gene Wolfe. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“Not Less Than Gods” by Kage Baker. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“The Trade of Queens” by Charles Stross. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“Oath of Fealty” by Elizabeth Moon. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“Bound in Blood” by P.C. Hodgell. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“Dimiter” by William Peter Blatty. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
“The Alchemy of Murder” by Carol McCleary. Release Date: March 16, 2010.
"The Silver Eagle (Forgotten Legion Chronicles 2)" by Ben Kane [US debut] 16 Mar 2010
"Lord Sunday" By Garth Nix. Release Date: March 16, 2010

[Nightflier]

IPS objavio prvi roman u serijalu True Blood.

[vilja]

IPS objavio prvi roman u serijalu True Blood.

Fino...
Ko je prevodio?

[Nightflier]

Ne znam. Nisam još uzeo knjigu u ruke, ali mislim da je reč  o koleginici koja nije poznata.

[Dobrotvor]

IPS objavio prvi roman u serijalu True Blood.

Malo zazirem od IPS-ovih izdanja posle očajno urađenog Konana, valjda je ova knjiga na nivou. Jel naslov preveden Prava krv?

[Nightflier]

Još nisam vide kako knjiga izgleda, a nisam video ni prevod. Samo znam da je objavljena. U svakom slučaju, True Blood je novi naziv zbog serije. Knjige se inače zovu Dead as... pa nešto. A šta ti smeta kod Konana?

[Dobrotvor]

Pa ima milion štamparskih grešaka (nedostaju slova uglavnom, na nekim mestima tačke i tačka-zarez) i u dve priče nedostaje po 6-7 pasusa. U pitanju su Kraljica crne obale i Zlikovci u kući. Video sam da je prevodilac registrovan na tolkien.rs pa sam hteo da ga zamolim da mi pošalje nedostajući prevod ako ga ima, ali nikako ne mogu da se registrujem na sajt jer mi ne stiže aktivacioni mejl.

[Nightflier]

Prevodilac ti je registrovan i ovde pod istim nikom, a i saradnik je na mom blogu. Reći ću mu da baci pogled na ovu temu.

[Dobrotvor]

Kraljica crne obale
IV Napad iz vazduha

144. strana počinje sa "glasan u njegovim ušima.", a na prethodnoj strani, odnosno na 142. se završava rečenica.
Nedostaje od: "Twenty: then the spears of the pirates"... do "As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, the trash of bat-wings was LOUD IN HIS EARS.

Koliko nedostaje može se videti ovde: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600961h.html

Zlikovci u kući
Poglavlje III

On čeka... (nema dalje). To je na 286. strani skroz na dnu.
Nedostaje od "He waits, to be safe...." do "The Cimmerian's eyes blazed in answer."

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600781h.html

Hvala.

[Nightflier]

Otkrili smo šta je po sredi. Greška u prelomu. Prevodilac će na blogu da okači nedostajući tekst, a javiće se i ovde.

[mikoza]

Hvala na ovom postu todorko! I ja sam razmisljao da ovde zamolim High Duke-a, ako je u mogucnosti da postuje prevode nedostajucih pasusa (strana), jer takodje ne mogu da se registrujem na "www.tolkien.rs". Takodje sam vrlo nezadovoljan stampom same knjige jer postoji "mali milion" uglavnom slovnih gresaka (negde nedostaju, negde su permutovana itd.) koje (barem u mom slucaju) drasticno ometaju paznju tj. koncentraciju, i vise stvaraju frustraciju nego zadovoljstvo pri citanju. Narocito me nerviraju greske kod imena karaktera (likova), koje su u jednom slucaju tacne a u drugom ne. Primer: "Crni Kolos" - Turga Kotan, a kasnije dobar prevod - Tugra Kotan...da ne nabrajam sad dalje, oduzilo bi se na dve strane ovog topika  .
Inace, dovoljno dobro znam Engleski da bih mogao sam da prevedem dve navedene nedostajuce strane, ali mislim da je Srdjanov prevod u sustini odlican, pa bih voleo da on licno to ovde objavi. Znam da je IPS u velikim problemima, ali ako vec objavljuju ovako legendarne stvari neka obrate paznju na kvalitet istih, jer u suprotnom rizikuju da u buducnosti (mislim pre svega na drugu i trecu knjigu Konana) izgube sve citaoce (pogotovu one koji ne vladaju dobro Engleskim) koji vole ovog junaka i jedva cekaju REH-ove sledece price. Sto se mene licno tice, vec ozbiljno razmisljam da nabavim "Del Rejove" tri knjige na Engleskom. Znam da nema svrhe ovde se zaliti na sam IPS, ali iskreno se nadam da ce u preostale dve knjige popraviti ove zaista ozbiljne nedostatke.

Hvala unapred Srdjane!

[mikoza]

Ups! Izvinjavam se. Nightflier me je ipak preduhitrio. Zakasnio sam sa postom. Hvala jos jednom.

[Nightflier]

IPSovoj uredničkoj politici nema se šta zameriti, ali njihovoj poslovnoj politici mnogo toga. A to se odražava i na prelom, lekturu i dizajn. Otkako su kupili "Prosvetu" samo gluposti prave.

[Dobrotvor]

Moje početno oduševljenje je jako splasnulo kad sam krenuo da čitam knjigu, u jednom trenutku sam hteo da batalim čitanje, jer stvarno ima tonu tehničkih grešaka. Ja sam je u Prosvetinoj knjižari na Terazijama platio skoro 1000 din. što za mene nisu male pare. Inače, u Alan Fordu može da se nađe za 895 din. Da sam sve ovo saznao ranije verovatno je ne bih ni kupio. Ja se nadam da će naredne dve knjige biti mnogo bolje sa te strane. U stvari treba prvo ova da se proda u zadovoljavajućem broju, jer bez toga ne verujem da će biti druge i treće.

[Nightflier]

Knjiga će se prodati - u to nemoj da sumnjaš. A videćemo da li će se rukovodstvo IPSa opametiti i odvojiti malo više novca za lekturu i korekturu.

[Dobrotvor]

IPS objavio prvi roman u serijalu True Blood.

Fino...
Ko je prevodio?

Pronašao sam knjigu na knjizara.com. Zove se Mrtvi do mraka, a prevodilac je Zdravković Olivera. Cena je 649 dinara.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries

[Nightflier]

Danas su puštene u prodaju dve poprilično zanimljive knjige:

Terminal World By Alastair Reynolds

Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Horsetown is pre-industrial; in Neon Heights they have television and electric trains ...Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels - and with the dying body comes bad news. If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police, but by the very nature of reality - and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability ...

Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror by Ellen Datlow

Compiling the finest in frightening tales, this unique anthology offers a diverse selection of horror culled from the last 25 years. Hand selected from cutting-edge authors, each work blends subtle psychology and mischievousness with disturbingly visceral imagery. In the classic “Chattery Teeth,” Stephen King provides a tautly drawn account of a traveling salesman who unwisely picks up yet another hitchhiker, while in Peter Straub’s eerie “The Juniper Tree,” a man whose nostalgia for the movies of his childhood leads to his stolen innocence. Renowned fantasy author George R. R. Martin weaves a sinister yarn about a young woman encountering a neighbor who is overly enamored with her in “The Pear-Shaped Man.” Combining acclaimed masters of the macabre, such as Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, and Thomas Ligotti, with bold new talents to the genre, including Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman, and Stephen King’s son, Joe Hill, this distinctive collection of stories will delight and terrify.

[Melkor]

Tvoje nepracenje drugih topika postaje zabrinjavajuce 

[Nightflier]

Znam da si najavljivao, ali knjige su od danas zvanično objavljene. Bar u Americi, odakle ih ja nabavljam (dobro, iz Kanade). Sem toga, ovaj topik se zove "Nove knjige", a ovde do sada nisu bile najavljene.

[High Duke]

Zahvaljujem na pohvali samog prevoda, kao i na prijavi greške. Nedostajući deo teksta sam postavio na blogu da svima bude dostupan.

http://nightfliersbookspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/izgubljeni-tekst-konana.html

[Nightflier]

Danas je objavljena jedna od najišekivanijih knjiga ove godine, pa da se podsetimo na nju.

Warriors by GRRM and Dozois

From George R. R. Martin’s Introduction to Warriors:

“People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge of Courage have become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing—a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they’re best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat.”

Included are a long novella from the world of Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, a new tale of Lord John by Diana Gabaldon, and an epic of humanity at bay by David Weber. Also present are original tales by David Ball, Peter S. Beagle, Lawrence Block, Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Cecelia Holland, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Naomi Novik, James Rollins, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, S.M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Howard Waldrop, and Tad Williams.

Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.

[Nightflier]

The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe

World Fantasy Award–winning novelist Wolfe (An Evil Guest) spins a complex, spellbinding web of otherworldly sorcery and hauntings. When scholar and ex-con Baxter Dunn arrives in the Midwest town of Medicine Man, he learns that a mysterious benefactor has deeded him a rambling old house. As the building grows around him, Bax encounters a number of wonders and terrors, including family secrets, windows into Faerie, and a murderous animal dubbed the Hound of Horror. However, the greatest challenge Bax faces may be his twin brother's jealousy and rage. Both terrifying and touching, this book of wonders speaks eloquently about the nature of responsibility and family, but Wolfe's unforgettable world is marred by stereotypes—a flighty and submissive Japanese woman, a scandalmongering journalist, a rapacious and sadistic dwarf—and a rushed, incoherent ending.

In a contemporary town in the American midwest where he has no connections, Bax, an educated man recently released from prison, is staying in a motel. He writes letters to his brother and to others, including a friend still in jail, to whom he progressively reveals the intriguing pieces of a strange and fantastic narrative. When he meets a real estate agent who tells him he is, to his utter surprise, the heir to a huge old house in town, long empty, he moves in. He is immediately confronted by an array of supernatural creatures and events, by love and danger.

His life is utterly transformed and we read on, because we must know more. We revise our opinions of him, and of others, with each letter, piecing together more of the story as we go. We learn things about magic, and another world, and about the sorcerer Mr. Black, who originally inhabited the house. And then knowing what we now know only in the end, perhaps we read it again.

[zakk]

Nervira me što se Vulfova dela ne mogu naći u elektronskom obliku - sem Urtova, Pete glave Kerbera i još neke sitneži.

[Nightflier]

Je li? Šta ti treba? Inače, imam "Viteza" i "Čarobnjaka" na engleskom i voljan sam da ih se otarasim u nekoj zameni...

[divča]

Nervira me što se Vulfova dela ne mogu naći u elektronskom obliku - sem Urtova, Pete glave Kerbera i još neke sitneži.

Od krupnijih ima i Peace, There are Doors, Wizard i Knight, Soldier of the Mist i zbirka Endangered Species - pa i nije bas malo sve zajedno...

[zakk]

Onda se a) ili nešto krupno promenilo relativno nedavno ili b) #bookz na undernetu više nije to što je bio...


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Iiii da, tačan oodgovor je pod a)

Knight je iz 2004/5, Soldier of the mist je '87 a pojavili su se u poslednjih 6 meseci max - proveravam

U svakom slučaju, tnx for the tip - obradovao sam se
(Još samo da se nakanim da čitam)

Edit: Latro je kod mene na hardu od '06...

[Perin]

Elem, ako neko nađe ovu knjigu koju je nightflier pominjao u ebook, od Blake Charlton, kako bi, spellwright, neka mi prosledi ako može, ja je nigde naći ne mogu pa ni na undernetu.

[Perin]

Evo šta ima u Del Ray-u uskoro:

http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/DRIN/DRIN_links.html#comingsoon

[Nightflier]

Secret of the Dragon (Dragonships of Vindras) by Margaret Weis

New gods are challenging the old high god, Torval, for rulership of the world.  The only way to stop these brash interlopers lies with the five Bones of the Vektia Dragons—the five primal dragons hidden away by the dragon goddess, Vindrash, during the creation of the world.  Without these dragons, one of the new gods, Aelon, cannot seize power.  The only hope of the Vindrasi lies in finding the dragon bones before the followers of Aelon can use them to destroy the old gods.  But the Vindrasi gods have a traitor in their midst…
 
In the land of mortals, Raegar, a Vindraisi turned Aelon warrior-priest, searches for the spirit bones.  The gods have a champion of their own—Skylan Ivorson, sea-raider and high chief of the Vindrasi clans, and sworn enemy to Raegar.  But Skylan is a prisoner on his own ship. The ship’s dragon, Kahg, has vanished and some believe he is dead.  Skylan and his people are taken as captives to Sinaria, where they must fight in a game known as the Para Dix. The fates of men and gods and are dragons are rushing headlong to destruction. Skylan can stop the calamity, but only if he discovers the secret of the dragon.

Not Less Than Gods (The Company) by Kage Baker

The ninth Company novel (after 2007's The Sons of Heaven) introduces Edward Bell-Fairfax, a child of mysterious origins who gradually discovers that he's not quite like ordinary people. Born to an unmarried aristocratic mother, raised by distant foster parents, and spirited away to boarding school by the sinister Dr. Nennys, Bell-Fairfax serves an unhappy stint in the military and afterward is inducted into the Company of scientists and spies. Using messages from the future and Charles-Babbage-meets-Maxwell-Smart technologia, Bell-Fairfax travels Europe with his mentor, Ludbridge, attempting to swing the Crimean War in England's favor and learning in the process that achieving utopian goals requires a great deal of dirty work. Plenty of cloak-and-poison-dart action gets the reader through the exhausting Victorian nomenclature (the Aetheric Transmitter, the Ascending Chamber) and discourses on the evils of misused technology.

Returning to the worlds of the Company novels, Baker delves into the history of a young man whose name has come up before. Edward Bell-Fairfax is an idealist ideally suited to the life of intrigue and derring-do that Redking’s Club provides. One Dr. Nennys grooms him, then delivers him to a residential place at Redking’s. In a Europe layered with secret societies and intrigue, riddled with astonishingly advanced technology, where the great powers are trembling at the brink of war, Bell-Fairfax and three other young men are trained to work as a team of spies and assassins. Then they are sent on a grand tour across Europe, where they experience marvels, and Bell-Fairfax proves that he was born for the work. Baker builds a fantastic alternate Europe with a deft historical touch and spins an excellent spy story around it. Not Less Than Gods is a satisfying addition to the annals of the Company that is also an engaging stand-alone novel.

[Nightflier]

Prvi deo Elrika u IPSu je na lekturi, a drugi deo je do pola preveden.

[Nightflier]

Prva ruka "Poslednjeg carstva" Brendona Sandersona juče je završena. Očekujem da će se u narednih mesec ili dva dana knjiga pojaviti u knjižarama. u toku je nabavka prava za korice.

[Nightflier]

Elizabet Mun je jedna od mojih omiljenih spisateljica. Naše čitalaštvo imalo je prilike da s njom upozna zahvaljujući izdavačkoj kući "Neor" iz Novog Sada, koja je objavila njen roman "Brzina mraka". Munova se proslavila kao SF spisateljica, ali karijeru je počela kao pisac epske fantastike. Njena prva trilogija The Deed of Paksenarrion izuetno je značajna za žanr i jedna od meni jako omiljenih. Munova se sada vraća svetu koji ju je proslavio...

Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon

Elizabeth Moon’s bestselling science fiction novels featuring Kylara Vatta have earned her rave reviews and comparison to such giants as Robert Heinlein and Lois McMaster Bujold. But as Moon’s devoted fans know, she started her career as a fantasy writer. The superb trilogy known as The Deed of Paksenarrion is widely judged to be one of the great post-Tolkien fantasies, a masterpiece of sustained world-building and realistic military action. Now Moon returns to this thrilling realm for the first time in nearly twenty years. The result: another classic in the making.

Thanks to Paks’s courage and sacrifice, the long-vanished heir to the half-elven kingdom of Lyonya has been revealed as Kieri Phelan, a formidable mercenary captain who earned a title—and enemies—in the neighboring kingdom of Tsaia. Now, as Kieri ascends a throne he never sought, he must come to terms with his own half-elven heritage while protecting his new kingdom from his old enemies—and those he has not yet discovered.

Meanwhile, in Tsaia, Prince Mikeli prepares for his own coronation. But when an assassination attempt nearly succeeds, Mikeli suddenly faces the threat of a coup. Acting swiftly, Mikeli strikes at the powerful family behind the attack: the Verrakaien, magelords possessing ancient sorcery, steeped in death and evil. Mikeli’s survival—and that of Tsaia—depend on the only Verrakai whose magery is not tainted with innocent blood.
 
    Two kings stand at a pivotal point in the history of their worlds. For dark forces are gathering against them, knit in a secret conspiracy more sinister—and far more ancient—than they can imagine. And even Paks may find her gods-given magic and peerless fighting skills stretched to the limit—and beyond.
 

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Ako bi me neko pitao (a pitaju me) ko je trenutno moj omiljeni pisac epske fantastike, odgovor bi bio Patriša Hodžel. Hodželova je kultni pisac kojuje pratila zlehuda sreća s izdavačima, tako da je u proseku objavljivala jedan roman na svakih pet godina. Prošle godine sklopila je ugovor s "Bejn buks", tako da je šesnaestog dana ovog meseca kojeg smo objavljen njen dugo iščekivani peti roman u serijalu "Kensirat". Pre nekoliko meseci imao sam prilike a ga pročitam u ARC varijanti i, mada Hodželova više nije onako revolucionarna kao pre dvadeset godina, Bound in Blood je jako zadovoljavajuće štivo. Prednost saradnje s "Bejn buks" je ritam izdavanja od jedne knjige godišnje, kao i reprint starih naslova, tako da valjda više neće biti višegodišnjeg čekanja na novu knjigu.

Bound In Blood (Seeker) by P. C. Hodgell

Some readers of fantasy were swept away by Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind in 2007 and now chafe because there is no publication date yet for the sequel. Others prefer the grim world of A Song of Fire and Ice by George RR Martin and are vexed about that A Feast for Crows came out in 2005 and the next novel is nowhere near done. Pah! What do they know?

In 1982 I was entranced by the most wonderful novel Godstalk, the first book in the saga of Jamethiel Priestbane and the Kencyrath. Little did I suspect how long I would be waiting! The sequel, Dark of the Moon, did not arrive until 1985. Even though Seeker's Mask was completed about the same time, Ms. Hodgell lost her publisher. Hypatia Press released the third book in 1994. Alas our torments were just beginning. Hypatia Press folded, and Ms. Hodgell was concentrating on her doctorate and her teaching career. Finally, Meisha Merlin produced a beautiful hardcover of a new novel, To Ride a Rathorn in 2006. Shortly after that, Meisha Merlin folded! Arrgghh! Well, now Ms. Hodgell has retired from teaching and devoted herself to writing and the result is before you, a 5th novel, Bound in Blood, from Baen Publishing. Goodness me it was worth the wait but I don't know if my ticker can take much more!

Other reviews have discussed the plot. I will restrict myself to some other comments.

First, there is no way anyone can come to Bound in Blood de novo and possibly sort it out. Ms. Hodgell's story telling is layered, and everything that happens depends heavily on everything that came before. Fortunately, omnibus editions of the preceding novels have been released also by Baen, so they are readily available for the interested fantasy fan. I urge you to try her world building, starting with The Godstalker Chronicles.

Next, the cover art by Clyde Caldwell is very dramatic and depicts a scene from the novel quite well (although Jame often describes herself as flat chested, but maybe that wouldn't sell many books...). For me, the depiction of Jame on the roofs of Tai Tastigon in the original publication of Godstalk is how I will always envision her.

Finally, I am always struck by how consistent Ms. Hodgell's prose has been, crafting an absorbing story, mingling scenes of humor and horror with great power. One of the things I find so fascinating is the varied, odd and sometimes unspeakable powers wielded unwillingly by the Shanir of the Kencyrath, very unique in fantasy worlds.

If something has changed over the years, I think there has been a softening of Torisen's view of his twin sister; originally I was under the impression that he and Jame would come into mortal conflict for the souls of their people, but now it seems they need each other to accomplish that very thing.

I believe Ms. Hodgell is now rather far along with her next novel so we won't have to wait four more years. She has a wonderful and evocative voice in the genre. You owe it to yourself to immerse yourself in her world. I do wish there had been a hardcover edition. I cherish my leather bound books from Hypatia Press and the lovely edition of To Ride a Rathorn. Maybe strong sales will encourage Baen to take the plunge.

[Melkor]

Posto smo ovde pominjali incident:

U.S. border guards arrest author Peter Watts

Watts guilty of Blue Water Bridge assault

Toronto author Peter Watts has been found guilty of assaulting, resisting and obstructing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.

Jurors returned the verdict today in St. Clair County Circuit Judge James Adair’s courtroom. He faces up to two years in prison when sentenced April 26.

Watts, 52, was crossing the Blue Water Bridge on Dec. 8 when he was stopped for a random inspection after paying his toll on the American side.

He refused to comply with orders during the inspection and had a physical altercation with Officer Andrew Beaudry.

Beaudry testified earlier this week that Watts tried to choke him.

Watts’ trial started Tuesday. Jurors deliberated for 5 ½ hours Thursday before reaching a verdict this morning.

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Malo horora...

Dimiter by William Peter Blatty

Blatty fans looking for straight-up horror in the vein of The Exorcist will be disappointed, but those with broader tastes will find this a beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love. In 1973 Albania, Colonel Vlora (aka the Interrogator), the head of a team of torturers, questions the Prisoner, who the reader later learns is Paul Dimiter, an American clandestine agent referred to in some quarters of the world as 'legendary,' while in others as 'the agent from hell.'  (Rumor has it Dimiter poisoned Ho Chi Minh while the Vietnamese leader was visiting Albania shortly before his death in 1969.) Dimiter escapes to Jerusalem, where he encounters a number of engaging characters, including a doctor of neurology, a sharp-tongued nurse, and a grief-stricken Israeli policeman. The complicated plot confounds until the isolated pieces of the psychological puzzle that's Dimiter match up and fall into place, revealing surprising truths.

The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary

Nellie Bly goes in search of Jack the Ripper in Paris, falls in love with Jules Verne, weasels her way into Louis Pasteur’s lab, and finds a fast friend in Oscar Wilde. The Eiffel Tower is newly erected for the 1889 World’s Fair, which is in full swing, and a maniacal slasher, transplanted from London, has more destruction on his depraved mind than cutting up prostitutes: nothing less than the utter desolation of Paris by plague. Well over the top in believability, often awkwardly phrased (“What did that mad Russian anarchist leader have in mind?”), and often broken up with clumsy authorial interjections of footnotes and historical explanations, McCleary’s debut historical suspense novel still has one big thing going for it: it showcases an appealingly flesh-and-blood Nellie Bly, one of the first women to break into a man’s world as an adventurous and plucky investigative journalist. Fans of Arruda’s Jade Cameron and Bowen’s Mollie Murphy mysteries will enjoy Bly, another unflappable female sleuth. Let’s hope McCleary works out the rough spots by the next episode.

The world’s most famous reporter, the intrepid Nellie Bly, teams up with science fiction genius Jules Verne, the notorious wit and outrageous rogue Oscar Wilde, and the greatest microbe-hunter in history, Louis Pasteur.  Together, they must solve the crime of the century.

They are all in Paris—the capital of Europe and center of world culture—for the 1889 World’s Fair.  A spectacular extravaganza dedicated to new industries, scientific discoveries, and global exploration, its gateway is the soaring Eiffel Tower.  But an enigmatic killer stalks the streets and a virulent plague is striking down Parisians by the thousands.  Convinced that the killings are connected to the pandemic, Nellie is determined to stop them both... no matter what the risks.

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http://www.readreactreview.com/2010/03/21/win-a-free-copy-of-carolyn-cranes-mind-games/

How much do I love this fresh urban fantasy debut? So much that I am going to personally buy a copy on the day it is released — Tuesday 3/23 — and send it priority mail to the winning entrant.

Simply comment on this post by Tuesday March 23 at midnight EST. Winner announced Wednesday 3/24.



From my review:

    Mind Games is not romance, but it has strong romantic elements. I found it fresh, exciting, thought-provoking, mordantly funny, scary, and sexy. I absolutely loved this book.

From All Things Urban Fantasy:

    Mind Games is actually a dark, gritty, and sexy urban fantasy that hooked me from page one. I’ve never read anything like Mind Games before,

Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings (5 stars)

    Mind Games needs to be on everyone’s must-read-now list. Seriously – not kidding.

Good luck!

Koga zanima nek proba, možda i dobije knjigu

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Strašno sam skeptičan prema svim novim naslovima u poslednje vreme. Prečesto sam se razočarao, a naročito kada je reč o urbanoj fantastici. Ali hajde da vidimo. Možda nađu neku novu Lorel Hamilton.

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Ovo je nastavak roman Twelve, koji sam sinoć pročitao pa ću nešto više o njemu na "Upravo čitam".

Thirteen Years Later  By Jasper Kent

Aleksandr made a silent promise to the Lord. God would deliver him - would deliver Russia - and he would make Russia into the country that the Almighty wanted it to be. He would be delivered from the destruction that wasteth at noonday, and from the pestilence that walketh in darkness - the terror by night...1825. Russia has been at peace for a decade. Bonaparte is long dead and the threat of invasion is no more. For Colonel Aleksei Ivanovich Danilov, life is calm. The French have been defeated, as have the twelve monstrous creatures he once fought alongside, and then against, all those years before. His duty is still to his tsar, Aleksandr the First, but today the enemy is merely human. However, the tsar himself knows he can never be at peace. He is well aware of the uprising fermenting within his own army, but his true fear is of something far more terrible - something that threatens to bring damnation upon him, his family and his country. Aleksandr cannot forget a promise: a promise sealed in blood...and broken a hundred years before. Now the victim of the Romanovs' betrayal has returned to demand what is his. The knowledge chills Aleksandr's very soul. And for Aleksei, it seems the vile pestilence that once threatened all he held dear has returned, thirteen years later.

Lord Sunday (The Keys To The Kingdom) by Garth Nix

Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins.

In this thrilling conclusion to Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom series, Arthur Penhaligon must complete his quest to save the Kingdom he is heir to...and Arthur's world.

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KRADLJIVAC VREMENA Linda Bakli-Arčer

U godinama koje je proveo kao plaćenik lorda Laksona stekao je reputaciju užasnog čoveka. Tek nekolicina se usudila da mu se suprotstavi, a i oni su ubrzo promenili mišljenje... No ovde, gde god to „ovde“ bilo, beše sam i nepoznat i potpuno zbunjen... Nagonski dotače ožiljak na mestu gde mu se omča urezala u meso jednom davno. Treba mi sklonište, pomisli. I vodič po ovom novom svetu...


Smešten u savremeni London i Francusku u doba revolucije, Kradljivac vremena je željno iščekivani nastavak romana Secikesa Gedeon.

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Ameri kaskaju za nama...

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last remains of civilisation have already become a distant memory, the stuff of myth and legend. More than 20 years have passed since the last plane took off from the earth. Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo, New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. Man's time is over. A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price. VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line. It was one of the Metro's best stations and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.

 Gardens of the Sun by Paul J. McAuley

After The Quiet War (2009), the Outers flee to the farthest reaches of the solar system, to find someone else already there. The Ghosts have been planning for the future they believe is preordained and will make no compromise that might harm it. The governing families back on earth, while scrambling to deal with fallout from the war, bicker among themselves until a long-brewing revolution finally erupts. Sri Hong-Owen is still looking for Avernus, following in her footsteps, trying to unravel the riddles of Avernus’ gardens. Loc Ifrahim, still trying to gain some recognition, struggles not to get caught by the backlash against his patrons. Macy Minnot, exiled with the Outers, fights for her new community’s survival. A successful and convincing wrap-up of the repercussions of a war fought over the direction of human evolution, Gardens of the Sun is as gripping as its predecessor, with a long, complex buildup culminating in a spectacular vision of the future.

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Da l' možda znaš kakve su ove stvari od Garhta Nixa obajavljene kod nas? Narodna knjiga - Alfa je objavila Sabirel; Lirael, kći Klajra i Abhorsen...