Nove i pročitane knjige (u 2017.)

[Nightflier]

Ne sećam se jesam li ovde pominjao novi Kardov roman, a sve i da jesam, vredi ponoviti:

Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

A powerful secret. A dangerous path.

Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent…or forfeit control of his destiny.

[Nightflier]

I Nensi Kolins ima novi roman   

Right Hand Magic (Golgotham 01) by Nancy A. Collins

Like most Manhattanites, aspiring artist Tate can't resist a good rental deal-even if it's in the city's strangest neighborhood, Golgotham, where for centuries werewolves, centaurs, and countless other creatures have roamed the streets.

Her new landlord is a sorcerer name Hexe, who is determined to build his reputation without using dark, left-hand magic. As Tate is drawn into Hexe's fascinating world, they both find that the right hand does not always know what the left hand is doing-and avoiding darkness is no easy trick...

[Nightflier]

Kao što znate, stimpank je nova urbana fantastika. Ovaj roman hvaljen mi je do neba, skupa sa "Gryfriar-om".

The Horns of Ruin by Tim Akers

Akers (Heart of Veridon) creates a complex steampunk world in which rival brothers Morgan, Alexander, and Amon are revered as gods. The last of Morgan's Paladins, Eva Forge, is tasked with providing security for Barnabas, the Fratriarch of the Cult of Morgan, just as a plot is set in motion--ostensibly by the remnants of the Cult of Amon--to destroy the Morganites. As she travels from the monorails above the city of Ash to the hidden underground lairs of the remaining Amonites, Forge is forced to face her preconceptions and question her training and her understanding of the world in which she lives. Ash is a vibrant city, and the cults of the three brothers have a relationship as ambivalent and complicated as the relationship among any actual siblings.

[Nightflier]

ARC nastavka "Imena vetra" Patrika Rotfasa ima 1100 džebenih stranica! To je za 100 stranica više od Sandersonovog Way of Kings! I taj sam ARC čitao jedno pola meseca! Pa preteraše ga, zaista!

[Perin]

Pa, kad skontaš da je prvi deo bio dosta poooozzzzaaaamašan...Ja sam tako nešto i očekivao

[Nightflier]

Pa, kad skontaš da je prvi deo bio dosta poooozzzzaaaamašan...Ja sam tako nešto i očekivao

Nekako mi je u glavi bilo da je "Ime vetra" tu negde oko 800 stranica. Ovo je još čitava knjiga pride. Neverovatno.

[Nightflier]

March in Country: A Novel of the Vampire Earth by E.E. Knight

The national bestselling "master of deception and tension" (Black Gate) returns to the Vampire Earth...

The race is on to claim the area between the Ohio River and Tennessee. What's left of the resistance is hiding out in the tangle of central Kentucky hills- leaving the powerful, well-organized Kurian vampires the opportunity to fill the void.

Major David Valentine knows there's only one way for them to find help before the Kurians settle in: a desperate dash by hijacked rail, followed by a harrowing river journey.

Valentine unites friends old and new in the effort- but the Kurian Order won't easily yield the blood-soaked Kentucky soil.

Deveti roman u serijalu "Vampirska zemlja" objavljen je 4. januara, ali meni je tek danas dospeo u ruke (pred slavu, damn it!), pa ga stoga tek sada najavljujem. U slučaju da ste propustili da primetite tokom prethodnih godina, "Vampirska zemlja" je jedan od retkih serijala u kojima odista uživam i koje od srca hvalim. E. E. Knight je odličan pisac i njegova postapokaliptična zemlja kojom vladaju vanzemaljski vampiri sličniji Lavkraftovim bićima nego Drakuli pravo je osveženje u poplavi romana o zombijima, vampirima ili klonovima Paris Hilton koji preplavljuju planetu. Uspešno balansirajući na tankoj liniji između petparačke fantastike, ratnog romana i omaža "Pobesnelom Maksu", Najtova "Vampirska zemlja" je jedan od skrivenih dragulja žanra, koji uspevaju da se probiju do čitalaca zahvaljujući svojim izvanrednim osobinama, a ne hajpu po blogosferi. Iskrena preporuka.

[Nightflier]

Maločas sam se čuo sa Laguninom redakcijom, pošto bi "Raskršće sumraka" trebalo da ide u štampu, pa sam iskoristio da ih pitam šta je sa "Imenom vetra". Odgovor je da su štampariji dali ultimatum da to mora da se završi do kraja meseca.

[Perin]

Odlično. "Ime vetra" je najbolji EF roman što sam pročitao 200....7me ili 8me. Za prvenca, stvarno sjajno. Mada je obimno.

[Nightflier]

Nastavak je obimniji.

Inače, u nepovezanim vestima, Džim Bučer je trinaesti roman u svom serijalu o Hariju Drezdenu pomerio za sredinu ove godine, što je probijanje najavljenog datuma za neka tri meseca.

[Nightflier]

Nova knjiga Ketrin Valente:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0765326302/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

Deathless, the new novel by award-winning author Catherynne M. Valente, re-envisions the story of Russian folk figures Koschei the Deathless and Marya Morevna. It's due out from Tor Books on March 29, but Cat and artist Amy Houser put together an awesome mini-comic depicting Marya Morevna's encounter with the household domovoi.

Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente, whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times, spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the twentieth century.

Deathless, however, is no dry, historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation.

[divča]

[Nightflier]

'Ajde daj nešto više o knjizi...

[divča]

Samo sam hteo da kažem da je izašla, nisam je čitao tako da znam samo ono što sam čitao na webu (Harriet Klausner je, naravno, već postavila prikaz na Amazonu)...
Slika je, inače, link ka knjizi...

[zakk]

 

[Nightflier]

‎"Poslednje carstvo" Brendona Sandersona od danas je u prodaji.

„Iskreno preporučujem svakom ko je željan da pročita odličnu i originalnu knjigu.“ Robin Hob

Poslednje carstvo je prvi roman trilogije koja je gromoglasno razbila savremene fantazijske klišee i odjeknula žanrovskom scenom takvom osvežavajućom silinom da je svog autora učinila najblistavijom mladom zvezdom epske fantastike.

Bogatstvo svetova Brendona Sandersona, karakterizacija njegovih protagonista i lepota stila i jezika kojim piše za kratko vreme učinili su ga najčitanijim piscem fantastike mlađe generacije ali i naslednikom Roberta Džordana – osobom koja će privesti kraju kultni serijal Točak vremena.

Trilogija Red magle odigrava se u svetu zasutom kišama pepela, skrivenom sumaglicama, kojim već čitav milenijum vlada besmrtni Gospod Vladar, okružen svojim plemstvom, svojom crkvom – čiji je on jedini Bog – bezbrojnim potlačenim ska i alomantima: osobama koje imaju sposobnost da u svom organizmu sagorevaju metale, što im daje nadljudsku snagu, brzinu, moći opažanja i isceljenja. Međutim, alomanti mogu da budu samo plemići a ska samo robovi. Već hiljadu godina društvo je tako ustrojeno. Jedni imaju sve, a drugi nemaju ništa. Ali jedan čovek, gnevan zbog svega toga, započeće revoluciju koja će okončati strahovladu Gospoda Vladara i promeniti čitav svet...

Poslednje carstvo može da se čita i kao roman za sebe, premda će malo koji čitalac izdržati da u ostatku trilogije ne potraži odgovore na pitanja koja je autor postavio u prvom delu. Veličanstvena pripovest o pustolovini, magiji i borbi protiv milenijumskog zla, koja se kroz žrtve i odricanja završava pobedom – trilogiju Red magle poželeće da ima svaki istinski ljubitelj fantastike.

http://www.laguna.rs/index.php?m=naslov&id=1530

[Melkor]

Editor Ellen Datlow has posted the table of contents and cover for her Young Adult vampire anthology new anthology Teeth: Vampire Tales, which she co-edited with Terri Windling.

   1. "Things to Know About Being Dead" by Genevieve Valentine
   2. "All Smiles" by Steve Berman
   3. "Gap Year" by Christopher Barzak
   4. "Bloody Sunrise" by Neil Gaiman
   5. "Flying" by by Delia Sherman
   6. "Vampire Weather" by Garth Nix
   7. "Late Bloomer" by Suzy McKee Charnas
   8. "The List of Definite Endings" by Kaaron Warren
   9. "Best Friends Forever" by Cecil Castellucci
  10. "Sit the Dead" by Jeffrey Ford
  11. "Sunbleached" byNathan Ballingrud
  12. "Baby" byKathe Koja
  13. "In the Future When All's Well" by Catherynne M. Valente
  14. "Transition" byMelissa Marr
  15. "History" by Ellen Kushner
  16. "The Perfect Dinner Party" by Cassandra Clare & Holly Black
  17. "Slice of Life" by Lucius Shepard
  18. "My Generation" by Emma Bull
  19. "Why Light?" by Tanith Lee

The book is scheduled for an April 2011 release.

[Nightflier]

Nije loša postava, mora se priznati.

[zakk]

Mislim da sam uspeo da za sve ove godine ne pročitam slovo od Gartha Nixa. A svuda ga ima.

[Melkor]

Ima sjajne Sword and Sorcery price u duhu najboljeg Lajbera. Razbacane su po raznim antologijama, ali mislim da je pitanje dana/godine kada ce biti skupljene negde. Ovo ostalo je, valjda, za decu.

[Nightflier]

To za decu je veličanstveno. Trilogija "Abhorsen" je izuetno dobro napisana, a još i objavljena kod nas. Po mom mišljenju, koje ne mora nikom da znači, kanadski i australijski pisci su za više kopalja iznad američkih - bar kada je o fantastici reč. S druge strane, australijska fantastika je veoma čudna, što se lepo može videti u onom australijskom broju "Znaka Sagite". Još manje od Amerikanaca, ili Kanađana, Australijanci nemaju neku svoju mitološku tradiciju na koju mogu da se oslone. Amerikanci često pozajmljuju kontinentalno nasleđe - najviše britansko, ali u poslednje vreme je jagma i za slovenskim viđenjem mitologije - dok Kanađani svoj identitet grade na antitezi američkom identitetu. Australijancima je valjda komplikovano da održavaju zajedničko nasleđe sa Evropom, tako da njihovi pisci najviše eksperimentišu kada je reč o fantastičnim motivima.

[Nightflier]

Evo nečega što bi moglo da zanima "Beli put":

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut

From Publishers Weekly
The 16 previously unpublished short stories of this collection, taken from the beginning of Vonnegut's career, show a young author already grappling with themes and ideas that would define his work for decades to come. "Girl Pool" features typist Amy Lou Little, employee of the Kafkaesque Montezuma Forge and Foundry Company, who is tasked with transcribing a plea for help she receives on her Dictaphone from an escaped, dying murderer hiding somewhere in the works of the company's cavernous factory. The tale reveals Vonnegut investigating one of his recurring themes: the isolation brought by technology and the necessity for basic humanity in the workplace. The title story melds a sentimental meditation on the true meaning of Christmas with elements of the mystery genre as a hard-nosed reporter stalks the story of stolen nativity scene characters. While these early stories show an author still testing the boundaries of his craft and obsessions, Vonnegut's acute moral sense and knack for compelling prose are very much on display. In the foreword, Dave Eggers calls Vonnegut "a hippie Mark Twain," which perfectly captures an essential truth about this esteemed author.

Early in his career, before he fused his satirical wit and world-weary intellect in the distinctive, quasi-sf style of Cat’s Cradle (1963) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Vonnegut wrote short stories for mainstream publications, such as Collier’s and The Saturday Evening Post. The 16 unpublished stories in this collection were either not submitted or not accepted, although it is easy to imagine them appearing in those contexts. Tightly and crisply written, they concern cynical newspapermen and the spirit of Christmas (“While Mortals Sleep”), practical jokes taken too far (“Bomar”), the self-sacrifice of a pregnant widow (“Ruth”)—he had lived through the firebombing of Dresden but had not yet explored it in fiction. There are foreshadowings of Vonnegut the cynical sage, however, in “With His Hand on the Throttle,” when a woman dive-bombs her grown son’s overgrown train layout; in “Tango,” when libidinous dancing disrupts a WASP-y enclave; and in “Girl Pool,” in which alienation arrives via the Dictaphone. As in Look at the Birdie (2009), these stories, while clearly seminal, constitute a worthwhile contribution to the author’s oeuvre. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The legendary author’s death in 2007 means an eventual end to unpublished writings, and Vonnegut fans have read all their old paperbacks to tatters.

[Nightflier]

Da se malo vratimo na stimpank:

The Buntline Special: A Weird West Tale by Michael D. Resnick

In this lusterless steampunk western, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday are outfitted with superhard brass body armor and Gatling-style handguns; Thomas Edison is a cyborg working with Ned Buntline on motorized stagecoaches and other wonders; lawman Bat Masterson has vampiric tendencies; gunslinger Johnny Ringo is a zombie bent on besting Holliday in a gunfight; and Geronimo is a successful shaman and general making sure the United States stops at the Mississippi. Five-time Hugo winner Resnick brings a sparse, dialogue-centric writing style to the classic story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, twisting it ever so slightly to blend magic and mechanism into its narrative weave. The larger story of the feud is untouched, making Resnick's rendition feel like a copycat of Tombstone with gears glued on.

[Perin]

Damn, ovo zvuči mnooogooo zanimljivo. 

[Nightflier]

Nikako da napišem poslednji deo spiska knjiga koje su mi se prošle godine dopale, ali od tih 15 bar 5 otpada na stimpank, a pri tom još nisam pročitao najhvaljeniju prošlogodišnju knjigu tog podžanra - The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne in) by Mark Hodder.

[Nightflier]

"Grad i Grad" Čajne Mjevila i Revelation Space Alistera Rejnoldsa trebalo bi da za nedelju-dve dana budu u knjižarama.

[vope]

Izdavač?

[filip_serbon]

Laguna

[Perin]

Kad smo kod Laguna, najavila je Pekićeva izabrana dela

Eto trećeg romana za mene (Grad i Grad).

[Nightflier]

Inače, "Plaćenik" L. M. Bižol prodaje se sasvim pristojno, tako da postoji velika verovatnoća da će "Laguna" nastaviti sa ovim serijalom.

[Perin]

To je okej vest, svakako. Bah...toliko imam knjiga za pročitati, a tako malo vremena...Ostalo mi još 30ak strana "Klanova Alfinog meseca," a onda idem na Machine of Death...Murakami mi je omiljeni pisac, a nisam stigao da pročita 1Q84....Bah!

[Perin]

Čarobna knjiga najavila "Svemirske jurišnike" od Hajnlajna. Takođe, nove knjige o Witcheru.

[Anomander Rejk]

Odlične vesti, da neko nastavlja Sapkovskog. Pazario danas Sandersona, poobimna knjižurina 630 i kusur strana  .

[Nightflier]

Bilo bi lepo da ČK nastavi još neke IPSove stvari...

[zakk]

"Grad i Grad" Čajne Mjevila i Revelation Space Alistera Rejnoldsa trebalo bi da za nedelju-dve dana budu u knjižarama.

[Berserker]

auuu, ako CK preuzme ipsova izdanja to ce biti najbolja vest koju sam cuo u ovoj godini:)

[Nightflier]

auuu, ako CK preuzme ipsova izdanja to ce biti najbolja vest koju sam cuo u ovoj godini:)

Predložio sam im to na prethodnom sajmu knjiga, mada misleći pre svega na Šarlin Haris i njene romane, pošto se uklapaju u izdavačku politiku "Čarobne knjige".

[Anomander Rejk]

Nadam se da bi mogli preuzeti i Džima Bučera.

[Perin]

Nadam se da bi mogli preuzeti i Džima Bučera.

I ja se nadam. Meni su Dresdenovi Dosjei najomiljeniji serijal urbane fanstatike.

[tomat]

"Grad i Grad" Čajne Mjevila i Revelation Space Alistera Rejnoldsa trebalo bi da za nedelju-dve dana budu u knjižarama.

ne znam jel se diskutovalo o tome, ali me zanima da li postoje planovi da se objave Mjevilove knjige iz Bas-Lag sveta?

[Nightflier]

"Grad i Grad" Čajne Mjevila i Revelation Space Alistera Rejnoldsa trebalo bi da za nedelju-dve dana budu u knjižarama.

ne znam jel se diskutovalo o tome, ali me zanima da li postoje planovi da se objave Mjevilove knjige iz Bas-Lag sveta?

U "Laguni" sumi rekli da ih nisu ni razmatrali. Ovo je samo moje mišljenje, ali na osnovu kratkog razgovora u njihovoj redakciji, mislim da su stava da je "Stanica Perdido" bila toliko loše prevedena, da je ostavila neizbrisivo loš utisak na čitoce, pa neće da se upuštaju u tu priču.

[Nightflier]

Nadam se da bi mogli preuzeti i Džima Bučera.

I ja se nadam. Meni su Dresdenovi Dosjei najomiljeniji serijal urbane fanstatike.

I ja se nadam, pošto sam preveo prve dve...

[Perin]

Ja još nisam pročitao poslednjzu knjigu u serijalu...previše knjiga za čitanje, stvarno previše...

[Perin]

I da. Nadam se da će se ČK manuti onakvih ilustracija ako preuzmu Bučera - slika na koricama je blagi užas...

[tomat]

"Grad i Grad" Čajne Mjevila i Revelation Space Alistera Rejnoldsa trebalo bi da za nedelju-dve dana budu u knjižarama.

ne znam jel se diskutovalo o tome, ali me zanima da li postoje planovi da se objave Mjevilove knjige iz Bas-Lag sveta?

U "Laguni" sumi rekli da ih nisu ni razmatrali. Ovo je samo moje mišljenje, ali na osnovu kratkog razgovora u njihovoj redakciji, mislim da su stava da je "Stanica Perdido" bila toliko loše prevedena, da je ostavila neizbrisivo loš utisak na čitoce, pa neće da se upuštaju u tu priču.

pa prevod se može ispraviti :/

[Nightflier]

"Čarobna knjiga" namerava da u narednih dva do tri meseca objavi Wizard's First Rule Terija Goodkinda (aka Legend of the Seeker), s tim da će romani da se dele na dva dela, zbog velikog obima. Drugi nastavak u serijalu ima preko hiljadu stranica. Romani o Geraltu, aka Witcheru trebalo bi da budu objavljeni do kraja godine, s tim da "Čarobna knjiga" namerava da ponovi naslove koje je objavio IPS i teži se tome da se sva četiri objave odjednom. Ekskluzivna najava je Baladovo "Carstvo sunca", na kojem se radi. Više detalja za jedno dve nedelje na Bukspejsu, u intervjuu sa Borom.

[Perin]

Znači, prva dva dela Witchera đto je izdao IPS će biti ponovo izdata? Super, kupiću; ČK barem lektoriše svoja dela, za razliku od IPS-a.

[Nightflier]

"Grad i Grad" Čajne Mjevila i Revelation Space Alistera Rejnoldsa trebalo bi da za nedelju-dve dana budu u knjižarama.

ne znam jel se diskutovalo o tome, ali me zanima da li postoje planovi da se objave Mjevilove knjige iz Bas-Lag sveta?

U "Laguni" sumi rekli da ih nisu ni razmatrali. Ovo je samo moje mišljenje, ali na osnovu kratkog razgovora u njihovoj redakciji, mislim da su stava da je "Stanica Perdido" bila toliko loše prevedena, da je ostavila neizbrisivo loš utisak na čitoce, pa neće da se upuštaju u tu priču.

pa prevod se može ispraviti :/

Može i novi da se uradi - nije to sporno. Verujem da će se "Laguna" drage volje vratiti na Bas-Lag, samo ako se "Grad i grad" bude dobro prodao.

[Nightflier]

Srpski ogranak zagrebačkog "Algoritma" kupio je prava za objavljivanje serijala True Blood. Ne znam da li će ponoviti "Mrtav do mraka", ili će odmah preći na nastavak. Čim saznam, javljam.

[Nightflier]

Februar će biti zanimljiv mesec kada je o fantastici reč. Za ljubitelje military spejs opera tu je

In Fire Forged: Worlds of Honor V by David Weber

  Honor Harrington is arguably the most popular character in modern science fiction, but there are many other stories in the Honorverse besides those in which she has the central role. This fifth volume in the popular Worlds of Honor series explores some of those stories with the help of such top writers as best-selling author Jane LIndskjold, New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn, and more—including an all-new Honor Harrington adventure, set in her younger years, when a mob of space pirates made the mistake of tangling with Commander Harrington. That was a fatal mistake—for the pirates . . .

kada je o romantičnoj fantastici (pri čemu se ne misli na ljubiće) reč, Kirsten Britan je konačno objavila novi roman

Blackveil: Book Four of Green Rider by Kristen Britain

The long-awaited sequel to Green Rider, First Rider's Call, and The High King's Tomb.

Once a simple student, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic, compelled by forces she cannot understand when she becomes a legendary Green Rider-one of the magical messengers of the king. Forced by magic to accept a dangerous fate she would never have chosen, headstrong Karigan has become completely devoted to the king and her fellow Riders.

But now, an insurrection led by dark magicians threatens to break the boundaries of ancient, evil Blackveil Forest-releasing powerful dark magics that have been shut away for a millennium.

Blackveil is the long awaited sequel the Green Rider series and I can truthfully say that it certainly surpassed my expectations. When the first book, Green Rider, came out, it was described as a wonderful read and adventurous escapism. It had cliched fantasy elements but reminded readers of why cliches are LOVED and enjoyed.

In Blackveil, many, MANY characters have stepped out of their cliched roles (unwilling heroine, trusted comrades and allies, good king, etc). Britain shows how each one must deal with not only preparing for looming evil forces, but also their own inner turmoils. I found that there were times when I disliked some of my fave characters for their opinions and decisions. That is NOT a bad thing (although it did make me very sad at times). It's fascinating to learn so many new facets of familiar characters.

One thing I disliked was the constant summaries of events from previous novels. They were quite redundant and tedious to read through. These summaries happen a lot almost through the first quarter of the book. To me, many of the more interesting action unfold much later on. I was also quite surprised at how certain events unfolded. They left me eager to turn the next page.

Blackveil is definitely not as lighthearted as the first book (but please, don't let that intimidate you. To fans of previous books, it is quite worth it to read this). To me, it's a significant book in the series because I see the flaws and virtues of many beloved characters.