The first chapter shows them in perfect, natural harmony with each other. Set in this time, place and atmosphere is the story of Edie and Gnome. A time of suffragists and a blossoming underground queer culture, both of which were violently opposed by state and police. It is set in the late 19th early 20th century in Manchester, England. She is antisocial, and selfish, and finds herself reluctantly drawn to the centre of the action due to her skill in translation. Bellis is an unusual and frequently unsympathetic “hero” but complex and authentic. Although the main protagonist, Bellis, is female, the world of Bas-Lag feels like a place where gender has little relevance. The Scar does not deal explicitly with gender. The quest to control a particular form of magic drives Armada across the oceans and underpins much of the novel’s intrigue. Magic exists as a resource, fuelling political intrigue as countries and empires battle for supremacy. Mieville’s densely poetic prose brings the city to life and while most of the populous are background figures, there are some notable exceptions, including the Remade Tanner Sack who takes us beneath the surface of the ocean. The politics of the city are fascinating as are its enigmatic rulers, the scarred Lovers. Armada is a pirate city, populated by both mundane and outlandish citizens, and built on decommissioned vessels connected to each other by bridges.
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He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer. It is of course true by definition that a creation requires a creator (to be a creator is to create a creation, and to be a creation is to be created by a creator). Krauss admits that he is "not sympathetic to the conviction that creation requires a creator" (a conviction he states is "at the basis of all of the world’s religions" – although this would come as a surprise to Buddhists who don’t believe in God). That’s like arguing that since its possible to live on less and less food each day it must be possible to live on no food. Krauss spends most of his book redefining ‘nothing’ in terms of increasingly incorporeal somethings (from ‘empty space’ to reified ‘laws of physics’), as if this justified the conclusion that literal nothingness could be the cause of the cosmos. And what is says is devastating." I agree that what this book says on the subject of why something exists rather than nothing (which isn’t a lot) is devastating, but only to the intellectual credibility of Krauss and his supporters. According to Richard Dawkins: "The title means exactly what it says. Grayling, Sam Harris and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Krauss, has been lauded to the skies by fellow atheists such as A.C. A Universe From Someone – Against Lawrence KraussĪ Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing (Free Press, 2012), by cosmologist Lawrence M. She sees a lot of herself in Ivy and takes her under her wing, but the teenager has secrets… When those secrets explode, it changes Harper’s new world, and she’ll learn, it’s never too late to start over, it’s never too late to figure out your life, and best of all, it’s never too late to let yourself believe in love.more Then she meets Ivy, a teenage runaway, who barrels into her heart. With her Sugar Pine Bakery in between a tavern, owned by sexy, grumpy Bodie Campbell, and a bookstore, run by her new BFF, she feels a peace she’s never experienced since…well, forever. She removes everything that doesn’t spark joy-from her soul-sucking job to eating kale to making lists-and sets off for the last place she was happy, Lake Tahoe (who wouldn’t feel good there, right?) to fulfill her dream of opening her own bakery. When Harper Shaw’s life falls apart, she knows it’s time for a change. She removes everything that doesn’t spark joy-from her so What makes life sweet? What makes life sweet? When Harper Shaw’s life falls apart, she knows it’s time for a change. Enter today! We're giving away 100 early copies of New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis' latest novel, The Sweetheart List. We're giving away 100 early copies of New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis' latest novel, The Sweetheart List. I only wish that would have happened sooner and I'm sure my rating would have been higher, then. The second half finally picked up and I thought 'NOW we are talking!', but instead of getting somewhere it only got drawn-out again, before the last 10% reminded me once more why I love this series. The first half almost bored me to death and I even considered a DNF - multiple times actually - but we are talking about Ben and Gavin here, for Christ's sake, so I just refused to give up on them. Overall I might have enjoyed it more if there hadn't been too many unnecessary details. I didn't really buy to which extent Gavin would go as a former detective to circumvent the law and roping Ben into it and put him in danger didn't fit the impression I got from him so far. Where I loved the mystery part in all previous books which had me sometimes read through my fingers, here it fell somehow flat. I loved loved LOVED the first three books in this series, although they haven't been an easy read at times - or maybe because of that? - and for me as a non-fan of BDSM this is really saying something. Honestly? I have no bloody clue what went wrong here. However, the history between humans and witches is long and bloodied, with the current truce hard-won and hanging in the balance. With the Haunting Season approaching, Wolves will soon rise from the swamp to kill, and the humans and witches must work together to survive the yearly onslaught. She is immediately taken under the wing of the infamous Red Three: Iris, a deathwitch, who wants nothing more than to break the town's curse Thalia, the talented greenwitch, on the run from her religious family and a past that still haunts her and Jailah, one of the most extraordinary witches at the academy whose thirst for power may lead her down a dark path. Or at least, that's what Logan, a new witch struggling to control her powers, thinks when she arrives at Mesmortes Coven Academy. The Haunting Season is here and the Wolves are awake. We can design things so they don’t have to be that way. We’re saying, “Don’t even think about waste waste doesn’t exist.” How can we make everything a beneficial nutrient to either biology or technology? We don’t want to see things that accrue and will become persistent in mothers’ milk. We see all materials as nutrients and eliminate the concept of waste. So Cradle to Cradle calls for materials in continuous reuse cycles with reverse logistics, renewable power systems, water that’s clean enough to drink and social fairness. We realized we could design this parallel metabolism in ways that could continually celebrate growth that doesn’t harm the biosphere. In the last 5,000 years we’ve created another metabolism we call the “technical metabolism”-the stuff we humans make from metals, most plastics, etc. We use the term “Cradle to Cradle design” to refer to an intentional system of design and decision making based on a fundamentally new view of the world.įor billions of years, we’ve had the biological world with biological metabolism-living things requiring growth, free energy from outside the system and an open metabolism of chemicals operating for the benefit of the organisms and their reproduction. Four of the nation’s most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory located five stories beneath the desert and fitted with an automated atomic self-destruction mechanism for cases of irremediable contamination. The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. "I love anything Michael Crichton writes."-Stephen KingĪ military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. First published fifty years ago, The Andromeda Strainredefined the science fiction genre, and immediately established Michael Crichton as one of the brightest voices in contemporary literature worldwide. SL Huang is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. Follow SL Huang online at or 100-word bio When not writing, Huang is a Hollywood stunt performer and firearms expert. The author of the Cas Russell novels from Tor Books as well as the fantasies Burning Roses and The Water Outlaws, Huang is also a short fiction writer, with stories in Analog, F&SF, Nature, and numerous best-of anthologies. The author of the Cas Russell series from Tor, starting with Zero Sum Game, and the fantasies Burning Roses and The Water Outlaws, Huang is also an MIT graduate, stunt person, and firearms expert. SL Huang is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling writer. SL Huang is the Hugo-winning author of action-packed speculative fiction, including The Water Outlaws, Burning Roses, and the Cas Russell series. The book has been popular in Asia, and it has been translated into many different languages. Multiple Languages Editions of Crazy Rich Asians BookĬrazy Rich Asians is available in multiple languages, including English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Crazy Rich Asians was a bestseller, and it was made into a movie in 2018. The novel was well-received by critics, who praised its portrayal of Asian culture and its funny and romantic moments. As the wedding approaches, the Young family’s secrets are revealed, and Rachel must decide whether she wants to be a part of their world. However, Nick’s family is not happy about his relationship with Rachel, and they begin to plot against her. Nick Young is the heir to his family’s fortune, and he is soon to be married to Rachel Chu, an American-born Chinese woman. The novel focuses on the Young family, who is one of the richest families in Asia. The story of Crazy Rich Asians follows the lives of a group of wealthy Chinese families living in Singapore. |