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AND NOTABLE IN SF AND FANTASY
 Oceans
of Dust: SG1-18
Stargate SG1
by Peter J. Evans
SG-1 discover a creature of unimaginable evil lurking beneath
the ancient sands of Egypt - a creature the insane Goa'uld Neheb-Kau
wants as a terrible weapon. With Teal'c and Major Carter in
the hands of the enemy, Colonel O'Neill and Daniel Jackson enlist
Master Bra'tac. They track the creature across the galaxy in
a desperate bid to destroy it before it turns their friends
- and the galaxy - to dust. |
 Ghost
Story
Dresden Files Bk 13
Jim Butcher
Harry
Dresden--Wizard
When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden,
he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an
unknown assassin.
But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger.
Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there
are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows
who owe Harry some payback of their own.
To save his friends-and his own soul-Harry will have to pull
off the ultimate trick without any magic... |
 The
Steampunk Bible
An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets
and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature
by Jeff VanderMeer, S. J. Chambers Steampunk—a
grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto
various forms of science-fiction culture—is a phenomenon
that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion,
and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about
the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne
and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies
such as Sherlock Holmes. Its adherents celebrate the inventor
as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies
including antiquated airships and robots. A burgeoning DIY
community has brought a distinctive Victorian-fantasy style
to their crafts and art. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure
and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way
of talking about the future. This ultimate manual will appeal
to aficionados and novices alike as author Jeff VanderMeer
takes the reader on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors
of Steampunk history.
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 The
Lost Fleet
Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught
by Jack Campbell
The Alliance woke Captain John "Black Jack" Geary
from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long
conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now Fleet Admiral Geary's
victory has earned him the adoration of the people-and the
enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be
a very inconvenient thing.
Geary knows that members of the military high command and
the government question his loyalty to the Alliance and fear
his staging a coup-so he can't help but wonder if the newly
christened First Fleet is being deliberately sent to the far
side of space on a suicide mission. |
 1636:
The Saxon Uprising
The Ring of Fire
by Eric Flint
The West Virginia town of Grantville, torn from the twentieth
century and hurled back into seventeenth century Europe has
allied with Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, in the United
States of Europe. So, when Gustavus invades Poland, managing
to unite all the squabbling Polish factions into repelling
the common enemy, the time-lost Americans have to worry about
getting dragged into the fight along with the Swedish forces.
But Mike Stearns has another problem. He was Prime Minister
of the USE until he lost an election, and now he’s one
of Gustavus’s generals; and he has demonstrated that
he’s very good at being a general. And he’s about
to really need all his military aptitude. Gretchen , who never
saw a revolution she didn’t like, has been arrested
in Saxony, and is likely to be executed. The revolutionary
groups which she has been working with are not about to let
that happen, and suddenly there’s rioting in the streets.
Saxony’s ruthless General Baner is determined to suppress
the uprising by the time-honored “kill them all and
let God sort them out” method, which only adds fuel
to the fire. So Gustavus orders Mike Stearns to go to Saxony
and restore order. But he makes one mistake.
He didn’t tell Mike to take his troops along on the
mission. But he didn’t tell him not to, either . . .
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 BlackVeil
Green Rider, Book 4
by Kristen Britain
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.
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 Betrayer
Foreigner No. 12
by C J Cherryh
The civil war among the alien atevi has ended. Tabini-aiji,
powerful ruler of the Western Association, along with Cajeiri
his son and heir, and his human paidhi, Bren Cameron, have
returned to the Bujavid, their seat of power.
But factions that remain loyal to the opposition are still
present, and the danger these rebels pose is far from over.
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 www.wonder
by Robert Sawyer
As a
marine of Wardhaven, Kris Longknife has a lot to live up to
and a lot to prove in the long-running struggle between her
powerful family, a highly defensive-and offensive-Earth, and
the hundreds of warring colonies. But an ill-conceived attack
is bringing the war close to home and putting Kris's life
on the line. Now she has only one choice: certain death on
the front lines of rim space-or mutiny. |
 After
the Golden Age
by Carrie Vaughn
Kylara
Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her
father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military
career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's
no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd.
shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an
officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not
commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings,
there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove
a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it
all comes crumbling down. |
 Embassytown
The Sentients of Orion Book 1
by China Mieville
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet,
home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a
language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered
human ambassadors can speak.
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown
after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the
Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having
long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in
their language.
When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador
to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens
is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between
competing loyalties—to a husband she no longer loves,
to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language
she cannot speak yet speaks through her.
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