Nove i pročitane knjige (u 2017.)

[Nightflier]

Romani su sjajni. Kao i ostali australijski pisci, Niks mahom beži od fantazijskih klišea, tako da je veoma zanimljivo pratiti njegov svet, a i karakterizacija mu je sjajna. Sad, ne znam šta je "Narodna knjiga" uradila s prevodom. Čini mi se da ih Nmrodela ima, tako da je šteta što ne prati forum. U svakom slučaju, sjajan je pisac, mada sam samo tu trilogiju i čitao.

[zakk]

Ajd će pitam nju

[zakk]

Još kad bih se setio kako se žena dođavola *zove* (gunđ fejsbuk gunđ lenji mozak)

[Nightflier]

Vesna Milić.

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Petrodor (Trial of Blood & Steel, Book II) by Joel Shepherd

Picking up where 2009's Sasha ended, Shepherd sets Sasha and her doughty band of human and serrin war leaders in the port city of Petrodor as Sasha's sister Alythia is married off to the noble Halmady family. This peace-treaty marriage sparks a power struggle among the other noble houses, including Steiner House, to which Sasha and Alythia's sister Marye was married. A politically minded archbishop begins bloody machinations that raise the stakes and turn allies into enemies. As in the first volume, the beginning bogs down with many similar names and a huge number of characters who tend to make speeches at one another with a lot of unfamiliar terms, but as soon as the action picks up, the banter, character development, and vivid descriptions build tension toward a gripping climax, leaving tantalizing threads dangling.

Book two in the quartet A Trial of Blood & Steel picks up the story of the brave and independent heroine, Sasha, now living in the port city of Petrodor. Away from the hills of her Lenayin homeland, Sasha is making a new life in the dark alleys and wealthy houses of Petrodor. An influential trading centre, Petrodor holds the key to preventing the coming war between Lenayin and the mighty Bacosh. Together with her old mentor Kessligh, Sasha attempts to navigate the political intrigues of the port city and find a way to stop the war. It is the serrin, the beautiful but dangerous people from beyond the Bacosh, who will be the pivotal point in this struggle. How much can Sasha trust her old serrin friend Errollyn? And how much can she trust herself?

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

Following The Thief, a 1997 Newbery Honor Book, and The King of Attolia, a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults, Turner continues her exquisite series with another rich story that examines peace, power, leadership, and loyalty. After initial, tense prison scenes focused on Eugenides, the king of Attolia, the novel's viewpoint switches from third to first person, and Sophos, the reluctant king of Sounis who prefers poetry to politics, relates the adventures that precipitated his rise to questionable power. Tutors have drilled Sophos in imaginary attacks, but after he loses his family in a real invasion, he is bereft and goes into hiding as a slave on a nobleman's estate in order to avoid his sovereign responsibilities. Even though Eugenides' fans will miss his presence, he continues to pull strings from the sidelines as he joins leaders in high-priced alliances and prepares for an invasion. Turner's plotting remains deft, and the subtlety with which she balances her characters' inner and outer worlds will delight both series newcomers and fans, who will be waiting to grab this stand-out, stand-alone adventure, filled with all the expected intrigue and political machinations, from the shelves.

The War of the Dwarves by Markus Heitz

The dwarves have gone to battle and they have been victorious. But outside the realm, dark forces are at work.. .

A secret army of Orcs, made immortal by the hidden powers of the Black Water, now marches towards Girdlegard, set to unleash its fury upon the kingdom. Sooner than they realize, Tungdil and his comrades will need to summon all their courage to do battle against this bloodthirsty horde.

The Orcs are not the only threat. An unspeakable new power is growing and threatens the very existence of the dwarves. But both enemies have forgotten one very important truth: a dwarf is never more dangerous than when total obliteration seems inevitable . . .
About the Author

[Nightflier]

Dobio sam danas iz IPSa "Mrtve do mraka" i "Mač sudbine". Harisova mi se na prvi pogled čini solidno prevedenom, a Sapkovskog je prevodio isti prevodilac kao poslednju želju. Nažalost, izgleda da je čovek u međuvremenu preminuo, tako da ne znam šta će dalje biti s tim serijalom, pošto nema nešto preterano prevodilaca s poljskog.

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A Matter Of Blood by Sarah Pinborough

The recession that grips the world has left it exhausted. Crime is rising in every major city. Financial institutions across the world have collapsed, and most governments are now in debt to The Bank, a company created by the world's wealthiest men. But Detective Inspector Cass Jones has enough on his plate without worrying about the world at large. His marriage is crumbling, he's haunted by the deeds of his past, and he's got the high-profile shooting of two schoolboys to solve - not to mention tracking down a serial killer who calls himself the Man of Flies. Then Cass Jones' personal world is thrown into disarray when his brother shoots his own wife and child before committing suicide - leaving Cass implicated in their deaths. And when he starts seeing silent visions of his dead brother, it's time for the suspended DI to go on the hunt himself - only to discover that all three cases are linked ...As Jones is forced to examine his own family history, three questions keep reappearing: what disturbed his brother so badly in his final few weeks? Who are the shadowy people behind The Bank? And, most importantly, what do they want with DI Cass Jones?

Chasing the Dragon by Nicholas Kaufmann



The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 4 by Jonathan Strahan

Strahan's introduction calls 2008 a good but not exceptional year for short fiction, and in accurate reflection, all 29 stories collected here are good, but few are great. The standouts are memorable in a variety of ways: for sheer power of narrative voice, Pat Cadigan's Truth and Bone; for human connections to inscrutable aliens, Damien Broderick's This Wind Blowing, and This Tide; for humor amid life-and-death peril, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear's Mongoose. Hard SF fans should seek out the imperiled far future Earth of Stephen Baxter's Formidable Caress, while a sense of wonder and menace permeates Peter Watts's The Island. A few stories don't feel as strong as they might have been, but there are no real wrong turns.

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The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker

An omnibus of Rudy Rucker's groundbreaking series [Software, Wetware, Freeware, and Realware], with an introduction by William Gibson, author of Neuromancer.

Pinion by Jay Lake

Political conflicts and philosophical arguments find closure at last in this splendidly baroque whirl of geomancy and Victorian clockwork. Young Paolina Barthes, the gear-minded prodigy who became a target for the empire-building ambitions of rival governments in 2009's Escapement, is on the run, heading south over the Wall that God built to divide the hemispheres and keep the Earth's gear turning through the heavens. As spies and ancient secret societies scramble to find her, Paolina struggles to learn how to control her world-shaking abilities, while her heart pulls her toward Boaz, a golemlike man of brass. Lake wields big themes—magic and religion versus science, free will, colonialism, and a bit of romance—with surprising elegance, and readers will enjoy cherishing the characters and pondering the concepts of this clockpunk world.

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Ej, ako je neko nasao Martinove Warriorse na netu neka javi. Pao sam u depresiju ne mogu nigde da ih nadjem. Na Undernetu Mirc bookz kanal sve izlazi novo al ovo ko za inat nece. ((( Nadam se da je izasla E book jer ako nije necu je skoro citati dok neki fanatik ne prekuca celu antologiju ili bar skenira. )) :PPPP

[Nightflier]

Mislim da će prilično brzo doći u "Delfi". Koliko vidim, sada je solidan izbor fantastike u domaćim knjižarama. Video sam u "Akademiji" zanimljive naslove za relativno male pare. Svakako jeftinije nego da naručuješ iz inostranstva.

[Melkor]

Ocekujem je ove nedelje  A i Strahan mi je stigao pre neki dan 

[Nightflier]

Meni su stigli The Best Horror of the Year Volume Two i The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four, ali nisam stigao da pročitam ni prethodne zbirke. 

[Melkor]

Predlazem da The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volumes citas redom. Prilicno je zanimljivo ispratiti Strahanov razvoj kao priredjivaca.

[Nightflier]

Predlazem da The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volumes citas redom. Prilicno je zanimljivo ispratiti Strahanov razvoj kao priredjivaca.

Baš sam mislio da te pitam da li da ih čitam redom, ili ne.

[Melkor]

Jedino sto dobijes citanjem po redu je pracenje Strahana i, donekle, trendova u poslednjih 5 godina. Svojevremeno sam citao po par zbirki prica u isto vreme i nasumicno birao price u njima, ali poslednjih godina drzim se nekog reda, valjda ih je priredjivac slozio po nekakvoj logici.

[Nightflier]

Ovo je starija knjiga, ali meni je stigla pre neki dan uy neke zbirke priča, pa je nova za mene.

Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman

With a unique, pleasingly consistent magic system based on the production and consumption of wine, urban fantasist Gilman (the Retrievers series) turns a standard coming-of-age tale into something wholly new. Young Jerzy, a vineyard slave, possesses the rare and extraordinary ability of the Vinearts, magicians who create spellwines from the most potent grapes. When someone begins sabotaging the fields of the traditionally reclusive winemakers, it is up to Jerzy and his master to save their way of life. A slow build of tension as Jerzy progresses from slave to student to spy keeps the reader engaged without any need for frenetic fight scenes. The tale is dominated by vivid, absorbing characters, and Jerzy's powerful narrative voice makes his joys and sorrows dramatic, authentic and potent. This intoxicating high fantasy will satisfy oenophiles and bibliophiles alike.

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Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove

The Olympians appeared a decade ago, living incarnations of the Ancient Greek gods on a mission to bring permanent order and stability to the world. Resistance has proved futile, and now humankind isunder the jackboot of divine oppression. Then former London police officer Sam Akehurst receives an invitation too tempting to turn down, the chance to join a small band of geurilla rebels armed with high-tech weapons and battlesuits. Calling themselves the Titans, they square off against the Olympians and their ferocious mythological monsters in a war of attrition which not all of them will survive!

The Barbary Pirates Intl: An Ethan Gage Adventure by William Dietrich

During the roiling era of Napoleon's reign, American adventurer Ethan Gage is in a desperate race with the Barbary pirates - and with his Egyptian Rite nemesis Aurora Somerset - to rediscover and control the mirror of Archimedes: an ancient super-weapon that legend contends burned a Roman fleet. In 1802, this death ray could tip the balance of power in the Mediterranean, and Ethan must stop the pirates from using it against American, English, and French fleets. Beginning in Paris, the dashing Gage, with the help of real-life scientists and engineers, must not only rescue his former lover Astiza; he must also save the three-year-old son he didn't know he had. Astiza and Gage's enemy, Aurora, find themselves in a fight to the death, while the infant United States Navy tests its mettle against Tripoli. Delivering the fast-paced adventure, uncanny wit, and page-turning historical excitement that readers have come to expect from the masterful William Dietrich, "The Barbary Pirates" is Ethan Gage at his winningest, most hilarious, and most death-defying!

[Nightflier]

Ovu knjigu do sada nisam spominjao, a napravila je veliki uspeh odmah čim se pojavila.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."

"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.

Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.

When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.

While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.

Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation..

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Secrets of the Sands by Leona Wisoker

When Cafad Scratha was a child, someone murdered his entire family. People have questioned his sanity ever since. As the last Scratha, he's dedicated his life to catching the murderers. Now a desert lord, one of the mysterious elite of the southlands, he stands above every mundane political imperative and rule of courtesy--or so it seems until the king of the northlands tries to bring Scratha to heel. Scratha's bizarre reaction throws the independent southlands into chaos: he hands temporary control of his family lands over to the king, takes on an assumed name, and sneaks out of the city. The king sends Alyea, a young noblewoman, to hold the ceded prize: but while she understands kingdom politics, she's quickly out of her depth in the byzantine world of the southlands. What she thought was a quick ticket to power turns out to be a dangerous assignment that may well lead her to a literal dead end. Just as trapped is Idisio, the orphaned street-thief sent by a chance encounter into Scratha's service. As his new and throughly unstable master goes undercover, Idisio finds himself drawn into the mysterious world of the desert lords and their secrets. Idisio's growing comprehension of the world he's stepped into doesn't just change his beliefs; it leads him to an unsuspected truth about himself that will change his life forever.

Leona Wisoker got her start as a writer when she was eight, with a story about all the vacuum cleaners in the world breaking down at the same time. Ever since then she has successfully used the excuse of writing to avoid housework, even going so far as writing poetry (which is then safely locked away in a lead-lined box) when nothing else will save her from chores. Leona s work is fueled equally by coffee and conviction; she has been known to take over the entire dining room to deconstruct a difficult novel-in-progress. Addicted to eclectic research and reading since childhood, she often chooses reading material alphabetically rather than by subject or author. This has led her to read about aardvarks, birds, child-warriors, dragons, eggs, faeries, ghosts, horses, and many other random subjects. Her short stories have appeared in Futures: Fire to Fly and Anotherealm; she is a regular reviewer for Green Man Review and Fantasy Magazine. She has lived in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, New Hampshire, Nevada, Alaska, California, and Virginia; has experienced the alternate realities of Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, New York, and Italy; and believes that home is wherever my coffee cup is filled. She currently lives in Virginia with an extraordinarily patient husband and two large dogs, and she almost never vacuums.

He Walked Among Us by Norman Spinrad

Spinrad's shrill messianic novel reaches the U.S. eight years after its first publication in French. Texas Jimmy Balaban is convinced that stand-up comedian Ralf, a self-proclaimed refugee from a horrific world of tomorrow, could be a megastar. Jimmy drafts jaded SF writer Dexter Lambkin and New Age guru Amanda Robin to effect this transformation. Amanda eagerly accepts Ralf at face value, and cynical Dexter is surprised to find himself also falling under Ralf's spell even as the new role takes a terrible toll on the comedian. Spinrad alternates between revulsion at overweight SF fans, whom Dexter shamelessly manipulates for egoboo pussy and joke fodder, and an unshakable conviction that these Monkey People can change the world if they just apply themselves. Even Spinrad's venerable name won't sell this book to the readers he so palpably despises, leaving it without an audience.

When hack agent Jimmy "Tex" Balaban discovers Ralf on a Borscht Belt stage, his act appears to be a clever joke. Ralf claims to be from the future, shouting foul-mouthed prophecies of where we went wrong. And he delivers a harrowing message.

The world is in chaos. Our biosphere has been devastated, our air is unbreathable and the final stalwarts of mankind have taken refuge in pressurized shopping malls. Humanity clings to the last mediocre vestiges of life on a dead planet that we did not know how to save. But it might not be too late. Has Ralf returned to the past to awaken our consciences? Is he who he says he is or is he insane? And if we have one last chance to save the world, does any of this matter?

Then Dexter D. Lampkin, a fading science fiction writer, and Amanda Robin, a New Age guru-wannabe, magnificently transform Ralf into what the world really needs: a messenger sent from the future to save us from ourselves. Together with Tex they polish Ralf's television persona to captivate America. The problem is that Ralf never goes out of character. He truly believes he is a prophet.

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 Dweller by Jeff Strand

Primarily known for his deft touch in combining horror and comedy, Dweller is Jeff Strand's second 'serious' novel, following the Bram Stoker Award nominated Pressure, and with his newest offering Strand may well see another Stoker nomination headed his way.

Dweller introduces us to Toby, an 8 year old with an active imagination and difficulty making friends. Though he's been told by his parents not to, Toby enjoys playing in the woods that border the backyard of his house. Lost in fantasy while playing one summer day, Toby comes to find himself deep in the woods... much deeper, in fact, than he's ever been. Scared of the trouble he'll be in when he gets home late, Toby desperately tries to find his way out of the woods, but what he finds instead will change his life forever.

Toby, you see, finds a monster. An honest-to-goodness, hairy, yellow-eyed, razor-clawed, fanged beast. Of course Toby does what any 8 year old would do under the circumstances... runs away! Once safely back at home he's chastised by his parents for his misadventure, and as the summer passes Toby convinces himself he didn't really see a monster in the woods. He couldn't have, right? Monsters don't exist.

Flash forward seven years to a Toby who has made the woods his place of refuge from the bullies at school and tedious evenings with his family. While exploring one day after school Toby discovers a cave, which he proceeds to investigate with the notion that it may be his ticket to getting some friends, maybe even a girlfriend, if he has a cool cave-fort he can bring them to. Instead, Toby comes face to face with the same monster that he had convinced himself years ago didn't exist. The now older, (slightly) bolder Toby doesn't run away this time, but instead offers the monster food, tries to communicate with it and, ultimately, becomes friends with and names it Owen. What unfolds from there over the course of the story is a wonderful exploration of the strange, but genuine friendship that develops between Toby and Owen, one that lasts for over fifty years.

Strand does a magnificent job using brief 'glimpses' chapters to jump the story ahead over blocks of time, stopping for a more in-depth look at various milestone moments along the way in Toby's life - college, first job, marriage, children, divorce, addiction, retirement - and how each affects his friendship with Owen. On the surface just a 'monster story', Dweller also operates on a much deeper level. Strand has, in deceptively simple fashion, written a beautiful story which explores the complicated nature of relationships, loyalties, and how one decides who the most important person in their life is. The implications of the final, heart-breaking scene will stay with you long after you've finished. What Strand has accomplished with Dweller is nothing short of amazing, and you owe it to yourself to experience it.

Jeff Strand is the author of over a dozen books, including The Sinister Mr. Corpse, Benjamin's Parasite, The Severed Nose, and the Andrew Mayhem series. If you've not previously read anything by Strand you're excused for being late to the party, but it's time for you to come in and get acquainted.

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The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb

A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost story

When a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James's mailbox, her life is upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her mother died in a fire decades earlier. But it turns out that her mother, Madlyn, was alive until very recently. Why would Hallie's father have taken her away from Madlyn? What really happened to her family thirty years ago?

In search of answers, Hallie travels to the place where her mother lived, a remote island in the middle of the Great Lakes. The stiff islanders fix her first with icy stares and then unabashed amazement as they recognize why she looks so familiar, and Hallie quickly realizes her family's dark secrets are enmeshed in the history of this strange place. But not everyone greets her with such a chilly reception—a coffee-shop owner and the family's lawyer both warm to Hallie, and the possibility of romance blooms. And then there's the grand Victorian house bequeathed to her—maybe it's the eerie atmosphere or maybe it's the prim, elderly maid who used to work for her mother, but Hallie just can't shake the feeling that strange things are starting to happen . . .

In The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb has created a haunting story full of delicious thrills, vibrant characters, and family secrets.

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Changeless by Gail Carriger

Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.

But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. Even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can.

She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.

The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee



Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

It's been 300 years since Lake Michigan became Unlake Michigan; the "cool age" is only hazily known to residents of Wharfton, a small village that sits alongside the walled city of the Enclave. Gaia is 16 and works in Western Sector Three with her mother delivering babies, "advancing" the first three per month to live a better life inside the city. It's a wrenching routine Gaia doesn't question until her parents are mysteriously arrested by Enclave authorities. Gaia's rescue attempt is fraught with peril—the burn scar on her face marks her as a "freak" who would never be allowed into the Enclave's exclusive gene pool—and soon she herself is tossed into a cell with other female physicians. Although the setup suggests speculative fiction, O'Brien's concerns are corporeal; her impulsive and spirited heroine (who even resists, yes, romance) is the kind readers adore. The facts behind inbreeding and the numerous birthing scenes will give this an added appeal to science-minded teens. Continual revelations push this toward an ending that hints at more to come.

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Embers by Laura Bickle

Truth burns.Unemployment, despair, anger—visible and invisible unrest feed the undercurrent of Detroit's unease. A city increasingly invaded by phantoms now faces a malevolent force that further stokes fear and chaos throughout the city.Anya Kalinczyk spends her days as an arson investigator with the Detroit Fire Department, and her nights pursuing malicious spirits with a team of eccentric ghost hunters. Anya—who is the rarest type of psychic medium, a Lantern—suspects a supernatural arsonist is setting blazes to summon a fiery ancient entity that will leave the city in cinders. By Devil's Night, the spell will be complete, unless Anya—with the help of her salamander familiar and the paranormal investigating team—can stop it.Anya's accustomed to danger and believes herself inured to loneliness and loss. But this time she's risking everything: her city, her soul, and a man who sees and accepts her for everything she is. Keeping all three safe will be the biggest challenge she's ever faced.

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Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, Book 5) by Patricia Briggs

Coyote-shifting garage mechanic Mercedes Thompson, now mated to Adam, the Alpha of the local werewolf pack, embarks on her exciting fifth dark fantasy adventure (after 2009's bestselling Bone Crossed). Three subplots—Mercy's attempt to return a magical book to a fae friend-of-a-friend, her difficulties integrating into Adam's pack, and her roommate Samuel's misery over being a lone Alpha—come together seamlessly, and excitement builds as Mercy and her loved ones go through ever more intense experiences, including a house fire, a suicide attempt, a death sentence, and a reunion between long-ago loves. Briggs creates both well-rounded characters and a complex mythology, resulting in a rich read that's far more than a series of action adventures strung together. Fans of the series will be thrilled; new readers should start at the beginning or risk drowning in the immersive world-building.

The fifth Mercy Thompson yarn has the garage mechanic-to-coyote shape-shifter, who could use a little relaxation after whacking all those vampires in Bone Crossed (2009), up to her armpits in romantic and supernatural trouble. Her housemate Sam, a lone werewolf, has developed suicidal depression from the conflict of his two natures. Mercy herself is still working out the relationship with Adam, her bonded mate and the leader of a werewolf pack, which has been put in the danger posed by a jealous female werewolf. Then Mercy gets a call asking her to check on a comrade who may have gone missing. The Fae may be involved. Ai-yi-yi. There's a lot going on in Silver Borne, but its pacing is practically perfect as it shifts between introspection and sudden action. Mercy is back in the West after the New Orleans setting of Bone Crossed, so most of the characters will be familiar to readers of the first three of Mercy's now eagerly awaited adventures as well as their graphic-novel prequel, Homecoming (2009). A must for anyone following the series, one that should also be popular among fans of paranormal romance.

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A Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day

First published in 2006 by Black Heron Press, Day's intense debut opens in the year 2027 with the world on the verge of economic and environmental collapse as nations wage war over a rapidly diminishing oil supply. Army engineer Eduardo Torres accidentally discovers plans for a quantum battery, which could solve Earth's energy crisis. Instead of sharing it, Torres sets up his own rogue state, builds a fleet of starships and takes them through a wormhole to the Holzstein System, only to be attacked first by other humans and then by what appear to be aliens determined to destroy humankind. Though marred by a few technological improbabilities, this well-written, decidedly grim novel is replete with strong, thorny characters, fast-paced action sequences and rich descriptions of human folly and true heroism

Weaver (Time's Tapestry) by Stephen Baxter

Code Select Expand

The concluding volume of the acclaimed Time's Tapestry series.

In the early days of WWII, the Nazis have a secret plan, far grander than simply subjugating an enemy. And three people are caught up in a conspiracy that threatens the fabric of the tapestry of time.

Necessary Heartbreak: A Novel of Faith and Forgiveness by Michael J. Sullivan

troubled childhood, the loss of his mother, even the degradation of living on the city streets. Now he's raising his teenaged daughter, Elizabeth, on his own and doing the best he can at work and at home. But he's turned his back on his faith—that is, until the morning Michael and Elizabeth volunteer for a food pantry at their local church. While storing boxes in the basement, they step through a mysterious door . . . and find themselves in first-century Jerusalem during the tumultuous last week of Jesus Christ's life. It is a dangerous and violent place, where doing what your heart tells you is right can get you imprisoned—or worse—and they are thankful to take refuge with a kind widow. But when they come face-to-face with Judas Iscariot and the condemned Christ himself, Michael realizes that before they can escape Jerusalem, he must experience history's most necessary and shattering heartbreak—and that pain and loss must happen if Michael is to be set free: to live, love, and reclaim the blessings he has in the present day.

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Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear

Into a slim volume Bear packs the kind of intrigue, detailed world building, and passionate characters found in her longer books. Aging artificer Bijou, a wizard of Messaline, remains spry because she works the forge during the building of her beloved bone and jewel creatures. One equinox, her former apprentice Brazen brings her a feral child, poisoned by sorcery, and Bijou fashions an arm of bones and pearl for it. The child, whom Bijou calls Emeraude, turns out to be the opening salvo in a battle between Bijou and her old nemesis and former lover, who has created a plague that is poisoning the city. Bijou, of course, is the only one with any hope of saving the city from this necromancy. In the ensuing struggle, decades of betrayal are finally resolved. Because of the scale of the novella, many things are only hinted in it, so artfully that what are tantalizing glimpses of its world seem much, much larger than the page count would seem to allow.

[Melkor]

Podmentuse ti tzv. Baxterovo jaje, Weaver je iz 2008 

[Nightflier]

Znam. Piše. Ali ovo je novo izdanje, a oni to rade samo ako planiraju da puste nešto novo od istog autora, pa nije loše pomenuti.

[Melkor]

Ma da, zapocinje novi serijal.

[Nightflier]

Ma da, zapocinje novi serijal.

Znao sam.

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Changes (Dresden Files, Book 12) by Jim Butcher

The fast-paced and compelling 12th book in Butcher's bestselling series (after 2009's Turn Coat) is aptly titled. Beginning with the revelation that wizard detective Harry Dresden has a daughter, Butcher throws one high-stakes curveball after another at his hero. Harry's ex-girlfriend, Susan Rodriguez, discloses young Maggie's existence after vampire Red Court duchess Arianna Ortega kidnaps the child. Ortega holds Harry responsible for the death of her husband and is planning to offer Maggie as a human sacrifice. With a fragile peace in place between the Red Court and the White Council of wizards, Harry is unable to count on them for support in his rescue mission, and he must compromise almost everything he believes in to save his daughter. Butcher is deft at relieving some of the tension and grimness with bursts of gallows humor that keep readers coming back for more.

The twelfth Dresden Files novel (following Turncoat, 2009) finds the licensed PI and professional wizard Harry Dresden confronted with some shocking news: he has an eight-year-old daughter, and she's been kidnapped by Red Court vampires. Harry is willing to risk everything to rescue her, even if it means turning his own life upside down. At more than 500 pages, this is one the longest books in the series, but it doesn't move slowly; in fact, the entire novel takes place over only a few days as Harry races to rescue his daughter before she is sacrificed in a powerful black-magic rite. The taut and sometimes twisty plot is full of surprises and changes for Harry and his friends and family. Changes is a compelling installment in what continues to be an outstanding series. All the regulars (including cop Murphy; Harry's half brother, vampire Thomas; Sanya the Knight; and Harry's apprentice, Molly) are featured, as they, too, risk everything to save Harry's daughter. After the cliff-hanger ending, readers will be clamoring for the next book. A can't-miss entry in one of the best urban-fantasy series currently being published.

Dobio sam juče pre zvaničnog puštanja u prodaju, pošto sam prevodilac! 

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Songs of Love and Death by GRRM and Gardner Dozois

-Jim Butcher, "Love Hurts" (a Harry Dresden story)
-Jo Beverly, "The Marrying Maid"
-Carrie Vaughn, "Rooftops"
-M.L.N. Hanover, "Hurt Me"
-Cecelia Holland, "Demon Lover"
-Melinda M. Snodgrass, "The Wayfarer's Advice" (an Imperials story)
-Robin Hobb, "Blue Boots"
-Neil Gaiman, "The Thing About Cassandra"
-Marjorie M. Liu, "After the Blood"
-Jacqueline Carey, "You and You Alone" (a Kushiel story)
-Lisa Tuttle, "His Wolf"
-Linnea Sinclair, "Courting Trouble"
-Mary Jo Putney, "The Demon Dancer"
-Tanith Lee, "Under/Above the Water"
-Peter S. Beagle, "Kashkia"
-Yasmine Galenorn, "Man in the Mirror"
-Diana Gabaldon, "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" (an OUTLANDER spinoff)

The anthology will be published in hardback in November.

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Taj Martin baš iskušava strpljenje svojih fanova, radi neke Songs of... a nije Songs of Ice and Fire

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Pa zainatio se pa neće. Koliko sam čuo, završio je "Ples s zmajevima", ali namerno neće da ga pušta u štampu.

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?!

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Priča je da je počeo da dobija neke pretnje od fanova i optužbe da je prevario fandom i da će da "pull a Jordan" - pa je popizdeo.

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Full Moon City by Darrell Schweitzer (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)

Weird Tales co-editor (and occasional PW reviewer) Schweitzer and anthology powerhouse Greenberg offer up an uneven collection of urban werewolf tales written by some of fantasy's biggest names. Given the theme, Schweitzer's own contribution, the humorous vampire-centric piece Kvetchula's Daughter, is out of place. Far stronger is Holly Black's The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue, in which a werewolf actress explores the power of transformation. Tanith Lee's Sea Warg focuses on a more amphibious shape-shifter, while Esther Friesner's No Children, No Pets is cleverly executed and entertaining. Very few other stories rise above satisfactory or mildly memorable. For every tale that pushes the boundaries, two more are content to go through the motions, making this a fairly average affair.

DANGER LURKS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY . . . BUT NOT ALWAYS WHERE YOU EXPECT IT. From New York to Los Angeles to Bucharest, fifteen never-before-published tales by some of the world's finest fantasy and horror writers celebrate the newest incarnations of an age-old terror that strikes when the moon is full . . . the werewolf. No longer confined to the forests, these modern monsters can be found in places you frequent every day—and never before thought to fear.CARRIE VAUGHN's popular werewolf radio host Kitty Norville is drawn into a controversy as to whether it's fair to ban lycanthropy from professional sports. New York's famous Plaza Hotel is the setting for ESTHER M. FRIESNER's tale of one very grisly little girl, while Beverly Hills may never quite recover from RON GOULART's middle-aged Hollywood screenwriter who falls prey to a most unusual problem. Celebrated fantasy author PETER S. BEAGLE tells a chillingly lyrical story of three Louisiana loup garoux locked into a deadly dance of death. Plus many more biting tales from award-winning authors:HOLLY BLACK • P.D. CACEK • GREGORY FROST • TANITH LEE HOLLY PHILLIPS • MIKE RESNICK • DARRELL SCHWEITZER • LISA TUTTLE IAN WATSON • GENE WOLFE • CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO

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U naredna dva meseca "Laguna" će objaviti moj prevod "Poslednjeg carstva" Brendona Sandersona. Do kraja godine biće gotove i deseta i jedanaesta knjiga "Točka vremena", ali dvanaestu neću početi da prevodim dok se ne pojavi njen drugi deo. U toku je druga ruka lekture i pregovori oko naslovnica za "Poslednje carstvo".

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Watcher of the Dead: Book Four of Sword of Shadows by J. V. Jones

The epic fourth novel of the Sword of Shadows fantasy series

In this powerful saga of redemption and renewal, J. V. Jones brings to vivid life the magnificent tapestry of a world at once desperately fighting for survival against supernatural monsters and rent by internecine warfare. The frozen land at the north of the world was once ruled by a legendary nation of superhuman warriors. But that age has passed, leaving ancient clans to struggle for dominance as supernatural forces beyond their control threaten their very existence.

Amid the chaos of world-changing violence, unlikely heroes emerge. An unwanted warrior, a forsaken woman of power, the betrayed widow of a slain clan chief: these are the heroes rising to claim what has been taken from them and to reshape the world.

In a sharply observed narrative that illuminates these riven lives, Jones has crafted a human drama full of the excitement, suspense, and sheer storytelling power that have made the Sword of Shadows a fantasy series that transcends genre to become a memorable tale of human striving and triumph that speaks to readers as have few others.

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RUNE by Džoana Haris

Pet stotina godina posle Propasti sveta, a u podrumu ponovo goblini...

Medi je dodirnula poslednju runu.
Izgovorila je vradžbinu.
Brdo se uz tresak otvori...

Medi je oduvek bila neprilagođena. Rođena sa runom boje rđe na ruci – koju su seljani nazivali ružnim belegom – obeležena je tim znakom starih bogova, znakom magije.

A svi znaju da je magija opasna. Osim Medi, koja misli da je magija zapravo zabavna. Sve dosad. Jer odjednom joj njen prijatelj Jednooki, skitnica iz Tuđine, traži da otvori Brdo crvenog konja i da se spusti u Donji svet – u kome sve vrvi od goblina i mnogo gorih stvari – i donese relikviju starih bogova...

Pune varki, magije i čarolije nordijskih mitova, ,,Rune" su izuzetno dovitljiva i neverovatno maštovita epska fantastična avantura.

,,Goblini, čarolije, drevni bogovi i podzemne avanture." Sunday Telegraph

,,Luda zabava, [...] magične transformacije, mreže plave vatre i odvažna junakinja." The Times

,,Moćno, uzbudljivo i duhovito, [...] dešavanjima nikad kraja, magija je briljantna."
www.thebookbag.co.uk

,,Izvrstan roman... Mnogo više od obične šetnje kroz stare sage: Harisova je uspela da od mita istka nešto u potpunosti svoje." Dathray

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PRVOROĐENI by Artur Klark i Stiven Bakster

Završetak Vremenske odiseje.

Prvorođeni, misterioznu rasu vanzemaljaca, pokušavaju da zaustave razvoj ljudske civilizacije primenjujući tehnologiju koja se graniči s magijom.

Njihovo prvo delo bio je Diskontiuitet, u kome su sa Zemlje izdvojeni segmenti iz različitih istorijskih epoha i potom ponovo spojeni u jedan novi svet nalik na ,,pačvork". Taj čudni, novi svet dobio je i novo ime: Mir. Bizeza Dat, članica Ujedinjenih nacija Mira stupila je u komunikaciju s tuđinskim artefaktom. Njegova svrha je bila nedokučiva, a moć božanska – moć koja ju je konačno vratila na Zemlju, gde je odigrala važnu ulogu u trci čovečanstva s vremenom, u pokušaju da spreči sudnji dan: moćnu oluju sa Sunca koju su Prvorođeni izazvali u želji da istrebe život s planete. Kataklizma je bila sprečena uz nezamislivo visoku cenu. Sada, dvadeset sedam godina kasnije, Prvorođeni su opet tu.   

Ovog puta oni napadaju svom snagom: prema Zemlji upućuju ,,kvantnu bombu". Mehanizam tog kosmološkog oružja naučnicima ljudskog roda gotovo je nedokučiv. Bomba se ne može zaustaviti, niti uništiti – i konačno će zbrisati svet. 

U očajničkom traganju za odgovorima, Bizeza najpre dospeva na Mars, a potom i na Mir, kome i samom preti zatiranje. Čini se da je kraj neizbežan. Međutim, u trenutku kad čovečanstvo sagledava sasvim nove, iznenađujuće činjenice o prirodi Prvorođenih i njihovim zastrašujućim planovima u vezi s ljudskom rasom, iz sveta udaljenog mnogo svetlosnih godina pojavljuje se neočekivani saveznik.

,,Čudesno priča... svojim dramatičnim idejama o suštini postojanja oduzima dah."
Chicago Tribune

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Jel Watcher of the dead izašao? Ili tek treba?

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HC izlazi za četiri dana. Jedan moj kolega je dobio ARC pa znam da nije laža.

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Ok, pošto sam odmah otišao na mirc da vidim ima li ebook, ali još nema, pa sam se zbunio sav

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Jel IKO imao ŽIVACA da pogleda šta je Baxter pisao za Klarka? Stvarno nemam nikakve informacije o ovome, samo mi se složi na pomisao...

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Jel IKO imao ŽIVACA da pogleda šta je Baxter pisao za Klarka? Stvarno nemam nikakve informacije o ovome, samo mi se složi na pomisao...

Mrzim Bakstera.

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The Tel Aviv Dossier by  Lavie Tidhar, Nir Yaniv, Erik Mohr (Illustrator)

The wind picks up even more, pushing me, as if it's trying to jerk the camera away from my hands. I spin around and the camera pans across the old bus terminal and someone screams . . .

Into the city of Tel Aviv the whirlwinds come, and nothing will ever be the same.

Through a city torn apart by a violence they cannot comprehend, three disparate people a documentary film-maker, a yeshiva student, and a psychotic fireman must try to survive, and try to find meaning: even if it means being lost themselves. As Tel Aviv is consumed, a strange mountain rises at the heart of the city, and shows the outline of what may be another, alien world beyond. Can there be redemption there? Can the fevered rumours of a coming messiah be true?

As the city loses contact with the outside world and closes in on itself, as the few surviving children play and scavenge in the ruins, can innocence survive, and is it possible for hope to spring amid such chaos?

A potent mixture of biblical allusions, Lovecraftian echoes, and contemporary culture, The Tel Aviv Dossier is part supernatural thriller, part meditation on the nature of belief an original and involving novel painted on a vast canvas in which, beneath the despair, humour is never absent.
Experience the last days of Tel Aviv . . .

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Jel IKO imao ŽIVACA da pogleda šta je Baxter pisao za Klarka? Stvarno nemam nikakve informacije o ovome, samo mi se složi na pomisao...

Mrzim Bakstera.

Mda... eto... nova SF knjiga a niko neće ni da je pogleda. Baš smo nezahvalna publika... al kad štampaju gluposti... :/

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Svojevremeno, kad sam odlazio iz "Lagune", rekao sam Dejanu da je pogrešio što je objavio Bakstera. Tada ga je ZŽ nagovorio na to. On mi je odgovorio da se knjiga dobro prodaje, nešto tipa dvestotinak primeraka mesečno, tako da očigledno ima ljudi koji će da kupe i masnu krpu ako na njoj piše "Artur Klark".

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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (Myths) (Hardcover) by Philip Pullman

This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become stories. -- Please note that orders are randomly processed. This book is published with two different coloured covers and the colour of cover you will receive cannot be guaranteed.