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Century of the Soldier (The Monarchies of God) by Paul Kearney

By the mid sixth century of Ramusian reckoning the great struggle is approaching its climax. For the victor there will be supremacy; for the vanquished, cultural annihilation. Fighting that war, Corfe of Torunna will find that court intrigue can be as murderous as any martial foe. The monks Albrec and Avila will explode a bombshell of secret knowledge which will change the continent irrevocably. And Richard Hawkwood will return with the discovery of a New World. The sixth century is the crucible of history. The century of the soldier.

The Sky That Wraps by Jay Lake

Lake's sixth collection offers 25 tales written since 2007's The River Knows Its Own. The collection is bookended by popular favorites: the haunting "The American Dead" and "The Sky That Wraps the World Round, past the Blue and into the Black," a moody meditation on mistakes and the end of the universe. One of Lake's strengths is his ability to channel classic writers and styles, such as the heroic fantasy of Robert E. Howard in "The Leopard's Paw," Cordwainer Smith in the baroque "The Man with One Bright Eye," pulp SF in "Lehr, Rex," and space opera adventure in "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves." Fans of Lake's novels will especially appreciate the tie-ins to Green, Mainspring, and Trial of Flowers, while the diversity of settings and styles makes this a nice introduction to Lake's stylish craftsmanship.

King Rolen's Kin: The Usurper by Rowena Cory Daniells

Now a slave, Piro finds herself in the Merofynian Palace where, if her real identity is discovered, she will be executed. Meanwhile, Fyn is desperate to help his brother, Bryen, who is now the uncrowned King. Bryen never sought power but now he finds himself at the centre of a dangerous resistance movement as the people of Rolencia flee vicious invaders. How can Byren defeat the invaders, when half his warriors are women and children, and the other half are untrained boys and old men?

A Star Shall Fall by Marie Brennan

As in 2009's brilliant Midnight Never Come, anthropologist Brennan strikes a resonant balance between history and fantasy in this new tale of the faerie domain beneath 1750s London. Halley's Comet, which houses the exiled Dragon Spirit of Fire who nearly consumed the city in the Great Fire of 1666, is on its way back to Earth. Human lord Galen is in love with faerie queen Lune, bedding the charming sprite Irrith, and engaged to bluestocking Delphia Northwood; as he attempts to untangle these entanglements, he must also enlist members of the new Royal Society, England's illustrious scientists, and all the multifarious faery talent he can find to fight the Dragon with humanity's reason, magical faery instinct, and the power of sacrifice and devotion. Enchanting, fearsome faerie vistas and pinpoint character delineations make Galen's absorbing quest one to savor and remember.

The Native Star by M. K. Hobson Mass

In the tradition of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, this brilliant first novel fuses history, fantasy, and romance. Prepare to be enchanted by M. K. Hobson's captivating take on the Wild, Wild West.

The year is 1876. In the small Sierra Nevada settlement of Lost Pine, the town witch, Emily Edwards, is being run out of business by an influx of mail-order patent magics. Attempting to solve her problem with a love spell, Emily only makes things worse. But before she can undo the damage, an enchanted artifact falls into her possession—and suddenly Emily must flee for her life, pursued by evil warlocks who want the object for themselves.

Dreadnought Stanton, a warlock from New York City whose personality is as pompous and abrasive as his name, has been exiled to Lost Pine for mysterious reasons. Now he finds himself involuntarily allied with Emily in a race against time—and across the United States by horse, train, and biomechanical flying machine—in quest of the great Professor Mirabilis, who alone can unlock the secret of the coveted artifact. But along the way, Emily and Stanton will be forced to contend with the most powerful and unpredictable magic of all—the magic of the human heart.

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Blameless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger

Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season.

Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London's vampires are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead.

While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately tries to hold the Woolsey werewolf pack together, Alexia flees England for Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. Only they know enough about the preternatural to explain her increasingly inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than the vampires -- and they're armed with pesto.

Game of Cages: A Twenty Palaces Novel by Harry Connolly

Connolly fulfills and sustains the promise of his 2009 rural noir debut, Child of Fire, with this thoughtful Lovecraftian sequel. Twenty Palace Society member Catherine Little, a lethal sorcerer committed to keeping supernatural entities and magic out of the possession of anyone but members of the society, contacts ex-convict Ray Lilly at his mundane supermarket job and recruits him to assist her with an emergency situation. Ray's actions are supposed to be limited to assisting his assigned peer, but an interdimensional predator has escaped and the society needs all the help it can get. Connolly doesn't shy away from tackling big philosophical issues--whether good ends justify evil means, how many civilian deaths can be justified in the pursuit of creatures that can destroy the world--amid gory action scenes and plenty of rapid-fire sardonic dialogue.

Mysterium by Robert Charles Wilson

The residents of Two Rivers, Mich., wake up one morning to find themselves in a changed world. The entire town and the top-secret government research facility that was located near it have been blasted into a parallel world. Their own history has been erased and they are faced instead with a repressive government controlled by a powerful church that professes a version of Gnostic Christianity. The governing Proctors plunder the town for information, gaining the knowledge to build an atomic bomb; to prevent the contagion of ideas, Two Rivers is designated as the first test site. A few residents--history teacher Dex Graham, physicist Howard Poole, along with Linneth Stone, a cultural researcher sent from the outside to study these "aliens"--slowly piece together the events that brought them to this strange universe and begin to fight against the forces that now control them. The solution lies in a mysterious fragment found in a Middle Eastern desert that turns out to be part of a "wormhole boat," a device for traveling between parallel worlds that physicist Alan Stern came upon and piloted as he took the town of Two Rivers with him into a world that echoed his own obsessions. Wilson ( The Harvest ) blends science, religion, philosophy and alternate history into an intelligent, compelling work of fiction.

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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, Book 1) by Cassandra Clare

Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still.

When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.

Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by--and torn between--two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.

The Skin Map (Bright Empires) by Stephen R. Lawhead

A promising tale of interdimensional voyaging disintegrates rapidly into a clunky and incoherent mess. Londoner Kit Livingstone and his unpleasant girlfriend, Wilhelmina, are separated and sent back to an alternate 17th-century England. There Kit's great-grandfather Cosimo reveals secretive time travelers are racing the evil Lord Archelaeus Burleigh to locate a map holding an earthshaking secret. Stranded when Cosimo vanishes into a portal, Kit falls in with the beautiful Lady Fayth while Wilhelmina struggles to survive on her own in Prague. Lawhead (The Endless Knot) has come up with plenty of clever concepts and colorful settings, but they can't compensate for thinly drawn, incompetent characters and the lack of a coherent story line.

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Na ove tri knjige valja obratiti pažnju...

Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy) by Kate Elliott

The first installment of Elliott's Spiritwalker trilogy puts a decidedly steampunk edge on epic adventure fantasy. The setting is a pseudo-Victorian Europe at the emergence of an industrial revolution, replete with dirigibles, gas lights, and great political and social upheaval. The unpopular cold mages believe that the "reckless tinkering" of radical scientists and natural historians will destroy society. Irreverent orphan Catherine Hassi Barahal mostly thinks about staying out of trouble and finding out about her mysterious explorer parents, but when a cold mage shows up to collect on an old contract, Cat is forced to marry him and undertake a nightmarish journey across an ice-covered country in which she learns frightening things about the mortal and spirit worlds. After a slow start, Elliott pulls out all the stops in a wildly imaginative narrative that will ring happy bells for fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

From one of the genre's finest writers comes a bold new epic fantasy in which science and magic are locked in a deadly struggle.

It is the dawn of a new age... The Industrial Revolution has begun, factories are springing up across the country, and new technologies are transforming in the cities. But the old ways do not die easy.

Cat and Bee are part of this revolution. Young women at college, learning of the science that will shape their future and ignorant of the magics that rule their families. But all of that will change when the Cold Mages come for Cat. New dangers lurk around every corner and hidden threats menace her every move. If blood can't be trusted, who can you trust?

Mob Rules (Luna Books) by Cameron Haley

Haley's zippy debut introduces Domino Riley, the tough, streetwise lieutenant to 6,000-year-old gang boss Shanar Rashan. ("The LAPD thought he was Turkish. He was actually Sumerian.") When Domino investigates the grisly murder of a low-ranking graffiti mage, a conversation with the victim's ghost reveals that this is no standard gangland rivalry and the sorcerous gang world shadowing the real world is not the only magical game in town. In order to protect her relationship with Rashan's handsome son, Domino is forced to break the careful balance of mob rules, putting herself in increasing danger. A wise-ass jinn in a TV set, a hippie Vietnam vet werewolf, and a warrior-princess piskie round out the highly entertaining cast. Much of the story is series setup, but fast pacing, pungent wit, surprise twists, thoughtful discussions of morality, and escalating, cinematic battles keep the pages turning.

Antiphon (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes

Nothing is as it seems to be.

The ancient past is not dead. The hand of the Wizard Kings still reaches out to challenge the Androfrancine Order, to control the magick and technology that they sought to understand and claim for their own.

Nebios, the boy who watched the destruction of the city of Windwir, now runs the vast deserts of the world, far from his beloved Marsh Queen. He is being hunted by strange women warriors, while his dreams are invaded by warnings from his dead father.

Jin Li Tam, queen of the Ninefold Forest, guards her son as best she can against both murderous threats, and the usurper queen and her evangelists. They bring a message: Jakob is the child of promise of their Gospel, and the Crimson Empress is on her way.

And in hidden places, the remnants of the Androfrancine order formulate their response to the song pouring out of a silver crescent that was found in the wastes.

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        SURFACE DETAIL by Iain M. Banks [osmi roman u CULTURE serijalu, prvi poslije MATTER], izlazi pocetkom oktobra.

              Prva detaljna recenzija za sada---


       http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Surface_Detail_by_Iain_M_Banks


         From Publishers Weekly

         Banks's labyrinthine and devious ninth Culture space opera novel (after 2008's Matter) adeptly shifts perspective between vast concepts and individual passions. The blissfully disorganized, galaxy-spanning Culture has fabulous technology that gives human and alien entities freedom to choose who and what they want to be. When sex slave Lededje Y'breq is murdered by a politician on the planet Sichult, the artificial intelligence running one of the Culture's immense starships resurrects her so she can seek revenge. Meanwhile, the Culture is uneasily watching the conflict over whether to preserve virtual Hells for the souls of "sinners" or give them the release of death. Leaping with jaw-dropping speed from character to character and from reality to virtuality, the narrative swiftly pulls these concerns together. New readers may be taken aback by the rapid pace, but fans will dive right in and won't come up for air until the final page. (Nov.) (c) Copyright © PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.


         za neupucene, fine dvije wiki-strane o svijetu 'Kulture'

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

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

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"Poslednje carstvo" Brendona Sandersona, prvi roman u trilogiji "Maglari", sutra ide u štampu.

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"Poslednje carstvo" Brendona Sandersona, prvi roman u trilogiji "Maglari", sutra ide u štampu.

Da li maglarke zlobnici zovu "maglenke"? 

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Maglari, maglenke... To me podseća na mačku Magelanicu aka Magelanku koju je jedan član foruma ZS dao drugom članu foruma ZS.

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Mene ste podsetili na priču "O Maglici, Travi i Pesku" Vonde Mekintajer.

[Perin]

Mistborn? Maglorođeni? Meni ovako primamljivije zvuči

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Mistborn? Maglorođeni? Meni ovako primamljivije zvuči

Urednička odluka.

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The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne in) by Mark Hodder

A historical figure already larger than life, Capt. Sir Richard Francis Burton, pursues a legendary and violent Victorian creature, Spring Heeled Jack, at the behest of the prime minister in this convincingly researched debut. Fans of steampunk will be intrigued by the alternate history setting, in which the queen dies mid-century; they will also enjoy following Burton and his sidekick, poet Algernon Swinburne, as they investigate the dark secrets of 19th-century England and recall Burton's legendary expedition to find the source of the Nile. Burton is an intriguing character, but the story might have benefited by more than token appearances of his intrepid fiancée, Isabel Arundell, and better integration of the fantastical elements--werewolves, time travelers--into the narrative before a wild ending that pulls everything together.

"When is the last time you've been so thoroughly delighted by a book that the moment you finished reading it, you weren't quite sure what you wanted to do more: quickly phone, e-mail, or text every friend, relative, and passing acquaintance whose contact information you can reach, gleefully tripping over yourself with excitement while explaining to them why they must run to the store and get a copy to read this very moment, because ordering from the internet would just take too long...?" -- Rob Will Review; robwillreview.com/?p=5423

"takes the genre to a new level...Would-be Steampunk writers will now have to work double duty to top this one!" --Astro Guyz; astroguyz.com/2010/07/30/review-the-strange-affair-of-spring-heeled-jack-by-mark-hodder/

"The usual superlatives for really clever fantasy (imaginative, mind-bending, phantasmagorical) aren't nearly big enough for this debut novel. With this one book, Hodder has put himself on the genre map....incredibly ambitious, and the author pulls it off like an old pro: not only is the setting exciting and fresh, the story is thrilling and full of surprises. Hodder's only problem now is to find a way to follow up this exhilarating
debut, which will appeal not only to sf/fantasy readers but also to mystery and historical-fiction fans." --Booklist starred review, David Pitt
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The Living Dead 2 by John Joseph Adams

You don't have to be a zombie-lover to enjoy this outstanding follow-up to 2008's The Living Dead. Anthologist extraordinaire Adams has assembled 43 stories that showcase strong writing and imagination. Unexpected settings include a lost world with surviving dinosaurs (Brian Keene's "Lost Canyon of the Dead") and a pirate ship (Amelia Beamer's "Pirates vs. Zombies"). Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due's "Danger Word" and David Wellington's "Good People" contain powerful depictions of humans facing extinction at the hands of the undead. Cherie Priest revisits the walled, zombie-infested Seattle of her Clockwork Century books in "Reluctance" and Mira Grant adds to her Newsflesh trilogy with "Everglades." For the most part, the authors convey horror through suggestion rather than graphic gore. Readers will hope for many further additions to the series even after the zombie craze passes.

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Hoće li biti Tad Vilijams sa Kamenom Oproštaja za sajam u BG?

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Hoće li biti Tad Vilijams sa Kamenom Oproštaja za sajam u BG?

Lektura nekog Vilijamsa je završena. Dokle se dalje stiglo - ne znam. Pitaću danas za spisak stvari koje se planiraju za sajam.

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Stirling ima novi roman! A potpuno mi je promaklo! Kako nisam primetio da je The High King of Montival objavljen još sedmog dana ovog meseca kojeg smo - pojma nemam. Bilo kako bilo, od četvrtka se bacam na čitanje.

The High King of Montival by S. M. Stirling

With The Sword of the Lady, Rudi Mackenzie's destiny was determined. Now he returns to Montival in the Pacific Northwest, where he will face the legions of the Prophet. To achieve victory, Rudi must assemble a coalition of those who had been his enemies a few months before and forge them into an army that will rescue his homeland.

Only then will Rudi be able to come to terms with how the Sword has changed him, as well as the world, and assume his place as Artos, High King of Montival...

Out of the Dark  by David Weber

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read with a very heavy military bent & a few missteps, but otherwise has a lot of potential as a future series., September 28, 2010
By     TJ "DreamsAndSpeculation" (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Out of the Dark (Hardcover)
Planet KU-197-20, called "Earth" by the humans that live there, has made a negative impression on the Hegemony. Unfortunately, the first glimpse into human life and culture that the intergalactic group of aliens gets is the brutal Battle of Agincourt between England's King Henry V and France's Charles d'Albret. The gruesome battle was the impression left with the Hegemony when they ruled that the Shongairi, a carnivorous dog-like race, could colonize KU-197-20. When the Shongairi arrive at the planet they find that the humans have advanced technologically far past what they expected. In fact, technically, the humans should be protected under Hegemony law rather than colonized and enslaved. However, sure of their superior militaristic technology, the Shongairi attack KU-197-20 anyway. The attack is devastating, but humans never seem to know when to quit...

I was pretty excited when I heard about OUT OF THE DARK. You see, I've been curious about David Weber for awhile (when I was a bookseller I had multiple science fiction customers rave and rave about him), but starting any of his series was just too daunting of a task. Luckily for me the perfect answer rolled around: OUT OF THE DARK, which is probably the start to a new series. (There's a little dissent about if it's actually going to be a series and Weber's site doesn't really help clarify the matter, but regardless, it seemed like the perfect place to begin.)

OUT OF THE DARK is a military science fiction novel that liberally uses acronyms and jargon, so a working knowledge of the military and guns can be really helpful. There are a ton of perspectives in the novel and most are either military or gun enthusiast characters. The character perspective leads to the military angle being all the more important. In fact, I don't think I've ever read a science fiction novel so oriented towards the militaristic aspects before. I wasn't accustomed to it, but I ended up liking it quite a bit.

Not that it was all smooth-reading. I didn't have all that much trouble with the military acronyms (actually, the gun stuff was a lot harder for me), but the most trouble I had was getting to know--and keeping straight--all the characters involved. One part of me, the part that was having trouble early on, wants to say: "Well, obviously, we just didn't need that large of a cast." The other part of me, the part that started to masochistically enjoy the many perspectives says that they worked out well in the end. I suspect that many people will dislike this way of storytelling, though. It tends to break up the narrative (although it offers the benefit of seeing multiple points of view and adds interest). Particularly fun for me was when the narrative would switch back and forth between Shongairi and human perspectives.

Actually, the varied perspectives actually led to one of my favorite characters being Shairez--one of the Shongairi. All my other favorites, Buchevsky and Basarab, were humans with intertwined stories. Shairez, though, is one of the only Shongairi who are truly interested in discovering how humans think. Although human psychology is strange and even downright repulsive, Shairez attempts to understand. Even if she was only doing it for reasons of enslaving mankind it made her easier to understand and enjoy reading about. Additionally, she's just a fascinating character. She's cool, unflappable, and well-respected amongst the other Shongairi. And, actually, she's one of the only really interesting females in the story for me. The lack of really stand-out females was surprising to me (though I have to say that I did enjoy Sharon Dvorak, too), since Weber really seemed to make a point of including women in the story as equals to the men. Perhaps I wish that there had been a more active role for them, but I really can't complain too much.

There are a lot of themes in OUT OF THE DARK. I could probably talk on it for ages, but I'll restrict myself to two (and mostly because those two encompass some of the others I want to talk about). The first major theme is culture and cultural blindness. The novel begins with aliens looking down on what they view as utterly barbaric, brutal, and insane actions of humans. The rest of the book shows in turns the attempt to understand that completely opposite culture as well as failure--and what failure entails. Readers are reminded that humans, too, fall to cultural blindness of others in our same species. Plus, Weber incorporates little cultural details that are just fun. As an example, at one point an Iranian man listens to an aged and toned down Lady Gaga while musing that his government still wouldn't approve of her, despite the calm that came with age. Or another part in which Weber is talking about Iranian government and the president of the time of OUT OF THE DARK and says: "who would have believed they could have found someone *worse* than Ahmadinejad?" [p61] Okay, maybe I was more amused than I should have been in the Iranian parts, because that's all I remember at the moment--but there were certainly examples that didn't pertain entirely to Iran. Blame my brain for that.

Another theme of interest is that of the difference between standing down and defeat. It actually ties into the cultural blindness theme (apparently humans are the only species stupid enough to never know when to quit). Humankind may be defeated, but never submit. Even against all odds, humans fight. The Shongairi have to speculate for awhile before they figure out a theory of psychology that fittingly explains human's tendency to never submit, risk their lives for others, and cherish freedom. It's actually a lot of fun developing this particular theme, so I won't go into anymore of how it grows. If you want an early hint (and really, Weber isn't subtle in the least about it), just look at what's the most important to the main characters.

Actually, I really only have two major complaints with OUT OF THE DARK. I've already mentioned that it can be a bit of a rough read in the beginning with the many different narratives (though this same technique works to Weber's advantage later). The other I'm almost hesitant to talk about. If you want to remain completely spoiler free, then you may want to head out now. Then again, I'm not sure if this is really a spoiler. You see, the back of my copy mentions it directly as if it's a major element of the book. However, that's incredibly misleading. I'll just go ahead and say it: vampires. I definitely have a love-hate relationship with these popular paranormal creatures, but I figured that a military science fiction like this wouldn't delve too much into the tropes I've started to find so exasperating. I wasn't quite ready to find that the vampires barely exist in the novel at all. They appear about two thirds into the book, but aren't really revealed until the last few chapters. What is this? It almost seems silly or gratuitous to have them at all since they figure in importantly only so late. Perhaps, if this is indeed a series, that will change and they'll become increasingly more important in the next book. Honestly, I hope that's the case, because as it is I still can't quite figure why we have to have them if they show up so late to the party.

Now despite all of that, the idea of vampires vs. aliens really appeals to me. I'm not so hot on the tying into the legendary Dracula, but otherwise I can see some potential.

For now, I'll just enjoy the human military science fiction in OUT OF THE DARK, because the human-as-the-underdog is a fun thing to read against such an overwhelming enemy. And, truly, I hope to see more from this premise (even including the vampires) because it could go some fun places.

[Perin]

Laguna izdala Srce Zime, od Roberta Džordana.

[Eriops]

O fala ti Bože, najavljuju ga od Đurđevdana.

[Perin]

Što je najbolje, u jednoj je knjizi

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Iz press materijala "Portalibrisa":

Kosingas: Smrtovanje"
Aleksandar Tešić
Predgovor: Sreten Petrović

Završni roman trilogije Kosingas koji nas upoznaje sa do sad najdinamičnijim avanturama Maka Kraljevića i Kosingasa Gavrila još jednom potvrđuje Aleksandra Tešića kao najautentičnijeg autora srpske epske fantastike.
Neobični susreti, sukobi sa još strašnijim mitološkim bićima iz slovenskog panteona, stari srpski običaji i obredi odvode čitaoca u neka davna vremena kada se ljudsko i božansko preplitalo.
Značajan deo ove knjige čini velika bitklakoja se odigrava baš u vreme Kosovskog boja i predstavlja konačno razrešenje sukoba vitezova sa onostranim bićima koje pratimo kroz prethodna dva dela.
Sreten Petrović, naš najpoznatiji proučavalac slovenske, odnosno mnogobožačke srpske mitologije, napisao je predgovor ovoj knjizi osvrnuvši se na čitavu trilogiju i uspelu ideju Aleksandra Tešića da naše tradicionalno nasleđe preoblikuje u intrigantni i mistični sloj romana sasvim modernog žanra.
Uz ovu knjigu, najbrži kupci na poklon će dobiti zanimljivi poklon Rakia Bara, Markovu ,,Zmajevaču"...


,,Blizine"
Roderik Gordon i Brajan Vilijams

Četvrti deo avanture koja je započela svetskim hitom – ,,Tuneli".

U samom središtu Zemlje, u svetu za koji niko i ne zna da postoji, Vil veruje da je konačno siguran. Ali njegovi zakleti neprijatelji Stiksi su mu za petama. Spremni su da ga prate do kraja sveta. Bilo kog sveta. A kada mu se osvete i zadovolje svoju glad za njegovom krvlju, iskoristiće dominion – i jednom za svagda uništiti ljudski rod.

Ko će iz ove bespoštedne borbe izaći kao pobednik? I da li će naše junake otkrivanje tajni misterioznih Stiksa dovesti do konačne pobede ili sigurne smrti?

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http://nightfliersbookspace.blogspot.com/2010/10/dzordz-martin-je-zavrsio-novu-tematsku.html

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1635: The Eastern Front by Eric Flint

The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, a new nation led by Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians  from the 20th century led by Mike Stearns who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident.       While the old entrenched rulers and manipulators continue to plot against this new upstart nation, everyday life goes on in Grantville, even under the shadow of war, as this lost outpost of American freedom and justice must play David against a 17th century Goliath of oppressive feudalism.

The Wolf Age by James Enge

"Spear-age, sword-age:
    shields are shattered.
    Wind-age, wolf-age:
    before the world founders
    no man will show mercy to another."

Wuruyaaria: city of werewolves, whose raiders range over the dying northlands, capturing human beings for slaves or meat. Wuruyaaria: where a lone immortal maker wages a secret war against the Strange Gods of the Coranians. Wuruyaaria: a democracy where some are more equal than others, and a faction of outcast werewolves is determined to change the balance of power in a long, bloody election year.

Their plans are laid; the challenges known; the risks accepted. But all schemes will shatter in the clash between two threats few had foreseen and none had fully understood: a monster from the north on a mission to poison the world, and a stranger from the south named Morlock Ambrosius.

The Cardinal's Blades by Pierre Pevel

Pevel, winner of the 2002 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and the 2005 Prix Imaginales, makes a stunning English-language debut with this breathless, swashbuckling tale of intrigue, spying, and swordfights. In an alternate 17th-century Paris, dragonnets are exotic pets, wyverns are high-class riding mounts, and drac thugs are the coarsest of mercenaries. After a five-year hiatus, Cardinal Richelieu reunites his elite force to aid France in its complex relationship with Spain's Black Claw cult of half-dragon royalty. A mostly straightforward adventure plot leaves plenty of room for character development, drama, and excitement. Clegg's solid translation reads pleasingly as culturally French without the language ever feeling stilted or unnatural. Published in France to great acclaim in 2007, Pevel's adventure is just as likely to charm Anglophone audiences who enjoy action-packed adventure with a true historical sensibility.

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Obećao sam da ću stupiti u kontakt sa predstavnicima "Čarobne knjige" i najaviti njihov sajamski program kada je o fantastici reč - i evo ispunjenja obećanja:

Na prvom mestu, popularno zvani "Čarobnjaci" objaviće roman Isaka Asimova "Bogovi lično". Reč je dobitniku najprestižnijih nagrada koje se dodeljuju za naučnu i epsku fantastiku - "Hjuga" i "Nebule". " Ovaj roman imao je dva izdanja u vreme SFRJ - koliko ja znam - ali već decenijama je nenabavljiv i zaista sve pohvale sleduju "Čarobnoj knjizi" na ovom potezu.

Premda novi nastavak sage o Eragonu još nije napisan, pa samim tim ne može ni kod nas da se objavi, "Čarobna knjiga" nije zaboravila na ljubitelje epske fantastike, tako da će na sajmu predstaviti trilogiju "Čuvari Gahula" iz pera Ketrin Laski. Animirani film snimljen po knjizi daje se u bioskopima - gledao sam ga i moram vam reći da ne bi trebalo da propustite ni film ni knjigu.

"Čarobna knjiga" ima izvanrednog sluha za staru gardu pisaca fantastike, tako da predstavlja i roman Ričarda Metisona, naslova "Paklena kuća". Valjda ne moram posebno da naglašavam kako je reč o jednom od najboljih žanrovskih pisaca dvadesetog veka. Hajde da držimo fige da će biti objavljeno i "Umiranje iznutra".

Za ljubiteljke vampirizma tu je tetralogija "Vampirski dnevnici", kojoj nije potrebno posebno predstavljanje, a tu je i "Trilogija magle" proslavljenog Karlosa Ruisa Safona.

Romanom "Senka naše želje" Darka Tuševljakovića "Čarobnjaci" se pridružuju izdavačima koji podržavaju domaću fantastiku, što je - naravno - za svaku pohvalu.

Na kraju, "Čarobna knjiga" je izdavačka kuća koja se odlikuje agilnošću i praćenju svetskih trendova, jedan od retkih izdavača koji posvećuje značajnu pažnju hororu i mračnoj fantastici ("Soj" i "Pad" Giljerma del Tora, "Vampirske hronike" En Rajs...), ali i izdavač koji se ne ustručava da publiku podseti na stare majstore tvrde naučne fantastike, poput Karda, Metisona i Asimova. Od sajma do sajma, "Čarobna knjiga" neprestano nas iznenađuje više nego solidnom žanrovskom ponudom. Ne znam za vas, ali ja ću provesti neko vreme na njihovom štandu.

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Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks

Banks's labyrinthine and devious ninth Culture space opera novel (after 2008's Matter) adeptly shifts perspective between vast concepts and individual passions. The blissfully disorganized, galaxy-spanning Culture has fabulous technology that gives human and alien entities freedom to choose who and what they want to be. When sex slave Lededje Y'breq is murdered by a politician on the planet Sichult, the artificial intelligence running one of the Culture's immense starships resurrects her so she can seek revenge. Meanwhile, the Culture is uneasily watching the conflict over whether to preserve virtual Hells for the souls of "sinners" or give them the release of death. Leaping with jaw-dropping speed from character to character and from reality to virtuality, the narrative swiftly pulls these concerns together. New readers may be taken aback by the rapid pace, but fans will dive right in and won't come up for air until the final page.

It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.

It begins with a murder.

And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.

Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.

Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful - and arguably deranged - warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war - brutal, far-reaching - is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.

It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the center of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.


SURFACE DETAIL is Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction.

City of Dreams & Nightmare: City of a Hundred Rows, Book 1 by Ian Whates

THEY CALL IT "THE CITY OF A HUNDRED ROWS".

City of Dreams & Nightmare is the first in a series of novels set in one of the most extraordinary fantasy settings since Gormenghast - the ancient vertical city of Thaiburley. From its towering palatial heights to the dregs who dwell in The City Below, this is a vast, multi-tiered metropolis, and demons are said to dwell in the Upper Heights...

Having witnessed a murder in a part of the city he should never have been in, street thief Tom has to run for his life. Down through the vast city he is pursued by sky-borne assassins, sinister Kite Guards, and agents of a darker force intent on destabilising the whole city. Accused of the crime, he must use all of his knowledge of this ancient city to flee a certain death; his only ally is Kat, a renegade like him, but she has secrets of her own...

[Nightflier]

Pošto su objavili u svom katalogu, sada mogu i ja da najavim - The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie u "Laguni".

[Nightflier]

Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Fans of Butcher's long-running and bestselling urban fantasy series featuring Chicago wizard PI Harry Dresden were stunned by the concluding events of the 2010 novel Changes. They'll probably want to skip ahead to the last of this collection's 11 stories, "Aftermath," set just hours after the end of that book. With Dresden's fate uncertain, it's his longtime ally, Sgt. Karrin Murphy, who must help find a kidnapped werewolf. This entry is the collection's strongest, full of powerful emotion. The rest of the book is a mixed bag, ranging from Butcher's first attempt at short fiction--"a novice effort" that "wasn't up to par for professional publication"--to more recent tales set around and between the novels. First-timers will be lost, and this uneven volume mostly makes the case that Butcher's talent is best displayed in longer form.

Here, together for the first time, are the shorter works of #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher-a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella that takes place after the cliff-hanger ending of the new April 2010 hardcover, Changes. This is a must-have collection for every devoted Harry Dresden fan as well as a perfect introduction for readers ready to meet Chicago's only professional wizard.

Meni je ovo juče stiglo iz Kanade. Doduše, imam sve ovde sabrane priče sem jedne, ali nisam mogao da odolim.

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Corvus by Paul Kearney

It is twenty-three years since a Macht army fought its way home from the heart of the Asurian Empire. The man who came to lead that army, Rictus, is now a hard-bitten mercenary captain, middle-aged and tired. He wants nothing more than to lay down his spear and become the farmer that his father was. But fate has different ideas. A young warleader has risen to challenge the order of things in the very heartlands of the Macht. A soldier of genius, he takes city after city, and reigns over them as king. What is more, he had heard of the legendary leader of the Ten Thousand. His name is Corvus, and the rumours say that he is not even fully human. He means to make himself absolute ruler of all the Macht. And he wants Rictus to help him.

Kill the Dead: A Sandman Slim Novel by Richard Kadrey

James Stark, antihero of 2009's Sandman Slim, returns in this gritty, over-the-top tale of supernatural mayhem. Having taken his revenge on the rival magician who got him sent to Hell, Stark settles in sorcery-infested Los Angeles and gets a part-time gig with the Golden Vigil, an angelic hit squad of dubious morality that's somehow allied with Homeland Security. He spends the rest of his time as a freelance slayer of monsters. When Lucifer comes to Earth, supposedly to oversee a Hollywood biopic of his life, he hires Stark to be his bodyguard, but something isn't quite right and soon the city is awash in murderous zombies. Stark has to get to the bottom of the mystery or risk being sent back to Hell, along with everyone he cares about. Profane, intensely metaphoric language somehow makes self-tortured monster Stark sympathetic and turns a simple story into a powerful noir thriller.

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Novi roman Ket Valente:

The Habitation of the Blessed by Catherynne M. Valente

This is the story of a place that never was: the kingdom of Prester John, the utopia described by an anonymous, twelfth-century document which captured the imagination of the medieval world and drove hundreds of lost souls to seek out its secrets, inspiring explorers, missionaries, and kings for centuries. But what if it were all true? What if there was such a place, and a poor, broken priest once stumbled past its borders, discovering, not a Christian paradise, but a country where everything is possible, immortality is easily had, and the Western world is nothing but a dim and distant dream?

Brother Hiob of Luzerne, on missionary work in the Himalayan wilderness on the eve of the eighteenth century, discovers a village guarding a miraculous tree whose branches sprout books instead of fruit. These strange books chronicle the history of the kingdom of Prester John, and Hiob becomes obsessed with the tales they tell. The Habitation of the Blessed recounts the fragmented narratives found within these living volumes, revealing the life of a priest named John, and his rise to power in this country of impossible richness. John's tale weaves together with the confessions of his wife Hagia, a blemmye--a headless creature who carried her face on her chest--as well as the tender, jeweled nursery stories of Imtithal, nanny to the royal family. Hugo and World Fantasy award nominee Catherynne M. Valente reimagines the legends of Prester John in this stunning tour de force.

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Jel zna neko šta se dešava sa Vorokosiganom? Čekam taj prvi deo već predugo...

Prvi deo sage o Majlsu Vorkosiganu, koji je odskora dobio novi nastavak u SAD, trebalo bi da se veoma brzo pojavi u "Laguninim" knjižarama. Društvo će mu praviti "Poslednje carstvo" Brendona Sandersona i roman prvenac Džoa Aberkrombija.

[Nightflier]

Svejedno, ja sam se namerio na Sandman Slim. Nakon što pročitam Kamikaze L'Amour.

Btw, pročitao sam Sandman Slima - i smorio me je. Kakav je tvoj utisak?

[Nightflier]

U prethodnih nekoliko dana objavljeno je nekoliko prilično bitnih knjiga. Najpre trinaesti nastavak "Točka vremena", a potom i četvrti nastavak Vilijamsovog Shadowmarcha, drugi nastavak serijala nove zvezde ženske fantastike, N. K. Džejmisin, ali i nekoliko poprilično bitnih stimpank romana i antologija. U svakom slučaju, evo šta nas sve čeka u novembru:


"The Habitation of the Blessed" by Catherynne M. Valente. Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"Under the Poppy" by Kate Koja. Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded" edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. November 1, 2010.
"Flaming Zeppelins: The Adventures of Ned the Seal" by Joe R. Lansdale. November 1, 2010.
"Amortals" by Matt Forbeck. UK Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"Holiday" by M. Rickert. Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"The Habitation of the Blessed" by Catherynne M. Valente. Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"Under the Poppy" by Kate Koja. Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded" edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. November 1, 2010.
"Flaming Zeppelins: The Adventures of Ned the Seal" by Joe R. Lansdale. November 1, 2010.
"Amortals" by Matt Forbeck. UK Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"Holiday" by M. Rickert. Release Date: November 1, 2010.
"The Greyfriar" by Clay & Susan Griffith. Release Date: November 2, 2010.
"Fated" by S.G. Browne. Release Date: November 2, 2010.
"The Ring of Solomon" by Jonathan Stroud. Release Date: November 2, 2010.
"The Broken Kingdoms" by N.K. Jemisin. Release Date: November 3, 2010.
"The Nemesis List" by R.J. Frith. UK Release Date: November 5, 2010.
"The Distant Hours" by Kate Morton. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"Empress of Eternity" by L. E. Modesitt Jr.. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"Seed Seeker" by Pamela Sargent. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"The Painted Darkness" by Brian James Freeman. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"Money Shot" by Christopher Rowley. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"The Flock" by James Robert Smith. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"House of the Star" by Caitlin Brennan. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"The Sentinels" by R.A. Salvatore & Geno Salvatore. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"The Boy from Ilysies" by Pearl North. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"Factotum" by D.M. Cornish. Release Date: November 11, 2010.
"The Painted Boy" by Charles de Lint. Release Date: November 11, 2010.
"Songs of Love and Death" ed. by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois. November 16, 2010.
"House of the Star" by Caitlin Brennan. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"The Sentinels" by R.A. Salvatore & Geno Salvatore. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"The Boy from Ilysies" by Pearl North. Release Date: November 9, 2010.
"Factotum" by D.M. Cornish. Release Date: November 11, 2010.
"The Painted Boy" by Charles de Lint. Release Date: November 11, 2010.
"Songs of Love and Death" ed. by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois. November 16, 2010.
"Surrender to the Will of the Night" by Glen Cook. Release Date: November 23, 2010.
"Midsummer Night" by Freda Warrington. Release Date: November 23, 2010.
"Disciple of the Dog" by R. Scott Bakker. Release Date: November 23, 2010.
"Above His Proper Station" by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Release Date: November 23, 2010. (*)
"Stonewielder" by Ian C. Esslemont. UK Release Date: November 25, 2010.
"Shadowheart" by Tad Williams. Release Date: November 30, 2010.
"The Bone Palace" by Amanda Downum. Release Date: November 30, 2010.
"The Spirit Eater" by Rachel Aaron. Release Date: November 30, 2010.
"King's Wrath" by Fiona McIntosh. Release Date: November 30, 2010.
"Law of the Broken Earth" by Rachel Neumeier. Release Date: November 30, 2010.
"Guardians of the Phoenix" by Eric Brown. Release Date: November 30, 2010.
"The Wolf's Hour" by Robert McCammon. Release Date: November 30, 2010.

[Perin]

knjiga već ima da se daunloduje u audio formatu...Ja čekam ebook.

[Nightflier]

Verujem da će i e-book brzo.

[Nightflier]

Kad već pričamo o stimpanku:

Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded by Ann VanderMeer

The dynamic VanderMeers follow 2008's Steampunk with this engaging anthology of 23 stories (three original to this volume, including Jeffrey Ford's "Dr. Lash Remembers"), two essays (including one by Gail Carriger), and a roundtable interview, all of which define, deepen, and demonstrate the clockwork beauty of automaton-laden science fiction. Standouts include Tanith Lee's madness-inspired "The Persecution Machine"; Caitlín R. Kiernan's hauntingly beautiful tale of "The Steam Dancer (1896)"; Marc Laidlaw's photographic encyclopedia of "Great Breakthroughs in Darkness"; Sydney Padua's comic "Lovelace and Babbage: Origins, with Salamander"; the frightening Pinocchio of Cherie Priest's "Tanglefoot"; William Gibson's proto-steampunk tale "The Gernsback Continuum"; and "Flying Fish ÿPrometheus' (A Fantasy of the Future)" by Vilhelm Bergsøe, a Danish contemporary of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Fabulous interior design by John Coulthart completes this worthy sequel to its well-regarded predecessor.

[Nightflier]

Za ovaj roman Lu Anders mi se kune da je genijalan i da će promeniti moje viđenje stimpanka. Pošto je moje iskustvo sa tim podžanrom dvojako - Kris Vuding me je oduševio a Kerigerova, koja je mnogo hajpovanija od njega, ostavila ravnodušnim - sklon sam da zauzmem stav da je i kod stimpanka, kao kod svega ostalog, bitnije ko je pisac i kako je raspoložen u trenutku stvaranja romana nego kom žanru ili podžanru nešto pripada. Elem, evo tog čuda o kojem svi pričaju:

The Greyfriar by Clay & Susan Griffith

Griffith and Griffith, perhaps best known for their media tie-in work, merge vampires with steampunk in this tale of derring-do and star-crossed romance. In 1870 the vampires rose up and conquered the northern lands of Earth. The northern elites fled south to new colonies, leaving their subjects to the mercy of the predators. By 2020, the world is still divided. Princess Adele of the Equatorian Empire becomes the catalyst of the final human–vampire war when she is lost in vampire territory with only a mysterious adventurer known as the Greyfriar to help her. Set in a future that is comfortably quaint, where brass-plated technology is uninhibited by plausibility and the northern exiles may feel oppressed but the indigenous equatorial peoples never do, this melodramatic tale is fast-paced and entirely unchallenging.

"There is a lot of steampunk fiction coming out right now, and of course, a dizzying amount of vampire fiction, and pretty much every new novel in either category claims to reinvent its genre. Every now and then, however, a book comes along that actually does. ...The Greyfriar,...may not be the first novel to blend steampunk and vampires, and it may be composed of numerous recognizable plots, and yet it manages to recalibrate the old stories and tropes with such genuine ingenuity and seeming effortlessness that it never fails to feel anything less than utterly original and dazzlingly new... I decided to read this novel, because I found the synopsis on the back cover intriguing, but it didn't quite prepare me for how deeply in love with this book I would fall. It has elements of alternate history, steampunk, war, politics, satire, adventure, action, graphic novel, romance, horror, suspense, and more, and yet all of these well-worn elements join together in a manner that is completely unique. The pacing is perfect, the character development stunning, and the narrative twists and turns superb. It also has an appealingly sly sense of humor that manages to infuse even its darkest sections with humanity and warmth. It succeeds on every level and seems to invent whole new ones. If you've grown tired of vampires and/or steampunk, The Greyfriar is the paradoxical cure for what ails you--a vampire steampunk novel that makes both genres feel shiny and new again."

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Farlander by Col Buchanan

Fifty years ago, the Holy Empire of Mann was born when a nihilistic urban cult conquered the city of Q'os. In the decades since then, it has overrun the shores of two continents, conquering all the lands of the Mideres Sea aside from the islands known as the Mercian Free Ports and the powerful Alhazii Caliphate to the east, the source of the Empire's gunpowder.

For ten years the Empire has besieged the Mercian city of Bar-Khos. Despite the Empire's military power, the walls of Bar-Khos have continued to defy them, but the city is overflowing with refugees and keeping the supply lines to the east open is becoming increasingly difficult. One refugee, Nico, is driven to thievery by starvation and poverty, but finds that his latest choice of target was rather ill-chosen...

Meanwhile, the son and heir of the Holy Matriarch of Mann has killed a woman protected by the Roshun, the vendetta assassins pledged to avenge the death of their clients. Despite the prince-priest's power and guards, the Roshun are pledged to vengeance, even if carrying out this task will plunge them into war with the greatest and most ruthless nation in the world.

Farlander is the first volume of The Heart of the World, a rollicking old-school epic fantasy with a few modern twists. Even the map recalls the 1980s output of Raymond E. Feist (i.e. when he was still good), whilst the political set-up, the religious fundamentalist 'evil empire' (though it is drawn in somewhat more depth than that) and the 'callow young apprentice assassin hero' are all somewhat familiar. However, as with Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself the author here succeeds in making you believe you're reading something very familiar indeed when the story suddenly spins on a dime and throws you off on a different course altogether. There's relatively little magic, its role in the story being replaced by various forms of technology (including possibly organic bio-tech in the form of the Roshun seals) such as cannons, gunpowder rifles and airships which are rationed from the mysterious Islands of Sky, which give rise to smoke-and-cordite battle sequences reminiscent of Buchanan's fellow Northern Irish fantasy author Paul Kearney.

Characterisation is strong, with Nico an engaging (if somewhat familiar) protagonist and Ash an effective older mentor character past his best but still capable of dispatching hordes of city guard extras when required (if there's a film, expect him to be played by Liam Neeson). Other characters are more interesting, such as Kira (the mother of the Mannian Patriarch), but are kept intriguingly off-screen, hopefully to play larger roles later on. Buchanan writes with an effectively ruthless but concise style (one benefit of rising paper prices is that what would once have been flabby 600-page fantasies are now kept to a lean 350 pages or so, which is welcome) which is still gripping.

Complaints are few. There are a few characters clearly present only because they play a role in future books, but have little to do here (although this early set-up may be preferable to them just showing up out of nowhere later on). The incongruous mix of gunpowder technology, mysticism (there's no magic, but a few prophetic dreams crop up) and swords-and-shields also probably needs a little more explanation than what we get in this first book, but these are mostly minor issues.

Farlander (****) is a solid, engaging opening novel in a new fantasy series which initially appears to be playing it safe before throwing the readers some pretty big curveballs in the closing acts which are refreshingly realistic and leave the story on an enticing cliffhanger. The book is available now in the UK and on import in the USA.

[Mme Chauchat]

Gde si, Nightflieru, uželesmo se vesti

[Nightflier]

Gde si, Nightflieru, uželesmo se vesti

Počeo sam novi prevod, pa mi je veoma teško da prebacim brzinu iz Džordana u Sandersona. Baš se mučim da nateram mozak da radi, tako da sam malo odsustvovao s neta. A rešio sam i da malo promenim pristup kada je reč o ovoj temi. Sada ću postavljati samo knjige koje mi se učine zanimljivim. I dalje sam gadno razočaran u trenutnu produkciju. Sve izvikani pisci i još izvikaniji romani. Inače, super ti je potpis

[Mme Chauchat]

Srećno sa prevodom. Što se tiče trenutne produkcije - kvalitet i kvantitet teško idu zajedno, je li.
Za potpis - hvala, to je Dmitrij Gorčev, jedan, tako, simpatičan i vedar lik. Zamalo.
http://www.netslova.ru/gorchev/skazka.html

[Nightflier]

Srećno sa prevodom. Što se tiče trenutne produkcije - kvalitet i kvantitet teško idu zajedno, je li.
Za potpis - hvala, to je Dmitrij Gorčev, jedan, tako, simpatičan i vedar lik. Zamalo.
http://www.netslova.ru/gorchev/skazka.html

Fantastika je oduvek bila podložna uticaju pisaca koji štancuju romane u nedogled i u abnormalnoj meri. Problem je u tome što je sve do skora svake godine bar jednom mesečno na svetlost knjižara dospevao bar jedan dobar roman. Poslednjih nekoliko godina taj broj je manji, a i dobrih novih pisaca sve je manje. Fantastika se, posmatrano kao skupina svih žanrova i podžanrova, vratila u osamdesete - što nikako ne valja.

[Nightflier]

Što se mene tiče, ovaj mesec nije bio preterano zanimljiv. Možda su Songs of Love and Death izuzetak, kao i novi romani Ketrin Valente i Džonatana Strauda - koji je nezasluženo neprimećen od strane našeg fandoma, moram reći - a zadržavam pravo da me prijatno iznenade Horns of Ruin i Greyfriar kada ih naposletku dobavim, ali sve u svemu - ne preterano uzbudljiv mesec. U završnici novembra ove godine ističu se tri naslova - dva romana i zbirka priča:

Za poklonike tvrde naučne fantastike:

Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear

Multiple Hugo and Nebula winner Bear (City at the End of Time) sets this difficult but rewarding short novel on an interstellar colony ship gone astray. Teacher was supposed to be awakened just before landfall. What he finds when he gains some semblance of consciousness, however, is a dangerous and chaotic environment, with monsters roaming the ship's corridors and no one in charge. As he and a small band of equally ignorant crew members attempt to reach the gigantic ship's control center, they travel through a series of labyrinthine spaces, uncovering a variety of clues to the disaster that has destroyed large parts of the starship and damaged the controlling AIs. Not for those who prefer their space opera simpleminded, this beautifully written tale where nothing is as it seems will please readers with a well-developed sense of wonder.

Never one to play it safe in his consistently inventive fiction, Bear takes the reader for a harrowing ride on a labyrinthine starship in his latest hard-SF-oriented novel. Bear's protagonist is an amnesiac starship crew member just released from a deep hibernation state called Dreamtime. Naked, disoriented, and forced by extreme temperature and gravity fluctuations to find safety somewhere among a confusing network of passageways, the man eventually receives help from an odd assortment of fellow Dreamtime refugees. Taking stock of their surroundings, while avoiding onboard killing machines, the gang quickly realizes the starship has given them each a unique role to play, including discovering collectively why the ship has been seriously damaged and cast aside from its mission to seek out habitable worlds. Bear's pithy, occasionally cryptic writing style perfectly captures the chaotic experiences and unsettling revelations the team endures, while putting an intriguing spin on the timeworn SF theme of interstellar planet hunting. One of Bear's most thought-provoking and well-crafted novels to date.

Za ljubitelje epske fantastike pretežno vojne tematike:

Stonewielder By (author) Ian C. Esslemont

Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamoured with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire. For there is a new Emperor on the throne of Malaz, and he is dwelling on the ignominy that is the Empire's failed invasion of the Korel subcontinent. In the vaults beneath Unta, the Imperial capital, lie the answers to that disaster. And out of this buried history surfaces the name Stonewielder. In Korel, Lord Protector Hiam, commander of the Stormguard, faces the potential annihilation of all that he holds dear. With few remaining men and a crumbling stone wall that has seen better days, he confronts an ancient enemy: the sea-borne Stormriders have returned. Religious war also threatens these lands. The cult of the Blessed Lady, which had stood firm against the Riders for millennia, now seeks to eradicate its rivals. And as chaos looms, a local magistrate investigating a series of murders suddenly finds himself at the heart of a far more ancient and terrifying crime - one that has tainted an entire land..."Stonewielder" is an enthralling new chapter in the epic story of a thrillingly imagined world.

I za one koji vole tematske antologije:

The Way of the Wizard by John Jospeh Adams

Power. We all want it, they've got it - witches, warlocks, sorcerers, necromancers, those who peer beneath the veil of mundane reality and put their hands on the levers that move the universe. They see the future in a sheet of glass, summon fantastic beasts, and transform lead into gold... or you into a frog. From Gandalf to Harry Potter to the Last Airbender, wizardry has never been more exciting and popular. Enter a world where anything is possible, where imagination becomes reality. Experience the thrill of power, the way of the wizard. Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams (The Living Dead) brings you thirty-two of the most spellbinding tales ever written, by some of today's most magical talents, including Neil Gaiman, Simon R. Green, and George R. R. Martin.

[Melkor]

Hmm, ne bi trebalo zaboraviti Full Dark, No Stars. Sta god mislili o njemu nova Kingova zbirka je ipak nekakav dogadjaj. Cak i vise no njegov novi roman.

[Nightflier]

E vidiš, počeo sam da je čitam - i čak sam pročitao prvu priču - i potpuno sam zaboravio na nju. Ništa, ali ništa nisam dobio iz te priče. Dobro je napisana posmatrano sa zanatske tačke gledišta i donosi onaj dobri stari pripovedački Kingov jezik, ali to se valjda podrazumeva od takvog pisca? Ali u pravu si, trebalo je da je pomenem.

[Melkor]

Doduse, i ja pricam napamet. Zahvaljujuci priljeznosti nase poste paket sa tom knjigom nije uspeo da stigne do mene vec se vratio Amazonu. Ocekujem je ponovo u sledece dve nedelje i sigurno cu baciti pogled relativno brzo.

[Nightflier]

Evo šta nas sve čeka u decembru:

"Yarn" by Jon Armstrong. Release Date: December 1, 2010.
"Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens" by Brandon Sanderson. December 1, 2010.
"Transformation Space" by Marianne De Pierres. UK Release Date: December 2, 2010.
"Hawkmoon: The Runestaff" by Michael Moorcock. Release Date: December 7, 2010.
"Atlantis and Other Places" by Harry Turtledove. Release Date: December 7, 2010.
"The Bards of Bone Plain" by Patricia A. McKillip. Release Date: December 7, 2010.
"Seer of Sevenwaters" by Juliet Marillier. Release Date: December 7, 2010.
"On the Banks of the River of Heaven" by Richard Parks. December 7, 2010.
"The Lion of Cairo" by Scott Oden. Release Date: December 7, 2010.
"Alien Tango" by Gini Koch. Release Date: December 7, 2010.
"Witch & Wizard: The Gift" by James Patterson & Ned Rust. Release Date: December 13, 2010.
"People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy" edited by Rachel Swirsky & Sean Wallace. Release Date: December 14, 2010.
"Shadowheart" by James Barclay. Release Date: December 14, 2010.
"What the Night Knows" by Dean Koontz. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Elric: Swords and Roses" by Michael Moorcock. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Engineering Infinity" edited by Jonathan Strahan. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"The Age of Odin" by James Lovegrove. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"The Dark Griffin" by K.J. Taylor. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Walking the Tree" by Kaaron Warren. Release Date: December 28, 2010 (US Debut).
"Zoo City" by Lauren Beukes. Release Date: December 28, 2010 (US Debut).
"Mad Skills" by Walter Greatshell. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Star Wars: Red Harvest" by Joe Schreiber. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"The Radleys" by Matt Haig. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Ruthless Game" by Christine Feehan. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"The Iron Palace" by Morgan Howell. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Ascension" by Caris Roane. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Sapphique" by Catherine Fisher. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"The Doomsday Box" by Herbie Brennan. Release Date: December 28, 2010.
"Blue & Gold" by K.J. Parker. Release Date: December 31, 2010.
"The White City" by Elizabeth Bear. Release Date: December 31, 2010.

[Nightflier]

Laguna je objavila "Plaćenika" (Warrior's Apprentice), prvu zvaničnu knjigu u serijalu o Majlsu Vorkosiganu. Vreme je bilo.

[Perin]

Od sutra novi Murakami 1Q84, u dva toma, izdanje Geopoetike i to pre engleskog izdanja!!

U petak, 10. Decembra 2010. godine u 12.00 Geopoetika objavljuje najočekivaniji roman u celom svetu – najnovije remek-delo Harukija Murakamija ,,1Q84" u dva toma i to pre engleskog, francuskog, španskog i italijanskog prevoda koji će se pojaviti tek tokom sledeće godine.

[Berserker]

uuuuu, svaka cast! Zao mi samo sto su propustili oba sajma za promociju. Jos kad bi neka pticica sapnula ima li sanse da objave "Lov na divlju ovcu" pa da budem jos srecniji:)

[Perin]

Lov sam čitao u hrvatskom prevodu (do koga je nemoguće doći, baj d vej). Oni koji ne znaju, reč je o prikvelu, ili bi se pre moglo reći prvom delu knjige "Igraj, igraj, igraj." Svojedobno sam poslao mejl u kojem sam pitao "Geopoetiku" za "Lov na divlju ovcu" ali mi, naravno, nisu ništa odgovorili.

P.S.

Erlend Lu, izvrstan pisac, bio je u Beogradu 1 i 2 decembra...Ne mogu opisati koliko mi je žao što sam to propustio, lik je ludilo živo.

[HAL]

Bilo je super veče sa Erlendom.

[Mica Milovanovic]

Ura!

Mada, važnije je da se dobro prevede nego da se brzo objavi... Samo da ne bude kao sa jednom nama dragom knjigom...

Sa druge strane, do sada su prevodi bili dosta dobri, čini mi se...

Podsećam samog sebe na onog magarca...