Da mesma autor de Who Fears Death and Lagoon é lançado este mês The Book of Phoenix. Espero ter oportunidade de ler algo desta autora já nas próximas semanas, na esperança de ler algo original no género. Eis a sinopse deste novo livro:
They call her many things – a research project, a test-subject, a specimen. An abomination.
But she calls herself Phoenix, an ‘accelerated woman’ – a genetic experiment grown and raised in Manhattan’s famous Tower 7, the only home she has ever known. Although she’s only two years old, Phoenix has the body and mind of an adult – and powers beyond imagining. Phoenix is an innocent, happy to live quietly in Tower 7, reading voraciously and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human.
Until the night that Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated, Phoenix begins to search for answers – only to discover that everything that she has ever known is a lie.
Tower 7 isn’t a haven. It’s a prison. And it’s time for Phoenix to spread her wings and rise.
Depois de Marte, chegou a vez de reunir histórias em torno de Vénus. Entre os autores encontramos Lavie Tidhar, Paul McAuley, Joe Haldeman, David Brin ou Ian MacDonald. Eis a sinopse:
From pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughss Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradburys The Long Rain, the planet Venus has loomed large in the imaginations of science fiction writers. Here, that steamy, swampy jungle world with strange creatures lurking amidst the dripping vegetation is explored in sixteen all-new stories collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and editor Gardner Dozois.
Poderá existir algo mais fantástico ou arrepiante do que uma boneca? Nesta colectânea organizada por Ellen Datlow reunem-se histórias em torno de bonecas. A ideia parece engraçada e as histórias já estão escolhidas. Entre os autores escolhidos vemos nomes de autores conhecidos dos géneros de horror, fantástico e ficção científica: Joyce Carol Oates, Tim Lebbon, Pat Cadigan, Jeffrey Ford ou Genevieve Valentine.
Continuando com as antologias, eis mais uma – Wastelands 2. Ainda que a capa seja menos apelativa que o primeiro volume (e quando digo menos apelativa quero mesmo dizer aversiva), a combinação da temática e de autores promete:
ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT… For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin’s seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey’s Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due’s prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill. This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: Ann Aguirre Megan Arkenberg Paolo Bacigalupi Christopher Barzak Lauren Beukes David Brin Orson Scott Card Junot Díaz Cory Doctorow Tananarive Due Toiya Kristen Finley Milo James Fowler Maria Dahvana Headley Hugh Howey Keffy R. M. Kehrli Jake Kerr Nancy Kress Joe R. Lansdale George R. R. Martin Jack McDevitt Seanan McGuire Maureen F. McHugh D. Thomas Minton Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Ramsey Shehadeh Robert Silverberg Rachel Swirsky Genevieve Valentine James Van Pelt Christie Yant Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing.
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