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Susan Stinson October 2013 · 9781618730695 · trade paper · 336pp | 9781618730701 · ebook Jonathan Edwards is considered America’s most brilliant theologian. He was also a slave owner. This is the story of the years he spent preaching in eighteenth century Northampton, Massachusetts. In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Mr. Edwards [...]
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Geoff Ryman Trade paper · 9781931520737 | ebook · 9781931520386 · 320 pp · New Reader Group Guide · Ebook available. Print edition due June 2013. “A mythic meditation on the enduring power of fantasy and art and on the loss of innocence, both the innocence of childhood lost to the cruel realities of the grown-up world and [...]
Tyrannia and Other Renditions
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Alan DeNiro trade paper · 9781618730718 | ebook: 9781618730725 In these 11 stories—and the weird spaces in between—people of all kinds struggle to free themselves from conventions and constraints both personal and political. Places ranging from the farthest reaches of outer space to the creepy abandoned farmhouse in the middle of nowhere become battlegrounds for change and growth—sometimes [...]
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Death of a Unicorn
Peter Dickinson“Mr. Dickinson has a nice dry wit and a talent for deft characterization.”
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A Stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar“Samatar’s sensual descriptions create a rich, strange landscape, allowing a lavish adventure to unfold that is haunting and unforgettable.”
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Trafalgar
Angélica Gorodischer Translated by Amalia Gladhart.” I found it delightful. Thought-provoking. Impressive. Brilliant.”
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The Unreal and the Real: Where on Earth
Ursula K. Le Guin“There is no better spirit in all of American letters than that of Ursula Le Guin.”
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The Unreal and the Real: Outer Space, Inner Lands
Ursula K. Le Guin“Her stories will pass into legend, to touch many generations to come.”
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Errantry: Strange Stories
Elizabeth Hand“Each phrase and each sentence carefully shaped and laid in place to create the singular diadem that is a Hand story.”
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Earth and Air
Peter Dickinson“These six new stories are provocative in both variety and ideas. . . . and with Dickinson’s usual command of imaginative imagery and beautifully tooled language, this is a fitting capstone to the series.”—Horn Book
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The Shimmers in The Night
Lydia MilletThe Shimmers in the Night is the second thrilling novel in the Dissenters series following The Fires Beneath the Sea.
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At the Mouth of the River of Bees
Kij Johnson“Johnson’s long-awaited first collection is full of thought-provoking and often emotionally wrenching stories that traverse the spectrum of speculative fiction.”—Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2012
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Under the Poppy
Kathe KojaNow available in paperback. Gaylactic Spectrum Award winner. Longlisted for the IMPAC Award.
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The Fires Beneath the Sea
Lydia MilletIncludes a sneak preview of the second book in the Dissenters series, The Shimmers in the Night.
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Fountain of Age
Nancy Kress“Kress’s depiction of science is much like her characters’ experiences with love: by turns glorious and terrible, and always a little disturbing, even in triumph.”
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The Serial Garden
Joan AikenThe first complete collection of Joan Aiken’s beloved Armitage stories including four new, unpublished stories.
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An A–Z of the Fantastic City
Hal DuncanPublished in limited signed and numbered hardcover and perfectbound trade paperback editions.
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Three Messages and a Warning
Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris. N. Brown, editors“Langorous, edgy, sumptuously beautiful by turns.”
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The Liminal People
Ayize Jama-Everett“A damn good read. It’s a smart actioner that will entertain you while also enticing you to think about matters beyond the physical realm.”
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A Working Writer’s Daily Planner 2012
Available in two spiralbound or PDF ebook editions. Standard Edition, 134 pages: — order the print edition ($13.95) — ebook: Weightless ($3.99) / Lulu ($3.99) Almanac Edition which includes all the prompts, exercises, reading lists, and articles from the two previous editions, 182 pages: — order the print edition ($15.95) — ebook Weightless ($4.99) / [...]
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The Freedom Maze
Delia Sherman“Adroit, sympathetic, both clever and smart, The Freedom Maze will entrap young readers and deliver them, at the story’s end, that little bit older and wiser.”
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After the Apocalypse
Maureen F. McHugh“Incisive, contemporary, and always surprising.”
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A Slepyng Hound to Wake
Vincent McCaffrey“Henry is a character cut from Raymond Chandler: a modern knight on a mission to save those, and what, he loves.”
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Paradise Tales
Geoff Ryman* “Often contemplative and subtly ironic, the 16 stories in this outstanding collection work imaginative riffs on a variety of fantasy and SF themes”—Publishers Weekly (*Starred Review*)
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The Child Garden
Geoff RymanWinner of the John W. Cambell and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.
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The Monkey’s Wedding and Other Stories
Joan Aiken* “Wildly inventive, darkly lyrical, and always surprising . . . a literary treasure.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Solitaire: a novel
Kelley EskridgeA New York Times Notable Book, Borders Original Voices selection, and Nebula, Endeavour, and Spectrum Award finalist.