![]() ![]() But with even her family shying away from her new form, Binti isn’t finding the solace she needs – until an unusual offer comes from the neighboring tribe of the Desert People.īINTI: HOME is a continuation of the growth of Binti, a young woman coming of age in the strangest of circumstances. In an effort to center herself, Binti decides to travel home to take part in her people’s pilgrimage, a ceremony that will officially recognize her as a woman of the Himba people. ![]() Now, it’s a year later, and Binti doesn’t know who she is anymore, stuck as she is in this halfway point between human and Meduse. In the process, Binti was partially transformed, her hair becoming Meduse-like tentacles. Having survived a massacre at the hands of the alien Meduse race, Binti found herself in the unusual position of negotiating peace between her captors and Oomza University, the very place Binti had run away from home to attend. Haven’t read it? You can find my review here! WARNING: Spoilers ahead for book one in this series, BINTI. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Greathouse says they "become a blade, a letter's crease, a hinge opening the next line like a room. Several critics remark on Chang’s use of line breaks in The Rumpus, Torrin A. In her review, Flynn-Goodlett praised the "magic conjured in this collection-lyric intensity coupled with sharp political intellect", saying "Chang emerges as an urgent, sumptuous voice, a poet of numerous gifts and intellectual dexterity". ![]() The chapbook takes up themes of matrilineality contrasted with "volatile masculinity", writes Luiza Flynn-Goodlett. Past Lives, Future Bodies Ĭhang published Past Lives, Future Bodies in 2018 with Black Lawrence Press. Writing Ĭhang is the Micro editor at The Offing magazine. This story contained the seeds of her eventual first novel, Bestiary. In elementary school, Chang wrote a story about a girl who turns into a tiger she later recalled it, humorously, as a "really terrible" story. K-Ming Chang was born in 1998, the year of the tiger, and grew up in California. In 2018 she published a poetry collection, Past Lives, Future Bodies. ![]() Bestiary was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2021. She is the author of the novel Bestiary (2020). K-Ming Chang (born 1998) is a novelist and poet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The third of four children, Thoreau spent a peaceful childhood in Concord, celebrating especially the natural beauty of the village. ![]() Actually named David Henry at birth in honor of his late uncle David Thoreau, he was always known as Henry, although he never had his name changed officially. The New England family was modest: Thoreau’s father was involved with the Concord fire department and ran a pencil factory, while his mother rented out parts of their house to boarders and cared for the children. Henry David Thoreau was born on Jin Concord, Massachusetts, the son of John Thoreau and his wife, Cynthia Dunbar. Notable Quote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” (From Walden).Selected Published Works: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), “Civil Disobedience” (1849), Walden (1854), “Slavery in Massachusetts” (1854), “Walking" (1864).Parents: John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar.Known For: His involvement in transcendentalism and his book Walden. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if a distraction might be exactly what she needs. She has a minor mystery to solve, a mentor to impress, and her life’s dream to fulfil. Has the charity made off with her boss’s generous donation? And who on earth is that gorgeous soft-butch veterinarian who looks as if she could toss a Shetland pony over one shoulder? Not that Felicity has any interest in some opinionated Amazon or her adorable fleabag of a dog.įelicity is quite sure she will not be distracted, thank you very much. ![]() She’s achingly close to taking charge of a media empire for her boss when she’s sent to investigate a South Bronx charity that helps homeless people’s pets. This funny opposites-attract lesbian romance digs up the awkward truth about what really matters in life.Īmbitious ice queen and corporate lawyer Felicity Simmons has spent her life focused on one thing: scuttling up the career ladder. ![]() ![]() ![]() For reasons unknown, the Captain's arrival caused the early creation of other heroes and villains and the subsequent destabilization of reality. Not wanting to leave any remains that could serve as a rallying point for rebellion, the Purple Man instead had him sent into the past of Earth-616.Ĭaptain America found himself in America shortly before the Europeans founded the Roanoke colony. Only Captain America remained to fight for democracy, but he too was betrayed and captured. ![]() ![]() The Earth-460 version of Purple Man had become President-For-Life, and many of Earth's other heroes had either died from old age or been hunted down and killed. The origins of the 1602 universe (Earth-311) actually began in an alternate future reality designated Earth-460. ![]() ![]() This could mean life or death for Michael and Liam, and sanity or crazy-mess for Emerson. ![]() If they don't, time could be altered in ways that wouldn't be so favorable to their members. Add to this list of problems, the Hourglass members are given an ultimatum from Chronos, the infamous powers-that-be, to find Jack Landers and bring him to them. Our hopes that Jack faded out into a pile of goo are dashed when he appears to Kaleb and the gang to taunt them. Not only can Emerson and Michael see them, but now all the member of Hourglass can too. When we pick up the story, "rips," visions of the past or future, are appearing everywhere and with increasing magnitude and frequency. This was especially fun because Kaleb is a classic bad-boy! To hear his flippant and flirtatious comments throughout had me cracking up. ![]() Timepiece continues the story of Hourglass, but this time from Kaleb's POV. ![]() When I finished Hourglass I knew there was a sequel planned, but I had no idea it would not be told from our original narrator, Emerson's, POV. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A wonderful western romp-poignant, funny, and sparkling with captivating characters you’ll root for. When Sims flees again, the prim and proper Josie finds herself a willing hostage who’ll stop at nothing to save him-even if it means marrying him to do so. The Outlaw by Jordan, Nicole and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. More Buying Choices 1. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only Josie trusts him-and every night they spend together in Wyoming’s Big Sky country, Sims feels an intensifying temptation to accept the tender innocence she offers. THE OUTLAW by Nicole Jordan 4.4 (36) Kindle 3994.99 Available instantly Other format: Paperback Secrets of Seduction (Legendary Lovers) by Nicole Jordan 4.3 (120) Mass Market Paperback 3997.99 3.99 delivery Jan 19 - 25 Or fastest delivery Fri, Jan 13 Only 3 left in stock - order soon. Some call Sims Callahan a thief few believe he’s just an honest man trying to clear his name. Even after learning that her patient is running from the law, Josie can’t control the fire that the rugged loner ignites inside her-despite her vow to never, ever bind herself to a man. So when a bullet-riddled man is brought to Josie’s house, she is determined to care for him. Josie owes everything she has-from her hard-won law degree to her impressive knowledge of medicine-to that simple act of kindness. But as Sandra Chastain proves in this stirring, sensual novel, others are made on the run.Īs a young orphan, Josie Miller was rescued from a life on the streets and given a good home. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gibson’s London is beautiful but ghostly. ![]() “Removing the people changes the environment. In this case, particularly with London and a depleted future, a lot of it was taking things away, he adds. “There’s a tendency in science-fiction world-building to be additive, to clutter those worlds. Then I had a lot of wonderful artists I worked with, culminating in our brilliant production designer Jan Roelfs.” The Peripheral follows Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young woman from a small South Carolina town in 2032. “All through that time I was collecting images and assembling my notion of how we would present these two futures. “It was a massive task, but I had seven years to absorb it,” Natali says. They’re part of an immersive 2099 set up by Natali’s lead episodes, which give a spectral veneer to the central London locations they used. I say ‘shite’ now.”Īs well as playing the working-class Fishers, Moretz and Reynor also played the human-like androids modelled on their character’s bodies, who would move and act differently based on whose consciousness inhabited them. ![]() “I was soon saying ‘arse’ and ‘what’s the craic’. “Jack Reynor’s Irishness rubs off on everyone,” jokes Moretz, revealing a particular gift for languages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Have been Book-of-the-Month Club Feature Selections (as well as Miller's books include the Hugo-nominated The Grand Tour, Cycles ofįire, In the Stream of Stars, and The History of Earth. Newsweek, Natural History, Discover, Geo, etc. ![]() His work has also appeared on scores of book jackets,īook interiors and in magazines such as National Geographic, Reader'sĭigest, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Air & Space, Sky & Telescope, To date he has some fifty titles to his credit either author His special interest is in exciting young people about Specializing in astronomical, astronautical and science fiction His primary work today entails the writing and illustration of books Prior to this he was a commercial advertising illustrator. Before becoming a free-lance illustrator in 1977, Miller wasĪrt director for the National Air & Space Museum's Albert Einstein Ron Miller is an illustrator and author living in South Boston, ![]() ![]() ![]() Gretchen Mol ( Boardwalk Empire) stars in the series, with Netflix having first-run rights to the show outside of the U.S. ![]() But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place, they start to question each other, and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.Įarly in the process, Syfy brought in Netflix as a co-producer on what sources say is the most expensive drama the NBCUniversal-owned cable network has ever developed. The drama, based on Martin’s 1980 novella and the 1987 film of the same name, follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of the solar system aboard The Nightflyer - a ship with a small tight-knit crew and a reclusive captain - in hopes of making contact with alien life. ![]() Nightflyersis, without question, a big swing for Syfy. Martin's 'Nightflyers,' Starring Gretchen Mol, Officially Picked Up at Syfy ![]() |