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Libro gratis : An elephant for Aristotle

Elephant-FrontCovDurante el mes de enero se puede descargar en la modalidad “paga la voluntad” (incluso si la voluntad es 0) el libro An elephant for Aristotle de L. Sprague de Camp.

Aquí os dejo la sinopsis:

“An amazing narrative vehicle for the display of … a fairly complete composite of the life and times of which the author writes.” —The Chicago Daily Tribune

“By hybridizing a Middle-Eastern travelogue with an Alexandrine comedy of manners, the author has produced a specimen only slightly less rare then [sic] elephants in Westchester—to wit, a historical novel with a sense of humor.”—The New York Times

What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian elephant?

After capturing a magnificent specimen from an Indian ruler, Alexander tasks Leon of Atrax, a cavalry commander, to deliver the animal to Aristotle in Athens. Leon leads a motley crew of companions (and the elephant) from India to Greece, encountering all sorts of dangers and adventures while attempting the long and arduous journey.

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Audiolibro gratis : Ghost Train to New Orleans

GTNOLA_cover_sm-300x300Hace unos años Mur Lafferty ya publicó un podcast de suscripción gratuita con su libro The shambling guide to NYC. La experiencia debió resultar constructiva, ya que ahora vuelve a hacerlo con la siguiente entrega de sus guías turísticas, en esta ocasión Ghost Train to New Orleans.

Aquí tenéis el enlace del feed para suscribirse. Mi escucha de The shambling guide… fue muy satisfactoria, así que voy dedicar algo de tiempo a escuchar este segundo libro. Ya os contaré.

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Libro gratis : The science of Middle Earth

scienciemiddleearthHasta el día 19 se podrá descargar de forma gratuita el libro The science of Middle Earth : Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told.

Aquí tenéis la descripción del libro:

This page-turning, fun and accessible book by Henry Gee, a senior editor at Nature, gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the science behind the magic in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classics THE HOBBIT and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Learn how dragons breathe fire, the hidden high-tech of the elves, how orcs reproduce, why seeing-stones work, whether balrogs have wings, and much much more about the magic found throughout Middle Earth. Gee’s writing style is accessible and delightful, and he makes a great case that “Tolkien’s own worldview was closer to the true spirit of science than that held by many who propose to promote the public understanding of science.

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Libro gratis : Tau Ceti

TauCeti-200pixEl libro del mes de PhoenixPick es Tau Ceti de Kevin J. Anderson, ganador del premio Lifeboat to the stars en el 2013.

Siguiendo su política habitual, se puede pagar la voluntad por el libro, incluso 0 euros.

Os pongo información sobre el libro:

The Beacon has spent generations reaching a home away from home, only to discover that Earth now has faster-than-light ships and a ruthless dictator who wants to lay claim to their dream. Can Captain Jorie Taylor stave off almost certain disaster and save their dream?

This is the first book in the critically acclaimed Stellar Guild series which pairs bestselling veteran authors with newer ones.

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Libro gratis : El periplo de Talos el Rojo

periplo-kokapeliEn este enlace se puede descargar de forma gratuita el libro El periplo de Talos el Rojo de Juan Miguel Aguilera.

Esta es la información sobre el libro:

El Periplo de Talos el Rojo es la narración que, en tablas de plomo, encuentra el estudioso Lisán en los cimientos de su casa de la Granada nazarí. El texto que le lleva a embarcarse para navegar a occidente, en busca de la tierra que, según las tablas, se halla más allá del Océano. Fragmento de Viaje a las Tierras del Ocaso, de lectura independiente

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Libro gratis : Parsek 125

Parsek125La ciencia ficción croata es una gran desconocida aquí, así que si queréis echarle un vistazo, aquí tenéis la revista Parsek 125.

En este número especial para la Worldcon y Eurocon de este año, y podréis leer relatos de Vesna Kurilić, Mihaela Marija Perković, David Kelečić, Irena Hartmann, Iva Šakić Ristić y alguno más.

No dejéis pasar la oportunidad de leer algo de ficción no anglosajona, ya que os podéis encontrar sorpresas tan agradables como la que yo me llevé con Kontakt.

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AudioLibro gratis : Legion Skin Deep

En este enlace se puede reservar de forma gratuita el libro Legion : Skin Deep, del prolífico Brandon Sanderson.

Con anterioridad ya hablamos sobre la portada de este lanzamiento y también reseñamos la entrega anterior, Legion. Aquí os pongo la sinopsis de esta novedad:

Stephen Leeds, AKA ”Legion’,’ is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the new story begins, Leeds and his “aspects” are hired by I3 (Innovative Information Incorporated) to recover a corpse stolen from the local morgue. But there’s a catch. The corpse is that of a pioneer in the field of experimental biotechnology, a man whose work concerned the use of the human body as a massive storage device. He may have embedded something in the cells of his now dead body. And that something might be dangerous… What follows is a visionary thriller about the potential uses of technology, the mysteries of the human personality, and the ancient human need to believe that death is not the end. Legion: Skin Deep is speculative fiction at its most highly developed. It reaffirms Sanderson’s place as one of contemporary fiction’s most intelligent – and unpredictable – voices.

Yo solo digo que estáis tardando en hacer clic sobre el enlace.

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Libro gratis : The bone flower throne

20141104-171340.jpgHace poco reseñé The bone flower throne así que me alegra mucho que esta novela sea la que se pueda conseguir de forma gratuita durante hoy y mañana en este enlace.

Aquí os pongo la sinopsis:

Can One Woman Alone Defeat a God?

I slid to a stop and gasped when I saw the black-robed monster hunched over Father’s bed mat. Its long, matted hair glistened in the moonlight, and it sang in a harsh voice that sounded like bones snapping. I screamed, my heart thudding as if trying to break out of my chest.

Tenth century Mexico is a world in great upheaval. Incursions from the north bring constant warfare as clashing politics and faiths battle for supremacy. At the fore stands Smoking Mirror, a bloodthirsty god bent on subjugating humanity with his hunger for human hearts. Now his high priest, Ihuitimal, has conquered Culhuacan, one of the Toltecs’ most powerful kingdoms.

When Smoking Mirror’s archenemy, the Feathered Serpent, tasks Quetzalpetlatl, exiled princess of Culhuacan, to help his mortal son Topiltzin end human sacrifice, she eagerly embraces her new destiny. It means avenging her father’s murder at the hand of her uncle Ihuitimal, but for Topiltzin–who’s more than just a brother to her–she will do anything. Even sacrifice her own heart.

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Libro gratis : Channel Zilch

Durante el día de hoy estará disponible para su descarga gratuita el libro Channel Zilch de Doug Sharp.

Aquí os traigo su sinopsis:

Stealing a space shuttle was the easy part.

Hel claims that her hacker friends are a bunch of freaking geniuses. A Sidewinder up the tailpipe would be a brutal way to learn that Hel overestimates her geek pals’ expertise.

Fired by NASA for stunt-flying a space shuttle during re-entry, ex-astronaut Mick Oolfson now spends his unhappy days spraying manure over soybeans from his ailing DC3, dreaming of returning to space. So when testosterone-surfing geek goddess Heloise Chin offers him an astronaut gig on Channel Zilch, a pirate orbiting reality show, Mick jumps at the chance. What Heloise doesn’t mention is that the dream gig involves stealing the space shuttle Enterprise.

Getting back into space is worth a little risk, but Mick never signed on for Russian gangsters and nightmare journeys on reeking Turkish freighters. He also didn’t expect Tobias Ishwald, the relentless head of NASA Security—and the man who got him canned—to try to ruin his dreams a second time. Trusting Hel will probably get him killed, but with a little fancy flying Mick just might see the stars again second time. Trusting Hel will probably get him killed, but with a little fancy flying Mick just might see the stars again

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Libro gratis: The mutant season

20141102-200907.jpgDurante el mes de noviembre estará disponible para su descarga pagando la voluntad (incluso si la voluntad es 0), el libro The mutant season de Robert Silverberg y Karen Haber. Aquí tenéis su sinopsis:

There are mutants living among us. People with golden yellow eyes, extraordinary powers and strange abilities. For centuries they have hidden themselves, fearing persecution. After rising tensions in recent decades, the mutants find new hope in the twenty-first century, with one of their own holding high political office.

But underlying prejudices are hard to eradicate completely. And even as the mutants find greater acceptance in society, a single event threatens to undo everything.

In 2017, the murder of a prominent politician sets off a series of events that will bring the mutants into direct conflict with “normal“ humans, and the world may never again be the same.