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Tabla de contenidos de Hanzai Japan

Aquí os traigo los contenidos de la antología Hanzai Japan, con título completo Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan. ¿A que suena interesante?

Genevieve Valentine “(.dis)”

Yusuke Miyauchi “Sky Spider”

Libby Cudmore “Rough Night in Little Toke”

Ray Banks “Outside the Circle”

Yumeaki Hirayama “Monologue of a Universal Transverse Mercator Map”

Brian Evenson “Best Interest”

Jyouji Hayashi “Vampiric Crime Investigative Unit: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department”

Naomi Hirahara “Jigoku”

Carrie Vaughn “The Girl Who Loved Shonen Knife”

Kaori Fujino “Run!”

S. J. Rozan “Hanami”

Violet LeVoit “The Electric Palace”

Setsuko Shinoda “The Long-Rumored Food Crisis”

Jeff Somers “Three Cups of Tea”

Chet Williamson “Out of Balance”

Hiroshi Sakurazaka “The Saitama Chain Saw Massacre”

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Portada y sinopsis de Medusa’s web

Me acabo de llevar un alegrón, con estas noticas sobre la nueva novela de Tim Powers, un autor que me encanta.

La nueva novela se llamará Medusa’s web y aquí tenéis la sinopsis y la portada.

From the award-winning author of Hide Me Among the Graves, Last Call, Declare, and Three Days to Never, a phantasmagoric, thrilling, mind-bending tale of speculative fiction in which one man must uncover occult secrets of 1920s Hollywood to save his family

In the wake of their Aunt Amity’s suicide, Scott and Madeline Madden are summoned to Caveat, the eerie, decaying mansion in the Hollywood hills in which they were raised. But their decadent and reclusive cousins, the malicious wheelchair-bound Claimayne and his sister, Ariel, do not welcome Scott and Madeline’s return to the childhood home they once shared. While Scott desperately wants to go back to their shabby South-of-Sunset lives, he cannot pry his sister away from this haunted “House of Usher in the Hollywood Hills” that is a conduit for the supernatural.

Decorated by bits salvaged from old hotels and movie sets, Caveat hides a dark family secret that stretches back to the golden days of Rudolph Valentino and the silent film stars. A collection of hypnotic eight-limbed abstract images inked on paper allows the Maddens to briefly fragment and flatten time—to transport themselves into the past and future in visions that are both puzzling and terrifying. Though their cousins know little about these ancient “spiders” which provoke unpredictable temporal dislocations, Ariel and Claimayne have been using for years—an addiction that has brought Claimayne to the brink of selfish destruction.

As Madeline falls more completely under Caveat’s spell, Scott discovers that to protect her, he must use the perilous spiders himself. But will he unravel the mystery of the Madden family’s past and finally free them. . . or be pulled deeper into their deadly web?

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Portada y sinopsis de Children of Earth and Sky

Por fin tenemos más datos sobre la nueva novela de Guy Gavriel Kay, que se llamará Children of Earth and Sky, como ya habíamos anunciado.

Aquí tenéis la sinopsis:

The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires and faiths collide.

From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request—and possibly to do more—and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman, posing as a doctor’s wife, but sent by Seressa as a spy.

The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he’s been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif—to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming.

As these lives entwine, their fates—and those of many others—will hang in the balance, when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world…

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Portada de Alt.History 101

Aquí os traigo la portada y sinopsis de una antología de relatos de historia alternativa que tiene muy buena pinta, Alt.History 101.

althistoryThe future is history… From Samuel Peralta, creator of the bestselling Future Chronicles anthology series, comes a new speculative anthology series that turns the world you know upside down.

In Alt.History 101, thirteen top speculative fiction authors re-imagine the world – as one where the inventor of the smallpox vaccine died before he’d created it, as one where the women’s suffragist movement failed to win the right to vote, as one where the death penalty exists but where all forms of capital punishment are ruled inhumane – and ten other compelling stories charting the histories of these worlds.

Enter worlds so much like our own, yet so different – where everything you know… is history.

La historia alternativa tiene algo que a mí me encanta, así que estaré atenta a este libro.

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Nominados a los premios British Fantasy 2015

Pues ya tenemos aquí otra lista de nominados, esta vez a los premios British Fantasy.

Son los siguientes:

Mejor Antología

The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, ed. Jan Edwards y Jenny Barber (The Alchemy Press)
Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease, ed. Joel Lane y Tom Johnstone (Gray Friar Press)
Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant (Lightspeed Magazine)
The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)
Terror Tales of Wales, ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press)

Mejor artista

Ben Baldwin
Vincent Chong
Les Edwards
Sarah Anne Langton
Karla Ortiz
Daniele Serra

Mejor colección

Black Gods Kiss, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
The Bright Day Is Done, Carole Johnstone (Gray Friar Press)
Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications)
Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (The Alchemy Press and Airgedlámh Publications)
Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites, Hal Duncan (Lethe Press)

Mejor cómic

Cemetery Girl, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer (Jo Fletcher Books)
Grandville Noël, Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)
Saga, Brian K. Vaughan y Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley (SelfMadeHero)
Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
The Wicked + The Divine, Kieron Gillen y Jamie McKelvie (Image Comics)

Mejor novela fantasía (Premio Robert Holdstock)

Breed, KT Davies (Fox Spirit Books)
City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher Books)
Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)
A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Moon King, Neil Williamson (NewCon Press)
The Relic Guild, Edward Cox (Gollancz)

Mejor película / Episodio TV

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Black Mirror: White Christmas, Charlie Brooker (Channel 4)
Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn y Nicole Perlman (Marvel Studios)
Interstellar, Christopher Nolan y Jonathan Nolan (Paramount Pictures)
Under the Skin, Walter Campbell y Jonathan Glazer (Film4 et al)

Mejor novela terror (Premio August Derleth)

The End, Gary McMahon (NewCon Press)
The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey (Orbit)
The Last Plague, Rich Hawkins (Crowded Quarantine Publications)
No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)
Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel (Knopf)
The Unquiet House, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)

Mejor editorial independiente

The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)
Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
NewCon Press (Ian Whates)
Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones)

Mejor magazine

Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills y Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
Interzone, ed. by Andy Cox (TTA Press)
Lightspeed, ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine)
Sein und Werden, ed. Rachel Kendall (ISMs Press)

Mejor recién llegado (Premio Sydney J. Bounds)

Edward Cox, por The Relic Guild (Gollancz)
Sarah Lotz, por The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)
Laura Mauro, por “Ptichka” (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
Den Patrick, por The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (Gollancz)
Jen Williams, por The Copper Promise (Headline)

Mejor no-ficción

D.F. Lewis Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews, D.F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis)
Ginger Nuts of Horror, ed. Jim McLeod (Jim McLeod)
Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961–1971, ed. S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)
Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions, Hal Duncan (Lethe Press)
Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill Books )
Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic, John Howard (The Alchemy Press)
You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, Jonathan Green (Snowbooks)

Mejor novella

Cold Turkey, Carole Johnstone (TTA Press)
Drive, Mark West (Pendragon Press)
“Newspaper Heart”, Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)
Water For Drowning, Ray Cluley (This Is Horror)

Mejor historia corta

“A Change of Heart”, Gaie Sebold (Wicked Women)
“The Girl on the Suicide Bridge”, J.A. Mains (Beside the Seaside)
“Ptichka”, Laura Mauro (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
“A Woman’s Place”, Emma Newman (Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)

Enhorabuena a los nominados.

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Libro gratis : The guildmaster thief

portrait of a brutal warrior with sword in smoke
portrait of a brutal warrior with sword in smoke

Se puedes descargar de forma gratuita el libro The guildmaster thief de Jake Kerr.

Aquí tenéis la sinopsis:

Overnight, Ralan went from street rat to guildmaster. It was not an improvement.

Ralan Miller loves being the younger brother of the most powerful man in Ness. He can goof around, insult the other guilds, and not worry about consequences. That is until he makes a small mistake that puts his brother’s political maneuverings at risk. His patience at an end, Ralan’s brother inflicts upon him the worst possible punishment.

Humiliated and hurt, Ralan looks to get back at his brother with one last bit of mischief. What he doesn’t realize is that this last act of defiance will have major repercussions, changing the entire political landscape of the city and putting Ralan’s own life at risk.

The first book in a fun and exciting new series by Nebula-nominated author Jake Kerr. The Guildmaster Thief is the story of Ralan, a street rat who rises to become the guildmaster of Ness’ underworld. As the series progresses, readers will delight in Kerr’s rich mix of political intrigue, swashbuckling adventure, secret societies, and heroic feats.

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Ganadores premios Eisner 2015

Con un poco de retraso, aquí tenéis a los ganadores de los premios Eisner.

Mejor historia corta: “When the Darkness Presses,” de Emily Carroll

Mejor número individual: Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, de Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)

Mejor serie: Saga, de Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)

Mejor serie limitada: Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, de Eric Shanower & Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)

Mejor nueva serie: Lumberjanes, de Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)

Mejor publicación para jóvenes lectores (hasta 7 años): The Zoo Box, de Ariel Cohn & Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)

Mejor publicación para niños (de 8 a 12 años): El Deafo, de Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)

Mejor publicación para jóvenes (de 13 a 17 años): Lumberjanes, de Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)

Mejor publicación humorística:  The Complete Cul de Sac, de Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)

Mejor webcomic: The Private Eye de Brian Vaughan & Marcos Martin

Mejor antología: Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, editado por Josh O’Neill, Andrew Carl, & Chris Stevens (Locust Moon)

Mejor trabajo basado en la realidad: Hip Hop Family Tree, vol. 2, de Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)

Mejor album gráfico nuevo: This One Summer, de Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)

Mejor album gráfico reimpreso: Through the Woods, de Emily Carroll (McElderry Books)

Mejor colección de archivo / Recopilación de tiras (al menos 20 años): Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, editado por Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)

Mejor colección de archivo / Recopilación de comic book (al menos 20 años): Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition, editado por Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Mejor edición americana de material internacional: Blacksad: Amarillo, de Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)

Mejor edición americana de material internacional – Asia: Showa 1939–1944 y Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan, de Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Mejor guionista: Gene Luen Yang, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Dark Horse); The Shadow Hero (First Second)

Mejor guionista-artista: Raina Telgemeier, Sisters (Graphix/Scholastic)

Mejor dibujante: Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Mejor pintor/Artista multimedia (arte interior): J. H. Williams III, The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo/DC)

Mejor portadista: Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics Darwyn Cooke Month Variant Covers (DC)

Mejor colorista: Dave Stewart, Hellboy in Hell, BPRD, Abe Sapien, Baltimore, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Shaolin Cowboy, Aliens: Fire and Stone, DHP (Dark Horse)

Mejor rotulista: Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)

Mejor artículo relacionado con los cómics: Comics Alliance, editado por Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner, Andrew Wheeler, & Joe Hughes

Mejor libro relacionado con los cómics: Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth, vol. 3, de Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell (IDW/LOAC)

Mejor trabajo académico: Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews, editado por Sarah Lightman (McFarland)

Mejor diseño de publiación: Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, diseñado por Jim Rugg (Locust Moon)

Hall of Fame: elección del jurado: Marge (Marjorie Henderson Buell), Bill Woggon • Elected: John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Denis Kitchen, Frank Miller

Premio humanitario Bob Clampett : Bill & Kayre Morrison

Premio Russ Manning al recién llegado más prometedor: Greg Smallwood

 Premio Bill Finger a la excelencia en la escritura de cómics: Don McGregor, John Stanley

Premio Will Eisner Spirit of Comics : Packrat Comics, Hilliard, Ohio, de Jamie Colegrove y Teresa Colegrove

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Finalistas Premios World Fantasy 2015

Ya conocemos los nominados a los premios World Fantasy de este año. Son los siguientes:

Novela

The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison
City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett
The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer
My Real Children, Jo Walton

Novella

We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl Gregory
“Where the Trains Turn”, Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“Hollywood North”, Michael Libling
“The Mothers of Voorhisville”, Mary Rickert
“Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)”, Rachel Swirsky

Relato corto

“I Can See Right Through You”, Kelly Link,
Do You Like to Look at Monsters?, Scott Nicolay
“Death’s Door Café”, Kaaron Warren
“The Devil in America”, Kai Ashante Wilson
“The Fisher Queen”, Alyssa Wong

Antología

Fearful Symmetries, Ellen Datlow, ed. (ChiZine)
Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History, Rose Fox & Daniel José Older, eds. (Crossed Genres)
Shadows & Tall Trees 2014, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
Monstrous Affections, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, ed. (Candlewick)
Rogues, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam; Titan)

Colección

Mercy and Other Stories, Rebecca Lloyd
Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall
They Do the Same Things Different There, Robert Shearman
The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Angela Slatter
Death at the Blue Elephant, Janeen Webb

Artista

Samuel Araya
Galen Dara
Jeffrey Alan Love
Erik Mohr
John Picacio

Premio Especial – Professional

John Joseph Adams, por editar antologías y los magazines Nightmare y Lightspeed
Jeanne Cavelos, por los writing workshops Odyssey
Sandra Kasturi & Brett Alexander Savory, por ChiZine Publications
Gordon Van Gelder, por F&SF
Jerad Walters, por Centipede Press

Premio Especial – No professional

Scott H. Andrews, por Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Matt Cardin, por Born to Fear: Interviews with Thomas Ligotti (Subterranean)
Stefan Fergus, por Civilian Reader (civilianreader.wordpress.com)
Ray B. Russell & Rosalie Parker, por Tartarus Press
Patrick Swenson, por Fairwood Press

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Finalistas premios Sidewise 2014

Ya conocemos los finalistas de los premios Sidewise. Una lástima que no esté mi relato favorito de este tipo, “The science of chance “de Nina Allan, pero me alegra ver a Ken Liu, por ejemplo.

Formato corto

Ken Liu, “The Long Haul” (Clarkesworld, 11/14)
Igor Ljubuncic, “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” (Wars to End All Wars: Alternate Tales from the Trenches, Amazon Digital Services)
Robert Reed, “The Principles” (Asimov’s, 4-5/14)
Aaron Rosenberg, “Let No Man Put Asunder” (Europa Universalis IV: What If?, Paradox Interactive)
Lewis Shiner, “The Black Sun” (Subterranean, Summer 2014)
Harry Turtledove, “The More It Changes” (Europa Universalis IV: What If?, Paradox Interactive)

Formato largo

Alexander M. Grace, Sr., Second Front: The Allied Invasion of France, 1942-1943 (Casemate)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Enemy Within (WMG Publishing)
Tony Schumacher, The Darkest Hour (William Morrow)
Allen Steele, V-S Day (Ace)
Jo Walton, My Real Children (Tor)