Ya falta menos para The Bone Clocks

Me ha recordado Marcheto que el próximo martes se pondrá a la venta la nueva obra de David Mitchell, The bone Clocks. Para ir abriendo boca, os pongo la portada y la sinopsis.

la-ca-jc-david-mitchell-20140831-001One drowsy summer’s day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for ‘asylum’. Decades will pass before Holly understands exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking . . .

The Bone Clocks follows the twists and turns of Holly’s life from a scarred adolescence in Gravesend to old age on Ireland’s Atlantic coast as Europe’s oil supply dries up – a life not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air and brief lapses in the laws of reality. For Holly Sykes – daughter, sister, mother, guardian – is also an unwitting player in a murderous feud played out in the shadows and margins of our world, and may prove to be its decisive weapon.

Metaphysical thriller, meditation on mortality and chronicle of our self-devouring times, this kaleidoscopic novel crackles with the invention and wit that have made David Mitchell one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. Here is fiction at its most spellbinding and memorable best.

Resumen Loncon 3

LONCON3_logo_270wDurante los días que duró mi estancia en la convención escribí unas someras crónicas de lo que vivimos allí. Debido a lo intempestivo de su hora de publicación quizá pasaron desapercibidas, por lo que he decidido agruparlas en esta entrada para facilitar su lectura.

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Ganadores premios ESFS 2014

La European Science Fiction Society ha anunciado los ganadores de sus premios en 2014, son los siguientes:

Gran Maestro Europeo:

Jim Fitzpatrick – Irlanda

Hall of Fame:

Mejor autor: Wolfgang Jeschke – Alemania

Mejor artista: Jim Fitzpatrick – Irlanda

Mejor editorial: Angry Robot – Reino Unido

Mejor magazine: Cosmoport – Bielorrusia

Mejor traductor: Ms. Kersti Juva – Finlandia

Mejor promotor de la ciencia ficción: Dave Lally – Irlanda

Espíritu de dedicación:

Artista: Alexander Prodan – Ucrania

Mejor actuación: Adaptación de Dr. Horrible Sing-along blog – Croacia

Mejor sitio de ciencia ficción: Geek Ireland – Irlanda

Mejor Fanzine: Darker – Rusia

Mejor creador de libros de ciencia ficción o fantasía para niños:

Oisín McGann* – Irlanda

Vladimir Arenev* – Ucrania

*Empate entre los dos ganadores


Premios de estímulo

Marco Rauch – Austria

Victor Martinovich – Bielorrusia

Genoveva Detelinova – Bulgaria

Irena Hartmann – Croacia

Míla Linc – República checa

Anthea West – Irlanda

Robert M. Wegner – Polonia

Rui Alex – Portugal

Eugen Cadaru – Rumania

Роман Шмараков/Roman Shmarakov – Rusia

Lenka Štiblaríková – Eslovaquia

Igor Silivra – Ucrania

¡Enhorabuena a los ganadores!

Ganadores premios Golden Duck

Los premios Golden Duck están dedicados a los libros de ciencia ficción y fantasía para niños y adolescentes. Estos son los ganadores de este año:

Premio Hal Clement para literatura juvenil

The Planet Thieves, Dan Krokos (Starscape)

Premio Eleanor Cameron para literatura infantil

Hello Nebulon and Journey to Juno, Ray O’Ryan (Little Simon)

Libro de ilustraciones

Vader’s Little Princess, Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle Books)

Oferta en Audible : Neverwhere

audiolibro neverwhereEstá de oferta en Audible la versión de BBC Neverwhere de Neil Gaiman.

Por menos de dos dólares puedes tener acceso a uno de los libros más famosos del autor inglés.

Los autores que actúan en este programa son:

Christopher Lee, James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer, David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch y Anthony Head.

Libro gratis : Fablecroft ebooks

Durante la Worldcon (¡que ya ha empezado!) estarán disponibles para su descarga gratuita los siguientes libros:

Worlds next door

Focus 2012 : highlights of Australian short fiction

Splashdance Silver (Mocklore Chronicles #1) de Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Aware (Isles of Glory #1) de Glenda Larke

“Flower and Weed” de Margo Lanagan

“Sanction” de Dirk Flinthart

Ganadores premios Scribe 2014

La  International Association of Media Tie-In Writers ha anunciado los ganadores de los premios Scribe, dedicados a lo que podríamos traducir como productos “licenciados” o pertenecientes a una franquicia. Son los siguientes:

Novela general original

Mr. Monk Helps Himself, Hy Conrad (Penguin)

Novela especulativa original

Star Wars: Kenobi, John Jackson Miller (Del Rey)

Novela adaptada

Pacific Rim, Alex Irvine (Titan)

Novela juvenil

Kevin, Paul Kupperberg (Grosset & Dunlap)

Relato corto

“So Long, Chief”, Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane (The Strand 2-5/13)

Audio

Blake’s 7: The Armageddon Storm, Cavan Scott & Mark Wright (Big Finish)

Finalistas premios Parsec 2014

Los premios Parsec escogen los mejores podcasts de ficción especulativa. Aquí tenéis los nominados:

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)

“A Christmas Feast” de Michael Whitehouse
“Growth Spurt” de Growth Spurt
“How the Moon Got Its Cousin” de Lee Hallison
“Just Another Night” de Andrew MacDougall
“Why the Sea is Boiling Hot” de Michael Spence

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form)

“Blood and Smoke” de Mike Bennett
“The Merchant Adventurer” de Patrick E. McLean
“Paris Pas De Deux” de Andrew Wheeler

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

“Dirty Hands” de Niall Kitson
“Fear of Thought” de Veronica Giguere
“Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality” de Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Night Waking” de Benjamin Rosenbaum
“Under Oak Island” de K.T. Bryski

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

Broken, de Cedric Johnson y Veronica Giguere
Cast of Wonders, de Chris Lewis Carter
Fire on the Mound, de William J. Meyer
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 5: Shores beyond the World, de Abigail Hilton
Secret World Chronicle, de Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Cody Martin, Larry Dixon, y Veronica Giguere
Tales of the Left Hand, Book 3, de John Meagher

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

“Dreaming of a Dead Christmas” de John Ballentine
“The Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air: Christmas Spectacular” de David J. Loehr
“The Pen is Mightier” de Mike Murphy
“Tallington” de Jon Thrower
“The War of the Worlds” de H. G. Wells

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

Edict Zero – FIS (Season Three), de Jack Kincaid
Our Fair City, creado por Clayton Faits y producido por Jeffrey Gardner
Star Trek: Outpost, de Daniel McIntosh and Tony Raymond
Tales of the Extraordinary, de Michael T. Coleman
We’re Alive: A Story of Survival, de Kc Wayland

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast, de Grant Baciocco
Once Upon a Time in the 1970′s, de Chris & Anne Lukeman
Pilgrim of the Sky Live, de Natania Barron

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

Cast of Wonders, editado de Marguerite Kenner
The NoSleep Podcast, de David Cummings
Pseudopod, editado por Shawn M. Garrett
Seminar: An Original Anthology Show, editado por Pendant Productions
Toasted Cake, editado por Tina Connolly

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

Standard Orbit, de Drew Stewart y Mike Schindler
MythWits, de Peter Bryant, Mike Kafes, Brian Olvera, Allegra, Adrian Perez, y Jay Libby
Catching Up, de Ralff, Kim, y Johnny
Hadron Gospel Hour, de Richard Wentworth, Michael McQuilkin, Lisa McQuilkin, y Michael Atkinson
Society of Arozea, de William Chappell, Mike Mudd, Samantha Gee, y Madame Galiana

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast, de John S. Drew y Paul K. Bisson
Greetings from Storybrooke: A Once Upon a Time Podcast, de Bill Meeks y Anne Marie DeSimone
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, de Ken Ray y John Champion
PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus, de Brad, Glenn, Christina, y Adam
SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Beyond the Wall – A Game of Thrones Podcast, de P.G. Holyfield, Nuchtchas, Chooch, y Vivid Muse

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

Geek Radio Daily, de Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, y The Bruce
Generations Geek, de Scott Pearson y Daughter
PodCulture: Equal Opportunity Geekness, de Brad, Glenn, Christina, y Adam
SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Consumption, de P.G. Holyfield, Christiana Ellis, Chooch, y Vivid Muse
Sword & Laser, de Veronica Belmont y Tom Merritt

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

The Baen Free Radio Hour, de Tony Daniel
Commentary: Trek Stars, de Mike Schindler y Max Hegel
Get Published, de Michell Plested
The Shared Desk, de Tee Morrisy Pip Ballentine
StoryWonk Sunday, de Lani Diane Rich y Alistair Stephens

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

Blurry Photos, de David Flora & Dave Stecco
Daily Tech News Show, de Tom Merritt
Guide to Space, de Fraser Cain
Skeptoid, de Brian Dunning
The Titanium Physicists Podcast, de Ben Tippett, David Tsang, Jocelyn Read, et al.

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

Blastropodcast, de Mark Soloff
Comedy4Cast, de Clinton Alvord
Dragon*ConTV, de Brian Richardson
FSL Tonight, de Justin Robert Young y Tom Merritt
Society of Arozea, de William Chappell, Mike Mudd, Samantha Gee, y Madame Galiana

Portada y sinopsis de The Machine Awakes

Ya podemos ver la portada del nuevo lanzamiento de Adam Christopher, The machine awakes, continuación de su Burning Dark. También os traigo la sinopsis.

machineawakesAs humanity fights a destructive mechanical race, a government agent finds a conspiracy far closer to home in this far future space opera set in the Spider War universe of Burning Dark

In the decades since the human race first made contact with the Spiders—a machine race capable of tearing planets apart—the two groups have fought over interstellar territory. But the war has not been going well for humankind, and with the failure of the Fleet Admiral’s secret plan in the Shadow system, the commander is overthrown by a group of hardliners determined to get the war back on track.

When the deposed Fleet Admiral is assassinated, Special Agent Von Kodiak suspects the new guard is eliminating the old. But when the Admiral’s replacement is likewise murdered, all bets are off as Kodiak discovers the prime suspect is one of the Fleet’s own, a psi-marine and decorated hero—a hero killed in action, months ago, at the same time his twin sister vanished from the Fleet Academy, where she was training to join her brother on the front.

As Kodiak investigates, he uncovers a conspiracy that stretches from the slums of Salt City to the floating gas mines of Jupiter. There, deep in the roiling clouds of the planet, the Jovian Mining Corporation is hiding something, a secret that will tear the Fleet apart and that the Morning Star, a group of militarized pilgrims linked to terrorist atrocities across the whole of Fleetspace, is determined to uncover.

But there is something else hiding in Jovian system. Something insidious and intelligent, machine-like and hungry.

The Spiders are near.