September 23, 2011
In our last update, we presented our fully loaded (maybe I’ve been watching too many car commercials…) Great Graphic Novels of Fall 2011 list. This update, we’ve updated the Core List, our list of titles that we feel should form the basis for a complete comics collection. If reading those two sentences conjures up visions of my head spinning with visions of books in my head…well, it is. If I manage to sound even somewhere coherent in this newsletter, I’ll be happy.
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Ted Dekker is the author of more than 20 bestselling novels, including THE PRIEST’S GRAVEYARD, THE BRIDE COLLECTOR and BONEMAN’S DAUGHTER. While most of his books contain elements of fantasy and speculation, they also incorporate enough logic and reality to stir the reader's imagination in unexpected ways. FORBIDDEN is the first in a series titled The Books of Mortals that promises to become a classic in the mode of BRAVE NEW WORLD, 1984 and ANTHEM. That is, more in the class of “Star Trek” than Mad Max. Read More
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Fleeing pursuit, a young man named Rom stumbles into possession of a vial of blood and a piece of cryptic writing. When consumed, the blood will bring him back to life. When decoded, the message will lead him on a perilous journey that will require him to abandon everything he has ever known and awaken humanity to the transforming power of true life and love.
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Fleeing pursuit, a young man named Rom stumbles into possession of a vial of blood and a piece of cryptic writing. When consumed, the blood will bring him back to life. When decoded, the message will lead him on a perilous journey that will require him to abandon everything he has ever known and awaken humanity to the transforming power of true life and love.
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Many years have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace...and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: Every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity.
Fleeing pursuit, with only moments to live, a young man named Rom stumbles into possession of a vial of blood and a piece of cryptic writing. When consumed, the blood will bring him back to life. When decoded, the message will lead him on a perilous journey that will require him to abandon everything he has ever known and awaken humanity to the transforming power of true life and love.
But the blood will also resurrect hatred, ambition, and greed.
Set in a terrifying, medieval future, where grim pageantry masks death, this tale of dark desires and staggering stakes peels back the layers of the heart for all who dare to take the ride.
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"There was once a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party." That, in a nutshell, is the central plot of Ali Smith's latest book. But, given the ambition and talent of this Whitbread Award winner and Booker Prize finalist, it probably goes without saying that there's much more to Smith's novel than this bare-bones plot summary would imply. Read More
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At a dinner party, Miles Garth suddenly leaves the table midway through the meal, locks himself in an upstairs room, and refuses to leave. An eclectic group of neighbors and friends slowly gathers around the house, and the story of Miles is told from the points of view of four of them.
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At a dinner party, Miles Garth suddenly leaves the table midway through the meal, locks himself in an upstairs room, and refuses to leave. An eclectic group of neighbors and friends slowly gathers around the house, and the story of Miles is told from the points of view of four of them.
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From the award-winning author of HOTEL WORLD and THE ACCIDENTAL, a dazzling, funny, and wonderfully exhilarating new novel.
At a dinner party in the posh London suburb of Greenwich, Miles Garth suddenly leaves the table midway through the meal, locks himself in an upstairs room, and refuses to leave. An eclectic group of neighbors and friends slowly gathers around the house, and Miles’s story is told from the points of view of four of them: Anna, a woman in her forties; Mark, a man in his sixties; May, a woman in her eighties; and a ten-year-old named Brooke. The thing is, none of these people knows Miles more than slightly. How much is it possible for us to know about a stranger? And what are the consequences of even the most casual, fleeting moments we share every day with one another?
Brilliantly audacious, disarmingly playful, and full of Smith’s trademark wit and puns, THERE BUT FOR THE is a deft exploration of the human need for separation --- from our pasts and from one another --- and the redemptive possibilities for connections. It is a tour de force by one of our finest writers.
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Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle finished up his world-famous series involving Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson, there have been countless authors who have tried to re-imagine the quirky and astute Holmes and keep his adventures alive. These tributes have ranged from the excellent to the bizarre, and even to those who have missed the mark entirely.
"The suspense drips off of every page, and Laurie R. King keeps the tension building throughout this rip-roaring adventure that plays much more as an action tale than a classic mystery."
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In this latest adventure featuring the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King takes readers into the frenetic world of silent films --- where the pirates are real and the shooting isn’t all done with cameras.
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In this latest adventure featuring the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King takes readers into the frenetic world of silent films --- where the pirates are real and the shooting isn’t all done with cameras.
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In England’s young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. Nevertheless, at the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell is dispatched to investigate rumors of criminal activities that swirl around Fflytte’s popular movie studio. So Russell is traveling undercover to Portugal, along with the film crew that is gearing up to shoot a cinematic extravaganza, PIRATE KING. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, the project will either set the standard for moviemaking for a generation...or sink a boatload of careers.
Nothing seems amiss until the enormous company starts rehearsals in Lisbon, where the thirteen blond-haired, blue-eyed actresses whom Mary is bemusedly chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming, Russell feels a building storm of trouble: a derelict boat, a film crew with secrets, ominous currents between the pirates, decks awash with budding romance --- and now the pirates are ignoring Fflytte and answering only to their dangerous outlaw leader. Plus, there’s a spy on board. Where can Sherlock Holmes be? As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout.
