{"id":2222,"date":"2013-02-10T23:39:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T23:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2013-02-10T23:39:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T23:39:14","slug":"books-received-21013-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/02\/10\/books-received-21013-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 2\/10\/13 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/0307389189\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paprika (Vintage Contemporaries Original)\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41D5rxFHApL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paprika-Vintage-Contemporaries-Original-Yasutaka\/dp\/0307389189\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360538784&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=9780307389183\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Paprika<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by Yasutaka Tsutsui<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Cover by Kelly Blair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Widely acknowledged as Yasutaka Tsutsui&#8217;s masterpiece,\u00a0<i>Paprika<\/i>\u00a0unites his surreal, quirky imagination with a mind-bending narrative about a psychiatric institute that has developed the technology to invade people&#8217;s dreams.<\/p>\n<p>When prototype models of a dream-invading device go missing at the Institute for Psychiatric Research, it transpires that someone is using them to drive people insane. Threatened both personally and professionally, brilliant psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba has to journey into the world of fantasy to fight her mysterious opponents. As she delves ever deeper into the imagination, the borderline between dream and reality becomes increasingly blurred, and nightmares begin to leak into the everyday realm. The scene is set for a final showdown between the dream detective and her enemies, with the subconscious as their battleground, and the future of the waking world at stake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ghost Spin\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51BOdPsNxjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ghost-Spin-Chris-Moriarty\/dp\/0553384945\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360538988&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=9780553384949\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Ghost Spin<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by Chris Moriarty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Award-winning author Chris Moriarty returns to a dazzling cyber-noir far future in this gritty, high-stakes thriller where the only rule is \u201cEvolve . . . or die.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Age of Man is ending. The UN\u2019s sprawling interstellar empire is failing as its quantum teleportation network collapses, turning once-viable colonies into doomed island outposts. Humanity\u2019s only hope of survival is the Drift: a mysterious region of space where faster-than-light travel\u2014or something far stranger\u2014seems possible. As mercenaries and pirates flock to the Drift, the cold war between the human-led UN and the clone-dominated Syndicates heats up. Whoever controls the Drift will chart the future course of human evolution\u2014and no one wants to be left behind in a universe where the price of failure is extinction.<\/p>\n<p>When the AI called Cohen ventures into the Drift, he dies\u2014allegedly by his own hand\u2014and his consciousness is scattered across the cosmos. Some of his ghosts are still self-aware. Some are insane. And one of them hides a secret worth killing for. Enter Major Catherine Li, Cohen\u2019s human (well, partly human) lover, who embarks on a desperate search to solve the mystery of Cohen\u2019s death\u2014and put him back together. But Li isn\u2019t the only one interested in Cohen\u2019s ghosts. Astrid Avery, a by-the-book UN navy captain, is on the hunt. So is William Llewellyn, a pirate who has one of the ghosts in his head, which is slowly eating him alive. Even the ghosts have their own agendas. And lurking behind them all is a pitiless enemy who will stop at nothing to make sure the dead don\u2019t walk again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pathfinder Tales: Liar's Blade\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51KArOpmrxL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pathfinder-Tales-Liars-Tim-Pratt\/dp\/1601255152\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360539119&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=9781601255150\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Pathfinder Tales: Liar&#8217;s Blade<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by Tim Pratt<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Cover by Tyler Jacobson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With strength, wit, rakish charm, and a talking sword named Hrym, Rodrick has all the makings of a classic hero &#8211; except for the conscience. Instead, he and Hrym live a high life as scoundrels, pulling cons and parting the weak from their gold. When a mysterious woman invites them along on a quest into the frozen north in pursuit of a legendary artifact, it seems like a prime opportunity to make some easy coin &#8211; especially if there&#8217;s a chance for a double-cross. Along with a hooded priest and a half-elven tracker, the team sets forth into a land of witches, yetis, and ancient magic. As the miles wear on, however, Rodrick&#8217;s companions begin acting steadily stranger, leading man and sword to wonder what exactly they&#8217;ve gotten themselves into&#8230; From Hugo Award-winner Tim Pratt, author of City of the Fallen Sky, comes a bold new tale of ice, magic, and questionable morality set in the world of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paizo-Publishing-PZO-1119-Pathfinder\/dp\/1601253729\/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360539289&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=pathfinder+rpg\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pathfinder Roleplaying Game<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/0385738781\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Death Cure (Maze Runner Series #3)\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51%2Bgi5bpp-L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Death-Cure-Maze-Runner-Series\/dp\/0385738781\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360539372&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=9780385738781\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Death Cure (Maze Runner Series #3)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by James Dashner<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Cover by Philip Straub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas knows that WICKED can&#8217;t be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they&#8217;ve collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. To complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare.<\/p>\n<p>What Wicked doesn&#8217;t know is that something&#8217;s happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can&#8217;t believe a word of what WICKED says.<\/p>\n<p>The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui Cover by Kelly Blair Promo copy: Widely acknowledged as Yasutaka Tsutsui&#8217;s masterpiece,\u00a0Paprika\u00a0unites his surreal, quirky imagination with a mind-bending narrative about a psychiatric &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/02\/10\/books-received-21013-part-i\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/02\/10\/books-received-21013-part-i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Books received 2\/10\/13 Part I - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. 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