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<\/a><\/p>\nRaising Steam<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\nby Terry Pratchett<\/strong><\/p>\nPromo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\nSteam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man with a flat cap and a sliding rule. He has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the\u00a0elements\u2014earth, air, fire, and water\u2014and it\u2019s soon\u00a0drawing astonished crowds.<\/p>\n
To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork\u2019s formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. This needs to be rectified, and who better than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint, and the Royal Bank: Moist von Lipwig. Moist is not a man who enjoys hard work\u2014unless it is dependent on words, which are not very heavy and don\u2019t always need greasing. He does enjoy being alive, however, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse.<\/p>\n
Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs, and some very angry dwarfs if he\u2019s going to stop it all from going off the rails . . .<\/p>\n
Almost lost my fingers yesterday as Brandy snatched this from me, screaming gleefully, “The NEW Pratchett! Gimme!”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWe Are What We Are<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (2013)<\/h1>\nPromo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Parkers, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, keep to themselves, and for good reason. As they struggle to keep their ancestral customs intact, local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that they have held closely for so many years.<\/p>\n
Bonus Features:<\/p>\n
\n- An Acquired Taste: The Making-of We Are What We Are.<\/li>\n
- Interviews with Director Jim Mickle, Bill Sage and Julia Garner, Audio Commentary with Cast & Crew.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Watch for my forthcoming\u00a0Baker’s Dozen interview<\/a> with director Jim Mickle.<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KXKogr0O-Zc<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEarth Star<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\nby Janet Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\nPromo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\nRomance, science fiction, action, and a look at the false assumptions we make about others combine in this light-hearted, fun, and well-conceived science fiction future.<\/b><\/p>\n
Only She Can Save the World.
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\nEighteen-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military\u2019s highest honors for her role in a daring rescue attempt, she finds herself\u2014and her Ape status\u2014in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Derided as an \u201cape\u201d\u2014a \u201cthrowback\u201d\u2014by the rest of the universe, she is on a mission to prove that Earth Girls are just as good as anyone else.<\/p>\n
Except now the planet she loves is under threat by what could be humanity\u2019s first ever alien contact. Jarra\u2019s bravery\u2014and specialist knowledge\u2014will once again be at the center of the maelstrom, but will the rest of the universe consider Earth worth fighting for?<\/p>\n
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Ambassador of the Shadows<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n Valerian and Laureline Vol. 6<\/strong><\/h1>\nby J. C. M\u00e9zi\u00e8res and P. Christin
\nCover by\u00a0M\u00e9zi\u00e8res<\/strong><\/p>\nPromo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\nWho threatens the diplomatic future of Earth? And who are the mysterious Shadows?<\/p>\n
Point Central is a multicultural space station that serves as a sort of United Nations to the galaxy. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It\u2019s up to Laureline to do all the heavy lifting and slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them\u2014and figure out who kidnapped them and why.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nOperation Shield<\/em><\/a>
\nA Cassandra Kresnov Novel<\/strong><\/h1>\nby Joel Shepherd
\nCover by Stephen Martiniere<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\nPart military SF, part cyberpunk, part grand-scale space opera, and part techno-psychological thriller, the Cassandra Kresnov novels transcend the recently narrow segmentation of the science fiction genre.<\/b><\/p>\n
In\u00a023 Years on Fire<\/i>, Cassandra discovered that the technology that created her has been misused in her former home and now threatens all humanity with catastrophe. Returning home to Callay, she finds that Federation member worlds, exhausted by the previous thirty-year-war against the League, are unwilling to risk the confrontation that a solution may require. Some of these forces will go to any lengths to avoid a new conflict, including taking a sledgehammer to the Federation Constitution and threatening the removal by force of Cassandra’s own branch of the Federal Security Agency.<\/p>\n
More frighteningly for Sandy, she has brought back to Callay three young children, whom she met on the mean streets of Droze, discovering maternal feelings she had not known she possessed. Can she reconcile her duty as a soldier, including what she must do as a tactician, with the dangers that those decisions will place upon her family–the one thing\u00a0that has come to mean more to her than any cause she now believes in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s take\u00a0a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett Promo copy: Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man with a flat cap and a sliding rule. He has … Continue reading
Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man with a flat cap and a sliding rule. He has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the\u00a0elements\u2014earth, air, fire, and water\u2014and it\u2019s soon\u00a0drawing astonished crowds.<\/p>\n To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork\u2019s formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. This needs to be rectified, and who better than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint, and the Royal Bank: Moist von Lipwig. Moist is not a man who enjoys hard work\u2014unless it is dependent on words, which are not very heavy and don\u2019t always need greasing. He does enjoy being alive, however, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse.<\/p>\n Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs, and some very angry dwarfs if he\u2019s going to stop it all from going off the rails . . .<\/p>\n Almost lost my fingers yesterday as Brandy snatched this from me, screaming gleefully, “The NEW Pratchett! Gimme!”<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Parkers, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, keep to themselves, and for good reason. As they struggle to keep their ancestral customs intact, local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that they have held closely for so many years.<\/p>\n Bonus Features:<\/p>\n Watch for my forthcoming\u00a0Baker’s Dozen interview<\/a> with director Jim Mickle.<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KXKogr0O-Zc<\/p>\n by Janet Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n Romance, science fiction, action, and a look at the false assumptions we make about others combine in this light-hearted, fun, and well-conceived science fiction future.<\/b><\/p>\n Only She Can Save the World. Except now the planet she loves is under threat by what could be humanity\u2019s first ever alien contact. Jarra\u2019s bravery\u2014and specialist knowledge\u2014will once again be at the center of the maelstrom, but will the rest of the universe consider Earth worth fighting for?<\/p>\n by J. C. M\u00e9zi\u00e8res and P. Christin Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n Who threatens the diplomatic future of Earth? And who are the mysterious Shadows?<\/p>\n Point Central is a multicultural space station that serves as a sort of United Nations to the galaxy. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It\u2019s up to Laureline to do all the heavy lifting and slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them\u2014and figure out who kidnapped them and why.<\/p>\n by Joel Shepherd \u00a0Promo copy:<\/strong><\/p>\n Part military SF, part cyberpunk, part grand-scale space opera, and part techno-psychological thriller, the Cassandra Kresnov novels transcend the recently narrow segmentation of the science fiction genre.<\/b><\/p>\n In\u00a023 Years on Fire<\/i>, Cassandra discovered that the technology that created her has been misused in her former home and now threatens all humanity with catastrophe. Returning home to Callay, she finds that Federation member worlds, exhausted by the previous thirty-year-war against the League, are unwilling to risk the confrontation that a solution may require. Some of these forces will go to any lengths to avoid a new conflict, including taking a sledgehammer to the Federation Constitution and threatening the removal by force of Cassandra’s own branch of the Federal Security Agency.<\/p>\n More frighteningly for Sandy, she has brought back to Callay three young children, whom she met on the mean streets of Droze, discovering maternal feelings she had not known she possessed. Can she reconcile her duty as a soldier, including what she must do as a tactician, with the dangers that those decisions will place upon her family–the one thing\u00a0that has come to mean more to her than any cause she now believes in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take\u00a0a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett Promo copy: Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man with a flat cap and a sliding rule. He has … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\nWe Are What We Are<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (2013)<\/h1>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEarth Star<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n
\n<\/i>
\nEighteen-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military\u2019s highest honors for her role in a daring rescue attempt, she finds herself\u2014and her Ape status\u2014in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Derided as an \u201cape\u201d\u2014a \u201cthrowback\u201d\u2014by the rest of the universe, she is on a mission to prove that Earth Girls are just as good as anyone else.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nAmbassador of the Shadows<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n Valerian and Laureline Vol. 6<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\nCover by\u00a0M\u00e9zi\u00e8res<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nOperation Shield<\/em><\/a>
\nA Cassandra Kresnov Novel<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\nCover by Stephen Martiniere<\/strong><\/p>\n