{"id":7,"date":"2012-07-30T00:40:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T00:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-i\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:20","slug":"books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 7\/29\/12 Pyr edition Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/1616146257\/ref=sib_dp_kd#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51tlkMYcbgL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cuttlefish-Dave-Freer\/dp\/1616146257\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1343606645&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=9781616146252\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Cuttlefish<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Dave Freer<br \/>\nCover by Paul Young<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The smallest thing can change the path of history.<\/p>\n<p>The year is 1976, and the British Empire still spans the globe. Coal drives the world, and the smog of it hangs thick over the canals of London.<\/p>\n<p>Clara Calland is on the run. Hunted, along with her scientist mother, by Menshevik spies and Imperial soldiers, they flee Ireland for London. They must escape airships, treachery, and capture. Under flooded London&#8217;s canals, they join the rebels who live in the dank tunnels there.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Barnabas is one of the underpeople, born to the secret town of drowned London, place of anti-imperialist republicans and Irish rebels, part of the Liberty\u2014the people who would see a return to older values and free elections. Seeing no farther than his next meal, Tim has hired on as a submariner on the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Cuttlefish<\/span>, a coal-fired submarine that runs smuggled cargoes beneath the steamship patrols, to the fortress America and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>When the Imperial soldiery comes ravening, Clara and her mother are forced to flee aboard the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Cuttlefish<\/span>. Hunted like beasts, the submarine and her crew must undertake a desperate voyage across the world, from the Faeroes to the Caribbean and finally across the Pacific to find safety. But only Clara and Tim Barnabas can steer them past treachery and disaster, to freedom in Westralia. Carried with them\u2014a lost scientific secret that threatens the very heart of Imperial power.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51AxJoZZdHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quantum-Coin-E-C-Myers\/dp\/1616146826\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1343606981&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=9781616146825\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Quantum Coin<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby E. C. Myers<br \/>\nCover by Sam Weber<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51gZB%2BYX-2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Be-Enemy-Book-Two-Everness\/dp\/1616146788\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1343607472&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=9781616146788\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Be My Enemy (Book Two of the Everness Series)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Ian McDonald<br \/>\nCover by John Picacio<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblog_entry.php?e=3235\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Part II<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Cuttlefish by Dave Freer Cover by Paul Young Promo copy: The smallest thing can change the path of history. The year is 1976, and the British Empire &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"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\/2012\/07\/30\/books-received-72912-pyr-edition-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 7\/29\/12 Pyr edition 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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