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The second volume in the ground-breaking, genre-bending, boundary-pushing Clockwork Phoenix anthology series, now available in digital format. Includes critically-acclaimed and award-nominated stories by Claude Lalumière, Leah Bobet, Marie Brennan, Ian McHugh, Ann Leckie, Mary Robinette Kowal, Saladin Ahmed, Tanith Lee, Joanna Galbraith, Catherynne M. Valente, Forrest Aguirre, Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer, Kelly Barnhill, Barbara Krasnoff and Steve Rasnic Tem. With a whimsical introduction and new afterword by Nebula Award-nominated editor Mike Allen. "Sixteen unique voices that manage nevertheless to harmonize into a sort of choir of the uncanny singing in the key of beauty and strangeness ... Mike Allen has conducted it masterfully. I highly recommend it, and look forward with great anticipation to CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 3." — SF Site CONTENTS Three Friends • Claude Lalumière Six • Leah Bobet Once a Goddess • Marie Brennan Angel Dust • Ian McHugh The Endangered Camp • Ann Leckie At the Edge of Dying • Mary Robinette Kowal Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela • Saladin Ahmed The Pain of Glass: A Tale of the Flat Earth • Tanith Lee The Fish of Al-Kawthar''s Fountain • Joanna Galbraith The Secret History of Mirrors • Catherynne M. Valente Never nor Ever • Forrest Aguirre each thing i show you is a piece of my death • Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer Open the Door and the Light Pours Through • Kelly Barnhill Rosemary, That''s For Remembrance • Barbara Krasnoff When We Moved On • Steve Rasnic Tem Praise for CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 2 . . . . Allen finds his groove for this second annual anthology of weird stories, selecting 16 wonderfully evocative, well-written tales. Marie Brennan’s thought-provoking “Once a Goddess” considers the fate of a goddess abruptly returned to mortality. Tanith Lee puts a stunning twist in the story of a morose prince in “The Pain of Glass.” Mary Robinette Kowal’s “At the Edge of Dying” describes a world where magic comes only to those at death’s door. In “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela,” Saladin Ahmed tells of a small village on the edge of a desert, a hermit and a woman who may be a witch. Each story fits neatly alongside the next, and the diversity of topics, perspectives and authors makes this cosmopolitan anthology a winner. — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review In this anthology of 15 original tales by some of fantasy’s most imaginative voices, Tanith Lee returns to her remarkable Flat Earth setting for a poignant and cutting tale of love, fate, and misfortune in “The Pain of Glass.” Other contributors include veteran and newer writers Forrest Aguirre, Steve Rasnic Tem, Joanna Galbraith, Saladin Ahmed, and others, each chosen for their unique perspective and stylistic grace. VERDICT: This second volume in a new annual anthology series will appeal to fantasy readers who enjoy short stories. — Library Journal CLOCKWORK PHOENIX is the most experimental and often the most interesting of the impressive stable of four anthologies published by Norilana. The second outing has a lot of strong work, including a nice ultra-romantic tale of a woman of glass by Tanith Lee (“The Pain of Glass”), a moving fairly traditional ghost story from Kelly Barnhill (“Open the Door and the Light Pours Through”), and a story I frankly didn’t think I’d like, but which seduced me, Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer’s “each thing i show you is a piece of my death,” about experimental film makers creating a sort of collage film, including what seems a very old clip of a man committing suicide. It’s queasy-making, odd, yet compelling. My favorite story is Ann Leckie’s “The Endangered Camp,” which she says resulted from a sort of challenge to combine dinosaurs, post-apocalyptic fiction, and Mars — and does so beautifully as the crew of the first spaceship to Mars witnesses the asteroid striking Earth and wonders what to do. — Locus

A collection of the best American science fiction and fantasy stories from 2016

The November/December 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Samantha Mills, Vivian Shaw, Matthew Olivas, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Iori Kusano, Anya Ow, and Emily Y. Teng. Reprint fiction by Catherynne M. Valente. Essays by Izzy Wasserstein, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Alex Jennings, and Karen Heuler, poetry by Eshqin Ahmad, Ewen Ma, May Chong, Taiwo Hassan, and Ai Jiang, interviews with Vivian Shaw and Iori Kusano by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Maxine Vee, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Meg Elison. About Uncanny Magazine Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2022 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, Chimedum Ohaegbu, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

Explore the world of Minecraft inside and out with this boxed set collecting three official novels: The Crash, The Lost Journals, and The End! Minecraft: The Crash When Bianca and her best friend Lonnie are in a terrible accident, she''s hospitalized and faced with questions she''s not equipped to answer. She chooses instead to try a new virtual reality version of Minecraft that gives her control over a world at the very moment she thought she''d lost it. As she plays, she realizes that Lonnie is somewhere in here too. She encounters Esme and Anton, two kids who are also playing on the hospital server, and teams up with them to play through to the End—and hopefully to find Lonnie and bring him back to reality. Minecraft: The Lost Journals Allison and Max must team up to find his missing uncle Nicholas. Using the journal his beloved uncle left behind as a guide, the duo hurtle headlong into a treacherous and unknown landscape called the Nether. There, they meet a strange girl named Freya and her woefully unheroic wolf, Bunny Biter, who agree to help them in their quest. The group must take on dangerous new foes and unravel the cryptic journal to find Nicholas and reunite this fractured family. Minecraft: The End For as long as they can remember, the twin endermen Fin and Mo have lived in the mysterious land of the End. They know everything there is to know about their world—or so they think until the strangers from another dimension arrive. The invaders are called humans, and they’ve come to steal artifacts and slay the ender dragon. Caught off guard, the twins are trapped in the middle of a war between the endermen and the humans, with the future of their home at stake.

The September/October 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Catherynne M. Valente, Grace P. Fong, Kristina Ten, Sarah Monette, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Jeannette Ng, AnaMaria Curtis, and Jenn Reese. Essays by Una McCormack, Christopher J. Garcia, Marissa Lingen, and Riley Silverman, poetry by Ali Trotta, Tiffany Morris, Ai Jiang, and Emily Jiang, interviews with Sarah Monette and Eugenia Triantafyllou by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Grace P. Fong, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

A new, original adventure of the Dark Knight, as a terrifying adversary enacts a bold plan to bring Gotham City to its knees. Batman: The Blind Cut follows the Caped Crusader and Zatanna as they join forces against a terrifying adversary who enacts a bold plan to bring Gotham City to its knees. Written by K Arsenalt Rivera, Martin Cahill, and Catherynne M. Valente. Voiced by Dave Fennoy and Natalie Naudus. TM & © DC Comics. (s20)

The March/April 2021 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Catherynne M. Valente, Dominica Phetteplace, Caroline M. Yoachim, Carrie Vaughn, Rati Mehotra, and Sarah Pinsker. Reprint fiction by Alaya Dawn Johnson. Essays by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Sid Jain, Marieke Nijkamp, and Jay Edidin, poetry by Tamara Jerée, Brandon O''Brien, Terese Mason Pierre, and Ali Trotta, interviews with Caroline M. Yoachim by Tina Connolly, and Sarah Pinsker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Paul Lewin, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Chimedum Ohaegbu and Elsa Sjunneson, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

The September/October 2017 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by N.K. Jemisin, Fran Wilde, C. S. E. Cooney, Catherynne M. Valente, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, and Delia Sherman, reprinted fiction by Malinda Lo, essays by Sophie Aldred, Cecilia Tan, Sarah Kuhn, Sam J. Miller and Jean Rice, and Sabrina Vourvoulias, poetry by Jo Walton, Brandon O''Brien, Ali Trotta, and Gwynne Garfinkle, interviews with C. S. E. Cooney and Delia Sherman by Julia Rios, a cover by Ashley Mackenzie, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

"''Der lustigste Science-Fiction-Roman seit ''Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis.''" The Verge Der Eurovision Song Contest im Weltall: Vor knapp hundert Jahren hat sich die Galaxis entzweit – ein Krieg löschte beinahe sämtliches Leben aus. In der Folge erfand man eine gemeinschaftsbildende Tradition. Etwas Schönes und Unterhaltsames, um den Frieden, die die Liebe und das Leben zu feiern. Und so wurde der metagalaktische Grand Prix geboren, in dem alle empfindungsfähigen Zivilisationen friedlich gegeneinander antreten. Seitdem muss jede neue Spezies, die Mitglied der kosmischen Gemeinschaft werden will, an der Show teilnehmen. Das Ganze ist ein Riesenspaß, das Problem ist nur: Auf dem letzten Platz wartet die völlige Vernichtung – und die Aliens haben ganz eigene Vorstellungen davon, wer für die Erde antreten soll ... Auftritt: Decibel Jones, Glam-Rocker der Extra-Klasse, gewesener Rock''n''Roll-Messias und Fast-immer-noch-Berühmtheit. Zusammen mit seiner Band, den "Absolute Zeroes", bekommt er die größte Bühne, die es je gab. Und nicht nur die Musikpresse ist der Ansicht: In unberufeneren Händen hat das Schicksal der Menschheit noch nie gelegen. "Space Opera hat das Herz von Douglas Adams und die Seele von David Bowie. Ich liebe das Buch und es hat mich glücklich gemacht." Chuck Wendig "Cat Valente ist völlig verrückt und brillant. Niemand sonst hätte diese Nummer durchziehen können." John Scalzi Für alle Leser von Douglas Adams, John Scalzi und Terry Pratchett. Und natürlich für alle Fans des ESC.

Brother Hiob, on missionary work in the Himalayan wilderness, discovers a village guarding a miraculous tree whose branches sprout books instead of fruit. These books chronicle the history of the kingdom of Prestor John, and Hiob becomes obsessed with the tales they tell.

The May/June 2015 issue of u003cemu003eUncanny Magazine.u003c/emu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e Featuring new fiction by Catherynne M. Valente, A.C. Wise, John Chu, Elizabeth Bear, and Lisa Bolekaja, classic fiction by Delia Sherman, essays by Mike Glyer, Christopher J Garcia, Steven H Silver, Julia Rios, and Kameron Hurley, poetry by Alyssa Wong, Ali Trotta, and Isabel Yap, interviews with Delia Sherman and John Chu by Deborah Stanish, a cover by Tran Nguyen, and an editoral by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

Atreve-te a derrotar bandos de zombies, a fazer o bolo dos teus sonhos, a aventurar-te em novas dimensões! Uma Aventura Minecraft Oficial A Mo e o Fin vivem no Fim, um lugar sombrio e escuro guardado por um dragão assustador e onde se venera o Grande Caos. Onde há fragmentos e shulkers e telepatia e teletransporte. E onde se treina dia e noite para atacar o Mundo Superior, onde vivem os humanos, a grande ameaça. Mas, um dia, o portal abre-se e os humanos invadem o Fim. Será que a Mo e o Fin vão finalmente descobrir quem são? Será que os humanos são assim tão assustadores? E o Fim, terá realmente um fim? O Minecraft é um jogo para assentar blocos e partir à aventura. Podes construir, brincar e desbravar mundos que se geram infinitamente, com montanhas, grutas, oceanos, selvas e desertos. Atreve-te a derrotar bandos de zombies, a fazer o bolo dos teus sonhos, a aventurar-te em novas dimensões ou a erguer um arranha-céus. Tu é que decides o que te apetece fazer.

Die schönen neuen Welten, die die Andromeda- Inititative ihren Siedlern versprochen hat, entpuppen sich als brandgefährliches Terrain. Schon der Weg dahin erweist sich als äußerst gefährlich als ein pathogenes Virus auf einem Kolonieschiff freigesetzt wird... Band 3 der actiongeladenen Romanserie zum neuesten großen Sci-Fi-Gamehit von Bioware/Electronic Arts!

"The sea is full of mysteries and rivers shelter the unknown. Dating back to ancient Assyria, folkloric tales of mermaids, sirens, rusalka, nymphs, selkes, and other seafolk are found in many cultures, including those of Europe, Africa, the Near East and Asia. Dangerous or benevolent, seductive or sinister -- modern masters of fantasy continue to create new legends of these creatures that enchant and entertain us more than ever. Gathered here are some of the finest of these stories. Immerse yourself in this wonderful -- and sometimes wicked - watery world!"--Page 4 of cover.

Here Monsters are hidden ... A lyrical anti-quest through aconscious maze without center, borders, or escape--a dark pilgrim''s progressthrough a landscape of vicious Angels, plague houses, crocodile-prophets, tragicchess-sets, and the mind of an unraveling woman, driven on by the mocking guidewho seeks to destroy as much as save. Enter the world of the Labyrinth,where Doors do not wait to be opened, but hunt you in the night. This isZarathustra in Wonderland, a puzzle which defies solution, a twisted paththrough language and madness... But where will you hide?

Subterranean Press proudly presents a major new collection by one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Catherynne M. Valente, the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making and other acclaimed novels, now brings readers a treasure trove of stories and poems in The Bread We Eat in Dreams. In the Locus Award-winning novelette "White Lines on a Green Field," an old story plays out against a high school backdrop as Coyote is quarterback and king for a season. A girl named Mallow embarks on an adventure of memorable and magical politicks in "The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland For a Little While." The award-winning, tour de force novella "Silently and Very Fast" is an ancient epic set in a far-flung future, the intimate autobiography of an evolving A.I. And in the title story, the history of a New England town and that of an outcast demon are irrevocably linked. The twenty-six pieces collected here explore an extraordinary breadth of styles and genres, as Valente presents readers with something fresh and evocative on every page. From noir to Native American myth, from folklore to the final frontier, each tale showcases Valente''s eloquence and originality.

Un roman officiel MINECRAFT ! D''aussi loin qu''ils se souviennent, Fin et Mo, frère et soeur Endermen, ont toujours vécu dans la contrée de l''End. Aux abords de la grande ville Enderman de Telos, les jumeaux explorent les ruines antiques sous l''oeil vigilant du puissant Ender Dragon. Ils connaissent tous les secrets de leur monde, et ils ne manquent de rien dans le navire de l''End dans lequel ils ont élu domicile. Du moins, c''est ce qu''ils pensaient, avant l''arrivée d''étrangers provenant d''une autre dimension. Ces envahisseurs, des humains en quête d''artefacts, débarquent avec l''intention de terrasser l''Ender Dragon. Fin et Mo vont se retrouver propulsés au milieu d''un conflit qui les dépasse, mais savent que le destin de leur monde est en jeu. Il fait toujours nuit dans l''End. Il n''y a pas de lever de soleil. Ni de crépuscule. C''est un lieu magnifique. Et il est loin d''être vide.

Osiřelá dvojčata Fin a Mo bydlí od narození v záhadné krajině End. Když portálem z Overworldu proniknou do Endu vetřelci, Mo s Finem nedokážou sami vzdorovat smrtícímu nebezpečí. Moc je v rukou jádroploditele Kraje a do boje se vrhá i samotný drak Endu.

All five books in the New York Times-bestselling Fairyland series by Catherynne Valente are now available in a beautiful paperback boxed set.

Kvarianská archa Keelah Si’yah se plaví do galaxie v Andromedě a na její palubě se nachází dvacet tisíc kolonistů rozličných druhů včetně drellů, elkorů nebo batarianů. Třicet let před tím, než mají dorazit do cíle, odhalí rutinní prohlídka mrtvé drelly, ležící ve svých kryopodech, a smrtící patogen na palubě. Nákaza se brzy začíná šířit napříč druhy a začne být rychle jasné, že nejde o žádnou nehodu. Je to vražda a její pachatel je stále na palubě. Lodní systémy jeden po druhém selhávají a mezi kolonisty se šíří panika, neboť virus způsobuje otoky mozku vedoucí k šílenství, halucinacím a strašlivým výbuchům násilí. Pokud se posádce nepodaří lodní technologie opět uvést do chodu a najít lék, Keelah Si’yah do Nexu nikdy nedorazí.

Setembro - que tem doze anos e vive em Omaha - tinha uma vida normal, até o pai ir para a guerra e a mãe ir trabalhar. Certo dia, encontra-se à janela da cozinha com um Vento Verde (sob a forma de um cavalheiro com um casaco verde), que a convida para uma aventura, dando a entender que o Reino Encantado precisa da sua ajuda. A nova Marquesa é imprevisível e volúvel, e não muito mais velha do que Setembro. Só Setembro conseguirá recuperar da floresta encantada um talismã que a Marquesa deseja, e, se não o fizer... a Marquesa fará a vida negra aos habitantes do Reino Encantado. Por esta altura, Setembro já começou a fazer novos amigos, incluindo um dragão alado que adora livros e um rapaz misterioso chamado Sábado.

So lange sie sich erinnern können, haben die beiden Endermen Fin und Mo im mysteriösen ?Ende? gelebt. Am Rande der großen Endermen-Stadt Talos erkunden sie antike Ruinen unter dem wachsamen Blick des mächtigen Enderdrachen. Sie haben alles, was sie brauchen und wissen alles, was sie über ihre Welt wissen müssen - bis sie auf die Fremden aus einer anderen Dimension treffen. Die Invasoren heißen Menschen und sie sind gekommen, um den Enderdrachen zu töten. Fin und Mo sind bereit, ihr Haus vor den Eindringlingen zu schützen, aber als sie sich den Menschen gegenübersehen, stellen sie fest, dass sie nicht so kampfbereit sind, wie sie gedacht hatten. Unvorbereitet sind die Zwillinge mitten in einem Krieg zwischen den Endermen und den Menschen gefangen, und die Zukunft ihres Hauses steht auf dem Spiel.

Septiembre, una niña de doce años de Nebraska, tiene muchas ganas de vivir aventuras. Así que cuando el Viento Verde le propone viajar a Tierra Fantástica a lomos de un leopardo, no duda en aceptar su propuesta ni un segundo (¿no habrías hecho tú lo mismo?). Pero Tierra Fantástica no pasa por su mejor momento, y Septiembre deberá aliarse con un dragón amante de los libros y un extraño niño casi humano llamado Sábado para derrotar a la pérfi da Marquesa y restaurar el orden.

El 21 de mayo de 1980, Star Wars se volvió una verdadera saga con el lanzamiento de El Imperio Contraataca. Para honrar el cuadragésimo aniversario, cuarenta narradores recrean una escena icónica de la película a través de los ojos de un personaje secundario, desde héroes y villanos, hasta droides y criaturas de la galaxia. Desde otro punto de vista. El Imperio Contraataca reúne las contribuciones de autores de bestsellers y artistas que han marcado tendencias y son voces de la historia literaria de Star Wars: • AUSTIN WALKER explora la improbable asociación de un cazarrecompensas dengario y un IG-88 mientras persiguen a Han Solo. • HANK GREEN describe la vida de un naturalista al cuidado de tauntauns en el planeta helado de Hoth. • TRACY DEONN trata las oscuras profundidades de la cueva de Dagobah, donde Luke se enfrenta a una visión aterradora. • MARTHA WELLS revela el mundo de los clanes ugnaught que habitan en las profundidades de la Ciudad Nube. • MARK OSHIRO cuenta de nuevo el trágico relato de dolor y supervivencia de los wampas. • SETH DICKINSON se cuestiona sobre el costo de servir a un imperio despiadado mientras se encuentra en el puente de mando de una nave imperial rumbo su perdición. Además, muchos otros relatos hilarantes, angustiosos o sorprendentes de Tom Angleberger, Sarwat Chadda, S. A. Chakraborty, Mike Chen, Adam Christopher, Katie Cook, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Alexander Freed, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Rob Hart, Lydia Kang, Michael Kogge, R. F. Kuang, C. B. Lee, Mackenzi Lee, John Jackson Miller, Michael Moreci, Daniel José Older, Amy Ratcliffe, Beth Revis, Lilliam Rivera, Cavan Scott, Emily Skrutskie, Karen Strong, Anne Toole, Catherynne M. Valente, Django Wexler, Kiersten White, Gary Whitta, Brittany N. Williams, Charles Yu, Jim Zub.

Un thriller psicologico inquietante e coinvolgente che ribalterà ogni sicurezza Sophia vive insieme al marito nel lussuoso complesso di Arcadia Gardens, una comunità isolata da tutto. Perfette sono le sfavillanti case dotate di sofisticati sistemi di sicurezza, perfetto è il vicinato e perfetta è anche la vita di Sophia. Suo marito è dolce e premuroso, e lei sente che sono fatti per stare insieme. Certo, il suo lavoro lo tiene lontano da casa un po’ troppo spesso, ma è un piccolo prezzo da pagare per una vita così impeccabile. Eppure, pian piano dei dubbi si insinuano nell’idillio di Sophia. Il seminterrato chiuso a chiave è la prima cosa a metterla in allarme: perché le è stato categoricamente proibito di scendere laggiù? Perché a volte suo marito torna a casa con uno sguardo strano? E perché, quando parla con i vicini, questi sono schivi e sembrano non sostenere il suo sguardo? Presto quelle che sembravano piccole crepe si allargano fino a diventare una voragine che inghiotte la scatola d’oro in cui viveva Sophia. Quale segreto nasconde suo marito? E cosa c’è dietro il lusso e l’apparente tranquillità che ammantano Arcadia Gardens? «Un vero gioiello. Intrighi e misteri inquietanti tengono il lettore col fiato sospeso.» Publishers Weekly Catherynne M. Valente è un’autrice bestseller del «New York Times». Ha scritto decine di libri tra romanzi e raccolte di poesie, e vinto numerosi premi nell’ambito della narrativa fantastica, tra cui più volte il prestigioso Locus Award. È stata finalista del premio Nebula e del World Fantasy Award. Vive su un’isola al largo delle coste del Maine.

Septembre repartira-t-elle en Féérie ? Oui mais non... Septembre rêve de repartir en Féérie. Car rien n’a changé depuis son retour : son père est toujours à la guerre en Europe, sa mère doit travailler de longues journées à l’usine et personne n’est venu la chercher de toute l’année pour l’emmener en Féérie. Jusqu’à ce jour où, couchée dans un champ, une barque voguant sur les herbes la dépasse. Lancée à sa poursuite, elle trébuche sur un muret et tombe... en Féérie. Mais très vite, elle découvre que bien des choses ont changé : la magie de Féérie (du dessus) s’épuise alors que les habitants perdent leurs ombres désireuses de se retrouver à Féérie (d’en dessous). Et ce monde du dessous a une nouvelle reine : Halloween, qui n’est autre que l’ombre perdue de Septembre. Elle n’a pas du tout l’intention de laisser partir les ombres profitant de leur liberté et s’amusant dans les fêtes données là en bas. Septembre retrouvera ses anciens amis (mais pas tout à fait eux non plus) et s’en fera de nouveaux dans ce monde étrange : Aubergine, le dodo de la nuit, la Vice-Reine du Café... Septembre se sent responsable de la situation et ne veut pas que Féérie disparaisse, mais les ombres veulent rester libres aussi... Découvrez vite la suite de La fille qui navigua autour de Féérie sur un bateau construit de ses propres mains avec ce roman jeunesse illustré ! EXTRAIT Il était une fois une fille appelée Septembre qui gardait un secret. Or, les secrets sont des choses délicates. Ils peuvent vous emplir de douceur et vous laisser tel un chat qui s’est repu d’un moineau particulièrement gras sans récolter le moindre coup de bec ou de serre. Mais ils peuvent aussi rester coincés en vous, et faire très lentement bouillir vos os pour concocter leur amer brouet. Dans ce cas, c’est le secret qui vous garde, et non l’inverse. Réjouissons-nous alors que Septembre ait réussi à maîtriser son secret ; il était comme une paire de gants douillets qu’elle pouvait enfiler, lorsqu’elle avait froid, afin de se remémorer la chaleur des jours enfuis. Le secret de Septembre ? Elle s’était rendue en Féérie. CE QU''EN PENSE LA CRITIQUE En bref un second opus qui remplit ses promesses et propose de jolies réflexions emplies de magie et de vérité. - Temps de mots Ce second tome est à la hauteur du premier. Nous retrouvons Septembre et ses amis dans une nouvelle aventure placée sous le signe de l’étrange et du merveilleux. - Les Bouquinautes À PROPOS DE L''AUTEUR Catherynne M. Valente est l''auteur à succès de plus d''une douzaine d''œuvres de fiction et de poésie, dont Palimpseste, la série des Contes de l''orphelin (Orphan Tales), Immortel (Deathless), et le phénomène La fille qui navigua autour de Féérie dans un bateau construit de ses propres mains. Elle a remporté les prix Andre Norton, Tiptree, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus et Hugo. Elle a fait partie des finalistes pour les prix Nebula et World Fantasy Awards. En France, La fille qui navigua autour de Féérie sur un bateau construit de ses propres mains a reçu le Prix des Imaginales 2016 Catégorie Roman Jeunesse. Elle vit sur une île au large de la côte du Maine aux Etats-Unis avec une petite mais croissante ménagerie de bêtes, dont certaines sont humaines. Elle a commencé les aventures de Septembre comme un récit secondaire d’un de ses romans adultes, puis l’a développé et publié sur internet. Ce fut la première fois qu’une œuvre auto-publiée gagna une récompense littéraire majeure. Ses différentes oeuvres publiées à ce jour en France ont été traduites par Laurent Philibert-Caillat.

È sempre buio nell''End. L''alba non esiste. Il tramonto non esiste. Le lancette degli orologi sono immobili. Questo non significa che non esista il tempo. O la luce. Fin e Mo, fratello e sorella, sono gemelli. A dire il vero Fin è tre minuti più vecchio, ma evita di farlo pesare. Una considerazione del genere è troppo precisa, sa troppo di Ordine: nell''End l''Ordine non è il benvenuto. Ed è proprio qui che i gemelli hanno sempre vissuto, a bordo di una nave stracolma di cianfrusaglie, in compagnia di uno scorbutico shulker, Grumpo, e con un Enderman dagli occhi verdi come unico amico. Anche Fin e Mo sono Endermen. Sono cresciuti da soli, senza genitori, facendo i cercarottami nei misteriosi territori dominati dallo sguardo vigile del drago dell''End. Eppure, nonostante le difficoltà, sono soddisfatti di ciò che hanno. Tutto vacilla quando inizia l''invasione. Gli uomini, terribili creature del mondo principale, dilagano nell''End per saccheggiare, distruggere e uccidere il drago. Gli Endermen si preparano alla guerra e i gemelli sono pronti a combattere, ma quando si troveranno davanti al nemico scopriranno una verità sconvolgente. In un''epica battaglia per la sopravvivenza, chi è davvero il nemico? Un inaspettato cambio di prospettiva per il più originale tra i romanzi di Minecraft.

Tyttö joka putosi Satumaan alle ja juhli varjojen valtakunnassa is the second book of the Fairyland series by Catherynne Valente. The girl, September, arrives in Fairyland and learns that the inhabitants have been losing their shadows and their magic to the world of Fairyland Below. This underworld is ruled by Halloween, the hollow Queen, who is September''s shadow. The new Queen does not want to return the shadows. This translation successfully recreates the wordplay and anarchic touch of the original work. (Quelle: IBBY Honour List 2016).

New York Times bestseller Catherynne M. Valente is the single most compelling voice to emerge in fantasy fiction in decades. Collected here for the first time, her early short novels explore, deconstruct, and ultimately explode the seminal myths of both East and West, casting them in ways you''ve never read before and may never read again. The Labyrinth?a woman wanderer, a Maze like no other, a Monkey and a Minotaur and a world full of secrets leading down to the Center of it All. Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams?an aged woman named Ayako lives in medieval Japan, but dreams in mythical worlds that beggar the imagination ... including our own modern world. The Grass-Cutting Sword?when a hero challenges a great and evil serpent, who speaks for the snake? In this version of a myth from the ancient chronicle Kojiki, the serpent speaks for himself. Under in the Mere?Arthur and Lancelot, Mordred and le Fay. The saga has been told a thousand times, but never in the poetic polyphony of this novella, a story far deeper than it is long.