New Releases by Ian R. MacLeod

Sachez-le, la Grande-Bretagne a perdu la Première Guerre mondiale. La suite, on la devine : la dépression, le chômage, la honte, la révolte... et voilà l''ordre ancien renversé. Dans cette période trouble, un seul homme a pu sauver le pays du désastre : John Arthur, le héros de guerre aux origines modestes ; John Arthur, l''apôtre du Modernisme ; John Arthur, l''homme qui a fait de l''Angleterre sclérosée une puissance internationale : la Très-Grande-Bretagne. Mais en 1940, alors que la terreur et les déportations font rage, un homme, Geoffrey Brook, professeur à Oxford, détient un terrible secret qui pourrait changer le cours de l''Histoire. Uchronie dans la lignée du Maître du Haut Château de Philip K Dick, Les îles du Soleil, lauréat du World Fantasy Award dans sa version novella, dresse le portrait poignant d''un homme dans la tourmente de l''Histoire.

This collection of literary short fiction combines fantasy, science fiction, and horror in vivid settings, peopled with ordinary humans with normal relationships, and the interaction of the mundane with the fantastic. In "Breathmoss," a young girl must cope with the relationship with her family, love, and a community set in rigid custom, where males are a rarity. In "Verglas," a man must decide to leave his humanity by going native on an ice world or abandon his family. The events leading to the formation of the current government, the repression of Jews and homosexuals, and the horrors of being a closet homosexual in such a regime are examined in "The Summer Isles." Other stories encompass a scientist who searches for extraterrestrial intelligence; a rigid, aged man finding magic by a pool; and an 18-year-old girl who gains the reputation of being a death flower during WWII.

A collection of stories ranging from fantasy to horror. The story, Ellen O''Hara, is on the Irish struggle for independence, while Grownup is on a world where there are three sexes.