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Windhaven

Revolutions and the Aftereffects Authors: George R.R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle In the early mornings while she and her mother comb the beach for their survival, Maris is distracted by the fliers. They swoop through the air, elegant human figures born aloft by the last of a gone age – the sails of a long-ago crashed spaceship refashioned into splendid wings. The fliers alone are free. In this world it is all islands, wind, and isolation, but the fliers link the people. They battle the elements. They soar. They bring news and gifts and connect a brutal world filled with sea [...]

2022-01-15T22:11:08-07:00January 15th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Whispering Statue, The

Art Dealers and Yacht Clubs Author: Carolyn Keene In her fourteenth adventure Nancy becomes a sales girl to uncover a ring of art thieves and counterfeiters while racing yachts and putting herself in danger. As usual, Carson Drew is out of town, but he trusts his daughter to track down a trove of valuable books for one of his clients. This client is sure that the man selling her books is cutting her out of most of the profit. When the Drews are confronted in their own home by masked and armed men immediately after taking the case, it becomes obvious [...]

2021-09-15T20:25:05-07:00September 15th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

2014’s Top Apocalypse Fiction

2014 has been a banner year for fictional apocalypses. Before you dismiss it as a herd of dystopian YA romances, take note: this year’s offerings include literary fiction, time-traveling fantasy, and blood-soaked horror. These authors use apocalyptic disasters as metaphors for everything from class war to what it means (biologically and spiritually) to be human. If you love a good end-of-the-world adventure, take a look at the biggest apocalypse titles of 2014. California You’ve probably heard of California because of the now-famous “Stephen Colbert bump.” Author Sherman Alexie named Edan Lepucki as an example of a writer who was being [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:32-07:00October 23rd, 2014|Tags: , , |
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