5/31/2023 0 Comments The ten thousands doors of january![]() ![]() "A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through.absolutely enchanting."-Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys And January LaVoy's talented narration makes the story leap from the page. The perfect crossover novel, it will appeal equally to teens and adults alike. The Ten Thousand Doors of January features beautiful writing and heart-stopping action. But her discovery threatens everything she believes about her life, her family and herself. When she discovers that she has the ability to open doors into other worlds, she finds a myriad of other civilizations, some beautiful, some terrifying, where the color of her skin and her gender don't matter the way they do in her own world. January Scaller is an almost-orphan in the early 1900s, the unlikely ward of a rich collector of antiquities who employs her father to travel the world discovering treasures for his collections. “This lovely, magical book is a coming-of-age story that blends the best qualities of the adventure stories of the early 20th century with some thoroughly modern sensibilities. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse![]() ![]() Jeeves is a scarily-competent valet who is not just skilled at managing Bertie’s attire and household but, indeed, at managing Bertie himself. Bertie is the stereotypical young, carefree aristocratic detritus of the 1920s: old money combined with a youthful entitlement and sense of invincibility. Jeeves is a “gentleman’s personal gentleman”, or a valet as we might call him, to Bertram “Bertie” Wooster. I could easily have done this for several days, but I was having so much fun that I finished the book in just one. And with each story nice and short and self-contained, I could read one, pause, and then dip into another. It gave me a nice sense of their relationship through the ages. This proved to be even better than a novel as an introduction to Jeeves and Wooster. I enjoyed Cocktail Time and was looking forward to Carry on, Jeeves, which I didn’t actually realize was an anthology. Wodehouse experience following Cocktail Time, which was not a Jeeves and Wooster novel. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Imaginative realism book![]() ![]() ![]() More than an instruction book, this is the ultimate reference for fans of science fiction and fantasy illustration. It concludes with details and valuable advice on careers in fantasy illustration, including video game and film concept art and toy design. This groundbreaking work examines the practical methods for creating believable pictures of imaginary subjects, such as dinosaurs, ancient Romans, alien creatures, and distant worlds.īeginning with a survey of imaginative paintings from the Renaissance to the golden Age of American illustration, the book then goes on to explain not just techniques like sketching and composition, but also the fundamentals of believable world building including archaeology, architecture, anatomy for creatures and aliens, and fantastic engineering. Renowned for his uncanny ability to incorporate amazing detail and imagination into stunningly realistic fantasy settings, James Gurney teaches budding artists and fans of fantasy art step-by-step the techniques that won him worldwide critical acclaim. “From the award-winning artist, learn to see and shape the world in a way you never before imagined.Īn award-winning fantasy artist and the creator of Dinotopia, James Gurney instructs and inspires in Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Stanley robinson mars![]() The eight wire-mesh wheels were two-and-a-half meters high, and very broad.Īs they headed north across Lunae Planum they marked their route with little green transponders, dropping one every few kilometers. The forward modules contained the living quarters and had tinted windows on all four sides the aft modules contained the fuel tanks, and sported a number of black rotating solar panels. They had been built by Rolls-Royce and a multinational aerospace consortium, and had a beautiful sea-green finish. were each composed of two four-wheeled modules, coupled by a flexible frame they looked a bit like giant ants. But talk was talk she could have named all the allegiances of everyone at base if she had to.The expedition rovers. But apart from the Mars trilogy I don't remember him writing about how it would come about in other works - it's just there, naturally There's a lot about gender in 2312, and in the short story 'Sexual Dimorphism' (The Martians) there's some of it from the evolutionary psychology point of view in the 'Science in the Capital' troligy too. Nadia knew all this even though she had spent very little time alone with any of these people, except for Ann. ![]() ![]() Simon on the other hand was a quiet ally of Ann’s, committed to pure research and a hands-off attitude. George and Edvard were friends of Phyllis’s from their NASA days, and they supported her in advocating “applied geological studies,” meaning prospecting for rare metals. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: ![]() |