![]() ![]() In this dystopia, imagination is treacherous. Each hour of daily life is dictated wholly by a group called The Table logic and numbers forge the foundations of Zamyatinic society, formed and maintained by the anonymous Benefactor. ![]() D-503 and his fellow citizens are carefully watched by the Bureau of Guardians. In classic Orwellian style, Zamyatin’s world is not merely reminiscent but presents a pivotal precursor to the surveillance state. The reader follows D-503, an engineer for the Integral, a spaceship built for the One State to conquer extraterrestrial lands, through his journal writings. After the Two Hundred Years’ War, culminating in the One State’s conquering of the world, its citizens are now reduced to numbers. How interesting then, to discover that Orwell’s novel had a (secret, at least to me) forerunner, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, published twenty-eight years previously in 1921… ![]() ![]() We’re taught that Orwell wrote with an eye firmly on the future, or at least on his own nightmarish conceptualisation of it, projecting a totalitarian bête noire into the minds of his readers. We all know that George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in 1949, is considered an archetypal text in the dystopian literary genre. ![]()
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Urn:lcp:shadowofnight00hark:lcpdf:dbb9f0c6-b96d-4a79-bd62-a9b3a6a3fb32 A Night Without Shadow, Night Without Shadows. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:34:48 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1150502 Boxid_2 CH119001 City New York DonorĬityofsausalitolibrary External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And there is another player in the battle for the scroll, a player who has been watching, waiting for the right moment to pull strings that no one even realized existed… until now. They will share his body and work with Yumeko and their companions to stop a madman and separate Hakaimono from Tatsumi and the cursed sword that had trapped the demon for nearly a millennium.īut even with their combined skills and powers, this most unlikely team of heroes knows the forces of evil may be impossible to overcome. Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with the devil - the demon inside him, Hakaimono. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must journey to the wild sea cliffs of Iwagoto in a desperate last-chance effort to stop the Master of Demons from calling upon the Great Kami dragon and making the wish that will plunge the empire into destruction and darkness. Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has given up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers in order to save everyone she loves from imminent death. Published by: Inkyard Press on March 31, 2020 ![]() ![]() Night of the Dragon (Shadow of the Fox, #3) by Julie KagawaĪlso by this author: Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1), Soul of the Sword (Shadow of the Fox, #2), Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl ![]() ![]() Please make sure your child is firm in their standards of morality because sometimes this book seems to blur the lines. It would probably be best to have a discussion after reading the book about how the main character changes throughout the story and if the things he says and does benefit anyone other than himself. ![]() (The book also mentions swearing and drinking but never really goes into great detail in that and it slowly disappears as the plot thickens) The main character does lie and steal but only to survive. I would recommend being over 11 and on the less sensitive side because of a sick child being killed in the beginning and then a crude scene afterward. Charlie's voice sounds like how I would imagine Sage sounding. ![]() Wade is very helpful in getting to know Sage, the main character. This book has captivating characters and plot! Lots of plot twists keep you flipping pages! This is a very good book and I have recommended it to most of my friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keene also oversees Maelstrom, his own small press publishing imprint specializing in collectible limited editions, via Thunderstorm Books. Keene also serves as Executive Producer for the independent film studio Drunken Tentacle Productions. Several more are in-development or under option. Several of Keene’s novels have been developed for film, including Ghoul, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck. In addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media properties such as Doctor Who, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe, and Superman. ![]() Keene’s novels have been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, French, Taiwanese, and many more. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture’s current interest in zombies. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. BRIAN KEENE writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moorcock, indeed, makes much use of the initials "JC", and not entirely coincidentally these are also the initials of Jesus Christ, the subject of his 1967 Nebula award-winning novella Behold the Man, which tells the story of Karl Glogauer, a time-traveller who takes on the role of Christ. ![]() A spoof obituary of Colvin appeared in New Worlds #197 (January 1970), written by "William Barclay" (another Moorcock pseudonym). His serialization of Norman Spinrad's Bug Jack Barron was notorious for causing British MPs to condemn in Parliament the Arts Council's funding of the magazine.ĭuring this time, he occasionally wrote under the pseudonym of "James Colvin," a "house pseudonym" used by other critics on New Worlds. ![]() ![]() As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States. He became editor of Tarzan Adventures in 1956, at the age of sixteen, and later moved on to edit Sexton Blake Library. Nicholas by Edward Lester Arnold as the first three books which captured his imagination. Moorcock has mentioned The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw and The Constable of St. Michael John Moorcock is an English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ![]() ![]() Though the story revolves around his accident and recovery, it’s more about how his deployment and condition change the lives of everyone who cares about him. He suffers traumatic brain injury after an IED explosion. Told in three parts-before, during, and after-this is the story of a young man who decides to enlist in the army reserves after high school, though he had opportunities elsewhere and is leaving behind a loving family, his autistic brother, his best friend, and his fiancee. ![]() Although he will never be the person he once was, this is the story of his struggle and transformation. His family and friends mourn what they see as a loss, but Ben perseveres. When he wakes up, he doesn’t know where he is, and he doesn’t remember anything about his old life. Somehow nobody ever thought Ben would be one of the soldiers affected, but after his convoy gets caught in an explosion, Ben is in a coma for two months. Haunted by memories of 9/11, he makes the decision to enlist in the army–with devastating consequences. ![]() Synopsis (Goodreads): Ben has always had it pretty easy–with no acting experience, he landed the lead in his high school musical, and he’s dating the prettiest girl in school. ![]() ![]() Published: February 7th 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Legranis ![]() ![]() ![]() The deal is that he won’t be tortured, but instead, he will be shot. They offer to “cut a deal” if he tells them the names of other believers. In 1948, Richard is grabbed by the secret police and taken to be interrogated. They loved God so much that they risked everything to bring soldiers The Gospel. He and others distributed thousands of disguised Gospel booklets and many came to Christ. He went to their barracks and told them about Jesus. ![]() Richard spoke fluent Russian so he could easily communicate to soldiers about Christ. When Bibles were banned, his congregation disguised The Gospel as Communist propaganda. Richard could no longer preach in the church, so he led a small congregation in his apartment. This courageous act put Richard in an unfavorable spotlight, causing the Communist secret police to begin watching him. But Richard, who served as a Lutheran pastor, wouldn’t stand for such blasphemy and courageously addressed the delegates by letting them know they needed to glorify the name of Christ, not the Communist Party. To help persuade Romanians, their messages were broadcasted to the whole nation. Many religious leaders praised Communism to show their loyalty. When Soviet troops entered Romania in 1944, religious leaders were given the choice of promoting Communism or being imprisoned. Based on the true story of Voice of the Martyrs’ founder, Tortured for Christ chronicles Richard Wurmbrand’s harrowing story of capture and torment by Communists while living in Romania during the Soviet invasion. ![]() ![]() Thayil's precision and economy distill what could be a sprawling and uneven saga into an elegant tapestry of beautifully observed characters and their complex lives. When the narrator moves back in 2004, though heroin has superseded opium as the drug of choice (resulting in an even seamier underground), he finds that Bombay has become Mumbai, an international metropolis. shelved 23,383 times Showing 29 distinct works. ![]() Lee's eventual rise to affluence serves as a parallel to the journey of the city itself. Books by Jeet Thayil (Author of Narcopolis) Books by Jeet Thayil Jeet Thayil Average rating 3.45 Lee, a Chinese entrepreneur and frequenter of brothels. The narrator eventually recedes from the story, but returns 25 years later to bookend the novel. Offbeat character portraits and compelling philosophical discussions form the bulk of the book. ![]() An unnamed narrator wanders through the sweltering Indian underworld of opium dens with odd characters like the intellectually ravenous eunuch, Dimple and Newton Xavier, a renowned visiting poet and painter. A vibrantly squalid yet glamorous Bombay of the 1970s emerges as the main character in poet Thayil's debut novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When, after surgery, he is deemed by the hospital to have such a poor quality of life that it would be better to let him go, the mother agrees. The parents in this novel are devoted to each other and to their young son, Dylan, who is diagnosed with medulloblastoma. Also, very cleverly, it explored what might happen after the end. The novel brought the raw emotions of the parents of sick children to the forefront. The sounds of the bleeping monitors, the antiseptic smells, were all just too recent for me as I spent a good portion of last month experiencing them first hand. This made the descriptions in this novel have an almost visceral impact on me. First my daughter, then most recently my little grandson. I have had many personal experiences with sick children in intensive care. ![]() I struggled with reading it as I had to keep putting it down to regain my composure. It is just that – for me – the subject matter was a little too raw, it hit too close to home. ![]() Don’t get me wrong, this was a beautifully written and deserving book. That being said, I would probably not have picked this one up if I had done any research into the title first. Such a fan that I will automatically read anything she writes. I’ve been a staunch fan of Clare Mackintosh’s work ever since reading the fantastic “ I let you go” back in 2016. ![]() |