Interesting Books
(Descriptions
from Goodreads)
The
Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper,
review at SF
Signal
Ruby
Martin expects to spend her days repairing robots and avoiding the dangerous
peacekeeping forces that roam the corridors of the generation ship The Creative
Fire. Her best friend has been raped and killed, the ship is falling apart
around her, and no one she knows has any real information about what’s
happening to them. The social structure on board Creative Fire is rigidly
divided, with Ruby and her friends on the bottom, but she dreams of freedom and
equality.
Everything changes when a ship-wide accident reveals secrets she
and her friends had only imagined. Now, she has to fight for her freedom and
the freedom of everyone she loves.
This is
the story Harry Ransom. If you know his name it’s most likely as the inventor
of the Ransom Process, a stroke of genius that changed the world. Or you
may have read about how he lost the battle of Jasper City, or won it, depending
on where you stand in matters of politics.
If you’re reading this in the future, Ransom City must be a
great and glittering metropolis by now, with a big bronze statue of Harry
Ransom in a park somewhere. You might be standing on its sidewalk and not
wonder in the least of how it grew to its current glory. Well, here is its
story, full of adventure and intrigue. And it all starts with the day that old
Harry Ransom crossed paths with Liv Alverhyusen and John Creedmoor, two
fugitives running from the Line, amidst a war with no end.
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin, review at Tethyan
Books
The
Red Knight by Miles Cameron, review at SFF World
Giveaways
Anna
Dressed in Blood & Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake at Cuddlebuggery
The Rise
of Ransom City by Felix Gilman, review at The
Ranting Dragon
One from a choice of selected 2013 releases at Bookish
Author Interviews
Kendare Blake at Cuddlebuggery
Triumph Over Tragedy
Sarah
over at Bookworm Blues is editing this anthology. All proceeds go the Red Cross
and the title is dedicated to the survivors of Hurricane Sandy.
Sarah
makes A
Plea: Publicity Help!
Smugglivus 2012
The
Book Smugglers begin their “month long celebrations of all things bookish and
geeky”.
The Cover Battle of 2012
If
you head over to The Ranting Dragon,
you can vote for the best covers of this year’s publications.
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