![]() ![]() Almost invariably, there isn’t more than one shooter in real life. When there are mass shooting events, the early news stories report more than one shooter. The Second Shooter is about a radical journalist who is writing a book about the phenomenon of a second shooter. Your new novel, The Second Shooter, is coming out with Solaris in November, would you be able to tell us a bit about it? Nick Mamatas was kind eoungh to speak to The Fantasy Hive via Zoom. He was the editor for Haika Soru, Viz Media’s essential imprint for Japanese translated speculative fiction, and has edited many anthologies. ![]() As well as writing novels and short stories, Mamatas is also a prolific editor. His latest novel, The Second Shooter (2021), comes out later this year with Solaris, and is a pointed exploration of conspiracy theories and weird politics in a SF/fantasy thriller mode. Mamatas’ blend of deft characterisation and sharply realised satire can be keenly felt across much of his work, including I Am Providence (2016), a murder mystery set in a Lovecraft fan convention, and The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze and Power Tools (2014), in which a failed science fiction writer must stave off the zombie apocalypse. His novel Move Under Ground (2005), which combines the Beat poetry of Jack Kerouac with the cosmic horror of H. ![]() Nick Mamatas is a unique author, who has been doing his own individual take on science fiction, fantasy and horror for 20 years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() On top of all that, the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including:Ī true objet d’art, this overstuffed, full-color illustrated book features really glorious and cool Lovecraftian artwork of all sorts of outrageous monsters, as well as a host of advice winding their ways around the edges of the pages like marginalia in an illuminated monk’s script. Jeff VanderMeer’s modern masterpiece of instruction exploits the visual nature of genre culture and employs bold, full-color drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. Wonderbook has become a definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich, illustrated approach for writers and would-be writers that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. “Aspiring writers of ‘imaginative fiction’-whether science fiction, fantasy or other kinds-are in for a treat.” ― There’s one book that every speculative fiction writer should read to learn about proper worldbuilding: Wonderbook.” ― Bustle ![]() ![]() “If worldbuilding gives you an S-class migraine, never fear. ![]() ![]() In this book, Bordo brings a feminist cultural critique to bear on images of the female body in Western culture to argue that these images increasingly homogenize and normalize female embodiment, placing a deep emphasis on slimness and bodily control. Summary: Bordo is responding at once to the mind/body dualism in the history of philosophy that treats the body as a trap or prison for the mind, while also associating women with the passive body, but she is also challenging the medical model that treats eating disorders in the terms of pathology and resists cultural analyses of eating disorders that might have important consequences for the way we understand eating disorders. ![]() Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body. ![]() ![]() ![]() The restoration of Chryseis to her father. ![]() This Thetis’ undertakes to do on the twelfth day when the gods have returned from the Aethiopians (318-429). After her departure Achilles laments to his mother, Thetis, the indignity which has been put upon him, and begs her to induce Zeus to give victory to the Trojans, that the Greeks may feel the need of his arm. Briseis is brought away by heralds whom Agamemnon has sent. Achilles is only restrained from open violence by the presence of Athene (54-317). Agamemnon yields so far as to give up Chryseis, but resolves to replace her by taking away the captive of Achilles - Briseis. The scene in the assembly, in which the quarrel breaks out between Achilles and Agamemnon. ![]() For when Chryses wished to ransom his daughter, the king sent him away with bitter reproaches, and bade him come no more to the camp. From The Iliad of Homer: Translated into English Prose (1891)īOOK I: After a short prelude, the poet enters on his subject He begins with a description of the plague which Apollo has sent upon the Grecian host in revenge for the treatment of his priest Chryses by Agamemnon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Questioning whether our current embracing of all things 'alien' - in the form of extraterrestrial gadgets or abduction narratives, for instance - stems from a desire to reaffirm ourselves as 'human', this is an original and thought-provoking contribution to the study of posthumanism. ![]() Neil Badmington explores our relationship with aliens, inscribed in films such as The War of the Worlds, Mars Attacks!, Mission to Mars and Independence Day and how thinkers such as Descartes, Barthes, Freud, Lyotard and Derrida have conceptualised what it means to be human (and post-human).Īlien Chic examines the the concept of posthumanism in an age when the lines between what is human and what is non-human are increasingly blurred by advances in science and technology, for example genetic cloning and engineering, and the development of AI and cyborgs. Neil Badmington his book Alien Chic: Posthumanism & the Other Within is a great example of how aliens/monsters are useful staging posts for posthuman analysis and understanding Jane Bennett Bennett’s notion of Vibrant Matter is a really instructive way of reconceptualising the ecological hierarchy, and humanity’s relationship with. Alien Chic provides a cultural history of the alien since the 1950s, asking ourselves why our attitudes to aliens have shifted from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now see ourselves and others. ![]() ![]() ![]() While out, she stumbles on some ruins where she meets a mysterious man made of light and has a strange vision of the future. On her 17th birthday, Vi and her friends leave for her birthday hunt. She’s close friends with Sehra’s daughter, Ellene, and her courier who is promoted to her guard, Jayme. There, she’s looked after by Jax, her “uncle” (not related by blood) and Sehra (the Chieftain of the North). ![]() Vi Solaris, the crown princess of the Solaris Empire, has spent the first 17 years of her life as a ward of the northernmost region of the Empire, Shaldan, as a result of a political deal. So please only read the summaries of the books you’ve already read and avoid scrolling too quickly. Minor events are missing from the summaries below, so this page can’t function as a substitute for reading the books. This is a refresher of the story intended for people who have already read these books. īelow is a high-level summary of the story and major events in Air Awakens: Vortex Chronicles books 1-4. And if I have to wait between releases? It can be hard to get back into the story.įor this reason, I’ve created this page of my website. This can happen even if I’m reading the books in the series back to back. Sometimes, when I read a series, I lose track of important events, names, and places. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Do we ruminate over failures and mistakes, or are we able to find the silver lining in our struggles? What aspects we focus on when we tell the story of our life, the story of how we became who we are, has an impact on our sense of self. Our well-being is influenced by our ability to form a favourable narrative of our lives. Whenever I felt sad lately, I tried to go back to a good memory, no matter how distant, and it made me feel better. In his book, Meik Wiking explores the research that suggests “people are happier with their lives if they tend to hold a positive, nostalgic view of the past.” He believes that this nostalgia can produce “positive feelings, boost our self-esteem and increase our sense of being loved by another.” I’ve let my memories be consumed by bad days or hurtful conversations that feel so irrelevant now. ![]() I hate that throughout my life, I’ve always focused on things that don’t matter. Reading this book triggered a lot of childhood moments I’d forgotten, and most of them were good. ![]() I was reading The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments by Meik Wiking, when I realised I tend to remember all the bad things, and forget the good ones. And yet, I remember vividly every bad thing that has ever happened to me, no matter how small. I can’t remember people’s names or birthdays. I forget things a second after they happened. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After living in the United States for a while, she moved to France, where teaching English to young children and discovering French picture books were the triggers that led her into illustration. Kris Di Giacomo is a popular children's book illustrator who has lived in France for most of her life. He lives in Lyon, France, with his wife and two children. Raised by a family of triceratops, he discovered his passion for writing and telling stories at a young age. Michaël Escoffier was born in France in 1970. Now, take a look and find some more! Discovering all of the words in the book is a lot of fun, and then there's the wild, exciting adventure that follows, of trying to find more! Or, without the "M," a chomp becomes a chop-though it could be that this particular play on words didn't even make it into the book, there are so many! We certainly don't want to give too much away. ![]() In other words, without the "A," the Beast is Best. The idea behind the book is that within every language there are words that change and become a different word through the simple subtraction of a single letter. Take Away the A is a fun, imaginative romp through the alphabet. ![]() ![]() ![]() While everyone is welcome here, fundamental awareness of privilege and intersectionality is expected. We understand that, occasionally, the topic of race will come up in discussion. We are the cool kids and the nerds, the fashionistas and the bohemians, the ratchet and the intellectual.
![]() ![]() If you get the chance, I thoroughly recommend you watch this brilliant piece of drama. Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886 - 1959) The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 19101913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. /rebates/2f97807867043782fWorst-Journey-World-Cherry-Garrard-Apsley-07867043732fplp&. It made me stare and sit on the edge of my seat, it sent shivers down my spine and made me cringe (there are a few gruesome parts) because of the reality it portrayed so phenomenally. ![]() Before I watched it, I knew hardly anything of these characters, but I have learnt a lot as well as enjoying a good period drama. The realism described and acted is superb. Every detail added up and it made me feel as if I was there with them. As acting goes, the talents of Mark Gatiss and Lee Ingleby never cease to amaze me, and was originally the reason I watched it. Available in used condition with free delivery in the UK. It even made me cry, and that hardly ever happens! Even though the budget was probably not very high, the special effects and creative shots were perfect. Buy The Worst Journey in the World: With Scott in Antarctica 1910-1913 By Apsley Cherry-Garrard. It was amazing to watch, and beautifully written. I've just seen this on BBC Four, and I never realised how a program sixty minutes featuring three men travelling to the south pole would be so fantastically fascinating. ![]() |