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vorchunnФантастика, фэнтези, мистика и неклассифицируемые шадевры письменности (западные авторы)
Серия "Отцы-основатели":
Жюль Верн "Опыт доктора Окса"
14.07.2010
"Шесть научно-фантастических и приключенческих повестей отца-основателя жанра - в очередном томе собрания сочинений"
Серия "Рэй Брэдбери. Вино из фантазий":
Рэй Брэдбери "Далеко за полночь"
14.07.2010
"Полночь - это дверь, ведущая в волшебную даль. За ней могут скрываться история первой любви и украденный попугай Хемингуэя, самозародившееся знойным летом зло в людском обличье и заводной Бернард Шоу, воскресенье в Дублине и отпуск в Мексике у подножия грозного вулкана.В этих двадцати двух рассказах - квинтэссенция зрелого Брэдбери, на полпути от "Золотых яблок Солнца" к "Вождению вслепую"
Сбориник "Далеко за полночь" ("Long After Midnight", 1976; номинировался на "World Fantasy Award"-1977). Переиздание (Эксмо, серия "Игра в классику", 2005).
Серия "Апокалиптика":
Колин Уилсон "Мир пауков. Книга первая. Башня"
14.07.2010
"Новая серия в оригинальном оформлении! Первая книга культового сериала о порабощении людей гигантскими пауками в знаменитом переводе А. Шабрина"
"The Tower" (1987). Переиздание 1-го романа цикла "Spider World".
Первоначально книга заявлялась на март 2010 (в серии "Проект "Фантастика. Приключения").
Серия "Книга-загадка, книга-мистика":
Клайв Баркер "Книга демона, или Исчезновение мистера Б."
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке!
Новый шедевр мастера! Взгляд демона из преисподней на наш мир. Мелкие пакости включены в стоимость книги"
"Mister B. Gone" (2007)
"Horror novel in the form of a demon’s memoir"(с) база "Locus"
"Horror novel, Barker's first adult novel in several years, cast as the memoir of a 15th-century demon"(с) Locus Online: New Books, early November 2007
"Master horror writer Barker tackles questions of good and evil, demons, love, and even the war between Heaven and Hell in this darkly fantastic and frequently humorous novel in the form of the autobiography of a demon"(с) Locus Online: Locus Magazine's New And Notable Books, December 2007
Из "Publishers Weekly": "This offbeat novel in the form of a minor demon's diary may satisfy devoted Barker fans eager for his return to adult fiction after several years writing the Abarat series, but others, especially first-time readers, are likely to find this fable about good and evil less than rewarding. Jakabok Botch, the child of two demons who has inherited his father's two tails, is rendered even more grotesque after he tumbles into a fire and most of his face is badly burned. A violent dispute with his abusive father, Pappy Gatmuss, leads to the pair being trapped by a net from our world. Jakabok manages to elude capture and eventually finds his way to the home of Johannes Gutenberg, whose wife turns out to be an angel in disguise. The book's format—simultaneously Botch's first-person narrative and his break-the-fourth-wall address to the reader pleading for him or her to burn the book—may puzzle readers unused to Barker's quirks."
Страница романа в английской Википедии - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_B._Gone
Кэтрин Куртц, Дебора Харрис "Адепт. Сокровища тамплиеров"
14.07.2010
"Сэр Адам Синклер вновь в самой гуще событий - мистический орден Ложа Рыси вновь грозится уничтожить хрупкий мир"
"Сокровища тамплиеров" ("The Templar Treasure", 1993)
Переиздание (АСТ, "Темный город", 2002).
3-я часть цикла "Адепт" ("The Adept Series"), начатого романами "Адепт" ("The Adept", 1991) и "Ложа Рыси" ("The Lodge of the Lynx", 1992).
В цикл также входят "Dagger Magic" (1995) и "Death of an Adept" (1996).
"Fantasy detective novel, third book of the series featuring Master of the Hunt Sir Adam Sinclair, who is on a dangerous quest for the ancient Seal of Solomon"(с) база "Locus"
Серия "Книга-загадка, книга-мистика. Дин Кунц":
Дин Кунц "Нехорошее место"
14.07.2010
"Роман, который читается на одном дыхании! Самая популярная книга в творчестве Кунца по мнению пользователей рунета!"
"The Bad Place" (1990). Переиздание.
"Очень удачная смесь научной фантастики и романа ужасов. Книга рассказывает о чете частных детективов, которые оказываются впутанными в дела очень странного семейства. Одно из лучших произведений Кунца. Настоятельно рекомендуется к прочтению"(с) база "Locus"
Дин Кунц "Франкенштейн: Потерянные души"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Кровавая история доктора Франкенштейна продолжается, а это значит, что мир снова в опасности"
"Frankenstein: Lost Souls" (май 2010), 1-й во 2-й трилогии цикла "Франкенштейн" ("Dean Koontz's Frankenstein"). 2-я и -3я ее части, предположительно, будут изданы с годичным интервалом - в мае 2011 и 2012 года соответственно.
В 1-ю трилогию цикла входят "Франкенштейн: Блудный сын" ("Prodigal Son", 2005; в соавторстве с Кевином Дж. Андерсоном (Kevin J(ames) Anderson)), "Франкенштейн. Город Ночи" ("Frankenstein: City of Night", 2005; в соавторстве с Эдом Горманом (Ed[ward Joseph] Gorman, 1941)) и "Франкенштейн: мертвый и живой" ("Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Dead and Alive", 2009).
Отрывок из романа на английском - http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553808018&view=excerpt
Из "Publishers Weekly": "Set in Rainbow Falls, Mont., Koontz's goofy, grisly fourth riff on the Frankenstein theme (after Dead and Alive) finds Victor--previously presumed dead but apparently as easily resurrected as cinematic incarnations of his monster--perfecting his "New Race" of humanoid replicants. As affectless pod-person lookalikes gradually replace the town's citizens, the task of saving humanity from Victor and his megalomaniacal plans to "destroy the soul of the world" fall once again to husband-and-wife detectives Michael and Carson Maddison; Victor's soulsearching original monster, Deucalion; and a host of local yokels who provide both sympathy and comic relief. That the "good guys" are instantly recognizable by their abundant compassion, generosity, and sense of humor and the "bad guys" by their fussbudget fastidiousness and dedication to efficient extermination of inferior humans helps lay the foundation for the humanitarian homilies that punctuate the narrative."
Ray Olson в Booklist: "Lost Souls continues the saga of the seemingly unkillable Victor Frankenstein, now a megalomaniac bent on—what else?—world domination, via wiping humanity off the globe, from a few years after where the trilogy Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein left it. Since the blowup (literally: Katrina was raging) in New Orleans in which Victor and his replicant New Race went down for good, Erika Five, the last and most independent version of Frankenstein’s “wife,” has settled outside a Montana town, happily laying low. Then, shopping in town, she sees what could only be Victor. It is, and it isn’t, as she later figures out. Meanwhile, a new bunch of replicants starts replacing their human prototypes and launches a mass termination of the rest of the populace. Fortunately, Deucalion, as Frankenstein’s original creation is now known, is on to the plot. He brings the detective couple from New Orleans, who are now married, new parents, and PIs in San Francisco, into the action, which races to a climax that doesn’t quite conclude in this book. Obviously enjoying himself, Koontz does his dance of grisly suspense, wry dialogue, sharp characterization, outlandish but charming (and well-integrated) comic relief, and cultural criticism more adroitly than almost ever before."
Кунц о романе: "When it comes to predicting the future, I am Nostradamus's idiot great nephew. In the 1980s, I believed that by 2010, we would all be traveling regularly to no-sales-tax shopping malls on the moon and zipping over to Mars for a Frappuccino. I thought we would be enjoying genetically engineered house pets like cadogs (half cat, half dog, all affection), miniature eaglebbits (flying rabbits), dry chihuahuas (little dogs that never need to pee), crocodobers (highly effective home guard dogs), and spongerbils (sponge gerbils that not only can be cuddled but will mop your floors and wring one another out in a bucket of water).
I also predicted that by now we would be flying everywhere with personal jet packs, and carrying clever autofloss machines to strip the bugs out of our teeth in thirty seconds flat after landing. Back in 1980, I predicted that by now John Belushi would be president, but I don't count this one a complete miss, because Al Franken is a United States Senator, which I admit surprises me considering that Mr. Franken isn't nearly funny enough to hold high office.
When I finished the third Frankenstein novel, Dead and Alive, I foresaw that it was the end of the series. As it turns out, I was as right about this as I was about my prediction that the annual Academy Awards TV special would be hosted five years running by Muammar Gaddafi.
My original trilogy brought to an end a story cycle, but the themes of Shelley's novel are more timely by the month. I realized that I could do much more with the concept than I had done thus far. Furthermore, an entirely new kind of technology of creature-creation occurred to me, and it was a lot more terrifying than the messy-gooey, strictly biological New Race that Victor developed in the first trilogy. By moving the setting from New Orleans to Rainbow Falls, Montana, I was able, as well, to change the atmosphere and to have fun with Armageddon occurring in snow-and-cowboy country.
As always, if readers hadn't been so enthusiastic about these books, I wouldn't have been able to proceed with the series. I appreciate your support more than I can say. I've received a lot of mail from readers who said they didn't read these novels for the longest time because the whole Frankenstein thing turned them off, but when they finally tried them, they discovered these weren't at all like what they expected, and they loved them. I always try not to give you the same old same old. Lost Souls has the flavor of my first three Frankenstein titles, but otherwise it does not clump over familiar territory. This time, Victor is much scarier and smarter than his predecessor, and his war against humanity is a blitzkrieg that comes on like a storm.
Lost Souls, like the books after it, is self-contained even though it is a part of a larger narrative. You can plunge into it and, if you like it, then go back to Prodigal Son, City of Night, and Dead and Alive if you wish. I am currently working on The Dead Town, recounting the next phase of the war against humanity, and I suppose it might sound a little strange to say I'm having a good time chronicling our doom."
Серия "Интеллектуальный бестселлер (мини)":
Рэй Брэдбери "В мгновенье ока"
07.07.2010
"Великий мастер, которому в этом году исполняется 90 лет, зачаровал миллионы читателей во всем мире и каждой своей книгой доказывает, что Музе не важен возраст того, кому она поклялась в верности. Сборник рассказов "В мгновенье ока" с блеском демонстрирует весь творческий диапазон кудесника Брэдбери: от теплой человечности, сентиментальности в лучшем смысле этого слова до густо замешанной на черном юморе трагикомедии".
Сборник "В мгновенье ока" ("Quicker than the Eye", 1996; номинировался на "Locus"-1997 (3 место)). Переиздание (Эксмо, серия "Игра в классику", 2004).
Сирил Массаротто "Бог - мой приятель"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Сирилл Массаротто - француз, какое-то время работал воспитателем и директором детского сада, играл в рок-группе "Saint Louis". В 2008 году выпустил свой дебютный роман и - проснулся знаменитым. Безымянный рассказчик этой истории работает в секс-шопе. Когда ему исполняется 30 лет, в его жизнь входит Бог. Он помогает, рассказчику устроить личную жизнь, впрочем счастье оказывается недолговечным"
Cyril Massarotto "God is a Buddy of Mine" (2008). Дебютный роман.
Англоязычное описание: "A first novel by a 33-year-old author A modern writing, full of humor and vibrant with emotion.
The narrator is 30 when he meets God. Or, rather, when God summons him. He does not ask him for anything—just wants to talk about things, as in any budding friendship.
The life of this narrator, whose name we do not know, is henceforth punctuated by these meetings—initially fortuitous then regular: every Tuesday evening. The young man, who works in a sex-shop, meets Alice, a brilliant, hardworking psychology student. With a few (discreet) nudges from his best friend, the young man courts Alice. They fall in love, get married and have a child: Leo.
The evening of Leo’s birth, God congratulates him, assuring him that their baby will have a fine life.
Happiness reigns… for four years. Until Alice dies. Life without Alice cannot be a fine life. Our young man is shattered and, in addition to his despair, he feels betrayed. He had so firmly believed! He has a falling out with God. But the story is far from over…
Through the itinerary of a young man almost like everyone else, this hilarious, sensitive and accurately-observed novel quite simply celebrates life. "
Отрывок - http://www.xoeditions.com/spip.php?page=acces_extrait&id_article=233
Конечно, в зависимости от того, как "в его жизнь входит Бог", книга может классифицироваться и как фэнтези. Но американские фантастические сайты про такого автора не знают. Сильно сомневаюсь. Оставляю книгу в списке скорее для массовости.
Серия "Интеллектуальный бестселлер. Читает весь мир":
Хилари Мантел "Чернее черного"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском - один из ярчайших современных авторов Британии, лауреат Букеровской премии 2009 года Хилари Мантел. В романе "Чернее черного" показана спиритическая изнанка старой и новой Англии".
Hilary [Mary] Mantel "Beyond Black" (2005; номинировался на "International Horror Guild Award"-2006).
"fantasy novel of a psychic and her assistant in contemporary England"(c) база "Locus"
Рецензия в "Publishers Weekly": "Instead of celebrating the mystical side of "sensitives," the people who travel England's contemporary psychic "fayre" circuit, Mantel (A Change of Climate, etc.) concentrates on the potential banality of spiritualism in her latest novel, a no-nonsense exploration of the world of public and private clairvoyance. Colette is a down-on-her-luck event planner fresh from a divorce when she attends a two-day Psychic Extravaganza, her "introduction to the metaphorical side of life." There, Alison, a true clairvoyant, "reads" Colette, sees her need for a new life—as well as her potential—and hires her as a Girl Friday. As Colette's responsibilities grow, and the line between the professional and the personal blurs, Colette takes over Alison's marketing, builds her Web site, plans for a book and buys a house with her. Colette also serves as a sort of buffer between Alison and the multitude of spirits who beleaguer her. (Alison's spirit guide, Morris, "a little bouncing circus clown," proves especially troublesome.) Mantel's portraits of the two leading characters as well as those of the supporting cast—both on and off this mortal coil—are sharply drawn. This witty, matter-of-fact look at the psychic milieu reveals a supernatural world that can be as mundane as the world of carpet salesmen and shopkeepers."
James Klise в Booklist: "Fans of Mantel's 2003 memoir, Giving Up the Ghost (2003), will recognize aspects of the author in the sympathetic heroine of her tenth book, a darkly funny novel about the odd relationships formed among the living and the dead. Alison Hart, nearing 40, overweight and happily single, is a spiritual seer by trade. She reads palms and tarot cards; in villages throughout England, she performs in front of packed crowds, her stage act a combination of fortune-telling and "communications" with the other side. In an age of celebrity deaths and terrorist attacks, Alison's authentic spiritual gifts are highly prized, but her personal life is in shambles, physically, emotionally, and financially. Help arrives in the form of Colette, a recently divorced, no-nonsense professional, who sees Alison's predicament as an opportunity to reinvent both women's lives. Obstacles to Colette's ambitious plans include nosy neighbors, competing psychics, even adversaries from beyond--especially a gang of menacing thugs from Alison's childhood. A contemporary ghost story told with humor and heart, this novel is sure to conjure up new readers for Mantel."
Кстати, автор, помимо прочего, командор Ордена Британской империи (Commander of the British Empire).
Серия "Мона Лиза":
Джеффри Форд "Год призраков"
26.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Новый роман от автора "Портрета миссис Шарбрук" и "Девочки в стекле", удостоенной асссоциацией "Детективных авторов Америки" премии имени Эдгара Алана По. Как Рэй Брэдбери в своем шедевре "Вино из одуванчиков" навеки нанес на карту мировой литературы американский Средний Запад предвоенной поры, так и Джефри Форд в "Годе призраков" мастерски воспроизводит вкус, цвет и ощущение детства"
Jeffrey Ford. Внецикловой роман "The Shadow Year" (2008; награжден "World Fantasy Award"-2009 (разделил 1 место) и "Shirley Jackson Award"-2009; номинировася на "Locus"-2009 (4 место)).
Роман частично основан на новелле "Botch Town" (2006; награждена "World Fantasy Award"-2007; номинировалась на "Locus"-2007 (4 место)).
"Ford expands his World Fantasy Award-winning novella ССBotch TownТТ in this quasi-autobiographical fantasy/mystery novel about brothers who build a model of their home town, only to discover that changes their sister makes to the model somehow affect the real town"(с) Locus Online: Locus Magazine's New And Notable Books, April 2008
Из рецензии Gary K. Wolfe в "Locus": "For those of us who loved 'Botch Town', there are mysteries left as mysteries, and the most importance of these involve time, place, and character. By the end of The Shadow Year, we feel like we'd know our way around the geography of Ford's Long Island town as well as our own childhood towns, and we remember what it was like to see the world largely as a rumor."
Из интервью журналу "Locus" (июнь 2008): “The Girl in the Glass was actually written because I couldn't finish The Shadow Year. A lot of The Shadow Year is based on my life -- it's very personal. I started writing it and then I got stuck. It wasn't anything too traumatic, but I wanted to really get down what had happened. I said 'I can't write this now,' so I switched and wrote Girl in the Glass.
“The first time I finished The Shadow Year, it was too subtle. Nobody could figure out what the hell was going on. Then, with a lot of encouragement from my editor Jennifer Brehl, I went back to it. She said, 'Here's the secret: it's fiction. Make it a story.' So when I went back I kept that in mind, and that allowed me to finish it. Before that it was really kind of a memoir (god forbid). It's based on the novella 'Botch Town'. Many of my stories are ideas I couldn't sell for novels, but this thing was kind of a fluke. In the book, the original novella is changed quite a bit, but the basics are the same.”
Рецензия в "Publishers Weekly": "In Edgar-winner Ford's disappointing sixth novel, the narrator—a nameless boy growing up on suburban Long Island in the mid-1960s—spends what remains of his summer vacation roaming the neighborhood with his older brother, Jim. At home, money is tight, forcing their father to work three jobs while their mother drinks herself to sleep every night. A prowler may be loose on the streets, and the narrator and Jim see a menacing man in a white car lurking near their house and school. When a local boy disappears soon after school starts, the narrator and Jim are sure Mr. White is responsible. They turn to their younger sister, Mary, for help, after she mysteriously moves figurines in the boys' model town, reflecting events before they've occurred. The stage is set for suspense, yet Ford (The Girl in the Glass) deflates it at every opportunity with his unresolved subplots. Instead of building to a thrilling climax, the story peters out and loose ends are either forgotten or tied up too neatly."
David Pitt в "Booklist": "In his latest novel, the author of The Girl in the Glass (2005) and The Empire of Ice Cream (2007), among other genre-bending tales, takes us back in time to the 1960s, when strange doings are afoot in a small suburban community. A schoolboy has vanished; a stranger has appeared; a prowler (possibly a pervert) is lurking about; and a librarian is losing her grip on reality. Keeping track of it all are several young chums, including the sixth-grade narrator; his older brother, Jim; and their sister, Mary, who may somehow be affecting what’s happening as she rearranges figures on the toy model of the community in her basement. Imagine a young-reader amateur-sleuth novel written by someone like Kafka, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of this one: surreal, unsettling, and more than a little weird. Ford has a rare gift for evoking mood with just a few well-chosen words and for creating living, breathing characters with only a few lines of dialogue. Give this one to readers who appreciate the blending of literary fiction, fantasy, and mystery"
Форд известен у нас по трилогии "Well-Built City" (или "Cley"), состоящей из романов "Физиогномика" ("The Physiognomy", 1997; награжден "World Fantasy Award"-1998; назван "New York Times Notable Book of the Year"-1997), "Меморанда" ("Memoranda", 1999; назван "New York Times Notable Book of the Year"-1999) и "Запределье" ("The Beyond", 2001; номинировался на "Locus"-2002 (17 место); попал в список "Book World's Best Books"-2001 газеты "Washington Post"), а по историческому ("нью-йоркскому") триллеру с мистико-фэнтезийными мотивами "Портрет миссис Шарбук" ("The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque" (2002; номинировался на "World Fantasy Award"-2003 и "Locus"-2003 (8 место в категории "фэнтезийный роман")) и "балансирующему между фэнтези и мэйнстримом" роману "Девочка в стекле" ("The Girl in the Glass", 2005; награжден "The Edgar Allan Poe Award"-2006; номинировался на "Nebula"-2006). Ну и по рассказам в различных антологиях.
Лаура Эскивель "Малинче"
20.07.2010
"Лаура Эскивель - современная мексиканская писательница, широко известная как у себя на родине, так и в Америке и Европе. Ее первый роман "Шоколад на крутом кипятке" моментально стал мировым бестселлером, был переведен более чем на тридцать языков и экранизирован. В ее творчестве парадоксальным образом сочетаются реальность и вымысел, эротика и мистика, любовный сюжет и рецепты мексиканской кухни".
Laura Esquivel. "Malinche" (2007). Уже издавался на русском издательством "Амфора" в 2006 в серии "Читать модно".
Аннотация от предыдущего издания: "Изысканный мастер любовных и кулинарных историй Лаура Эскивель своим последним романом доказывает, что ей подвластны самые разные жанры. В своем новом блюде она смешала в нужных пропорциях любовный сюжет и историческую основу, мифологию и этнографический колорит.
В переплетении судеб героев этой книги - знаменитого конкистадора Кортеса и индейской девушки по имени Малиналли - как в зеркале отражается столкновение двух разных миров, религий и культур. В этой ненависти и любви, в этой горечи и страсти рождалась Латинская Америка..."
Мексиканский магреализм? Что-то я сомневаюсь в том, что книгу можно притянуть к фантастике/фэнтези.
Страница об авторе на "Озоне" - http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/272397/
Серия "Книга-загадка, книга-бестселлер":
Майкл Грубер "Фальшивая Венера"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Роман от автора бестселлеров "Долина костей", "Ночь ягуара", "Тропик ночи". Майкл Грубер - признанный мастер, пишуший в жанре триллера, создающего удивительные истории, затягивающие читателей в мир чрезвычайно интересных редких манускриптов, интеллектуальной игры, древней и современной криптографии".
Michael Gruber "Forgery of Venus" (2008)
Рецензия в "Publishers Weekly": "Bestseller Gruber (The Book of Air and Shadows) probes the boundaries between sanity and madness in his outstanding sixth novel. Talented Chaz Wilmot, who makes a modest living as a commercial artist in New York City, can't say no when Mark Slade, his former Columbia roommate who now owns a downtown gallery, offers him $150,000 to fix a ruined Tiepolo ceiling in a Venetian palazzo (the ceiling had essentially collapsed, so it wasn't a restoration job exactly but more like a reproducing job). Once abroad, Wilmot gets sucked into an increasingly bizarre world where his own identity is confused and the art he produces may be a forgery but is genuinely magnificent. Is Wilmot crazy or is he being manipulated in a grandiose scheme linked to unrecovered art stolen by the Nazis? Gruber writes passionately and knowledgeably about art and its history—and he writes brilliantly about the shadowy lines that blur reality and unreality. Fans of intelligent, literate thrillers will be well rewarded."
Аннотация к западному изданию: "An artist born outside his time, Chaz Wilmot can paint like Leonardo, Goya, Gainsborough—and he refuses to shape his talent to fit the fashion of the day. His unique abilities attract the attention of Werner Krebs, an art dealer with a dark past and shadier present, and soon Wilmot is working with a fervor he hasn't felt in years. But his creative burst is accompanied by strange interludes—memories that are not memories . . . and he begins to wonder if he is really the person he believes he is. When a previously unknown masterpiece by the Spanish painter Vela'zquez is discovered, the artist suddenly finds himself lost in a mirrored house of illusions—and propelled into a secret world of greed, lies . . . and murder. "
Отрывок на английском - http://www.michaelgruberbooks.com/venus_excerpt.html
Грубер известен у нас по трилогии про детектива Джимми Паза (Jimmy Paz), состоящей из романов "Тропик ночи" ("Tropic of Night", 2003; номинировался на "International Horror Guild Award"-2003 (категория "first novel")), "Долина костей" ("Valley of Bones", 2005) и "Ночь Ягуара" ("Night of the Jaguar", 2006).
Серия "Черная Фэнтези":
Ричард Морган "Сталь остается"
06.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Первая книга цикла "Страна, достойная своих героев", вызвавшая бурю восторженных откликов критиков и читателей и принесшая своему создателю первое место в рейтинге New York Times"
Перенос с июня
Richard [Kingsley] Morgan. "The Steel Remains" (2008; по результатам "SF Site Readers' Poll"-2009 занял 7 место).
1-я часть запланированной трилогии "Land Fit for Heroes". Продолжение выходит в июле 2010 - "The Dark Commands".
"The Steel Remains is a grubby, blood-spattered trawl through exactly how unpleasant it might be to actually have to live in the average fantasy universe"(с) автор
"The Steel Remains is the first book of a planned trilogy named A Land Fit For Heroes. A Land Fit For Heroes was originally the working title of the first volume, and was retained as the series title after first Morgan and the UK publisher, and then the US publisher, decided to use the current title The Steel Remains"(с) англовикипедия
"Fantasy novel (the author's first, after five SF novels), about veteran warrior Ringil Eskiath, half-breed lady kir-Archeth, and steppe-nomad Egar the Barbarian, who are drawn together in service of their Empire"(с) Locus Online: News: Monitor Listing: New Books 3rd week August
"In a category loosely called "This Isn't Your Grandmother's Heroic Fantasy," Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold, David Anthony Durham's The Other Lands, and Richard K. Morgan's The Steel Remains all pushed boundaries in different ways... Morgan, meanwhile, decided that not only was he going to create a realistic gay protagonist engaging in explicit sex for his noirish epic, but also gleefully subvert most of heroic fantasy's tropes in much the same way as Sherman "subverted" Atlanta during the American Civil War"(с) Jeff VanderMeer on The Best of 2009
"Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap is a legend to all who don't know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteren of the wars against the lizards he makes a living from telling credulous travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire's slave trade. Where he will discover a secret infinitely more frightening than the trade in lives. Archeth - pragmatist, cynic and engineer, the last of her race - is called from her work at the whim of the most powerful man in the Empire and sent to its farthest reaches to investigate a demonic incursion against the Empire's borders. Egar Dragonbane, steppe-nomad, one-time fighter for the Empire finds himself entangled in a small-town battle between common sense and religious fervour. But out in the wider world there is something on the move far more alien than any of his tribe's petty gods. Anti-social, anti-heroic, and decidedly irritated, all three of them are about to be sent unwillingly forth into a vicious, vigorous and thoroughly unsuspecting fantasy world. Called upon by an Empire that owes them everything and gave them nothing. Richard Morgan brings his trademark visceral writing style, turbo-driven plotting and thought provoking characterisation to the fantasy genre and produces a landmark work with his first foray"(с) аннотация
Страница книги на сайте автора - http://www.richardkmorgan.com/novels/the-steel-remains/
Интервью с писателем, где он рассказывает кое-что об этом романе - http://thebookswede.blogspot.com/2008/08/interview-with-richard-morgan.html
Морган известен у нас по фантастическому циклу о Такеси Коваче, из которого АСТ сподобилось издать только первых два романа - "Видоизмененный углерод" ("Altered Carbon", 2002 в Британии, 2003 в США; награжден "Philip K. Dick Award"-2004 и итальянской "Premio Italia"-2005; номинировался на "Locus"-2003 (3 место среди дебютантов) и японскую премию "Seiun"-2006) и "Сломанные ангелы" ("Broken Angels", 2003 в Англии, 2004 в США). При этом вторая книга переводом была зверски убита.
Серия "Мастера Меча и Магии":
Брент Уикс "Ночной ангел. Книга 1. Путь тени"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Первая книга цикла, продажи которой давно превысили 100 000 экземпляров"
Brent Weeks "The Way of Shadows" (2008 в Англии; выдвигался на "David Gemmel Legend Award"-2009 и "Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award"-2009).
Дебютный роман автора, 1-й в трилогии "Ночной ангел" ("The Night Angel"), в которую также входят "Shadow's Edge" (2008) и "Beyond the Shadows" (2008).
"Fantasy novel, first in the "Night Angel" trilogy, about assassin Durzo Blint and his apprentice Azoth"(с) Locus Online: News: Monitor Listing: New Books last week September 2008
Официальный сайт цикла http://www.thewayofshadows.com на самом деле идентичен оф. сайту автора - http://www.brentweeks.com ;)
Главу из "The Way of Shadows" на английском можно прочитать здесь - http://www.orbitbooks.net/the-way-of-shadows/.
Страница романа в английской Википедии - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_Shadows
Аннотация к западному изданию: "For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist.
For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death."
Серия "Вампиры. Легенды о бессмертных":
Таня Хафф "Долг крови"
14.07.2010
"Продолжение истории, которая легла в основу нескольких сезонов сериала "Узы крови"! Вампир Генри Фицрой попадает в смертельную опасность, пытаясь помочь своей возлюбленной…"
"Долг крови" ("Blood Debt", 1997). Переиздание (Эксмо, серия "Мистика", 2007).
5-я часть цикла "Виктория Нельсон" ("Victoria Nelson"; его также называют "Blood Series", по первому слову, использовавшемуся в названиях всех книг серии), начатого романами "Цена крови" ("Blood Price", 1991; номинировался на "Locus"-1992 (5 место) и "Aurora Award"-1992), "След крови" ("Blood Trail", 1992; номинировался на "Aurora Award"-1993), "Проклятие крови" (оригинальное название "Blood Lines", 1992; номинировался на "Locus"-1993 (7 место)) и "Договор крови" (оригинальное название "Blood Pact", 1993; номинировался на "Locus"-1994 (10 место)). К циклу относятся некоторые рассказы Хафф, большинство из которых вошло в сборник "Blood Bank" (2006). На основе этого цикла снят телесериал "Blood Ties". К циклу примыкает трилогия "Smoke and Shadows", состоящая из романов "Smoke and Shadows" (2004), "Smoke and Mirrors" (2005) и "Smoke and Ashes" (2006). В трилогии появляются некоторые герои из цикла о Вики Нельсон, но главный герой здесь другой.
Серия "Сумерки":
Райчел Мид, Ф.К. и Кристин Каст, Рейчел Кейн и другие "Бессмертные"
01.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Сборник потрясающих историй о любви смертных и вампиров от ведущих авторов жанра!"
Перенос с июня.
Антология "Immortal: Love Stories With Bite" (2009; составитель Ф.К. Каст (P.C. Cast - псевдоним Филис Каст (Phyllis Cast)). Забавно, что в "и другие" у наших издателей ушла единственная именитая участница - Танит Ли.
Содержание:
P. C. Cast. Introduction
Cynthia Leitich Smith. Haunted love
Kristin Cast. Amber Smoke
Rachel Caine. Dead man stalking
Tanith Lee. Table manners
Richelle Mead. Blue moon
Nancy Holder. Changed
Rachel Vincent. Binge
Claudia Gray. Free.
"In Immortal: Love Stories With Bite, edited by New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series P.C. Cast, seven of today’s most popular YA vampire and contemporary fantasy authors offer new short stories that prove when you’re immortal, true love really is forever.
Rachel Caine (the Morganville Vampires series) revisits the setting of her popular series, where the vampires are in charge and love is a risky endeavor, even when it comes to your own family
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Tantalize) gives us a love triangle between a vampire, a ghost and a human girl, in which none of them are who or what they seem
Claudia Gray (Evernight) takes us into the world of her Evernight series, in which a pre–Civil War courtesan-to-be is courted by a pale, fair-haired man whose attentions are too dangerous to spurn, in more ways than one
Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy series) brings us the tale of a young vampire on the run from the rest of her kind, and the human boy who provides the getaway car, as well as a reason to keep running
Nancy Holder (the Wicked series, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) immerses us in a post-apocalyptic New York where two best friends are forced to make a choice that may kill them both
Kristin Cast (the House of Night series) introduces us to a new kind of vampire: one with roots in Greek mythology, and the power to alter space and time to save the girl he's meant to love
Rachel Vincent (the Soul Screamers series) explores a new corner of her series with the story of aleanan sidhe capable of inspiring the musician she loves to new creative heights, or draining him, and his talent, dry
And Tanith Lee (Black Unicorn) shows us what happens when a bright young woman with some supernatural savvy encounters a misguided (but gorgeous) young vampire"(с) описание с Barnes & Noble.com
Холли Блэк "Решительная"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке третья часть знаменитого цикла о фейри, разошедшегося по миру миллионными тиражами. Главная героиня Кайя должна осуществить невозможное. Удастся ли это ей?"
Holly Black. Судя по всему, это "Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale" (2007; номинировался на на "Locus"-2008 (6 место)) - прямое продолжение романа "Зачарованная" (оригинальное название "Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale", 2002; выдвигался на "Mythopoeic Award"-2003 (в категории "детская литература")). В этом же мире происходит действие романа "Отважная" (оригинальное название "Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie", 2005; попал в финал "Mythopoeic Award"-2006, был награжден "Andre Norton Award" за достижения в литературе для подростков (for Excellence in Young Adult Literature); номинировался на "Locus"-2006 (4 место в категории "young adult book"). Вместе эти три книги образуют цикл "Modern Tale of Faerie" (номинировался на "Mythopoeic Award"-2008 (в категории "детская литература").
Отрывок на английском - http://www.blackholly.com/ironsideexcerpt.html
Или заглянуть внутрь книги - http://books.simonandschuster.com/Ironside/Holly-Black/9780689868207/browse_inside
"This dark sequel to Tithe (2002) reveals the corruption in even the beautiful parts of faerie. Punky changeling Kaye has just been dumped most brutally. At the coronation of her boyfriend, Roiben, to the throne of the unsavory Unseelie Court, Kaye is goaded by a malicious faery into declaring her love-and Roiben sends her off on an impossible quest. Until she finds a faery who can lie, Kaye is forbidden from seeing Roiben. Heartbroken, Kaye and her friend Corny travel to New York City, where they are entangled in the Seelie Queen's machinations to destroy Roiben and take his land for herself. Kaye's story is standard teen magical-romance fare, but it's Corny's compelling sideplot that really carries the narrative, providing emotional depth, character development and a poignant conclusion. Decadent and deadly, the urban fantasy setting is not for the faint of heart; the cruelties of even the so-called good faeries are breathtaking. Fans of faerypunk will eat it up. (Fantasy. YA)"(с) Kirkus Reviews
"Gr 8 Up - In this sequel to Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (S & S, 2002), the coronation of Kaye's boyfriend, Roiben, as King of the Unseelie Court seems to signal an end to their relationship. Silarial, Queen of the rival Seelie Court, persists in warring against Roiben and his folk, Kaye's friend Cornelius is cursed by a faery, and Kaye tells her mom that she's really a pixie changeling and that the woman's human daughter has been living in Faerie since babyhood. All in all, things are not going well in either Faerie or Ironside-what faeries call the human realm, in this case New York City and New Jersey-although, on the positive side, Corny does find love with Luis, a human with the ability to cast off faerie curses. Essential for fans of Tithe , this tale of tough yet romantic punks and misfits, both human and faerie, is told in an authentic street voice. It will appeal to readers who like their magic served with a layer of urban grit"(с) From: Eva Mitnick Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal
Рейчел Кейн "Стеклянный дом"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Первая книга сериала "Вампиры Морганвилля", принесшего своей создательнице популярность и первые строчки в книжных рейтингах"
Rachel Caine (псевдоним Роксанны Лонгстрит Конрад (Roxanne Longstreet Conrad)). Печаталась в АСТ как Рэйчел Кейн (недоизданный цикл "Хранители погоды" ("Weather Warden") в серии "Холод страха").
Ну а теперь должен выйти роман "Glass Houses" (2006) - 1-я часть подросткового цикла "Вампиры Морганвилля" ("The Morganville Vampires"), в который в настоящее время также входят "The Dead Girls' Dance" (2007), "Midnight Alley" (2007), "Feast of Fools" (2008), "Lord of Misrule" (2009), "Carpe Corpus" (2009), "Fade Out" (2009), "Kiss of Death" (в апреле 2010). Далее выйдут "Ghost Town" (в октябре 2010) и "Bite Club" (весной 2011). Будут еще как минимум еще две книги (у РК контрак с издателями на 12 романов).
Описание цикла с сайта автора: "What's it all about?
When 16-year-old Claire Danvers arrives in the sleepy Texas town of Morganville for a parentally-enforced year at Texas Prairie University before heading off to MIT, her life takes a turn for the scary. First, the mean girls come after her, but a quick life-saving move to off-campus housing fixes that problem, and introduces her to three new friends: teen rocker Michael Glass, Goth Eve Rosser, and hottie/slacker Shane Collins.
But Morganville's got more secrets to reveal, starting with one very big one:
It's run by vampires."
Описание романа из базы "Locus": "Vampire novel, book one in The Morganville Vampires series. A 16-year-old college student gets some really strange housemates. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet, Julie Fortune, and Roxanne Conrad"
Описание романа из английской википедии: "This is the first book in the Morganville Vampires series.
Summary: It's a small college town filled with quirky characters. But when the sun goes down, the bad comes out. Because in Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows- one that will spill out into the bright light of day.
Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. The popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks on the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. And Claire really doesn't have the right connections- to the undead who run the town.
When Claire heads off campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates, Michael, Eve and Shane, don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.... (summary from paperback version)"
Sarah Flood, Breckinridge County Public Library, Hardinsburg, KY - в School Library Journal: "Grade 9 Up — College should be an exciting time, but for brainy 16-year-old Claire Danvers that's too mild a word. Due to advanced placement, Claire can start college early, but her parents refuse to allow her to go to the distant Ivy League school of her dreams. She goes to Texas Prairie University where she is tormented by the popular girls—but that's the least of her worries. Morganville, home of the university, is also home to vampires and vampire hunters. Claire finds protection from the horrors of the town in the Glass House with three fellow outcasts, Goth girl Eve, rebellious Shane, and Michael, who disappears during the day. Claire falls for Shane and would do anything to protect her friends, including facing down bloodthirsty vampires and dangerous bikers. Rachel Caine's first two books (Penguin, 2006, 2007) in the series flesh out the characters and the setting, allowing listeners to really visualize the town. These suspenseful titles are filled with violence, language, and sensual situations. Cynthia Holloway's narration has a supernatural quality that is perfectly suited to the story, and she does a nice job of switching between characters and capturing the changes in Claire as she grows more mature and confident. Older teens will fall under Caine's spell as she weaves together scary moments with romantic situations, which are at times overly descriptive, but not graphic. Those looking for books like Twilight, but with more bite, will enjoy this series."
Отрывок из романа на ангийском - http://www.rachelcaine.com/page1/page2/page2.html
Права на экранизацию цикла в настоящее время принадлежат британскому продюсеру Чарльзу Эрмитажу (Charles Armitage) из Noel Gay Motion Picture Company.
Серия "Сумерки. Ночной мир":
Лиза Джейн Смит "Избранная"
14.07.2010
"Продолжение культового сериала! Смертельная игра между добычей и охотником. Но что делать охотнице, если она влюбляется в свою жертву - безумно привлекательного вампира?"
"Избранная" ("The Chosen", 1997) - 5-я книга подростковой серии "Night World", начатой романами "Тайный вампир" ("Secret Vampire", 1996), "Дочери тьмы" ("Daughters of Darkness", 1996), "Колдунья" ("Spellbinder", 1996; вариант названия - "Enchantress") и "Темный ангел" ("Dark Angel", 1996). В цикл также входят романы "Предначертание" ("Soulmate", 1997), "Охотница" ("Huntress", 1997), "Черный рассвет" ("Black Dawn", 1997), "Колдовской свет" ("Witchlight", 1998) и "Strange Fate" (вышел в апреле 2010).
Переиздание ("Оникс 21 век", серия "Царство Ночи", 2003).
"Young-adult horror/romance novel, fifth in the series"(с) база Locus
"Rashel Jordan lost her mother to a golden-eyed vampire at the age of five—and just barely saved herself by her wits. She’s grown up to the age of seventeen as a vampire hunter—the best. But when a group of hunters captures Quinn and decides to torture him, Rashel feels something in her soul twist. Left alone with Quinn, she goes along with her mad impulse and allows him to escape. But Quinn, a vampire with one of the darkest reputations in the Night World warns her not to expect him to return the favor. Nevertheless, when Rashel gets herself chosen for a bloodfeast and finds that Quinn is in charge of gathering girls for the dark ceremony! Enemies—and soulmates—what will happen during their final fight?"(c) описание с сайта автора
Сайт автора - http://www.ljanesmith.net
Серия "Сумерки. Поцелуй вампира":
Эллен Шрайбер "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 6. Королевская кровь"
14.07.2010
Ellen Schreiber "Royal Blood" (2009)
6-я часть подросткового цикла "Vampire Kisses", начатого романами "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 1. Начало" ("Vampire Kisses", 2003), "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 2. Темный рыцарь" ("Kissing Coffins", 2005), "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 3. Вампирвилль" ("Vampireville", 2006), "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 4. Танец смерти" ("Dance with a Vampire", 2007) и "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 5. Клуб бессмертных" ("The Coffin Club", 2008). В цикл такдже входит "Love Bites" (вышел в мае 2010).
"The series itself revolves around the relationship of a goth girl named Raven Madison and her vampire boyfriend Alexander Sterling and the conflicts they must overcome to stay together"(с) описание цикла в англовикипедии
Аннотация к американскому изданию: " Alexander's spooky mansion feels like home to Raven . . . but could his residence in Dullsville be coming to an end?
Summer break is over, and Raven's sleep-filled days and romantic nights with her immortal boyfriend, Alexander, must end. The shock of daily attendance at Dullsville High isn't the only change in store. An unexpected letter turns up at Alexander's mansion—announcing his parents will be coming to town! Once they arrive, it seems just about everyone has had a sighting of the macabre couple except Raven. Is Alexander hiding something about his parents' homecoming? Will Raven ever meet them, and can she face the biggest threat yet to her love with Alexander?"
Сайт Эллен Шрайбер - http://www.ellenschreiber.com
Блог автора - http://ravenmadison.livejournal.com
Серия "Темная любовь":
Ф.К. Каст "Богиня весны"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Новая серия для поклонников хитов продаж "Сумерки" и "Дом ночи"! Стильное и оригинальное оформление!"
Ф.К. Каст (P.C. Cast - псевдоним Филис Каст (Phyllis Cast)). "Goddess of Spring" (2004)
2-я часть цикла "Goddess Summoning", начатого пока не виденным в продаже романом "Богиня моря" ("Goddess of the Sea", 2003; кстати, в июньских планах он был заявлен на серию "Сумерки").
В цикл также входят "Goddess of Light" (2005), "Goddess of the Rose" (2006), "Goddess of Love" (2008) и "Warrior Rising" (2008). По некоторым данным, в 2010 году цикл продолжится книгой "Goddess of Camelot".
Описание цикла с сайта автора: "This magical book series retells ancient myths giving them a sexy, modern twist and introducing heroines to some of the most fantastic heroes the world has ever known"
Описание романа с Amazon.com: "To save her failing bakery, Lina trades souls with Persephone, the Goddess of Spring--and starts falling for hunky Hades."
Филис Каст специализируется на романтической мистике и может быть известна у нас по написанному в соавторстве с дочерью Кристин Каст (Kristin Cast) "девчатье-вампирятничьевскому" циклу "Дом Ночи" ("House of Night"), издающемуся "Олма Медиа Групп".
Серия "Люди против магов":
Рик Риордан "Перси Джексон и олимпийцы. Секретные материалы"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Цикл Рика Риордана о Перси Джексоне стал одним из супербестселлеров последних лет. Высокобюджетная экранизация приключений Перси упрочила и умножила успех книжного сериала и прибавила автору миллионы поклонников во всем мире"
Перенос с июня.
Rick Riordan. Судя по названию, одна из книг-"комапньонов" к сериалу "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". На выбор - "The Demigod Files"(2009), "Demigods and Monsters" (2009) или "The Ultimate Guide" (2010).
А также манга:
Серия "Проект Манга. Берсерк" (твердая обложка):
Кэнтаро Миура "Берсерк. Книга 2"
21.07.2010
"Шедевр японской манги! Берсерк- средневековая военная драма с множественными вкраплениями фэнтези и хоррора. Берсерк отличает сильнейший сюжет и глубокая философия "Мы должны взять судбьбу в свои руки и не позволить ей решать, как нам жить и как умереть! Так же как в Японии выходит в твердом переплете"
Серия "Проект Манга. Starcraft":
Кит Р.А. Декандидо "StarCraft. Академия призраков. Книга 1"
19.07.2010
"Новый Манга-сериал в жанре мистики и приключений. Призраки- мощнейшее оружие Доминиона, избранные агенты терран, способные читать мысли, становятся невидимыми - и не только. Этим смертоносным умениям обучают в овеянной зловещей славой Академии призраков"
Серия "Проект Манга. WarCraft":
Дэн Джоллей "World of Warcraft. Рыцарь смерти"
16.07.2010
"Новый проект: цикл, посвященный отдельным классам персонажей WarCraft! Вам откроются сокровенные тайны рыцарей смерти, шаманов и магов"
Серия "Проект Манга. Жемчуг дракона":
Акира Торияма "Жемчуг дракона. Книга 4. Финал"
20.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Долгожданный манга-сериал. Художника этой манги до сих пор считают лучшим из лучших. Эта манга была самым большим успехом за всю историю японской манги и поставила новый рекорд продаж более 120 млн. экз. Будет издано 42 тома"
Серия "Проект Манга. Темные материалы Кеко Карасумы":
Одзи Хирои "Темные материалы Кёко Карасумы. Книга 5"
22.07.2010
"Манга-сериал в жанре фэнтези , приключений о юной бесстрашной девочке- детективе, которую зовут Кеко Керасума"
Серия "Отцы-основатели":
Жюль Верн "Опыт доктора Окса"
14.07.2010
"Шесть научно-фантастических и приключенческих повестей отца-основателя жанра - в очередном томе собрания сочинений"
Серия "Рэй Брэдбери. Вино из фантазий":
Рэй Брэдбери "Далеко за полночь"
14.07.2010
"Полночь - это дверь, ведущая в волшебную даль. За ней могут скрываться история первой любви и украденный попугай Хемингуэя, самозародившееся знойным летом зло в людском обличье и заводной Бернард Шоу, воскресенье в Дублине и отпуск в Мексике у подножия грозного вулкана.В этих двадцати двух рассказах - квинтэссенция зрелого Брэдбери, на полпути от "Золотых яблок Солнца" к "Вождению вслепую"
Сбориник "Далеко за полночь" ("Long After Midnight", 1976; номинировался на "World Fantasy Award"-1977). Переиздание (Эксмо, серия "Игра в классику", 2005).
Серия "Апокалиптика":
Колин Уилсон "Мир пауков. Книга первая. Башня"
14.07.2010
"Новая серия в оригинальном оформлении! Первая книга культового сериала о порабощении людей гигантскими пауками в знаменитом переводе А. Шабрина"
"The Tower" (1987). Переиздание 1-го романа цикла "Spider World".
Первоначально книга заявлялась на март 2010 (в серии "Проект "Фантастика. Приключения").
Серия "Книга-загадка, книга-мистика":
Клайв Баркер "Книга демона, или Исчезновение мистера Б."
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке!
Новый шедевр мастера! Взгляд демона из преисподней на наш мир. Мелкие пакости включены в стоимость книги"
"Mister B. Gone" (2007)
"Horror novel in the form of a demon’s memoir"(с) база "Locus"
"Horror novel, Barker's first adult novel in several years, cast as the memoir of a 15th-century demon"(с) Locus Online: New Books, early November 2007
"Master horror writer Barker tackles questions of good and evil, demons, love, and even the war between Heaven and Hell in this darkly fantastic and frequently humorous novel in the form of the autobiography of a demon"(с) Locus Online: Locus Magazine's New And Notable Books, December 2007
Из "Publishers Weekly": "This offbeat novel in the form of a minor demon's diary may satisfy devoted Barker fans eager for his return to adult fiction after several years writing the Abarat series, but others, especially first-time readers, are likely to find this fable about good and evil less than rewarding. Jakabok Botch, the child of two demons who has inherited his father's two tails, is rendered even more grotesque after he tumbles into a fire and most of his face is badly burned. A violent dispute with his abusive father, Pappy Gatmuss, leads to the pair being trapped by a net from our world. Jakabok manages to elude capture and eventually finds his way to the home of Johannes Gutenberg, whose wife turns out to be an angel in disguise. The book's format—simultaneously Botch's first-person narrative and his break-the-fourth-wall address to the reader pleading for him or her to burn the book—may puzzle readers unused to Barker's quirks."
Страница романа в английской Википедии - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_B._Gone
Кэтрин Куртц, Дебора Харрис "Адепт. Сокровища тамплиеров"
14.07.2010
"Сэр Адам Синклер вновь в самой гуще событий - мистический орден Ложа Рыси вновь грозится уничтожить хрупкий мир"
"Сокровища тамплиеров" ("The Templar Treasure", 1993)
Переиздание (АСТ, "Темный город", 2002).
3-я часть цикла "Адепт" ("The Adept Series"), начатого романами "Адепт" ("The Adept", 1991) и "Ложа Рыси" ("The Lodge of the Lynx", 1992).
В цикл также входят "Dagger Magic" (1995) и "Death of an Adept" (1996).
"Fantasy detective novel, third book of the series featuring Master of the Hunt Sir Adam Sinclair, who is on a dangerous quest for the ancient Seal of Solomon"(с) база "Locus"
Серия "Книга-загадка, книга-мистика. Дин Кунц":
Дин Кунц "Нехорошее место"
14.07.2010
"Роман, который читается на одном дыхании! Самая популярная книга в творчестве Кунца по мнению пользователей рунета!"
"The Bad Place" (1990). Переиздание.
"Очень удачная смесь научной фантастики и романа ужасов. Книга рассказывает о чете частных детективов, которые оказываются впутанными в дела очень странного семейства. Одно из лучших произведений Кунца. Настоятельно рекомендуется к прочтению"(с) база "Locus"
Дин Кунц "Франкенштейн: Потерянные души"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Кровавая история доктора Франкенштейна продолжается, а это значит, что мир снова в опасности"
"Frankenstein: Lost Souls" (май 2010), 1-й во 2-й трилогии цикла "Франкенштейн" ("Dean Koontz's Frankenstein"). 2-я и -3я ее части, предположительно, будут изданы с годичным интервалом - в мае 2011 и 2012 года соответственно.
В 1-ю трилогию цикла входят "Франкенштейн: Блудный сын" ("Prodigal Son", 2005; в соавторстве с Кевином Дж. Андерсоном (Kevin J(ames) Anderson)), "Франкенштейн. Город Ночи" ("Frankenstein: City of Night", 2005; в соавторстве с Эдом Горманом (Ed[ward Joseph] Gorman, 1941)) и "Франкенштейн: мертвый и живой" ("Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Dead and Alive", 2009).
Отрывок из романа на английском - http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553808018&view=excerpt
Из "Publishers Weekly": "Set in Rainbow Falls, Mont., Koontz's goofy, grisly fourth riff on the Frankenstein theme (after Dead and Alive) finds Victor--previously presumed dead but apparently as easily resurrected as cinematic incarnations of his monster--perfecting his "New Race" of humanoid replicants. As affectless pod-person lookalikes gradually replace the town's citizens, the task of saving humanity from Victor and his megalomaniacal plans to "destroy the soul of the world" fall once again to husband-and-wife detectives Michael and Carson Maddison; Victor's soulsearching original monster, Deucalion; and a host of local yokels who provide both sympathy and comic relief. That the "good guys" are instantly recognizable by their abundant compassion, generosity, and sense of humor and the "bad guys" by their fussbudget fastidiousness and dedication to efficient extermination of inferior humans helps lay the foundation for the humanitarian homilies that punctuate the narrative."
Ray Olson в Booklist: "Lost Souls continues the saga of the seemingly unkillable Victor Frankenstein, now a megalomaniac bent on—what else?—world domination, via wiping humanity off the globe, from a few years after where the trilogy Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein left it. Since the blowup (literally: Katrina was raging) in New Orleans in which Victor and his replicant New Race went down for good, Erika Five, the last and most independent version of Frankenstein’s “wife,” has settled outside a Montana town, happily laying low. Then, shopping in town, she sees what could only be Victor. It is, and it isn’t, as she later figures out. Meanwhile, a new bunch of replicants starts replacing their human prototypes and launches a mass termination of the rest of the populace. Fortunately, Deucalion, as Frankenstein’s original creation is now known, is on to the plot. He brings the detective couple from New Orleans, who are now married, new parents, and PIs in San Francisco, into the action, which races to a climax that doesn’t quite conclude in this book. Obviously enjoying himself, Koontz does his dance of grisly suspense, wry dialogue, sharp characterization, outlandish but charming (and well-integrated) comic relief, and cultural criticism more adroitly than almost ever before."
Кунц о романе: "When it comes to predicting the future, I am Nostradamus's idiot great nephew. In the 1980s, I believed that by 2010, we would all be traveling regularly to no-sales-tax shopping malls on the moon and zipping over to Mars for a Frappuccino. I thought we would be enjoying genetically engineered house pets like cadogs (half cat, half dog, all affection), miniature eaglebbits (flying rabbits), dry chihuahuas (little dogs that never need to pee), crocodobers (highly effective home guard dogs), and spongerbils (sponge gerbils that not only can be cuddled but will mop your floors and wring one another out in a bucket of water).
I also predicted that by now we would be flying everywhere with personal jet packs, and carrying clever autofloss machines to strip the bugs out of our teeth in thirty seconds flat after landing. Back in 1980, I predicted that by now John Belushi would be president, but I don't count this one a complete miss, because Al Franken is a United States Senator, which I admit surprises me considering that Mr. Franken isn't nearly funny enough to hold high office.
When I finished the third Frankenstein novel, Dead and Alive, I foresaw that it was the end of the series. As it turns out, I was as right about this as I was about my prediction that the annual Academy Awards TV special would be hosted five years running by Muammar Gaddafi.
My original trilogy brought to an end a story cycle, but the themes of Shelley's novel are more timely by the month. I realized that I could do much more with the concept than I had done thus far. Furthermore, an entirely new kind of technology of creature-creation occurred to me, and it was a lot more terrifying than the messy-gooey, strictly biological New Race that Victor developed in the first trilogy. By moving the setting from New Orleans to Rainbow Falls, Montana, I was able, as well, to change the atmosphere and to have fun with Armageddon occurring in snow-and-cowboy country.
As always, if readers hadn't been so enthusiastic about these books, I wouldn't have been able to proceed with the series. I appreciate your support more than I can say. I've received a lot of mail from readers who said they didn't read these novels for the longest time because the whole Frankenstein thing turned them off, but when they finally tried them, they discovered these weren't at all like what they expected, and they loved them. I always try not to give you the same old same old. Lost Souls has the flavor of my first three Frankenstein titles, but otherwise it does not clump over familiar territory. This time, Victor is much scarier and smarter than his predecessor, and his war against humanity is a blitzkrieg that comes on like a storm.
Lost Souls, like the books after it, is self-contained even though it is a part of a larger narrative. You can plunge into it and, if you like it, then go back to Prodigal Son, City of Night, and Dead and Alive if you wish. I am currently working on The Dead Town, recounting the next phase of the war against humanity, and I suppose it might sound a little strange to say I'm having a good time chronicling our doom."
Серия "Интеллектуальный бестселлер (мини)":
Рэй Брэдбери "В мгновенье ока"
07.07.2010
"Великий мастер, которому в этом году исполняется 90 лет, зачаровал миллионы читателей во всем мире и каждой своей книгой доказывает, что Музе не важен возраст того, кому она поклялась в верности. Сборник рассказов "В мгновенье ока" с блеском демонстрирует весь творческий диапазон кудесника Брэдбери: от теплой человечности, сентиментальности в лучшем смысле этого слова до густо замешанной на черном юморе трагикомедии".
Сборник "В мгновенье ока" ("Quicker than the Eye", 1996; номинировался на "Locus"-1997 (3 место)). Переиздание (Эксмо, серия "Игра в классику", 2004).
Сирил Массаротто "Бог - мой приятель"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Сирилл Массаротто - француз, какое-то время работал воспитателем и директором детского сада, играл в рок-группе "Saint Louis". В 2008 году выпустил свой дебютный роман и - проснулся знаменитым. Безымянный рассказчик этой истории работает в секс-шопе. Когда ему исполняется 30 лет, в его жизнь входит Бог. Он помогает, рассказчику устроить личную жизнь, впрочем счастье оказывается недолговечным"
Cyril Massarotto "God is a Buddy of Mine" (2008). Дебютный роман.
Англоязычное описание: "A first novel by a 33-year-old author A modern writing, full of humor and vibrant with emotion.
The narrator is 30 when he meets God. Or, rather, when God summons him. He does not ask him for anything—just wants to talk about things, as in any budding friendship.
The life of this narrator, whose name we do not know, is henceforth punctuated by these meetings—initially fortuitous then regular: every Tuesday evening. The young man, who works in a sex-shop, meets Alice, a brilliant, hardworking psychology student. With a few (discreet) nudges from his best friend, the young man courts Alice. They fall in love, get married and have a child: Leo.
The evening of Leo’s birth, God congratulates him, assuring him that their baby will have a fine life.
Happiness reigns… for four years. Until Alice dies. Life without Alice cannot be a fine life. Our young man is shattered and, in addition to his despair, he feels betrayed. He had so firmly believed! He has a falling out with God. But the story is far from over…
Through the itinerary of a young man almost like everyone else, this hilarious, sensitive and accurately-observed novel quite simply celebrates life. "
Отрывок - http://www.xoeditions.com/spip.php?page=acces_extrait&id_article=233
Конечно, в зависимости от того, как "в его жизнь входит Бог", книга может классифицироваться и как фэнтези. Но американские фантастические сайты про такого автора не знают. Сильно сомневаюсь. Оставляю книгу в списке скорее для массовости.
Серия "Интеллектуальный бестселлер. Читает весь мир":
Хилари Мантел "Чернее черного"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском - один из ярчайших современных авторов Британии, лауреат Букеровской премии 2009 года Хилари Мантел. В романе "Чернее черного" показана спиритическая изнанка старой и новой Англии".
Hilary [Mary] Mantel "Beyond Black" (2005; номинировался на "International Horror Guild Award"-2006).
"fantasy novel of a psychic and her assistant in contemporary England"(c) база "Locus"
Рецензия в "Publishers Weekly": "Instead of celebrating the mystical side of "sensitives," the people who travel England's contemporary psychic "fayre" circuit, Mantel (A Change of Climate, etc.) concentrates on the potential banality of spiritualism in her latest novel, a no-nonsense exploration of the world of public and private clairvoyance. Colette is a down-on-her-luck event planner fresh from a divorce when she attends a two-day Psychic Extravaganza, her "introduction to the metaphorical side of life." There, Alison, a true clairvoyant, "reads" Colette, sees her need for a new life—as well as her potential—and hires her as a Girl Friday. As Colette's responsibilities grow, and the line between the professional and the personal blurs, Colette takes over Alison's marketing, builds her Web site, plans for a book and buys a house with her. Colette also serves as a sort of buffer between Alison and the multitude of spirits who beleaguer her. (Alison's spirit guide, Morris, "a little bouncing circus clown," proves especially troublesome.) Mantel's portraits of the two leading characters as well as those of the supporting cast—both on and off this mortal coil—are sharply drawn. This witty, matter-of-fact look at the psychic milieu reveals a supernatural world that can be as mundane as the world of carpet salesmen and shopkeepers."
James Klise в Booklist: "Fans of Mantel's 2003 memoir, Giving Up the Ghost (2003), will recognize aspects of the author in the sympathetic heroine of her tenth book, a darkly funny novel about the odd relationships formed among the living and the dead. Alison Hart, nearing 40, overweight and happily single, is a spiritual seer by trade. She reads palms and tarot cards; in villages throughout England, she performs in front of packed crowds, her stage act a combination of fortune-telling and "communications" with the other side. In an age of celebrity deaths and terrorist attacks, Alison's authentic spiritual gifts are highly prized, but her personal life is in shambles, physically, emotionally, and financially. Help arrives in the form of Colette, a recently divorced, no-nonsense professional, who sees Alison's predicament as an opportunity to reinvent both women's lives. Obstacles to Colette's ambitious plans include nosy neighbors, competing psychics, even adversaries from beyond--especially a gang of menacing thugs from Alison's childhood. A contemporary ghost story told with humor and heart, this novel is sure to conjure up new readers for Mantel."
Кстати, автор, помимо прочего, командор Ордена Британской империи (Commander of the British Empire).
Серия "Мона Лиза":
Джеффри Форд "Год призраков"
26.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Новый роман от автора "Портрета миссис Шарбрук" и "Девочки в стекле", удостоенной асссоциацией "Детективных авторов Америки" премии имени Эдгара Алана По. Как Рэй Брэдбери в своем шедевре "Вино из одуванчиков" навеки нанес на карту мировой литературы американский Средний Запад предвоенной поры, так и Джефри Форд в "Годе призраков" мастерски воспроизводит вкус, цвет и ощущение детства"
Jeffrey Ford. Внецикловой роман "The Shadow Year" (2008; награжден "World Fantasy Award"-2009 (разделил 1 место) и "Shirley Jackson Award"-2009; номинировася на "Locus"-2009 (4 место)).
Роман частично основан на новелле "Botch Town" (2006; награждена "World Fantasy Award"-2007; номинировалась на "Locus"-2007 (4 место)).
"Ford expands his World Fantasy Award-winning novella ССBotch TownТТ in this quasi-autobiographical fantasy/mystery novel about brothers who build a model of their home town, only to discover that changes their sister makes to the model somehow affect the real town"(с) Locus Online: Locus Magazine's New And Notable Books, April 2008
Из рецензии Gary K. Wolfe в "Locus": "For those of us who loved 'Botch Town', there are mysteries left as mysteries, and the most importance of these involve time, place, and character. By the end of The Shadow Year, we feel like we'd know our way around the geography of Ford's Long Island town as well as our own childhood towns, and we remember what it was like to see the world largely as a rumor."
Из интервью журналу "Locus" (июнь 2008): “The Girl in the Glass was actually written because I couldn't finish The Shadow Year. A lot of The Shadow Year is based on my life -- it's very personal. I started writing it and then I got stuck. It wasn't anything too traumatic, but I wanted to really get down what had happened. I said 'I can't write this now,' so I switched and wrote Girl in the Glass.
“The first time I finished The Shadow Year, it was too subtle. Nobody could figure out what the hell was going on. Then, with a lot of encouragement from my editor Jennifer Brehl, I went back to it. She said, 'Here's the secret: it's fiction. Make it a story.' So when I went back I kept that in mind, and that allowed me to finish it. Before that it was really kind of a memoir (god forbid). It's based on the novella 'Botch Town'. Many of my stories are ideas I couldn't sell for novels, but this thing was kind of a fluke. In the book, the original novella is changed quite a bit, but the basics are the same.”
Рецензия в "Publishers Weekly": "In Edgar-winner Ford's disappointing sixth novel, the narrator—a nameless boy growing up on suburban Long Island in the mid-1960s—spends what remains of his summer vacation roaming the neighborhood with his older brother, Jim. At home, money is tight, forcing their father to work three jobs while their mother drinks herself to sleep every night. A prowler may be loose on the streets, and the narrator and Jim see a menacing man in a white car lurking near their house and school. When a local boy disappears soon after school starts, the narrator and Jim are sure Mr. White is responsible. They turn to their younger sister, Mary, for help, after she mysteriously moves figurines in the boys' model town, reflecting events before they've occurred. The stage is set for suspense, yet Ford (The Girl in the Glass) deflates it at every opportunity with his unresolved subplots. Instead of building to a thrilling climax, the story peters out and loose ends are either forgotten or tied up too neatly."
David Pitt в "Booklist": "In his latest novel, the author of The Girl in the Glass (2005) and The Empire of Ice Cream (2007), among other genre-bending tales, takes us back in time to the 1960s, when strange doings are afoot in a small suburban community. A schoolboy has vanished; a stranger has appeared; a prowler (possibly a pervert) is lurking about; and a librarian is losing her grip on reality. Keeping track of it all are several young chums, including the sixth-grade narrator; his older brother, Jim; and their sister, Mary, who may somehow be affecting what’s happening as she rearranges figures on the toy model of the community in her basement. Imagine a young-reader amateur-sleuth novel written by someone like Kafka, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of this one: surreal, unsettling, and more than a little weird. Ford has a rare gift for evoking mood with just a few well-chosen words and for creating living, breathing characters with only a few lines of dialogue. Give this one to readers who appreciate the blending of literary fiction, fantasy, and mystery"
Форд известен у нас по трилогии "Well-Built City" (или "Cley"), состоящей из романов "Физиогномика" ("The Physiognomy", 1997; награжден "World Fantasy Award"-1998; назван "New York Times Notable Book of the Year"-1997), "Меморанда" ("Memoranda", 1999; назван "New York Times Notable Book of the Year"-1999) и "Запределье" ("The Beyond", 2001; номинировался на "Locus"-2002 (17 место); попал в список "Book World's Best Books"-2001 газеты "Washington Post"), а по историческому ("нью-йоркскому") триллеру с мистико-фэнтезийными мотивами "Портрет миссис Шарбук" ("The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque" (2002; номинировался на "World Fantasy Award"-2003 и "Locus"-2003 (8 место в категории "фэнтезийный роман")) и "балансирующему между фэнтези и мэйнстримом" роману "Девочка в стекле" ("The Girl in the Glass", 2005; награжден "The Edgar Allan Poe Award"-2006; номинировался на "Nebula"-2006). Ну и по рассказам в различных антологиях.
Лаура Эскивель "Малинче"
20.07.2010
"Лаура Эскивель - современная мексиканская писательница, широко известная как у себя на родине, так и в Америке и Европе. Ее первый роман "Шоколад на крутом кипятке" моментально стал мировым бестселлером, был переведен более чем на тридцать языков и экранизирован. В ее творчестве парадоксальным образом сочетаются реальность и вымысел, эротика и мистика, любовный сюжет и рецепты мексиканской кухни".
Laura Esquivel. "Malinche" (2007). Уже издавался на русском издательством "Амфора" в 2006 в серии "Читать модно".
Аннотация от предыдущего издания: "Изысканный мастер любовных и кулинарных историй Лаура Эскивель своим последним романом доказывает, что ей подвластны самые разные жанры. В своем новом блюде она смешала в нужных пропорциях любовный сюжет и историческую основу, мифологию и этнографический колорит.
В переплетении судеб героев этой книги - знаменитого конкистадора Кортеса и индейской девушки по имени Малиналли - как в зеркале отражается столкновение двух разных миров, религий и культур. В этой ненависти и любви, в этой горечи и страсти рождалась Латинская Америка..."
Мексиканский магреализм? Что-то я сомневаюсь в том, что книгу можно притянуть к фантастике/фэнтези.
Страница об авторе на "Озоне" - http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/272397/
Серия "Книга-загадка, книга-бестселлер":
Майкл Грубер "Фальшивая Венера"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Роман от автора бестселлеров "Долина костей", "Ночь ягуара", "Тропик ночи". Майкл Грубер - признанный мастер, пишуший в жанре триллера, создающего удивительные истории, затягивающие читателей в мир чрезвычайно интересных редких манускриптов, интеллектуальной игры, древней и современной криптографии".
Michael Gruber "Forgery of Venus" (2008)
Рецензия в "Publishers Weekly": "Bestseller Gruber (The Book of Air and Shadows) probes the boundaries between sanity and madness in his outstanding sixth novel. Talented Chaz Wilmot, who makes a modest living as a commercial artist in New York City, can't say no when Mark Slade, his former Columbia roommate who now owns a downtown gallery, offers him $150,000 to fix a ruined Tiepolo ceiling in a Venetian palazzo (the ceiling had essentially collapsed, so it wasn't a restoration job exactly but more like a reproducing job). Once abroad, Wilmot gets sucked into an increasingly bizarre world where his own identity is confused and the art he produces may be a forgery but is genuinely magnificent. Is Wilmot crazy or is he being manipulated in a grandiose scheme linked to unrecovered art stolen by the Nazis? Gruber writes passionately and knowledgeably about art and its history—and he writes brilliantly about the shadowy lines that blur reality and unreality. Fans of intelligent, literate thrillers will be well rewarded."
Аннотация к западному изданию: "An artist born outside his time, Chaz Wilmot can paint like Leonardo, Goya, Gainsborough—and he refuses to shape his talent to fit the fashion of the day. His unique abilities attract the attention of Werner Krebs, an art dealer with a dark past and shadier present, and soon Wilmot is working with a fervor he hasn't felt in years. But his creative burst is accompanied by strange interludes—memories that are not memories . . . and he begins to wonder if he is really the person he believes he is. When a previously unknown masterpiece by the Spanish painter Vela'zquez is discovered, the artist suddenly finds himself lost in a mirrored house of illusions—and propelled into a secret world of greed, lies . . . and murder. "
Отрывок на английском - http://www.michaelgruberbooks.com/venus_excerpt.html
Грубер известен у нас по трилогии про детектива Джимми Паза (Jimmy Paz), состоящей из романов "Тропик ночи" ("Tropic of Night", 2003; номинировался на "International Horror Guild Award"-2003 (категория "first novel")), "Долина костей" ("Valley of Bones", 2005) и "Ночь Ягуара" ("Night of the Jaguar", 2006).
Серия "Черная Фэнтези":
Ричард Морган "Сталь остается"
06.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Первая книга цикла "Страна, достойная своих героев", вызвавшая бурю восторженных откликов критиков и читателей и принесшая своему создателю первое место в рейтинге New York Times"
Перенос с июня
Richard [Kingsley] Morgan. "The Steel Remains" (2008; по результатам "SF Site Readers' Poll"-2009 занял 7 место).
1-я часть запланированной трилогии "Land Fit for Heroes". Продолжение выходит в июле 2010 - "The Dark Commands".
"The Steel Remains is a grubby, blood-spattered trawl through exactly how unpleasant it might be to actually have to live in the average fantasy universe"(с) автор
"The Steel Remains is the first book of a planned trilogy named A Land Fit For Heroes. A Land Fit For Heroes was originally the working title of the first volume, and was retained as the series title after first Morgan and the UK publisher, and then the US publisher, decided to use the current title The Steel Remains"(с) англовикипедия
"Fantasy novel (the author's first, after five SF novels), about veteran warrior Ringil Eskiath, half-breed lady kir-Archeth, and steppe-nomad Egar the Barbarian, who are drawn together in service of their Empire"(с) Locus Online: News: Monitor Listing: New Books 3rd week August
"In a category loosely called "This Isn't Your Grandmother's Heroic Fantasy," Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold, David Anthony Durham's The Other Lands, and Richard K. Morgan's The Steel Remains all pushed boundaries in different ways... Morgan, meanwhile, decided that not only was he going to create a realistic gay protagonist engaging in explicit sex for his noirish epic, but also gleefully subvert most of heroic fantasy's tropes in much the same way as Sherman "subverted" Atlanta during the American Civil War"(с) Jeff VanderMeer on The Best of 2009
"Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap is a legend to all who don't know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteren of the wars against the lizards he makes a living from telling credulous travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire's slave trade. Where he will discover a secret infinitely more frightening than the trade in lives. Archeth - pragmatist, cynic and engineer, the last of her race - is called from her work at the whim of the most powerful man in the Empire and sent to its farthest reaches to investigate a demonic incursion against the Empire's borders. Egar Dragonbane, steppe-nomad, one-time fighter for the Empire finds himself entangled in a small-town battle between common sense and religious fervour. But out in the wider world there is something on the move far more alien than any of his tribe's petty gods. Anti-social, anti-heroic, and decidedly irritated, all three of them are about to be sent unwillingly forth into a vicious, vigorous and thoroughly unsuspecting fantasy world. Called upon by an Empire that owes them everything and gave them nothing. Richard Morgan brings his trademark visceral writing style, turbo-driven plotting and thought provoking characterisation to the fantasy genre and produces a landmark work with his first foray"(с) аннотация
Страница книги на сайте автора - http://www.richardkmorgan.com/novels/the-steel-remains/
Интервью с писателем, где он рассказывает кое-что об этом романе - http://thebookswede.blogspot.com/2008/08/interview-with-richard-morgan.html
Морган известен у нас по фантастическому циклу о Такеси Коваче, из которого АСТ сподобилось издать только первых два романа - "Видоизмененный углерод" ("Altered Carbon", 2002 в Британии, 2003 в США; награжден "Philip K. Dick Award"-2004 и итальянской "Premio Italia"-2005; номинировался на "Locus"-2003 (3 место среди дебютантов) и японскую премию "Seiun"-2006) и "Сломанные ангелы" ("Broken Angels", 2003 в Англии, 2004 в США). При этом вторая книга переводом была зверски убита.
Серия "Мастера Меча и Магии":
Брент Уикс "Ночной ангел. Книга 1. Путь тени"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Первая книга цикла, продажи которой давно превысили 100 000 экземпляров"
Brent Weeks "The Way of Shadows" (2008 в Англии; выдвигался на "David Gemmel Legend Award"-2009 и "Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award"-2009).
Дебютный роман автора, 1-й в трилогии "Ночной ангел" ("The Night Angel"), в которую также входят "Shadow's Edge" (2008) и "Beyond the Shadows" (2008).
"Fantasy novel, first in the "Night Angel" trilogy, about assassin Durzo Blint and his apprentice Azoth"(с) Locus Online: News: Monitor Listing: New Books last week September 2008
Официальный сайт цикла http://www.thewayofshadows.com на самом деле идентичен оф. сайту автора - http://www.brentweeks.com ;)
Главу из "The Way of Shadows" на английском можно прочитать здесь - http://www.orbitbooks.net/the-way-of-shadows/.
Страница романа в английской Википедии - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_Shadows
Аннотация к западному изданию: "For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist.
For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death."
Серия "Вампиры. Легенды о бессмертных":
Таня Хафф "Долг крови"
14.07.2010
"Продолжение истории, которая легла в основу нескольких сезонов сериала "Узы крови"! Вампир Генри Фицрой попадает в смертельную опасность, пытаясь помочь своей возлюбленной…"
"Долг крови" ("Blood Debt", 1997). Переиздание (Эксмо, серия "Мистика", 2007).
5-я часть цикла "Виктория Нельсон" ("Victoria Nelson"; его также называют "Blood Series", по первому слову, использовавшемуся в названиях всех книг серии), начатого романами "Цена крови" ("Blood Price", 1991; номинировался на "Locus"-1992 (5 место) и "Aurora Award"-1992), "След крови" ("Blood Trail", 1992; номинировался на "Aurora Award"-1993), "Проклятие крови" (оригинальное название "Blood Lines", 1992; номинировался на "Locus"-1993 (7 место)) и "Договор крови" (оригинальное название "Blood Pact", 1993; номинировался на "Locus"-1994 (10 место)). К циклу относятся некоторые рассказы Хафф, большинство из которых вошло в сборник "Blood Bank" (2006). На основе этого цикла снят телесериал "Blood Ties". К циклу примыкает трилогия "Smoke and Shadows", состоящая из романов "Smoke and Shadows" (2004), "Smoke and Mirrors" (2005) и "Smoke and Ashes" (2006). В трилогии появляются некоторые герои из цикла о Вики Нельсон, но главный герой здесь другой.
Серия "Сумерки":
Райчел Мид, Ф.К. и Кристин Каст, Рейчел Кейн и другие "Бессмертные"
01.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Сборник потрясающих историй о любви смертных и вампиров от ведущих авторов жанра!"
Перенос с июня.
Антология "Immortal: Love Stories With Bite" (2009; составитель Ф.К. Каст (P.C. Cast - псевдоним Филис Каст (Phyllis Cast)). Забавно, что в "и другие" у наших издателей ушла единственная именитая участница - Танит Ли.
Содержание:
P. C. Cast. Introduction
Cynthia Leitich Smith. Haunted love
Kristin Cast. Amber Smoke
Rachel Caine. Dead man stalking
Tanith Lee. Table manners
Richelle Mead. Blue moon
Nancy Holder. Changed
Rachel Vincent. Binge
Claudia Gray. Free.
"In Immortal: Love Stories With Bite, edited by New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series P.C. Cast, seven of today’s most popular YA vampire and contemporary fantasy authors offer new short stories that prove when you’re immortal, true love really is forever.
Rachel Caine (the Morganville Vampires series) revisits the setting of her popular series, where the vampires are in charge and love is a risky endeavor, even when it comes to your own family
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Tantalize) gives us a love triangle between a vampire, a ghost and a human girl, in which none of them are who or what they seem
Claudia Gray (Evernight) takes us into the world of her Evernight series, in which a pre–Civil War courtesan-to-be is courted by a pale, fair-haired man whose attentions are too dangerous to spurn, in more ways than one
Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy series) brings us the tale of a young vampire on the run from the rest of her kind, and the human boy who provides the getaway car, as well as a reason to keep running
Nancy Holder (the Wicked series, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) immerses us in a post-apocalyptic New York where two best friends are forced to make a choice that may kill them both
Kristin Cast (the House of Night series) introduces us to a new kind of vampire: one with roots in Greek mythology, and the power to alter space and time to save the girl he's meant to love
Rachel Vincent (the Soul Screamers series) explores a new corner of her series with the story of aleanan sidhe capable of inspiring the musician she loves to new creative heights, or draining him, and his talent, dry
And Tanith Lee (Black Unicorn) shows us what happens when a bright young woman with some supernatural savvy encounters a misguided (but gorgeous) young vampire"(с) описание с Barnes & Noble.com
Холли Блэк "Решительная"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке третья часть знаменитого цикла о фейри, разошедшегося по миру миллионными тиражами. Главная героиня Кайя должна осуществить невозможное. Удастся ли это ей?"
Holly Black. Судя по всему, это "Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale" (2007; номинировался на на "Locus"-2008 (6 место)) - прямое продолжение романа "Зачарованная" (оригинальное название "Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale", 2002; выдвигался на "Mythopoeic Award"-2003 (в категории "детская литература")). В этом же мире происходит действие романа "Отважная" (оригинальное название "Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie", 2005; попал в финал "Mythopoeic Award"-2006, был награжден "Andre Norton Award" за достижения в литературе для подростков (for Excellence in Young Adult Literature); номинировался на "Locus"-2006 (4 место в категории "young adult book"). Вместе эти три книги образуют цикл "Modern Tale of Faerie" (номинировался на "Mythopoeic Award"-2008 (в категории "детская литература").
Отрывок на английском - http://www.blackholly.com/ironsideexcerpt.html
Или заглянуть внутрь книги - http://books.simonandschuster.com/Ironside/Holly-Black/9780689868207/browse_inside
"This dark sequel to Tithe (2002) reveals the corruption in even the beautiful parts of faerie. Punky changeling Kaye has just been dumped most brutally. At the coronation of her boyfriend, Roiben, to the throne of the unsavory Unseelie Court, Kaye is goaded by a malicious faery into declaring her love-and Roiben sends her off on an impossible quest. Until she finds a faery who can lie, Kaye is forbidden from seeing Roiben. Heartbroken, Kaye and her friend Corny travel to New York City, where they are entangled in the Seelie Queen's machinations to destroy Roiben and take his land for herself. Kaye's story is standard teen magical-romance fare, but it's Corny's compelling sideplot that really carries the narrative, providing emotional depth, character development and a poignant conclusion. Decadent and deadly, the urban fantasy setting is not for the faint of heart; the cruelties of even the so-called good faeries are breathtaking. Fans of faerypunk will eat it up. (Fantasy. YA)"(с) Kirkus Reviews
"Gr 8 Up - In this sequel to Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (S & S, 2002), the coronation of Kaye's boyfriend, Roiben, as King of the Unseelie Court seems to signal an end to their relationship. Silarial, Queen of the rival Seelie Court, persists in warring against Roiben and his folk, Kaye's friend Cornelius is cursed by a faery, and Kaye tells her mom that she's really a pixie changeling and that the woman's human daughter has been living in Faerie since babyhood. All in all, things are not going well in either Faerie or Ironside-what faeries call the human realm, in this case New York City and New Jersey-although, on the positive side, Corny does find love with Luis, a human with the ability to cast off faerie curses. Essential for fans of Tithe , this tale of tough yet romantic punks and misfits, both human and faerie, is told in an authentic street voice. It will appeal to readers who like their magic served with a layer of urban grit"(с) From: Eva Mitnick Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal
Рейчел Кейн "Стеклянный дом"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Первая книга сериала "Вампиры Морганвилля", принесшего своей создательнице популярность и первые строчки в книжных рейтингах"
Rachel Caine (псевдоним Роксанны Лонгстрит Конрад (Roxanne Longstreet Conrad)). Печаталась в АСТ как Рэйчел Кейн (недоизданный цикл "Хранители погоды" ("Weather Warden") в серии "Холод страха").
Ну а теперь должен выйти роман "Glass Houses" (2006) - 1-я часть подросткового цикла "Вампиры Морганвилля" ("The Morganville Vampires"), в который в настоящее время также входят "The Dead Girls' Dance" (2007), "Midnight Alley" (2007), "Feast of Fools" (2008), "Lord of Misrule" (2009), "Carpe Corpus" (2009), "Fade Out" (2009), "Kiss of Death" (в апреле 2010). Далее выйдут "Ghost Town" (в октябре 2010) и "Bite Club" (весной 2011). Будут еще как минимум еще две книги (у РК контрак с издателями на 12 романов).
Описание цикла с сайта автора: "What's it all about?
When 16-year-old Claire Danvers arrives in the sleepy Texas town of Morganville for a parentally-enforced year at Texas Prairie University before heading off to MIT, her life takes a turn for the scary. First, the mean girls come after her, but a quick life-saving move to off-campus housing fixes that problem, and introduces her to three new friends: teen rocker Michael Glass, Goth Eve Rosser, and hottie/slacker Shane Collins.
But Morganville's got more secrets to reveal, starting with one very big one:
It's run by vampires."
Описание романа из базы "Locus": "Vampire novel, book one in The Morganville Vampires series. A 16-year-old college student gets some really strange housemates. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet, Julie Fortune, and Roxanne Conrad"
Описание романа из английской википедии: "This is the first book in the Morganville Vampires series.
Summary: It's a small college town filled with quirky characters. But when the sun goes down, the bad comes out. Because in Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows- one that will spill out into the bright light of day.
Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. The popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks on the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. And Claire really doesn't have the right connections- to the undead who run the town.
When Claire heads off campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates, Michael, Eve and Shane, don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.... (summary from paperback version)"
Sarah Flood, Breckinridge County Public Library, Hardinsburg, KY - в School Library Journal: "Grade 9 Up — College should be an exciting time, but for brainy 16-year-old Claire Danvers that's too mild a word. Due to advanced placement, Claire can start college early, but her parents refuse to allow her to go to the distant Ivy League school of her dreams. She goes to Texas Prairie University where she is tormented by the popular girls—but that's the least of her worries. Morganville, home of the university, is also home to vampires and vampire hunters. Claire finds protection from the horrors of the town in the Glass House with three fellow outcasts, Goth girl Eve, rebellious Shane, and Michael, who disappears during the day. Claire falls for Shane and would do anything to protect her friends, including facing down bloodthirsty vampires and dangerous bikers. Rachel Caine's first two books (Penguin, 2006, 2007) in the series flesh out the characters and the setting, allowing listeners to really visualize the town. These suspenseful titles are filled with violence, language, and sensual situations. Cynthia Holloway's narration has a supernatural quality that is perfectly suited to the story, and she does a nice job of switching between characters and capturing the changes in Claire as she grows more mature and confident. Older teens will fall under Caine's spell as she weaves together scary moments with romantic situations, which are at times overly descriptive, but not graphic. Those looking for books like Twilight, but with more bite, will enjoy this series."
Отрывок из романа на ангийском - http://www.rachelcaine.com/page1/page2/page2.html
Права на экранизацию цикла в настоящее время принадлежат британскому продюсеру Чарльзу Эрмитажу (Charles Armitage) из Noel Gay Motion Picture Company.
Серия "Сумерки. Ночной мир":
Лиза Джейн Смит "Избранная"
14.07.2010
"Продолжение культового сериала! Смертельная игра между добычей и охотником. Но что делать охотнице, если она влюбляется в свою жертву - безумно привлекательного вампира?"
"Избранная" ("The Chosen", 1997) - 5-я книга подростковой серии "Night World", начатой романами "Тайный вампир" ("Secret Vampire", 1996), "Дочери тьмы" ("Daughters of Darkness", 1996), "Колдунья" ("Spellbinder", 1996; вариант названия - "Enchantress") и "Темный ангел" ("Dark Angel", 1996). В цикл также входят романы "Предначертание" ("Soulmate", 1997), "Охотница" ("Huntress", 1997), "Черный рассвет" ("Black Dawn", 1997), "Колдовской свет" ("Witchlight", 1998) и "Strange Fate" (вышел в апреле 2010).
Переиздание ("Оникс 21 век", серия "Царство Ночи", 2003).
"Young-adult horror/romance novel, fifth in the series"(с) база Locus
"Rashel Jordan lost her mother to a golden-eyed vampire at the age of five—and just barely saved herself by her wits. She’s grown up to the age of seventeen as a vampire hunter—the best. But when a group of hunters captures Quinn and decides to torture him, Rashel feels something in her soul twist. Left alone with Quinn, she goes along with her mad impulse and allows him to escape. But Quinn, a vampire with one of the darkest reputations in the Night World warns her not to expect him to return the favor. Nevertheless, when Rashel gets herself chosen for a bloodfeast and finds that Quinn is in charge of gathering girls for the dark ceremony! Enemies—and soulmates—what will happen during their final fight?"(c) описание с сайта автора
Сайт автора - http://www.ljanesmith.net
Серия "Сумерки. Поцелуй вампира":
Эллен Шрайбер "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 6. Королевская кровь"
14.07.2010
Ellen Schreiber "Royal Blood" (2009)
6-я часть подросткового цикла "Vampire Kisses", начатого романами "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 1. Начало" ("Vampire Kisses", 2003), "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 2. Темный рыцарь" ("Kissing Coffins", 2005), "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 3. Вампирвилль" ("Vampireville", 2006), "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 4. Танец смерти" ("Dance with a Vampire", 2007) и "Поцелуй вампира. Книга 5. Клуб бессмертных" ("The Coffin Club", 2008). В цикл такдже входит "Love Bites" (вышел в мае 2010).
"The series itself revolves around the relationship of a goth girl named Raven Madison and her vampire boyfriend Alexander Sterling and the conflicts they must overcome to stay together"(с) описание цикла в англовикипедии
Аннотация к американскому изданию: " Alexander's spooky mansion feels like home to Raven . . . but could his residence in Dullsville be coming to an end?
Summer break is over, and Raven's sleep-filled days and romantic nights with her immortal boyfriend, Alexander, must end. The shock of daily attendance at Dullsville High isn't the only change in store. An unexpected letter turns up at Alexander's mansion—announcing his parents will be coming to town! Once they arrive, it seems just about everyone has had a sighting of the macabre couple except Raven. Is Alexander hiding something about his parents' homecoming? Will Raven ever meet them, and can she face the biggest threat yet to her love with Alexander?"
Сайт Эллен Шрайбер - http://www.ellenschreiber.com
Блог автора - http://ravenmadison.livejournal.com
Серия "Темная любовь":
Ф.К. Каст "Богиня весны"
14.07.2010
"Впервые на русском языке! Новая серия для поклонников хитов продаж "Сумерки" и "Дом ночи"! Стильное и оригинальное оформление!"
Ф.К. Каст (P.C. Cast - псевдоним Филис Каст (Phyllis Cast)). "Goddess of Spring" (2004)
2-я часть цикла "Goddess Summoning", начатого пока не виденным в продаже романом "Богиня моря" ("Goddess of the Sea", 2003; кстати, в июньских планах он был заявлен на серию "Сумерки").
В цикл также входят "Goddess of Light" (2005), "Goddess of the Rose" (2006), "Goddess of Love" (2008) и "Warrior Rising" (2008). По некоторым данным, в 2010 году цикл продолжится книгой "Goddess of Camelot".
Описание цикла с сайта автора: "This magical book series retells ancient myths giving them a sexy, modern twist and introducing heroines to some of the most fantastic heroes the world has ever known"
Описание романа с Amazon.com: "To save her failing bakery, Lina trades souls with Persephone, the Goddess of Spring--and starts falling for hunky Hades."
Филис Каст специализируется на романтической мистике и может быть известна у нас по написанному в соавторстве с дочерью Кристин Каст (Kristin Cast) "девчатье-вампирятничьевскому" циклу "Дом Ночи" ("House of Night"), издающемуся "Олма Медиа Групп".
Серия "Люди против магов":
Рик Риордан "Перси Джексон и олимпийцы. Секретные материалы"
12.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Цикл Рика Риордана о Перси Джексоне стал одним из супербестселлеров последних лет. Высокобюджетная экранизация приключений Перси упрочила и умножила успех книжного сериала и прибавила автору миллионы поклонников во всем мире"
Перенос с июня.
Rick Riordan. Судя по названию, одна из книг-"комапньонов" к сериалу "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". На выбор - "The Demigod Files"(2009), "Demigods and Monsters" (2009) или "The Ultimate Guide" (2010).
А также манга:
Серия "Проект Манга. Берсерк" (твердая обложка):
Кэнтаро Миура "Берсерк. Книга 2"
21.07.2010
"Шедевр японской манги! Берсерк- средневековая военная драма с множественными вкраплениями фэнтези и хоррора. Берсерк отличает сильнейший сюжет и глубокая философия "Мы должны взять судбьбу в свои руки и не позволить ей решать, как нам жить и как умереть! Так же как в Японии выходит в твердом переплете"
Серия "Проект Манга. Starcraft":
Кит Р.А. Декандидо "StarCraft. Академия призраков. Книга 1"
19.07.2010
"Новый Манга-сериал в жанре мистики и приключений. Призраки- мощнейшее оружие Доминиона, избранные агенты терран, способные читать мысли, становятся невидимыми - и не только. Этим смертоносным умениям обучают в овеянной зловещей славой Академии призраков"
Серия "Проект Манга. WarCraft":
Дэн Джоллей "World of Warcraft. Рыцарь смерти"
16.07.2010
"Новый проект: цикл, посвященный отдельным классам персонажей WarCraft! Вам откроются сокровенные тайны рыцарей смерти, шаманов и магов"
Серия "Проект Манга. Жемчуг дракона":
Акира Торияма "Жемчуг дракона. Книга 4. Финал"
20.07.2010
"Впервые на русском! Долгожданный манга-сериал. Художника этой манги до сих пор считают лучшим из лучших. Эта манга была самым большим успехом за всю историю японской манги и поставила новый рекорд продаж более 120 млн. экз. Будет издано 42 тома"
Серия "Проект Манга. Темные материалы Кеко Карасумы":
Одзи Хирои "Темные материалы Кёко Карасумы. Книга 5"
22.07.2010
"Манга-сериал в жанре фэнтези , приключений о юной бесстрашной девочке- детективе, которую зовут Кеко Керасума"