Smallbear Ok itibaren Champagné-le-Sec, France

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2019-01-05 06:40

Limit Yayınları Ygs Lys Biyoloji Soru Bankası TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Limit Yayınları

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities is by far the strangest collection of tales I have thus far laid my hands on. It is also one of the most fascinating. Where to start? This whole book is one complete piece of art, within and without. The hardcover is beautifully designed and a gem in every bookshelf. The stories,tales, artwork, photographs inside are entertaining, inspiering and sometimes rather haunting. The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists really contains some curious pieces, the title does not lie, the assembled contributors also carry quite a literary punch. Among them are such notables as Michael Moorcock and Cherie Priest. As is to be expected by an anthology, the stories differ in quality but there is not a single one in the whole book I would consider mediocre. Every single piece is highly enjoyable and the different styles make for a very divers and entertaining reading experience. Moreover, since all stories describe the contents of the eponymoous cabinet of curiosities, they form one great narrative and paint one great combinig picture. And what a picture it is. The Cabinet of Curiosities comes from a strangely familiar and yet disturbingly different Steampunk version of our own world. It writes a what-if narrative of a Steampunk past reaching into a Steampunk/Dieselpunk present. I found it most fascinating how many different aspects of a Steampunk/Dieselpunk (and in one case teslapunk) version of earth are tackled within the pages of this book. Education, religion, life extension, other medical subjects, curiosities of all shapes and sizes, the contributing authors have created an astounding and clourful collection, one amazing piece of art. And it is not only the quality of the writing that makes this anthology so enjoyable. The artwork, too, is fittingly and hauntingly beautiful. Sketches, drawings, photographs of props, everything fits together and adds to the narrative of the book, enhabcing it and giving it more substance. A final aspect I do not want to forget: Almost every single story in this collection and every contraption and phyiscal curiosity described in these pages can be used as a hook or central piece in a Steampunk role playing adventure. This is a quality I have thius far not encountered in any other piece of Steampunk related literature so far.

2019-01-05 09:40

Gitar Elektro MRE3RD Donizetti TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Donizetti

“Arcadia Falls” – written by Carol Goodman and published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group. I enjoyed this intricately woven story, and after reading the surprising finish, felt that the book was almost like the sturdy tower of a Jenga game. There were many layers and pieces that, as they were slid out in the telling, did not on their own completely alter things, but once the structure was weakened enough, out tumbled the true story. As in many other books I have enjoyed, the theme of stories was important, as the author said at the back of the book, “stories still have tremendous power.” The setting in rural upstate New York is an art-focused high school which had evolved from a haven for women artists and Goodman makes good use of the changing landscape. Some of her descriptions seemed a bit overdone, “The gold-tinged light that slants in through my classroom window bathes my students in an amber sap as if preserving them in the moment forever,” but overall, her descriptive style complemented the story. Side themes of mother-daughter relationships and a budding romance spice things up. As a historical mystery slowly unfolds, special attention is given to “a slim green leather book embossed with a gold fleur-de-lis” and although I lost track of " who did what when" every now and then, the whole package was likable and diverting. [Read on Kindle]

2019-01-05 10:40

Gündüzsefası - Sarah Jio TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Arkadya Yayınları

About a year ago, I read a review of Shane Jones’s Light Boxes at the hipster book club. I was intrigued, but unable to find the book at any of the zillions of libraries around here (I’m a poor grad student, so unless I can read it at the store on my lunch break, snag an ARC, or can get it from the library, I very rarely actually buy books.). I walked into the store on Tuesday morning after a week and a half off, and staring me in the face atop the new paperback table was this book. It's been republished by Penguin! And how cool is the new Penguin cover? I immediately snatched it up and devoured the first twenty pages or so while I was supposed to be tending to the cash register. Hey, it was a quiet morning, save for the ocassional sixty-something lady wanting to purchase the latest Steig Larrson. It wasn’t like I was shirking any responsibilities. Light Boxes is something of a fable, in which the Thaddeus Lowe, his wife Selah, daughter Bianca, and neighbors are in the throes of an unending February. In Jones’s world, though, February is not just a month, but a godlike spirit who, with the help of the girl who smells like honey and smoke, kidnaps the town’s children and outlaws flight. Depressed and desperate, Thaddeus joins up with six men in bird masks who are leading the War Effort to put an end to nearly three years of winter. It might sound strange. And it is, a little. Jones tells his story through a constantly shifting narrative voice to tell his story, alternating between Thaddeus, Bianca, several of the townsmen, the birdmen, February and Ms. Honey and Smoke. Jones also uses a variety of fonts and paragraph styles to help tell his story. Bianaca whispers in miniature font, whereas Smoke and Honey gets a much bolder, thicker font (Georgia, perhaps? I’m not really a font person). Some pages contain only a sentence or two. But, holy goodness, do those sentences pack a punch. Jones’s prose will never be described as “lush,” but he so eloquently manages to capture the irrational and despairing state of mind of his characters. Unique, creative, and fascinating, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in atypical methods of storytelling.

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