jueves, 1 de octubre de 2009

¡Más madera...

Más llegadas recientes importadas de EE.UU., incluyendo alguna novedad interesante:




Anderson, C.L. - Bitter Angels 



Asimov, Isaac - The Stars, Like Dust


Biron Farrell was young and naïve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin.
He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father, the highly respected Rancher of Widemos, has been murdered. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father’s death, and becomes entangled in an intricate saga of rebellion, political intrigue, and espionage.
The mystery takes him deep into space where he finds himself in a relentless struggle with the power-mad despots of Tyrann. Now it is not just a case of life or death for Biron, but a question of freedom for the galaxy.



Bassom David - Battlestar Galactica: Downloaded 

Battlestar Galactica the ‘re-imagined’ version of the cult 1970s series and now in its fourth and final season is without doubt the most critically acclaimed SF show on TV.
With a classy ensemble cast, including Edward James Olmos (
Miami Vice) and Mary McDonnell (Independence Day), cutting edge special effects, superb production design and adult-oriented scripts, the new Battlestar Galactica is both a worthy successor to a classic original, and a stunning piece of television in its own right.
This official full-colour companion to the first and second seasons is packed with exclusive interviews, stunning photos, behind-the-scenes secrets, and a complete episode guide with in-depth commentary from both cast and crew.




Beyer, Doug - Alara Unbroken
Carrol, Jonathan - The Ghost in Love
Cast, P.C. & Kristin - Betrayed


Gaiman, Neil - Odd and the Frost Giants 

Odd's luck has been bad so far. He lost his father on a Viking expedition, his foot was crushed beneath a tree, and the winter seems to be going on forever. But when Odd flees to the woods and releases a trapped bear, his luck begins to change. The eagle, bear and fox he encounters reveal they're actually Nordic gods, trapped in animal form by the evil Frost Giants who have conquered Asgard, the city of the gods. Can a twelve-year-old boy reclaim Thor's hammer, outwit the Frost Giants and release the gods?








Heinlein, Robert - Between Planets

Don Harvey was attending school on Earth when his parents suddenly and urgently called him home to Mars. He had been skeptical about the talk of interplanetary war breaking out if Mars and Venus followed through on their threats to declare independence from Earth, but he was wrong. War broke out, and he was stuck on Venus, with no way of getting home.
Then there was the ring that an old family friend had given him just before he had left Earth. Shortly afterward, the friend had been questioned by Earth’s secret police and had died—from “heart failure,” they claimed. When Earth troops landed on Venus and started looking for Don and that mysterious ring, he realized that he was trapped in the center of a war between worlds that could change the fate of the Solar System forever!


Hobb, Robin - Assassin's Quest
Laurenston, Shelly - The Mane Event
Reynolds, Alastair - Absolution Gap
Sands, Lynsay - A Bite to Remember
Scalzi, John - Agent to the Stars
Sun Tzu - The Art of War
Thompson, Paul B. - The Forest King
Thorpe, Gav - Angels of Darkness
Turtledove, Harry - After the Downfall
Weber, David - Ashes of Victory
Weber, David - At All Costs



Weeks, Brent - Beyond the Shadows 

Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance - a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom.
In the north, the new Godking has a plan. If it comes to fruition, no one will have the power to stop him.
Kylar Stern has no choice. To save his friends-and perhaps his enemies-he must accomplish the impossible: assassinate a goddess.
Beyond the Shadows is the action-packed conclusion to the Night Angel Trilogy. 








Wilson, Robert Charles - Axis

Wildly praised by readers and critics alike, Robert Charles Wilson's Spin won science fiction's highest honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Now, in Spin's direct sequel, Wilson takes us to the "world next door"--the planet engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, and connected to Earth by way of the Arch that towers hundreds of miles over the Indian Ocean. Humans are colonizing this new world--and, predictably, fiercely exploiting its resources, chiefly large deposits of oil in the western deserts of the continent of Equatoria.
Lise Adams is a young woman attempting to uncover the mystery of her father's disappearance ten years earlier. Turk Findley is an ex-sailor and sometimes-drifter. They come together when an infall of cometary dust seeds the planet with tiny remnant Hypothetical machines. Soon, this seemingly hospitable world will become very alien indeed--as the nature of time is once again twisted, by entities unknown.





Wong, David - John Dies at the End

It’s a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users can drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human.
Suddenly a silent, otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs.
Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity?
No. No, they can’t.

martes, 29 de septiembre de 2009

Recién salido del horno

Nos ha llegado un gran pedido de libros en inglés. He aquí algunos:

Adams, John Joseph (ed.) - The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Aguirre, Ann - Doublebind
Aiken, G.A. - What a Dragon Should Know
Akers, Tim - Heart of Veridon



Heart of Veridon is the first book in the Burn Cycle. Jacob Burn is a disgraced airship pilot, and a man augmented by strange implants designed to keep him alive in combat conditions.
An exiled son of nobility, he now makes his own way in the criminal underworld of Veridon, the City of Cog. But soon Jacob finds himself caught in a conspiracy of sabotage and murder between the government and the church, a mystery that stretches back into the roots of the city of Veridon itself.









Andrews, Ilona - On the Edge
Ashley, Amanda - Immortal Sins
Atwood, Margaret - Oryx and Crake



This novel is a fascinating exploration of a world frighteningly similar to our own, except our scientific technologies and social issues have been pushed to the edge. It takes place in a very near future where Global Warming has reached devastating extremes; body modification surgery is a double-click and a credit card away; genetic engeneering is being used to create hybrid animals with human organs for transplants; disease immunizations lead to more dangerous diseases prowling the planet; and the poor are kept in deteriorating cities where prostitution, drugs, and diseases reign. Mistakes happen, as is inevitable with the fallible human, and we learn all of this on a post-apocalyptic planet, through the memories and musings of a lone survivor, who calls himself Snowman. Amidst all of the stunning imagery and compelling issues, Snowman has a best friend called Crake, and loves a woman called Oryx.


Bacigalupi, Paolo - The Windup Girl
Beyer, Kirsten - Unworthy (ST:VGR)
Black, Shayla - Seduce Me in Shadow
Carriger, Gail - Soulless
Conolly, Harry - Child of Fire
Dantec, Maurice G. - Grand Junction
Dembski-Bowden, Aaron - Cadian Blood (W40K)



Forced into battle with a legion of those infected by the plague of Nurgle in order to reclaim the Imperial shrine world of Kathur, First Lieutenant Parmenion Thade must take a commanding role and ensure victory over insurmountable odds.












Feehan, Christine - Dark Curse
Friesner, Esther - Strip Mauled
Goldwag, Arthur - Cults, Conspiracies, & Secret Societies



 An indispensable guide, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies connects the dots and sets the record straight on a host of greedy gurus and murderous messiahs, crepuscular cabals AND suspicious coincidences. Divided into three sections, its hundreds of entries separate facts from myths. Some topics are familiar--the Kennedy assassinations, the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati, Area 51, the People's Temple and Heaven's Gate--and some surprising, like Oulipo, a select group of intellectuals (Italo Calvino was a member) who created wild formulas for creating literary masterpieces, and the Chauffeurs, an eighteenth-century society of French home invaders, who set fire to their victims' feet.

Greatshell, Walter - Xombies: Apocalypse Blues
Greenberger, Robert - Iron Man: Femmes Fatales
Hanover, M.L.N. - Darker Angels


In the battle between good and evil, there's no such thing as a fair fight.
When Jayné Heller's uncle Eric died, she inherited a fortune beyond all her expectations – and a dangerous mission in a world she never knew existed. Reining in demons and supernatural foes is a formidable task, but thankfully Jayné has vast resources and loyal allies to rely on. She'll need both to tackle a bodyswitching serial killer who's taken up residence in New Orleans, a city rich in voodoo lore and dark magic.

Harkaway, Nick - The Gone-Away World
 

Gonzo Lutitsch and his best friend have been inseparable since birth. They grew up together, they studied kung-fu together, they rebelled in college together, & they fought in the Gone-Away World together. Now, with the world in shambles & dark, nightmarish clouds billowing over the wastelands, they have been tapped for an incredibly perilous mission. But quickly they see that this assignment is more complex than it seems, and before it is over they will have encountered everything from mimes, ninjas, and pirates to one ultra-sinister mastermind, whose only goal is world domination.

King, Stephen - Just After Sunset
King, William & Lee Lightner - Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus (W40K)


The Space Wolf Omnibus combines superb science-fiction drama with military battles on an epic scale, featuring the legendary hero Ragnar Blackmane.













Lima, Maria - Blood Bargain
Long, Nathan - Shamanslayer (WF)
Nojiri, Housuke - Usurper of the Sun
Parker, K.J. - The Company
Perry, Kate - Chosen by Desire
Pelevin, Victor - The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
Remic, Andy - Biohell
Rowland, Laura Joh - The Fire Kimono
Urasawa, Naoki - Pluto Vol. 5
Varley, John - Rolling Thunder


Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Podkayne Strickland-Garcia-Redmond - otherwise known as Podkayne - is third-generation Martian with a planet-sized chip on her shoulder. Her grandfather Manny was one of the first men to set foot on Mars. So Poddy has some equally planet-sized shoes to fill...

That's why she's joined the Music, Arts, and Drama Division of the Martian Navy. Though some may say her voice is a weapon in itself, Poddy passed the audition with a little help from some higher-ups. And now she's going to Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, to be an entertainer. But she's about to learn that underneath the song and dance routines, there can be plenty of danger to go around in the Martian Navy, even if you've just signed on to sing....


Ward, J.R. - Covet
Weber, David - Worlds of Weber


A mammoth volume (over 250,000 words) of the many facets of one of science fiction's most popular talents. Here are treecats, starhips, dragons, alternate history, self-ware Bolo supertanks, wizards, sailing ships, ironclads-and of course, Weber's fantastically popular starship commander, Honor Harrington. For nearly two decades, David Weber has been taking enthralled readers to destinations strange and fantastical, from his best-selling Honor Harrington novels and short stories to the heroic fantasy of Bahzell of Hrandai, and the shared universe stories set in worlds of his own creation, and those of others, such as Eric FLint's best-selling Ring of Fire series, the popular Bolo series of Keith Laumer and more.








Weldon, Phaedra - Spectre
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Heroes: A Pop-up Storybook
vv.aa. - Twilight and Philosophy
vv.aa. - The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2