The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps

Author : Kai Ashante Wilson
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466891913

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The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson Pdf

One of Wired's Twenty-Five All-Time Favorite Books Critically acclaimed author Kai Ashante Wilson makes his commercial debut with this striking, wondrous tale of gods and mortals, magic and steel, and life and death that will reshape how you look at sword and sorcery. Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive. The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved captain alive. PRAISE FOR THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS "The unruly lovechild of Shakespeare, Baldwin, George RR Martin and Ghostface Killah -- this was a book I could not put down." - Daniel José Older, author of Half-Resurrection Blues "Lyrical and polyphonous, gorgeous and brutal, THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS is an unforgettable tale of love that empowers." - Ken Liu, multiple Hugo Award-winning author of The Grace of Kings "Wilson is doing something both very new and very old here: he's tossing aside the traditional forms of sword and sorcery in favor of other, older forms, and gluing it all together with a love letter to black masculinity. The result is powerful and strange and painful in all the right ways." -N.K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms "THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS reads like Gene Wolfe and Samuel R Delany trying to one-up each other on a story prompt by Fritz Leiber. That means it's good. Read it." - Max Gladstone, author of the Craft Sequence "Seamlessly knots magic and science in a wholly organic way... THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS will catch you by the throat and hold you fast until the last searing word." - Alyssa Wong, Nebula-nominated author of "The Fisher Queen" At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Brian Attebery
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : 9780192856234

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Fantasy by Brian Attebery Pdf

An exciting and accessible study of the genre of fantasy. One of the dominant modes of storytelling in the twenty-first century, fantasy can mirror contemporary experiences and convey our anxieties and longings better than any representation of the merely real. It is the lie that speaks truth. This book addresses two central questions about fantastic storytelling: first, how can it be meaningful if it doesn't claim to represent things as they are, and second, what kind of change can it make in the world? How can a form of storytelling that alters physical laws and denies facts about the past be at the same time a source of insight into human nature and the workings of the world? What kind of social, political, cultural, intellectual work does fantasy perform in the world--the world of the reader, that is, not that of the characters? Focusing on various aspects of fantastic world-building and story creation in classic and contemporary fantasy, from the use of symbolic structures to the way new stories incorporate bits of significance from earlier texts, this book shows how fantasy allows writers such as Michael Cunningham, Hans Christian Anderson, Helene Wecker, C. S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Nnedi Okorafor, Nalo Hopkinson, George MacDonald, Aliette deBodard, and Patricia Wrightson to test new modes of understanding and interaction and thus to rethink political institutions, social practices, and models of reality.

Author : Joel A. Nichols
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440852879

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Out of This World Library Programs by Joel A. Nichols Pdf

Focusing on the most compelling titles across the vast area of imaginative fantasy and science fiction literature and media, this book showcases creative ways to build on existing interest in these genres and promote reading, literacy, and critical thinking. Science fiction and fantasy stories captivate the imaginations of youth and adults—even today, when real-life technological developments often border on unbelievable. We see evidence of the universal appeal of sci-fi and fantasy-themed tales in popular books, movies, and television series—from The Hunger Games, The Martian, and Star Wars to Jessica Jones and The Man in the High Castle. This guide provides avenues for making use of what naturally interests young audiences pre-teen through emerging or new adult with some 50 programs based on speculative fiction. For each of the literature-based programs, the book provides a description of the project that identifies the appropriate age level and its goals and learning objectives as well as the duration of time and materials needed. While the selection of titles is diverse, special emphasis is given to media and books created by women and people of color. The step-by-step directions, annotation of the book on which the project is based, list of related titles, and special tips ensure that you'll be able to easily implement the program in your classroom or library. Most of the programs have a technology-related component but can be adapted to be done as traditional crafts. All of the programs are appropriate for students in English and creative writing classes as well as for youth or young adults in a public library setting.

Author : Kai Ashante Wilson
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765390059

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A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson Pdf

A Taste of Honey is the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus finalist novella that N. K. Jemisin calls "a love story as painful as it is beautiful and complex". Find out why Wired named it one of the 20 Best Books of the Decade! Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services, the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods. Aqib bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. His heart has been captured for the first time by a handsome Daluçan soldier named Lucrio. In defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a whirlwind gay romance. But neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466892668

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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois Pdf

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation of short stories has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Author : Kai Ashante Wilson,Paul Cornell,Alter S. Reiss,Nnedi Okorafor,K. J. Parker,Angela Slatter,Matt Wallace,Daniel Polansky,Sylvia Spruck Wrigley,Michael R. Underwood
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765387332

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Tor.com Publishing Fall 2015 Sampler by Kai Ashante Wilson,Paul Cornell,Alter S. Reiss,Nnedi Okorafor,K. J. Parker,Angela Slatter,Matt Wallace,Daniel Polansky,Sylvia Spruck Wrigley,Michael R. Underwood Pdf

Enjoy samples from Tor.com Publishing's first ten novellas in the Fall 2015 sampler! Featuring Kai Ashante Wilson, Nnedi Okorafor, K. J. Parker, Daniel Polansky, and many more, this sampler contains exciting new fantasy worlds, harrowing science fiction adventures, stolen memories, edible angels, and talking salamanders. The novellas these chapters are taken from are available in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Kai Ashante Wilson,Paul Cornell,Alter S. Reiss,Nnedi Okorafor
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765390264

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Tor.com Bundle 1 - September 2015 by Kai Ashante Wilson,Paul Cornell,Alter S. Reiss,Nnedi Okorafor Pdf

Tor.com Publishing's first ebook bundle contains all our novellas published in September 2015:The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson, Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell, Sunset Mantle by Alter S. Reiss, and Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Neil Gaiman,Paolo Bacigalupi,Ann Leckie,Kai Ashante Wilson,Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849979320

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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Ten by Neil Gaiman,Paolo Bacigalupi,Ann Leckie,Kai Ashante Wilson,Kim Stanley Robinson Pdf

FEATURING Paolo Bacigalupi • Elizabeth Bear • Greg Bear • Jeffrey Ford • Neil Gaiman • Nalo Hopkinson • Nisi Shawl • Simon Ings • Gwyneth Jones • Caitlin R. Kiernan • Anne Leckie • Kelly Link • Usman T. Malik • Ian McDonald • Vonda McIntrye • Sam J. Miller • Tamsyn Muir • Robert Reed • Alastair Reynolds • Kim Stanley Robinson • Kelly Robson • Geoff Ryman • Nike Sulway • Catherynne Valente • Genevieve Valentine • Kai Ashante Wilson • Alyssa Wong Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre’s best known anthologies is back with his 10th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy from 2015. With established names and new talent this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the reader to the outer-reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.

Author : Eric Schwitzgebel
Publisher : Apex Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Apex Magazine Issue 98 by Eric Schwitzgebel Pdf

Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month. EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief — Jason Sizemore FICTION THE TURING MACHINES OF BABEL— Eric Schwitzgebel L'appel du vide — Rich Larson <> — Kai Ashante Wilson Entertaining Demons (Excerpt) — Daniel I. Russell NONFICTION Interview with Author Eric Schwitzgebel — Andrea Johnson Mothers Who Consume — Kristi DeMeester Interview with Cover Artist Quentin Castel — Russell Dickerson Entities of Modern Evil — Daniel I. Russell

Author : Katharine Duckett,Seanan McGuire,Lina Rather,Kai Ashante Wilson
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250790866

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In Our Own Worlds #2 by Katharine Duckett,Seanan McGuire,Lina Rather,Kai Ashante Wilson Pdf

In celebration of Pride, Tor.com Publishing presents four critically acclaimed novellas featuring LGBTQ+ characters. With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love story that lifts off the page in whirlwinds of feeling. After the tempest, after the reunion, after her father drowned his books, Miranda was meant to enter a brave new world. Naples awaited her, and Ferdinand, and a throne. Instead she finds herself in Milan, in her father’s castle, surrounded by hostile servants who treat her like a ghost. Whispers cling to her like spiderwebs, whispers that carry her dead mother’s name. And though he promised to give away his power, Milan is once again contorting around Prospero’s dark arts. With only Dorothea, her sole companion and confidant to aid her, Miranda must cut through the mystery and find the truth about her father, her mother, and herself. NPR calls Every Heart a Doorway "a mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics". Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex AWARD winner, World Fantasy and British Fantasy Award finalist, and Tiptree Honor List title. Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of things. No matter the cost. The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space in Lina Rather's debut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black. Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. Now, the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard Our Lady of Impossible Constellations, a living, breathing ship which seems determined to develop a will of its own. When the order receives a distress call from a newly-formed colony, the sisters discover that the bodies and souls in their care—and that of the galactic diaspora—are in danger. And not from void beyond, but from the nascent Central Governance and the Church itself. Sorcerer of the Wildeeps is the Crawford Award-winning novella that Wired listed as one of their twenty-five all-time favorite books. Critically acclaimed author Kai Ashante Wilson makes his commercial debut with this striking, wondrous tale of gods and mortals, magic and steel, and life and death that will reshape how you look at sword and sorcery. Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive. The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved captain alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Kai Ashante Wilson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765398925

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The Lamentation of Their Women by Kai Ashante Wilson Pdf

In Kai Ashante Wilson's The Lamentation of Their Women, the Prince of Darkness selects a young woman from the Bronx as his chief lieutenant. Content warning for mature themes and graphic violence. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Scott Lynch,Charlie Jane Anders,Yoon Ha Lee
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786181008

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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Twelve by Scott Lynch,Charlie Jane Anders,Yoon Ha Lee Pdf

Author : Bridget McGovern,Chris Lough
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781250216625

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Rocket Fuel by Bridget McGovern,Chris Lough Pdf

A collection of some of the best feature articles from Tor.com’s 10 year history as an online sci-fi/fantasy literature magazine. Read: - An intimate moment under the covers that bloomed into a lifetime lived through sci-fi/fantasy. - A fierce defense of fan fiction. - The history of Wheel of Time author Robert Jordan, and the story of the reader who had her future rewritten in turn. - A deeply unwise thought experiment that explains how centaurs eat. - The story of one writer’s amazing day, starting out on her last dime and ending with her somehow hugging her idol, Terry Pratchett. - And much more! Rocket Fuel: Some of the Best From Tor.com Non-Fiction features essays from Seanan McGuire, Ursula Vernon, Jo Walton, Nisi Shawl, Kate Elliott, Becky Chambers, Kai Ashante Wilson, Sarah Gailey, Grady Hendrix, Judith Tarr, Lish McBride, Emily Asher-Perrin, Ryan Britt, Leah Schnelbach, Natalie Zutter, Molly Templeton, and more! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Ruthanna Emrys,Guy Haley,Cassandra Khaw,Seanan McGuire,Nnedi Okorafor,Malka Older,Melissa F. Olson,Victor LaValle,Daniel Polansky,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Matt Wallace
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765394309

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The Tor.com Sampler by Ruthanna Emrys,Guy Haley,Cassandra Khaw,Seanan McGuire,Nnedi Okorafor,Malka Older,Melissa F. Olson,Victor LaValle,Daniel Polansky,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Matt Wallace Pdf

Please enjoy excerpts from twelve of Tor.com's favorite science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas and novels. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Charlie Jane Anders,Kristiana Willsey,AnaMaria Curtis,Delilah S. Dawson,Valerie Valdes,Parlei Rivière,Ai Jiang,Sarah Pinsker
Publisher : Uncanny Magazine
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 51 by Charlie Jane Anders,Kristiana Willsey,AnaMaria Curtis,Delilah S. Dawson,Valerie Valdes,Parlei Rivière,Ai Jiang,Sarah Pinsker Pdf

The March/April 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Charlie Jane Anders, Kristiana Willsey, AnaMaria Curtis, Delilah S. Dawson, Valerie Valdes, Parlei Rivière, and Ai Jiang. Reprint fiction by Sarah Pinsker. Essays by C.L. Polk, Jeffe Kennedy, Ruthanna Emrys, and Riley Silverman, poetry by Tiffany Morris, Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi, Betsy Aoki, and Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, interviews with Kristiana Willse and Delilah S. Dawson by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Nilah Magruder, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Meg Elison. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2022 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.