Indudablemente una de las mejores lecturas del año pasado fue The Quantum Magician de Derek Kunsken, al que además tuvimos la increíble suerte de entrevistar en los VerdHugos. Es por esto que me alegra muchísimo ver que la continuación del libro, que se titulará The Quantum Garden, ya tiene portada y fecha de publicación.
Será el 15 de octubre de 2019 cuando podamos adquirir el libro, de la mano de Solaris Books.
De momento, podemos ir abriendo boca con la portada:
Ya sabemos cuáles serán los relatos que conforman The Best of British Fantasy 2018, el nuevo título de Newcon Press que verá la luz en mayo. La selección ha corrido a cargo de Jared Shurin.
Son los siguientes:
“There’s a Witch in the Word Machine” de Jenni Fagan (There’s a Witch in the Word Machine)
“We Are Now Beginning Our Descent” de Malcolm Devlin (LossLit)
“The Dance of a Thousand Cuts” de Liam Hogan (Terra! Tara! Terror!)
“A Son of the Sea” de Priya Sharma (All the Fabulous Beasts)
“To Look Upon His Works” de RJ Barker (Art of War)
“12 Answers Only You Can Question” de James Warner (EPOCH)
“The Woman Who Turned Into Soap” de Harkiran Dhindsa (The Good Journal)
“Mushroom Speed Boosts” de Ben Reynolds (LossLit)
“The Guile” de Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
“We can make something grow between the mushrooms and the snow” de Kirsty Logan (The Puritan)
“The Moss Child” de Lisa Fransson (The Forgotten and the Fantastical 4)
“Boys” de Lizzie Hudson (Litro)
“The Farm at the World’s End” de Helen McClory (Occulum)
“The Prevaricator” de Matthew Hughes (Fantasy & Science Fiction)
“The Small Island” de Heather Parry (F(r)iction Magazine)
“A Gift of Tongues” de Paul McQuade (Cōnfingō)
“Velocity” de Steph Swainston (Turning Point)
“Counting the Pennies” de Rhys Hughes (The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed)
“The Councillor’s Visit” de Beth Goddard (Finesse)
“Yard Dog” de Tade Thompson (Fiyah)
“Dark Shells” de Aliya Whiteley (This Dreaming Isle)
“Coruvorn” de Reggie Oliver (The Silent Garden)
“The Godziliad” de Adam Roberts (autopublicado)
“Underground” de Archie Black (Pornokitsch) [solo en la edición limitada]
Aunque este año se publicará la última entrega de las antologías de Jonathan Strahan tituladas The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year tras haber alcanzado su volumen 13, esto no significa que Strahan deje su labor como antologista.
Se ha anunciado la publicación en 2020 deYear’s Best Science Fiction: The Saga Annual Anthology of SF de la mano de Saga Press (la pista del título era bastante buena).
Sobre la publicación de este nuevo trabajo, Strahan ha declarado: “Year’s Best Science Fiction: The Saga Annual Anthology of SF will be the definitive collection of short SF published each year”.
La fecha prevista de publicación es julio de 2020.
“The Thing About Ghost Stories,” de Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November- December 2018)
“When We Were Starless,” de Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)
Mejor relato corto
“The Court Magician,” de Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018)
“The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” de T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)
“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” de P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018)
“STET,” de Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018)
“The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” de Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018)
“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” de Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)
Mejor serie
The Centenal Cycle, de Malka Older (Tor) (1, 2 y 3)
The Laundry Files, de Charles Stross (más reciente Tor.com Publishing/Orbit)
Machineries of Empire, de Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) (1, 2 y 3)
The October Daye Series, de Seanan McGuire (más reciente DAW)
The Universe of Xuya, de Aliette de Bodard (más reciente Subterranean Press)
Wayfarers, de Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager) (1, 2 y 3)
Mejor obra relacionada
Archive of Our Own, un proyecto de Organization for Transformative Works
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, de Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books)
The Hobbit Duology (documental en tres partes), escrito y editado por Lindsay Ellis y Angelina Meehan (YouTube)
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953- 2000, de Jo Walton (Tor)
www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio)
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, de Ursula K. Le Guin con David Naimon (Tin House Books)
Mejor historia gráfica
Abbott, escrito por Saladin Ahmed, arte de Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)
Black Panther: Long Live the King, escrito por Nnedi Okorafor y Aaron Covington, arte de André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino y Tana Ford (Marvel)
Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, escrito por Marjorie Liu, arte de Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
On a Sunbeam, deTillie Walden (First Second)
Paper Girls, Volume 4, escrito por Brian K. Vaughan, arte de Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, rotulado por Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics)
Saga, Volume 9, escrito por Brian K. Vaughan, arte de Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Mejor presentación dramática, forma larga
Annihilation, adaptado y escrito porAlex Garland, basado en la novela de Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance)
Avengers: Infinity War, escrito por Christopher Markus y Stephen McFeely, dirigido por Anthony Russo y Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)
Black Panther, escrito por Ryan Coogler y Joe Robert Cole, dirigido por Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
A Quiet Place, escrito por Scott Beck, John Krasinski y Bryan Woods, dirigido por John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night)
Sorry to Bother You, escrito y dirigido por Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, escrito por Phil Lord y Rodney Rothman, dirigido por Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey y Rodney Rothman (Sony)
Mejor presentación dramática, forma corta
The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” escrito por Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck y Naren Shankar, dirigido por Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment)
Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” escrito por Vinay Patel, dirigido por Jamie Childs (BBC)
Dirty Computer, escrito por Janelle Monáe, dirigido por Andrew Donoho y Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records)
The Good Place: “Janet(s),” escrito por Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, dirigido por Morgan Sackett (NBC)
The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” escrito por Megan Amram, dirigido porTrent O’Donnell (NBC)
Doctor Who: “Rosa,” escrito por Malorie Blackman y Chris Chibnall, dirigido por Mark Tonderai (BBC)
Mejor editor profesional, forma corta
Neil Clarke
Gardner Dozois
Lee Harris
Julia Rios
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
E. Catherine Tobler
Mejor editor profesional, forma larga
Sheila E. Gilbert
Anne Lesley Groell
Beth Meacham
Diana Pho
Gillian Redfearn
Navah Wolfe
Mejor ilustrador profesional
Galen Dara
Jaime Jones
Victo Ngai
John Picacio
Yuko Shimizu
Charles Vess
Mejor semiprozine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Fireside Magazine
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction
Shimmer
Strange Horizons
Uncanny Magazine
Mejor fanzine
Galactic Journey
Journey Planet
Lady Business
Nerds of a feather, flock together
Rocket Stack Rank
Mejor fancast
Be the Serpent
The Coode Street Podcast
Fangirl Happy Hour
Galactic Suburbia
Our Opinions Are Correct
The Skiffy and Fanty Show
Mejor escritor amateur
Foz Meadows
James Davis Nicoll
Charles Payseur
Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
Alasdair Stuart
Bogi Takács
Mejor ilustrador amateur
Sara Felix
Grace P. Fong
Meg Frank
Ariela Housman
Likhain (Mia Sereno)
Spring Schoenhuth
Mejor libro ilustrado
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, ilustrado por Charles Vess, escrito por Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz)
Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, de Julie Dillon (autopublicado)
Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, de Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press)
Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, de Ramin Zahed (Titan Books)
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)
Premio John W. Campbell al mejor autor novel
Katherine Arden (2º año)
S.A. Chakraborty (2º año)
R.F. Kuang (1º año)
Jeannette Ng (2º año)
Vina Jie-Min Prasad (2º año)
Rivers Solomon (2º año)
Premio Lodestar al mejor libro juvenil
The Belles, de Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz)
Children of Blood and Bone, de Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books)
The Cruel Prince, de Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books)
Dread Nation, de Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
The Invasion, de Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic)
Tess of the Road, de Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)
PREMIOS RETROHUGO 1944 Mejor novela
Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber, Jr. (Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
Earth’s Last Citadel, by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner (Argosy, April 1943)
Gather, Darkness! by Fritz Leiber, Jr. (Astounding Science-Fiction, May-July 1943)
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game], by Hermann Hesse (Fretz & Wasmuth)
Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis (John Lane, The Bodley Head)
The Weapon Makers, by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction, February-April 1943)
Mejor novela corta
“Attitude,” by Hal Clement (Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1943)
“Clash by Night,” by Lawrence O’Donnell (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore) (Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1943)
“The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” by H.P. Lovecraft, (Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Arkham House)
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Reynal & Hitchcock)
The Magic Bed-Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons, by Mary Norton (Hyperion Press)
“We Print the Truth,” by Anthony Boucher (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1943)
Mejor relato
“Citadel of Lost Ships,” by Leigh Brackett (Planet Stories, March 1943)
“The Halfling,” by Leigh Brackett (Astonishing Stories, February 1943)
“Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” by Lewis Padgett (C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1943)
“The Proud Robot,” by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1943)
“Symbiotica,” by Eric Frank Russell (Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943)
“Thieves’ House,” by Fritz Leiber, Jr (Unknown Worlds, February 1943)
Mejor relato corto
“Death Sentence,” by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1943)
“Doorway into Time,” by C.L. Moore (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, September 1943)
“Exile,” by Edmond Hamilton (Super Science Stories, May 1943)
“King of the Gray Spaces” (“R is for Rocket”), by Ray Bradbury (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943)
“Q.U.R.,” by H.H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher) (Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1943)
“Yours Truly – Jack the Ripper,” by Robert Bloch (Weird Tales, July 1943)
Mejor historia gráfica
Buck Rogers: Martians Invade Jupiter, by Philip Nowlan and Dick Calkins (National Newspaper Service)
Flash Gordon: Fiery Desert of Mongo, by Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate)
Garth, by Steve Dowling (Daily Mirror)
Plastic Man #1: The Game of Death, by Jack Cole (Vital Publications)
Le Secret de la Licorne [The Secret of the Unicorn], by Hergé (Le Soir)
Wonder Woman #5: Battle for Womanhood, written by William Moulton Marsden, art by Harry G. Peter (DC Comics)
Mejor presentación dramática, forma larga
Batman, written by Victor McLeod, Leslie Swabacker and Harry L. Fraser, directed by Lambert Hillyer (Columbia Pictures)
Cabin in the Sky, written by Joseph Schrank, directed by Vincente Minnelli and Busby Berkeley (uncredited) (MGM)
A Guy Named Joe, written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Dalton Trumbo, directed by Victor Fleming (MGM)
Heaven Can Wait, written by Samson Raphaelson, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (20th Century Fox)
Münchhausen, written by Erich Kästner and Rudolph Erich Raspe, directed by Josef von Báky (UFA)
Phantom of the Opera, written by Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein and Hans Jacoby, directed by Arthur Lubin (Universal Pictures)
Mejor presentación dramática, forma corta
The Ape Man, written by Barney A. Sarecky, directed by William Beaudine (Banner Productions)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, written by Curt Siodmak, directed by Roy William Neill (Universal Pictures)
Der Fuehrer’s Face, story by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, directed by Jack Kinney (Disney)
I Walked With a Zombie, written by Curt Siodmak and Ardel Wray, directed by Jacques Tourneur (RKO Radio Pictures)
The Seventh Victim, written by Charles O’Neal and DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Mark Robson (RKO Radio Pictures)
Super-Rabbit, written by Tedd Pierce, directed by Charles M. Jones (Warner Bros)
Mejor editor profesional, forma corta
John W. Campbell
Oscar J. Friend
Mary Gnaedinger
Dorothy McIlwraith
Raymond A. Palmer
Donald A. Wollheim
Mejor ilustrador profesional
Hannes Bok
Margaret Brundage
Virgil Finlay
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
J. Allen St. John
William Timmins
Mejor fanzine
Fantasy News, editor William S. Sykora
Futurian War Digest, editor J. Michael Rosenblum
The Phantagraph, editor Donald A. Wollheim
Voice of the Imagi-Nation, editors Jack Erman (Forrest J Ackerman) & Morojo (Myrtle Douglas)
Ya conocemos a los finalistas de los premios Lambda (Lammy) de este año. Hay muchísimas categorías que podéis consultar en el enlace, yo he extraído la de ciencia ficción, fantasía y terror.
The Barrow Will Send What It May, Margaret Killjoy, Tor.com
Se ha abierto la veda de anuncios de nominados a premios, así que ahora os traigo los finalistas de los premios Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, a la mejor ciencia ficción corta. He puesto los enlaces para leerlos donde los he encontrado.
El jurado está formado por Elizabeth Bear, Andy Duncan, James Gunn, Kij Johnson y Nöel Sturgeon.
Son los siguientes:
“Freezing Rain, A Chance of Falling,” L.X. Beckett. Fantasy and Science Fiction, julio 2018.
La space opera es una de mis debilidades y con esta portada no os puede extrañar que le haya echado el ojo a Velocity Weapon, la nueva obra de Megan E. O’Keefe. Se publicará de la mano de Orbit en junio de este año.
La sinopsis:
The last thing Sanda remembers is her gunship breaking up around her as her preserving pod expanded, sealing herself away for salvage-medics to pick up. She expected to awaken in friendly hands, patched up and patched back into a new gunship. Instead, she awakens 230 years later upon an empty enemy smartship, The Light of Berossus or, as he prefers to be called, “Bero”. The war is lost. The star system is dead.
However, Bero may not exactly be telling the whole truth.
Mi traducción:
La última cosa que recuerda Sanda es su nave resquebrajándose a su alrededor mientras que la cápsula de supervivencia le protegía a la espera de rescate. Esperaba despertar en manos amigas, curada y de camino a una nueva nave. En cambio, se despierta 230 años después en un navío inteligente enemigo, The Light of Berossus, o como él prefiere que le llamen “Bero”. La guerra se ha perdido. El sistema solar ha muerto.
Pero es posible que Bero no le esté contando toda la verdad.
El tres de diciembre se publicará Blood of Empire, el esperado fin de la trilogía Gods of Blood and Powder de Brian McClellan.
Aquí tenéis la portada:
Y la sinopsis:
As the final battle approaches, Mad Ben Styke must find an unlikely and dangerous ally in order to turn the tides of war in this epic fantasy tale of magic and gunpowder by acclaimed author Brian McClellan.
The Dynize have unlocked the Landfall Godstone, and Michel Bravis is tasked with returning to Greenfire Depths to do whatever he can to prevent them from using its power; from sewing dissention among the enemy ranks to rallying the Palo population.
Ben Styke’s invasion of Dynize is curtailed when a storm scatters his fleet. Coming ashore with just twenty lancers, he is forced to rely on brains rather than brawn – gaining new allies in a strange land on the cusp of its own internal violence.
Bereft of her sorcery and physically and emotionally broken, Lady Vlora Flint now marches on Landfall at the head of an Adran army seeking vengeance against those who have conspired against her. While allied politicians seek to undo her from within, she faces insurmountable odds and Dynize’s greatest general.
Mi traducción:
Conforme se acerca la batalla final, Mad Ben Styke debe encontrar un aliado inesperado y peligroso para volver las tornas de la guerra en esta fantasía épica de magia y pólvora del aclamado autor Brian McClellan.
Los Dynize han desbloqueado la Landfall Godstone, y Michel Bravis debe volver a Greenfire Depths para evitar que usen su poder, desde sembrar la deserción entre los enemigos a unificar la población Palo.
La invasión de Dynize a manos de Ben Styke se ve limitada a causa de las tormentas. Llega a la orilla con tan solo veinte lanceros y se ve obligado a tener que utilizar su cerebro en vez de su músculo, consiguiendo nuevos aliados en una tierra extraña en la cúspide de su propia violencia interna.
Despojada de su magia y rota tanto emocional como físicamente, Lady Vlora Flint marcha sobre Landfall a la cabeza de un ejército Adran buscando la venganza hacia aquellos que conspiraron en su contra. Mientras que los aliados políticos buscan minarla desde dentro, se enfrenta al mayor general Dynize.
No sé vosotros pero yo estoy deseando leer el desenlace de la historia.
Rebellion publicará en mayo Tangle’s Game, una novela de Stewart Hotston, un autor al que no conozco. Aunque la sinopsis es realmente corta, lo que me ha llamado mucho la atención es la portada, que os traigo.
La sinopsis:
Nowhere to run. Nowhere to Hide
Yesterday Amanda Rack’s life was flawless: the perfect social credit score, the perfect job, the perfect home.
Today. Amanda is a target, an enemy of the system holding information dangerous enough to disrupt all the world’s all consuming tech – a fugitive on the run.
But in a world where an un-hackable blockchain links everyone and everything, there is nowhere left to run…
Y mi traducción:
Ningún lugar al que huir. Ningún lugar en el que esconderse.
Hasta ayer, la vida de Amanda Rack era perfecta: el crédito social perfecto, el trabajo perfecto, la casa perfecta…
Pero hoy Amanda es un blanco, un enemigo del sistema que tiene información lo suficientemente peligrosa para interrumpir toda la tecnología del mundo. Es una fugitiva.
Pero en un mundo con tecnología inhackeable gracias a blockchain, no queda ningún lugar al que huir.
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