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Ganadores de los premios Paul Harland

ZONDER-namen-kleinEl fin de semana pasado se dieron a conocer los ganadores de los premios Paul Harland, algo así como los Ignotus holandeses.

Estos son los premiados:

1) “Mevrouw Rosenbaum vecht tegen de duivel” (Mrs. Rosenbaum fights the devil) de Erik Heiser, galardonado con 1000 euros.

2) “Tuinelfjes” (Garden fairies) de Sarah de Waard, galardonado con 300 euros.

3) “Overal schaduwen, overal sterren” (Shadows everywhere, stars everywhere) de Marco Knauff galardonado con 300 euros.

Premio novel Paul Harland

“De sneeuw” (The snow) de Jacqueline Weers, galardonado con 150 euros.

Premio NCSF

“Overal schaduwen, overal sterren” (Shadows everywhere, stars everywhere) de Marco Knauff, galardonado con 150 euros.

Premio Phoenix (De Feniksprijs) 

“Woestijnzand” (Desert sand) de Nieske Lindelauf – den Heijer, galardonado con 150 euros.

Premio al talento W.J. Maryson

Desierto.

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Portadas y sinopsis de la nueva saga de Linda Nagata

Ya conocemos cuáles serán las portadas de los nuevos lanzamientos (aunque el primero ya fue autopublicado) de Linda Nagata en Saga Press. Se llamarán The red y The trials. También os traigo las sinopsis.

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The Red

Reality TV and advanced technology make for high drama in this political thriller that combines the military action of Zero Dark Thirty with the classic science fiction of The Forever War.

Lieutenant James Shelley, who has an uncanny knack for premeditating danger, leads a squad of advanced US Army military tasked with enforcing the peace around a conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. The squad members are linked wirelessly 24/7 to themselves and a central intelligence that guides them via drone relay—and unbeknownst to Shelley and his team, they are being recorded for a reality TV show.

When an airstrike almost destroys their outpost, a plot begins to unravel that’s worthy of Crichton and Clancy’s best. The conflict soon involves rogue defense contractors, corrupt US politicians, and homegrown terrorists who possess nuclear bombs. Soon Shelley must accept that the helpful warnings in his head could be AI. But what is the cost of serving its agenda?

 

The Trials

In the wake of nuclear terrorism, a squad of elite soldiers must combat artificial intelligence and seek justice in this military political thriller, a sequel to The Red.

Lieutenant James Shelley and his squad of US Army soldiers were on a quest for justice when they carried out the unauthorized mission known as First Light. They returned home to America to face a court-martial, determined to expose the corruption in the chain of command that compelled their actions. But in a country still reeling from the nuclear terrorism of Coma Day, the courtroom is just one battlefield of many.

A new cycle of violence ignites when rumors of the elusive, rogue AI known as the Red go public—and Shelley is, once again, pulled into the fray. Challenged by his enemies, driven by ideals, Shelley feels compelled to act. But are the harrowing choices he makes really his own, or are they made for him, by the Red? And with millions of lives at stake in a game of nuclear cat-and-mouse, does the answer even matter?

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Contenidos de Stories for Chip

chipdelanyAquí os dejo los relatos y ensayos que forman Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany editado por Nisi Shawl y Bill Campbell.

  1. Christopher Brown – Festival
  2. Chesya Burke – For Sale: Fantasy Coffin
  3. Roz Clarke – Haunt-type Experience
  4. Kathryn Cramer – Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook
  5. Vincent Czyz – Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS
  6. Junot Díaz – Nilda
  7. Geetanjali Dighe – The Last Dying Man
  8. L. Timmel Duchamp – Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany’s Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF
  9. Hal Duncan – An Idyll in Erewhyna
  10. Fabio Fernandes – Eleven Stations
  11. Jewelle Gomez – Be Three
  12. Eileen Gunn – Michael Swanwick y Samuel R. Delany en Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005
  13. Nick Harkaway – Billy Tumult
  14. Ernest Hogan – Guerilla Mural of a Siren’s Song
  15. Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl – Jamaica Ginger
  16. Walidah Imarisha – Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction
  17. Alex Jennings – Heart of Brass
  18. Tenea D. Johnson – Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets
  19. Ellen Kushner – Delany Story
  20. Claude Lalumiere – Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception
  21. Isiah Lavender – Delany Encounters
  22. devorah major – Voice Prints
  23. Haralambi Markov – Holding Hands with Monsters
  24. Anil Menon – Clarity
  25. Carmelo Rafala – Song for the Asking
  26. Kit Reed – Kickenders
  27. Kim Stanley Robinson – Introduction
  28. Benjamin Rosenbaum – The First Gate of Logic
  29. Geoff Ryman – Capitalism in the 22nd Century
  30. Alex Smith – Clones
  31. Michael Swanwick – On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection
  32. Sheree Renee Thomas – River Clap Your Hands
  33. Kai Ashante Wilson – “Legendaire”
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Indie Fantasy Bundle

Interesante pack de libros de fantasía el que nos ofrece StoryBundle, en el que se puede pagar lo que se desee por los cuatro primeros libros, a saber:

Sand of Bone de Blair MacGregor

The Winds of Khalakovo de Bradley P. Beaulieu

The King’s Sword de C.J. Brightley

Pen Pal de Francesca Forrest

Y eso no es todo, si pagamos más de 12 dólares, el pack se completa con otros cuatro títulos:

Arrows of the Sun de Judith Tarr

The Worth of a Shell de M.C.A. Hogarth

The Five Elements de Scott Marlowe

Lhind the Thief de Sherwood Smith

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Portada de la nueva novela de Alastair Reynolds

Gollancz acaba de dar a conocer la nueva portada de la nueva novela de Alastair Reynolds que se llamará Poseidon’s Wake. Aquí la tenéis:

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Sinopsis:

Mankind has reached the stars. Now we are trying to unravel the heart of the universe, but all discoveries are dangerous and some mysteries might be safest left unexplored…

This novel is a stand-alone story which takes two extraordinary characters and follows them as they, independently, begin to unravel some of the greatest mysteries of our universe.

Their missions are dangerous, and they are all venturing into the unknown … and if they can uncover the secret to faster-than-light travel then new worlds will be at our fingertips.

But innovation and progress are not always embraced by everyone. There is a saboteur at work. Different factions disagree about the best way to move forward. And the mysterious Watchkeepers are ever-present.

Completing the informal trilogy which began with BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH and ON THE STEEL BREEZE, this is a powerful and effective story.

Aquí os dejo también las portadas de toda la serie, para que os fijéis como quedan al completo.

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Fecha de estreno de la serie Powers

powersaliveHace un tiempo ya anunciamos que PlayStation iba a emitir una serie basada en el cómic Powers.

Pues ya sabemos qué día se va a estrenar el primer capítulo, será el 10 de marzo y PlayStation ha decidido que ese estreno sea gratis. Ya veremos qué tal sale esta producción, cuya premisa es muy interesante.

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Portada de The Venusian Gambit

Aquí os traigo la portada de la tercera entrega de la serie Daedalus, escrita por Michael J. Martínez. Como podéis comprobar, sigue la estética de la serie, pero mucho más “terrestre”, si me permitís la expresión.

venusianEsta es la sinopsis:

In the year 2135, dangerous alien life forms freed in the destruction of Saturn’s moon Enceladus are making their way towards Earth. A task force spearheaded by Lt. Cmdr. Shaila Jain is scrambling to beat them there while simultaneously trying to save crewmember Stephane Durand, who was infected during the mission to Saturn and is now controlled by a form of life intent on reopening a transdimensional rift and destroying the human race. But Jain doesn’t realize that the possessed Stephane has bigger plans, beaming critical data to other conspirators suspiciously heading not for Earth, but for Venus…

In 1809—a Napoleonic era far different from our own—the French have occupied England with their Corps Eternélle, undead soldiers risen through the darkest Alchemy. Only the actions of Lord Admiral Thomas Weatherby and the Royal Navy have kept the French contained to Earth. But the machinations of old enemies point to a bold and daring gambit: an ancient weapon, presumed lost in the jungles of Venus.

Now, Weatherby must choose whether to stay and fight to retake his homeland or pursue the French to the green planet. And Shaila must decide if it’s possible to save the man she loves, or if he must be sacrificed for the good of two dimensions. In the dark, alien jungles of Venus, humanity’s fate in both dimensions hangs in the balance—forcing past and present to once again join forces against an ancient terror.