Portada de Half a war

Siguiendo con la misma estética de las portadas anteriores, aquí tenéis la de la última entrega de la trilogía YA de Joe Abercrombie, que responde al título Half a war.

halfawarSigo pensando que no se han calentado mucho la cabeza a la hora de hacer las portadas.

Finalistas del premio Minotauro

minotauroYa se han publicado los finalistas del premio Minotauro, el mejor dotado económicamente a nivel mundial en el género de ciencia ficción y fantasía con un premio de 10.000 euros.

Son los siguientes:

¿Cuál es tu lucha?, de Griot (seudónimo)

Cuéntame un cuento japonés mientras el mundo se acaba, de Maria Antònia Martí

Hermana noche, de Morgenstern (seudónimo)

Hugo Lémur y los ladrones de sueños, de Luis Manuel Ruiz

Por los ojos del elegido, de Isabel Belmonte

Portada y sinopsis de Get in trouble

Aquí os traemos la portada y la sinopsis del nuevo libro de Kelly Link, una escritora surrealista que tiene fans y detractores acérrimos.

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She has been hailed by Michael Chabon as “the most darkly playful voice in American fiction”; by Neil Gaiman as “a national treasure”; and by Karen Russell as “Franz Kafka with a better understanding of ladies’ footwear and bad first dates.” Now Kelly Link’s eagerly awaited new collection—her first for adult readers in a decade—proves indelibly that this bewitchingly original writer is among the finest we have.

Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In “The Summer People,” a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In “I Can See Right Through You,” a middle-aged movie star takes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In “The New Boyfriend,” a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and a teenage friendship is tested, when the spoiled birthday girl opens her big present: a life-size animated doll.

Hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the Pyramids . . . These are just some of the talismans of an imagination as capacious and as full of wonder as that of any writer today. But as fantastical as these stories can be, they are always grounded by sly humor and an innate generosity of feeling for the frailty—and the hidden strengths—of human beings. In Get in Trouble, this one-of-a-kind talent expands the boundaries of what short fiction can do.

El fin de la infancia, miniserie de TV

En io9 nos informan de que el canal Syfy está trabajando en la adaptación de la obra de Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s end en una miniserie de seis horas.

La historia tiene mucho potencial, con la llegada de una raza alienígena que viene a “ayudar” a la raza humana. Esperemos que el resultado sea interesante.

Portada en desarrollo de The wolf in the attic

Gracias a The Wertzone podemos echar un vistazo al desarrollo de la portada del nuevo libro de Paul Kearney, The wolf in the attic.

The Wolf in the AtticResulta interesante asistir al proceso de creación de una portada. De momento podemos ver la idea central de la imagen e incluso la tipología seleccionada.

También tenemos una sinopsis, que aunque no es la definitiva, os pongo aquí:

The novel is set in very early 1930′s Oxford, features Tolkien and Lewis as characters, and is told from the point of view of a lonely 11 year old girl. She’s Greek, a refugee from the sack of Smyrna, and one day discovers a Romany boy in her attic. The boy is a shape-shifter, and becomes her friend. The two begin to explore the world around Oxford, discovering things they never imagined existed. The girl, Anna, is obsessed by the Odyssey, and likens the Romany boy, Luca, to Odysseus.

National Book Award honorario para Úrsula K. Leguin

La afamada Úrsula K. Leguin ha recibido el premio honorario National Book por toda su carrera.

El director ejecutivo de la fundación que concede el premio dijo de ella:

“Ursula Le Guin has had an extraordinary impact on several generations of readers and, particularly, writers in the United States and around the world. She has shown how great writing will obliterate the antiquated — and never really valid — line between popular and literary art. Her influence will be felt for decades to come.”

Finalistas premios WSFA

WSFAYa se conocen los finalistas de los premios de ficción corta de la Washington Science Fiction Association.

Son los siguientes:

“Trap-weed”, Gemma Files (Clockwork Phoenix 4)
“The Traditional”, Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed 5/13)
“Bits”, Naomi Kritzer, (Clarkesworld 10/13)
“Set Your Face Towards the Darkness”, David McDonald (Tales of Australia: Great Southern Land)
“Acts of Chivalry”, Sean McMullen, (Tales of Australia: Great Southern Land)
“Morning Star”, DK Mok (One Small Step, an anthology of discoveries)
“Like a Bat Out of Hell”, Jonathan Shipley (After Death)
“Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma”, Alex Shvartsman (Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show 4/13)

Me alegra especialmente ver a Alex Shvartsman en esta lista, un autor del que pronto tendremos noticias. en el blog.

Ganadores premios Parsec 2014

parsecEstos días se anunciaron los ganadores de los premios Parsec, que premian a los mejores podcasts de ficción especulativa.

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)

“Growth Spurt” de Growth Spurt

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form)

“Blood and Smoke” de Mike Bennett

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

“Dirty Hands” de Niall Kitson

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

Fire on the Mound, de William J. Meyer

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

“Tallington” de Jon Thrower

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

We’re Alive: A Story of Survival, de Kc Wayland

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

Once Upon a Time in the 1970′s, de Chris & Anne Lukeman

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

The NoSleep Podcast, de David Cummings

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

Hadron Gospel Hour, de Richard Wentworth, Michael McQuilkin, Lisa McQuilkin, y Michael Atkinson

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast, de John S. Drew y Paul K. Bisson

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

Sword & Laser, de Veronica Belmont y Tom Merritt

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

StoryWonk Sunday, de Lani Diane Rich y Alistair Stephens

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

Guide to Space, de Fraser Cain

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

Dragon*ConTV, de Brian Richardson

¡Enhorabuena a los ganadores!