5/23/2023 0 Comments Story of my life arrival![]() ![]() “Story of Your Life” (1998) is a novella about an alien visitation. Meanwhile, her husband Carl stops feeling empathy for her depression. As she loses faith in mathematics, she ceases to find meaning in life. “Division by Zero” (1991) is about a mathematician, Renee, who discovers a mathematical formation that proves all science is inconsistent. He develops superhuman intelligence which he uses for self-serving purposes until he comes across another man like him, whose aim is to save the world. “Understanding” (1991) follows an ordinary man who has receives an experimental new drug to revive him from a vegetative state. The first story, “Tower of Babylon” (originally published in 1990), takes place in ancient Babylon and deals with the centuries-long building of a tower to reach the Seat of God within Heaven’s Vault. ![]() The edition of Stories of Your Life and Others used for this guide is an e-book by Vintage, published as a movie tie-in under the title Arrival in 2016. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The one great mystery that has surrounded the book is who the author was - or was it possibly the work of more than one man? One of the earliest detective stories, it became an important source for Bram Stoker's Dracula, but it was after over 150 years of obscurity that it appeared first in book form in the Wordsworth edition published in 2005. The String of Pearls - the original tale of Sweeney Todd, a classic of British horror - was first published as a weekly serial in 1846-7 by Edward Lloyd, the King of the Penny Dreadfuls. The exploits of Sweeney Todd, 'The Demon Barber of Fleet Street', have been recounted many times in plays, films and musicals, but the origins of the character largely were forgotten for many years. With a new Introduction and Bibliography by Dick Collins. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Roomhate novel![]() ![]() ![]() – I started writing this book at the end of October and completed it at the end of January. – How much time did you need to finish the story and to publish it? Amelia is a good-hearted, loyal woman who is a little lost in the beginning as to what she wants to do with her life, but eventually finds her way. Justin starts off as hot-tempered and angry, but becomes more sensitive throughout the book. – They are not based on anyone from my real-life at all. – Tell us something more about your main characters – Justine and Amelia? Are they close to someone from your real life? It also gets harder with each book, because you feel as though you need to top yourself, even though each story should ideally be taken separately and not compared to the others. When writing steamy scenes for example, you need to make them different and exciting each time. – The biggest challenge for me is to make the story fresh and separate from my other books. – What was the biggest challenge during the write up process? ![]() This story is set in Rhode Island where I live, and I loved the idea of having a beach setting as the backdrop to the story. I have always liked stories that involve friends to lovers. – Before starting a story, I outline in a notebook and slowly build upon the character’s traits and the storyline. The story follows the evolution of their reconnection with several plot twists thrown in. – RoomHate is a story about two estranged friends who inherit a summer house and must share it. – Penelope, what is your book RoomHate about? ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Sabrina jeffries project duchess![]() ![]() or with the man whose lessons capture her heart. But once Grey starts digging into her family's secrets, she must decide whether her loyalties lie with her family. Now that Beatrice is seeing through Grey's charms to his wounded heart, she's having trouble keeping him at arm's length. Then Grey agrees to assist his grief-stricken mother with her latest "project" schooling spirited, unfashionable Beatrice for her debut. ![]() īeatrice Wolfe gave up on romance long ago, and the arrogant Duke of Greycourt with his rakish reputation isn't exactly changing her mind. Still, Grey isn't interested in love, no matter how pretty, or delightfully outspoken, the lady. But when his mother is widowed yet again and he meets the charmingly unconventional woman managing his stepfather's funeral, he's shocked to discover how much they have in common. Grey's focus on expanding his dukedom allows him little time to find a wife. Ī series of stepfathers and a difficult childhood have left Fletcher "Grey" Pryde, 5th Duke of Greycourt, with a guarded heart, enviable wealth, and the undeserved reputation of a rogue. ![]() and in the process find that love just might conquer all. Read Project Duchess by Sabrina Jeffries for free on hoopla. From New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries comes a sparkling new series about an oft-widowed mother's grown children, who blaze through society in their quest for the truth about their fathers. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues![]() ![]() We also have some great lists of LGBTQ fantasy and fantasy romance, and I wanted to avoid overlap. ![]() I’ve focused on books for adults, and ones that tend to be romance-forward rather than fantasy with romantic elements. So I’ve curated some queer fantasy romances for you. Found families, diverse relationship structures, and radical ways of loving can all enter into the equation. Actual queer lives often involve some amount of worldbuilding, because the heteronormative vision we’re all presented isn’t a viable option. Layering queerness onto fantasy romances creates even new possibilities. That blend of fantasy and romance lets us know that even if the obstacles are fierce beasts or oppressive politics, things will be okay for our characters. Whether it’s magic, inventive geography, or supernatural lifeforms, there are wonders at every turn. Fantasy realms allow readers to travel through the wildest imaginings authors can conjure. Many readers turn to romance for escape, and fantasy romance offers a double shot of that potent elixir. Now we interweave that hope with queerness and fantasy. Romance reminds us that no matter the circumstances, people can come together and create a loving life for themselves. For one, we celebrate romance as the genre of hope, the one that proves love is worth fighting for. Queer fantasy romances offer the best of all possible worlds. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The Hidden City by Michelle West![]() ![]() ![]() All of the ways into the undercity seem to be magically disappearing before Jewel can lead the mage to them. But even with the aid of the most powerful First Circle Mage of the Order of Knowledge, Jewel’s search seems hopeless. ![]() And saving The Terafin, the ruler of the House, from a demonic assassination attempt is certainly a good start.Now Jewel has been assigned the task of finding the entryways to the ancient undercity that lies beneath the streets of the empire’s capital, Averalaan. The price for them to remain there is that Jewel must prove her value to the House. It is also controlled by The Ten, the heads of the most influential Houses in Averalaan, the capital of the Empire.But The House War focuses no only on the larger war but also on the campaign to control the most powerful of the ruling Houses in the Essalieyan Empire–House Terafin.As House Name opens, former street orphan Jewel and her den have been given shelter in House Terafin. The empire is ruled by the Twin Kings, themselves the sons of gods. Set in the same rich fantasy universe as Michelle West’sSacred Hunt duology and her six-book Sun Sword series, theHouse War novels recount the events leading to the momentous battle between the demonic minions of the Lord of the Hells and defenders of the Essalieyan Empire–a realm with a long and bloody history. HOUSE NAMEby Michelle WestHOUSE NAME is the third novel in The House War, the series that began with The Hidden City and City of Night. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing is too fantastic, anything can happen, but you’ll never guess what comes next in these intimately linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in a ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. ![]() Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked upon this orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her read her secret history. ![]() I didn’t just get one heartbreaking story, I got dozens! In this second part of the duology, we get more of the same – brilliant writing, fantastic characters, a structure that makes your brain smoke – but also a little bit more…įirst sentence: The paths of the garden were wet with fallen apples and red with their ruptured skin. But The Orphan’s Tales took it to a whole new level. ![]() After the amazing Deathless I didn’t think another of her books could get me this emotionally riled up. Whatever Cat Valente puts on paper (or a computer screen) I am bound to love. ![]() ![]() She describes how a Black man was arrested by Detroit police because a facial recognition algorithm incorrectly flagged him as a match for a shoplifter, reflecting the tendency of such programs to produce false matches for people of color, who are underrepresented in the images used to train those programs. ![]() Telling the stories of individuals from marginalized communities who have been wronged by technology, the author shows how design and conceptual failures produce unfair outcomes. “The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches they’re baked in from the beginning,” argues Broussard ( Artificial Intelligence), a data journalism professor at New York University, in this scathing polemic. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Let the right one in book series![]() ![]() Īmerican network TNT ordered a pilot episode for a television series based on the novel, to premiere in 2017. An English-language stage adaptation premiered in 2013. Entitled Let Me In, it was directed by Matt Reeves and released in 2010. Another adaptation was created in English and based on Lindqvist's screenplay. A Swedish-language film, Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson, was released in 2008. It has been adapted as two independent films, a play, and a television series. The book was a bestseller in the author's home country of Sweden it was translated into several languages, including English. ![]() The book grapples with the darker side of humanity, including such issues as existential anxiety, social isolation, fatherlessness, divorce, alcoholism, school bullying, pedophilia, genital mutilation, self-mutilation, and murder. It takes place in Blackeberg, a working-class suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. The story centers on the relationship between a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child, Eli. Let the Right One In ( Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2004 vampire novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. ![]() ![]() ![]() The War on Women brings to life the inconceivable and dangerous life Sue led. But in observing first-hand the war on the female race she also documented their incredible determination to fight back. During her 40-year-long career she witnessed the worst atrocities inflicted on women across the world. ![]() Travelling as a tourist, she also gained access to some of the world's most impenetrable places like China, Tibet and Burma. ![]() ![]() 'She showed great courage and commitment in reporting from Burma and exemplified my belief that the best journalists are also the nicest' - Aung San Suu Kyi 'One of the most distinguished television journalists of her generation' - Huw Edwards 'Brilliant and indefatigable' - Jeremy Bowen 'She had something you call moral courage and it rubbed off on others' - David Aaronovitch 'She set the standard for bravery in many of the world's nastiest places' - John Fisher Burns, New York Times 'She went to dangerous places to give a voice to people who otherwise would not be heard' - Tony Hall, BBC Director General In 1973, Sue Lloyd-Roberts joined ITN as a news trainee and went on to be one of the UK's first video-journalists to report from the bleak outposts of the Soviet Union. ![]() |