(here they list several books in the "Queens of England" series)īut several of these series overlap historically. I can find lists for the various series of the original titles, but not so much for the newer ones. I've been doing some searching around the internet (with limited success) trying a rough historical reading order for Jean Plaidy's books that have been reprinted by Three Rivers Press. With In the Shadow of the Crown, Jean Plaidy brings to life the dark story of a queen whose road to the throne was paved with sorrow.
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There is something achingly and electrically familiar about the way that Fu characterizes the many dangers of modern life. Well-paced, clear, and confident, the narration navigates both the familiar and the absurd with deftness and wit. Fu’s prose is unembellished but often sparsely beautiful and, true to its title, is deeply resonant for a modern audience. Though surprised when we initially find ourselves presented with the unfamiliar or the absurd, we soon find ourselves wondering why a Time Cube is any more difficult to believe than, say, an Apple Watch or a 3D Printer. Despite these alterations, the twists are so seamlessly woven into the fabric of our known world that we quickly come to accept them as just another aspect of reality. Ordinary life is teased apart and then slightly altered: a technology is added, a natural process is exaggerated, a standard element of life inexplicably disappears. in each story, Fu is determined to take reality and twist it. 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A memory that becomes a confusing, disorienting present when Jasmine herself walks through the front doors of the school to see Lara and Chase chatting it up in front of the lockers. A memory of a confusing, romantic, strangely perfect summer spent with a girl named Jasmine. Maybe.flirting, even? No, wait, he's definitely flirting, which is pretty much the sum of everything Lara's wanted out of life.Įxcept she’s haunted by a memory. He's tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. Lara finally lands the guy of her dreams, only to have her unexpected(ly female) summer fling transfer to her school, in Dahlia Adler's beloved award-winning YA queer romance, now in paperback! 2011 by Erskine Childers (Author) 1,313 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £0. * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk./shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. The Riddle of the Sands Paperback 24 Feb. « previous 1 2 3 next » sort by « previous 1 2 3 next » Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. shelved 16,833 times Showing 30 distinct works.You can read more about Lloyd's plans to recreate the books journey at The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club page here: Ģ3'50 - Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers Books by Erskine Childers (Author of The Riddle of the Sands) Books by Erskine Childers Erskine Childers Average rating 3.64 Author Lloyd Shepherd joins the Backlisted crew in their small but functional vessel to discuss what some regard as the first ever spy novel 'The Riddle of the Sands' and the extraordinary life of its author Erskine Childers. Something white smeared in red hovers above me like a cloud at sunset. The pain slams me down, and I realize I'm not dead after all, although I really wish I could be because maybe then I could breathe instead of scream. I know I must be dead because in the movies there's always a tunnel of brilliant light before someone croaks. I open my eyes and the light is blinding. I should be thinking about love right now-not apples, and certainly not a new pair of Nikes-and then I stop thinking altogether because I am too busy screaming. Between a bike messenger's ropy calves I can just make out the 30% OFF TODAY ONLY sign at Lady Foot Locker. It reminds me of the bamboo wind chimes on our patio.Ī thicket of legs encircles me. It's not an unpleasant sound, more delicate than I would have imagined. I listen as my bones splinter and shatter. I register the brakes screeching and the horrified cries before I hit the pavement. If not love, at the very least you should be counting up your sins or wondering why you didn't cross at the light.īut you should not be thinking about an apple. When you die-and I realize this as I hurtle through the air like a wounded bird-you should be thinking about love. I'd noticed it because it was so weirdly out of place, a defiant crimson McIntosh in an army of dull green Granny Smiths. It was in a vendor's stall at the farmers' market off Powell. I am thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.Īn apple. This edition includes all of Daniel Mroz's hallucinatory. Charming, mind-bending and anarchic, it is perhaps Lem's greatest work. The Cyberiad and Robots tales (in the US volumes entitled The Cosmic Carnival of Stanislaw Lem and Mortal Engines were also published) is a witty. The Cyberiad is oddly reminiscent of Gulliver's Travels, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Phantom Tollbooth and Alice in Wonderland. If, like me, your only real exposure to the works of Polish science-fiction author Stanislaw Lem is Solaris, The Cyberiad will likely throw you for a bit of a loop. A charming, mind-bending and anarchic book of imagined civilizations 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to.' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations. Problem:It’s the wrong bookIt’s the wrong editionOther Details (if other): Cancel Thanks for telling us about the problem. The cyberiad (1985 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to.' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations. The cyberiad fables for the cybernetic age by Stanisaw Lem, Scott Aiello, 1985, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich edition, in English - 1st Harvest/HBJ ed. Description for The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age (Penguin Modern Classics) Paperback. Segal was a veteran of Adam Sandler comedies like Anger Management, 50 First Dates, and The Longest Yard, and he was in the good graces of Warner Bros. This included an adaptation of Shazam, which started life in the late 2000s under the direction of filmmaker Peter Segal. With no ticking clock looming over the company’s head, not to mention box office misfires like Superman Returns and Catwoman looming as a harbinger of how far awry DC movies could go, it’s no surprise DC adaptations moved at a snail’s pace in the 2000s. had to approve getting made at a rival studio). owning DC Comics, there was no chance these characters would make the leap to a rival studio (save for the occasional fluke like Red, which Warner Bros. If they didn’t make films about Ghost Rider, the X-Men, or other characters, those rights would revert to Marvel or (in the pre- Iron Man days) potentially another studio. The vast majority of Marvel characters had their film rights sold to competing studios like 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, or Sony/Columbia Pictures. Partially, this was because of different approaches to film rights. While adaptations of Swamp-Thing and Steel had appeared in the final decades of the 20th century, DC was a bit slower in the 2000s to embrace every superhero in its catalog the way so many Marvel superheroes were now gracing multiplexes. For years, film adaptations of DC Comics characters weren't exactly lining up the screens of movie theaters across the globe. LOVED it!! (I mentioned that already.didn't I? Oh well, I double-loved this one!) This really felt like a whole new way to experience this book! I always love it when the audiobook creator put forth so much effort into a book. This was such a quick read (only 2 hours) but it was SO much fun. There's one creature that does not make a sound until its death - and we actually hear the cacophony of noise. If the creature hatches from an egg - there will be eggs cracking in the background. If a creature lived in the jungle - there's monkeys chattering and trees rustling. And we're not just talking about an unicorn whinny or a dragon roar. Second of all, Every animal came with side effects. ( Aside: could you imagine getting Emma, Rupert and Daniel to read their parts from the original? That would be just too awesome) He read the more recent version ( Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Illustrated Edition) so it really felt like "the author" was reading us a copy of his personal book - simply fabulous! Seriously, this is in the top 5 audiobooks I've ever listened to.įirst of all, it's read by Eddie Redmayne who played Newt Scamander in the movie. Primrose does warm up to living with him and in his home, despite the eerie noises resembling a hockey game that haunt her in the night. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orphan, and there's no great clamoring of prospective adopters.Īfter realizing the impracticality of continuing to pay Miss Perfidy (a mothball-scented elderly lady) an hourly wage to baby-sit her, the town council is able to locate a relative, Uncle Jack, who reluctantly takes Primrose into his care. Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. Polly Horvath's Everything on a Waffle tells the funny, bittersweet story of a young heroine who manages to hold onto hope despite the odds. |