Did you like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Then be sure to check out this first novel by Michael Rubens called The Sheriff of Yrnameer.
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This is a review of The City and the City, the latest by China Mieville, and published by Del Rey last May.
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According to the ancient Maya, December 21, 2012, could be the day the world ends. In the Courts of the Sun begins with Jed DeLanda, a modern-day descendant of the Maya, who goes back in time to save mankind. He can’t go back physically, but it is possible to send back the consciousness of a person and to place it inside the mind of someone living in the past.
Remy Chandler is a Boston private investigator who was once known as the angel Remiel of the host Seraphim. He left Heaven eons ago, disgusted by the ravages of the Great War caused by Lucifer’s bid to overthrow God. Disguising himself, Remy lived among humans for generations until the day he fell in love with a woman and married her . . .
Between dreaming and waking, beyond the end of the world and every space in between, lies the city of Palimpsest. There is only one way to get there. Those who achieve it are marked by a section of the city’s map, tattooed onto their skin after a single orgasmic night. It is a city of wonder, of color, and most importantly . . .
The tale of Lamentation begins with the total destruction of the city of Windwir. Windwir is the religious capital of the Androfrancine Order and home to the greatest Library and scholarly school in the known world. Then in a blink of an eye, it is utterly destroyed. The obliteration is noted in the distance by many including Rudolfo, Lord of the Ninefold Forest Houses. Another is Sethbert . . .
Author: Charles Stross Binding: Paperback Publisher: Ace Trade Publication Date: January 6, 2009 Cover Art: Mark Fredrickson Just about everyone has heard the phrase, “The…
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