![]() ![]() Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now what once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of power. She has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. On this dystopian Earth, however, Cara has survived. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying-from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. ![]() ![]() Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR-NPR, Library Journal, Book Riot “ Gorgeous writing, mind-bending world-building, razor-sharp social commentary, and a main character who demands your attention-and your allegiance.”-Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse.An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Christian has been featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Radiolab, and The Charlie Rose Show, and has lectured at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, the Santa Brian Christian is the author of The Most Human Human, which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a New Yorker favorite book of the year. Christian’s writing has been translated into nineteen languages, and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Paris Review, and in scientific journals such as Cognitive Science. ![]() He is the author, with Tom Griffiths, of Algorithms to Live By, a #1 Audible bestseller, Amazon best science book of the year and MIT Technology Review best book of the year. Brian Christian is the author of The Most Human Human, which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a New Yorker favorite book of the year. ![]() ![]() The events of the novel The Light Fantastic are a direct continuation of those in the preceding book, The Colour of Magic (the only novel in the Discworld series to follow on in this manner).Īfter the wizard Rincewind has fallen from the edge of the Discworld, the Octavo magic book saves his life and he lands back onto the world. "While she danced on her light fantastic toe, Those lyrics were probably inspired by "The Ballet Girl", a song popularized by Tony Pastor at his Bowery "Opera House" in the mid-19th century that had as the chorus: "Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke Milton's line was popularized in the American song "Sidewalks of New York" (melody and text by Charles B. The phrase "He did trip it / On the toe" was used in a 1608 song "Since Robin Hood" which was set to music by Thomas Weelkes. Milton may have been referencing Miranda in Shakespeare's The Tempest when she says: The title is a quote from the poem L'Allegro by John Milton, "Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe" and in the original context referred to dancing lightly with extravagance. The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over time Travis starts to realize that the dog he nicknames fur face and then calls “Einstein” is quite special. The animal will not allow Travis to cross down a path in the woods and feeling something ominous, Travis ends up taking the dog home with him. “Watchers” starts off with Travis Cornell out in the mountains when he comes across a golden retriever. This book hits all the feels and I can see now why after the success of this book Koontz had to just have a dog in every book he put out. ![]() I loved the characters (Travis and Nora) I fell in love with Einstein and also with everyone along the way who wanted to keep Einstein free. Though I could have done without the whole ssnap guy (Vince) the rest of the book just works perfectly. The last one that made me cry was “Odd Thomas.” This book hits me everywhere. Well damn, a Dean Koontz book made me cry. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Millions of fans across the globe have enjoyed his fast-paced and funny quest adventures as well as his two #1 best-selling myth collections, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes. Rick also tackled the ancient Egyptian gods in the magic-filled Kane Chronicles trilogy. He expanded on that series with two more: the Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, which cleverly combine Greek and Roman gods and heroes with his beloved modern characters. He is best known for his Percy Jackson and the Olympian books, which bring Greek mythology to life for contemporary readers. Rick Riordan, dubbed "storyteller of the gods" by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five New York Times #1 best-selling series, including Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse myths. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is killed instantly, but the car continues on its way as Josh's father, Ethan, tries, in vain, to give chase. Striking Josh, who is standing at the side of the road. A speeding car suddenly careers around a bend, What happens in the opening pages of "Reservation Road" is this: the Learners are returning from a concert to their home in upstate Connecticut when they stop at a local gas station. Not only does the gas station in the painting play a pivotal role in this psychological thriller - it is the place where 10-year-old Josh Learner is struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver - but the painting's mood of brooding lossĪlso underscores the novel's haunting evocation of the precariousness of ordinary life. ![]() ![]() He cover of John Burnham Schwartz's new novel, "Reservation Road," depicting a country gas station, is reminiscent, in a crude way, of Edward Hopper'sįamous 1940 painting "Gas." There is something lonely and haunted about the picture, a sense of isolation, even impending menace. BOOKS OF THE TIMES A Child Is Killed, and So Is Faith ![]() ![]() THE CROSSBREED SERIES: The stakes are always high in this action-packed urban fantasy with dark secrets, complex characters, and a side of passion. Dannika takes being the Queen of Book Hangovers very seriously. Find out why others have reread her books three, five, or a dozen times. When she's not glued to work, Dannika likes gardening, binge-watching TV shows, reading, and indie music. With more than 30 books under her belt, Dannika obsessively crafts her stories with unique worldbuilding, unforgettable characters, heartwarming relationships, and twists that will keep you reading through the night. Her pulse-pounding urban fantasies and paranormal romances have thrilled readers for more than a decade. Dannika Dark is a nine-time USA Today Bestselling author, APA Audie Awards Finalist, and Earphones Award winner who has sold millions worldwide. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Part cautionary tale, part expose" (Washington Post), The Second Coming of the KKK "illuminates the surprising scope of the movement" (The New Yorker) the Klan attracted four-to-six-million members through secret rituals, manufactured news stories, and mass "Klonvocations" prior to its collapse in 1926?but not before its potent ideology of intolerance became part and parcel of the American tradition. Dramatically challenging our preconceptions of the hooded Klansmen responsible for establishing a Jim Crow racial hierarchy in the 1870s South, this "second Klan" spread in states principally above the Mason-Dixon line by courting xenophobic fears surrounding the flood of immigrant "hordes" landing on American shores. Read full overviewĮxtraordinary national acclaim accompanied the publication of award-winning historian Linda Gordon's disturbing and markedly timely history of the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. Dramatically challenging our preconceptions of the hooded Klansm. ![]() ![]() Extraordinary national acclaim accompanied the publication of award-winning historian Linda Gordon's disturbing and markedly timely history of the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The farther they get from civilization, the more their bond is tested in astonishing and heartbreaking ways."-Publisher's description.Ī Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year - Shortlisted for the Booker Prize But as Agnes embraces the wild freedom of this new existence, Bea realizes that saving her daughter's life means losing her in a different way. Living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, they slowly and painfully learn to survive in an unpredictable, dangerous land, bickering and battling for power and control as they betray and save one another. Bea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment to see if humans can exist in nature without destroying it. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. ![]() About the Book "Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wizard and Glass picks up where the last book left off, with our hero, Roland, and his unlikely band of followers escaping from one world and slipping into the next. Publication date: First published in 1997 (this edition 2003) Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Speculative Fiction The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2).The journey continues here, in a different version of Topeka, Kansas, on a sort of yellow brick road, and into Roland’s sad past, with Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower 4). All readers – those new to the Dark Tower, and those who have traveled the path before – are welcome to join the ka tet! Every second Wednesday of the month, the next book in the Dark Tower cycle will be reviewed and discussed here. ![]() Inspired by the results of our March Old School Wednesdays Idea Poll, starting in March of 2015, Thea is rereading one of her favorite series’ of all time: The Dark Tower by Stephen King. What better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past? We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped) books. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. THIS MONTH ON THE DARK TOWER: Wizard and Glass is a departure from the other books in the series so far in that it leaves Roland’s new ka tet and revisits his youth, a doomed love affair, and a small outer rim colony called Mejis. Old School Wednesdays presents Thea’s epic reread of The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. ![]() |