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miércoles, 28 de octubre de 2015

Ebook en oferta: Kindred, de Octavia Butler

En estos momentos se puede adquirir en varias tiendas online (Amazon ES, Kobo) el ebook Kindred, de Octavia Butler, al precio promocional de 0,99€. 

Ésta es su sinopsis:
On her 26th birthday, Dana and her husband are moving into their apartment when she starts to feel dizzy. She falls to her knees, nauseous. Then the world falls away. 
She finds herself at the edge of a green wood by a vast river. A child is screaming. Wading into the water, she pulls him to safety, only to find herself face to face with a very old looking rifle, in the hands of the boy's father. She's terrified. The next thing she knows she's back in her apartment, soaking wet. It's the most terrifying experience of her life ... until it happens again. 
The longer Dana spends in 19th century Maryland - a very dangerous place for a black woman - the more aware she is that her life might be over before it's even begun.

miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2014

Ebook gratuito: Bloodchild, de Octavia Butler

En estos momentos se puede descargar gratuitamente en varias tiendas online (Amazon EspañaKoboBloodchild, un ebook que contiene el relato del mismo nombre escrito por Octavia Butler. Este cuento fue ganador de los premios Hugo, Nebula y Locus.

Ésta es su sinopsis:
Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in search of a life free of persecution. Now they live alongside the Tlic, an alien race who face extinction; their only chance of survival is to plant their larvae inside the bodies of the humans.

When Gan, a young, boy, is chosen as a carrier of Tlic eggs, he faces an impossible dilemma: can he really help the species he has grown up with, even if it means sacrificing his own life?

Bloodchild is Octavia E. Butler's shattering meditation on symbiosis, love, power and tough choices. It won the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and Science Fiction Chronicle awards and is widely regarded as one of her greatest works.