Ebook gratis: The Book of the Dead, antología de Jared Shurin

Durante el día de hoy se puede descargar gratuitamente en Amazon España la antología The Book of the Dead, editada por Jared Shurin. El libro recoge relatos sobre momias de autores como Gail Carriger, Paul Cornell, Adam Roberts y Maria Dahvana Headley.

Ésta es su sinopsis:

The Book of the Dead addresses the most fascinating of all the undead: the mummy. This anthology includes nineteen original stories of revenge, romance, monsters and mayhem; ranging freely across time periods, genres and styles. 

Includes new stories by Gail Carriger, Will Hill, Jesse Bullington, Paul Cornell, Maria Dahvana Headley, Jonathan Green, Molly Tanzer, David Bryher, Den Patrick, Lou Morgan, Sarah Newton, Maurice Broaddus, Glen Mehn, Louis Greenberg, Michael West, Jenni Hill, David Thomas Moore, Roger Luckhurst and Adam Roberts. 

The stories are illustrated by Garen Ewing, award-winning creator of The Adventures of Julius Chancer, and introduced by John J. Johnston, Vice Chair of the Egypt Exploration Society. 

The anthology is published in collaboration with the Egypt Exploration Society, the UK's oldest independent funder of archaeological fieldwork and research in Egypt, dedicated to the promotion and understanding of ancient Egyptian history and culture. 

"Be prepared, therefore, to shudder, smile, shed a tear, and even lose some sleep..."

Novedad: Irregularity, antología de Jared Shurin

Ya está a la venta la antología Irregularity, editada por Jared Shurin, que contiene relatos de Adam Roberts y Nick Harkaway, entre otros. 

Estos son los contenidos y la sinopsis:

Irregularity is about the tension between order and chaos in the 17th and 18th centuries. Men and women from all walks of life dedicated themselves to questioning, investigating, classifying and ordering the natural world. They promoted scientific thought, skepticism and intellectual rigour in the face of superstition, intolerance and abuses of power. These brave thinkers dedicated themselves and their lives to the idea that the world followed rules that human endeavour could uncover... but what if they were wrong? 

Irregularity is about the attempts to impose our order on nature's chaos, the efforts both successful and unsuccessful to better know the world.

Fom John Harrison to Ada Lovelace, Isaac Newton to Émilie du Châtelet, these stories showcase the Age of Reason in a very different light.

This anthology is published to coincide with two exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum taking place in 2014: a major exhibition on the story of the quest for longitude at sea and a steampunk show at the Royal Observatory. The Museum is also our partner for the publication of Irregularity, including access to their archives for materials, imagery and inspiration.

"Fairchild's Folly", Tiffani Angus

"A Game Proposition", Rose Biggin

"Footprint", Archie Black

"A Woman Out of Time", Kim Curran

"The Heart of Aris Kindt", Richard de Nooy

"An Experiment in the Formulae of Thought", Simon Guerrier

"Irregularity", Nick Harkaway

"Circulation", Roger Luckhurst

"The Voyage of the Basset", Claire North

"The Assassination of Isaac Newton by the Coward Robert Boyle", Adam Roberts

"Animalia Paradoxa", Henrietta Rose-Innes

"The Last Escapement", James Smythe

"The Darkness", M. Suddain

"The Spiders of Stockholm", E. J. Swift

Contenidos de The Lowest Heaven, editada por Anne C. Perry y Jared Shurin

Hace poco me di cuenta de que en el momento de su publicación se me pasó desapercibida una de las antologías más interesantes de este año. Se trata de The Lowest Heaven que, editada por Anne C. Perry y Jared Shurin, recopila relatos de autores como Alastair Reynolds, Lavie Tidhar, Kameron Hurley o Adam Roberts. Cada una de las historias está dedicada a un objeto astronómico del Sistema Solar y se publicó para coincidir con la exposición Visions of the Universe del Royal Observatory Greenwich. La historias se ilustran con fotografías escogidas de entre los archivos de dicho observatorio y la portada es obra de Joey Hi-Fi.

Estos son los contenidos completos de la antología: 

• Introduction, Dr. Marek Kukula (Royal Observatory Greenwich)

• "Golden Apple", Sophia McDougall (The Sun)

• "A Map of Mercury", Alastair Reynolds (Mercury)

• "Ashen Light", Archie Black (Venus)

• "The Krakatoan", Maria Dahvana Headley (Earth)

• "An account of a voyage from World to World again, by way of the Moon, 1726", Adam Roberts (The Moon)

• "WWBD", Simon Morden (Mars)

• "Saga's Children", E. J. Swift (Ceres)

• "The Jupiter Files", Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Jupiter)

• "Magnus Lucretius", Mark Charan Newton (Europa)

• "Air, Water and the Grove", Kaaron Warren (Saturn)

• "Only Human", Lavie Tidhar (Titan)

• "Uranus", Esther Saxey (Uranus)

• "From This Day Forward", David Bryher (Neptune)

• "We'll Always Be Here", S. L. Grey (Pluto & Charon)

• "Enyo-Enyo", Kameron Hurley (Eris)

• "The Comet's Tale", Matt Jones (Halley's Comet)

• "The Grand Tour", James Smythe (Voyager I)