Novedad: Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories, de Caroline M. Yoachim

Ya está a la venta, de la mano de Fairwood Press, Seven Wonders of a Once Future World and Other Stories, la primera colección de relatos de la que considero una de las escritoras de ficción corta más interesantes de la actualidad: Caroline M. Yoachim.

Ésta es la sinopsis del libro:

This debut collection from Nebula-nominated author Caroline M. Yoachim showcases a wide-ranging selection of dark and beautiful stories, fiction that explores human nature against vividly imagined speculative backdrops. 

Here you'll find time travel, alien invasions, Japanese mermaids, and more-stories of struggle, heartbreak, and hope. The book features twenty-five of Yoachim's most popular published pieces, and two brand new stories exclusive to the collection.

Ebook gratis: The New Adam, de Stanley G. Weinbaum

En estos momentos se puede descargar gratuitamente en varias tiendas online (Kobo, Amazon ES), el ebook The New Adam, de Stanley G. Weinbaum (ojo, porque hay dos ediciones distintas y sólo una es gratis). 

Ésta es la sinopsis de la novela:

THIS is a story of a superman. It details his origin, his search for happiness, his loves, and finally, his success or failure, of which you alone can judge. It is a story perhaps fantastic, but a story based, nevertheless, on possibilities. 

A superman is not a man, not a creature of the species Homo Sapiens; this is the fallacy of Nietzsche, the fallacy of H. G. Wells. These, like others who deal with the matter, have believed that a man, a human being, raised to the nth degree, represents the superman. Nietzsche picked one set of qualities—those of fitness, potency, power—Wells chose another set, the contemplative, the serene, the intellectual. So probably, a Neanderthaler in his filthy cave, using his embryonic imagination, might have pictured his superman as a giant in strength and size, a mighty hunter, one whose meat-pot and belly is never empty. Certainly he never considered a race whose very thoughts were partly beyond his conception, and he saw nothing ironical in freezing to death upon a ledge of coal. As we are to the cave man, superman must be to us. His coming is surely a possibility; perhaps it is inevitable...

Vídeo: Presentación de La hora de los desterrados (Celsius 2016)

Abrimos la semana con el vídeo de la presentación en el Celsius 232 de este año de La hora de los desterrados, la nueva novela de Pablo Bueno. Le acompañan Alexander Paéz... y su habitual horda de groupies. 

Espero que os guste (y quiero oíros cantar lo de "Es Pablo Bueeeeeeno, lalalalalalá"). 

Ganadores de los Premios Hugo 2016

Esta madrugada se han anunciado los ganadores de los Premios Hugo 2016. Los podéis ver a continuación, en negrita, junto con el resto de nominados:

Mejor novela

• Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
• The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass, Jim Butcher
• The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin
• Seveneves: A Novel, Neal Stephenson
• Uprooted, Naomi Novik

Mejor novela corta

• Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
• The Builders, Daniel Polansky
• Penric's Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold
• Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson
• Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds

Mejor relato

• And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead, Brooke Bolander
• Flashpoint: Titan, CHEAH Kai Wai
• Folding Beijing, Hao Jingfang (traducido por Ken Liu)
• Obits, Stephen King
• What Price Humanity?, David VanDyke

Mejor relato corto

• Asymmetrical Warfare, S.R. Algernon
• Cat Pictures Please, Naomi Kritzer
• If You Were an Award, My Love, Juan Tabo & S. Harris
• Seven Kill Tiger, Charles Shao
• Space Raptor Butt Invasion, Chuck Tingle

Mejor obra relacionada

• Desierto
• Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986, Marc Aramini
• The First Draft of My Appendix N Book, Jeffro Johnson
• Safe Space as Rape Room, Daniel Eness
• SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Vox Day
• The Story of Moira Greyland, Moira Greyland

Mejor historia gráfica

• The Divine, Boaz Lavie, Asaf Hanuka & Tomer Hanuka
• Erin Dies Alone, Grey Carter & Cory Rydell
• Full Frontal Nerdity, Aaron Williams
• Invisible Republic Vol. 1, Corrina Bechko & Gabriel Hardman
• The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman & J.H. Williams III

Mejor obra dramática, forma larga

• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mejor obra dramática, forma corta

• Doctor Who: Heaven Sent
• Grimm: Headache
• Jessica Jones: AKA Smile
• My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic: The Cutie Map
• Supernatural: Just My Imagination

Mejor editor, forma corta

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• Jerry Pournelle
• Sheila Williams

Mejor editor, forma larga

• Vox Day
• Sheila E. Gilbert
• Liz Gorinsky
• Jim Minz
• Toni Weisskopf

Mejor artista profesional

• Lars Braad Andersen
• Larry Elmore
• Abigail Larson
• Michal Karcz
• Larry Rostant

Mejor semiprozine

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Daily Science Fiction
• Sci Phi Journal
• Strange Horizons
• Uncanny Magazine

Mejor fanzine

• Castalia House Blog
• File 770
• Lady Business
• Superversive SF
• Tangent Online

Mejor escritor aficionado

• Douglas Ernst
• Mike Glyer
• Morgan Holmes
• Jeffro Johnson
• Shamus Young

Mejor artista aficionado

• Matthew Callahan
• disse86
• Kukuruyo
• Christian Quinot
• Steve Stiles

Mejor fancast

• Desierto
• 8-4 Play
• Cane and Rinse
• HelloGreedo
• The Rageaholic
• Tales to Terrify

Premio John W. Campbell Award al mejor escritor novel

• Pierce Brown
• Sebastian de Castell
• Brian Niemeier
• Andy Weir
• Alyssa Wong

Novedad: Obelisk, de Stephen Baxter

Esta semana se ha puesto a la venta Obelisk, una colección de relatos y novelas cortas de Stephen Baxter situados en el universo de sus novelas Proxima y Ultima. 

Ésta es la sinopsis del libro:

A remarkable collection of short stories and novellas from one of our greatest SF authors. 

This collection contains stories set in the worlds of the bestselling duology ULTIMA and PROXIMA, which expand on the characters and worlds of that series, including a brand new never-before-published novella. There are also a selection of alternate histories and possible futures, building on Baxter's work with Terry Pratchett on the LONG EARTH series. 

Confirms Stephen Baxter's place as one of the greatest practitioners of the SF short story.

Vídeo: Ellas también escriben ciencia ficción (Celsius 232)

El vídeo de hoy corresponde a una de las mesas redondas más interesantes del pasado Festival Celsius 232: Ellas también escriben ciencia ficción, en la que participaron Sofía Rhei, Felicidad Martínez, Lola Robles, Elia Barceló, Laura Fernández y Nieves Delgado.

¡Que lo disfrutéis!

  

Novedad: Ghost Talkers, de Mary Robinette Kowal

Ya está a la venta Ghost Talkers, la nueva novela de Mary Robinette Kowal. Ésta es su sinopsis:

Ghost Talkers: a new novel from beloved fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. 

Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. 

Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. 

Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiance to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing…