by envisionmg | Apr 11, 2013 | Book Awards
The Arthur C Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for Science Fiction in Britain, presented annually for the best Science Fiction novel of the year. [source] On the shortlist: Nod by Adrian Barnes Dark Eden by Chris Beckett Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway The Dog...
by envisionmg | Apr 4, 2013 | Books to Movies
A couple of weeks ago, special code in hand, I watched a live event with Peter Jackson, during which the director fielded questions from fans and cast, and showed a bit of raw footage from the upcoming Desolation of Smaug. They’ve finally released a brief clip...
by envisionmg | Apr 1, 2013 | Booklists
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by envisionmg | Mar 30, 2013 | Patron Recommendations
About the book: “The story begins with a shocking revelation, delivered by a disheveled woman who presents herself at the offices of a respectable law firm in London. At first the receptionist suspects this mysterious woman is a vagrant; the clothes that hang on...
by envisionmg | Mar 28, 2013 | Fiction, Staff Picks
Set in the early years of the Hundred Years War, 1356 sees the resurrection of Cornwell’s irascible archer, Thomas of Hookton. Thomas is given a quest to find La Malice, the oddly-shaped sword believed to have been used by Saint Peter to lop off the ear of one of the...
