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Your March 2009 issue of scifi magazine SFcrowsnest is enclosed
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SFcrowsnest
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Mar 02, 2009 12:43 PST
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STEPHEN HUNT'S SFCROWSNEST.COM
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com | Issue 183. March 2009.
"Hu-mans, listen to me. Due to an error in calculation, there are still
a few of you left."
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CORALINE: MARK'S TAKE
With charming images in 3-D animation, discovers Mark, we have the story
of a girl who finds a tunnel to a parallel world where she has two other
parents who just love her to death. Everything is wondrous in this world
until she finds out that ... but that would be telling.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13679.php
WHO WITHOUT BLEMISH... A SHORT STORY BY GF WILLMETTS
It was deemed as the next great thing. Television going digital meant
finer pixel counts so blocking would be less intrusive and then to take
advantage of it even more, a switch to High Definition even if HD made
little sense to anything recorded up until a couple years before
recording started that way. A tubed TV had a palate from combining three
colours.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13680.php
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City Without End (Book Three of The Entire And The Rose) by Kay Kenyon
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13650.php
Classic Sci-Fi
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13651.php
Constantine Hellblazer: Joyride by Andy Diggle and Leonardo Manco
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13670.php
Conversions March 2009
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13647.php
Doctor Who: Key 2 Time (Part 1) Judgement of Isskar by Simon Guerrier
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13660.php
Doctor Who: Key 2 Time (Part 2) Destroyer of Delights by Jonathan
Clements
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13657.php
Doctor Who Stageplay: The Curse Of The Daleks by David Whittaker and
Terry Nation
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13654.php
Duke Elric: Chronicles Of The Last Emperor Of Melniboné by Michael
Moorcock and illustrated by Justin Sweet
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13648.php
Embracing The Wide Sky by Daniel Tammet
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13656.php
Every Last Drop (A Joe Pitt Novel) by Charlie Huston
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13653.php
Futureworld
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13674.php
Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13667.php
Humpty Dumpty In Oakland by Philip K. Dick
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13658.php
Iris Wildthyme-The Sound of Fear by Mark Michalowski
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13659.php
Lamentation Audio Book (Part One of Five, The Psalms of Isaak Series) by
Ken Scholes
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13662.php
Maelstrom by Peter Watts
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13675.php
Murky Depths # 7
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13668.php
Religion & Belief by Joan Garrod and Marsha Jones
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13649.php
Seeds Of Earth (book one of Humanity's Fire) by Michael Cobley
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13676.php
Severian Of The Guild by Gene Wolfe
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13669.php
Site review: Bookviewcafe.com
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13672.php
Site reviews: Galaxy Zoo 2
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13652.php
Spaceship Away Parts 17 Spring 2009
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13673.php
Subtle Edens edited by Allen Ashley
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13664.php
Tales From The Crypt # 8
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13671.php
The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13661.php
The First Betrayal (The Chronicle Of Josan book 1) by Patricia Bray
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13665.php
The Oblong Box DVD
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13655.php
The Spider-Man Chronicles: The Art And Making Of Spider-Man 3 by Grant
Curtis
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13663.php
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2009/nz13666.php
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Hi again my fellow Nestizens,
It's amazing what a good distraction the internet is for getting in the
way of writing my fantasy novels. In fact, it's a wonder I got my last
book,The Rise of the Iron Moon, out at all for my long-suffering
HarperCollins Voyager editor, given how much time I waste online these
days.
One new gem I have recently discovered is the www.BookArmy.com service -
kind of like FaceBook, but every tool, member and interaction is
something to do with books and novels. For a card-carrying
bliblio-nutter like myself, it's been proving a hard habit to break. I
have set up a group for dyed-in-the-wool fantasy and scifi types to swim
in, and you can find it over here at
/Groups/Fantasy_Novels.aspx?GroupId=889e9b5f-9690-4803-9c94-d81a7f01c165
if you're going to take the time to join.
If time is at premium for you, though, this is one site you might not
want to visit! Damn, so many books to read (and write) and so little
time.
Catch you in 28 days time with the April 1st 2009 issue, chums. And
that's no joke...
Stephen
www.StephenHunt.net
I believe that that the David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy
Award of 2008 is still open for online voting by yourself. My second
novel, The Kingdom Beyond the Waves, is up for the award (hint hint).
Get yourself over to http://gemmellaward.com/page/2323348:Page:6781 to
make your voice heard.
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INFRASTRUCTURE: LOOK FOR THE BARE NECESSITIES...
One thing the cold weather in Great Britain this February has shown is
how dependent we are on infra-structure and the co-operation of various
people to ensure personal welfare and even survival in this country. At
the same time, it also showed how unprepared for an instant countrywide
blizzard we are.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2009/nz13678.php
DO YOU LIKE CURLING UP AND READING A BOOK?
Do you have a preference for fantasy, SF or horror? Do you find it the
greatest pastime you have next to being on your computer? Are you very
vocal about what you like and don't like in what you read? Would you
like to share your thoughts with others about books? Would you like an
endless supply of books to do this with? Do you live in the UK?
If you've been nodding your head up to this point then link in below and
see if you have what it takes to be a reviewer at SFCrowsnest. If you
have that special knack to read and write or want to develop said skill
then the only way you're going to find out is to take the plunge
yourself rather than wait for others to do it first. It's got to be
better than waiting for the sun to come out. Check out our recruitment
procedures through the following link and let me decide if you have what
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Stephen Hunt's third fantasy novel set in the Jackelian world...
THE RISE OF THE IRON MOON
From the author of The Court of the Air and The Kingdom Beyond the Waves
comes a thrilling new adventure set in the same Victorian-style world.
Born into captivity as a product of the Royal Breeding House, friendless
orphan Purity Drake suddenly finds herself on the run with a foreign
vagrant from the North after accidentally killing one of her guards. Her
strange rescuer claims he is on the run himself from terrible forces who
mean to enslave the Kingdom of Jackals as they conquered his own nation.
Purity doubts his story, until reports begin to filter through from
Jackals' neighbours of the terrible Army of Shadows, marching across the
continent and sweeping all before them. But there's more to Purity than
meets the eye.
As Jackals girds itself for war against an army of near-unkillable
beasts serving an ancient evil with a terrible secret, it soon becomes
clear that their only hope is a strange little royalist girl and the
last, desperate plan of an escaped slave.
Available for pre-order now on Amazon - click here.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007232225?ie=UTF8&tag=scienficticrowst&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0007232225
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GAME OF THE MONTH – THOUGHT POLICE
We know what you are thinking, citizen, and if you are plotting crimes,
treason, or thinking about shooting your neighbor's cat with your plasma
rifle, then you are going to die. We, the thought police, are monitoring
your mind. What, you don't believe us? Prepare to die, trouble-maker.
Play online at SFcrowsnest Sci-Fi Play and see if you can beat Stephen
or Geoff's high score (well, Uncle Geoff is easy, he's still on a slow
dial-up account in deepest darkest Somerset).
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/games/2566-Thought-Police.html
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- Mulluane
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=Mulluane
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http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=Turner
- Bob Lock
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/blog.php?user=BobLock
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Favourite SFF books: LotR, A Song of Ice and Fire, Farseers series,
Paksenarrion (mainly because she's a childhood hero of mine), The
Foundation trilogy etc...
About her: Geek girl. Studied astrophysics for three years, gave it up
for crafting... Oh well, not really... Astrophysics was apparently not
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I'm sewing, weaving, spinning and living inside my head.
Join SFcrowsnest.com's HiveMind, the social networking hub only for
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+++ Stephen Hunt's THE KINGDOM BEYOND THE WAVES - Paperback out now
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Professor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding the lost civilisation of
Camlantis, a legendary city from pre-history that is said to have
conquered hunger, war and disease -- tempering the race of man's baser
instincts by the creation of the perfect pacifist society.
It is an obsession that is to cost her dearly. She returns home to the
Kingdom of Jackals from her latest archaeological misadventure to
discover that the university council has finally stripped her of her
position in retaliation for her heretical research. Without official
funding, Amelia has no choice but to accept the offer of patronage from
the man she blames for her father's bankruptcy and suicide, the fiercely
intelligent and incredibly wealthy Abraham Quest.
He has an ancient crystal-book that suggests the Camlantean ruins are
buried under one of the sea-like lakes that dot the murderous jungles of
Liongeli. Amelia undertakes an expedition deep into the dark heart of
the jungle, blackmailing her old friend Commodore Black into ferrying
her along the huge river of the Shedarkshe on his ancient u-boat.
With an untrustworthy crew of freed convicts, Quest's force of female
mercenaries on board and a lunatic steamman safari hunter acting as
their guide, Amelia's luck can hardly get any worse. But she's as yet
unaware that her quest for the perfect society is about to bring her own
world to the brink of destruction!
HARDBACK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007232209/ref=nosim/scienficticrowst
PAPERBACK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingdom-Beyond-Waves-Stephen-Hunt/dp/0007232217
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The real mermaid’s tail
Weta Workshop, the scifi special effects house behind Lord of the Rings
etc - as well as some very nice steampunk weaponry - have recently
completed work on creating a fully functional Mermaid tail for Auckland
woman Nadya Vessey, who is a double leg amputee.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13646.php
The BBC's werewolf howls again
Being Human, the BBC Three horror drama, chronicling the lives of a
vampire, a werewolf and a ghost living in modern-day Bristol has been
recommissioned for a new TV series.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13639.php
Steampunk myths and legends winners
Over 2000 digital artists created steam-powered works to win $220,000
worth of prizes. The winners of the CGSociety's CGChallenge XXIII:
Steampunk - Myths and Legends have now been reported. Digital artists
battled to claim $220,000 worth of software and hardware in steampunk
categories such as video, animation, modeling and illustration.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13640.php
StarGate goes La Bamba
The SCI-FI Channel has told the Nest that actors Lou Diamond Phillips,
Ming-Na, Elyse Levesque and Alaina Huffman will be cast members of the
SGU: Stargate Universe, which has just began production in Vancouver.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13641.php
The buzz around Green Hornet
Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures' superhero
movie The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen and Stephen Chow, the Nest
is told by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia
Pictures.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13642.php
The Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Fantastic Literature project
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of scifi and fantasy
authors bursting onto the scene in the past decade. Top authors are
better known, of course, but the beauty of science fiction and fantasy
is in the variety and full spectrum of the sub-genres, topics, and
styles offered.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13643.php
Famous Monster
Famous Monster is a new DVD documentary celebrating the life of science
fiction and horror fan, Forrest J. Ackerman.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13644.php
Scifi author David Weber Honors some tour dates
David Weber, author of the Honor Harrington science fiction novels, will
be on a book signing tour in the US Northeast beginning in March, for
the release of Storm From the Shadows, featuring his signature
character, the heroic starfleet officer Dame Admiral Honor Harrington
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13645.php
Horror fans to gorge on Eclipse
Eclipse, the third movie in the ever-popular Twilight saga of vamping
vampires, is be released in the USA on Wednesday June 30th 2010. Melissa
Rosenberg, who did the scripts for both Twilight and New Moon, is
currently writing the script for Eclipse in consultation with the
creator of the Twilight books, Stephenie Meyer.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13638.php
Christopher Paul Carey interviewed
Christopher Paul Carey is interviewed. He's the editor of a new omnibus
of works by science fiction author Philip Jose Farmer - called The Other
in the Mirror.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13637.php
Warehouse 13 opens its doors
The US SCI-FI Channel's new TV series Warehouse 13 has begun production
in Canada, starring Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly and Saul Rubinek. The
one-hour drama is slated to premiere in July 2009 with 11 episodes
including the previously produced two-hour pilot.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13636.php
Ghostwriter picks up Derek Gunn's HMS Swift Chronicles
A new historical horror novel from Irish writer Derek Gunn (Vampire
Apocalypse series, The Estuary) titled The HMS Swift Chronicles, has
been picked up by Ghostwriter Publications in the UK, for publication in
2009 in hardback, paperback and audio editions.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13632.php
Dragonball Evolution
A new trailer for 20th Century Fox's sci-fi film Dragonball Evolution,
and the news that the release date has been changed to 8th April 2009.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13633.php
The search for alien life hots up
NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad today
and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could host alien
life.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13634.php
Birmingham Science Fiction Group brings in Ballantyne
Science fiction author Tony Ballantyne is to visit to the BSFG in March
2009.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13635.php
Dr Who gets Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher actress Lindsay Duncan is to guest star in the second
Doctor Who Special of 2009 on BBC One.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13630.php
Marian is dead, alas
Robin Hood returns to BBC One Spring 2009 with thirteen new episodes of
the fantasy TV series. It is three months since Marian's death and Robin
(Jonas Armstrong) is a changed man. Tougher, he's sacked his gang since
they all returned from the Holy Land. Not only that – he's hell bent on
avenging his wife's tragic end.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13631.php
A day in the BookArmy
There's a new online networking service for book readers that looks
fairly impressive. Fantasy and scifi author Stephen Hunt has been
playing around with the service on behalf of science fiction fans
everywhere, and he likes what he sees so far.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13626.php
Jasper Kent
Fantasy and scifi writer Jasper Kent has made a couple of videos related
to his novel Twelve, which he has posted on YouTube.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13627.php
Tales of the Black Freighter
Here's the official trailer for the Watchmen movie within a movie. Yeah,
it's complicated, and its online marketing. The comic-book did it
better.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13628.php
Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita is Australian speculative fiction read by the authors
who created it. The podcast is free and is cast monthly on the TISF
website for streaming and download, and is also on itunes.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13629.php
Doctor Who heats up
The BBC has told SFcrowsnest that part of the next Doctor Who Easter
special will be filmed in Dubai. Planet Of The Dead is the first of four
Doctor Who Specials which should air in 2009.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13620.php
Thrilling Wonder Stories
While the science fiction magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories ended its
run more than eleven years before the original Star Trek series
premiered in 1966, the second volume of the revived anthology is just in
time for its rebirth in the new Star Trek feature film reboot, coming
out May 8th 2009 in the USA.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13621.php
Red Rocket Station
The Internet Review of Science Fiction has recently started a social
networking site for fantasy and science fiction folks, called Red Rocket
Station.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13623.php
The Cylon detector
Fans of the SCI-FI channel's Battlestar Galactica TV series can now find
a Cylon Detector application on the Apple App Store.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13624.php
Marty Halpern gets Wilder
Science fiction small press Wilder Publications has told us that that
Marty Halpern has accepted a position as a freelance Acquisitions Editor
for Wilder Publications genre imprint, Fantastic Books.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13625.php
The Rise of the Iron Moon: The missing Trek episode
Incredibly, a missing episode of one of the animated Star Trek TV series
has been found which features the fantasy novel, The Rise of the Iron
Moon, by Stephen Hunt. Given this is Hunt's latest book - just out this
Monday - and the TV episode is from the 1970s, a temporal paradox is
suspected.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13619.php
Stargate finds The Ark of Truth
This spring the SCIFI Channel will be running the US premiere of the two
Stargate films, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13607.php
Daniel Barnz goes Beastly
Daniel Barnz has signed on to direct Beastly for CBS Films, we hear from
Amy Baer, CEO over at CBS Films. Barnz also penned the screenplay for
Beastly, which is based on the dark fantasy novel of the same name by
Alex Flinn.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13608.php
Dark Haven
Dark Haven, the newest title in author Gail Z. Martin's Chronicles of
the Necromancer series, begins a new chapter in the tale of adventurer
Jonmarc Vahanian, Lord of Dark Haven and King Martris Drayke of
Margolan.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13609.php
Men In Black crew get animated
Sony Pictures Animation has agreed a deal with comic-book publisher
Platinum Studios. This marks the first collaboration between Sony and
Platinum Studios CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, since their two Men In
Black movies.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13610.php
Google goes to Mars
NASA and Google have told us about a new Mars mode in Google Earth that
offers a three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13611.php
Torchwood: Children Of Earth
Torchwood fans in the UK are getting a sneak preview of the new series
of the scifi drama. A 60-second trailer of Torchwood: Children Of Earth
is up on the Torchwood website.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13612.php
The Objective
Yet another new sci-fi movie we haven't heard of. But the trailer looks
interesting.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13613.php
Star Trek
The extended version of the new online Star Trek movie trailer with some
more clues about what the reboot movie is going to feature.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13614.php
Land of the Lost
Online trailer for the new Land of the Lost movie adaptation with Will
Ferrell, Danny McBride and Anna Friel.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13615.php
The ninth art
Wim Lockefeer writes a regular column on the Forbidden Planet blog on
European comics (or bande dessinee) and is currently at the Angouleme
comics festival, a comics con held in France where the comics medium is
treated as the ninth art and taken seriously.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13616.php
Adam Shardlow twitters
Horror and fantasy author Adam J Shardlow is currently twittering a new
story out. Short but sweet.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13617.php
The Battle for Terra
Lionsgate have acquired Snoot Entertainment's Battle for Terra, a 3D
animated adventure feature film with the vocal talents of Evan Rachel
Wood, Luke Wilson, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, Chris Evans and Dennis
Quaid. The feature directorial debut of short filmmaker Aristomenis
Tsirbas of The Freak fame, Battle for Terra is the first in a series of
animated sci-fi and fantasy features to be produced by Snoot.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz13618.php
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Stephen Hunt's +++ THE COURT OF THE AIR +++
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When streetwise Molly Templar witnesses a brutal murder at the brothel
she has recently been apprenticed to, her first instinct is to run back
to the poorhouse where she grew up. But there she finds her fellow
orphans butchered, and it slowly dawns on her that she was the real
target of the attack. For Molly carries a secret deep in her blood, a
secret that marks her out for destruction by enemies of the state.
Oliver brooks has led a sheltered existence in the backwater home of his
merchant uncle. But when he is framed for his only relative's murder he
is forced to flee for his life, accompanied by a agent of the mysterious
Court of the Air. Chased across the country, Oliver finds himself in the
company of thieves, outlaws and spies, and gradually learns more about
the secret that has blighted his life.
Soon Molly and Oliver will find themselves battling a grave threat to
civilisation, an ancient power thought to have been quelled millennia
ago.
Their enemies are ruthless and myriad, but indomitable friends in this
endlessly inventive tale full of drama, intrigue and adventure also aid
the two orphans.
"An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels."
- THE TIMES newspaper: May 7, 2007 (Review: Hardback edition, The Court
of the Air)
"Hunt can take his place alongside such eminent Magratheans as JRR
Tolkien, Mervyn Peake and China Mieville. Creating a fully realised
other-world which feels new and different, yet cohesive and believable
is half the battle in a fantasy novel, and it is a battle Hunt wins with
honours... Hunt's world is so rich and colourful it keeps you engrossed
... It's a confident audacious novel."
- SFX magazine: MARCH 2009 (Review: Hardback edition, The Court of the
Air)
"The characters are convincing and colourful, but the real achievement
is the setting, a hellish take on Victorian London where grim,
steam-driven machines work beside citizens with magical powers. The
Court of the Air is aimed at young adults, but the depth and complexity
of Hunt's vision makes it compulsive reading for all ages."
- THE GUARDIAN newspaper: May 21st 2007 (Review: Hardback edition, The
Court of the Air)
'Wonderfully assured ... Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it
to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension'
TIME OUT magazine: October 2007 (Review: Paperback edition, The Court of
the Air)
Click here for free sample chapters...
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/author/sh_courtoftheair_home.php
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NEW - Tor's U.S. edition hardcover - Amazon USA
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One of the nice things about being online is that SFcrowsnest can
publish slightly off-the-wall material that would never find a home in a
highly targeted advertising-ruled print magazine world. An article we
always trot out as an example of this, is Uncle Geoff's piece about what
the heck fuel & engine combination the Thunderbirds craft might have
used in the classic 1960s TV series of the same name.
Let's face it, you're never going to read the likes of that in Analog,
Starlog, Starburst, Interzone or the rest of the print world's
publications! If there's an article inside you - could be continuity
errors in Andromeda, your latest work of short fiction, or just why you
think Iain Banks' novels are the greatest SF since a little man called
Verne put pen to paper - do drop Geoff a line below. Articles, fiction,
reviews and pieces you've already completed should ideally be submitted
as Microsoft Word attachments.
Contact Uncle Geoff in the rainy English countryside at
contrib-@sfcrowsnest.com
We still fund this puppy's bandwidth and other miscellaneous expenses
out of our own pocket, so the spirit of volunteerism is about the only
thing that keeps our happy ship in hyperspace. Any time, articles,
stories or reviews you can submit are always appreciated.
Current requirements: MARCH 2009
- short fiction
- articles
- comment pieces
- convention reports
- web site reviews
- book reviewers (see below)
- Television reviews ... Stargate, Andromeda, Trek etc
- Movie reviews
- Games reviews ... RPGs, scenarios, wargames etc
- SFF models and figures ... reviews, painting tips, scratchbuilds,
conversions
BTW, if you're interested in becoming a book or DVD reviewer, we'd
really, really (no, really) appreciate it if you were UK-based. Posting
out the hundred of goodies we get every week is an expensive business,
and extra airmail costs could lead to Geoff, Jessica, Mark and Steve
eating dog food in a crazed economy-drive of death. Of course, if you're
based in the US, Canada or Australia and you fancy reviewing your own
drip-feed of goodies resulting from your science fiction and fantasy
addiction, then that okay by us ... but we can't supply you ourselves!
Sorry.
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your highly evolved and very discriminating SFF-loving taste. Then twist
the arms of the little blighters in a cruel-to-be-kind attempt to get
them to subscribe free too!
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http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/hivemind/group.php?group_id=1
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