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J’AI LU POUR VOUS OCTOBRE NOVEMBRE DECEMBRE 2023

Autor: Collectif

Número de Páginas: 32

Les Éditions J’ai lu vous présentent leur programme des parutions d’octobre, novembre et décembre 2023. De la littérature au bien-être, du policier à l’imaginaire, tous les goûts sont dans la lecture ! Programme des parutions d’octobre, novembre et décembre 2023 des Éditions J’ai lu. Présentation de toutes les nouveautés et nouvelles éditions en littérature française, étrangère, historique et féminine ; bien-être, santé & développement personnel ; religion et spiritualité, Aventure secrète ; document, essai et témoignage ; policier & thriller ; imaginaire ; young adult...

A Memory Called Empire

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 472

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel 'I absolutely loved it' – Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice In a war of lies, she seeks the truth. An epic, queer space opera, A Memory Called Empire is the astonishing debut novel from Arkady Martine. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire’s interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. But no one will admit his death wasn’t accidental – and she might be next. Now Mahit must navigate the capital’s enticing yet deadly halls of power, to discover dangerous truths. And, while she hunts for the killer, Mahit must somehow prevent the rapacious Empire from annexing her home: a small, fiercely independent mining station. As she sinks deeper into an alien culture that is all too seductive, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. For she is hiding an extraordinary technological secret – one which might destroy her station and its way of life. Or it might save them from annihilation. A Memory Called Empire is the first in the Teixcalaan duology. It is followed by A Desolation Called Peace. ‘Contender for debut of the year’ - SFX Magazine...

Actualización

Autor: Blake Crouch

Número de Páginas: 445

Logan Ramsay es el siguiente paso en la evolución humana. Al principio no tiene claro qué ha cambiado. Solo nota detalles puntuales: se concentra mejor, es capaz de hacer más cosas a la vez, lee muy rápido, su memoria ha aumentado y no necesita las mismas horas de sueño. Poco a poco, es innegable: a su cerebro le está pasando algo. Y a su cuerpo. Ha empezado a ver el mundo y a quienes lo rodean de un modo completamente nuevo. La verdad es que el genoma de Logan ha sufrido un hackeo. Y hay una razón por la que ha experimentado esta actualización, una razón que se remonta a un horrible legado familiar. Lo que le está sucediendo es solo el inicio de un proyecto mucho más grande, y para hacerle frente Logan tendrá que usar sus nuevas habilidades y transformarse en algo más que él mismo. Quizás incluso en algo más que un ser humano. Pero en el proceso no puede evitar preguntarse: ¿y si en realidad la única esperanza de la humanidad consiste en diseñar nuestra propia evolución? Íntima y épica a la par, Actualización es la nueva novela del galardonado autor de Materia oscura, una historia frenética sobre los límites de la humanidad y sobre nuestro potencial...

Practicing and Placing Imaginaries

Autor: Gustavo Gutierrez Hernandez , Ulla Stackmann

Número de Páginas: 217

The contributors to this volume explore the intertwined relationship of imagining and practicing from different fields of study (sociology, philosophy, literary and cultural studies), complementing practice and theoretical approaches with interdisciplinary insights into the entanglements of doings and imaginations. They build a bridge between sociological research and cultural studies and thus challenge perspectives which characterize imagining as an individual and solitary activity. Rather, imagining is situated and shaped by its placement in specific contexts and communities.

Receiving Nicaea Today

Autor: Hanns Lessing , Daniel Rathnakara Sadananda

Número de Páginas: 693

The 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is an invitation to both re-encounter the triune God and re-examine the covenantal faithfulness of the Church in a wounded and waiting world. Reformed churches celebrate the Nicene faith – but not uncritically. Receiving is not passive acceptance, but radical engagement. For the Reformed tradition, the anniversary is a call to interrogate, discern, and renew the very grammar of our faith. Reformed hermeneutics receives such anniversaries not as closures of doctrinal certainty, but as openings where theology can be re-tested in the fire of Scripture, re-voiced in the cries of the wounded, and re-shaped in the pulse of mission. [Nicäa Heute Empfangen: Globale Stimmen Aus Reformierter Perspektive] Der 1700. Jahrestag des Konzils von Nicäa ist eine Einladung, den dreieinigen Gott neu zu entdecken und die Bundestreue der Kirche in einer verwundeten Welt zu prüfen. Reformierte Kirchen feiern den Jahrestag – aber nicht unkritisch. Die reformierte Tradition empfängt die christliche Glaubensüberlieferung nicht passiv, sondern verlangt radikales Engagement. Das Gedenkjahr ist ein Aufruf, dogmatische Gewissheiten zu hinterfragen und...

Story, World and Character in the Late Íslendingasögur

Autor: Rebecca Merkelbach

Número de Páginas: 302

Argues for new models of reading the complexity and subversiveness of fourteen "post-classical" sagas. The late Sagas of Icelanders, thought to be written in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, have hitherto received little scholarly attention. Previous generations of critics have unfavourably compared them to "classical" Íslendingasögur and fornaldarsögur, leading modern audiences to project their expectations onto narratives that do not adhere to simple taxonomies and preconceived notions of genre. As "rogues" within the canon, they challenge the established notions of what makes an Íslendingasaga. Based on a critical appraisal of conceptualisations of canon and genre in saga literature, this book offers a new reading of the relationship between the individual, paranormal, and social dimensions that form the foundation of these sagas. It draws on a multidisciplinary approach, informed by perspectives as diverse as "possible worlds" theory, gender studies, and social history. The "post-classical" sagas are not only read anew and integrated into both their generic and socio-historical context; they are met on their own terms, allowing their fascinating narratives to speak...

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025

Autor: Nnedi Okorafor , John Joseph Adams

Número de Páginas: 326

Of science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, “There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything.” The twenty stories in this collection simultaneously fulfill and defy expectations of genre, showcasing boundary-pushing authors at their best. In this year’s Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, a robot will struggle to make friends, a team of auditors determines the financial value of a lifetime, an alien species will teach you how to read, and maybe, just maybe, someone will finally do something about the kid in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Omelas hole. From the joyous to the terrifying, to the heart wrenching and the absurd, these stories encourage you to open your mind and, as Okorafor promises: “Watch your world expand.” THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 INCLUDES: 'PEMI AGUDA • KIJ JOHNSON • TANANARIVE DUE • S.L. HUANG • JOE HILL • ISABEL J. KIM • T.J. KLUNE • OLIVIE BLAKE • CAROLINE M. YOACHIM • AND OTHERS

phantastisch! Ausgabe 78 (2/2020)

Autor: Klaus Bollhöfener

Número de Páginas: 72

Die PHANTASTISCH! ist eine Zeitschrift für Science Fiction, Fantasy und Horror. Sie erscheint alle 3 Monate neu in gedruckter Form (5,95 EUR) und als PDF-Ausgabe (3,99 EUR). Interviews, Artikel, Rezensionen und vieles mehr bietet sie. Die Ausgabe 78 bietet unter anderem Artikel über die Comic-Serie "Ascender", Nachrufe auf Christopher Tolkien, Gahan Wilson und Rolf Bingenheimer, Interviews mit dem "Conan"-Zeichner Mahmud Asrar sowie der Autorin Arkady Martine und den Autoren Leslie S. Klinger und Rob Hart, viele Rezensionen, News und die Kurzgeschichten "Hotelwände" von Thomas Kodnar und "Marraks Pilz" von Markus K. Korb.

Rose/House

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 107

A taut, uncanny sci-fi thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. ‘I'm a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?’ Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with. A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every load-bearing beam and fine marble tile with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. But now Deniau’s been dead a year, and Rose House is locked up tight, as commanded by the architect’s will. Dr. Selene Gisil, a former protégé, is the sole person permitted to come into Rose House once a year. Now, there is a dead person in Rose House. It is not Basit Deniau, and it is not Dr. Gisil. It is someone else. But Rose House won’t communicate any further. No one can get inside Rose House, except Dr. Gisil. Dr. Gisil was not in North America when Rose House called in the death. But someone did. And someone died there. And someone may be there still. ‘An exquisitely creepy exploration of the boundaries of life, death, the real and the artificial’ – Adrian Tchaikovsky,...

Teixcalaan (Tome 1) - Un souvenir nommé empire

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 417

Yskandr, l’ambassadeur de Lsel en poste dans la capitale de l’Empire teixcalaanli, est mort. Sa remplaçante, la jeune Mahit Dzmare, part avec un handicap : la puce mémorielle censée lui fournir tous les souvenirs de son prédécesseur est défectueuse, la laissant démunie face à une société complexe dont elle a du mal à appréhender les codes. Elle peut cependant compter sur l’aide de Trois Posidonie, sa chargée de liaison pleine de ressources, pour la guider parmi les intrigues et les chausse-trappes de la politique teixcalaanlie. Mais plusieurs questions demeurent : qui a tué Yskandr, et pourquoi ? Risque-t-elle de subir le même sort ? Prix Hugo du meilleur roman 2020

Un souvenir nommé empire

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 512

Teixcalaan (Tome 2) - Une désolation nommée paix

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 467

Une force d’invasion alien se masse aux portes de l’espace teixcalaanli, muette et menaçante. La commandante Neuf Hibiscus n’a d’autre recours que l’option diplomatique, et c’est ainsi que Mahit Dzmare, l’ambassadrice de la station Lsel, et Trois Posidonie, son ex-chargée de liaison – encore sous le choc du récent soulèvement de l’Empire –, se retrouvent en première ligne, investies de la tâche impossible de communiquer avec cette entité hostile. Leur échec se traduirait par des millions de morts, leur succès garantirait la survie de l’Empire. À moins qu’il n’existe une troisième voie... Prix Hugo du meilleur roman 2022. Prix Locus du meilleur roman 2022.

Una memoria llamada imperio

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 628

La esperada novela superventas ganadora del Hugo, finalista al Nebula y en la estela de Dune, Fundación y La llegada Cuando la embajadora Mahit Dzmare llega al centro del multisistema imperio teixcalaanlí, descubre que su predecesor, el anterior embajador de su pequeña y ferozmente independiente estación minera, ha muerto en extrañas circunstancias. Y nadie parece dispuesto a admitir lo innegable: su muerte no ha sido accidental y ella podría ser la siguiente. En medio de la tensa atmósfera que se respira en los niveles más altos de la corte imperial, Mahit debe averiguar quién está detrás del asesinato y proteger su estación de la incesante expansión de Teixcalaán, al mismo tiempo que investiga una fascinante cultura alienígena, manipula sus engranajes políticos y se esfuerza por preservar el letal secreto tecnológico que esconde; uno que podría rescatar su estación de la aniquilación... o sepultarla para siempre. Una memoria llamada imperio es una impresionante epopeya espacial sobre la colonización de un imperio con ecos del bizantino y el maya, pero también sobre la forma en que las diferentes lenguas moldean el pensamiento (al más puro estilo de La...

A Desolation Called Peace

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 467

WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "[An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called Empire A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to Arkady Martine's genre-reinventing, Hugo Award-winning debut, A Memory Called Empire. An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass—still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire—face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity. Their failure will guarantee millions of deaths in an endless war. Their success might prevent Teixcalaan’s destruction—and allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion. Or it might create something far stranger . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Une désolation nommée paix

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 0

A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 860

This ebundle includes: A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace. The action-packed space opera series from Arkady Martine, Teixcalaan, blends mystery and adventure on an interstellar scale. In the first book, A Memory Called Empire, the new Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the ever-expanding Teixcalaanli Empire only to realize that her predecessor’s death, occurring at the height of political instability, was no accident. Acclimatizing to an alien culture, tracking down the murderer of the former ambassador to their small but independent mining community, and saving herself from harm’s way, makes for a riveting debut that will leave readers “utterly dazzled.”— New York Times Book Review A Memory Called Empire: Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the...

Kirkus Reviews

Número de Páginas: 584

Adult books are categorized by genre (i.e., fiction, mystery, science fiction, nonfiction). Along with bibliographic information, the expected date of publication and the names of literary agents for individual titles are provided. Starred reviews serve several functions: In the adult section, they mark potential bestsellers, major promotions, book club selections, and just very good books; in the children's section, they denote books of very high quality. The unsigned reviews manage to be discerning and sometimes quite critical.

Uncanny Magazine Issue 58

Autor: Arkady Martine , Sarah Rees Brennan , Tia Tashiro , Eugenia Triantafyllou , Rati Mehotra , K.s. Walker , John Wiswell , John Scalzi

Número de Páginas: 161

The May/June 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tia Tashiro, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Rati Mehotra, K.S. Walker, and John Wiswell. Essays by John Scalzi, Amy Berg, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Cara Liebowitz, poetry by Angela Liu, Ali Trotta, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, and Fran Wilde, interviews with Arkady Martine and K.S. Walker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Zara Alfonso, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

A Desolation Called Peace: A Texicalaan Novel 2

Autor: Arkady Martine

Número de Páginas: 551

HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR FOR BEST NOVEL 2022 A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. An alien terror could spell our end. An alien threat lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is supposed to win a war against it. In a desperate attempt to find a diplomatic solution, the fleet captain has sent for an envoy to contact the mysterious invaders. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass - both still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire - face an impossible task: they must attempt to negotiate with a hostile entity, without inadvertently triggering the destruction of themselves and the Empire. Whether they succeed or fail could change the face of Teixcalaan forever. PRAISE FOR A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE: A TEXICALAAN NOVEL 1 'All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it' Ann Leckie on A Memory Called Empire 'A cutting, beautiful, human adventure . . . The best SF novel I've read in the last five years' Yoon Ha Lee on A Memory Called Empire

Uncanny Magazine Issue 34

Autor: Arkady Martine , Jennifer Marie Brissett , Emma Törzs , A.t. Greenblatt , Meg Elison , Suzanne Walker , Fran Wilde

Número de Páginas: 143

The May/June 2020 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Emma Törzs, A.T. Greenblatt, Meg Elison, and Suzanne Walker. Reprint fiction by Sonya Taaffe. Essays by Fran Wilde, Kelly Lagor, Khairani Barokka, and Ada Palmer, poetry by Valerie Valdes, Ali Trotta, Roshani Chokshi, and T.K. Lê, interviews with Emma Törzs and Meg Elison by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Julie Dillon, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Elsa Sjunneson.